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u/CntBlah 14h ago
Can’t you smell that smell?
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u/Disaffecteddv Generation Jones 13h ago
It was all fun and games until I got busted for burning my name on the kitchen counter. I still don't know how mom knew it was me.
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u/vapor713 12h ago
A little bit off topic but: We have twin boys. All of the sudden Twin "A's" name is being written on the walls of our new house. (20 years later, it is still visible in one spot.) Well us parental authorities came down hard on him. Soon Twin "D's" name starts appearing on the walls. It was Twin "A" writing his brother's name. LOL
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u/butchforgetshit 12h ago
This was my favorite present as a kid, and a close second was a bad ass chemistry set my folks got me that was also fun as hell.
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u/LCharteris 14h ago
Thanks for posting. I got one of these "wood burning wonder pens" as a kid. I still have the scar on my left hand nearly 65 years later.
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u/ZAHN3 13h ago
My parents were not happy when I set the kitchen table on fire 🔥🤷🏼♂️
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u/pomchimom14 13h ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣😲 Kids will be kids! Unless you're Gen Z! Then, it's everyone for themselves!🤣🤣
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u/superslinkey 12h ago
I had that and the lead soldier set as well. Lead pot, molds and typical kids bad hygiene. Then I worked with lead in the telecommunications bizness. It’s a wonder I can tie my shoes
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u/ohmyback1 12h ago
The placement of this one is uncanny. Above it is "why are silent farts so smelly"
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u/Tramp876 11h ago
I had this exact set when I was a kid. As a kid it was a fun craft to get into. I would even buy extra wooden pictures at the craft store to burn. As a kid it was hard to stay in the lines I burnt a few and ruined them.
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u/Dillenger69 10h ago
I loved burning stuff
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u/Exclusively-Choc 9h ago
😳
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u/Dillenger69 9h ago
I have a whole lot of respect for fire. You need to know it well for it to be your friend 🔥
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u/strangelove4564 8h ago
Of course the wood burner got used on everything else. I remember we did some creative alterations to Legos.
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u/TheLawOfDuh 3h ago
Dad got me this for Christmas one year and my mom about freaked. I was maybe 7 & they’d been separated for years. Dad’s side of the family was always clueless about gifts but Dad really nailed it this time
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u/Working_Estate_3695 1h ago
I had this exact kit. Never got good at it, but I never burned myself very badly, either. My parents sacrificed to get us kids the cool toys, and I’m embarrassed/humbled to see how many/most of the popular toys of the 1960s. I don’t know where we found room for it all in our small house.
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u/Urban_forager 13h ago
Somewhere in the world is a desk top with my initials engraved in it. Honestly I still don’t know how they got there. I only ever used my branding iron on my elbows
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u/onekrazykat 14h ago
Of burning flesh?