Some Good Old Memories
October 25th, 2005
hi!!
This blog is about some good old memories that had been and will be with me…..
First off, my darling sunny. How many of you have used bajaj sunny. Well, we were one of the first buyers here & its been with us for the past 10 years & ya….. its still running. Some 3 days ago, i was compelled to take that vehicle out for a nearby store. & what a surprise it gave me when it started after 2 kicks. Great!!! bike oops! moped or scooter whatever…
Even today, its giving a mileage of 30kmpl & it travels at a speed of 50kmph after some struggle with the accelerator. My dad wanted to sell it last month. But i stopped saying that after another 10 years, it will become an antique & bike lovers will come after it… 😉
Second, comes my age old computer….not this 1 ofcourse!! I got my first computer during 9th grade summer holidays & what a superb configuration it had.
1. 1GB of HDD.
2. 8MB RAM.
3. A 31/2 floppy drive
4. A 51/4 floppy drive …. yes i got one with my old comp!!!
5. No cdrom drive or multimedia.
Floppy drive was considered to be the most modern thing ever at that time & we used to buy DOS games in at a rate of Rs.100. Games such Dangerous Dave & Prince of Persia 1 were the most popular with us at that time. Later, after around 6 months, we upgraded our system to 32MB RAM, got a 32X cdrom drive with a multimedia set. The first cdrom game that i played was RoadRash, followed by Motoracer 2, NFS 2 and Claw. They still remain the favourites primarily because they dont use much of system resource & they are simply great!!!
Still later, that same old system ran Windows 98 & we used to be very content with playing all the games mentioned above, all in 1GB & 32 MB RAM.
Third, its the magazine Tinkle. I cant just forget the days when myself & my brother used to wait for the newspaper boy who used to deliver it. Then as usual every fortnight morning, begins the fight as to who should read it first. Thanks to Uncle Anant Pai (Tinkle Editor) who made such a superb magazine.
Its very difficult to write for kids & i realised it when i read tinkle sometime back. There was a recipe to make ice-cream & there were instructions such as, “Take help from an adult for this” and “Be careful with knife” etc…
There are ofcourse lots of memories but i will reserve them for another post.
Till then, bye n take care……
December 19th, 2005 at 11:59 am
Oh aweesome! Your post reminded me of my memorie too.
BAJAJ SUNNY – we still own it.. after all these years (almost 12 yrs). I think it is still the coolest and safest vehicle to drive around to nearby shops et all. 🙂
TINKLE- Oh my god! kalia the crow, and uncle anu and wat not. Surely Tinkle Digest was like a TREASURE to buy. I have owned only one double-digest in my life and at that time it was like a treasure! Tinkle magazine I think was really captivating…easy to read and skim through at any age. 🙂 I use to like those “make-it-yourself” ideas for making lots of interesting things. Now after reading yours, i realize how much effort must have gone in to make it sound that simple! 😀
December 19th, 2005 at 10:59 pm
@anonymous:
May i know who u r?? That apart, i used to have a full cardboard box of tinkle….and used to read it everyday…now they are given away.