I don’t know why, but lately I’ve had in my head the memory of going over to Uncle Greg and Mary’s for pizza… sitting somewhat cramped around the table – the Tallacksen clan, 6-strong, imposing on the relatively newlywed couple – eating homemade pizza, then going downstairs and playing with Uncle Greg’s latest toy… from the digital compact cassette to the CD-ROM game machine (was there a brand name? I don’t remember) with pinball. In retrospect, I wish we had spent more time just listening to music on his pretty decent sound system. Nonetheless, a good memory. And I think it’s safe to blame him at least in part for my love of electronic boxes with buttons and lights on them.
Responses to “Saturday night pizza memories at Uncle Greg’s”
March 7th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Good memory indeed! Next time you’re out this way, feel free to stop by and re-live a few moments from your youth! The “pretty decent sound system” lives on (with much the same old music!), and the now antique Philips CD-i player still works!! (and was eventually even joined by two others, when they started selling for about 95%-off orig. prices on eBay. Cheaper than replacement parts, y’know…) Give us enough warning, and we might even be able to whip up a pizza.
Or if you’d rather see the *latest* “latest toy”, you could sample a video selection from the almost-new Blu-Ray player on our Panasonic plasma HDTV. (No idea how I did it, but I seem to have put my reputation as “The Dead Format King” in serious jeopardy by mistakenly choosing the winning Hi-Def DVD format. Who’da thunk?)
Thanks for remembering, and taking the time to share it. -U.G.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Yes, I’m glad Blu-Ray won… even though I haven’t had a TV in 5 years or so!
Feel free to stop by our place too – I’m happy to show off my meager system, and I make a pretty decent pizza as well!
March 4th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
ha, here I am, commenting on my own post…
I should have read the entire wiki entry – the CD-rom was called CD-i, for CD Interactive.