You guys need to start documenting these so I can plan my road trip. I don't want to miss any of the awesome details. On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:10 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic
You have obviously never been to the International Shipping Box Museum in Topeka, KS. You'll have to get a hotel room, you'd need at least two days to see it all. You can even ship yourself to selected Topeka addresses (state house, etc.). It's fun to ride around all day in a delivery truck inside of the shipping box. Yell all you want! They ain't letting you out until the ride is over. Not really for me, but my wife and kids loved it, they kept shipping themselves like two or three times, until our one-week pass ran out.
And if you're going to make the trip out there, be sure to check out the Extension Cord Hall of Fame in Chesterfield, Missouri. See all the wonderful weird and rare extension cords, power strips, and multi outlet adapters dating back to the early days of electricity! The gift shop is the best, and they have this really awesome key chain made from a real electrical plug. Uh... don't actually plug it in though, the ring is electrically connected to the prongs. Learned that one the hard way.
Note that this museum only covers American cords - the International one is in Walla Walla Washington. I hope to see that some day too, if I do, it'll be one hell of a road trip, and I'll be sure to include the rest of the amazing attractions along the way. I've always wanted to see the world's largest staple remover (147 feet tall!) and the History of Matches Museum (located directly between the self serve hydrogen gas store, and the fireworks factory)
-Ian