You miss a specific form of Radioshack, which really is more you miss the distant past. In my childhood we would go to Radioshack to pick up components require

You miss a specific form of Radioshack, which really is more you miss the distant past. In my childhood we would go to Radioshack to pick up components required to repair our wood-enclosed CRT TV. Burnt resistors, that kind of thing. This was in the 80s and very early 90s. By the mid-90s Radioshack was already becoming largely useless. Another thing I miss from the 80s: Local mom & pop hardware stores in my neighborhood generally had a quality hobby section with RC model kits and replacement parts. I would ride my bmx bike to get replacement control arms and alternative pinion/spur gears for my RC-10. By the 90s it required an hour drive by car to reach one of the few surviving hobby shops stocking any RC stuff. At least Fry's Electronics stocks a good selection of electronics components, not that there's any near me.