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Re: Calum's gonna love this...
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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:03:51 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
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> Calum
> PS-I was at Frys today in Dallas Fort-Worth. Frys is the weirdest store I have
> ever seen. It has the ugliest retailing ever, with almost zero organization,
> yet carries everything from PLCC sockets to dishwashers. Imagine my surprise
> that you could buy a multimeter in the same room as the Steely Dan concert DVD.
Fry's used to be a grocery store chain. When they first started shifting to
electronics, you could buy computer chips in one isle, and potato chips in the
next.
Kevin
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| (...) I had read about Frys in several places, on Slashdot, in Douglas Coupland's "Microserfs", but the unusual nature of such a place defies explanation or understanding. It's such a weird blend of consumer and industrial use. There's even Lego (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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