Remeber those kids?

Remeber those kids that could never quit building bigger and better things with their Tinker Toys?

Or my generation - those kids who built crazy big cool things with their Knex?


Know how they were all kind of considered to be nerdy kids? (not that I wasn't a nerd too...)
Ever wonder what happened to them?

My best guess... they're all orthopedic surgeons trained in using Ilizarov External Fixators.

Today I learned how to use them.

Here's all the types there are on one skeleton.


And here's one that's almost just like what I did today.


And here's what it looks like on a person.


I would hate to have to wear one of them... but apparently they're amazing to help bad fractures.