Hahaha, genX? I think we were a generation of tinkerererers. I remember tearing old phones and TVs and radios apart and figuring out how they worked and making monstrosities of them with my uncle who was only a few years older than me.

I remember I had to do a science project and just brought in a working electricity producing windmill that we had already made just dicking around in the basement. Put a fan in front of it and powered a little light or put a voltmeter up to it to show the charge.

My teacher thought my parents made it for me.

Nah lady it's not that big a deal you put electricity in this side and it made the wheels of my broken RC car move. You rip it apart and spin the moter and it spits out electricity. It ain't that complicated. Hahahaha. Didn't know why it worked just new it did from F'n around with everything. Figured out why when I was older. Hahaha.