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Quoted from greatwichjohn:Yes everything is going as planned. Only start to get concerned if things look bad by the end of the year (2 months left before Texas deadline). I try to avoid buying discount sausage product since it was likely frozen & thawed. Taste like shit if you repeat the cycle. Had cheap $1 mac & cheese for breakfast, with a Tims coffee (McD was closed for some reason).
frozen and thawed sausage must be really bad if thats where you draw the line in the sand flavorwise!
Glad the trough finally ended up the right direction though. 
My son and daughter had their 14th birthday yesterday and we went to a place where my daughter got a grilled cheese with mac & cheese on it, and a side of mac & cheese. I immediately chuckled out loud thinking of you GWJ and had to explain the whole thing to my family.
Quoted from dr_nybble:Not sure it's part of the plan, but do you not think it will be easier to test your whitewood if it is actually playfield-sized? So you can put it in a cabinet.
No it does not need to be in a cabinet. Set it up on saw horses or other stuff, you can change the slope easily. Had the rest of salad, pack of dressing, & croutons + plus a good piece of mild pepperoni for lunch. Pop machine is chilled with beer bottles.
Quoted from greatwichjohn:No it does not need to be in a cabinet. Set it up on saw horses or other stuff, you can change the slope easily. Had the rest of salad, pack of dressing, & croutons + plus a good piece of mild pepperoni for lunch. Pop machine is chilled with beer bottles.
That is going to be so awesome! Please take plenty of pictures…
Quoted from LORDDREK:That is going to be so awesome! Please take plenty of pictures…
Video also please!!!
Already have it on saw horses, now it is stored upright at the back of the shop. Cleaning up the shop & on my first Olands beer.
Quoted from Beechwood:I assume you are on hour 2 of the 4 hour explanation...
They weren't nearly as interested as I am though they do understand the concept of homebrew. Spaceballs is one of the games I always have set up in the house and the second game is underway as a collab project with another homebrew friend.
Breakfast of champions:
https://www.amazon.com/312934-Libbys-Sausage-Wholesale-Discount/dp/B07PMDRT9M
Quoted from zombywoof:I always thought that the breakfast of champions was cold pizza and warm beer.
Its my go to after a hard night...
Buy 'em by the case at Costco for $18
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Already have it on saw horses, now it is stored upright at the back of the shop. Cleaning up the shop & on my first Olands beer.
Just try not to knock it over, or drop it!
The whitewood or the beer!!
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Good call, on Olands #2
Olands, Keiths, Labatt's all now owned by Labatt's? I think I read that somewhere...
Anyway, always like Blue but never saw Oland's or Keith's here in the states.
May have to see if I can find some!
Love seeing the flurry of activity
I'm sorta whatever about the scoop in the top left corner idea.
The only way you get to it would be a strong shot up the right orbit spinner, which also takes you to a ball return lane with an up/down post for stopping the ball. So it seems a bit redundant to have two ways to stop the ball for the same shot.
Hopefully it works as a blocker during multiball. So balls going into up post lock lane are harder to load. Ball goes to scoop is fired back chocking out incoming balls.
Quoted from dr_nybble:Isn't the point of building the whitewood to test it before you start modifying Jon Norris's design?
It remains a Jon Norris design with more shit added on.
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Hopefully it works as a blocker during multiball. So balls going into up post lock lane are harder to load. Ball goes to scoop is fired back chocking out incoming balls.
Oh ok, now I understand the intention. Might be easier to add another up/down post to the ball return lane, and some more switches (the programmer will be thrilled with those extra switches later if you intend to lock balls in that lane)
If the top scoop in the left is kept, a fun challenge for the programmer would be to have the scoop stage a ball and kick it out when a ball is coming around the orbit, then they collide somewhere near the top of the arc, and then one goes down the left and the other down the right. It could be a neat visual after some software magic
Quoted from greatwichjohn:It remains a Jon Norris design with more shit added on.
Got a deal on a picnic pack, no tax, & $3 off. Meals for the day, already had the mac salad, roll, & some coleslaw. Pop machine is turned on. Had my piece with breadcrumbs or not, on the Deeproot thread.
In the past I have stated that American Pinball should buy out Dutch Pinball, & get all those owed games (EA's) finished quickly. Would expand American Pinball, to be a even bigger player. As for Deeproot Pinball IP, another good source or base for games if they get it or work with who ever gets it. If Chris Turner gets it, do a deal with him & he can avoid all the pitfalls with manufacturing pinball machines.
IMG_0108 (resized).JPGQuoted from greatwichjohn:Got a deal on a picnic pack, no tax, & $3 off. Meals for the day, already had the mac salad, roll, & some coleslaw. Pop machine is turned on. Had my piece with breadcrumbs or not, on the Deeproot thread.
