I have learned to never say 2 words around my girlfriend. Spider and Snake. If I do f up and say those 2 words I may hear did you get it yet for longer than I care to deal with while trying to relax and have a beer.

When I was 6 we were at a motel and a cat was walking around the pool. I was curios if cats could swim so I threw it in the pool. It swam awesome. And I could swim so I would have jumped in after it if needed.

Anyway turns out the cat belonged to the motel owner's girlfriend, and he was laughing his ass off but had to kick us out to keep his girlfriend happy.

I did not get in any trouble, Mom hated that motel and was ready to get somewhere else. We were only there because Dad was working out of town and we were visiting with him and the 3 of us were leaving for vacation anyway.

The cats got me back later in life. I was scratched by a kitten that belonged to my neighbor(trying to help him get it off his roof) and was sick a lot then and still have some problems because now I have cat scratch disease. Not to be confused with the Ted Nugent song. People think I am joking, but it is no joke. Mainly affected my eyes. I can see fine but I have a spot in a eye that I can not read a eye chart through. No cure, once you get it you will always test positive for it.

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Munsters is not that far back in the top 100 than my Oktoberfest, that I love and have been playing a whole lot more than my JJPOTC that is in the top 10, or MET prem in the top 10 that has not been turned on in close to a year.

Pinside is a awesome guide, but you still have to see what you really like yourself.

I 1000% agree.

In my 20's I had a friend that was not too bright and he had went to Rooms to go and bought all this furniture and he did not even have a house, and was asking to store all the crap at my house.

I said hell no. I said why did you even buy all that crap? He said because it was on sale. I said Emmitt, they have a sale all the time, do you not get that?

Last I ever heard all that crap is still sitting in another friends basement 30 years later.

In my late 20's with the internet business I had going on I was running out of room for more inventory. One friend in a similar business had 10 storage units rented already.

I said hell no, called my county to see what size storage building I could build here, and had basically a very nice commercial steel building built on my land so I would not have to rent a damn thing.

Back when I was a teen I tried a poker machine for like 20 minutes and said screw this. I see people playing those and I just feel sad for them.

Anyway, if I ever do get crazy with pinball machines, between my man cave and my storage building I have over 2700 sq ft. But I would not get crazy anyway. I can dream, but I know I only need a few and sell sometimes for something else.

I confess that when playing JJPOTC with my girlfriend she plays 1 and 2, and I play 3 and 4, so if plundering comes up we can do that, but just from our own extra game going on. Before this it could get ugly.

I confess. Do you remember y2k and everyone was stocking up on supplies?

The only thing I bought was 40 cases of beer.

And it all was consumed. Some of my friends ended up throwing away a lot of stuff they had stocked up on, but not me.

And I also confess that since my last speeding ticket I have slowed down a tad, but when I am in the fast lane I watch my rear view mirror all the time, and I get the hell out of your way. And I always did that anyway, just more now, because I am a tad slower. (0 points, just trying to keep insurance from getting greedy).

I had more, I just did not want to admit it.

The only thing I know of that did happen was the next time I went to the drug store to fill a prescription somehow their computer had me listed as 100 years older.

I confess it does tick me a little that NIB games do not come with art blades already installed and included in the price.

I confess that I big time hold back not posting stuff on here I did when I was a teen.

Someday... I will have a tad too much to drink, and do some funny damn posts.

In the meantime I confess I am about to get a multicade arcade game and not a pinball, and moving a whole lot of junk around for where I want it.

At least my space is ready for the next 2 pins without moving anything. And all I know is the next AP game goes in the first space.

I have a 30x30 metal storage building like that. And I confess that I added a 2nd floor.

I hate Gottlieb pinball machines.

And I confess the last few weeks I have spent more time on old school arcade games than my pins. But variety is nice, and the pins will get played again soon.

I confess I am still a kid and check coin return slots.

And I confess my girlfriend is probably right. While I brag that I have never messed with facebook or any of that kind of thing she tells me well you do spend a lot of time on Pinside.

I confess I have had about 3 more beers than I needed to have tonight.

And I confess I am addicted to Pinside.

BUT, I do prove her wrong when I learn a new trick we can use on a pin, and she asks how did you learn that, and I say... on Pinside.

I currently have many confessions:

1. I have had way too much beer tonight.
2. A tiny chance to see snow here so I had just went and turned the outside light on to look.
3. No f-in snow falling here, and I am so glad, you people up north can keep that shit.
4. But I do like to see a few flakes, just not day in and day out like up north.
5. My internet was down for a while, and I was like ok, when is the ransom message going to appear.
6. Sad that hackers and whatever else is doing so much bs to make me paranoid anymore. AND, all my shit is protected, so no need for that, I just still do.
7. I can sleep all day if I want, so I am going for more beer.

Anyway, just goofing off with a buzz, but for real. I wish each and every one of you a awesome holiday season, and a awesome new year!

The first 5 days after the weekend are the hardest.

I confess that certain things I was supposed to use some money for when I was 12 did not happen and instead that money went into games at the corner store.

I have never really been in a fight, more like scuffles when I was in elementary school. I still have pencil lead in my leg and above my eye from those.

My confession is every time I see I have a pm message on here I hesitate to open it. I start thinking...when I was on here drinking last night, did I do anything to get moderated about. I try to behave while having fun on here.

I confess that I am glad the Holiday season is over, it was causing my girlfriend a lot of stress.

I always thought she had a nice ass.

I have no stocks and I will never mess with all that. I do have a uncle that bought tons of Home Depot stock right when it came out, and I am happy for him.

I am glad when the stock market does well, because it seems everything is going pretty well.

I am so tired of political ads on TV. Whatever happened to the good old days with funny Bud and Bud Light commercials?

The Bud knight stuff is not that funny.

