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.
A very early Christmas present, Santa left an Erector Set couple years later. Loved them both, they certainly had an effect on my life later growing up, becoming a welder and fitter.
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ReplyDeleteA very early Christmas present, Santa left an Erector Set couple years later. Loved them both, they certainly had an effect on my life later growing up, becoming a welder and fitter.
ReplyDeletei can still close my eyes and smell them.
ReplyDeleteMe too. Had a can just like that. Parents threw it away we we moved (had to have room for Dad's junk car parts, you know).
Deleteme, myself personally was a Lincoln Log fan
ReplyDeleteHad all three at one time or the other but Tinkertoys were my favorite.
ReplyDeletelook just like the set I had in the 50s
ReplyDeleteHad these and Lincoln Logs and the Green Plastic Soldiers
ReplyDeleteI too had Lincoln logs but never Tinker toys.
ReplyDeleteanybody remember Rig-a- Jigs ?
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