And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
as a kid in the 60's, my younger brother and I subscribed to four magazines -- Pop Mech, Pop Science, Mechanix Illustrated and Boys Life. Great reading, opened our eyes! You can still find them on Google Books
My Grandpa had years of issues back in the 60's. Spent hours looking at all of them.
ReplyDeleteThe years of imagination and experiments!
ReplyDeleteas a kid in the 60's, my younger brother and I subscribed to four magazines -- Pop Mech, Pop Science, Mechanix Illustrated and Boys Life. Great reading, opened our eyes! You can still find them on Google Books
ReplyDeleteGreat old magazines that committed suicide over Global Warming.
ReplyDeleteI miss Smokey Stover.
15 cents when you're making $75 a week and netting $65 after tax in a big investment.
ReplyDeleteAfter MAD Magazine, that was my favorite, great to roll them up and stuff in my Boy Scout pack.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be hard to stall, but easy to flat spin, and probably underpowered even if that was a turboprop.
ReplyDeleteAlways easier to draw ideas than fly them.