Prediction!

[Dave_1962]

True

TPBM had a Slinky as a kid.

 

[old_tv_nut]

True - more than one, in different years, first metal and later plastic (not as good as metal).

TPBM had a radiometer (vanes inside a bulb that whirl when exposed to radiant heat)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer

 

[Hyperion]

True.

TPBM had a Chemistry Set when younger.

 

[bobsvinyl]

True.

TPBM put together at least one plastic model.

 

[Dave_1962]

True I did about 30 cars

TPBM always wanted to do a ship in a bottle but never got a round tuit. Have one of mine

 

[harman/kardon]

True

TPBM played with puppets on strings (puppet theatre).

 

[Dave_1962]

False

TPBM had a G. I. Joe action figure (okay a doll) as a boy

 

[old_tv_nut]

Nope, way after my time. I had a Howdy Doody puppet and a Tom Corbett Space Cadet set with miniature figures and rocket ships.

TPBM had a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robot game.

 

[Dave_1962]

No the parents refused that request

TPBM had a Ker-plunk game

 

[bobsvinyl]

Nope.

TPBM had a Girder and Panel building set.

 

[Dave_1962]

No

TPBM had Meccano

 

[Eywadude]

False.

TPBM has a Marionette doll.

 

[Dave_1962]

False

TPBM had Gumby and Pokey as a yung'un

 

[bobsvinyl]

False. (I'm starting to think we all had deprived childhoods.)

TPBM had to take a multi-vitamin that tasted bad when he was growing up.

 

[Dave_1962]

True- hated them



TPBM remembers these

 

[bobsvinyl]

True.

These were the ones I choked down as a kid.

TPBM loved getting nitrous oxide at the dentist.

 

[old_tv_nut]

Never happened - always got Novocaine.

TPBM lived through a reduction in cavities when fluoride was introduced.

 

[harman/kardon]

True

TPBM is extremely pining for an Apple watch limited gold edtion (1500 euros).

 

[Eywadude]

Naw, I'm a simplistic, low-tech kind of guy.

TPBM is pining for a new iPhone7?

 

[harman/kardon]

No, I am happy with my 2009 Samsung cell phone.

TPBM still remembers what Blueberry is (don't mean the fruit).