A Friend of the Family
“Inside was a cardboard box. It had the words ‘Organically Grown Pineapples’ printed on it. ‘Cool,’ he said, ‘pineapples.’Ness threw him a withering smile. ‘Come on,’ she urged, ‘open it.’ She was almost quivering with excitement as Tony ripped the parcel tape off the box and pulled open the flaps.Tony looked inside. It was some kind of electronic thing. It was black and clunky. He pulled it out and examined it.Ness was looking at him, anticipation shining from her eyes. ‘Don’t you know what it ...is?’Tony examined it further. ‘Erm, some kind of time machine?’‘No! It’s a Betamax video player! For you to watch all your old Betamax tapes on!’ ‘Aaah,’ said Tony, realization dawning. ‘Aaah! God, Ness, that’s brilliant. That’s so brilliant. Thank you.’And it really was brilliant. The Londons had owned a Betamax back in the seventies when nobody knew any better and Tony had recorded all his favourite programmes religiously for a couple of years, until the VHS had taken off and they got rid of it.MoreLess
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