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We certainly do live in a great country! I met a friend's 16-year-old nephew recently at a garage sale they were having. Chatted much of the day with him, after his mom asked me to give him some ideas because he wants to be an inventor. He has some great ideas. I told him not to take naysayers comments at face value. Even his mom was telling him his ideas are crazy and can't be done, but I corrected her. Gave him tips on where and how to get and use tech equipment. Wish I had someone tell me technical things when I was 16.

One of my hobbies from back in the early 1970s is computing. Around 1978 I was in a computer club, and members would share tips and information. So one time a 13-year-old kid demonstrated a knife-throwing game on our Apple II machines (they had just recently came out). Said he wrote it the day before. Everyone's jaw dropped, as we watched the gory color graphics of blood spilled as you hit human targets. This from a kid. Don't know what became of him, but many members went on to great things and got rich. Good ole USA.