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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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This was one of my most prized possessions as a kid—right up until my sister stole it and traded it for a Cheese String at school.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wanted on desperately but my parents said it was too expensive. I now suspect they thought I would be annoying with it.

This and one of those tiny portable tube tvs were my biggest purchasing ambitions.

[–] gianni@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh my God, yes those tiny TVs were the pinnacle of cool. It truly felt like you could be some sort of spy with all this cool tech.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I had one of those. My parents bought it from a TV repair store. It was a combination 6" TV, audio tape player, and am/fm radio.

It was about 2 feet by 2 feet and about 8 inches thick. It weighed about 20 pounds. It has a carry handle though so I guess it was "portable"...

[–] gianni@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

They had even smaller ones, too. I remember seeing them in the Sears catalog.

I remember them looking sort of like this:

portable tv