I use my truck's passenger side seat warmer to keep take-out food warm until I get home
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Quoted from bonanza:I have 3 pins coming and SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) doesn't know yet
I know that confession!
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Maybe more of a Pet Peeve....
it drives me nuts ending a game while an Extra Ball is still available on the table.
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I add the Pinsiders online and guests online to get an estimate of how many total people are on the Forum every time I visit.
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When someone posts a poll asking which game is best/which one should they buy....I vote for the worst one/or the one that I have no interest in, hoping to keep the one I really want from getting too much attention and having its price rise.
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When I run across clocks or watches that aren't working, I set the time to 5:00....because it's always five o'clock somewhere!
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You guys are getting off topic. This is a confessional thread. It's a safe zone to share ones innermost pinball feelings without judgment from others. Enough on the toppers already. Some like them and some don't. Move along.
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Quoted from dookski:I tell my friends I'm going home but I just go to another bar that has pinball
LMAO
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A repeat but it’s been rearing it’s ugly head again...it drives me nuts to drain my last ball while there is still an extra ball lit on the table. I really beat myself up when I don’t hit that shot. I feel like the worst pinball player ever! How many Hail Mary’s will help me get over it?
I tell people the “pics of game rooms” thread is my favorite pinside thread, but I look forward more to the chuckles I get reading new confessions here!
Sometimes, I’m not sure what to think .... when I read a post that says “love this game! Will never get rid of it!”....then I click on the pinsider’s collection page and the game is listed as “owned in the past.” I just shake my head.
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My wife has a sensitive nose. She thought she smelled something bad in one of our upstairs bathrooms about a week ago. She saw a fly in the house today. She thinks something died in the attic and asked me to go take a look. I am up here now and gave a good glance but don’t see or smell anything. Now I’m just sitting up here reading through old confessions....when my wife periodically calls up “do you see anything?”, I yell back down “nothing yet, still looking around”. Then back to the thread...I’m gonna burn someday....
Quoted from Blitzburgh99:I am not a fan of Pat Lawlor games
I picked up a Whirlwind for the second time. I am now warming up to Pat Lawlor games.
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I wonder if guys who sell Elvis walk back into their house waving a fistful of cash to their wives and say “ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just..left...the building!”
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when I leave a public restroom and I see feet in one of the toilet stalls, I like to turn off the lights on my way out. I get a kick out of hearing “ho! Ho! I’m in here! Turn the light back on!” As the door slowly closes behind me.
The kicker to that prank is seeing another guy going in and knowing they will wonder “why was this guy in the dark” while the guy in the dark tries to explain.
With cell phones now having flashlight feature, this prank isnt quite what it used to be
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Quoted from V_piscopo:I'm loving wantdataeast for sale add and I totally miss waspinator.
Which for sale ad? I just looked at the three he has up, and I don’t understand
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Quoted from Blitzburgh99:I am not a fan of Pat Lawlor games
50% of my game room collection are Pat Lawlor designs. How and when did this happen?
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I hope you're kidding! The guy admitted to carelessly pouring a drink over a brand new pin. Iron Maiden LE none the less! I'd feel like a moron too and expect to be judged. Actually, I'd let the ball drain. That's a bloody shame. Pinside is NOT the place to go if you don't want to be judged!
Here’s the kicker....the games at Cidercade are all on free play..so it’s not like the guy was gonna be out 75 cents or something.
This is a safe place to confess...but anything you say, can and will be held against you in the court of Pinside opinion. Haha!
Quoted from Cserold:Guy brings in insanely expensive games. Take care of them.
You wouldn’t believe the quality of games out there....actual HEP restored games and LE’s galore. It truly is pinball porn heaven...all on free play after a token cover charge. Let’s keep ‘em nice for everyone, boys!
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A good friend of mine (non pinball collector) stops by from time to time and plays my Pinballs. He “monkey flips” (hits both flippers same time, every time)....it drives me nuts!
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I hated the movie Footloose....which caused me to dislike Kenny Loggins (even though I loved Caddyshack theme song before footloose came out)...and Footloose made me despise Kevin Bacon and I don’t like Kyra Sedgwick for being married to Bacon. That’s my 4 degrees of Footloose
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I get too attached to the games I really like playing....my new collecting strategy is to buy games I don’t like so it’s easier to sell them when a better deal comes along.
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Bless us, Father, for Pinside has sinned. It’s been 22 days since we last confessed.....
I’m not the best at Whirlwind...when I finally do get a jackpot ramp shot and the music changes...I cradle the ball(s), close my eyes and enjoy the new song that’s playing for a little while before resuming play. It’s a tune a rarely hear.
