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The End of an Era: Discontinued products, services, and defunct companies

What I miss are Mom and pop stores, local music shops, especially those where you could get "rare" music like stuff from Japan etc, the just around the corner electronics shop where you could pick up headphones, 2.5 to 3.5mm audio jack converters, batteries, drool at the latest walkman etc.. Local bank offices, the ones where you actually could get money etc indeed with a good service..
So much has disappeared over the years, it's kinda really sad..
Was it all great and convenient? No, waiting a week or two before you got your desired motherboard for the 80486 you wanted to build or the 6 week wait for a CD coming from Japan, but still I miss that sort of stuff anyway, guess I miss a whole era.
 
What I miss are Mom and pop stores, local music shops, especially those where you could get "rare" music like stuff from Japan etc, the just around the corner electronics shop where you could pick up headphones, 2.5 to 3.5mm audio jack converters, batteries, drool at the latest walkman etc.. Local bank offices, the ones where you actually could get money etc indeed with a good service..
So much has disappeared over the years, it's kinda really sad..
Was it all great and convenient? No, waiting a week or two before you got your desired motherboard for the 80486 you wanted to build or the 6 week wait for a CD coming from Japan, but still I miss that sort of stuff anyway, guess I miss a whole era.

Growing up, whenever we would go and visit the grandparents - they would give my brother and and I $5-$10 and say, "Go down to the corner store, pick up a six pack of beer, a pack of cigarettes and some candy for yourself."
No one ever questioned it.
 
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