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.  
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>clay 
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>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
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>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.
>> 
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