Re: In a past far far away
Now imagine buying an issue of "Computer Shopper" full of ads on hair curlers, industrial feeding systems for pig farms, baby formula, mining assay companies, boat rigging, incontinence underwear, or gardening tools.
Bit of a wild digression, but your description reminded me of Spag's, a quirky store in Worcester MA. It was sort of a warehouse style place, where they would arrange pallets of goods in aisles and cut the tops off the boxes so you could see and take what was there. It was a bit chaotic: you'd see gardening gloves, canned tuna, light bulbs, plastic wastebaskets, jelly beans, and car antifreeze all in a row, because that's just where they found space as they unloaded the trucks. Speaking of trucks, that was their warehouse: rows of trailers parked in the lot beside the main building, sometimes for weeks or longer.
Being able to navigate the rabbit warren was a rite of passage to become a "local." And Spag himself was larger than life, with a heart to match.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
