Man, that's great! I thought of a million different things as I read this. Lots of great memories made with all that old "junk." I've still got a Baker that i keep around just for conversation at deer camp. Every now and then somebody will take the dare and try it out. Back when I used it, I barely weighed 120. That was the trick to those...you had to be a scrawny wuss.
Thanks for a nice walk down memory lane.