[Coco] Radio shack layoffs, store closing, etc... Goodbye, and thanks for the memories?

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 08 March 2017 21:30:52 Spencer via Coco wrote:

Can someone please locate and turn off the bubble machine? I have now 
deleted at least 75 copies of this message, all with the exact same 
originating time stamp of 21:30:52.  We got the message already.  And 
while I am typing this, I just got 5 more copies. I was fixing to goto 
bed, but I guess I'll have to write a new procmail rule first if I don't 
want a thousand of these by morning.


> Wow!  That's unbelievable. 
>
> Yeah it used to be a place my dad and I went to during the late 80s
> and early 90s and the stores were always crowded with people buying
> computers,  parts and friendly talking about shared interests.  RS was
> an American icon for electronics and they just sort of lost contact
> with how to adapt to world changes of retail and delivering what
> customers wanted at reasonable prices.  It's sad, but I too believe RS
> will be gone soon.
>
>       From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
>  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 9:14 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] Radio shack layoffs, store closing, etc...
> Goodbye, and thanks for the memories?
>
> During my time at Radio Shack (88-91?) they had over 7000 stores in
> the US.
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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