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Quoted from Eightball88:I am pleased to learn that I’m not the only one that does this! Actually, I do read others’ but I put more stock in caucasian2step’s....mostly because of their thoughtfulness and objectivity. Plus he’s done so many that I can compare across different machines. Thanks caucasian2step!
He’s the original “points is points” guy!
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Quoted from pacmanretro:My apologies to Blitz on that one
When I posted, I was intending to just ask why, not shame. Hadn't planned on judging nor meant for him to have to defend a confession.
I probably should have just left it alone.
Sorry Blitz
I’m here to read about pinball. The RIPs clutter up my forum topics. No disrespect to those that have passed.
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Quoted from pinzrfun:More and more lately, a part of me just wants to sell my collection and simplify.
I couldn’t resist looking at your collection after reading that.
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Quoted from PinDoctor82:I also may or may not be considering buying her a top hat...
My buddies bought a huge black dildo, had it professionally wrapped with no to/from, and snuck it onto the gift table at our other buddy’s wedding. The gifts were later opened at the bride’s parents house with both families present. An eyewitness to the event reported that the bride shook the box and said excitedly “maybe candle holders?” before opening.... (I will leave their names out to protect the not so innocent)....consider this as both a confessional and a wedding gift idea for you.
Quoted from PinDoctor82:You are quite persuasive...hmm...
For the top hat, that is
Quoted from FlashDaddy:This forum is literally that support group.
Support group or enablers?
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I believe sunglasses should be illegal to wear in Texas hold ‘em tournaments. Same with hoods and covering the face. But especially sunglasses.
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Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:probably, who is he?
Software code for the following games:
Gilligan’s Island
Addams Family
White Water
Popeye Saves the Earth
The Shadow
Indianapolis 500
Scared Stiff
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I travel a lot for work and I can’t sleep in a hotel room on the first floor....top floor preference
This is one of my all-time favorite threads.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lou-ferrigno-update-1
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I love the sound of a small engine. Any small engine. Pressure washer....leaf blower....weed eater. You name it. Just makes me wanna pick it up and run it!
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I am very tempted to take a tube of super glue with me to the arcade to glue a quarter/token to the floor right below the bill changer. Is that wrong?
Quoted from bssbllr:Just got my first thumbs down vote -1 and it pissed me off. Lol
I gave him a thumbs down after reading this.
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Back to confessions....
I wish bulb manufacturers would Print some type of mark on their bulbs so I knew what hue they are (warm, natural, sunlight, etc). When they get mixed together, it’s no fun.
I just bought $600 worth of stuff for two games that I used to own, no longer own, but hope to own again someday.
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I have a pet peeve with people who use the term/word “right?” when they converse. It’s like they are really unsure of their own actual thoughts, and are constantly seeking validation from others. Right?
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned....it’s been 6 months since my last confession, and these are my sins....
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Shopping at IKEA is like playing original Mario Bros video game for Nintendo....you go through the same pattern every time to get to the end. To get there faster, there are a bunch of hidden shortcuts along the way.
Quoted from Blitzburgh99:I believe Wilma Flintstone would be considered the “hotter one” if she let her hair down.
Teaser pic....
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Quoted from JohnnyPinball007: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.
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Quoted from VanishingVision:I like Whoa Nellie. It's got a fun, kind of "alternate" EM layout with good kinetic action, and a solid, detailed art package. It's nothing remarkable, but I've always had fun playing it whenever I see it at shows.
My confession: Of the three different themed versions, I like Primus the best.
I confess I like JohnnyPinball007 after he’s had a few Natty Lights and wish he had his collection available to see.
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I have drained all of the Covid19 related threads because they are full of the top Pinside trolls and have nothing to do with pinball
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I don't know why peeps post high scores on their games.. everyone has the games set up different..slope, extra balls, #of balls, outlane settings,glass on or off all play a big roll on them scores..
I log high scores just for my own personal record keeping.
I bought a TZ at an online auction and put it on a credit card. I left it at my buddy’s place until I could ease into telling my wife. Then my job got cut and the virus thing happened. I am scared she is going to get the credit card bill before I do. The kicker is that my buddy is playing it everyday now that he’s working from home, having fun, while I stress.
Quoted from Blitzburgh99:I bought a TZ at an online auction and put it on a credit card.....I am scared she is going to get the credit card bill before I do.
The credit card bill came today....and I didn’t get to it first...f*#%!!!!!!
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007: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.
Natty Lights?
Some random golf confessions:
I seem to golf better when I walk than when I ride in a cart.
I don’t use a full tee on par 3s. I look around the tee box for broken tees and use the tops.