I just wish we could all get along all the time, and make each other smile and laugh.

I am no better than anyone else, sometimes I roll my eyes at what someone says, and I know they roll their eyes when I speak also.

I get tired of seeing news stories about car jackings and phone scams, but at the same time the stories are a good thing to alert us.

If some people would actually try to do good as much as they try to harm, the world could be a much better place.

At least we all have one awesome thing, karma. Karma can bite you in the ass if you need to be calmed down, or it can help you big time when you are trying to be awesome.

And so funny how social media gets idiots busted anymore. Idiots robbing banks or whatever then posts whatever pics with them smiling with the cash.

I really like that movie Idiocrasy, and the older I get that is the way the world seems.

Damn, I really need to clean out my 30x30 2 story storage building in my back yard and start renting it out!

As far as saving money, I used to love this country buffet a few years ago when it was 6 bucks. When they went to 8 bucks is when I said I will no longer eat out so I can have more pin money. That has worked really well!

In the last few years I have also shaved my cable, and cell phone, and it is like free money!

And it is nice, I know I could shave even more and just retire now if I wanted.

When you want to save money, there are so many ways to it is unreal.

(save enough and that new pin feels like it was free).

This could go here, or the Bitch Thread, but I really hate Tattoos. Why? Why did you do that? You think it is cool and looks good, I think it looks stupid.

I love dogs, and I like the tv show Pit Bulls and Parolees. The dogs are awesome, but damn those people in that show I can barely look at with all that crap painted on them, they just look sick.

And for the most part people that can not afford them are the ones that does it. Long ago I had some sorry tenants that would be a few bucks short on their rent, but I seen that brand new tat and knew where my money went.

And I really respect one of my good friends, and I noticed he had a tat on his ankle a while back. I just rolled my eyes and thought, why?

Kind of weird but I do kind of like a tiny diamond on a ladies nose, but the bigger rings and big time the big ear crap some people does just looks sick also.

By far the worst is face tats. Why did they do that? And most of the time when I see that footage they have just escaped jail, or just robbed a store.

BUT, even though I cringe looking at people with that stuff, I do not judge. That is one good thing about the pit bull rescue show, I can not stand to look at what those ladies have painted all over themselves, but they have great hearts, and great personalities, and they are trying to do some good in the world.

I have one friend that does not make much, and every few years he has to have a brand new truck. And after that 5 year loan he has to have another brand new truck with another 5 year loan. At least he is not blowing money on tats, although the tat money may would last longer for him. Oh yeah, trucks and food. He eats at Golden Corral pretty much everyday. That adds up. But he stays broke and happy and we are best friends.

To the other extreme I know some wealthy people that never travel, never do anything for fun, and are in their 70's now, and I keep thinking you really should get out and see and do some new things while you still can. One of them actually was going to travel 300 miles one time to go deep sea fishing, and got there and it was raining, and he turned right around and came back home the same day, and that was the only trip he and his wife ever went on.

Me: not doing any tats, no brand new trucks, not eating out much, but I will travel, have some pins(and pins are fun and hold value pretty decent).

To each his own, and my friends that have tats and truck notes think I am the crazy one for having pins.

I never did that, but at first I did just raise the playfield and have to hunt the balls forever until I learned how to take them out in the first place.

I have maybe 800 CD's and youtube has made me too lazy to mess with the CD player. There are 2 songs I want to hear now, and they are not on youtube. Headache by The Press, and Don't Bother Me by Public School.

Need glasses? Just joking!

I wonder if a moderator has ever moderated another moderator.

Out of the blue I will have a song in my head, hearing it 100%, and trying to sing along even though I do not know the lyrics, and have not even heard the song in 20+ years.

The song of today was Man On The Silver Mountain, and when I did youtube, it was Rainbow that did it.

And I confess, I know way too much old music because when I was a teen, I would fall asleep in my Lazy Boy recliner, with headphones on. And it was nice my parents just left me alone with all that. I was making good grades, and not getting into any trouble.

And I confess I like one really old song that most guys would just pretend never happened. I am woman by Helen Reddy. Man I seen the cute girl that lived next door practicing that back when I was like 11. In the short shorts and short lacy socks.

She later performed it at whatever the school had going on at the time on stage.

And thinking back to the old days when I was young...the girls around here looked pretty damn good and I was always happy to get invited to a game of spin the bottle.

On my last beer of the night and ending with Life's Been Good To Me So Far by Joe Walsh.

Do you want me to just die or go away? Or keep playfully venting for entertainment? Maybe start a poll!

It just hit me. Recently I had a urinal installed in the man cave rest area, and with all the mods for pins why not spinners and fun stuff to aim there also? A new game called Golden...nevermind.

Actually I am pretty tight, and I have low sugar, so I stick with Natty Light, which is about like water anyway.

I used to drink more expensive beer, before I became so tight. I used to like 80 proof peppermint Snapp's or whatever that was over ice, but liquor just got to the point of instant heartburn for me.

When I was a teen I drank a lot of Crown Royal, and it was good. Then one time I tried Jack Daniels, had almost a fifth by myself one time, and that shit about killed me. After the JD episode that time I can not have brown liquor period, makes me sick immediately.

And I know what you mean about the kiss from a hot 15 year old, I was 16. And some very embarrassing shit, but I confess her kissing would give me a embarrassing wet spot. Friends would be around and I would just say damn it, I spilled my drink on myself again. Those kisses were so damn awesome, but led to embarrassing moments.

Later I probably hurt a few ladies feelings, I was not as sensitive as I should have been and told a few ladies that they needed to take kissing lessons.

Some girls can just not kiss well, or do anything well, too fast and rough. The nice and easy is what I like.

