Old Enough To Remember?

Bmacleod said:
Holy cow... For the hell of it I decided to do a Google search and it turns out you can still buy these. Obviously they're much more than a dime now... Lol
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I was at Lee Valley a few years ago and got one of these for my grandson. Was $3 or $4 then. He enjoyed playing with it, pretty fragile, didn't last long.

If you're at LV you can get one of these launcher kits. Not available in Quebec through as it is listed as a dangerous weapon. You can tell by the look on this kid's face that he is obviously up to no good.

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Paper Airplane Launcher Kit - Lee Valley Tools

www.leevalley.com www.leevalley.com
 
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Nashcat said:
Back in the ‘80’s, I was rebuilding a starter on a small block Chevy. It was late on a Saturday, before parts stores staying open til 9:00. I walked in and the only person in the store was a very attractive, tall young lady who was mopping the floor, just before closing time. My first thought was that she wouldn’t have a clue as to the parts I needed. Without looking up from the mop, she asked what I needed and when I replied that I needed brushes and bushings for a SBC starter, she asked, “long or short shaft?” When I replied short shaft, she leaned the mop in the corner, walked to the shelves and pulled 3 boxes. Front and rear bushings and the correct brushes. She never looked in a book and this was before computers, but she knew P/N and prices in her head!

I found out later that she was the owner’s daughter and had been chasing parts since she was old enough to read the numbers.
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I had a couple of these toy airplanes as a kid. It had a handle with batteries inside and a cable that connected to the airplane that had an inner wire that spun and drove the propeller. Good dizzy fun.

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I had a set of these. Since they came out in 1971 I must have been 9 or 10. They hung from a clip that went over a textured line. The line was wound onto a spool. Attach the free end to a fixed object like a doorknob, unspool as much as you could, hold the "launch platform" so that the line was taut and there was a suitable slope to the line, then tip the platform to launch the plane. As it slid down the line the clip would screech "just like a real jet!!!" providing seconds of fun.

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Roger. said:
Those 'wind-up' models have advanced a bit......
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Years ago I went to Moffet Field in California and saw a free flight model contest that was held inside a WWII Dirigible hanger at the airport there. These models were made with a super light film made by floating the film on water and draping it over the frame. Totally fascinating to watch these slow motion flying machines. The hanger was amazing to as it was at the time the worlds largest wooden structure. It has since been updated and renovated with modern materials by Google I believe.


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RaYzerman said:
Ha! STill got one on a tower at the end of the house...... not used, the satellite dish is below it on the tower, lol.
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That's going to be my plan. Put up a terrestrial antenna with about a 70 mile range and get a $39.00 a month subscription service to get the content I can't get with the antenna. No way I'm going to pay $160.00 a month for the cable and satellite robber barons.
 
RaYzerman said:
Ha! STill got one on a tower at the end of the house...... not used, the satellite dish is below it on the tower, lol.
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That's what I like about this thread... so many cool memories. We also had a tower mounted to the side of our house. I can tell you that if you want to launch one of those balsa wood airplanes, that was the place to do it, from the peak of the roof after scaling the tower. You will only get one flight out of it, either because of the damage to the plane or because your parents found out and grounded you... DAMHIK
Nowadays, children's aid would get called... Lol
 
ReSTored said:
I was at Lee Valley a few years ago and got one of these for my grandson. Was $3 or $4 then. He enjoyed playing with it, pretty fragile, didn't last long.

If you're at LV you can get one of these launcher kits. Not available in Quebec through as it is listed as a dangerous weapon. You can tell by the look on this kid's face that he is obviously up to no good.

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Paper Airplane Launcher Kit - Lee Valley Tools

www.leevalley.com www.leevalley.com
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Dangerous weapon... :rofl1: sad, but true these days
Used to get drunk and play lawn darts but someone screwed that up for everyone... Lol
I guess, in hindsight, that was inevitable. A bunch of drunk people throwing a giant dart 20 ft through the air, aiming at a Target that was two or three feet in front of another human who also was probably drunk.. I guess it was bound to happen
 
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red one said:
That's going to be my plan. Put up a terrestrial antenna with about a 70 mile range and get a $39.00 a month subscription service to get the content I can't get with the antenna. No way I'm going to pay $160.00 a month for the cable and satellite robber barons.
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I actually use a smaller model, mounted in a tree for 90% of my tv watching. We do have a Netflix subscription too. ( $8.99/month), we get 116 channels, of which about 40 are not home shopping, foreign language or religious programming.
The reason for mounting in a tree? At the time we installed it, our HOA did not allow antennas mounted to the house. I understand that now they are not allowed to regulate that.
Because of digital signals now, the picture is incredible.
 
klaproth said:
I actually use a smaller model, mounted in a tree for 90% of my tv watching. We do have a Netflix subscription too. ( $8.99/month), we get 116 channels, of which about 40 are not home shopping, foreign language or religious programming.
The reason for mounting in a tree? At the time we installed it, our HOA did not allow antennas mounted to the house. I understand that now they are not allowed to regulate that.
Because of digital signals now, the picture is incredible.
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put mine in the attic and cut the cable about 15 years ago. get all broadcast networks and about 30 good tv channels. also have netflix and prime with roku player
 
I still have a dwell meter too. I think I still have the flexible screwdriver looking allen wrench to adjust GM dwell.

As for Nashcat’s post. I once worked in a Napa parts house. A woman came in for her husband to get a fitting. She had all the info except male or female. I asked her if it was male or female and she said. What’s the difference? :oops::rolleyes:
 
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