50 year fan

Grampa took me to arcades at the beach in the 1960's in Olcott NY.  Most games were 10 cents.  He give me a handful of change then he went in back room to play "adult" pinball that had a pull handle and three spinning reels.   (always wondered what they were)  I was hooked at only 10 years old.

Fast forward to 1974,Took a job as an arcade manager at the Lockport Mall, we had 18 pinballs there.  Quarters painted red allowed me to play all I wanted, it was a dream job.  One day the owner took a pin out to put PONG game in its place.  within two years most pins were replaced with video games. 

In the 80's I was constantly searching out locations and played at all the malls and bowling alleys.  Then pinball seemed to disappear and I lost interest.

2000's I worked in Europe and pins were everywhere, became a fan again.  Joined the Toronto pinball exchange club and traded several games then sold out because I was low on funds. 

Today I play as much as I can.  So glad to see so many fans keeping pinball alive and well.