Yes, you are showing your age. Me, too. Prusik is really under appreciated by younger climbers for all it can do when applied by a twis... er, creative mind. Extremely versitile.

But I usually use a Bachman for ascending when I have a choice. Too cheap to buy factory ascenders (I like them) and I have seen them fail at least twice that I can remember (OK - they were REALLY abused, but still...)