I Didn't Remember Playing the Trivia Game at Sears
During a recent visit to my brother's house, we briefly undertook a nostalgiac discussion of our childhood and exchanged fond memories, wondering if the other remembered the fond memory exchanged by the originator of the first fond memory, and so forth.
Among the fond memories that were exchanged, my brother recalled going to Sears with our mother, going downstairs to the lower level, and working through a handful of quarters playing some sort of video arcade trivia game. This memory did not register at all with me.
My brother is nearly two years my senior (which is not to imply that he himself is a senior, only that he is older), so this particular memory may be more accessible to his brain simply because I was too young to retain memory very well. As I mentioned previously, my brother, who I do not consider an elderly gentleman, is two years my senior, though by "senior" I do not mean to imply "senior citizen".
My brother proceeded to broaden the visual in an attempt to jog my memory, indicating that one question in particular presented a Cadillac emblem, and offered four choices as to which brand of automobile the logo was associated with, and that I had answered correctly. This did not help.
He then tried to describe the bottom floor at the Sears department store in general, drawing attention to the fact that there was a candy counter, at which candy and other delicious confections so beloved by children were sold.
By mentioning the candy department, my memory was jogged sufficiently to vaguely picture the area in general. It was a good strategy given that memories from my younger self were more likely to be retained if they were associated with something of great interest at the time. Candy was of great interest, Cadillacs were not, (notably, both are very interesting to me at present).
It was not long before vague images of the electronic trivia machine began to be recalled, sufficiently enough to know what he was talking about and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
Among the fond memories that were exchanged, my brother recalled going to Sears with our mother, going downstairs to the lower level, and working through a handful of quarters playing some sort of video arcade trivia game. This memory did not register at all with me.
My brother is nearly two years my senior (which is not to imply that he himself is a senior, only that he is older), so this particular memory may be more accessible to his brain simply because I was too young to retain memory very well. As I mentioned previously, my brother, who I do not consider an elderly gentleman, is two years my senior, though by "senior" I do not mean to imply "senior citizen".
My brother proceeded to broaden the visual in an attempt to jog my memory, indicating that one question in particular presented a Cadillac emblem, and offered four choices as to which brand of automobile the logo was associated with, and that I had answered correctly. This did not help.
He then tried to describe the bottom floor at the Sears department store in general, drawing attention to the fact that there was a candy counter, at which candy and other delicious confections so beloved by children were sold.
By mentioning the candy department, my memory was jogged sufficiently to vaguely picture the area in general. It was a good strategy given that memories from my younger self were more likely to be retained if they were associated with something of great interest at the time. Candy was of great interest, Cadillacs were not, (notably, both are very interesting to me at present).
It was not long before vague images of the electronic trivia machine began to be recalled, sufficiently enough to know what he was talking about and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
posted by The Supreme Aglet at 9:13 AM
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