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Post by trailboss on Jul 4, 2017 11:27:29 GMT -5
I replied to this post earlier. It has disappeared. That was because midget tossing was deemed unacceptable...we have standards here, they are pretty low, but standards just the same! Just messing with you. |
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Post by pappyjoe on Jul 4, 2017 12:38:06 GMT -5
I thought it was because I like high quality booze and not that swill made by Budweiser that most of you drink.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 17:41:16 GMT -5
My newest hobby goes back to my teen years. I grew up playing pinball. Always liked it best, even when video games came along. Worked at an arcade at the time when Space Invaders, Pacman, Asteroids and others were new games. Recently I have become obsessed with the idea of acquiring and restoring a vintage pinball game. I used to take care of them at the arcade and know a bit about the circuitry and what needs to be done. My hobby of collecting and restoring vintage tube radios has mostly lost my interest, so I am going to translate some of that capital and effort into the pinball quest. Shopped machines can get pricey. I would love to find the game pictured below to restore. We will see.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 18:30:32 GMT -5
A friend of mine use to work on them, holy smokes, must be 5 miles of wiring in there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 19:06:49 GMT -5
A lot of wiring, bulbs and relays. Boards on the later games. My interest lies with the machines made from about 1970 to 1990. Especially the first talking and digital display machines. It would be fun to have a couple.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 20:34:00 GMT -5
My newest hobby goes back to my teen years. I grew up playing pinball. Always liked it best, even when video games came along. Worked at an arcade at the time when Space Invaders, Pacman, Asteroids and others were new games. Recently I have become obsessed with the idea of acquiring and restoring a vintage pinball game. I used to take care of them at the arcade and know a bit about the circuitry and what needs to be done. My hobby of collecting and restoring vintage tube radios has mostly lost my interest, so I am going to translate some of that capital and effort into the pinball quest. Shopped machines can get pricey. I would love to find the game pictured below to restore. We will see. I use to restore vintage tube radios also Don, still have 3 boxes of dadburn tubes and some chassis......might even have a complete radio or two up in the shops attic still. I gave it up after a couple of years because some parts were just too hard for me to come by and finding radios around here was next to nil and, eBay ya never know what your getting. Pinballs? Just way too much of a project for me sir and I use to be a CET. |
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Post by tallpuffoburley on Jul 6, 2017 22:35:47 GMT -5
Hunting, cooking, drinking and love making.  |
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Post by paulllaser on Oct 7, 2017 13:39:45 GMT -5
Outside of my day job, I developed my interest in music into a part time career as a recording engineer. I record classical music performances in the New Jersey/New York area. Though I played the bass at one time, recording others is what I do for fun now. Also fly fishing, predominantly fresh water, bicycling, tennis, golf, woodworking, and small engine repair. Guess I'd also have to throw in pipe and tobacco collecting and smoking.
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Post by GRUMPY on Oct 7, 2017 14:52:54 GMT -5
 Watching young women's outstanding assets coming and going 
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2017 15:34:18 GMT -5
My newest hobby goes back to my teen years. I grew up playing pinball. Always liked it best, even when video games came along. Worked at an arcade at the time when Space Invaders, Pacman, Asteroids and others were new games. Recently I have become obsessed with the idea of acquiring and restoring a vintage pinball game. I used to take care of them at the arcade and know a bit about the circuitry and what needs to be done. My hobby of collecting and restoring vintage tube radios has mostly lost my interest, so I am going to translate some of that capital and effort into the pinball quest. Shopped machines can get pricey. I would love to find the game pictured below to restore. We will see. Have you seen those computer monitors that they place on their backs in a pinball case? Load them up with programs and onscreen it looks like the real thing. If I knew how to make the programs I would do it myself. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2017 15:36:13 GMT -5
Antiques, books, comics, Hot Wheels and others that size, slot cars, Trains, Trains, Trains.
I have absolutely no talent, but I appreciate others'
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Post by pappyjoe on Oct 8, 2017 7:53:39 GMT -5
I replied to this post earlier. It has disappeared. That was because midget tossing was deemed unacceptable...we have standards here, they are pretty low, but standards just the same! Just messing with you. I knew I shouldn’t have included the midget tossing but it was midget women. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 8:36:35 GMT -5
I'm still looking at post # 68
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Post by trailboss on Oct 8, 2017 9:50:17 GMT -5
A lot of wiring, bulbs and relays. Boards on the later games. My interest lies with the machines made from about 1970 to 1990. Especially the first talking and digital display machines. It would be fun to have a couple. I have a 1966? Williams Hotline! Electromechanical pinball machine in the garage that I have had for years, but when I got it for $35, the relays were stuck and it really isn’t operational. I have had it for 15 years or so, intending to get it fixed, but from what I am told the enemy of an old electromechanical pinball is sitting idle. I am going to reprioritize and at least get it over to a guy and get an estimate. Parts are cheap, it’s the labor costs that can kill me. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 8, 2017 17:48:07 GMT -5
When I was younger I had a myriad of hobbies. I used to paint as well as draw/write my own comics; I played guitar and sang in couple bands; I studied Judo and later Jiu Jitsu; I was an aspiring writer and even had some skill as an amateur blacksmith. At some point though life just stepped on me a little too hard and squeezed-out most but the lazy, cynical bits. haha Now I read, play video games, play the odd hand of MTG, and occasionally jam with the boys when we're boozing it up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 6:21:28 GMT -5
My newest hobby goes back to my teen years. I grew up playing pinball. Always liked it best, even when video games came along. Worked at an arcade at the time when Space Invaders, Pacman, Asteroids and others were new games. Recently I have become obsessed with the idea of acquiring and restoring a vintage pinball game. I used to take care of them at the arcade and know a bit about the circuitry and what needs to be done. My hobby of collecting and restoring vintage tube radios has mostly lost my interest, so I am going to translate some of that capital and effort into the pinball quest. Shopped machines can get pricey. I would love to find the game pictured below to restore. We will see. Have you seen those computer monitors that they place on their backs in a pinball case? Load them up with programs and onscreen it looks like the real thing. If I knew how to make the programs I would do it myself. I haven't seen those, David. Sounds neat. |
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