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RE: New Civil Engineer letter
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:36:00 GMT
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Steve wrote:
> My kid was raised on Lego *and* Meccano *and* Lincoln Logs *and* Knex
> *and* Construx *and* Girder-and-Panel *and* balsa-wood+glue *and*
> Anatomics
> (you build dinosaur skeletons from a bunch of 'bones' that snap together
> using ball-and-socket joints) *and* Wizzard Wandz *and* <some
> German system
> that lets you build full-sized climbing frames from two foot long sections
> of plastic pipework - and comes with a 1/10th scale version of
> all the parts
> so you can plan your work on a more reasonable scale!>.
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> There have been *many* others.
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> At age 10, he is just starting in on
> pressure-treated-lumber-and-coach-bolts,
> Linux, C++ programming and my wife's 1972 VW bug!
Ummm, can you adopt older (39 yrs) kids like myself? :-)
Cheers, Ralph
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| (...) Yes - nicely said. One difference that *is* significant from an educational standpoint (IMHO) is the use of tools. Meccano really does require you to use a screwdriver and spanner (aka wrench)...where Lego doesn't really require tools at all (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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