Yeah, I always had a love/hate relationship with Radio Shack. As a kid I loved looking through the catalogs, and I also liked going there to buy semi-obscure parts. It was the only store I knew of in bike-ride distance where I could get any of that kind of geeky stuff I loved. But even as a kid it was annoying, with the sales people who either didn't know what they were talking about, or were more interested in signing you up for the battery club than actually helping you buy what you wanted. As I got older, the stores simultaneously got more annoying (especially when the cell phone stuff started) and less useful. Now I can't remember the last time I bought something at a Radio Shack. I go in occasionally, hoping to find some part or component I need, but these days I always walk out disappointed.