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What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it? (leminal.space)

submitted 7 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV.

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[–] A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My grandparents had a lot of antiques, some probably which they inherited. My grandfather was particular proud of his clockwork wind-up clock (which was an antique even back then). I disassembled it to find out how it worked, but couldn't figure out how to reassemble it (and my granddad couldn't either).

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

He should have looked it up online