One from the vaults....well..... from a dusty box in the second bedroom actually, but you get the idea.
It's snowing outside and as is the UK tradition all the trains stop running and people jump in their cars and crash them into each other, and that's what makes Britain great!
As I live in the back end of beyond I cannot get into work, so I thought I would tidy my houses version of a refuse centre, the second bedroom.
every one has a room in the house that they slowly and almost without realising it fill with junk. Stuff like dolls houses from when the kids were young, desks or ikea furniture that you thought would look great in your lounge but turned out to be cheap flat packed crap, and in my case boxes and boxes of cables and old gaming junk.
After about an hour of choking on dust and nearly being killed by a falling halo head box set (still cant get the cat to put its head in it :( ) I found a sealed box marked Ben's stuff from when I moved house 3 years ago. It's snowing outside, there is an unopened box of unknown treasures and I don't have to go to work, oh this is better than xmas!
So I went and got my Stanley knife (other lethal cutting blade are available) and cut off the package tape.
Inside was the first 5 "Johnny the homicidal maniac" comics, they are going on eBay! a set of screwdrivers, two note books and my old warhammer fantasy battle box set from back in the early 90's.
All this was fine, but it was the item jammed in the side of the box that really stood out, it was my first Nintendo Gameboy advance! This little beauty was bought for me by my wife before she was my wife (she got it for me before we were married, the snow may be affecting my brain).
We were in Las Vegas in September 2001 and having seen the gba (not yet out in the uk) in shop in ceasers palace mall I was excited, however as I had just spent a week playing blackjack and poker at a sub school child level I was broke and had no cash left to purchase said item.
To cheer me up Rachel bought me a ride on "race to Atlantis", an awesome 3D imax ride that lasted about 15 mins, she did not go on it herself as she said it would make her sea sick.
When I got off the ride I walked to the exit and there she was with a new boxed GBA in her hand plus batteries and a carry case ( god I love that woman :) ).
So I'm off to the shops to get some second hand GBA games!!!!......as soon as the bloody snow stops....
