I almost fell out my chair on this one.Sir did you bring back memories
I forgot about that....the little money I did get I took to the neighborhood store for balsa wood airplanes. Some were just planes you put together but I was in love with the ones that had the rubber band and propeller. We played with those for hours until the woos split! Mine you grabbing a box of Boston Baked Beans and Lemon heads candy as we left the store!
It was a time of riding bikes as you said. We had to put the links back in the chain, adjust brakes, neck, seat, adjust handlebars, etc...if you jumped it you were going to break something...meant also learning to fix your own bike.
As I'm reading this whats sitting next to me...
Never too old for what makes you happy!
And testing to see if anything I liked doing as a child sparks interest with my son.