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I don't think I had any of these "dangerous" toys from the '60s, but most of them are familiar. REALLY wanted the air cannon, though. Funny how many were made by Wham-O.... Ron Wanttaja

Two cyanide pills and a hotline to Jesus? What kind of upbringing did YOU have? :) Ron Wanttaja

Note that the Daily Mail was the same outfit that dubbed me, "Sky Savant." Shows you how believable they are.... Ron Wanttaja

A couple of months ago, I was shredding a bunch of old material. I found an annual summary of my expenses on my first airplane, a 1965 Cessna 150. This was in 1985. Ron Wanttaja

I still remember a skit I saw on the old "Dean Martin" TV show in the '60s. Dean and another man (George Jessel?) were dressed as monks. The skit began with a voiceover saying they belonged to an order that had taken an oath of silence, and they were only allowed to speak for five minutes...

Certainly true. But the *Agencies* involved were dissolved...those specific Federal programs were dismantled, the bureaucracy broken up. Which was germane to the original question. I must point, too, out that the legacy of those programs remain. Many of the facilities of our national parks...

Whole lot of depression-era stuff from the '30s. Civilian Conservation Corps, for one. Civil Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, etc. All gone in the '40s. Ron Wanttaja

Very true... just about the definition of capitalism. The question is whether such action is good for society as a whole. The purchasers/destroyers of the company may make a tidy profit, but if hundreds of workers end up having to collect unemployment and welfare, is that the best result for...

Little wooden cars? Pfffftttt..... Similar to the Pinewood Derby, scouts would take a block of balsa and carve a "rocket," with a rubber-band-powered propeller that drove the device along a guide wire. Now, I've been many things, but never a Boy Scout. Had never heard of the Space Derby...

As long as long-term effects are understood. Cutting the budget by ~50% sounds good, but if it's only executing 33% of its needed function three months later, that's not really an improvement. Someone can get a lot of press by claiming the elimination of waste and large cost savings, but six...

Two landlines, one listed, the other not. Give the listed one out freely...don't answer it, just let it go to an answering machine. Family and friends have the unlisted number. Two cell lines, which are only given out when *we* see the need. Ron Wanttaja

I get calls all the time asking if I want to sell my property on West Street. I tell them I don't own property on West Street. It's "W" street, but they don't need to know that.... Ron Wanttaja

Lowes. Intermatic Model ST01 Self-Adjusting Wall Switch Timer. They're $56 on Amazon. It's kind of complicated to set up, but works fine. Refreshing myself on the instructions, I see one didn't have to enter the actual latitude...just specify, within a broad range, whether one is in the...

The one I remember the most was a dusk-to-dawn Clint Eastwood marathon. Me and a buddy had early Willys Jeeps, we took the tops down and folded the windshield flat to the hood to improve the view. Ron Wanttaja

Cars with headlights out. Sure, you see it occasionally, today. But not to the degree it was in the '60s. Haven't replaced a headlight in my own cars in about twenty years, and that was when a rock destroyed it. Was visiting a relative a few years back when I noticed *his* was out. He had...

But it's the rich people who are going to work for DOGE for free that *own* those office buildings. Of course they're not going to support remote work. They want those office towers filled. Ron Wanttaja

Used to pay $1.25 for a haircut. Twenty-five cents per side. :) Ron Wanttaja

If I understand DOGE correctly, it has no power...It can't cut anything, all it can do is recommend. Implementation of some of its suggestions might be doable by executive order, but others will probably require legislative action. Republican majorities in both houses are slim; probably will...

That's why it's actually tattooed in mirror image. :) It was inspired by an older friend back in the '80s, who had the lift equation tattooed on his arm. Turns out this was a "thing" for aerodynamicists. Dana nailed what the equation is; the rocket ship is from the mission patch for a...

Heck, *I've* got one, now. Not something I ever would have considered, in the '70s. Ron Wanttaja