And band-aids when your fingers didn't get out of the way fast enough.cox .049 engine
with spring start
ha!....used to walk to the corner drug store, use their "tube tester", plug in your suspect tube to the appropriate socket, push some buttons to test. Reach below in the inventory for a new one...Remember vacuum tubes and TV repairman who came to the house? The bright dot in the middle of the screen that hung around for 5 minutes after you turned the TV off?
- Will (Dragonfly)
Been there ; done that..... most of us were faster than the automatics and it sure kept you in good shape!the "pinsetter" (human) at the local bowling alley..
An old book that today's parents should read and give to their children: Where DidYou Go, Out; What Did You Do, Nothing.Best of all, free range kids...bike all over town just be home by the 530 train whistle.
Ah, now we are getting into the nitty gritty. My parents grew-up on the McGruffy Reader. I grew-up on Fun with Dick and Jane. I have no idea what first graders are reading in school now a days, if anything.An old book that today's parents should read and give to their children: Where DidYou Go, Out; What Did You Do, Nothing.
...think they paid 25 cents per "line"?Been there ; done that..... most of us were faster than the automatics and it sure kept you in good shape!
The purple ink was the ditto machine, the mimeograph was the black ink that smeared all over you when tried to run a mimeo.ahhh, forgot #1 (damn purple ink), and #5
...think they paid 25 cents per "line"?