In another thread (http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/oil-pressure-gauge-seal.28549/page-2#post-202106), Jim Jordan posted:
I didn't want to hijack his thread, so I decided to start a new one here. I was like Jim as a child and took everything I could apart. Clocks were one of my favorites, but I was also big on transistor radios. I would frequently pretend or find some reason why I thought things were broken, so I could rationalize my destruction as an attempted repair. And, of course, if anything did actually break then it immediately went under my "knife." (I was fortunate in that my father was a small appliance distributor, so no one got too upset over my destruction.) Everyone always said "Jimmy is going to be an engineer" but I didn't know what an engineer was and assumed they thought I was going to drive a train. I didn't understand the connection but driving a train seemed pretty cool so I didn't question it. I have often wondered if my life would have been different if someone had told me what an engineer did.
Anyway, reading Jim's comment made me wonder how many of us are like that. Did you take things apart too?
...took my Mickey Mouse watch apart in first grade and it was sent home in an envelope.
I didn't want to hijack his thread, so I decided to start a new one here. I was like Jim as a child and took everything I could apart. Clocks were one of my favorites, but I was also big on transistor radios. I would frequently pretend or find some reason why I thought things were broken, so I could rationalize my destruction as an attempted repair. And, of course, if anything did actually break then it immediately went under my "knife." (I was fortunate in that my father was a small appliance distributor, so no one got too upset over my destruction.) Everyone always said "Jimmy is going to be an engineer" but I didn't know what an engineer was and assumed they thought I was going to drive a train. I didn't understand the connection but driving a train seemed pretty cool so I didn't question it. I have often wondered if my life would have been different if someone had told me what an engineer did.
Anyway, reading Jim's comment made me wonder how many of us are like that. Did you take things apart too?