<div dir="auto"><div>Not really. Lots of people still building aircraft from kits. 🤣<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 23, 2024, 23:29 Richard T <<a href="mailto:radiohamateur@gmail.com">radiohamateur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>So THAT explains the name...You Do it...kit building is a lost art.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">RichieT<br>W1RJT</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 23, 2024, 9:40 PM Verhulst <<a href="mailto:verhulst@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">verhulst@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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I was a Junior at Newton South High school when they opened the
Needham location in 1964 - so, close by. It was one floor only and
so a far cry from what it became.... and what it is today. I
remember that a good portion of the store had work benches,
individual cubes with peg board sides and power strips. The idea was
that people would come in, buy kits and/or parts, and work on their
projects on site. That did not last long. They added the second
floor in the middle to late seventies IIRC - I had moved out to the
wilds of Tewksbury by then but still made periodic pilgrimages. Sad
to see them go.<br>
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73s Tony W1DYS<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2024 6:35 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [bars] You-do-it store closing<u></u><u></u></p>
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I've personally spent many an hour (and $$) wandering
the aisles in Needham. I'll def. have to make one last
trip down to grab some deals!<br>
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So long and farewell to "You-Blew-It"!<br>
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