Seems to me you can still have the old mail order Estes experience -- Just order from Semroc and specify priority mail delivery. OK, that sounds like a commercial plug, but there's plenty going on in the hobby today that offers the best of what made the hobby great in the 60's.

Been there, done that.

PS, the real reason Gleda remembered things like Roach Road was that the customers were REAL people to her and Vern, not just names and numbers. I remember a time a fellow employee made a disparaging comment about our customers. Vern proceeded to pin his ears back like you wouldn't believe.