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Nostalgia

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In 2000 there was a fella who'd drive a van around our estate packed with all these Playstation games, tapes, Game Boy cartridges, all kinds. I think it was a fiver a week to rent a Playstation game off him. That was the end of my pocket money.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Psst, hey kid, you like video games? Come up to my van I got video games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It wasn't like a mobile home, it was a small painter-decorator kind of affair! That said, we did use to clamber in the back to get a good overview.