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This is wierd....
I have started to collect retro consoles and have given various people lists of what to look for. On that list was the Atari 2600. I used to have one years ago, but gave it to a jumble sale in Nailsea (near Bristol)back in 1987...My dad has just come around with an Atari that he bought yesterday at a carboot sale in Cwmbran (Wales). It is boxed with two games (Centipede and F-15) and two controllers...odd I thought...that's the games I had...so I looked on the bottom of the console and my postcode is etched on the bottom!!! It's the same one I gave away 17 years ago!!!
I have started to collect retro consoles and have given various people lists of what to look for. On that list was the Atari 2600. I used to have one years ago, but gave it to a jumble sale in Nailsea (near Bristol)back in 1987...My dad has just come around with an Atari that he bought yesterday at a carboot sale in Cwmbran (Wales). It is boxed with two games (Centipede and F-15) and two controllers...odd I thought...that's the games I had...so I looked on the bottom of the console and my postcode is etched on the bottom!!! It's the same one I gave away 17 years ago!!!
hehe...
One little coincidence, and they all go totally tonto. Fan bloody tastc.
magnius wrote:
> i had "Cabal" by Clive Barker, I
> finished reading it and gave it to a charity shop...about 5 years
> later my cousin went to that same charity shop and bought it...i know
> it was mine because it had my name in it in pencil from school.
oh lord, magnius' whole family are time delayed cleptomaniacs!! *runs* :)
> i had "Cabal" by Clive Barker, I
> finished reading it and gave it to a charity shop...about 5 years
> later my cousin went to that same charity shop and bought it...i know
> it was mine because it had my name in it in pencil from school.
oh lord, magnius' whole family are time delayed cleptomaniacs!! *runs* :)
lol...My original Master System and Megadrive went to jumble sales too...wonder if they'll ever turn up :) I kinda had the same thing happen with a book...i had "Cabal" by Clive Barker, I finished reading it and gave it to a charity shop...about 5 years later my cousin went to that same charity shop and bought it...i know it was mine because it had my name in it in pencil from school.
Brilliant.
I once had a rented telly when I was a kid. It spontaneously combusted one night, so got returned. Several years later I went to my aunts and she'd bought it.
Must have been repaired and sold on, then that person sold it.
Not in the same league as your find, but amusing nonetheless. I even still had the front panel for it.
I once had a rented telly when I was a kid. It spontaneously combusted one night, so got returned. Several years later I went to my aunts and she'd bought it.
Must have been repaired and sold on, then that person sold it.
Not in the same league as your find, but amusing nonetheless. I even still had the front panel for it.
hehe.. spooky!
cool though,
boy has atari,
boy plays atari,
atari becomes obsolete,
boy sells atari,
boy gets curious,
dad buys atari,
boy gets atari, dad AND story
...it's a classic tale :)
cool though,
boy has atari,
boy plays atari,
atari becomes obsolete,
boy sells atari,
boy gets curious,
dad buys atari,
boy gets atari, dad AND story
...it's a classic tale :)
This is wierd....
I have started to collect retro consoles and have given various people lists of what to look for. On that list was the Atari 2600. I used to have one years ago, but gave it to a jumble sale in Nailsea (near Bristol)back in 1987...My dad has just come around with an Atari that he bought yesterday at a carboot sale in Cwmbran (Wales). It is boxed with two games (Centipede and F-15) and two controllers...odd I thought...that's the games I had...so I looked on the bottom of the console and my postcode is etched on the bottom!!! It's the same one I gave away 17 years ago!!!
I have started to collect retro consoles and have given various people lists of what to look for. On that list was the Atari 2600. I used to have one years ago, but gave it to a jumble sale in Nailsea (near Bristol)back in 1987...My dad has just come around with an Atari that he bought yesterday at a carboot sale in Cwmbran (Wales). It is boxed with two games (Centipede and F-15) and two controllers...odd I thought...that's the games I had...so I looked on the bottom of the console and my postcode is etched on the bottom!!! It's the same one I gave away 17 years ago!!!