Cedge
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Sometime back, Zeusreking invited me to visit with his Cub Scout troop and to demonstrate some of my steam engines for them. Tonight was the night so I met him at his work place and shared a great meal with Tim, his wife and 2 marvelous children, before heading over to the meeting. I'm a pretty fair grandfather but facing 20 odd lads under the age of 9 was feeling a little daunting.
We arrived and hauled the small steam engines in and began setting up while the scouts conducted a bit of business concerning an upcoming camping trip and such. Tim's son, Floyd had already "volunteered" (ok... I drafted him) to assist me in running the engines, so I had some pretty darned good supervision.
The Jensen toy engines performed flawlessly, one turning a small generator while the other powering a small toy work shop. I really can't say who had more fun... me watching more than half those young eyes really lighting up or the kids asking some pretty sharp questions. The event certainly captured the imaginations of a number of the parents who hung around for nearly an hour asking questions and enjoying the spectacle.
I want to thank Tim and the troop for the invitation. You can bet I won't turn down a repeat performance, should the opportunity arise. Hopefully it planted at least one or two seeds to grow and flourish in days to come. I suspect Tim's 9 year old son is one who got hooked hardest... especially after he got to run one of the engines all on his own....(evil grin)
Steve
We arrived and hauled the small steam engines in and began setting up while the scouts conducted a bit of business concerning an upcoming camping trip and such. Tim's son, Floyd had already "volunteered" (ok... I drafted him) to assist me in running the engines, so I had some pretty darned good supervision.
The Jensen toy engines performed flawlessly, one turning a small generator while the other powering a small toy work shop. I really can't say who had more fun... me watching more than half those young eyes really lighting up or the kids asking some pretty sharp questions. The event certainly captured the imaginations of a number of the parents who hung around for nearly an hour asking questions and enjoying the spectacle.
I want to thank Tim and the troop for the invitation. You can bet I won't turn down a repeat performance, should the opportunity arise. Hopefully it planted at least one or two seeds to grow and flourish in days to come. I suspect Tim's 9 year old son is one who got hooked hardest... especially after he got to run one of the engines all on his own....(evil grin)
Steve