I am Thankful for . . . (pinball related of course)

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#1 7 years ago

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Triplecdad

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Tucson, AZ

7y 48,100 262 9 12

For those of you in the US, the first question is, what the heck are you doing on your computer on this national Holiday? For those of you outside the US, today is Thanksgiving, a holiday wherein Americas celebrate the fact that some of our early settlers managed not to starve to death (because many did). We do this by gorging ourselves on turkey and pie and watching professional football while arguing with our closest family members over politics. But it truly is a national day of thanks in this country, established appropriately enough by our greatest president Abraham Lincoln.
So, today I am grateful to be part of the Pinball community. It is full of strange but interesting people. I am grateful for the guy who sold me my first pin, not because he charged me a newbie about double what it was worth, which he did, but because he sold me Pinball Magic, which, over the years has remained my favorite pinball machine ever, hands down. This is a great hobby, the closest I will come to collecting works of art, which I believe pins are (except for Hardbody and the original Shadow backglass). So, Happy Thanksgiving my fellow pinsiders.

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#2 7 years ago

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Breaking_Dad

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Buffalo, NY

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Taking a shit.......played uno and MADD gabb.....no politics or football to be seen or heard....had a wonderful time with my family.....carry on..........Joey

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#3 7 years ago

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mswhat

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9y 53,400 313

I am thankful I have a few machines in the basement to play. I made sure they were working perfectly last night so the family could play them today (except Road Kings which is still sending electricity to the lockdown bar and rails). After dinner my kids and their cousins played them for a few hours and here's what I'm left with. Stellar Wars burned out two bulbs. Boomerang lost lighting to all the bonus lights and letters. Spin Out is not registering some numbers in position two on the roto-target. Gotta love pinball. I am also thankful for all my fellow pinsiders. You all are a big help and very knowledgeable. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Post last edited 7 years ago: “Spelling correction. Root target to roto-target”

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#4 7 years ago

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PopBumperPete

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Being born at the right time

Discovering pinball at 10yo (1976) was the golden age of EMs, then to be followed quickly with the birth of the solid state era, with my interest in arcades lasti g until the early 80s

So looking back I played most of the classics in their natural environment of an arcade

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#5 7 years ago

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kklank

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Glen Ellyn, IL

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OP
Quoted from Triplecdad:
For those of you in the US, the first question is, what the heck are you doing on your computer on this national Holiday? For those of you outside the US, today is Thanksgiving, a holiday wherein Americas celebrate the fact that some of our early settlers managed not to starve to death (because many did). We do this by gorging ourselves on turkey and pie and watching professional football while arguing with our closest family members over politics. But it truly is a national day of thanks in this country, established appropriately enough by our greatest president Abraham Lincoln.
So, today I am grateful to be part of the Pinball community. It is full of strange but interesting people. I am grateful for the guy who sold me my first pin, not because he charged me a newbie about double what it was worth, which he did, but because he sold me Pinball Magic, which, over the years has remained my favorite pinball machine ever, hands down. This is a great hobby, the closest I will come to collecting works of art, which I believe pins are (except for Hardbody and the original Shadow backglass). So, Happy Thanksgiving my fellow pinsiders.

Pinball Magic is such a great machine. The best capcom in my opinion. I'm thankful I can afford this hobby!

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#6 7 years ago

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jmountjoy111

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Williamsburg, KY

10y 109K 3,431 84

I am very thankful I have met a handful of great people dealing with pinball. Many people have entered and left the hobby that were great friends of mine but I am very thankful for the ones that have stayed. The people that keep swapping games with me help make this hobby a lot more fun