Sounds like me as a child. I would have been a poster child for the MAKE movement.
Dan clay monroe <[email protected]> wrote: >As a kid, I destroyed all the technical toys from radios, wind up cars, record >players and anything with a battery or motor. There was a 50/50 chance I >could get it back functional, but I at least found out how the thing was meant >to work. There were some things I really felt badly about killing. And it >did feel like murder, because there was no reason I could come up with for >their not coming back to life. It was all back the way I found it. Just was >missing the spark. > >Now you have plug and play, swap out and pop in. If that. Admonitions to >refrain from opening cases, looking inside, lest you free the magic pixies and >in the process they cast the faery dust where it does not belong. > > > >clay > > >1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran >1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial >POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > >On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: > >> I think a big thing is extra effort needs to be put in to repair things that >> weren't designed to be repaired, they were designed to be disposed of. That >> and the fact that kids now days have plenty to keep them entertained, >> without have to resort to taking things apart and attempting to put them >> back together for amusement. My oldest kid is the exception. I have repaired >> many of his "projects" and now that he is in his late teens, he actually is >> getting better. >> >> Rick >> Sent from my iPhone. >> >> On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:10 PM, "Allan Streib" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> But I do agree that people don't seem to be as interested in how things >>> work anymore... across the board, not just cars. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
