It's the kid's father who is 'too dangerous". Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79
> -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of J. Forster > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 9:20 PM > To: hp_agilent_equipm...@yahoogroups.com; tekscop...@yahoogroups.com; > time-nuts@febo.com > Cc: ailt...@yahoogroups.com; testequiptra...@yahoogroups.com; > eip_microw...@yahoogroups.com; gen...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [time-nuts] OT: At the Flea > > > Too bad it doesn't need the EPROMS. > > > >> > Folks, > >> > > >> > At MIT Flea this morning I bought a few things I just couldn't resist. > [snip] > > At the same flea, outside in the lot after the rain had stopped, I saw a > kid, maybe 10 years old in a cowboy hat. He found a roughly 1950s Gilbert > chemistry in near perfect condition with, as the kid put ir, "with > chemicals and glass test tubes". I've never seen a kid so happy. The > seller wanted $10 and the kid bought it. > > A few minutes later, I saw the same kid looking very glum. I asked what > was wrong and he said his dad had made him return the chemistry set... it > was "too dangerous". > > THAT is what's wrong with America today, IMO. > > FWIW, > > -John > > ================ > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.