A 2-transistor pocket radio accompanied me practically everywhere I went from grade 5 to 11 (1959-1965). On it I listened to the top 40 and 50 hits 0f the day and carried it with me on my afternoon paper route on the hottest summer day to zero temp days in winter. On clear evenings in summer, I could pick signals and programs from mid-western U.S. radio stations. It was a nice compliment to all the 45s and 33 1/3 records I also bought back then. Continuous, carryable music!
Little business man. Long impressed by the coin changers sported by bus drivers, I bought one for my paper route collecting. Customers were impressed, one enough to give me a wooden crate of Coke bottles for Christmas.
One of my cool tie pins for my dress shirts from grade 9-12. It passed through two holes in the collar with the tie worn above it. Nobody I knew had one like it.