Hi,
Way way back in the late 80s my dad enjoyed" shall we say" some lively drinking sessions. Every Sunday i would cycle the few miles over to see him, witnessing the aftermath of the night before.
One Sunday morning though i was pleasantly surprised to see him up and about and only suffering from a mild hangover.
Sitting with pride and place in the living room was a brand new Midi Hi-fi.
He was sat in front of it, starring at it intelligently trying to work out how to use it. As 80s Midi Hi-fi, s were at the time, it had a tuner, twin cassette, a built in amp and more flashing led lamps than the Blackpool illuminations.
He turned round to me and proudly showed me his new purchase and couldn't wait to get it up and running.
It turned out he bought it off a bloke the night before down the pub for £40 with his beer goggles on
An absolute bargain he couldn't resist.
So me being the whizz kid i set about getting it up and running only to find that only one speaker worked and that the cassette lids would not open. The sound was really tinny and the tuner was struggling to receive any stations.
After a bit more digging around it was becoming apparent this Hi fi system wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
We ended up taking the fibre board back off, only to discover the contents of a cheap transistor radio and half a brick end wedge in to the casing to give it some weight. There was no cassette mechanism, no amp and only one speaker.
I found really hard not to find the funny side of it and contain my laughter whilst my poor old dad looked on looking really embarrassed and ripped off.
Funnily enough he never saw the bloke who sold him this fake Hi fi again down the pub. He obviously was doing the rounds through out the country selling his ill wares🤣
Way way back in the late 80s my dad enjoyed" shall we say" some lively drinking sessions. Every Sunday i would cycle the few miles over to see him, witnessing the aftermath of the night before.
One Sunday morning though i was pleasantly surprised to see him up and about and only suffering from a mild hangover.
Sitting with pride and place in the living room was a brand new Midi Hi-fi.
He was sat in front of it, starring at it intelligently trying to work out how to use it. As 80s Midi Hi-fi, s were at the time, it had a tuner, twin cassette, a built in amp and more flashing led lamps than the Blackpool illuminations.
He turned round to me and proudly showed me his new purchase and couldn't wait to get it up and running.
It turned out he bought it off a bloke the night before down the pub for £40 with his beer goggles on
An absolute bargain he couldn't resist.
So me being the whizz kid i set about getting it up and running only to find that only one speaker worked and that the cassette lids would not open. The sound was really tinny and the tuner was struggling to receive any stations.
After a bit more digging around it was becoming apparent this Hi fi system wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
We ended up taking the fibre board back off, only to discover the contents of a cheap transistor radio and half a brick end wedge in to the casing to give it some weight. There was no cassette mechanism, no amp and only one speaker.
I found really hard not to find the funny side of it and contain my laughter whilst my poor old dad looked on looking really embarrassed and ripped off.
Funnily enough he never saw the bloke who sold him this fake Hi fi again down the pub. He obviously was doing the rounds through out the country selling his ill wares🤣