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Every even marginally fun-to-browse retailer is closed now, it seems Radio Shack Papyrus Toys R Us Sam Goody B Dalton Joann Fry's Sharper Image Waldenbooks Discovery Store Circuit City Tuesday Morning Borders Pier1 Brookstone Shopping centers are so dull these days.

Richie Rump@jorriss.bsky.social

My $5 Radio Shack soldering iron finally croaked. Damn I miss Radio Shack. It was a terrifying but wonderful place full of stacks of electronic bits that if put into the right configuration you could build a monster that could destroy us all.

28/9/26, 2:14 pm1 repost4 likes

Richie Rump

@jorriss.bsky.social

And Borders was awesome. Ours had live music Thurs-Sun. Now Barnes & Noble new stores doesn't have seating and just wants you to buy and leave.

Richie Rump

@jorriss.bsky.social

So true. Even Starbucks wants you out of their stores.

Tom Resing

@tomresing.com

Heard about some kind of rebirth for toys r us coming before Xmas this year. My favorites lately are local bookstores and thrift, vintage or import stores

Andrew Notarian (he/him)

@anotarian.bsky.social

There was a flagship three-story Discovery store in the MCI Center in DC. That's the hockey arena I refuse to call by its modern sponsor.