My father, who wound up working as a chemical engineer, told me a story about when he was in college at Wisconsin. He and some buddies took a 1 pound hunk of pure sodium and dropped it onto a frozen river from a bridge. It ate its way throughthe ice fairly quickly, was carried downstream about a quarter mile then…

I'm fortunate to live in St. Louis where Puzzle Warehouse not only operates the main facility for internet shipping (which you can also browse and shop) but also operates a smaller retail locations in a mall. It's a great place!

The first time I saw Toronto's city hall in 1974 I thought aliens had landed there too.

Minor correction: Blow-up was from 1966, not 1960. One of my favorite films, it has a scene that takes place in a London club featuring The Yardbirds performing "Stroll On" (which is basically the same song as "Train Kept a Rolling") during the short period of time when the band included both Jimmie Page and Jeff…

I too remember the short-lived GP rating. Seems like the first film that I remember being rated PG was 1972's "Frogs".

Also a similar Outer Limits episode "The Premonition"

I was once told of the European versions of heaven and hell, and it goes like this:

Oh I had a Pulsar! I loved it! It took two hands to read the time LOL. It was a great Christmas present back in 1976.

Right there with ya lol

Parkway West, Class of '77 here!

An oldie but a goodie, from 1984:

An oldie but a goodie, from 1984:

You don't have to be "elderly" to have failing vision. It usually starts around age 40. I haven't been able to see the difference in retina displays for years...

Retina displays are awesome, but once your eyeballs get past 45 years old you can't tell the difference. Of course it looks even better when viewed with 2.00 magnifying readers...

"different silicon models with lumps"

It's true, you can, and you will. Speaking as someone who went down the EXACT same road that you describe, I'm familiar with the frustration, the resentment and the numbing effect of alcohol and drugs to distract me from the real issues.

The Baker Street station in London has some unique tile...

Lots of Parallels now with "Revolution".