Toys from when you were a kid

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  1. Old Goat

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    Oscilloscope, Oscilloscope, give us a wave,
    Oscilloscope, give us a wave,
    Yaaaay!
     
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    This was my absolute favourite as a kid. If I could get back all the hours I spent on this, I'd probably be a teenager again.

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    I think I can trust SuperTyke to not be an idiot.
     
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    Funny that. I have only just seen this thread and posted a comment replying to JamDrop. I own a Fluke from my days as a theatre technician and found it indestructible in its yellow protective jacket having seen it fall several meters on a couple of occasions from the lighting rig onto a stage floor.
    Great kit . Before that I went through two or three cheap ones before biting the bullet and shelling out for a pro-one.
    I bought one of their laser thermometers a few years back to test the wood fired pizza oven stone temperatures as, unlike the pro-Pizzeria Italian cooks, I cannot tell if the damn thing is too hot /not hot enough without one. Brilliant kit and lasts a lifetime.

    The ...err...'best' advice I got though was from a 'old school' electrical engineer for testing if a busbar was live.

    To quote: "Throw a spanner in. If it throws it back its live!";)
     
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    Ah! but...Resistence is futile!!
     
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    I'm afraid we're poles apart on that one
     
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    I've got on oscilloscope at home :D
     
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    Stretch Armstrong

    Subbuteo

    Owzthat

    Space Hopper

    Simon
     
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    Our kid had a horseracing game which I think was called Totopoly which we used to play. One of the horses was called Maraduke Jinks.
     
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    First sine of loosing your marbles.
     
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    Sounds like a Tory backbencher.
     
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    I had Totopoly. My Dad bought me it from a second hand shop. I also had And They're Off and Escalado. Although the windy thing didn't work and it never got used. World Cup Cricket was my favourite though.
     
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    Michael Portillo.
     
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    Gibson's Wembley family board game.
     
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    Not necessarily it could be easily inverted or something :)
     
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    so have I but I havent got the probes - they are in a safe place somewhere but I have no idea where
     
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    I have one, although I did manage 43 years without the need for one. I fixed our tumble drying by testing the thermostats with one and changing them for £15 rather than buying a new dryer
     
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    That reminds me, we also used ours on our dishwasher. It wasn’t as positive a story as it confirmed that the part we needed was more expensive than the dishwasher was worth but at least it avoided a call out fee to be told that.
     
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