Amazingly enough, there are a few of us who are not owners. I'm one of them. With one kid in college, another going in a year and debts up the wazoo I don't have the free cash to buy, nor the skills to fix, although everytime I see a TSPP, LOTR or Dr. Who for sale somewhere closeby I get the urge to rack up even more mileage on the ol' home equity line.

Fortunately, in my area (Boston) there are plenty of kind souls who allow this Pinball Beggar (NOT WHORE!!!) to visit their home arcades in exchange for beer, pin-moving work and even unpaid brokerage (I've hooked up several buyers with people selling the machines they wanted).