Thursday, Apr 9, 2009
I just found out an interesting fact about my grandpa through a local newspaper article:
| Article wrote: |
| "I've been president of the local Atari group since the 1980s," he said. When asked why there was only a Wii system visible in front of his television, he emphatically replied, "That is my wife's Wii. Definitely, not mine." |
My grandpa is the only person I know who had an Atari Jaguar. We'd bust it out on holidays and gawk at teh grafix. Then the N64 came out and we ridiculed the Jaguar's supposed 64-bitness. Puny Atari.
I had no idea that he was the president of the Michiana Atari Club, or even that such a thing existed. He talks about it in the present tense, so I assume it's still around. I wonder what they do when they meet..... I'll have to ask him on Easter.
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Posted Apr 9, 2009 11:03 am PT
Maybe he can get you a membership into their club. 
Posted Apr 9, 2009 12:37 pm PT
That's cool.
Posted Apr 9, 2009 4:10 pm PT
Sounds like a funny guy.
Must be kinda weird to learn new things about close relatives through a newspaper article...
Must be kinda weird to learn new things about close relatives through a newspaper article...
Posted Apr 9, 2009 5:01 pm PT
Yeah, my original thought for a title for this blog was "Kinda sad..." He's a quiet guy, though, and he has a huge family and more grandchildren than I can count (seriously).
Posted Apr 9, 2009 5:11 pm PT
He's now officially the coolest guy I've ever heard of.
Posted Apr 9, 2009 7:46 pm PT
Heh, that's pretty cool. I think I got an Atari t-shirt lying around somewhere.
Posted Apr 10, 2009 12:01 am PT
Sounds like he doesn't like the Wii though
Posted Apr 10, 2009 5:05 am PT
I am feeling very very very very very old right now
Posted Apr 10, 2009 8:57 am PT
Sounds like a fun Sunday conversation. I hope your weekend goes well fellow gamer 
Posted Apr 10, 2009 1:27 pm PT
That's pretty cool. I remember seeing Jaguar screen shots in a magazine and thought they were total amazing, but I never bought one or even played one...
Posted Apr 10, 2009 5:17 pm PT
@solidruss - My grandpa is 75, if that makes you feel any better. So that means he was in his early 40s when the 2600 came out. No wonder he shows so much animosity towards my grandma's Wii.... Back in the day, she probably had to yell at him to quit acting like a kid playing those stupid computer games all hours of the night, and now she's the one playing stupid games, flailing her arms all around like an idiot.
Posted Apr 10, 2009 9:48 pm PT
Kewll
Posted Apr 11, 2009 11:02 am PT
very cool
Posted Apr 12, 2009 4:38 pm PT
Posted Jun 22, 2009 9:17 pm PT
That's pretty awesome
Posted Nov 15, 2009 1:48 pm PT
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