Old Enough To Remember?

ST1100Y said:
Well, we had wits, common sense...
And we knew how to build and play with simple things, kept ourselves occupied for hours...
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I think that is a real issue today - we made a lot of our toys, played with our toys, and used our brains to figure things out.
Nowadays, kids push a button or click an icon and watch their toys play from the comfort of their IPhone ... ;)
 
Uncle Phil said:
I think that is a real issue today - we made a lot of our toys, played with our toys, and used our brains to figure things out.
Nowadays, kids push a button or click an icon and watch their toys play from the comfort of their IPhone ... ;)
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From what I observe do they simply have too many toys... then they sit in a pile of them, confused, overwhelmed of what to choose or use next... then resignation and "...I'm bored..."
And those phones and tablets only dull imagination and diminish any attention span...
We had like a hand full of stuff... and books... those were great...
 
I remember when I was around 12, and read the formula for gunpowder. I thought I was slick, as I waltzed into the local drug store and bought small bottles of saltpeter, charcoal, and a box of powdered sulfur. Thinking I was in the clear as I neared the door, ready to escalate the G.I.Joe playtime, the druggist yelled across the store, “ Don’t blow your fingers off.” Busted.

John
 
We used Loran-C before GPS: my boss had them in his helicopters in the 80's. Land based transmitters on both coasts... useless mid continent & iffy in the mountains. It wasn't as easy to use as GPS but it came in handy on ferry flights.
 

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