Quiz For The Oldsters on the Forum

[George]

Originally Posted by Enzp

Never had guns. And the crystal radio kit from 1952 or whenever started a lifelong interest in electronics, so it was a fave. I still have the tuning cap from it.

Yes. I had forgotten how we made our own radios.

I loved army men. In fact to this day, I still buy the occasional bag of them. Mostly from the dollar store or the toy factory outlet store. All we had back then were the basic green ones. Now in the stores they have US, German, Japanese, and British ones. We also had cowboys and indians ones, but I never got into those.

We had a hobby shop that had the best. The more we had, the better. My father gave up my mother's stamp collection for my neighbor's entire army. Thankfully, they are still both alive, but she has yet to forgive him, though I came out way ahead.

One toy I really liked was a Big Bang carbide cannon.

I don't recall this one.

Went through both Tinker Toy and later Erector Set phases. And even liked Lincoln Logs for a time. I always liked making things or building things. it would probably be Legos today.

The logs are still available and a good prerequisite for Legos, I suppose.

[Enzp]

They still make Big Bang Cannons. You took a tiny scoop of carbide and dumped it into the chamber where some water waited. CLose the breech, and the carbide made something like acetylene gas in there. You pushed a plunger which sparked a flint and BOOOM. Mine was relatively small, but they made them up to pretty large.

http://www.bigbangcannons.com

[Maksutov]

Originally Posted by Enzp

They still make Big Bang Cannons. You took a tiny scoop of carbide and dumped it into the chamber where some water waited. CLose the breech, and the carbide made something like acetylene gas in there. You pushed a plunger which sparked a flint and BOOOM. Mine was relatively small, but they made them up to pretty large.

http://www.bigbangcannons.com

You have to wonder, when you set off a Big Bang cannon, does space-time start expanding around it?

[Enzp]

No, but if you get in front of it, it leaves a black hole.

[Maksutov]

Originally Posted by Enzp

No, but if you get in front of it, it leaves a black hole.

LOL!

And here I thought you'd be preserved in carbonite, a la Han Solo!

[Enzp]

Is that dark matter?

[Maksutov]

Originally Posted by Enzp

Is that dark matter?

I dunno. I'm kind of tired and worn out, so figuring the answer to that may take some time. Just feeling out of dark energy right now.

[Enzp]

Use your fork, Luke.

[LurchGS]

I prefer a blaster

[teri tait]

My youngest bratgirl once said, When I see a man eat his own head...then I will have seen everything....I didn't have the heart to tell that was done on film in a movie, the Xxx type, called 'sodom and gomorrah'
You'll never guess what they did in, Captain Lust, I think it may have been the same screenplaywrights....

[MagEtheCat]

wow....you really gave my memory and brain a workout! I'm afraid I scored quite highly on all of the quizes, though! But I wanted to say....instead of "van" didn't we refer to the "other" Volkswagen as a VW bus?

[bob7708]

Who was the kid in the 1950's Quiz Shows [The $64,000 Question, in believe]
who answered questions in the Astronomy catagory? I think his first name was Robert but am not certain. He couldn't have been much over 10 years of age and answered every question correctly.