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- From: npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar)
- Subject: Re: Toys
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.112328.27174@bnr.uk>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:23:28 GMT
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- Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@i88.isc.com) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan25.185651.13787@sdc.com> kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki) writes:
- : >Whilst playing with a Hot Wheels motorcycle that Santa Claus
- : >brought to our 21 month old son, I got to reminiscing about some
- : >of the motorcycle toys I played with as a youth.
- : ...
- : >Any else remember fun toys from their youth?
-
- : Anyone else have a "VRROOM" for their bicycle?
-
- : It was a plastic box shaped like a semi-horizontal single moto engine,
- : that included a small motor driving a noisemaker that sounded remarkably
- : like no motorcycle engine I've ever heard. It included a remote
- : key-operated switch to mount on the handlebars, with a rheostat to
- : control the speed of the motor (and thus pitch and volume of the
- : nois^H^H^H^Hsound).
-
- : Ah, to terrorize old ladies on the sidewalks of Lisle, IL...
- : --
- : Jonathan E. Quist
-
- G'Day, Jonothan.
-
- We just use to peg the cards that you get free with packets of sweet
- cigarettes to the forks of our bikes. The noise was certainly impressive
- and was cunningly speed-modulated. But then, there were eighteen of us
- living in 'shoebox in 'middle of 'motorway - like. Ah you obviously was a
- rich kid to be able to afford such things.
-
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- Nick (the Poor Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford Shoebox Gravel
-
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- M'Lud.
-