December, 1972: I visited my parents in the house I grew up in during the winter break before I began my teaching career at City College of San Francisco. Here, Doug and I play "caroms" on a great board my dad built with typically outstanding skill and craftsmanship sometime in the early 1950's. We are in the room that was my bedroom from the time I can earliest remember until I went away to college.
Notice the meticulous positioning of the books on the bookshelf, spines in rigid file alignment. If we looked closer at the bookshelf's construction, I'd bet that all the screws' heads were parallel. That was just the way Dad did things.
Notice the meticulous positioning of the books on the bookshelf, spines in rigid file alignment. If we looked closer at the bookshelf's construction, I'd bet that all the screws' heads were parallel. That was just the way Dad did things.
Date: December, 1972
Location: Kings Settlement, New York
By: LH
Location: Kings Settlement, New York
By: LH
5 comments:
I remember that game!
I also remember the oversized twelve sided orange die. What was that for again?
Until you pointed it out, Adam, I hadn't even noticed the orange thing, but now I remember it, too. I don't remember what it was for, though, but do seem to remember that it was hollow plastic, and that something rattled in it when shaken. I'd ask, but there's nobody left who'd know.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it may have been some kind of mathematical chart thingy. Fruitless googling came up mostly nerdy D&D stuff. This is really gonna bug me now!
"...nerdy D&D stuff."
You say that like it is a bad thing.
[grin]
Regards,
Dann
No offense intended Dann, but..... no use calling apples oranges. ;)
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