The only time I feel like a dirty old man is at the beach with some of these outfits, or lack of, ladies wear on the beach anymore. One time I thought the beach had went nude, I could not see the strings. I am not complaining at all.

And before you brought it up, I had forgot about the hot kisser, but sometimes I still have dreams(not dirty) about the first girl I was ever really attracted to when I was 13.

And I confess I was not as nice as I could have been while ago with my girlfriend, but she was late as always, and not in the best mood having to deal with her Mom(her Mom acts sick, just a show for attention), and so I am all alone with natty lights and youtube tonight. I really get tired of the shit her Mom pulls. But my girlfriend is a big time keeper, and one reason I have so many games. She loves the pins and multicades probably even more than I do.

And I confess right now Golden Tee on a multicade is getting the most play for a while now, and next purchase will not be a pin, but the first week of April I will be picking up a real Golden Tee.

And I confess I do like the pins AP have been doing, so down the road the next pin will be whatever their 3rd pin is. And because for whatever reason so many tend to hate AP and sell their pins cheap pretty quick, instead of buying NIB I will probably wait for a deal on a barely used game.

And I confess I have no use for old EM games, they look pretty good, and remind me of times when I was young, but they are really boring to play, for my tastes anyway, with all the cool features new games have.

And I confess after I have 3-4 more beers I can not guarantee that I will not be back on pinside ranting about something before I crash for the night.

In the meantime I am going to drink and drive for a while, on a multicade, I do not drink and drive a real car, not even one drink.

Some red flags to watch for:
1. she buys large life insurance policies on you
2. she starts asking off the wall questions, like how much do you weigh?
3. she starts googling things like what size suitcase will hold a __pound man?

I confess that I am so glad this new flu was not named the Natty Light virus, because I am so sick of hearing about it I would have probably had to of switched to another beer.

I confess that long ago things I was ready to get rid of I was tempted to rent a mini warehouse, and let it go, to make money off my junk.

I have been to mini warehouse auctions and seen what people were paying for a room full of crap.

I have a aunt that managed a facility, and told me that the mini warehouse only gets their back rent after a auction, and the rest of the money goes back to the warehouse renter. I was like hell yeah!

Then she told me that it would go against my credit score, and I said hell no!

I almost swear that it seems like what people pay at auctions, someone could just hit some Goodwills, or flea markets, or whatever, and pay about 50 bucks for what other people will pay 800 at a auction.

Post office auctions were really bad also. I did those for about 10 years and did ok with what I was trying for.

I swear though, with some auction prices I have seen, and they kept coming back again and again, a lot of that was money laundering or something. No way these buyers could keep paying 20k for 2k of wheat pennies or whatever it was.

And I confess I have not been to the first auction in about 10 years now, and I am glad to be away from all that crazy madness.

And yes, I seen first hand how some lots were rigged. What I was buying at the time, movies and music, all of a sudden I was bid way up, and I paid the price and took it for the hell of it...at the bottom of a big tub would be awesome new release DVD's I could make money on. And way down on the very bottom and no one could see.

Be careful with auctions, so much is rigged. And ebay and Amazon are a pain now, so hard to make a profit anyway off that.

I confess that after seeing my local news, I am a tad more worried about this virus. And while I have never had any stocks, I see all that is crazy also.

And the treads on here have been crazy, at some point the virus coming up in about every topic.

But I really like Pinside marketplace as a indicator of what is actually happening at the moment:

There were 31 game for sale classified ads added today.

While the stock market and everything else is all over the place, the classified ads here are average.

And I am not being funny or sarcastic, in my world just seeing the pinside marketplace, and how many more joined this site today, I see that things are pretty normal here.

And I really hope things stay normal here.

I confess I have had a few Natty Lights tonight, and getting another one, be right back.

Ok, I have been on the planet over 50 years, and this is some weird shit going on.

Is this virus from nature? Or man-made?

Are we having World War 3 right now, being done with a virus instead of bombs? (that is what it seems like to me)

And no, I am not making fun of this virus, something hit me hard a few months ago and I was in rough shape.

I just wish I knew the answers. Kind of crazy times I have never seen going on right now.

I confess that I have in fact had a few Natty Lights, and I hate looking around trying to change settings, but here is what I have, ranked from favorite #1, to not does get played much anymore #6.
1. Oktoberfest
2. Walking Dead pro
3. JJPOTCSE
4. Houdini
5. Metallica prem
6. Spider Man ve

And we had just played some Golden Tee, and everyone is gone now so I may do some drinking and driving on Pole Position. Then maybe 2-3 rounds of Centipede, then after a few more beers fill out the Census crap that came in the mail today.

And I confess I am confused that Oktoberfest gets crapped on so much. It is all about beer and fun carnival stuff, and my only complaint is I wish on adult settings it would be more rated R, than the basically PG it is. I love the game, so many different ways to play. It is deep, so you have to study a little and before you start decide what you are going to try for, and which way to try to go. It takes at least 2-3 hours on the game to really get everything.

After this virus stuff calms down if anyone is interested in trying out any of my games just shoot me a pm to see if I am available. And I like AP's first 2 games enough that I am interested in trying a Hot Wheels eventually, so also shoot me a pm if you are in the area and I can swing over and try it.

Cheers!

If it is the first time after taking a shower that should be fine. I do the same. But, the later in the day after a shower I wash hands a little longer.

I can not believe how crazy all this virus stuff is. I will be glad when everything is back to normal, except gas prices, a station nearby has gas for 1.79, and I like that.

I'd do it all again, but maybe less. Mainly just sticking to beer, and no other bad habits.

I confess I am a tad different and more paranoid with any kind of social info, because around here so many people are hooked on something, and committing petty thefts to buy more drugs or something.

