28 Jul
2004
28 Jul
'04
1:09 p.m.
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, but,...
The Erector Set by Gilbert had LOTS of little screws, washers and nuts,
and a nice solid plug-in electric motor with a multi-ratio open gearbox.
So, they changed it to a wimpy battery powered motor, and changed it over
to snap together crap.
It was so badly screwed up that I think that it has gone the way of
chemistry sets, and there will never again be any great mechanics
Yes, but
how meany single women are there who would put up with me, and
who are actually interested in reading microcode source listings :-)
There aren't many.
Good for
molecule models, etc., but not as versatile as an "Erector Set".
I
believe that's similar to the English Meccano system. Metal strips, plates,
rods, etc that you bolt together. from the USA.
I truely pity anyoe who regards drinking alcohol,
women, sports, TV (at
least the TV we get over here), (watching) movies as being more
interesting than constructing anything.
The right women can be.