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My nephew found the gadget… bucket 11/02/26(Mon)17:07:21 No.14555 +6
My nephew found the gadget drawer!!
So my sister and her lad came round for dinner on Sunday and while I was in the kitchen he discovered the drawer in the study - you know the one, the dead phone pile, the walkman that hasn't worked since about 2006, that little MP3 player shaped like a jelly bean!! He was absolutely mesmerised, asked me if they still "do the things" and I had to explain that no, they mostly just sit there being heavy.
Now apparently he wants one for his room and my sister's giving me that look like I'm being weird about it. Do I hand over the old Nokia or protect the collection?? Part of me says let him have it, they were built to survive anything, but part of me has had that drawer since before he was born and I'm not made of stone!!
What would you lot do - share the treasure or keep the archive intact??
Wren 11/02/26(Mon)22:29:34 No.14617 +4
> protect the collection
counterpoint: a drawer that has never been opened by anyone but you is a vault, not a collection. hand over the nokia, keep the walkman. the boy will break the nokia within a fortnight and you'll get it back in three pieces anyway
gearhead 11/02/26(Mon)22:34:55 No.14619 +3
give him one. pick the brick that still powers on, not the one with the battery that's about to pillow out. swollen lipo in a kid's room is a bad evening. the rest stays in the drawer where it can't get stepped on
bucket 11/02/26(Mon)22:46:44 No.14623 +4
the nokia does still power on actually!! it held a charge for about four minutes last christmas when I dug it out to show my brother. you're right about the batteries though, the flip phone in the back I'm not touching, it's got a bit of a curve to it now!!
Marlowe 11/02/26(Mon)22:58:40 No.14626 +1
okay but hear me out - the nephews request is the best thing that's happened to that drawer in years. my uncle had a box of old cameras and the rule was you could hold anything as long as you put it back in the same spot. maybe that's the move, one on loan, archive stays whole
Wren 11/02/26(Mon)23:07:10 No.14627 -1
> a bit of a curve to it now
that's the battery. that's the thing gearhead just told you about. please do not hand the curving one to a child, bucket, i am begging you to read the room and also the post above yours