http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/09/20/johnny-seven-one-man-army-oma/ This blog is about the things that make me smile, rant or shake my head in consternation. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/09/20/johnny-seven-one-man-army-oma/#comment-43587 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:52:15 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/09/20/johnny-seven-one-man-army-oma/#comment-43587 I'd forgotten all about this worderful piece of toy equipment until I heard it mentioned on a TV show a couple of months ago. I was the only child in my street to have one of these and spent hours in the garden trying to devise ways of knocking things over with it. I doubt they even be on sale in todays P.C. conscious society. I know realise that I grew up during the "cold war" when annihilation by a nuclear bomb seemed like a very real possibilty especially when you saw people on TV building nuclear shelters to hide in. I lived/live near Portsmouth and was forever being told that the city would be a major target. I’d forgotten all about this worderful piece of toy equipment until I heard it mentioned on a TV show a couple of months ago. I was the only child in my street to have one of these and spent hours in the garden trying to devise ways of knocking things over with it. I doubt they even be on sale in todays P.C. conscious society. I know realise that I grew up during the “cold war” when annihilation by a nuclear bomb seemed like a very real possibilty especially when you saw people on TV building nuclear shelters to hide in. I lived/live near Portsmouth and was forever being told that the city would be a major target.

]]> http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/09/20/johnny-seven-one-man-army-oma/#comment-2124 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:35:31 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2006/09/20/johnny-seven-one-man-army-oma/#comment-2124 Never saw anything like this in leafy North Somerset when I were a lad. Space Dust was about the most fun I ever had. Think I've still got a packet somehwere, I must scan it... Never saw anything like this in leafy North Somerset when I were a lad. Space Dust was about the most fun I ever had. Think I’ve still got a packet somehwere, I must scan it…

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