Feeling Old (Off-Topic)

by Miguel Chavez, Thursday, August 13, 2015, 17:29 (3200 days ago) @ Durandal

I'm so old...

My Xbox handle has no numbers and is a legible, normal word
I played Pathways into Darkness when it first came out
I recall my games fitting on a single 3.5' disk with room to spare
I played games on a green screen outside of the aged school computer labs
Once my Apple IIe disk drive had an infestation of aphids that got on the 5 1/2 floppy and it ground them up and spewed green goo all over the desk.

I used to frequent arcades when games were 20 cents to play.
I used to keep 20 cents in my Kangaroo shoes (they had pockets!) so as to call home on a pay phone so my parents could pick me up.
I remember when the price of a soda at a vending machine jumped to 40 cents!
At the age of 6 most of my classmates and I would walk several blocks home alone and no one thought this was strange at all.
I ordered the special Haley's Comet Matchbox car when it last came around, chipped off the paint playing with it and repainted it to match KITT from KnightRider.

When the price of a slice of pizza at the famous Ray's Pizza here in Manhattan, NYC across the street of the elementary school I went (yes, THAT Ray's was our go-to lunch spot) - anyway, when it went up to 75 cents, everyone threw a shit fit.

- M