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Quoted from pinwiztom:Here is a youtube link where Sam explains how to play WMS 4 Roses, (one of his favorite EM pins)
Be advised that he does swear and curse while playing the game.
I never have figured out what he thinks he is accomplishing with that bizarre plunge shot.
Quoted from PinFixin:When I was younger, I wanted to really smack the ball up through the shooter lane. The way I would do it is to slam the palm of my hand against the plunger rod, or creating a fist and banging it that way. After a while, they started making the plungers with the ends that came to a sharper tip. I had to figure out a way to accomplish the same thing.
The way you do it is the way Sammy is doing it in the video. Put your thumb on the end of the plunger, and push it along with letting it go, and it really makes the ball fly.
It's just his way of getting the plunger shot down to land exactly where he wants it to. There were also some games in which the plunger spring was too weak, and that is a way to have the ball go up ramps as well.
-Pat
Uh, ok.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Just got off the phone with Sam.
He will be 73 yrs old tomorrow (Aug19).
He seemed to be in very good spirits (despite his situation) and in good health. (voice was strong)
He survived covid (tested positive last month), had no or only mild symptoms.
His neighbor in his rehab room also tested positive and survived also.
We talked for about 50 minutes, once he gets going and talking pinball
it is hard to get him to stop.
Helped him with area codes for some on his phone list
(like Wayne Neyens and Gordon Hasse);
it appears that his paper phone list, cut off all the area codes,
so if you have not heard from him in a while that may be the reason.
Joke he told me:
There was an air flight getting ready to board and take off.
The stewardess was asking for tickets,
please show me your ticket, she says to everyone boarding.
And a guy walks up in a trench coat and flashes the stewardess.
Stewardess then says, you misunderstood me sir, I was asking for your ticket,
not your stub.
You all be sure to wish Sam a Happy Birthday
by telling that joke to the next person you meet.
cheers to all.
I turned 65 yrs old yesterday.
LOL that joke is about five minutes older than dirt.
Congrats on the birthday though.
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Kansas City, MO