Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[Winslow]

Dang...even scientists looked like hard-boiled detectives back then!

Oppenheimer was a fascinating person, but I doubt he'd have been the one to tell you that. That book is eye-opening. I was also fortunate enough to correspond a bit with the historian/author, Martin Sherwin, who did the research, and was kind enough to reply to an inquiry I made. Easily one of the most pleasant and memorable interactions I've had.

Like I said: Highly recommended reading. The Pulitzer that book won is very well deserved indeed.

 

[12BitSlab]

Sea shoes that let you walk on water.

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She sells sea shoes by the sea shore.

 

[the harp unstrung]

I know some people really like Truman (or at least, the idea of him), but when I learned of how Robert Oppenheimer was treated after he'd done everything that was asked of him, my opinion of Truman took a serious turn (likewise Edward Teller).

This book was the result of 25+ years of research, and is highly recommended:

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https://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-Oppenheimer/dp/0375726268

I agree wholeheartedly!

I’m sure that I’m more in love with the Idea of ‘Give ‘Em Hell Harry!’, and Harry wanting to punch a music critic who had been hard on his beloved daughter’s piano recital…In The Nose!

Still, as an FDR Democrat, I’d point to Harry keeping us out of WW III over Korea…before that, the Berlin Airlift; a gift to the planet!…his personal commitment to ending segregation in The Military…you get the idea.

I don’t know Anything about his relationship with Robert Oppenheimer, but that only means I have another book to read!

Thanks, Friend!!

 

[5StringBlues]

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You can thank @mrjim , AKA: Peter Sheridan for that.

 

[mrjim123]

@5StringBlues fuzzy green haircut (thus the hat).

 

[rtslinger]

not sure these are still around?

also before that there was something we called a Indian Rubber ball both did the same thing and very well I might add and that was bounce incredibly high

 

[mrcbass]

not sure these are still around?
View attachment 4349137 also before that there was something we called a Indian Rubber ball both did the same thing and very well I might add and that was bounce incredibly high

It's been my experience that they were never around for very long .....

 

[rtslinger]

It's been my experience that they were never around for very long .....

yup always ended up on the roof of the house

 

[mrcbass]

yup always ended up on the roof of the house

or down a gutter drain a few miles down the road

 

[GBassNorth]

not sure these are still around?
View attachment 4349137 also before that there was something we called a Indian Rubber ball both did the same thing and very well I might add and that was bounce incredibly high

LOL - I remember walking home from school one day with my high school buddies and one of us found a large SuperBall in the gutter (one of those ones bigger than a golf ball). We bounced it around a few times then one of the BMOC show off jocks with us grabbed it and said, “watch how high this thing goes”. He wound up and threw it straight down at the ground as hard as he could. The damn thing bounced straight up into his face at full speed, hit him hard in the forehead and knocked him off his feet, almost knocked him out. We got him home, he ended up with a concussion and couldn’t play football the next day. The coach never let him forget it, used to tease him about playing with kids toys.

 

[Pops OB]

not sure these are still around?
View attachment 4349137 also before that there was something we called a Indian Rubber ball both did the same thing and very well I might add and that was bounce incredibly high

Forgot all about these, thanks for posting! You could break them by throwing them as hard as you could against concrete. Not sure why we did that, but boys will be boys.

 

[FilterFunk]

Forgot all about these, thanks for posting! You could break them by throwing them as hard as you could against concrete. Not sure why we did that, but boys will be boys.

I did not know you could break them! I assumed they were unbreakable. I used to get such a kick out of how high they bounced, though.

Does anybody remember how sometimes they would do a bounce pattern of more vertical/more horizontal? Something like this very quick, crude drawing:

 

[Winslow]

Does anybody remember how sometimes they would do a bounce pattern of more vertical/more horizontal? Something like this very quick, crude drawing:

Yep! It seemed to be dependent on the spin.

 

[mrcbass]

I did not know you could break them! I assumed they were unbreakable. I used to get such a kick out of how high they bounced, though.

Does anybody remember how sometimes they would do a bounce pattern of more vertical/more horizontal? Something like this very quick, crude drawing:
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Yeah, I think the center off balance was just a little off, so they were very unpredictable - which is why they end up in a gutter or field miles away from where is it was deployed.

 

[Boogiepop]

I'm not sure Wham-O still makes them, but there are lots of clones of them in those "destroy all quarters" vending machines at supermarkets. I think you can also get the clones in bulk at Amazon.

B.

 

[Leigh Semmens]

Yeah! They are still available, Bought a couple for my grand-daughters only a couple of weeks ago.

 

[ArtGuy9516]

 

[mrcbass]

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"man in the moon" cut

 

[Winslow]

Someone was well ahead of his time...

 

[Richland123]

I'm not sure Wham-O still makes them, but there are lots of clones of them in those "destroy all quarters" vending machines at supermarkets. I think you can also get the clones in bulk at Amazon.

B.

Yep, Wham-O still makes them.