Made a working submarine...

[bledsoe3]

for the aluminum siding he cut up empty soda cans... quite nice actually.

Classic Finn

Ira could side all of our tears with the Bud cans he drank while building the crab.

[Ira]

Ira could side all of our tears with the Bud cans he drank while building the crab.

Just think of what I could do if I hadn't drank Bud BOTTLES 10% of that time.

[TRAIL-OF-TEARS]

Does anyone remember back in the late 50's...if you sent in 25cents, can't remember the exact amount...less than a buck anyway... to Calumet baking soda...you got a plastic submarine....load some baking soda into it and put it in the tub and it would dive surface etc....cheap fun...but then I used to make steam rollers rubberband powered out of wooden spools....many moons before an x-box....Dean...maybe we can make a bingo stick at the Redwoods Gathering...your son will get a kick out of that and amaze his friends...good job on the sub!!! Doug

Doug,
I remember those subs I think we got ours in the early 80's it had two little cups in it, you added baking soda in one well and vinegar in the other we had lots of fun with that. we also use to make boats out of egg shells.

[asianflava]

Does anyone remember back in the late 50's...if you sent in 25cents, can't remember the exact amount...less than a buck anyway... to Calumet baking soda...you got a plastic submarine....load some baking soda into it and put it in the tub and it would dive surface etc....cheap fun...but then I used to make steam rollers rubberband powered out of wooden spools....many moons before an x-box....Dean...maybe we can make a bingo stick at the Redwoods Gathering...your son will get a kick out of that and amaze his friends...good job on the sub!!! Doug

Doug,
I remember those subs I think we got ours in the early 80's it had two little cups in it, you added baking soda in one well and vinegar in the other we had lots of fun with that. we also use to make boats out of egg shells.

I don't know if it is the same as the one from the 50's but I have a sub from a Captain Crunch box. It's a little plastic sub that has a spot to out baking soda in. I don't know how it works because it is still in the package. I don't know where it is but I run into it when I am looking for something else.

[TonyCooper]

INKWELL ????? I didn't think anyone on this board was old enough to remember those. And yes, I remember explicitly what an alka seltzer does in one. What a mess..........and then what a pain in the a$$ after the teacher caught us! Thanks for the memory, Larwyn.

Not to hijack the thread... Kudos Dean and Son!

It still amazes me how flexible (and rich) our society is... we acclimate to and accept modern marvels as having always been there... We are barely surprised when a new marvel is introduced (cellphones for instance) . The changes that have occurred in the last 100 years are simply astounding... simple everyday utensils - for instance we take ball point pens for granted... not to mention automobiles, planes, instant communication of all kinds, instant food, and all the other modern toys that make even the poorest in our society live in conditions that ancient/medieval Kings would envy....

We put men on the moon almost 40 years ago using sliderules and the most basic of computers. Hand held calculators did not exist then.

Think how easy it is today to publish to a world wide audience, literally anyone can do it and reach millions.

Think about our choices and varieties of food available...

Think about climate controlled homes...

The list goes on and on and on...

Life is good indeed...