Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbosgd!cwruecmp!nitrex!rbl From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake ) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: vari-loopstick Message-ID: <497@nitrex.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 11:50:34 EDT Article-I.D.: nitrex.497 Posted: Thu Jul 23 11:50:34 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 16:36:33 EDT References: <983@ski.UUCP> <1007@speech1.cs.cmu.edu> <1617@phred.UUCP> Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake ) Distribution: na Organization: The Standard Oil Co., Cleveland Lines: 29 In article <1617@phred.UUCP> johns@phred.UUCP (John Stice) writes: >In article <1007@speech1.cs.cmu.edu> phd@speech1.cs.cmu.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: > >>In article <983@ski.UUCP> dr@unix.UUCP (David Robins) writes: > > etc, etc...... >> >>So, here's a challenge to the net: Let's try and compile a list of the BEST >>junk electronics stores in North America currently in existence! Send in >>your nominations, and I'll try and compile a comprehensive list. > Pacific Hide and Fir > of Great Falls, Montana. > (No, I am not making this up). > > ... >and it was 10 cents a pound. Except magnatron magnets of course, which >were $5.00. Eli Heffron and Sons East Cambridge, Mass. (May still be in business. Affectionately known as "Evil Eli's") Eli, may he rest in peace, used to pick up a basket of your selected junk, heft it a bit and quote a price. A little haggling was then permitted. For a visual image, think of Popeye from the movie, only with a little more scruff. If it hadn't been for Eli, I'd know very little about electronics! Rob Lake