I love my area, but it has been on the decline. This is not a gated golf community, but man pretty much a good traffic pattern with all kinds of backroads when everyone else is not moving in traffic.

A lot of people have moved out of this area, and they now have to commute a extra 40 minutes each way on average.

Not me, I hate traffic, and which ever direction I need to go from time to time I am mostly opposite of traffic flow. (I am a contractor, I work all over the place).

Long before I ever joined Pinside I was not only looking at the top 100 and comments, but also the map, for places to play and see if anyone near me had anything in their collection.

Once I joined Pinside I hid my collection, because I was worried about the petty crime in my area, and not wanting to become a target if any of those people found this site.

I know this site pretty well now, and like a while back on this topic I did post my games, but for a non-member, and even if I am logged out, the forums are a pain.

It all comes down to the fact that I love my house, and actually way more than I need. I love the way where I am I can go any direction other than north, and never sit in traffic. And I do have pretty good backroads to go north also.

And I can confess I had a tad much Natty, so sorry for another long rant.

Oh, and traffic has been very light the last 2 days, and I was having to do a 40 mile each way. I was not paying attention, passing a few cars, while a few cars also passing me, looked at my speed odometer and I was doing 95 in a 70, and the way everyone was driving felt more like 80 in a 70.

AND, I confess, that was so awesome the last 2 days, the slow pokes were going about 82 in a 70!

AND, while I was good with all that, and alert, and safe, and courteous, I have only had 10 hours sleep total in 72 hours now, and after one more Natty, I hope I can sleep for 12 hours to make up for some of that.

Keep driving Safe, and Fast!

I bought 100 new balls from Marco about 5 months ago when they sent me a email about a sale with free shipping.

I have also not installed any. BUT, right after the balls arrived, we discovered Golden Tee, and sadly the pins are not getting much play.

And I confess that I never planned to just change the balls to just be changing them. I still plan that anytime I have to take a glass off, to get a magnifying glass and compare the brand new to what is in the games, and decide from there.

And I confess that flipper rubbers are the only other part I have ever stockpiled, I currently have 11 of those.

I confess, the 2nd time I ever had to take the glass out of my nib Spider man VE, the tiny pin that connects the handle to the lockdown bar broke. I gently tapped it back in, and it held.

So, not knowing how long it would keep holding I contacted Stern. They were like yeah right, send us pics.

So, I broke it apart, like it had already done anyway, made pics, and Stern was awesome, calling me and emailing, and sent a new lockdown bar assembly. They even offered to have someone do the fix.

I confess, that if I ever were to sell SMVE, buyer remind me the game also comes with a brand new lockdown bar assembly, because apparently my fix worked better than what Stern had let slip through QC.

Stern did make that right.

But, at the same time I had another issue with another pin, and was ignored.

For now I am sticking with AP, and eventually will probably get a Hot Wheels. I just hope somehow, someway, it can have a switch for adult.

I would claim I let my buddy borrow my credit card because he was having problems with his.

AND, IF, he does not pay me the money back that machine will be coming here so we can enjoy it!

I confess that I have always stood in line pretty close to the person in front of me, because in my area a lot of rude people will try to line jump in between if I don't.

NOW, even after this blows over I will just still keep my distance like I am doing now, and just be more vocal:

If they look like they can kick my ass, I may look the other way.

If I can definitely take them, I will yell "Hey, the end of the line is back there"!

I confess that when I was a kid, we would take trips to the Smokey Mountains, and I also knew about the Rocky Mountains.

My first long road trip was from Atlanta, GA, to St. Paul, MN, and the whole trip was pretty flat, a few hills. (way too many boring cornfields passing through IL).

So I always thought the USA was pretty flat.

A long time ago with a girlfriend at the time I went on a road trip from Atlanta to Scranton, PA, up 1-81, and man was I so surprised to see so many mountains, just going on and on forever. I got sick of seeing them and sometimes having to drive over them. I thought Scranton would just be this flat boring place, but it was mountain where I stayed, and cool(a bar on every corner of every residential street from what I was around).

And I had kind of heard about the Ozarks, but never thought about it until a trip to Silver Dollar city a couple years ago. I do think the Smokeys are bigger than the Ozarks, but WOW, Branson was like 10 times bigger it seemed than the Gatlinburg/Pidgeon Forge area I had grown up with.

Anyway, through the years I have travelled a lot in the USA, and I can 100% tell you this: Most people are kind and friendly all over, except my area. My area sucks as far as people that are rude and will try to cut in line and crap like that.

BUT, some days everyone is nice and holds the door for you when you have your hands full or whatever.

If I could just figure out the days that only the nice people would be out, life would be sweet.

For whatever reason the Alice Cooper song Schools Out keeps going through my head. But instead of the lyrics saying "schools out for summer", I keep hearing "schools out for corona".

I confess that while some taxes are ok, property taxes really piss me off. The main thing with property taxes is school tax, and I have never had any kids, and I have been out of school for a very long time, but still paying for it.

(sorry, maybe I should have clicked on the other thread)

I never found Farley or John Candy funny, until right before they died. Then it was damn, I finally get them now, and like them, and they are gone now.

You know that thing in your mind that tells you something is a bad idea?
How do I get one of those?

And, while I was in the part store while ago a man came in and asked if they sold longer dipsticks because his no longer reaches the oil.

I confess that I think it is funny when my girlfriend gives me the "silent treatment".
She thinks it is punishment.

If there was a way to read a woman's mind I am not sure I would want to. I hate shoes, shopping, gossip, and I already know I am annoying.

I confess that for several days recently the grocery store shelves were bare of anything I would want to eat. BUT, my beer store has plenty of inventory, so I have been on a liquid diet a good bit.

Kind of reminds me of what I did in my 20's.

I am just so glad that beer did not get hoarded.

