A couple days ago I was in a store talking with three employees in their 20s. My email was needed. After I provided it, one sort of snickered and repeated, "Hotmail."
I looked at him with "Game on, sonny boy" eyes and said, "I have one that's even older."
"AOL?" he asked knowingly, as he prepared to accuse me of being a Boomer.
Full of Gen X quiet confidence I replied, "ix.netcom.com"
Eyes widened. "Whoa, I've never heard of that one."
"Yeah, I lived in Silicon Valley when emails first became a thing. It's one of the first ones out there and has been sold tons of times. But it still works."
I decided not to pick up the mic I dropped since doing so would have hurt my back.
Being 54 is fun!!
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