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Title: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Tom on December 16, 2020, 02:43:02 PM

He's 98 and still writing/inventing.  Pretty cool!   :thumb:  I always wondered about the the chattering teeth.   :grin: :grin:

https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/the-man-who-invented-more-than-eight-hundred-iconic-toys?utm_source=GetTheElevatordotcom

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: willowstreetguzziguy on December 17, 2020, 09:35:33 AM

Unbelievable! Thanks for sharing. If he rode a motorcycle, he would’ve been a Guzzi guy!

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Irn on December 17, 2020, 09:44:59 AM

Tom, thanks for sharing watched it before you posted, one of the most uplifting pieces I've watched all year. 

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Lannis on December 17, 2020, 10:13:40 AM

Who WOULDN'T want to be that guy?   If we all had his approach to life, what a world it would be ....

Lannis

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Vagrant on December 17, 2020, 10:42:53 AM

Made my day.

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: oldbike54 on December 17, 2020, 10:59:29 AM

  :thumb:

 Dusty

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Yeahoo Whoyah on December 17, 2020, 11:30:00 AM

Great story and another example of someone remarkable from the Greatest Generation. Thanks for posting Tom.

 

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Tom on December 17, 2020, 11:52:26 AM

What's remarkable is his creativity coupled with his shop skills.  Exercise and writing to keep the mind going.  Amazing.  He's also adaptable moving into computers.  He looks younger than his age.  :shocked:

Title: Re: Hey....I wanna be like this guy!!!
Post by: Dave Swanson on December 17, 2020, 11:58:07 AM

A great way to spend 18 minutes!