I am one of the lucky ones! I had the hand me down erector sets- WE made race cars with Rat traps as the motive force. I had several Gilbert Chemistry sets. I

I am one of the lucky ones! I had the hand me down erector sets- WE made race cars with Rat traps as the motive force. I had several Gilbert Chemistry sets. I asked my favorite aunt to get me sulfer and Saltpeter - I made some rather good black powder- Solder the bulb from a "flash cube" to about 100 feet of found telephone wire, put powder and bulb in a rigid tube, stand behind large diameter tree and touch wires to D Cell. While I do not work in the field, I still love chemistry and will occasionally do silly chem experiments like Instant fire from antifreeze and a strong oxidizer. Make my own lime by calcining shells, and then disolve in water, filter and show how blowing through a straw generated CaCo3 again. Being child like means you can always be entertained easily.