WEBVTT - MINI: Derwent Pencils

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<v Speaker 1>Christian I Connell Christian o'connalds show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. So often on the show we have like

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<v Speaker 2>a spillover from three topic Tuesday, which we did yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>and we do every Tuesday where we do three phoners

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time. One of the topics yesterday is

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<v Speaker 2>still around, and it was what's the first thing you

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<v Speaker 2>ever saved up money for? Because I think if you

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<v Speaker 2>actually do take a moment to think about it, you

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<v Speaker 2>remember the very first thing you actually saved up, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it was your pocket money, your little piggy bank, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's like from a Saturday job or a part

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<v Speaker 2>time job. When you saved your own money to actually

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<v Speaker 2>go and buy something with your own money, it was

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<v Speaker 2>quite a moment in your life. This comes from Kim

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<v Speaker 2>in Frankston. Christian I was just a show, yes, sir,

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<v Speaker 2>I love the topic. The first thing you saved your

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<v Speaker 2>money up for? This took me back to saving for

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<v Speaker 2>a box of Dorn't pencils. Oh yes, ult that big

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<v Speaker 2>sort of keyboard of them that the full keyboard.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the full seventy two was the If you had that,

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<v Speaker 3>then you had all the colors year made.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, when it was thirteen years old. This is all

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted, Christian. Those pencils. They were the Rolls Royce

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<v Speaker 2>of pencils. They came in boxes of twelve, twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there was the really big one. I thought there

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<v Speaker 2>was like a thirty six.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and then I'm provy. Twenty two had like two

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<v Speaker 3>layers of pencil. You'd open up the box and then

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<v Speaker 3>you would have the chocolate. Yeah, a Cigarett layer underneath.

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<v Speaker 2>Box with favor food that you're eating the pencils, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>out your way. A school friend had the twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>box only had the cheaper faber castales. I remember those

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<v Speaker 2>from school, favorite costelles. Do you mean that that used

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<v Speaker 2>to grade pencils was like a two d or three

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<v Speaker 2>hs or something? That the lead in them was Grady

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<v Speaker 2>or something? And I really wanted those Derwins. I saved

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<v Speaker 2>my pocket funny for money for months and finally had

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<v Speaker 2>enough for a pack of twenty four. I probably went

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<v Speaker 2>down to the news agents and asked a man behind

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<v Speaker 2>the counter for them. He said, do you want the twelves,

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty fours or the thirty six? I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Hang on a minute, sir, they come in a thirty

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<v Speaker 2>six pack now, oh my god, the dilemma extra colors

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<v Speaker 2>a bigger box. Was torn between taking immediately the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four packed there or holding out and saving extra for

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<v Speaker 2>the larger This is a life lesson. Isn't about deferred

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<v Speaker 2>gratification and what had done or what pats he would

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<v Speaker 2>doe it? Just ate the whole twenty four Christian, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to stick it to my friend with a twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four box. So I held out for another couple of

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<v Speaker 2>months to say, for the bigger one. The joy when

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<v Speaker 2>I walked back in there to get the thirty six

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<v Speaker 2>pack of owning those beautiful rolls Royce of pencils, the doors,

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<v Speaker 2>the smell of the newness when I opened that beautifully

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<v Speaker 2>illustrated hard box. It used to come in, that real

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<v Speaker 2>hard box. It was the metallic.

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<v Speaker 3>One, was it?

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<v Speaker 2>Even you couldn't call it. It was a very flimsy tin.

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<v Speaker 2>He used to put that in your school bag and

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<v Speaker 2>just moving a shoulder again and the other shoulder on

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<v Speaker 2>were just dent half of it. And the amazing selection

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<v Speaker 2>of such vibrant, rich colors. I remember, It's amazing how

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<v Speaker 2>you can still remember this, Christian. I wouldn't let anyone

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<v Speaker 2>else use them, and slept with them under my pillow.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so cool, only to be used for special occasions,

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<v Speaker 2>coloring homemade birthday cards and stuff like that for mom

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<v Speaker 2>and dad and all my school friends were so envious.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was so proud until a few weeks later

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<v Speaker 2>past the same news agents he had a big up

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<v Speaker 2>in the window brand new seventy two bocks on My

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen year old me did not to know how to swear,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's how angry I was. Great Email Kim Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>I still got my set of Derwin's seventy two in

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<v Speaker 2>that ten brand new box. I've still got them unused

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<v Speaker 2>from nineteen ninety holding on to them for one rainy

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<v Speaker 2>day justin thank you very much for text mate Max.

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<v Speaker 1>Same here are we Max?

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<v Speaker 2>What was the first thing you saved up your money

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<v Speaker 2>for a.

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<v Speaker 1>Brand new Melbourne Star dregster when I was thirteen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and we'll be saving pocket money. Or did you

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<v Speaker 2>have a little paper round?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I used to work selling papers and saved up and

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<v Speaker 1>got me one hundred dollars and went to the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the shop to buy it pay cash and me

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<v Speaker 1>brother wanted to put it in the car to drive

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<v Speaker 1>and bring it home. I said no, I'm riding at home.

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<v Speaker 1>I paid for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet you felt like a young man at that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't he won. You're handling cash one hundred dollars as

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<v Speaker 2>well to a young thirty year old. It's an eye

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<v Speaker 2>watering amount sort of thing that they'd rob a bank for.

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<v Speaker 2>This is one hundred dollars. Then you're psychling it yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>your own thing. I got this myself. None bought this

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<v Speaker 2>for me. It's a real moment, isn't it. Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>It was, It was. It was the turning point. It

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<v Speaker 1>was just like I played for this. I wish I

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<v Speaker 1>had it now because there was a lot of money now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right, Max, thank you very much and cool,

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<v Speaker 2>take care.

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<v Speaker 1>Helen, Helen Christian.

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<v Speaker 4>I was eleven. I wanted this cassette player and I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't care if I had to wait for a better one.

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted this particular model and it was about thirty

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<v Speaker 4>dollars and it was a Panasonic and it came in

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<v Speaker 4>the leather case. And my dad said, oh, do you

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<v Speaker 4>want to wait for another model? You know we'll get

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<v Speaker 4>you a better one. No, no, no, I want this one.

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<v Speaker 4>I want this one. And then I would go home

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<v Speaker 4>and I would sit by the radio, Christian, and I

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<v Speaker 4>would hit record and record my favorite songs off the

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<v Speaker 4>radio and play them back on my cassette player. And

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I used to sit there and wait for

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<v Speaker 4>the songs, and I'd get really annoyed if I missed

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<v Speaker 4>the start of the song.

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<v Speaker 2>That I used to get really annoyed too when the

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<v Speaker 2>DJ would talk over the end of the song, which

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<v Speaker 2>I now do for a living.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, now annoying.

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<v Speaker 2>And DJ, you said, trash the last like forty seconds

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<v Speaker 2>of the Beastie Boys. Shut up. Now I am that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>This full circle. What was the first album you got

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<v Speaker 2>on cassette?

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<v Speaker 4>Then, well, the first single I bought was going to

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<v Speaker 4>See My Baby Tonight by the Laddie Doves. And my

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<v Speaker 4>first album was split with Mac Rumors. And I would

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<v Speaker 4>lay by my records and I've still got most of

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<v Speaker 4>those vinyls today.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. That's great, Hey, Hella, lovely talking.

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<v Speaker 4>To you, Christian. Christian O'Connell Show podcast