Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Did you find them in your grandparents attic or something?

Nah, just passed down.

Also played with toy cars from some brand similar to Hot Wheels but from like the 50s or 60s. Don't remember the name but my dad had them in a red collector box thingy.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Did you find them in your grandparents attic or something?

Nope, they were still a thing for millennials. I had them too.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

My childhood toy contribution.

(note the front wheel camber)


humfrz

I wanted one of those sets so bad.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spike021

Nah, just passed down.

Also played with toy cars from some brand similar to Hot Wheels but from like the 50s or 60s. Don't remember the name but my dad had them in a red collector box thingy.

Matchbox
I have most of mine from when I was a kid.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

Nah, just passed down.

Also played with toy cars from some brand similar to Hot Wheels but from like the 50s or 60s. Don't remember the name but my dad had them in a red collector box thingy.

My kids also played with my old Matchbox and Hot wheels cars.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Matchbox
I have most of mine from when I was a kid.

Ooooh thanks! I've thought about trying to remember what brand they were. Probably been a couple decades since I played with them now.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My kids also played with my old Matchbox and Hot wheels cars.

They were pretty cool cars, to be honest. I think some of them were cooler than my Hot Wheels, even.

They're also how I was introduced to the Datsun's because I think they were one of my dad's favorites.

Originally Posted by Spuds

Nope, they were still a thing for millennials. I had them too.

Yep. And they were pretty fun too. Nothing wrong with handmedown toys. Hope my parents kept them somewhere through our moves. Not sure where they are at this point..

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Way cooler than what I had. You could build a log cabin. Or a log garage. Log dog house. Just a pile of logs. A slightly different pile of logs. The possibilities were endless.

Now, THAT reminds me of a childhood story.


At about 10 years old, my neighboring farm friend (Jimmy) and I decided to build a 2 story log house for a school art project.


We started with a 3x4' piece of plywood for a base. We sat in the woods for many of hour hand whittling out logs for our house. Yep, each one was custom fit and we built the whole thing without and nails or glue.


His father transported our house to school when it was completed in his pickup truck. We won first prize. The school kept it on display for many years.


Yep, my friend, Jimmy, was born and raised in a house on a farm without central heat or running water. He got a scholarship to Harvard at age 16, graduated with a PhD and went on to UC Berkeley for post doc studies. He married Cyrus Eaton's granddaughter and wound up in jail for a spell for protesting the Vietnam war. That's when we parted ways.


THE END


humfrz

[nextcar]

Originally Posted by humfrz

My childhood toy contribution.

humfrz

Aaaah yes! I still remember cuts from the sharp edges and corners of the original erector set. Of course I also remember when the pieces of "Mr. Potatohead" had sharp plastic spikes so you could stick them in a real potato... and you did not have to sign a legal release to buy a bicycle.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

@Tcoat's packing list.

Wuy thu hull wouuld I neud a houdie in Californiu in Juune?

[nextcar]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Wuy thu hull wouuld I neud a houdie in Californiu in Juune?

So you could wear it over your flat brimmed baseball cap while driving your Subaru and vaping - duh!

[JustSomeGuy]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

@Tcoat's packing list.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Wuy thu hull wouuld I neud a houdie in Californiu in Juune?

anything above 0 here is when you get people in shorts... above 10 is when people wear t shirts and sandals then 20 and up you might as well hide from the sun so you dont burn lol

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JustSomeGuy

anything above 0 here is when you get people in shorts... above 10 is when people wear t shirts and sandals then 20 and up you might as well hide from the sun so you dont burn lol

Over 20 and the AC gets turned on in the car.

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by nextcar

So you could wear it over your flat brimmed baseball cap while driving your Subaru and vaping - duh!

Plugged it into Google English to Canadian translator.....


"So you could wear it ouver your flat brimmed basebaull caup while driving your Subauru aund vauping"



Pretty close...


In all seriousness, I'm usually pretty good at coming close to mimicking different accents, but I just can NOT get Canadian sounds (meaning, to me, Kingston, ON, which is where I've spent the most time) down. The whole "add 'eh' after every other word" is just stupid... that's not real. I'm getting used to saying "in hospital," instead of "in the hospital," "pasta" with an "a" as in "man," "going to university" or "in university" instead of "going to college" or "in college," "Zed" instead of "Zee," etc... but there's a roundness to the pronunciation of "o" as in "hot" that I just can NOT get... it's so subtle. Kind of a cross between a British-sounding "Hawt" and 'Merican "Haht." ... wish I could get it right. Love dialects/regional accents, and have always been very interested in how/why the evolve.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Matchbox
I have most of mine from when I was a kid.

When my kids were done with them I passed them down to my younger brother's kids. I had 2 of the same cases you posted a couple years ago. I only kept my 2 favorites; Lotus and Ferrari.