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From: Winston on 10 Jun 2010 01:31 On 6/9/2010 10:26 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote: > Al Lasher's Electronics http://www.allashers.com/ Oooooh Cool! Thanks. --Winston
From: Winston on 10 Jun 2010 01:44 On 6/9/2010 10:26 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote: South San Francisco Bay Area http://www.anchor-electronics.com/ Great store! (Mind the hyphen.) --Winston
From: Winston on 10 Jun 2010 01:51 On 6/9/2010 10:26 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote: > On 6/9/2010 11:41 AM DaveC spake thus: > >>> Same exact thing has happened here in the San Francisco Bay Area, >>> which should be surprising, given that this area includes Silicon >>> Valley. I've seen dozens of electronics/surplus stores vanish. Haltek >>> & Halted: gone. Weird Stuff: still there, but a faint shadow of its >>> former greatness. I'm sure other folks here can name many others that >>> are RIP. >> >> Halted (HSC) Electronics, alive and well in Santa Clara and Rohnert Park: >> <http://www.halted.com/> > > Huh; didn't know they were still around. I used to go to their store > when they were in Mountain View, but that was a long time ago. You mean Haltek? They've been gone a long time. I first visited them when their store was off Sterlin Rd. in Mountain View. (Since renamed N. Shoreline Blvd.) You never knew what would be hanging from the ceiling. Sometimes a PV array from a satellite. One time a drone plane. Lots of fun! Real old old timers will recall Olsen Electronics in Santa Clara and Weatherbee Industrial Electronics, Peninsula Electronics, Alco ... --Winston
From: David Nebenzahl on 10 Jun 2010 02:02 On 6/9/2010 10:44 PM Winston spake thus: > South San Francisco Bay Area AKA "South Bay" > http://www.anchor-electronics.com/ San Mateo still has a decent electronics outlet: http://www.sanmateoelectronicsca.com -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: David Nebenzahl on 10 Jun 2010 02:07
On 6/9/2010 10:51 PM Winston spake thus: > On 6/9/2010 10:26 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote: > >> On 6/9/2010 11:41 AM DaveC spake thus: >> >>>> Same exact thing has happened here in the San Francisco Bay Area, >>>> which should be surprising, given that this area includes Silicon >>>> Valley. I've seen dozens of electronics/surplus stores vanish. Haltek >>>> & Halted: gone. Weird Stuff: still there, but a faint shadow of its >>>> former greatness. I'm sure other folks here can name many others that >>>> are RIP. >>> >>> Halted (HSC) Electronics, alive and well in Santa Clara and Rohnert Park: >>> <http://www.halted.com/> >> >> Huh; didn't know they were still around. I used to go to their store >> when they were in Mountain View, but that was a long time ago. > > You mean Haltek? They've been gone a long time. Ah, so, you're right. > I first visited them when their store was off Sterlin Rd. > in Mountain View. (Since renamed N. Shoreline Blvd.) Ackshooly, that's Stierlin Rd. I remember that. (Used to work on Industrial Wy. in Palo Alto, near the former Ford Aerospace plant, since sold to Sun, a short walk from Mt. View.) -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com) |