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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
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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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