"News" wrote in message
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In message , Brian Gaff
writes
I loved meccano. I used some the other month to make a door closer for my
porch.

Good man, Brian. I have a stock of old, bent Meccano which is perfect for
creating all sorts of little brackets and similar uses.

My dad had a large cabinet of Meccano - lots of drawers with little
compartments for each type of gear, plate, metal strip etc. I used to love
making models (eg a back-axle differential) with it, but when I grew up and
left home, Dad lent the Meccano to a work colleague for his son to play
with. After a year or so he asked for it back. The colleague had thought
that it was a gift and had eventually disposed of it (he hadn't even sold
it) when his son got tired of it. Relations between dad and his colleague
were a bit strained for ever afterwards :-(