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From: covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert)
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Subject: Re: Allied Radio / Radio Shack
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Date: 11 Feb 91 16:21:58 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 112, Message 4 of 8


  From: Dale Neiburg
  Subject: Re: Allied Radio / Radio Shack
  Organization: National Public Radio
  Date: 11 Feb 91 10:03 EST

In TELECOM Digest, vol. 11, issue 106, the following exchange occurs
between Cliff Stoll and the Moderator:
 
>Now -- check out the Chicago surplus outfit ... uh, what's its name
> ... the one with the wonderful ad copy and cheap paper...
 
>[Moderator's Note: How odd ... I don't know which company you mean.
>Answers, anyone?   PAT]

I think Cliff is probably talking about the Jerryco catlogue.  It's
full of all sorts of *STRANGE* stuff, electronic, optical, arts &
crafts, unclassifiable -- you name it.  The copy is often delightful:
one example that comes to mind is, "The purchasing department thought
this was a teriffic idea.  The editorial department doesn't."

Unfortunately, I don't have their address and only remember that
they're located in Evanston: I'll try to find it.