Spooky action at a distance

 I was trying to remember how many states my vehicles have broken down in. My brother in law wanted to hear it to see if it was more states than he had been to. 

It donned on me I had perhaps won a bowling tournament in more states than he had been in. 

Then a game came to mind.

If a bowling center I won a tournament in doesn't exist anymore,  did I win?

Little pieces of history disappear daily, as we become the ghost of ourselves.