May 10, 2006

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Impoverished Souls Of A Post-Material Culture

One of the girls at work is a final-year Civil Engineering student.

She's never played with Meccano.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:38 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 I hope she at least had some Lincoln Logs.

Posted by: Nathan at May 10, 2006 08:25 PM (mwrzP)

2 So long as she had/has Lego, she'll be fine...

Posted by: Tilesey at May 10, 2006 08:55 PM (eyEGU)

3 Here in the Northern Lands, we had Erector Sets... same thing as Meccano. I still remember the first suspension bridge I ever built with mine... then cheered when I ran a model railroad over it.
Then wondered why I got shocked when I touched the bridge while the train was moving...

Posted by: Wonderduck at May 11, 2006 10:29 AM (7+BNY)

4 It was all about the Capsela when I was a tyke.
Now that I remember it, I'm kinda nostalgic for the worm gear.

Posted by: TallDave at May 11, 2006 01:15 PM (H8Wgl)

5
yes, the erector set was where i firt electrocuted meself also. I wanted to put a light on top of it, so i screwed the socket on top and ran the wire down through the frame then plugged it into the wall. Funny, must nicked one of the wires, because when i touched the model, i found i couldn't let go. Kind of a neat feeling to an 8 year old. Maybe it's why i'm a sparky now.

Thank you erector set/meccano.

:-D

Posted by: tommy at May 11, 2006 02:06 PM (ZIRzQ)

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