Comments:

l'empress - 2007-06-12 12:43:46
I understand your fascination with such things, Doug. Imagine, if you will, being a *girl* in a house where the *boy* was encouraged to be mechanical. I was allowed to use Tinker Toys -- though we never got the Big set -- but I could not use the Erector Set. As an adult, I could fix typewriters and copiers as well as office furniture. (Always carried a screwdriver with me.) And, in the years just before he died, my dad admitted that, surprise, surprise, his daughters were more mechanical than his son.
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Bozoette Mary - 2007-06-12 15:10:04
You're like my dad, Doug - he was always tinkering with things to find out how they worked. He turned that into a job with the Packard Auto Company!
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John Bailey - 2007-06-13 15:38:05
I loved these things as a kid, too, Doug. Seem to have lost it now, and am growing more and more indifferent to things, with the notable exception of the few art objects I've collected. But I'd not stop to rescue any of them in the event of a fire... :-)
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Jim - 2007-06-13 15:51:18
I loved erector sets and tinker toys and Lincoln logs when I was a kid, although my favorite building toy was American Bricks (sort of like Legos but made of wood). I took an old clock apart also. To this day I find it difficult to resist the urge to go through a house that is under construction. There is a new book out -- "The Dangerous Book for Boys." -- that has a very 1930's or '40's attitude about what is appropriate and interesting for boys (and some girls).
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