Today I Learned...

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, kids today would freak out with one of these sets -

I have heard of Erector Sets but were never part of my childhood. Meccano on the other hand was something my brothers had while I looked on.

Mmmm, doing a quick picture search, Meccano and Erector look quite similar.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Tiny - unless it cut lose and hit the earth -

In that case, it would be huge. Haha

That same moon is 60% closer to Mars compared to the distance of our Moon to Earth. Wonder if it would ever fall down on Mars.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

I have heard of Erector Sets but were never part of my childhood. Meccano on the other hand was something my brothers had while I looked on.

Mmmm, doing a quick picture search, Meccano and Erector look quite similar.

Meccano was the original that was sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries.
There is an awful movie called The Man Who Saved Christmas staring Jason Alexander about the guy that "invents" Erector in the US to have toys during WW1. Good for you George you invented something that it was an exact copy of something that had already been around for 20 years or so at that time.
Meccano bought Erector a few years back and both are now owned by a Canadian company.

I used to love going to my grandparents house and using my uncles old Meccano set. It was still a wooden box set so probably went back to the late 40s or very early 50s. It was also surprisingly intact for it's age. I sometimes wonder what ever happened to it.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Meccano was the original that was sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries.
There is an awful movie called The Man Who Saved Christmas staring Jason Alexander about the guy that "invents" Erector in the US to have toys during WW1. Good for you George you invented something that it was an exact copy of something that had already been around for 20 years or so at that time.
Meccano bought Erector a few years back and both are now owned by a Canadian company.

I used to love going to my grandparents house and using my uncles old Meccano set. It was still a wooden box set so probably went back to the late 40s or very early 50s. It was also surprisingly intact for it's age. I sometimes wonder what ever happened to it.

They let you play with it ..... -

[mrg666]

Dogs fart and smells horrible

[NoHaveMSG]

California bases input voltage of a device by RMS voltage.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, kids today would freak out with one of these sets -

I miss my parents' old set of:

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Meccano was the original that was sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries.

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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

California bases input voltage of a device by RMS voltage.

?!?

[ConWeb1190]

Today I learned that having a cold and having diarrhea at the same time is not fun.

I shat myself a little bit when I sneezed.

[pope]

Originally Posted by ConWeb1190

Today I learned that having a cold and having diarrhea at the same time is not fun.

I shat myself a little bit when I sneezed.

Today I learned this about another forum member and I did not need to know this.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by pope

Today I learned this about another forum member and I did not need to know this.

I'd him for you, but, maybe he is just an old man -

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

?!?

I dunno I had to look it up as I have one battery charger we use that falls under that scope of certification.

Some appliance efficiency standard that uses federal test procedures but is a special certification outside of the federal requirements. Because California

[Sapphireho]

Today I learned that they make a 2L Camaro.