[ansel12]

Yes, we baby-boomers don’t know a thing about this stuff! We have to call in somebody if the toilet acts up!!! How different from my father’s generation.

That might be what you think as a female New Yorker, but out here in flyover country, boomers do lots of trades and repairs and hobbies involving such.

Tools are immensely popular among those age 50 through 68.

[Rome2000]

Even in NYC in the 70’s I had my chemistry sets with test tubes and bunsen burners, did lots of electrical experiments too.

One involved a dry cell, microphone, and speaker to set up a simple intercom system.

Got tired of the dry cell wearing out so decided to cut off a lamp cord , strip off the ends and wire that bad boy in.

The explosion and blue flash were spectacular, also didn’t know I could do a double backwards roll.

I was seven, this is what we did instead of video games.