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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Do you remember the first thing you ever bought with your own money?

This radio is the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I had just turned 13. We left the farm the previous February. In June I got a job plowing corn for a neighbor. I had used a 1950 John Deere B on our farm, with 2 row cultivators.
Mr Keere put me on a big Farmall M with four row cultivators. I was so frikkin' scared - and proud. At the end of the week I went into the hardware store in town and bought myself this radio with the money he paid me. It's a Motorola X35B transistor, serial # 195263, AM only. It's about the size of a pack of cigarettes, and I carried it with me everywhere for 3 years.
I'd like to know if it still works, but the battery is a weird one (Eveready 206) and costs $20.

I found it today, in a box while unpacking from our move.




It's not the first thing I ever bought - that was a funnel. I don't remember where the money came from, but it was a family joke for some years that I bought a little 4" metal funnel. I was about 6.

Probably 6 Volt...common back then. I have an old Toshiba. For kicks I got a large 6V flashlight battery, used some wire & alligator clips as jumper cables. Yep..still works. Those old transistor radios are tough!

(edit) 1st thing with own money? A pocket knife...barlow style, remember it had red plastic scales.. How old? 6 or 7...can't remember. To this day, feel naked without a pocket knife. I've carried the same Case 3 bladed stockman for years.