[time-nuts] Weird Stuff WareHouse shutting down

[Tim Shoppa]

C&H was SUPERB for test equipment in the 1990's when the aviation industry
in Southern California was downsizing.

IMHO not nearly so interesting today. Unless you're into pneumatics in
which case they are a delight.

Tim N3QE

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 10:36 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks
> It has to have been Apex that I visited. The back areas were a mix of open
> sky and sort of sheds.
> The air was typically pretty dry so the stuff held up well. There were
> things I would have liked to have grabbed.
> Could easily see a day digging around.
> Inside its stacked to the 20 ft ceilings and they have ladders like you see
> in home depot to get to the top.
> There was a genrad admittance bridge on the top shelf. In good condition
> and in the nice wood box.
> I did not go to C&H as I simply ran out of time. Pretty good?
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
>
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:18 AM, Jeff Woolsey <jlw at jlw.com> wrote:
>
> > Geez.  The Agilent IEEE-1588 units I mentioned a month or two ago were
> > the last things I bought there.
> >
> >
> > > There is one crazy place down in northern LA. Some what hard to get to
> > but
> > > my god the stuff. Overwhelming. They dicker also. Nothing like a tough
> > > bargain was there 3 years ago.
> >
> > I happen to have returned from a family spring break in LA/SD just
> > today.  Yesterday I visted C&H surplus in Duarte and picked up a couple
> > items, one was way-underpriced.  This morning I was at APEX Electronics
> > in Sun Valley.  Overwhelming is right.  Being where they are in LA they
> > have a fair amount of prop business.   Imagine the backroom at
> > WeirdStuff. Now imagine ther same thing, only open to the sky, out
> > back.  I inquired about a couple items near the front, but didn't have
> > room in the car (or my wallet) for them.  The Yelp reviews are accurate.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Woolsey {{woolsey,jlw}@jlw,first.last@{gmail,jlw}}.com
> > Nature abhors straight antennas, clean lenses, and empty storage
> > "Delete! Delete! OK!" -Dr. Bronner on disk space management
> > Card-sorting, Joel.  -Crow on solitaire
> >
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