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Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Retros

Classic toys and their modern equivalents. My two favorites are the electronics breadboard kit and Erector sets. Classic Erector sets are the best.
Posted by Fred Kiesche at 08:51
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