stream of consciousness

slot cars. picked up a lot of things about electricity and mechanics from those. So much so that I actaully took the set in to Anderson when I taught there and had an in class competition where teams would have to assemble the car motor, answer some questions about the parts, then race a number of laps to win.
The cars with the magnets hanging out the bottoms could go way faster with the additional traction. the original cars actually had functioning headlights.
Trains? we had the wind up set (no, 2 identical sets as Uncle bill would always get david and I the same present). Mark Muldowen did have the electric train set which was fun for a bit but not as much as race cars!

Old lady Jackson was a bwitch. but for some reason Jackson's seemed closer then Bates and not quite as scary. I used to go there to get my 'Hot Mexican BBQ' chips on a regualr basis.

Plastic Models. taking a selection of them to the Quarry to use as targets for dad's 22. David's purple dinosaurs. Dad's Rocket and Forestall under glass. my gas powered spitfire on a teather which when we finally took it for its maiden flight (in the parking lot at the OC... what was the thinking there?) it went around about about 30 degrees of arc then up over-head and nose dive into a few dozen pieces. The engiine went on to power a variety of boats and things.
Boats were boring, cars almost as much so but planes and rockets were cool. Tanks were kinda fun. We always wanted the ~5ft.saturn V of which we had the LEM command and service modules.

That's all I have to say about that. (name that movie)