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Originally Posted by issybird
Yup. I got to be the cool auntie. When I got gmail during beta, I was able to snag lastname@gmail. Some time later, at a family gathering, a techy nephew was describing gmail to his cousins and I mentioned my gmail id. To get a basilisk stare and dropped jaw from the kid; he'd tried for it and it was taken.  |
1000 points to you!
I play "cool auntie" in other realms. After owning a copy of Sting (the sword) for several years, I finally gifted it to a nephew who'd been ogling it and drooling every time I brought it out.