Quoted from mymalibu:

Did you win at bowls?

Quoted from punkin:

Tv, spectator sports and ad's. 3 things i don't miss in my life.

Quoted from pinzrfun:

I confess that i watch way too much tv, even when I cant find anything worth watching. I'm usually in front of the tv at 6pm til 10pm or so. More on weekends, especially in the winter.

Quoted from punkin:

I was the same 5 years ago. Used to like the nascars and the MMA, so would record them each week, there's 2 days sitting on the lounge before you even start watching movies or other sports.
I still waste a lot of time sitting, but it's only reading books that take me to more complex places than TV ever could.

Quoted from pinzrfun:

I'll admit sometimes i wish my tv would break so i would be forced to do all the other stuff i should be doing. I go through waves on reading - last year it was a couple hours a night, now hardly any.
PutDownTheRemotePunkin

Quoted from pinzrfun:

I confess that i watch way too much tv, even when I cant find anything worth watching. I'm usually in front of the tv at 6pm til 10pm or so. More on weekends, especially in the winter.

Quoted from punkin:

Close, if it's you saying it, would be;
PutDownTheremotePinzrfun

Quoted from punkin:

I like the way cockroaches die laying in state with their little hands folded on their chests.
Confess it seems quiet round here compared to yesterday's d0ngbat feature show.

Quoted from Boof-Ed:

I confess that I sometimes reply to market place ads that have "will not respond to is this available" with is this available? just to see if they were serious. I’m surprised at how many actually respond.

Quoted from Boof-Ed:

I confess that I sometimes reply to market place ads that have "will not respond to is this available" with is this available? just to see if they were serious. I’m surprised at how many actually respond.

Quoted from RCA1:

Coming home from work today a dumbass kid hit the side of my truck.
I was making a right turn, and he tried to pass me on the right. He said he saw my right turn signal, but somehow thought I was turning left.
Even if I was turning left, it's a two lane street, with no passing or turn lane on the right. He was trying to squeeze past. He also had to be going at least 15 over the 25 limit.
Cop told me that the report will say the kid was at fault. Not sure if he got a ticket, but he sure deserved one. At least he told the truth.
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Quoted from Dee-Bow:

Ask her if she'd prefer if you just smack the kid instead! Glad you're not hurt.. the chevy will need a new bumper and fender! But it'll be fine after too!
*did the grill survive?!

Quoted from RCA1:

but worried that if more is affected, it won't be quite right when done.

Quoted from punkin:

Yeah, i sent a totally restored as new taxi, and a nice spy Hunter for an Alien LV. I already have the SV, i'm happy with it.
NowiGotTwoPunkin

Quoted from dirkdiggler:

You traded a Taxi and a Spy Hunter for a Alien? Holy Fuk. Thought I did good trading a Jurassic pro for a Lw3 and WCS

Quoted from punkin:

What, is that good 'across the pond' on whose side?
I did give him some money too and pay transport both ways.
It was one of those deals where we were both happy. I got the LV model to upgrade for the SV model by that swap.
I got the SV model because i swapped it for a nice Theatre of Magic.
This is at the new owners place. Yet to get the 50 play LV, but it's on the truck and should be here soon. It really was a nice pair of B/W machines.
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Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Confess, I always smile when I see this. Would make a great t-shirt
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Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Meant that you got a screaming deal. Didn't mention you added cash. Here in western Canada a restored taxi would be 7k cdn max and a Spy Hunter maybe 3500 while a Alien LV is probably 13k to 15k but haven't looked at pricing on Aliens. Unless you added 5k or more to the deal you totally scored!
When I posted my JP pro for trade I had only 4 games I wanted to trade for (MET, IMDN, GOTG, GZ) However when offered a 2 for 1 deal for 90s games I couldn't pass them up. Waiting on a color display for LW3 to arrive and will try and trade it for a similar valued game while WCS I'll enjoy for a while before putting it up for trade for a Fishtales, BSD or a newer Stern + some cash from me.

Quoted from cdnpinbacon:

Dils (daughter in law) birthday today. I confess I took her aside and suggested the Keg (steakhouse )because we both have Keg gift cards from Xmas, We are paying for dinner. Was I wrong to suggest the Keg?

Quoted from punkin:

Got my arse kicked by better players in the King of The Mountain Bowls Challenge the last two weeks.
I challenged a guy i've played with and against this time. i play him this morning.
He's also a much better player than me (they all are) but i think i have a chance to beat him with luck on my best day.
Let'sHopeTodayIsMyBestDayPunkin

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

Offer him a brownie!
#byhookorbycrookpunkin

Quoted from EJS:

