Now I make a deal with my dad: dig out an 8 x 6 plot by the house where the new wood pile is going to go, and he'll get me the NES.

...8-year-old me doesn't quite realize how much dirt and rock is an 8 x 6 plot that needs to be two feet deep.

But a couple months and more than a few little calluses later and I'm happily bouncing around with Mario.