I had to laugh at your reply. The year was 1955 and me being 10 years old. I went to the Saturday movie to see, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”. At dinner that night, I told my father, that I now know what I want to be, when I grow up. He stated what? I told him a paleontologist. His reply, “you would be better off with a real job”. I stayed in science, was a chemist for a major chemical company for 31 years.
At almost 69 years young, I’m still into dinosaurs.
“The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
...is that the one that ate the cop who was shooting at it with his handgun...I always thought ‘what an idiot’ when he stood there reloading after emptying his firearm with no apparent effect...
...but I was only eight or nine when I first saw it on TV, and it was quite disturbing...
Makes sense. If we hadn't dinosaurs we wouldn't have oil. And if we did not have oil, you probably would have had a less robust career in the chemical industry. So it all worked out as you planned when you were ten !