On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:06:27 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:48:32 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 08:45:29 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

on-topic stuff snipped


I feel sorry for mechanics who have to learn how to diagnose complex
electronics. The initial drop-out rate at the Army electronic repair
school was quite high during the Volts - Amps - Ohms - Watts
section.

Now that Radio Shack has crashed, perhaps the defense department
should commission someone to come up with a modern version of the
101-in-1 project kits, and sell them for just enough so that people
think they're worthwhile.

I bought some project boxes at RatSnack last month, and the guy was
looking urpy. He said he wasn't sure how long they'd be running.
Did it fall? I hadn't heard.

Here's the story :
money.cnn.com/2015/02/09/news/companies/radioshack-store-closings/ -

Amazing. They're closing the 3 stores in Medford (the largest bigger
city in southern Oregon, 27 miles from us) but leaving the one here in
Grants Pass (pop. 32k) open. Very odd.

--
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
-- Sir Winston Churchill