To: Squantos; Lion Den Dan; Travis McGee; archy
Erector sets, microscopes, trains, chemistry sets - I can’t imagine growing up without them.
5 posted on
12/25/2011 3:34:55 AM PST by
SLB
(23rd Artillery Group, Republic of South Vietnam, Aug 1970 - Aug 1971.)
To: SLB
A few years ack, I decided I needed/wanted a microscope.
Didn't matter. Even a cheapo one would do. So I went to Wally World - zip. I went to Target - Nada. I went to about three more places, not a microscope in sight! Not one!
A couple weeks later I saw a few microscopes at Washington state surplus store and thought about it for a week or so, went back and got a Collegiate scope, about a 500 dollar scope for 40 bucks.
So it worked out ok but I was more than a bit steamed that the country that sent men to the moon, I can't even buy a cheapo one for a kid if I wanted to. At least not very easily.
Anyways this year my younger brothers and sisters conspired to send me one of these:
Problem being that the small bottle of calcium chloride had conspired to absorb enough water from the air that it leached out and corroded some of the back metal.
I can cut a piece of thin sheet metal and fix it up good, I will probably drill holes in the back so I can mount it on my wall somewhere...
15 posted on
12/25/2011 4:51:30 AM PST by
djf
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
To: SLB
Erector sets, microscopes, trains, chemistry sets - I cant imagine growing up without them.
Lincoln logs,tinker toys, and the dreaded wood burning kit,and the killer of all,sling shots,BB guns,and the killer lawn darts how did we ever survive??
21 posted on
12/25/2011 5:22:36 AM PST by
bikerman
(you can take the man out of the jungle but can't take the jungle out of the man)
To: SLB
Wow ....I have the atomic kit with the Dagwood Comic Book. Made a bunch of copies for friends at work.....LOL !
The chemistry kit was also a gift when I was young , just not sure if it was an A.C. Gilbert product. Led to my career in EOD etc ....:o)
Merry Christmas Sir !!
Stay Safe !
28 posted on
12/25/2011 5:43:52 AM PST by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: SLB
It was a kinder, gentler time.
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