Posted by Deutz Lover on December 18, 2015 at 22:01:31 from (70.193.130.91):
In Reply to: Chemistry Set posted by JimS on December 18, 2015 at 10:21:08:
I remember my brother and I had a Lionel/Porter chemistry set.
We had a hobby shop downtown that had it all from model airplanes to you name it. Of course I had to buy a Pyrex retort like you see in the old alchemist drawings.
The rest of this is over the top so you may choose to disregard my standing on a soapbox.
Children are overly protected at one area and don't get to make even the simplest of biological and chemical observations other than read about it. How are they to get anything out of life other than to be turned into drones rather than thinkers. One thing you are all talking about is the most important: "memories". Memories of things you did personally. Can you not visualize those events even if they were sometimes "experiments in error".
Note: yes, I substituted error for terror.
Now the memories are of social media, hive mentality, and how many points scored in an Xbox game rather than something you explored yourself. And yet we have Zero Tolerance which means you both get expelled even if you are defending yourself. Administrators now don't sort out the truth, they play spin doctor. This is a poor replacement for common sense.
Common sense at least in this area is something you learn if you survive your junior chemist years and gain knowledge and experience. Louis Pasteur once said more of less "chance favors the prepared mind". So where is the prepared mind?
I feel much of this is the result a few groups of social engineers/politicians who think they know what is best for everyone. Forget what Thomas Jefferson and the "Founding Fathers" thought.
To me there are similar losses with expressions like clockwise, halfpast or quarter till, replacing and dumbing down rather than incorporating.
Heaven forbid you think about this. The "thought police" will be all over you".
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
