Thread by @gauravsabnis

What's the randomest item you coveted in childhood?

For me, it was a flat foldable magnetic chess set his dad got when flying @Lufthansa (in the 80s). You know the pocket ones with small metal discs with magnets as pieces and? I was obsessed with it! I coveted it!

So random! 😂

I spent many hours in high school during class playing book chess. By 10th, teachers had caught on to book cricket lol. It was no longer an option. So we did book chess. Just pencil, eraser, paper. Teachers thought we were making notes.

No, I did not get laid in high school.😂

The great thing about Book Chess was that you could genuinely multi task. Be paying attention in a good lecture and still playing chess on the side. Like we do on phones now.

Do kids today still play book chess in class?

I still remember the first time Barve mam called out book cricket in class.

"You two, stand up! Since you are playing book cricket, let me raise my index finger and say, OUT!"

😂😂😂

Ooooh idea for all the fallen black walnut at #OurWavar. Learn woodworking. Make foot high chess pieces. Make a chess board in one corner of the land.

We are turning this land into quite a fun zone! Could actually make an Airbnb Experience out of it. 🧐

Oooh I coveted those too. My grandpa had an expensive pair that we were only rarely allowed to use. Droppage worries and all. I've totally compensated as a grown up though. Own 5 pairs of binoculars and 2 telescopes!

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