Black and white television

Black and White TV

Quinan (three) is often attempting to take things apart, sometime I want to call him my little “Trevor.” One day he was shoving a table knife into the top of the dishwasher and… I had a flashback.

I don’t remember how old I was, probably four or five, but I do remember a black and white television on a shelf. I know it was on a shelf (or possibly a counter) because I was always climbing on things when my parents weren’t around and you never forget a good climb.

The sound coming out of the TV fascinated me. So what does a four-year-old do when he’s fascinated? That’s right, make a trip to the kitchen (todler’s toolbox) for a table knife. I remember climbing back up and poking the knife in through the small horizontal openings on the side.

That’s about all I remember. If there was discipline involved after this exploration I can’t recall.

My next childhood memory was of the same television set with a speaker on the side and a wire going in the back. It was probably ten or twenty years later before I connected the two incidents.

12/17/2007 | hugh |

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  1. I witnessed many of Trevor’s similar antics. This story reminds me of the time Kemp Christensen inserted a full blown peanut butter and jelly sandwich into his parents state of the art $400.00 VCR.

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    Doug
    Dec 19, 04:53 PM

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