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Wednesday, 25 December 1957 Melbourne
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Christmas Day! Down to see what presents I had. I had hoped that Father Christmas would bring me a Meccano number 10 set, in which case I had agreed with my father that he (my father) would give me a chemistry set.

No such luck. Father Christmas brought me a chemistry set. So my father didn't have to give me anything. Still, the chemistry set was absorbing, and I spent all day playing with it.

The chemistry set continued to absorb me, and I remained fascinated with chemistry until about 1970. This day was a turning point in my life, though I didn't seem to have learn that if ... then ... else should always have an else clause.

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