I'm many miles away these days, but when I used to live in Chicago I enjoyed going to the university surplus store up in Madison. A quick search for their website looks like they no longer have hours you can go in and physically browse, but given your post I figured you'd enjoy knowing about them if you didn't already.
And, y'know, doing my part to keep conversation going.
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I'm many miles away these days, but when I used to live in Chicago I enjoyed going to the university surplus store up in Madison. A quick search for their website looks like they no longer have hours you can go in and physically browse, but given your post I figured you'd enjoy knowing about them if you didn't already.
And, y'know, doing my part to keep conversation going.