Morgantown, WV
I'm... Pregnant.
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Quoted from Sparky:Because of TZ's camera shot from the right upper flipper, where you have to hold the left flipper button to make the shot easier, I find myself holding the left flipper button on ALL games with right upper flipper shots (STTNG, HSII, SM, WW, etc.). I need to break that habit.
Guilty.
Quoted from davewtf:I think people who buy games without playing them first are crazy.
Guilty and crazy. I blame both laziness and impatience and those damned dirty apes.
Quoted from Mudflaps:I'll cradle a ball while I drink beer.
As do I, perfect time for a beer.
I wish I was a little bit taller.
I juggle the ball from flipper to flipper to impress my friends
...and fail miserably by means of the drain sometimes
I dead catch on accident all the time
..and STILL feel like a bad-a$$ doing it.
I think a new pin is worth X dollars. People who pay more than X are nuts, and people who won't pay X are cheap.
Quoted from TigerLaw:PattyJ said:
I'm secretly attracted to several Pinsiders.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Go back to Carl . . . or get the Apron of Destiny and watch people flock to you.
Well that is some fine advice, but the last I heard Carl was in Australia working on a pinball lessons partnership with a "new" pinball distributor. They made him a lot of promises and he seems excited, but he's not the brightest bulb.
Also, I heard the last owner of the famous Apron of Destiny allowed it to fall into enemy hands, so I'm probably out of luck unless the current owner has an unusually strong desire for some Shasta and is willing to work out a special arrangement with me.
TigerLaw25 said:
Go back to Carl.
Quoted from centerflank:worst post ever on pinside, and you call yourself a moderator...
I just tricked trophy into going downstairs to make popcorn so I could make a few more posts!
Thanks for that Mr. Flank! You know I'm not the home wrecker type, but you are definitely among my favorites. 
I enjoy playing Genesis, TMNT, and Avatar!
Enfield, NS
Uk
Melbourne
I started collecting soon after I got married in 1996. I told my wife in all sincerity that I only wanted 3 games (all video games, Missile Command, Robotron and Dragon's Lair). I have 25 in my basement now and still only have 1 of the original 3 I wanted in there. My wife reminds me of the "I only want these 3" at all the time.
I sometimes avoid playing high-priced/well-liked games like CV, TZ, MB, SM, IJ etc because I don't want to fall in love with them and have to raise/spend the money to get them. Instead I gravitate toward more affordable games and convince myself that they're "hidden gems" while staying intentionally ignorant about the so-called A-list games.
If I drink when I'm playing I always end up sticking miscellaneous quarters in my bra. Then when I get undressed for bed I have to stand on my little circle rug, otherwise quarters go clonking everywhere and wake up the whole house.
Often I wake up with a few quarters in the bed. We call it "Scrooge McDucking"!
I disable free play and make sure all my games have cashboxes and working coin mechs. I tell people it's because my two-year old likes putting money in, but it's really just that I miss arcades and dropping quarters in machines.
Every time I empty a cashbox, I show my wife how much money I made.
Quoted from RobT:I lie to my wife about the cost of my pins.
I have never done this... 
While my wife is in Africa on a medical mission trip, Im thinking of using her van to go get a pin.
We have agreed that i will never haul games in her van because we know that once the seal is broke, you just cant help yourself and will do it again.
p.s. is it bad that while she is away helping others, that im thinking of getting another pin. If the commercials are right about how "for less than a cup of coffee a day, that you can help feed a child in africa" because the commercial never mentioned the cost of a pin
I go all gaga when Fattrain posts pictures of his Stern collection. I even have some saved on my computer. I am quite happy with my three NIB Sterns at the moment, but always strive for more. #FattrainEnvy
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When my wife says I'm spending too much time on my machines and to watch tv with her I turn the sound off my iPad and play Pinball Arcade pretending to read.
I have told a girl I was dating that I "have a friend who is really into pinball" to gauge her potential judgement surrounding the hobby in attempt to ease her into it if necessary.
Quoted from ryan1234:I always think Fattrain is posting while driving based on his Avatar.
I imagine a train, modelled to look like the michelin man from the first Ghost Busters. I reckon if i ever met him in person, i wouldnt be able to look him in the eye through fear of him turning into good ol' stay puft right then and there. *shudders*
I light a cigarette when I activate a multi ball and then take 3 sips of beer. The better I play the more beer I get. I also get to smoke my cigarette as a reward for doing well. Rules, No cigarettes when you're not playing. Oh, I guess my confession is that if you get a pin from me you better not think that you're getting a discount because I smoke. If anything it keeps the playfield healthy just like a fresh paved highway.
Fresh confession/just happened:
I'm too embarrassed to order a $1 chip with $4 shipping from great plains so I always pad the order up to at least $15 with stuff I don't immediately need.
Quoted from Jam_Burglar:I robbed and killed an old lady once. I've never told anybody that before.
Wow. That's hilarious!
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