-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 02-19-06 19:00 <=-
NB>> culture (think old toys, dolls, furniture, lunchboxes, other
NB>> artifacts
NB>> of daily living, Sesame Street, etc... lots of hands-on exhibits).
MK> Oooooooo! Nevermind the kids I am pretty sure I'd enjoy that.
Yes, my friend and I (both solidly adults ) certainly did. :)
MK> I remember from my childhood a few oldtimers used to build steam
MK> driven 'machines' that were truly awesome to me as a kid. I could sit
MK> and watch them do whatever for hours and hours.
For a while, there were some exhibits in one of our local malls that I
could sit and watch for ever... they had balls that would drop through
a set-up of gravity-driven arms and levers and baskets, etc (hard to
describe, although I can see it plain as day in my mind!)... along the
way, all kinds of sounds would be produced, some by the balls themselves
hitting the next item, some by mallets and such that were put in motion
by the ball's passing through. The only power supplied other than
gravity was the small motor that ran the spiral that returned the balls
to the top of the contraption. :)
NB>> model of an old country store, filled to the brim with (somewhat
NB>> haphazard) merchandise, and remarked how that was a BIT more like it!
MK> I remember those in fullscale. Wasn't many but a few still existed
MK> when I was a kid. The last 'local' one shut down after the owner died
MK> sometime in the mid 70's. There are a few markets around on the Island
MK> but they are a more summertime thing and are a tad touristy, if you
MK> know what I mean.
I'm afraid I do know what you mean. Not quite the same as the original.
I remember a few of the the original type myself... different ambience.
ttyl neb
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