Originally Posted by arlen1
Originally Posted by blackcat
This reminds me of my brother who is a high energy physicist ... he liked to break into places and pick locks just for fun.
Interesting. Feynman, also a physicist, became an expert at fixing radios as a child (and earned money doing this; that was in 1930s, during the depression). *Practical* interest in 'how things work'.

It was actually hilarious because he was so "perfect" behavior-wise and a straight-A student, but couldn't seem to stop himself. He broke into his high school a few times at night, and he also broke into the large corporate bank building that my mother worked in. I sat in the car and watched him do it. He wasn't trying to steal anything or mess anything up, it was just for the fun of it. My mother was horrified when she found out.