So, Edg, what toys have sparked from your fire? Playful minds want to know.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Before I got into the toy inventing business, I was going to enter > chiropractic college and had to pick up a few science credits to > qualify. So I took bio-chem etc. at the local community college. > > Drove the professors nuts cuz I was as old as them and was not > intimidated in the least. No matter their lesson plans, I had other > plans! I always had extreme fun in class. It was simply a blast to be > an adult going to school. > > Got accepted to the college, even had my tuition paid, but then, > WHAMMO, Bob Walls liked my toy ideas and dragged me around to a dozen > toy companies to show my stuff along with his Ritam Toy Corp offerings > -- and, I never looked back at chiropractic. > > To me, a class like that depicted in the film, The Paperchase, would > be wonderful. Sparks flying! > > Edg > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > Probably everyone gets "35", makes us feel better about these > > deteriorating bodies, eh? > > > > But 35, that was a great age to be, wasn't it? Still lots of vim and > > vigor, and really starting to turn the corner on figuring out the > > fundamentals of how to live more or less successfully. That's when I > > finally went to college at UW in Seattle and it was almost > > embarrassing how much I had in the bag to draw from relative to my > > younger schoolmates; it felt like cheating. > > > > Marek > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Thank GAWD I got 35 years old too! Whew! > > > > > > Must be something to do with surfing and trikking, eh? > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > A test site in Japanese, so maybe it would help to know kanji; > > but all > > > > you have to do is click on <Start>, then the screen will count > > down 3, > > > > 2, 1, and then very briefly (for 1 second or less) some numbers > > will > > > > appear arranged randomly on the screen. The numbers disappear > > and in > > > > their formerly held places circles will show instead. > > > > > > > > What you have to do is click on each circle in the order of > > lowest > > > > number to highest number. So if 2 was the lowest of numbers > > shown > > > > you'd click on that circle first, and then on every other circle > > going > > > > up in denominations. Sometimes there's only a few > > numbers/circles, > > > > sometimes there's quite a few. At the end, when you've finished > > all > > > > the screens, a big number will flash showing what your "brain > > age" is. > > > > Apparently I've got a 35-year old brain in a 57-year old body. > > > > > > > > http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html > > > > > > > > Takes just a few minutes. > > > > > > > > > >
