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My Weird Childhood 6: The Calculator Mishap

My curiosity got the better of me, which lead to a stressful hour!

Alan AJ
4 min readMay 8, 2022

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A room with shelving and tables full of old radios, telephones and other vintage electrical items.
“Radio Shop” at Pembrokeshire Motor Museum in 2011. Photo by the author, Autistic Widower.

When I was growing up in the 70s, my parents were not rich. They did not have a car, and we went on holiday to self-catering accommodation that often looked…

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Alan AJ

Random life stories, opinions, and a dry sense of humour. A 55-year-old former electronics engineer and programmer in England. Previously 'Autistic Widower'.