Thought for the Day
23rd April 2018
No, it wasn’t. It got boring VERY quickly.
Lincoln Logs make great fire-starters … when properly chemically treated beforehand.
Just sayin’.
23rd April 2018
No, it wasn’t. It got boring VERY quickly.
Lincoln Logs make great fire-starters … when properly chemically treated beforehand.
Just sayin’.
April 23rd, 2018 at 09:51
“Erector Sets” were very popular (or at least very common)in my youth. There were never quite enough pieces to actually build anything, but there was a motor and some pieces that could be used destructively. (Ahh, the childhood memory of the smell of ozone.)
Lincoln logs were OK, but all you could really build was a house. Fascinating for about 10 minutes or less.
We made various attempts at setting up model trains, but the tracks would always fall apart. I guess people who are really serious about them screw the tracks onto plywood to hold them together. Always wanted a steam version that you could crash and blow up. Grownups like to build things; kids like to build things only so they can be destroyed in some big and catastrophic way. Lego towers can scatter parts throughout the house, if crashed strategically. There’s even a rule that says that “Indestructible toys can be used to break other toys.”
April 23rd, 2018 at 18:00
My older brother was a big HO model railroad guy, had a setup on a sheet of plywood that was pretty impressive.
And, as I say, when properly modified with appropriate chemicals, Lincoln Logs were great for ignition purposes.