Right now there may be a trace of blood in my alcohol stream, but I was finally able to get some food, so all good soon.

Of course.

I did buy one 24 pack of Corona and gave it to a friend for a joke though.

First of all, loss of life like what is going on now is very sad and scary. And I feel very sorry for anyone that has lost their loved one, job, or wealth.

BUT, I confess I like a few of the new things happening now. I am looking at the bright side in dark times.

I have to drive all over the place for work, so I am liking the light traffic and cheap gas.

I am liking the way everyone is starting to come together, after for a while it seemed no one could get along anymore.

I confess that after there are cures for this mess, I hope there will be a lot of positive change. I hope that anyone that wants to work from home can continue to, I hope that more people will continue to homeschool if they want to, and it would be nice if traffic congestion would stay light like it is now, and we would not have to spend so much on taxes making more roads all the time.

And I confess that I constantly have to bite my tongue and not invite a friend over to play a pin, I am in no hurry to be close to anyone.

And I used to like Golden Coral ok, some other local seafood buffets were a lot better, but they may end up out of business, I am in no hurry to go to any restaurant, and last I would go to anymore would be a buffet.

I also confess that after seeing the news, I more than ever want to avoid people.

So, the main thing I need is Natty Light, and I plan to get to the store bright and early before anyone is there and pick up 20 30 packs.

And, I know you are not supposed to feed wildlife, but a raccoon was in my yard while ago, and he had a limp, so I put some food out, and he was in heaven. My girlfriend really enjoyed getting to watch one so close for a long time.

A good thing there are no bears around here, I would probably want to feed them to, and I know I am not supposed to do that.

I just feel sorry for animals, they have to work so hard to eat. Humans work hard to make money to eat but then we can go to a grocery store or a drive thru, if we have money we are guaranteed to be able to eat pretty much.

I was just thinking maybe I will plant some food for the wildlife, and then I realized I have not seen the first rabbit yet, and normally they are all over the place.

A coyote killed my last dog, and has killed some neighbors dogs also.

Really I guess I need to ignore the wildlife, because if I do try to help, it will just make the coyotes fatter in the end.

A while back something must of got the groundhog that used to live up the street. He was very friendly, I swear, when I drove by he would be on the side of the road waving at me. He was very entertaining.

If my last dog had not been killed by a coyote, I would have liked them also. A coyote used to hunt by me in another part of town while I was working. At the time it was cool, but I was leery and kept my pistol in my pocket just in case. I never had to draw the gun, the coyote was just there pacing along beside me and waiting for the tractor I was on to cause a mouse or rabbit to run, and the coyote would go get its meal.

And for whatever reason I confess that I just remembered it has been a few weeks now since I had a steak, and I could really go for a very large juicy rib-eye right about now.

I built a 18 hole putt putt course in my backyard, but I have never played real golf. Because of work I have been on a few golf courses though.

As far as my pinside name... I burn a lot of firewood, I like a big fire, and some friends have me in their phone as Johnny Firewood.

So I was going for JohnnyPinball on here, it was taken. I tried JohnnyPinball2, it was taken. My 3rd try, ok JohnnyPinball007 was not taken.

And I have never seen the other Johnny's on here, even though those names were taken.

As far as golf..., not on the radar, but not off it either. We have been playing Golden Tee for several months and love it. I big time get the wind speed and direction and the lay of the land and the greens.

Anyway, a frisbee golf course opened near here about 2 years ago, and I bought frisbees, and we still have never made it out to do that. I once played frisbee golf on vacation in the NC mountains and loved it.

Hell, I used to take my boat out night fishing all the time, now the last few years the boat only makes it out maybe 2 times a year. A big reason for that is wind though. When I do have time to take the boat out it is just too windy anymore. And wind over the water feels 10 times stronger than wind on land. Makes fishing a pain.

Not really. That one photo was for a friend a while back.

I like the social distancing in public, I hope it lasts forever. I used to get tired of standing still in a line and others bumping into me and stepping on my shoes.

I never understood why they call some cell phones a smart phone, when it seems to make people stupid. I have seen first hand people walking down a sidewalk not paying attention to anything else other than their phone, and take a nasty face hit on a stop sign at the end of the street.

If that was not bad enough already here came the selfie stick. I have seen a lot of news footage of people walking off a cliff or whatever while doing that.

I wish every grocery store, restaurant, amusement park, etc., would just paint lines on the floor to remind everyone to always social distance from now on.

Not only for the current mess, but to help slow down colds and flues and whatever may happen in the future.

I confess I keep my damn distance in public now.

I confess that the last 3 years I have rolled my eyes at my girlfriend all the time for having hand sanitizer all over the place and using it so much. NOW, I am so glad we are together.

I confess I still don't use that stuff as much as she does, but I big time have went from 0 to about 6 times a day.

I confess that I know when the Bud truck makes it's delivery to my store, so to avoid contact, I get my natty light in the parking lot.

And early mornings always suck, but right now at this time I feel awesome!

I almost forgot. Sometimes friends and media stories can make me a tad too paranoid.

The light bulb thing. These new high dollar bulbs a few years ago was not lasting me long before blowing, and supposed to save on the power bill, and none of that was working for me the way I heard it should be.

SO..a friend, and media was talking about how all the old light bulbs were going to be never made again, and you would have to spend money to have all your fixtures upgraded.

I was not doing well at the time, and I spent money at the time hoarding a ton of bulbs, all kinds of sizes and watts I use.

At least I made it through all that, and I will never have to buy any kind of bulb the rest of my life.

And no, I am not the asshole that hoarded any toilet paper, I only hoarded light bulbs a few years ago.

BUT, if you are close by, and may need a light bulb, we may be able to work out a trade soon.

