Don't have time to look now, but when my kids were little there were neat kids' books like inside a submarine that had a similar idea, but maybe more in layers(?) Very detailed.
A quick ocean voyage on the S.S. Internet informs me that the cutaway illustration is alive and well and living all over the place.
If anything is lost it's that sense of wonder -- awe at discovery bound up with hope for the future -- that we all felt as kids and lost, bit by bit, as we aged, jaded.
Nostalgia's a bitch, you can't go home again, and what a drag it is getting old.
The old TV show Wonder Years was okay, but kind of a disappointment pretty quickly, even for Jean Shepherd fans. Maybe even more so for Jean Shepherd fans, now that I think about it.
The one that kills me is the cutaway airplane. Everyone has fantastic leg room as if in first class. Everyone is dressed to be in public. What a pleasant dream.
Present airlines are cram packed like wet oily sardines and everyone dresses like slobs and behaves slovenly like pigs. They're already removed their shoes at the terminal to be frisked so they keep them off lounging across four chairs snoozing and drooling into their luggage. Onboard they're complete asses, shoving the kitchen sink into overhead, Breathing their alcohol breath into your ear and not shutting up, changing diapers right there on the seats, elbowing each other for arm space, shoving their crap under your seat, and placing their legs in the tiny space where your are meant to go, then reclining backward into your minimized space, spreading germs and bacteria in every pocket and crevice, coughing and sneezing in recycled air. Ugh.
Chip, chill. You remind me of Althouse saying she doesn't care for men in shorts sitting next to her on planes because she doesn't want her skin touching her. Are you a germaphobe? Tell the truth.
Wow, that is a cool cutaway. As for flying, the experience can be so different from flight to flight, depending on the time of year (don't go on a holiday, esp Thanksgiving; it's madness) and the people, passengers and crew.
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I always loved these sort of diagrams.
Did you follow the link? There are a lot of them.
I followed the link all the way down.
Don't have time to look now, but when my kids were little there were neat kids' books like inside a submarine that had a similar idea, but maybe more in layers(?) Very detailed.
The pics at the link are so cool and nostalgic.
A quick ocean voyage on the S.S. Internet informs me that the cutaway illustration is alive and well and living all over the place.
If anything is lost it's that sense of wonder -- awe at discovery bound up with hope for the future -- that we all felt as kids and lost, bit by bit, as we aged, jaded.
Nostalgia's a bitch, you can't go home again, and what a drag it is getting old.
Thank God there's always booze.
The old TV show Wonder Years was okay, but kind of a disappointment pretty quickly, even for Jean Shepherd fans. Maybe even more so for Jean Shepherd fans, now that I think about it.
On the plus side, Winnie turned out nicely.
No surprise there.
WORK THOSE TEETH, BABY!!!
Deborah - are you thinking of the Richard Scarry's What do People Do All Day books? Because that is what this reminded me of
Wow. Those are really cool. I love all the retro technology, clothing and even the cars on the streets outside of the cutaway.
If I were to see some of those in an antique or thrift store I would buy them in an instant!
The one that kills me is the cutaway airplane. Everyone has fantastic leg room as if in first class. Everyone is dressed to be in public. What a pleasant dream.
Present airlines are cram packed like wet oily sardines and everyone dresses like slobs and behaves slovenly like pigs. They're already removed their shoes at the terminal to be frisked so they keep them off lounging across four chairs snoozing and drooling into their luggage. Onboard they're complete asses, shoving the kitchen sink into overhead, Breathing their alcohol breath into your ear and not shutting up, changing diapers right there on the seats, elbowing each other for arm space, shoving their crap under your seat, and placing their legs in the tiny space where your are meant to go, then reclining backward into your minimized space, spreading germs and bacteria in every pocket and crevice, coughing and sneezing in recycled air. Ugh.
Does anyone fly and not come out of it ill?
Chip, chill. You remind me of Althouse saying she doesn't care for men in shorts sitting next to her on planes because she doesn't want her skin touching her. Are you a germaphobe? Tell the truth.
Amartel, no, these were more sophisticated and detailed, but for children.
More like this, Am, but I don't know if this was the series I'm thinking of.
Wow, that is a cool cutaway.
As for flying, the experience can be so different from flight to flight, depending on the time of year (don't go on a holiday, esp Thanksgiving; it's madness) and the people, passengers and crew.
The series I have on shelf, left over from homeschool, are Stephen Biesty's Cross Sections With Castle and Man-of-War as favorites.
The David Mcaulay Books, were another set that gave an inside view
Redo on the link for
Stephen Biesty's Crosssections
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