Video game brags and a disaster

I've posted the tales of several good classic video game finds I originally posted to the rec.games.video.classic Usenet group. Back then we called them "brags". I also dug up the tale of my phone call with Billy Mitchell shortly after his perfect Pac-Man game. Finally, I posted the story of the first time our house flooded from a burst washing machine hose. (The second time was two days later, believe it or not.)

• 14 May 1996: Flood
• 29 July 1997: Finally, a brag!
• 12 Feb 1998: $50 Brag
• 10 August 1998: Re: Stop me before I buy again!!!!
• 10 March 1999: Brag, anti-brag, and book
• 5 April 1999: Small brag & Wico info
• 16 April 1999: First good 2600 brag in a while
• 19 April 1999: Hardly a brag
• 4 May 1999: Today's finds
• 30 July 1999: Brag: Hardware for $0.10 each
• 14 July 1999: Re: Someone got Perfect Pacman Score????
• 3 May 2000: Brag: Instant Astrocade collection & more
• 30 May 2000: Brag: NES Arkanoid controller
• 17 July 2000: Brag: 2600, 7800 games and more
• 26 May 2006: Brag: INTV games
• 28 May 2006: Re: Just a small brag
• 14 April 2007: Brag: Turbo board game