AND, I confess that I am tempted right now to try to put a smiley face thing here right now...I am at the age that I am not into that crap. and it just seems silly to be polite, or stupid for the way I really feel about it.

Anyway, I wish all of you the best always!

Grab your natty light and toast now from 6 feet away!

(seriously, please stay at least 6 feet away, I thing 12 is better right now).

Socks are the first thing I ever put on. And days when I do not have to go anywhere, well...

I wish I could run into a roadblock, have cops question me if I was essential, have the cops talk to my friend I do work for, and I could get a break and not have to go anywhere for a while.

BUT, in the travels I still have to do, I do not see any cops, everyone is going 20 above the speed limit, and part of that is probably due to the fact it is hard as hell to find a place to use the restroom at the moment.

I confess I do like to drive fast anyway, and not many cops around is a good thing, but when having to travel a few hours and no place to take a leak, except on the side of the road sucks.

Yeah, I confess I have no problem taking a leak on the side of the road, but I stay worried that while I am not seeing any cops at the moment, the last thing I need right now is a smartass one pulling up.

Back in the day that could be a ticket for public urination.

NOW, they can claim you to be a sex offender and have to register and a whole lot of stupid crap.

I, have never had any problems, and I hope I never do. BUT, I have heard enough stories I am always a tad nervous when it is my time and no where to go.

I confess that I am not as funny as I think I am when I am drinking.

Confess that I do feel sorry my girlfriend can rarely beat me on Golden Tee.

BUT, when I mess up and she does win, she thinks I just messed up on purpose.

I have never just let anyone win, beat me, you beat me fair and square.

I confess that I just spent 13 hours on a job, with a 2 hour round trip drive, so away from home 15 hours, and have been slamming Natty Lights, because I have to do it again in 6 hours.

Kind of glad to have money coming in, but kind of hope for no more damn 13 hour days.

I confess that while I have never wore any makeup, I would like to find some and wear some that is maybe blue in color, so maybe the few people that do not get social distancing will maybe want to stay away from me more without me having to dodge them all the time.

I confess I am a bad influence. The first 3 years my girlfriend was with me she did not drink any alcohol.

But once we discovered Golden Tee and started playing it all the time, she is the one to say lets have more beer and play another round.

I have corrupted her, but she seems pretty happy.

And now I miss those first 3 years, because now I have to pick up a lot more Natty.

Damn a 30 pack can get gone in a hurry when I have help.

One last thing. Just because we like cheap beer, we are in no way southern rednecks, hillbillies, or any of that.

We still have our teeth(most of them anyway), no confederate flags anywhere and not on food stamps.

AND, I am just trying to be entertaining, and help you smile/laugh.

When I first discovered "The Confessional", I was like hell yeah, I want to read all that, should be funny and entertaining. I can post there and have fun.

And some people here criticize me for long rants, but at least I space it out so it is readable. And most likely those people that hate me loves cats and wine, and I love dogs and beer.

But, I am pretty laid back, I can get along with almost anyone.

The worst thing you can ever do is to ask me to loan you money. That kills any friendship that was ever started. I am not a bank. I don't play that game.

Stick with the cheap Natty Lights and keep your ass off drugs and you will be fine.

Also take care of your bills and keep your credit score up.

Work I have to do sometimes I get paid well having to go onto military bases and some places that you will not get in without a clean record. And not that I want to mess with any of that work anyway, I am trying to be retired, but work just keeps begging me to hang around a tad longer.

And those places monitor facebook, and I have never messed with that. BUT, if they ever start looking at Pinside, I may finally be able to retire!

Just stay safe, strong, and smart, and you will be just fine.

You were close. 20 (14).

It has became better since I made that comment, but I was starting to look at what I would need to look either like a Zombie, or just very sick.

People are supposed to keep some distance and the assholes were still bumping into me.

18 is my limit now, but I rarely have that many any more.

20 years ago I was drinking 30 Bud Lights a day on average.

Except for a small gut no one would ever guess. I am 5'7" and 148 lbs.

For close to 30 years I have sold music CD's on Amazon. (not much demand for those now, but a few here and there still sell).

Anyway, one I just sold as new had a tiny ding on the jewel case, like 1/16 of a inch of a crack. And I had not noticed that when I listed it, and with some buyers so anal about anything, so....

I confess that I damaged the package, before I packed the CD, so it will look like the Post Office did it.

And no, package is not insured or anything, I have never tried to be a crook or anything.

But if the buyer were to complain about a tiny jewel case crack on a brand new music CD, hey, things sometimes get bumped around in the mail.

9 (9), I have to be up early.

I almost forgot. I was just reading the bitch thread, and topic was dogs barking, and best to just leave the owners alone.

I confess, for the last 25 years, even though I have central heat and air, I also have a window unit in my bedroom, so I can drown out all that dog noise when it is time for me to crash for the night.

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I confess that I have no clue if I am on beer # 13 or 30, but it was a fun night, and I am about to crawl to bed.

I confess that if something was on my mind that I thought would be funny or helpful, I would drink 6 more beers and type a half page.

Mind is blank at the moment, so just one more Natty and then crashing.

I have never cheated on a girlfriend, but most of my dreams are about hiding the fact I am still getting it on with my last girlfriend, from my new girlfriend.

And sometimes in the dreams I will be caught in a weird situation, and have to introduce them to each other.

Pretty much every morning if my clock is actually set for a early day, I wake up confused for a few minutes, because the dreams seem so real.

But the second I get back to my basement office, where my games are, I am just so happy to be here and now and not in that dream that was awesome for a minute before the dream went to crap.

I still do like some things about my ex-girlfriends, glad they are gone.

There is a old country song(not much into that kind of music), but a old country song called "I loved them everyone", reminds me of how my life has been.