In the past I have stated that American Pinball should buy out Dutch Pinball, & get all those owed games (EA's) finished quickly. Would expand American Pinball, to be a even bigger player. As for Deeproot Pinball IP, another good source or base for games if they get it or work with who ever gets it. If Chris Turner gets it, do a deal with him & he can avoid all the pitfalls with manufacturing pinball machines.
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Unfortunately this thread pretty much undermines any argument that you might have once had some level of expertise to advise on major moves to be made in the pinball world by outside manufacturers. Stick to your whitewood, you’ve already got enough on your plate - literally serving double duty for now as both a whitewood and a food plate apparently.
Quoted from pookycade:Unfortunately this thread pretty much undermines any argument that you might have once had some level of expertise to advise on major moves to be made in the pinball world by outside manufacturers. Stick to your whitewood, you’ve already got enough on your plate - literally serving double duty for now as both a whitewood and a food plate apparently.
Always on standby for those in the business. Good advice or not, they can decide for themselves.
Quoted from pookycade:Unfortunately this thread pretty much undermines any argument that you might have once had some level of expertise to advise on major moves to be made in the pinball world by outside manufacturers. Stick to your whitewood, you’ve already got enough on your plate - literally serving double duty for now as both a whitewood and a food plate apparently.
I disagree. This thread is about outrageous and differing opinions on everything from MDF to dead hookers.
Carry on!
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Always on standby for those in the business. Good advice or not, they can decide for themselves.
John, I say this delicately but very directly: this thread is not a good advertisement for you to get a job with a pinball company.
Quoted from DBLM:John, I say this delicately but very directly: this thread is not a good advertisement for you to get a job with a pinball company.
Honestly, I don't think that is what John meant. I firmly believe he means he is on stand by for anyone in the business that wants to talk and hear advice. Just Like David Fix and Jersey Jack and........
Quoted from DBLM:John, I say this delicately but very directly: this thread is not a good advertisement for you to get a job with a pinball company.
Do not want a job with a company unless I can work part time remotely. Got enough on my plate here. On my way to set up 4 Stern Pins for our big local Halcon Show. https://hal-con.com/guest-list
This thread is about the once to be most expensive home brew game ever built then got cut to 1/10 that but certainly a home brew and I don’t recall any of the professional designers at Williams ever frying hotdogs on their Whitewood prototypes!
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Do not want a job with a company unless I can work part time remotely
Hey, a man can dream, can't he?
Quoted from TreyBo69:Work part-time, drink full-time
That's what retirement is all about!
Quoted from poppapin:That's what retirement is all about!
It's how my dad gained 70 pounds in two years
Quoted from DBLM:John, I say this delicately but very directly: this thread is not a good advertisement for you to get a job with a pinball company.
He went looking for a whale, or between 1 and 10 mini whales. He found 1 mini, so seems he knows how to drum up his own pinball business. Seems quite successful thus far!
Quoted from Roostking:He went looking for a whale, or between 1 and 10 mini whales. He found 1 mini, so seems he knows how to drum up his own pinball business. Seems quite successful thus far!
Not what I am talking about. There is a difference between GWJ doing his own thing and getting Ice to fund it vs David Fix or George Gomez or anybody else looking at this thread and saying "You know, that GWJ guy really knows his stuff and can execute with urgency. We should hire him part time or reach out to him for advice!"
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Got a deal on a picnic pack, no tax, & $3 off. Meals for the day, already had the mac salad, roll, & some coleslaw. Pop machine is turned on. Had my piece with breadcrumbs or not, on the Deeproot thread.
In the past I have stated that American Pinball should buy out Dutch Pinball, & get all those owed games (EA's) finished quickly. Would expand American Pinball, to be a even bigger player. As for Deeproot Pinball IP, another good source or base for games if they get it or work with who ever gets it. If Chris Turner gets it, do a deal with him & he can avoid all the pitfalls with manufacturing pinball machines.
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That "meal" looks horrible. I'd stick with the pepperoni sticks and hot dogs. At least they have preservatives.
Quoted from homebrood:Got enough on my" (Hot Plate) " here
John does not have a hot plate, he only has the "electric grill" from his dead mother...
Going to stick with that or not or until it dies!
I was thinking we should have gone with "picnic plate"
The best part is the label said chicken and then somebody crossed it out and wrote in pen "rib"
Quoted from Haymaker:I was thinking we should have gone with "picnic plate"
The best part is the label said chicken and then somebody crossed it out and wrote in pen "rib"
Definitely a set of tasty ribs there! Not chicken. The edit was correct.
Quoted from pinballinreno:Definitely a set of tasty ribs there! Not chicken. The edit was correct.
I thought it looked more like chicken but looking closer I can't really tell if it's Chicken or Ribs or Chicken Ribs!
I think they should have labeled it 'Mystery Meat' Plate!
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