Confess I made a long post in a recent ham radio thread. Basically it was me and another pinsider getting a bad first impression from a guy who was big into the hobby. Here it is:
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You reminded me of my first experience with a skilled/ professional operator. He had several computers linked up to a radio, antenna hooked up to 2 car batteries and was maybe 2 stories high. Guy lived in the country where 5 houses would be seen at a dead end. He had built a few radios himself from scratch. I figured this would be the perfect guy to learn from. I think he was pretty well known in the region but whatever.
One of my good/close friends knew this guy from when in college who was into radios and kept very distant contact (via e mail) over the following decades. Even this friend of mine had observed in "field day" with this operator a couple times years back. He told me the gathering usually drew about 15-20 people who brought their radios. So this friend of mine got me and pinballplusMN an invite to field day 2022 at this operators house knowing that neither of us knew anything and we were thinking about getting into radios and we had questions.
(For those who don't know. Field day is a 1 day event either national or worldwide where everyone gets their radios out and sees how many people they can talk to in that day. Think of it like Pinball Expo for radios and everyone participates from wherever they want)
This operator had traditionally done it around a 3-4 hour event of his own and made it somewhat of a BBQ...Say 2pm-6pm I don't remember. So I drove us to his house right at 2 because I wanted to be early and introduce myself before things got nuts and ask questions while not being in the way. I had already done some of my own homework so I could get a basic understanding of the terminology so I wouldn't look like a complete dumbass. I bought an exam book and read through it.
As we pull up he's sitting there in a lawn chair at the edge of his garage with his equipment pointing outward with his antenna outside etc. Couple more people there also sitting in lawn chairs. I pull up right by the stall and roll down the window and smile and pop my head out and ask where we should park. He says "right along there is fine" which he points along his gravel driveway towards the side of his property. So I figured I'd pull off quite a ways to keep the area clear for more people to arrive since it sounded like 15-20 people were coming. He immediately yells "well NOT on my lawn would be nice". Keep in mind it's the country and I can barely tell where the driveway transitions to his lawn. So we look at each other and sigh. A part of us already has our minds changed about being there.
So we introduce ourselves and introduce a 6 pack of beer and some light snacks. He says nobody drinks and he already has plenty of snacks inside.
Turns out the rest of the people there are his neighbors. Super nice guys actually!
So we sit around "nice weather today" Blah Blah Blah. Then it's...yeah so we are thinking of getting into radios. He's like....what do you want to know?
I ask what would be a good radio for a beginner. He immediately goes from 0-100 rattling off technical jargon intermixing it with model numbers. I can actually keep up with him a little due to my research I did on my own. But barely.
Then his neighbors start giving him a hard time and say things like "so which one should he buy" and "what does that mean" and "in English please".
That goes on for about 30 more minutes. Now it's time for BBQ. There goes another 45 minutes. This part was nice. Got to talk with his neighbors who were retired military and shared stories etc. One of the neighbors goes home, then another, and the other. Now it's just us two and the operator. So to break the awkwardness I'm asking to get a tour of the radios he built years ago and thought that would be fun to see.
Nope. The two he built were the size of my palm. Had two dials and about 10 components. Basically electronics and soldering 101. Then I asked to see his ham shack which was a small office in his basement. Oh fine...he says. So he holds the door open and it's just a couple more radios. Just something basic. Then he whisks his hands at us like GTFO of my space.
Now I'm thinking let's go back out to the garage and see what's going on with the radios, maybe we can get a demonstration or learn something. Not really. As he sit's down he clasps his hands together and says "well, anything else??"
Me....no no this was great thanks for the opportunity and the delicious food it was nice meeting you and we'll say hi to our mutual friend for you.
Him: okay sounds good. Then he wheels up to his computer and would seem like he's unpausing an intense experience or something like that.
At this point we are walking back to my truck and now realizing....wait, weren't there supposed to be 15 to 20 more cars coming? It didn't take us long to put that part of the puzzle together.
Normally I wouldn't have put up with any of that shit but since we were invited upon request and actually got some good BBQ and desperate to learn about something new I was a little more lenient. Turns out we learned jack shit and amongst a dead end road of nice people we found there's an asshole that lives amongst them.
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TLDR: Got an invite to field day at a guys open house whose a Ham expert with POS attitude knowing we were coming to learn. Expected a big turnout but we were the only ones who showed up for the radios. His neighbors showed up just for the food.
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HOWEVER...fast forward a few months into last September. Nice Sunday evening stop by a small cigar bar. Bought a few and sat outside to smoke one. Noticed only one other car in the lot than mine. Had a vanity plate which appeared to be a ham call sign. I ran back in and asked the shop keeper if that was his vehicle. He said yes and that he wasn't into radios much anymore as the hobby is dying off and the rest of the people are assholes.
I'm like...YOU DON'T SAY.
So I told him I'm just looking for a basic setup and don't want to get into it too seriously.
He opens his laptop and asks for my e mail. He say's he's sending me some links to a couple of great YouTubers that are into radios and included specific video links for noobs. He also sent me some links for beginner, intermediate and expert level radios. He also sent me links on where I could study for the exam and other great links for resources and graphs and charts. At the end he gave me his number and to call him if I had any questions.
Now that information didn't come from a ham radio guy....that came from a cigar guy.
(I didn't proofread any of this)

Quoted from punkin:

Confess it's 6am and the girlies are in the gym next door doing crosstraining.
I had an urge for breakfast out of the blue and started cooking smoked German Debreziner sausages just before they got here.
The whole block smells like spicy smoked sausage.
Poor bastards must be starving smelling it.

Quoted from mtn-:

You got your appetite back?

Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Never thought sound wound be a reason to like a game. The LW3 I recently picked up has a pinball pro speaker upgrade and it's fantastic. The digital stereo sound with booming bass reminds me of the NES/SNES days. Think it's going to stay around a while. Bonus, the wife also likes it

Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Never thought sound wound be a reason to like a game. The LW3 I recently picked up has a pinball pro speaker upgrade and it's fantastic. The digital stereo sound with booming bass reminds me of the NES/SNES days. Think it's going to stay around a while. Bonus, the wife also likes it