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# *groan*
OK - questions for the oldies.

Do you
a) remember Tandy stores?
b) remember having a Tandy battery card, whereby you could get a free battery every month?
c) think I've lost it here?

EDIT: FUCKING YES! - *DOES THE STILL HAS IT DANCE*
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:31, archived)
# Well:
a) yes
b) no
c) possibly
(I helped save b3ta! Ril3y is a brit abroad.. bring on the Stella / Asahi, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:32, archived)
# this
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:33, archived)
# this from soemone who ranks Rich Tea biscuits at #4
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:34, archived)
# Hey...
I offered the Fox's Crunch Cream as a compromise!
(I helped save b3ta! Ril3y is a brit abroad.. bring on the Stella / Asahi, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:35, archived)
# I remember Tandy stores
but I mostly remember wondering what the point in them was as they didn't sell computer games.

at least the one in my town didn't

(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:32, archived)
# I think I first saw 'Doom' being played in a Tandy Store.
ahhaha
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:34, archived)
# there was two electronics stores in newark (my town.. it's an anagram of wanker and that really is all it's got going for it)
One didn't have computer games and one did... and I'm pretty sure it was the Tandy that didn't.

then they were bought out by Currys?

trying to remember stuff from the early 90's is hard when you were between 5 and 10 during them
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:40, archived)
# yep I have the same memory issues.
I think our Tandy only had a few games, which seems odd if you remember them not stocking any.
*researches*
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:42, archived)
# 200-in-1 electronics projects
were what passed for video games in my day...

flip-flop LED lightshow anyone?
(I helped save b3ta! fuscous, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:40, archived)
# flip flops,
rheostat fun and cat's whisker radios. It could do them all...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:44, archived)
# my dad would probably tell you that you were spoilt
but he can tend to be a curmudgeonly old cunt sometimes :D
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:46, archived)
#
a) yes
b) no
c) spandex
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:34, archived)
# I remeber Tandy stores -
and they did their own home computers, didn't they?
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:35, archived)
# yep, my bro had one :)
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:36, archived)
# I think I weighed it up
and settled for a Commodore 64 in the end. Happy days...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:38, archived)
# good choice...
...and far simpler days :(
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:39, archived)
# Retro-fontastic!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:54, archived)
# I remember Tandy
Used to be one on Shandwick Place here in Edinburgh. Only went there once, to buy a button battery - sales assistant was surly and unhelpful and assumed I was an idiot. Never bought from them again.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:36, archived)
# this
is why Tandy no longer exist. The staff were the same everywhere.
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:45, archived)
# hmmm.
a) Yes
b) No
c) kill the horses with HAMMERS!
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:37, archived)
# 1) Yes.
Tandy in Yeovil, to be specific.

What glorious memories.
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:39, archived)
# Was it near the legendary
Yeovil Sheepskin Shop?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:40, archived)
# Everything's too near to everything else in Yeovil.
Including the eyes on most kids.

I did see PJ Harvey in Acorn Records when I was about 15, though. I think I probably had a massive wank about it later or something.
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:41, archived)
# Yeah but no but yeah.
I didn't have the battery card, but I used to have just about every type of A/V cable and adaptor they sold under my bed at Uni.

I also remember getting a hand-held Tetris game that got me through some tedious 'guest' lecturers.
(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 15:44, archived)