Welcome!

Good to hear!

Love that Haunted House. It can be a bit daunting under the playfield but they can be made solid.

Welcome!

I have owned 3 haunted houses. How are you liking it?

What are you thinking for your next pin?

Are you yawning? - "y'all" isn't a word in any English dictionary I can find so you must be tired and yawning.

Welcome to the club, neighbor! Well, Keller is a bit of a hike from here, but welcome!

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Well theres the rude Yall was talking about.Welcome to Pinside,some nice some not so much.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Pinside !

LTG : )

Welcome! I too enjoy fixing them as much as playing them. Hope you have plenty of space for the next ones because they multiply quick! As a side note, I have family in Keller, Tx. I live in Iowa, so it's a heck of a drive but we try to go down and visit about once a year. We're planning a trip for later this August. Hopefully the gas prices keep dropping.

The new guy has chosen a Haunted House as his first trial by fire AND still enjoys the hobby.
He gets a pass!

Also “Y’all” is considered hip now, even goofy city people now say it out of nowhere without a southern accent.

Y'all is a very common phrase used by people who live in the southern states, especially people from Texas. Y'all = you all.

this might be helpful for you: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hillaryreinsberg/who-says-yall-and-10-other-maps-showing-where-americans-say

It's pretty commonly used here in the US. Even Merriam Webster recognizes it.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/y%27all

I don't know if you were just trying to be funny, but please don't pick on the new guy. Especially since he took the time to say nice things about all of us.

@stvns78, welcome, and I'm glad you've been liking it here so far.

Welcome @stvns78!

What dictionaries are you looking at? Or are you confessing to not being able to find one at all? Y’all is in every English dictionary lmao! Oxford, Merriam Webster, Cambridge… all of them!

(If you’re referring to an English/Setswana dictionary, or English/French, or English/Whatever, those don’t count. They’re cross-language references, not actual dictionaries.)

Welcome fellow DFW pinhead

Y'all, Yinze, You'uns, Youse and the ubiquitous You Guys - all solving the problem You being singular or plural in the English language so you can't tell when addressing a group whether you mean one or more. Usually used regionally, like Y'all in Texas, You'uns in Appalachia, Yinze in Pittsburgh, etc.

The real question is, Soda, Pop, or Coke?

Oh, and welcome @stvns78!

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We moved to Texas in 1968. This was typical:

"Want a Coke?”
"Sure"
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."

Welcome!!! Ask away. Try and search the forums if you can before starting a new thread. The search function here is pretty great. If you need repair help, the tech sub forum is where you want to post.

Enjoy!!

Ah hem

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Yes it is!
100 times better that the most corrupt one...Illinois

Nothing beats Pinside for tech support. You’ll find the drama in high priced sales ads threads where the price police get called into action (thanks guys!!). Or people who like to post in owners threads about how crappy their machine is (who aren’t even owners funny enough) and don’t understand the poor reception. Avoid the “which game should i buy next” and anything to do with pinball price bubbles. Oh and threads about whales. Don’t ask….

But Pinside is the place if you need help troubleshooting a problem, resources for yr game, or searching for hard to find parts. Create a post in the specific owners thread or better yet start yr own thread. Trolls can’t seem to find those so you’ll only get positive responses.

Side note that “yr” is not a proper english word. It means “your”. Sometimes “you are”. You have to read the full sentence to understand the context. Btw we use y’all here in WV too.

Welcome to Pinside.

Welcome. Things to do now that you are in the hobby.

1. Get a second or third job to fund new pins and parts

2. Buy good deals when you find them, no matter what

3. Do not sell any pins, keep them. You will thank me later.

I started with my first ebay win, firepower and nightmare on elm street in 2004. I have had about 25 pins since. I say all the time I wish I had my TZ and TAF back after I sold them for $3k to $5K, knowing they are $10-$13 k now makes me kick myself.

Good luck with the collection!

If you like to play EMs and are going to be on the east side of the metroplex, hit me up!

In the south:
Y’all means you.
All Y’all means all of you.

Welcome and congratulations on Haunted House. That's such a fun pin. Always great to see another person from DFW here on Pinside!

Much of my Family in Tennessee and Bama use Yall daily.Now im fixin to commence to start to play some Pinball in my room over Yonder.

Lol, I’m in Florence right now Y’all!! I leave tonight though.

This place saved my life. Pinball did and pinside was a big part of it.

Literally. I am biased. I love this place! Welcome.

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When I asked these girls at knotts berry farm about pinball, they said:
We love pinball.

“Y'all” is great for when you don’t know exactly who you might be referring to, or how many people. “Y’all come on over and play some pinball.”

You lived here you’d understand. Y’all ain’t never gonna get it if you don’t live it.

And don’t bother correcting the double negatives either, nerd.

Thank you for the kind words. Here’s to enjoying a long bright future as hobbyists together. Pinside is awesome and my refuge against all my life responsibilities.

This thread offsets the other snowflake-easily-triggered threads. Ahhh…refreshing.