And, it has been fun, I have had a great time, and I have never been married and ended up losing half my shit.

Time to YouTube Joe Walsh "life's been good", and have one last Natty for the night.

(and I did not keep count, but somewhere between 13 and 30).

I have been very lucky with hangovers. I rarely have one, never had a headache one.

The only hangovers I get are stomach pain ones.

AND, I am trying to drink enough to be funny on here later, not sure if I will make it tonight, just not very thirsty.

I love dogs, and a poodle was one of the last dogs that ever bit me. That damn dog(belonged to a friend), was ok as long as you were sitting down.

BUT... when you would stand up and walk away, it was a aggressive ankle biter.

AND, I just listed my HUO only SMVE here, and made a note in the ad: local only I have plenty of Natty Light, as long as you are good to drive come hang out. (or something like that).

I confess that since we have got into Golden Tee so much, eventually I will sell all my pins except Oktoberfest, and The Walking Dead.

It amazes me how much hate OKT gets, when it really is a very fun game and beer themed also.

I confess that long ago, day one of getting TWD nib, I noticed a light bulb was not working. Not sure if just a loose wire or what.

I always said the first time I ever have to lift the playfield I will take care of it.

2000+ plays later, a few years later, playfield has still never been lifted.

I leave all my keys in the locks.

Bit me in the ass one time, a (challenged) friend needed more credits and I was not there, he opened the door and missed the credit button, and took me forever to figure out how to get the game to stop saying it was awarding tickets/coupons, I can not remember which one now.

When I was a teen I hid stuff in my Dig Dug arcade game.

My girlfriend used to get bored when my pinball game lasted 30 minutes, and hers lasted 5.

Now that is flip-flopped with Golden Tee. Takes me 10 seconds to make a shot, takes her 5 minutes moving everything around and thinking about it, and another 10 minutes to get out of the woods.

I think she just likes Golden Tee because she can go off in the woods and hog the machine for a while.

She gets mad when I start singing that old Lynard Skynard song "That Smell", with the lyrics "oak tree you're in my way".

Man I laugh so hard she is about ready to hit me. My next shot is a short putt to the tee, while her next shot is a tree that there is no way to get around.

She is very awesome though, and I am glad she loves these games. She is actually hooked worse than I am.

AND, I am trying to chill out and be loving, but damn I can not help but to laugh with some of the ways her games go.

I laugh at my stuff also, almost had a heart attack laughing one time when my golf ball got stuck on the roof of a house while I was trying a shortcut, and Jim Nance or whatever his name is said "I hope he has insurance".

And while ago, me and her was having some beer at a bonfire, and I told her another pin was leaving shortly. She said "I have loved playing all the pins, and some I really got hooked on, but when you got Golden Tee, I said what pin, what is a pin".

I am so glad I have been able to play and own so many pins.

I am now downsizing to 2: Oktoberfest, and TWD pro. For me those 2 games have everything I love about pinball all there in just 2 totally different games.

I confess I will miss some games I have sold, but I always keep my sales local and get to meet the buyer so I can strike up a first dibs if you want to sell in the future with games I really like.

The biggest issue is time. I want to play a whole lot of games, I just never have enough time.

I had hoped this pandemic would slow my work down so I could enjoy games more, no, just as busy as ever, and that sucks, I am ready to slow down.

But now, at least I am ready to say screw the bs, my one customer that pays very well I am ready to drop the next time they want to put me in a situation that stresses me. And I think he can sense I am about ready to retire from that work, because for a while now he has been super cool, instead of being short like in the past.

Life is just super funny anyway. People are all just so different, in ways, and in some ways we are all the same.

Like here on Pinside, I have seen comments that I am blocked because of my long rants. And some people like my long rants, want to know what Natty I am on(not sure...15?), anyway, we are all different with some common stuff, and that is what makes life awesome.

On Pinside I try to be nice and never get moderated. In real life, if I like you, you will think we are brothers. I will do my best to make you laugh and smile. BUT, in real life if you piss me off, I will talk about the opposite from what you want to hear even if I do not agree with what I am actually telling you.

(20?) all good, rant over.

I hate sauce on pizza, no red sauce needed, only some awesome cheese and meat.

(and maybe that fits here or the bitch thread).

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While I 100% agree with that, I also think confessions can also be about what you are currently doing or planning on doing in the future also.

And right now I confess that I do not want to run into my plumber anytime soon, because he thought he was about to make a lot of money off me updating my house, and I had some spare time so I have been doing that work myself.

As far as a pinball confession, I have been lazy and not even installed tilt bobs on the last 3 games I picked up nib, I figured hell, I do not shake/nudge them much anyway.

I actually just read through the first 3 pages of this thread, and seen how it started as mostly pinball related. My bad.

Thanks friend.

I just did not want to mess up this thread after I seen it was started as a pinball confessional, and most posts were short.

I promise when I can be shorter I will post something here, and I have this marked as a favorite, and check it out all the time.

After I seen how the comments started on page one here, I said my bad, and I started a "the long rant tread", so that anyone that hates me no longer has to do ignore or whatever, they can just see it is me, and not even click on it.

I have been here around 2 years now as a member, but I was reading all this long before that.

And swampfire, I hope everything works out great for you. I have seen plenty of your postings where your job stuff is changing.

I wish you the best always, and I wish everyone here the best always.

And just to stay on topic, I confess that about 23 years ago I had a game that sucked as far as outlane drains, and I fixed that with some tie wire.

And I confess that even now I still think about completely closing off the outlanes on some games. (and putting a big ass bumper post in the center also).

But, as someone else posted, I would never ever just take the glass of and use my finger, now that is wrong, may even end up with bad karma for a sin that bad.

All good!

I confess that I have successfully kicked the addiction. (not the Natty one, drinking them right now).

