[ale] [OT] My first visit to Fry's

[Scott Castaline]

Nathan J. Underwood wrote:

> True, I forgot about that, they do have a *huge* selection of MS and 
> MS compatible software B-)
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> James Baldwin wrote:
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>> On 4 Feb 2005, at 09:29, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
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>>> Short answer, just about anything that you can think of that uses 
>>> batteries, solar power, or facility power, that you wouldn't be 
>>> ashamed for your kids to find, Fry's has.
>>
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>> And some things you would be ashamed if your kids found.
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On my many visits to LA, Ca. my first stop after checking into my hotel 
room was the Fry's in Manhattan Beach. Due to the extensive travel I was 
doing at the time, my wife would very often have to pay the credit card 
bills. I would get home to WWIV with her waving these bills from Fry's. 
They have everything and anything you could want, to include 
oscilliscopes, data analyzers, and even frequency generators. The place 
caters to the pro techie as well as the avid hobbyist and including the 
types that are still looking for the "Any Key". When they first opened 
out here, I went bonkers, so my wife came with me. We left after 
spending half a day there with her placing the rule that I'm not allowed 
in there by myself. Oh well, the price we gotta pay for a little piece 
of heaven. Also if you get to travel and you visit other stores (Fry's) 
you'll find that very much unlike Best Buy, Circuit City, or Wal-Mart, 
each store is designed differently. The one I used to go to in LA was 
designed like a Tiki Village, but did not have the restuarant in it. It 
also was the 3rd store to open in the chain back in the 80's.

They at one time were only about a dozen stores. Some of you may 
remember a Tandy Corp store called Incredible Universe. They went 
bankrupt back in 97. Fry's had bought all of the stores west of the 
Mississippi River, leaving the rest to whatever. This was how they grew 
to a larger company almost overnight. But yes do go, but use caution, as 
temptation can be verrrryyyy strong to max out all of your plastic.