Originally Posted by
Steve W
Here's a funny story about that day - after leaving the thrift I had a headache so I stopped at a grocery store to buy some aspirin. When I was walking back to my car, a guy about my age had parked behind my car, gotten out and walked past and looked in the back seat and saw the boxed Colecovision. I could tell for a minute that he was a little freaked out and had that "I've always wanted one of those when I was a kid, maybe I should break the glass and run off with it" kind of moments before he settled down and started walking away as I got close. But just for a second I thought he might really punch out the back window, after getting all worked up about an early '80s game console.