I don't take the opportunity enough to engage in much actual discussion on this list,
but I would like to. I also rarely get a chance to actually "play" with my
keeper collection of computers, which I have recently narrowed down to just
"keepers." Anyway, with a busy job, three kids and a house, time is always
short, but I do find time to enjoy a couple of other hobbies. I guess after twelve plus
years of ravinously reading everything about computer history, and having owned more or
less every important old computer at one time or another, my interests are shifting. This
doesn't mean that I won't be playing with the collection, but in a more limited
way. Gotta get the garage setup finally with some work areas.
As for other hobbies, I am mostly doing a lot of reading online, and reading physical
books as well. I've recently added to my extensive computer history / collecting
library some very nice books about Disney Imagineering, Disney history (Walt and the
parks, movies, etc.), and some books on toy collecting. I'm also very interested in
sceptical research and debunking of psuedoscience, bad MLM and so-called health related
products. But toys have always been a soft-spot for me, which my first computer started
off as (C64). My daughter has an Easy Bake oven, and I just got my son a Queasy Bake. We
also enjoy the number of sets of Creepy Crawler ovens too, remember those anyone? Anyway,
I'm intrigued with the history of cooking toys now and have been looking deeper into
that, as well as checking out eBay for such items. My family loves to cook and we're
big fans of the Food Network. I have started on the path of the history of cooking toys
and the collecting of them. There are many interesting types too:
ovens of course (desert baking mostly)pizza oven (Pizza Hut, Dominoes and Chucky
Cheese)slushie makersCotten candy makersice cream makersgummy makerschocolate candy
makersdrink makers... geez, the journey begins.
So, anyone else like to expose any other collecting and/or strange behavior of their own?
Ah, the kicker too . . . have their ever been a microcomputer controlled cooking toy?
Could their be? Hmmmmm . . .
Best, David Greelish,
classiccomputing.com