RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] those of you waiting for a Fry's or BestBuy in Columbia...

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Dave Lloyd wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> > In California, I think the story is either a lot of serious geeks
> > (e.g., all those stores in the bay area)  or something around 3
> > million normally geeky people (e.g., LA stores, the San Diego
> > store).  KC looks dubious, but since you know pilgrims would treck 
> > in from Columbia among other places to a St. Louis store, they might 
> > make the cut.  But Fry's is in no rousing hurry.
> 
> A Fry's in Chicago would be far more likely than one anywhere in
> Missouri.

Well, yeah.  Having like 7 million people will do that for you. ;-)

> People from STL, COU and maybe even KC would trek up there.  

This I'm not so sure about.  Fry's does have many markets it could hit 
before St. Louis, to be sure (New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, 
Philadelphia, maybe Research Triangle NC, Miami, Minneapolis, maybe 
Denver...) but St. Louis has rarely been "too small" for most things in 
the past.

> I do know that there is a Trader Joe's up there now, speaking of
> California type places.

Yes, and they have them now in Boston, too.  Now I've asked *them* in
person about KC and St. Louis, and they (interestingly) do get many 
inquiries about those places, but they expand at their own stately pace as 
well.
 
> Hmm.  That reminds me.  I wonder how the new, efficient federalized
> security employees would react to raw electronic parts.  Probably not
> too well.

Once upon a time I had my brother's car radio in my carry-on luggage.  Now 
that looked positively sinister in an x-ray machine.  ("Hey Floyd; what 
this metal box thing with a stick-like thing sticking out on one side 
wrapped up in wires?")  Needless to say, this was in the olden days, so I 
*didn't* get arrested on the spot, but it was interesting to see how 
quickly security could arrive on a scene...

> Fear of a negative reaction kept me from bring homebrew to my
> co-workers in DC when I was there the other week.  I just didn't see a
> favorable outcome from bringin on several unmarked, capped 12 ounce
> bottles.

If you'd checked them, I'll bet you would have been fine.  At least, I 
hope so...

jking

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