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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
Date: 12 Oct 2024 14:33:24 GMT
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In article <veddsa$2puo$3@dont-email.me>, Kevrob  <kjrobinson@mail.com> wrote:
>On 10/2/2024 9:25 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> In article <lm5t3jFbuivU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:
>>> In article <vdkebk$3cv3c$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 10/2/24 10:33 AM, William Hyde wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is
>>>>> fascinated by things mechanical.
>>>>>
>>>>> The kind of kid who used to take clocks apart and put them back together
>>>>> still working (when that was possible), build a telescope or put
>>>>> together a radio, that sort of thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember seeing such a book and wishing I'd had it when I was twelve
>>>>> myself, but I don't recall the name or author.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for myself, that clock never worked again, so I'm not much of a
>>>>> mentor here.
>>>>>
>>>>> William Hyde
>>>>
>>>> My son is an engineer, and 4 of my nieces/nephews are also engineers,
>>>> and when they were young, every one of them loved the book "The Way
>>>> Things Work" by David Macaulay. I'm just a math guy, but I enjoyed
>>>> flipping through it as well.
>>>>
>>>> In looking for that title, I see he has also written a second book
>>>> called "The New Way Things Work". I am unfamiliar with that book.
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>
>>> Coming soon "That Should Have Worked!"
>> 
>> I am waiting for "The Way Things Would Have Worked If GM Hadn't Screwed
>> Them Up."
>> --scott
>
>
>Is there "Things That Work Intermittently"?
>
>Those give me the most trouble.
>
>-- 
>Kevin R
>
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