Even though I could mail order stuff all day long, I do enjoy spending time browsing through my local shop. It's like looking through somebody's garage for parts. You can get lost in there. I've spent hours just finding stuff and wondering what I could do with this or that. It's across town from me, so if I have to, I may go to Radio Shack down the street, but it's really rare. I duck in, in full "NOIDONTWANTACELLPHONE" mode, and when they see that I'm going through those two little cabinets of components in back, they leave me alone, lest I ask them a question about what any of that stuff does.