Re: Most awful hack job, but my kid likes it
- From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 4 Nov 2005 21:19:40 GMT
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:16:00 GMT, Ignoramus1740 <ignoramus1740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4 Nov 2005 21:10:29 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> My parents had a mechanical clock with all the chimes and so on, that I
>> had apart and together a dozen times before they caught me with it
>> apart. After they calmed down, I contiued putting it back together. I
>> was probably 5 at the time. Clock still runs now, decades later.
>> That was actually what probably got me into techie stuff; they bought me
>> a bunch of other clocks to tear apart & figure out, and that worked into
>> electronics, and, well, beats working.
> That's a good idea, I will check if Walmart has mechanical
> clocks. Maybe that could interest my kid.
Thinking back further, they had given me a wristwatch with a clear back,
so I could see all the gears, the spring, and the escapement. No idea
if anyone even makes such a thing these years. If you find one, let me
know, because I'll buy two.
It starts out as being something cool to look at (the gears were
colored), and eventually, if the kid has the right kind of mind and/or
prompting, the questions start to form and be asked.
Dave
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