Did totally lousy in the Classics tourney. First time to play any of those machines, so I wasn’t expecting much.

Wandered through the main hall while folks were still setting up. Figured it would be my only opportunity to get near The Big Lebowski. Played for an hour or more. Missed the lunch at Bavarian Grill cause I was playing. Upper flipper quit working. Was glad to finally play it. But, it is no longer a must-have for me.

Wandered past Houdini. Played for a while. I’m in love. Would look great in my game room next to Mystic.

Played a beautiful Williams woodrail, Rocket. Lots of fun. Met some great folks from Germany & Spain.

No doodle bug . I was hoping for one.

One of the big treats for me was a beautifully restored Target Zero. This is a 1970 Bally arcade game where little blacklight foam cities scroll past on a wide belt of countryside and you shoot the targets. Video game before video. Sorry, I didn’t think to take a picture.

I sure liked being invited to play a game by the folks in front of me. I got to meet some fun folks and I got to play sooner. For the folks behind me, it is the same amount of waiting time. If you are three games back, you are three games back regardless of if it is three one player games or one three player game.

Welcome to Texas. Have some good Tex-Mex and beans.

Big party at the Bavarian something other. Sausages & sauerkraut.

Fancy some good Texas BBQ? Have some beans with that.

What was the question?

I was at the swap meet about 15 min after it was scheduled to start and folks were already packing up. What time did it really start?

If post event grunge takes a week to hit, I got it. Massive runny nose and stomach bug. Two negative covid tests.

Also, many folks don’t realize that bad food can take several days to hit. We think it is what we just ate, but not necessarily.