Fun With The Shack
What is this all about?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Radio Shack used to be a good source for electronics. They have since ceased to be such a good resource.
In this long-lost, far away universe, Radio Shack clerks would ask you for your name and address with even the most miniscule of purchases (a $0.50 pack of resistors, a $1.19 IC). It got so bad that even during the :CueCat era one would be asked for this information. Why did they need it? Junk mail. "I hate RadioShack!" many would shout upon receiving the latest stack of unwanted catalogs in the mail.
Should you decline to provide such information, the clerks would get huffy. They needed to collect this, they said. Their managers will be upset. They need to collect so many or else they'll be in trouble. Most people would give in. A few would continue to resist and the clerk would just punch in 123 FAKE STREET or something like that.
Then there were those, either in a moment of rebellion, being pushed one too many times to cough up the info, or just plain bored, decided to screw with the system. Not content to give a fake name, these people gave, well, incorrect addresses as well. Ridiculous onesat that. Seriously, how many people from across the country shop would be shopping at Radio Shack?
Many of these addresses were not fake, merely incorrect. Is giving the address of the Delta Center stadium in Salt Lake City a fake address, or just an incorrect address? We will leave that up to the philosophers.
Sadly, times have changed and so has "the shack." They no longer collect addresses to send out catalogs. This website serves as a reminder to those dark days in hopes that should someone, somewhere, decide to implement a similar scheme, there will be someone waiting in the shadows ready to leap into action and foil there plan with bogus data.
On to the List
Himura Kenshin - Anime character, electronics consumer.
Microsoft employees prefer Radio Shack.
Aaron City's sister city.
D. Revil. Move that period to the right one space and you get. He's a big Space Needle fan.
The 29th President of the United States was a frequent guest of the Staples Center.
Bill McNeil, on-air newsman of station WNYX, shops between the top and bottom of the hour.
America's favorite family also shops. Could this solve the Springfield mystery?
The Delta Center stadium must be named after its namesake tenant.
Another WNYX regular makes an appearance. Being from Wisconsin, he must feel at home at Lambeau Field.
WNYX on-air talent sure likes to shop, when not attending Seattle Sonics games.
This guy never leaves Yankee Stadium.
Unless he's watching a Milwaukee Brewers game at County Stadium.
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