Our Engineers in Media Services repaired quite a bit of audio-visual equipment on campus.  To do so required replacement parts, some of which were available in town at a store called Standard Radio.  Frequently, Earle would make the trip downtown rather than send a student worker to pick up the parts.  While not very far, only a 5 minute drive, these trips often took an hour or two before Earle returned.  I never understood why until one day I was making a rare trip from the south side of town back to campus.  It happened to be that I passed by Standard Radio.  It sat on one corner of an intersection.  Across the street was a tavern.  Aha!  Now I understood.