tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4735737583270554842..comments2024-03-19T09:08:18.850+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Lucky Philosopher - The Airfix YearsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40690695094073475862014-06-16T11:03:30.042+01:002014-06-16T11:03:30.042+01:00@JP - "Biggles, Tintin, Asterix & Obelix,...@JP - "Biggles, Tintin, Asterix & Obelix, and Look & Learn " <br /><br />- much the same - but I must admit that after a few weeks of subscription my perusal of Look and Learn was confined to The Trigan Empire. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68704525265613322162014-06-16T10:55:41.909+01:002014-06-16T10:55:41.909+01:00Ah, Airfix. I remember it well. Got my first kit a...Ah, Airfix. I remember it well. Got my first kit at age 5 and built them obsessively all the way until age 18. Have to say though that I was the type who wanted to get the paint and the decals "perfect" (i.e., historically accurate).<br /><br />Biggles, Tintin, Asterix & Obelix, and Look & Learn were the staples of my childhood reading.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78410991932888439992014-06-16T05:37:55.403+01:002014-06-16T05:37:55.403+01:00Not only was I laughing uncontrollably while readi...Not only was I laughing uncontrollably while reading this, but the effect lasted through the whole day. From time to time I would think of the "Boc!" incident and find it impossible to suppress a smile.Wm Jashttp://wmjas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4185147543486520542014-06-15T06:42:21.952+01:002014-06-15T06:42:21.952+01:00@Nancy - I spill-out the story of my life - and yo...@Nancy - I spill-out the story of my life - and you laugh!...<br /><br />;-)Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86974351067451307022014-06-14T23:55:46.128+01:002014-06-14T23:55:46.128+01:00You had me laughing uncontrollably there for a bit...You had me laughing uncontrollably there for a bit! Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06677157192572923852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-73109625136356806292014-06-14T13:31:14.649+01:002014-06-14T13:31:14.649+01:00It sounds like a great experience of school. That...It sounds like a great experience of school. That your tales are vivid and funny to envisage suggests a certain joviality to those years. No doubt tragedies also occurred - some major and some merely made so by one's youth. Even so, what shines through is exuberance, and that form of humour which is intoxicating to boys - silly, irreverent and sidesplitting. <br /><br />I love your model building exercise, as I remember doing something similiar. My brother and I upon having to prepare to move from our childhood home on the St. Lawrence river to some landlocked location took out his prized model of a WWII battleship which had batteries and a small electric motor to make it move and re-enacted the sinking of HMS Hood. Sneaking some gasoline from the lawnmower, and adding lots of firecrackers it made for a convincing re-enactment to my 9 year old and his 13 year old eyes.Nicholas Fulfordnoreply@blogger.com