Buck Rodgers Rocketeer?
08-26-2015, 10:11 AM
#11
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CD, I think what I like about the Rocketeer is its optimism. In those days, we were breaking the sound barrier and maybe even entertaining the notion of putting a man on the moon one day. I see that energy reflected in the design of the 500s. What I don't like is the need to open the lid and the fact that its hinges are so fragile. I use my 401 and look at the 500.
Congratulations on your find, Rodney!
Congratulations on your find, Rodney!
08-26-2015, 01:53 PM
#12
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Location: Frederick, OK
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Maybe I wanted a toy rocket ship when I was a toddler, and my parents wouldn't get it for me, and I swore-off rocket ships because of it?
I've got a lot of "life's scars", so maybe that's one of the hidden ones?
CD in Oklahoma
I've got a lot of "life's scars", so maybe that's one of the hidden ones?
CD in Oklahoma
Last edited by ThayerRags; 08-26-2015 at 01:56 PM.
08-26-2015, 02:14 PM
#14
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That one doesn’t ring any bells. I don’t think that I ever wanted that one, but thanks for trying anyway. Maybe it wasn’t the lack of a toy rocket ship after all.
What if I was abducted by a rocket ship when I was a toddler? What if something horrid happened aboard that rocket ship??? That could make one swear-off rocket ships, couldn’t it?
Or what if I was nearly ran over by an Oldsmobile while crossing the street to get to Woolworth’s as a toddler? (Mom probably paddled me for not keeping up with her while crossing the street. I can remember that happening a few times, but back then, I don’t think I would have known it was an Oldsmobile....)
CD in Oklahoma
What if I was abducted by a rocket ship when I was a toddler? What if something horrid happened aboard that rocket ship??? That could make one swear-off rocket ships, couldn’t it?
Or what if I was nearly ran over by an Oldsmobile while crossing the street to get to Woolworth’s as a toddler? (Mom probably paddled me for not keeping up with her while crossing the street. I can remember that happening a few times, but back then, I don’t think I would have known it was an Oldsmobile....)
CD in Oklahoma
08-26-2015, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Manalto
Here you go, CD. Better late than never!
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08-26-2015, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
I guess that I’m the odd-man-out on Rocketeers. I’ve never been very fond of the design, even though I love the 300 and 400 series slant machines. Last January, I was gifted with a nice, clean 503A. I set it on a shelf in my work shop so that I could see it regularly to possibly bond with it a little. No such luck. Without ever so much as servicing it and test sewing with it, I moved it up into the attic by June....
CD in Oklahoma
CD in Oklahoma
Last edited by miriam; 08-26-2015 at 05:57 PM.
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