OT-ish: Build-it stuff

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Tony Duell wrote:

> Maplin still exist, but they now sell mostly crap consumer electronics. 
> There is a small selection of components in the catalogue, but very few 
> of them are kept in the shops. You have to special-order them. Yes we 

Both shops in Glasgow keep a good selection of fairly "normal"
components - small-signal trannies, resistors, capacitors etc.

Gordon.