The first thing I ever bought with my own money

[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.

[ckelly78z]

Probably some sort of Revell, Monogram, or AMT model car kits, along with paint and the smelly glue.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

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I'd like to know if it still works, but the battery is a weird one (Eveready 206) and costs $20. ......

Looks like #206 is a 9v battery. You can use a square 9v and some test leads to test it.


I recall buying a small transistor radio (which was stolen) and a shortwave radio to replace it.

First major purchase was a turntable. The stereo store was not happy when I walked in with a bag full of change........ robbed the piggy bank to pay for it.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

This, I threw mine away and wish I hadn't so now looking to buy another one

[BeyGon]

everything I have ever had.

[GH85Carrera]

I would have to guess my first purchase was a Superman comic book for 12 cents. I had stacks of them. All went to the trash when we moved yet again.

My first "big" audio purchase was a Radio Shack brand portable stereo record player. The speakers snapped into place to carry it, but unsnapped and could be separated to really hear the stereo. I wore out my Sgt. Peppers album, and shortly after that my In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. I had to put the speakers on each side of my head, up against my ears like giant headphones to play it loud enough to appreciate it and not get yelled at by my parents.

I had to tape a nickle to the tone arm over the needle to keep it from skipping.

[craigster59]

A red MacGregor baseball mitt, I loved that thing. I think the dog got ahold of it and chewed one of the fingers off.

[Ferraripete]

a mongoose supergoose...it was my dream bike

[vash]

pretty sure it was candy. i used to pick up dog**** for the neighbors for chump change. i might have been 7 or 8. my dad loaned me a shovel.

which explains why i now need to brush after every meal. (and hate dog****)

[KFC911]

I'll have to go buy sumthin' and get back to you. Can someone loan me a few bucks?

I can't remember....might have been an 8-track tape though.

[derek murray]

The first thing I every bought with my own money (besides jaw-breakers and Mr. Pibb) was a pair of CCM Tackaberry skates. I remember that day like it was yesterday, way back in '75. They cost $100 which completely tapped my life savings, at the time.

[pwd72s]

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.

[sammyg2]

The first thing I ever bought with my own money

Matchbox cars. Hot wheels had come out yet.

[Craig T]

Oh man, I remember it like yesterday. I did chores and saved my allowance for months to buy the Saturn V model rocket. I was thee first real thing I bought with my own money (other than candy).

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Honest to goodness! I found this so cool at age six and had to have it! Still works too and I’ve used it to time myself running laps.

The Saturn V model rocket is super cool! I started in that hobby myself at age eight I think, believe my first one was the 110 film photo camera rocket kit. I may still have it someplace too, have to look...

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Honest to goodness! I found this so cool at age six and had to have it! Still works too and I’ve used it to time myself running laps.

....

Meh....a four minute lap doesn't impress me.

But I sure wish I had a Saturn V too

[Ferraripete]

Originally Posted by derek murray

The first thing I every bought with my own money (besides jaw-breakers and Mr. Pibb) was a pair of CCM Tackaberry skates. I remember that day like it was yesterday, way back in '75. They cost $100 which completely tapped my life savings, at the time.

so funny...the second thing I bought with my own money were my jofa 190's w/ perfecta blades...but I had some super tacks like your before

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Craig T

Oh man, I remember it like yesterday. I did chores and saved my allowance for months to buy the Saturn V model rocket. I was thee first real thing I bought with my own money (other than candy).

I had one of those! It was awesome. I bought it with my dad's money, though.

[look 171]

I had a summer job working at the Water and Power for 2.10 an hour pumping gas in cars and cleaning windows. I was 15 and took the bus to Hollywood and bought a Led Zeppelin belt buckle

[cabmandone]

I'm trying to remember if it was my Diamondback BMX bike or my Schwinn 10 speed. I don't remember which came first.