Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why?

I honestly have to say that I miss the old RadioShack stores. I used to be a ham radio operator. And I think I was one of RadioShack‘s best customers. I used to love to make different kinds of antennas. Because it was interesting how if you had a certain kind of antenna, or if you moved it on a given day. You would find yourself getting all kinds of contacts from a different direction around the world. I was a ham radio operator for decades, and that meant that I was one of the best customers ever for radio Shack. I had my little soldering iron and solder. You know I once seriously hitched up a screen door and used IT as an antenna and was able to get contacts from various places. To do that I had to have an expensive little box that would fine tune JUST ABOUT ANYTHING lol. And I’m not so sure I didn’t probably knock out people’s televisions around the Neighbourhood doing it. But I really miss RadioShack. It had everything I wanted.

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tom lyford

Born 7/14/1946 in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA. Graduated from Foxcroft Academy in 1964 and Farmington State College in 1968. Maine High School English teacher for 34 years. Published 5 poetry chapbooks, 2 full-length poetry collections, and 2 memoirs. Had several hobbies besides writing including amateur radio, computer programming, photography, playing guitar, dramatics, reading, podcasting, blogging, and public speaking.

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