I was up to 7 games, and making room for more.

But, I kept seeing how it was going, the next new game gets played 600 or 2000 times while nothing else ever got played again.

After MET just sold, I am down to 2 pins, and I am all good. Yes, I will miss MET, and all the other games I have sold, but I never had time to play them anymore.

I took the new found extra space and put a ping pong table in, and while I suck at ping pong, something simple and different is a good change.

For years it was fun to look at rankings and reviews to try to make the best choice I could nib sight unseen. (either had to do it that way or drive several hours to a location that had one to try).

Now I can just enjoy all pinside has to offer, without being "oh shit, I need to call Jason and see if he has this in stock".

Not saying I will not ever buy another pin, but at the moment I am good, and it has been years since I was good.

The pinball habit was almost as expensive as the Natty habit.

I confess that I have been busy with other things and have not turned a pin on in several weeks, BUT, I smile every time I walk by them.

It is awesome knowing that when things slow down I can get back to the pins, they are right there ready.

Typing and not playing at the moment, because too tired and too sore and just want to sit here and have a few Natties.

I like this social distance stuff.

7 months into the year and I have not even had a cold yet.

(you could also use this if you get called into a situation you do not want to mess with, say...jury duty. When you walk in and they scan your temperature, you can say "I am sure I am fine now, my temperature finally just went away after being high for the last 2 weeks).

It sucks that friends do not want to come by and play pinball, but now they are liking ping pong, easy to keep a distance with that.

I have no problem pulling the glass down if a ball gets stuck.

BUT, if I ever have to lift a playfield, it is something way more serious than a light bulb not working.

TWD has a light that has never worked since day one, and over 3 years later the playfield has still never been lifted.

I confess that out of all the posts I have made on Pinside, I only regret one of them.

That post I was just goofing off because me and my girlfriend are not into skin ink, but I was insensitive, and I am truly sorry.

It hit me when I seen a pic of someone on here I really respect had their arms inked up pretty good.

Not my thing but I know when people do that, everything they do has a meaning for them.

I respect all that more than ever. I am a lot better person now than I was maybe 5 months ago when I typed that in.

I am old, but I am still growing up and learning. And hopefully becoming more kind and caring.

Peace!

I have no clue how the Pinside point system works, but sometimes I may make a post while having a few too many beers I kind of wonder if I am about to lose 30k points after I hit the send button.

I love Pinside and all the people I have met here. Several are enjoying pins now that we just never played anymore.

I would love to do another road trip to get a NIB from Jason, but my back and knees now has me chilled out.

It is nice though to see all the games, while laying in bed with back pain, thinking DAMN, I have to get back to playing these games, not long ago we were having so much fun, and now it hurts to move at all.

Getting old sucks anyway, but add in some knee and back pain, just too much. (and no, I have never been a wimp, was always tough, but damn now the pains are even making my head hurt).

Long Live Pinside!

scammers.

I was just reading some topics here about problems going on.

(crap, meant to hit the bitch topic).

Anyway, to fit in here I confess that my first NIB I ever bought, and drove to and picked up at the distributor, I thought I was being scammed.

I really thought the box was too small to have a pin inside.

(and even now I am impressed how these big games come out of boxes that to me just look too small to put a game in).

I confess that the next game may not be a pin.

Talk on here about Big Buck Hunter got me interested. (I have never seen one or played one).

While ago I asked my girlfriend if she ever wanted to target practice with a gun. She lit up, yes, I have been wanting to go to a shooting range. (that was cool)!

Then I told her what I know about this game, and she was a tad sad "I really don't want to shoot a pretty deer".

I said yeah, but it is not even a real deer. And they have games where you shoot Zombies also.

She lit up again and said she would love to hunt some Zombies!

She is very awesome and I should let her win some pinball games and Golden Tee games, but I am just too competitive for my own good.

(she has won a few games, but I never let her, she beat me fair and square). (one time her grandson thought he was about to beat me on MET, but that one last shot I needed to fry Sparky got me that win).

Sorry if I am a asshole, but I will never just throw a game to let anyone win.

(I mean yes, if I was ever helping out with someone with special needs I would totally throw a game to help them have a good time). That is a totally different situation.

And I am not that great, not winning by a landslide. I lose sometimes and her name is on my games.

AND, she knows how serious I am, and when she wins she always says "you let me win didn't you"?

And same as always I say "why hell no, my arms are both broke and I am in casts and playing with my feet, you knew you could take me this time". (totally joking in case anyone read all this).

(for real though) When she wins, if I am in good shape she is like hell yeah, I was finally able to beat you again.

And when my back or knees are messed up, she is like sorry you don't feel good, and it sucks that you were not able to feel good and do better, but at least I won, just not the same.

After dinner for a little exercise before other games we have been playing ping pong. She has only won once, but normally keeps it close, and sometimes she gets a good lead and I make a come back.

And I confess that with ping pong, I will say "Damn that was a great shot you just made"! When she kicks my ass.

I also get excited when she is having a awesome game on a pin, but I do not say a word to make her nervous or anything, but if she asks what do I need to shoot for now I tell her.

For some reason though, Golden Tee has us very competitive. She loves that game and pretends she is going to hit me or whatever else at times.

Recently we went to a frisbee golf course(free, hell yeah!), and now she is looking at custom frisbees she wants to buy before we go again to try to beat me.

Sorry to bore with a long rant, carry on...

I just got the pricing info back and a real gun range is a whole lot less money.

I may have to get a new girlfriend, this one does not seem to care about pinball anymore.

All she wants to do is play ping pong, then golden tee, then get naked.

I want to play ping pong, then pinball, then golden tee, then get naked.

(we play ping pong to just get some exercise after dinner. I enjoy it, but my knees say hell no after 20 minutes).