Radio Shack Where Have You Gone?
Back when Mike and I were teenagers, we used to judge towns by how many Radio Shacks they had. “That’s a two Radio Shack town,” was our way of saying that the town was too small. In honesty, it was a pretty good judge of how happy we would be in a place.
Now, Radio Shacks are in every mall, but it’s not something we even notice anymore. We haven’t needed a Radio Shack for months and when we did, they didn’t have what we needed (a 1/4-inch male to 1/4-inch male headphone cable). We ended up buying one at Fry’s Electronics when we were traveling.
Sadly, Radio Shacks have become less useful the longer they have been around. It used to be that we could get whatever cables, transistors or other electronic supplies at Radio Shack, but now they are too busy trying to sell me cell phones and turn their nose up at us if we ask for anything technical.
This commercial reminded me how I used to feel about Radio Shack.
See that Dad, reminiscing about getting his first short wave radio at Radio Shack? That’s me, reminiscing about ogling the Tandy computers at Radio Shack.
I live in a town without a Fry’s. I want to move to a two-Fry’s town. Hmm… It just doesn’t sound the same. Maybe I should start judging towns by how many IKEAs they have.