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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Old-fashioned Toys

Amazon.com offers some old-fashioned toys that might make good last-minute Christmas gifts or, for that matter, good gifts for anytime of the year. They even sell a book on how to make old-fashioned toys: Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = [...]

Classic Video Games

There’s no denying it; an alarming number of kids and teenagers these days are addicted  to video games and there are a number of real concerns about today’s video games. If you want to purchase video games for your child, I recommend choosing a classic system for the following reasons: 1.) VIOLENCE—Today’s games (e.g. Grand [...]

Old-fashioned Telephone

During a recent ice storm, we lost power. Modern telephones with answering machines and wireless handsets require the power to be on in order for them to work. Fortunately, I could call the electric company because I had an old phone that works just off the phone line. Many people today are canceling their landline [...]