Just had a new addition to the family. My first grandbaby and new grandson, Aiden Troy, joined the family on Wednesday afternoon. (pictures to follow).
As I was sitting around thinking about my kids and them my own childhood, my remebering turned to toys and all the things I had as a kid, that my kids had and which ones I particularly remember.
One of my favorite toys was a real metal Erector Set complete with lots of little screws and washers and square nuts, metal girders and plates, gears, wheels and motors. I spent hours putting little nuts on little screws, faithfully following the instructions in the book to build cranes and derricks and ferris wheels. Eventually I turned to designing my own creations. Somewhere along the way in one of our moves, that Erector set either got left or got tossed. All I do remember is how many quiet hours I spent engaged in real creative thinking as I worked to solve problems of balance, leverage, motion and movement.
WHat toys do you remember having a really profound impact on you?
Dennis
As I was sitting around thinking about my kids and them my own childhood, my remebering turned to toys and all the things I had as a kid, that my kids had and which ones I particularly remember.
One of my favorite toys was a real metal Erector Set complete with lots of little screws and washers and square nuts, metal girders and plates, gears, wheels and motors. I spent hours putting little nuts on little screws, faithfully following the instructions in the book to build cranes and derricks and ferris wheels. Eventually I turned to designing my own creations. Somewhere along the way in one of our moves, that Erector set either got left or got tossed. All I do remember is how many quiet hours I spent engaged in real creative thinking as I worked to solve problems of balance, leverage, motion and movement.
WHat toys do you remember having a really profound impact on you?
Dennis
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