At the following sites you can't pay for your purchases online; you have to call with a credit card number or mail a check. But these four were so clever and enjoyable—and only a click away from being contenders—that I didn't want to leave them out.

centurymodern.com If George Jetson had a Web site, it would look like this. This Dallas-based company sells forties-, fifties-, and sixties-era furniture and collectibles, and much of it can be viewed here.

ortech-engr.com/pecans Send Dohmann Pecan Farms of Columbus an e-mail order for their native Texas pecans, which go for $1.50 per pound uncracked ($1.75 cracked) plus shipping.

royersroundtopcafe.com Order the café's famous buttermilk, pecan, or chocolate-chip pies for $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping.

txvalleyfarms.com Browse the selections of grapefruit and oranges available from the Harlingen-based grower.