Agree! We played with toy guns, rifles, etc. I even had a grenade with a pop cap. Played army all the time when we were kids. No violent streak here.
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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Agree! We played with toy guns, rifles, etc. I even had a grenade with a pop cap. Played army all the time when we were kids. No violent streak here.
I did, too, until about age 8. None of that carried over to adolescence or later. I did like to shoot a BB gun and get into mischief with gun powder but never with the intent of causing humans or animals any harm.
Guess I was never cut out to be a warrior.
I can't find a picture of it, but this reminds me of the Revel "model kit club," in which one would be sent a new model kit every month for a year or so. I can only guess it was advertised in comic books, or some such. I got my parents to sign me up because the introductory kit was a diorama of the Apollo moon landing. One of the later kits was a viking ship.
The Vikings landed on the moon?!? Geez! I knew they explored, but...I can't find a picture of it, but this reminds me of the Revel "model kit club," in which one would be sent a new model kit every month for a year or so. I can only guess it was advertised in comic books, or some such. I got my parents to sign me up because the introductory kit was a diorama of the Apollo moon landing. One of the later kits was a viking ship.
Clearly - and clearly stated - two different kits.
Here's something else seldom seen these days:
And the Viking landers went to Mars:
Viking 1 & 2 | Missions – NASA Mars Exploration
Viking program - Wikipedia
Viking 1 & 2 | Missions – NASA Mars Exploration
Viking program - Wikipedia
See? I wasn't that far off.And the Viking landers went to Mars:
Viking 1 & 2 | Missions – NASA Mars Exploration
Viking program - Wikipedia
Depending on where Earth and Mars are in our respective orbits, only between ~33.9 million to 250 million miles, with an average of about 140 million.
How Far Away is Mars? | Distance to Mars
Mars Facts | All About Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
No time at all at "Ludicrous Speed".Depending on where Earth and Mars are in our respective orbits, only between ~33.9 million to 250 million miles, with an average of about 140 million.
How Far Away is Mars? | Distance to Mars
Mars Facts | All About Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
America's first fully automated store, 1949
Oh, where have all the good wholesome entertainment activities have gone? 
If you ever go to the Link Removed, check the gift shop for fun items with the image of the most well-known "winner" of that "contest."
Miss Atomic (pageants) - Wikipedia
Miss Atomic Bomb 1957
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I understand all the women in that pageant were bombshells.
That is amazing that watching nuclear bomb testing used to be a tourist attraction.
I posted this a while back but all of the nuclear powers have detonated over 2000 atomic tests combined since the late 40’s.
Now a few more idiot countries are joining the atomic club. Oh Boy!
Wonder what that did to poor Mother Earth.
Plus now they’re worried about cow farts! Ha! Insanity.
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