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StarryNite

(12,097 posts)
24. My son worked at a RadioShack for years.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:36 PM
9 hrs ago

Before most people had ever heard of LED therapy he came home from work one day with some light emitting diodes. A doctor had been in the store to buy some to make LED therapy devices. He told my son about it. So my son built some small ones for family members. The devices were amazing and helped me with a neck issue I had suffered with for months when nothing else I tried worked. It helped my mom with a shoulder injury that had prevented her from raising her arm to even reach into the kitchen cupboards. Ahhh the good old days of RadioShack.

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It certainly was a big help to me over the years... hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #1
Lafayette Electronics closed its doors even earlier -- corp. mismanagement. eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #2
I miss Lafayette, Mock Electronics, and W&W here in Huntsville. House of Roberts 12 hrs ago #4
I Liked Lafayette Better! BBbats 8 hrs ago #28
Back in those days, you could go in there with a thing you needed to replace, House of Roberts 12 hrs ago #3
take a pic, and mopinko 11 hrs ago #6
My husband still misses that store. He could get components for his various projects. Ritabert 12 hrs ago #5
the ceo in the late 60's mopinko 11 hrs ago #7
Tried to buy a replacement cable to a radio Orrex 11 hrs ago #8
Corporatism proved once again... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #10
Remember Heathkits? James48 10 hrs ago #9
Built two Heath Kits in 1969, a radio receiver and an amplifier. PufPuf23 10 hrs ago #16
Heh. I remember that particular Pacific Stereo well.... 68er 8 hrs ago #27
Amazon needed to have been busted up decades ago Blue Full Moon 10 hrs ago #11
Bozos bagimin 10 hrs ago #13
Remember RadioShack wayback when it had government surplus. Sneederbunk 10 hrs ago #12
I miss it very much. Nobody fixes anything, anymore. Buddyzbuddy 10 hrs ago #14
Find your nearest Repair Cafe, a non-profit which can work on anything from broken zippers Wonder Why 10 hrs ago #18
Thank you Wonder Why, for the information. Buddyzbuddy 6 hrs ago #33
I know because I am one of the volunteers. However, I'm on indefinite hiatus until I have my leg back. Wonder Why 2 hrs ago #36
A good friend of mine built a computer from Heathkit Norbert 10 hrs ago #15
Laz used to manage a Radio Shack in a little rural strip mall near a military base. haele 10 hrs ago #17
We purchased our first computer, the TRS 80 from Radio Shackwhen our son was 7 or 8 yrs old. scarletlib 10 hrs ago #19
There are still... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #20
Change or die SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #21
Thanks for posting. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #22
I worked at a Radio Shack for years hurple 9 hrs ago #23
I take it that the manager did not get to go on the cruise. LiberalArkie 8 hrs ago #26
My son worked at a RadioShack for years. StarryNite 9 hrs ago #24
I had a 'Trash-80' which I liked GenThePerservering 8 hrs ago #25
If I had a time machine I would go back to the 70's and buy up all the vari-loop coils I could get my hands on yaesu 7 hrs ago #29
I miss stores like RadioShack, and this makes me feel a certain way. Mostly nostalgia. Oneironaut 7 hrs ago #30
Their electronic components were expensive. hunter 6 hrs ago #31
A very happy memory is buying a breadboard, some LEDs and other components for my son when he was in elementary school. NNadir 6 hrs ago #32
The same thing that happened to Wolf Brand Texas-Style Chili...capitalism. pecosbob 5 hrs ago #34
Another AI-generated channel. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #35
Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly, Wonder Why 1 hr ago #37
The closest fucking thing now to those kits is a little motherfucking robot you can make with a Raspberry Pi at the core SoFlaBro 1 hr ago #38
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