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StarryNite

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24. My son worked at a RadioShack for years.

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:36 PM

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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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Great Memories: What Happened to RadioShack? The Store That Taught America How to Build Things [View all] LiberalArkie Thursday OP

It certainly was a big help to me over the years... hlthe2b Thursday #1

Lafayette Electronics closed its doors even earlier -- corp. mismanagement. eppur_se_muova Thursday #2

I miss Lafayette, Mock Electronics, and W&W here in Huntsville. House of Roberts Thursday #4

I Liked Lafayette Better! BBbats Thursday #28

Back in those days, you could go in there with a thing you needed to replace, House of Roberts Thursday #3

take a pic, and mopinko Thursday #6

My husband still misses that store. He could get components for his various projects. Ritabert Thursday #5

the ceo in the late 60's mopinko Thursday #7

Tried to buy a replacement cable to a radio Orrex Thursday #8

Corporatism proved once again... GiqueCee Thursday #10

Remember Heathkits? James48 Thursday #9

Built two Heath Kits in 1969, a radio receiver and an amplifier. PufPuf23 Thursday #16

Heh. I remember that particular Pacific Stereo well.... 68er Thursday #27

Amazon needed to have been busted up decades ago Blue Full Moon Thursday #11

Bozos bagimin Thursday #13

Remember RadioShack wayback when it had government surplus. Sneederbunk Thursday #12

I miss it very much. Nobody fixes anything, anymore. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #14

Find your nearest Repair Cafe, a non-profit which can work on anything from broken zippers Wonder Why Thursday #18

Thank you Wonder Why, for the information. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #33

I know because I am one of the volunteers. However, I'm on indefinite hiatus until I have my leg back. Wonder Why Thursday #36

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you a faster painless recovery. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #42

A good friend of mine built a computer from Heathkit Norbert Thursday #15

Laz used to manage a Radio Shack in a little rural strip mall near a military base. haele Thursday #17

We purchased our first computer, the TRS 80 from Radio Shackwhen our son was 7 or 8 yrs old. scarletlib Thursday #19

There are still... 2naSalit Thursday #20

Change or die SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #21

Thanks for posting. LudwigPastorius Thursday #22

The video is AI-generated and narrated, on a channel that's almost completely AI, adding about one AI video highplainsdem Thursday #41

I worked at a Radio Shack for years hurple Thursday #23

I take it that the manager did not get to go on the cruise. LiberalArkie Thursday #26

My son worked at a RadioShack for years. StarryNite Thursday #24

I had a 'Trash-80' which I liked GenThePerservering Thursday #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 Thursday #29

I miss stores like RadioShack, and this makes me feel a certain way. Mostly nostalgia. Oneironaut Thursday #30

Their electronic components were expensive. hunter Thursday #31

A very happy memory is buying a breadboard, some LEDs and other components for my son when he was in elementary school. NNadir Thursday #32

The same thing that happened to Wolf Brand Texas-Style Chili...capitalism. pecosbob Thursday #34

Another AI-generated channel. highplainsdem Thursday #35

I didn't watch the video. I rarely do. hunter Thursday #39

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about RadioShack. highplainsdem Thursday #43

It's the tech bro capitalist philosophy -- if people are buying that crap, they will sell it. hunter Yesterday #44

Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly, Wonder Why Thursday #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 Thursday #38

I saw a Radio Shack this week, but not in the USA IzzaNuDay Thursday #40