I was always the type of kid who took things apart to see how they work. We lived across the street from a wooded area and like many kids I was always in the woods where we would get discarded lumber from the cabinet shop down the street and build “forts”. My parents got me an Erector set when I was about 7 years old and a kit that had styrofoam blanks and plastic tools to make stuff. I played with them for hours.