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Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by dylan604 on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:22AM (#34581891)
I was right there with you until you mentioned Radio Shack. I had to look at the date to see if I woke up in the 1980s, as that's really the last time Radio Shack would have been useful (unless you want to buy a shitty mobile phone). Since you used proper name upper casing, that's what I assumed. Especially since you're talking consumer sailing boat where the actual radio shack of a boat is less a shack and usually just a radio unit bolted into some dead space so it won't take up usable space from something else.
Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by bmelton on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:30AM (#34582069)
Radio Shack was a placeholder for the more complicated and technical explanation. In reality, replacing boat parts is done by manufacturers and marine shops that are usually located in or near marinas, much of the time requiring someone to order the parts special except for popular makers of products.

There is no Radio Shack for marine electronics, but it'd be great if there were.

Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by dylan604 on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:59PM (#34583716)
There is no Radio Shack for anything useful is the gist I was going with. An old fart recognizing another old fart. It's kind of a shibboleth at this point.