Al Lasher's electronics closing.

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: It was a classic professional supply place. Tell the guy behind the counter what you want, or hand over the list, and he would go back into what resembled library stacks. As opposed to surplus and/or retail self-serve wander the aisles and bring your basket to the register. There was a small browsing area up front, but most stock was behind the counter. SOME surplus stuff, but NOT a "look at what we just got in" that you would expect in a surplus outlet. "I want a DPDT spring return center off toggle switch with about a half inch long toggle" "36 220 Ohm half watt resistors" "got a molex connector like this one for 8" disk drive power?" Extremely well established. Prices were ordinary and acceptable. It was THE fall-back if Radio Shack didn't have what you needed, nor places like Quinn's, Electronics, Etc. More than half a century ago, there was a news mention of somebody under suspicion by HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) had been seen leaving a "known communist" organization upstairs at the same address. No idea whether Lasher himself was involved in politics. Will ANY remain? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com