19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
9:51 p.m.
woodelf wrote:
Richard wrote:
I remember as a child using hundreds of used IBM *punch* cards to build towers.
The quantity made it feasible to build quite large and high structures.
And of course, seeing how many you could pull out from the bottom before it collapsed.
Or building domino-like trails of them and then starting them falling over.
A quantity of punch cards was a great children's toy, in the same vein as "the
cardboard box being a better toy than what came in it".
Note: these are not "playing cards",
which typically refers to a deck
of cards marked for card games (i.e. Jack of Spades, etc.). This is
for a deck of cards with slots that you can assemble into "house of
cards" structures. I played with several decks myself when I was a
little kid and it was great fun!
Cheater -- I used real cards only to have them fall.
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