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I go my first cell phone (technically a bag phone) in 1989. Thanks for reminding me that I’m old.

As for the article, Radio Shack is to 12 yo Tommy, what Costco is to XY yo Tc. Not sure what it says about me but I loved RS way back in the day.

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I’m guessing that if you had a car phone in 1989 you used it exclusively to calm people and say “guess where I am!”

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I can neither confirm nor deny

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As a former employee of the Tandy Corp, I approve of this article.

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Know what I did for fun with my father? Counted dirty bottles that had been returned to the grocery store by dirty people, and chopped lettuce. It was wonderful. Oh, and Radio Shack.

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That's the little discussed downside of 10 cent bottle deposit.

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