Thursday, January 29, 2015

When I Was Young...

Talking about Matt Helm made me remember some of my favorite times of my youth (pre-puberty).  I loved the shows (like Matt Helm, James Bond and I Spy) with all the gadgets and transforming weapons (not Transformers - they were after my time).
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The Camera and the Radio turned into a handgun and a rifle (respectively)
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Here is Matt Helm running multiple gizmos at once.
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In our carport was a 62' Thunderbird that didn't run, but had oodles of knobs and pushbuttons and levers (this was when pushbutton windows were still a novelty).  I used to get into that car, and use the temperature lever to aim, and firm with the pushbuttons on the windows.  I was soooo cool.
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The car that didn't run wasn't as clean as this, but you get this idea.