>> I think a filing cabinet makes a *great* present! <<
I think so too. However, some families have a rule about not giving presents that are too practical. In my family, clothes are acceptable if A) it's something the person has asked for and/or B) it's nicer than what they usually get. But some people don't like clothes as presents because they have a practical aspect. Matter of taste and culture. Notice that Flip is habitually picking one thing for fun and one with a practical use.
>> So does the anatomy "puzzle" -- great teaching tool. The only problem with those is that there's empty space where the muscles ought to be; I'm finally learning the names of a few of them, more than half a century after learning all the bones in 9th grade biology. <<
True. It's harder to find the more complete puzzles and they are usually for subsets of body, like a hand, rather than the whole thing. Scale issue.
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Date: 2014-07-07 05:42 am (UTC)I think so too. However, some families have a rule about not giving presents that are too practical. In my family, clothes are acceptable if A) it's something the person has asked for and/or B) it's nicer than what they usually get. But some people don't like clothes as presents because they have a practical aspect. Matter of taste and culture. Notice that Flip is habitually picking one thing for fun and one with a practical use.
>> So does the anatomy "puzzle" -- great teaching tool. The only problem with those is that there's empty space where the muscles ought to be; I'm finally learning the names of a few of them, more than half a century after learning all the bones in 9th grade biology. <<
True. It's harder to find the more complete puzzles and they are usually for subsets of body, like a hand, rather than the whole thing. Scale issue.