I wonder if johnnypinball007 golfs
I put both my socks on first, then shoes. Right sock, left sock....right shoe, left shoe.
I always take four paper towel sheets when I wash my hands in public restrooms. Always four. Three seems like not enough. Five feels like too many. And I always use them to grab the door handle on the way out. Have done it for decades, not because of Covid.
Quoted from ReadyPO:I confess I check this thread often just to see if johnnypinball007 has posted another confession.
I confess that I would like to see JohnnyPinball007 post the number of Natty Lights consumed at the end of his posts, like this:
18 (12)
Where the first number is total beers consumed in total by him and his girlfriend and the second number being those polished off by Johnny, himself.
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:You were close. 20 (14).
Quoted from Blitzburgh99:I confess that I would like to see johnnypinball007 post the number of Natty Lights consumed at the end of his posts, like this:
18 (12)
Where the first number is total beers consumed in total by him and his girlfriend and the second number being those polished off by Johnny, himself.
Well..I was exactly spot on that your drank 6 more than your lady! Haha! I didnt think you would go over a 12 pack though. That’s where I underestimated your talents...
Quoted from punkin:I confess i got in 3 arguments today. one shitty ongoing one with a customer and two here in the same innocuous thread over not much.
3 times in a couple hours? That ain't them it's me.
I really need to spend some quiet time and make a list of goals in life again, haven't done it for 2 years. I'm fucking some things up i don't want to.
How's that for the thread win?
Ya....that’s gonna cost you a few Our Fathers and a ton of Hail Mary’s....your sins shall be forgiven
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007: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.
Great song...brings back memories. (Toast a Natty!)
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I’d like to see JohnnyPinball007 do a podcast of jimmy Fallon-type thank you notes after a dozen plus Nattys...
example: “Thank you, Golden Tee! For keeping my girlfriend busy while I play more pinball!”
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Quoted from swampfire:Ah well, it is the Serious section. I know we disagree sometimes online, but if you’re ever in Atlanta give me a shout and let me invite you over for beers and pinball. Just don’t tell me you hate older pins, that’s fighting words.
Sounds great! Thanks for the invite .. as for “older” pins, will this little pride and joy put me in good steed with you....?
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Quoted from swampfire:Great restoration! I need to “adopt” a pin older than me from Craigslist one of these days. They pop up from time to time.
Nate deserves all the props on this one!
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I confess that I read the coronavirus thread from start to current finish....and I now understand how censorship and mob mentality leads to less diversity and less inclusion. Like playing ping pong with one paddle.....
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When I use public restroom urinals, I have to use the short ones designed for kids because the tip of my junk dips in the water on the tall ones.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Ahh! Well there's your problem...don't think you're supposed to sit down on those
Haha!!! That’s a good one. I was wondering why the back of my shirt felt damp.
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I enjoy powering on an EM and pushing start just to listen to the “clackety-clack” of the score reels resetting as the game is coming to life. Music....sweet music.
Quoted from Murphdom:This thread should really be renamed johnnypinball007’s confessions.
Maybe he could start his own thread...
“Deeper Thoughts by johnnypinball”, sponsored by Natty Light
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I just confess it was a great day to be alive, and the night is not over yet, but my time on this site is over for a few hours.
I wish all of you the best always!
Natruday Night Live for Johnnypinball!!
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Quoted from adborto:I confess that I want Elwin to make a shallow game like MB. All of these rules make me tired! Give me a hit this fun target 5 times and after I hit all of the toys X amount of times - something cool happens. Game are getting too confusing for the casual player.
As a casual location player, I would agree. Played TMNT (not Elwin but still deep rules) this week for the first time. After 5 games I felt overwhelmed and had to move on to other games.
Confession:
when I scroll through the forum topics in the morning (say, 8 am, for example) and I see The Confessional thread “last post” was in the 6 to 8 hours ago range (which would have been around Midnight to 2am-ish)....my first thought is ‘what did johnnypinball post now’ and my second thought is ‘I bet I can guess close to the number of natty lights he drank last night based on how long his post is gonna be’
Quoted from poppapin:Sorry Johnny, have to finish reading this a little later.
My guess is that it was a 30-pack Saturday night for Johnny and his girlfriend wasn’t around...lol
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:And if anyone actually does read the long shit I post, normally I am trying to be funny, but the funny stuff is in between all the other rant stuff.
I confess I read them and I do chuckle a lot!!
As for the dame....to quote Arnold in T2 pinball: “Hurry up! Run!” It appears some previous dude ran around on her and it really hurt her. Maybe an old EM would be a better project for you to work on. Lots of fish in the sea....
I liked the Three Stooges more than Abbott and Costello when I was a kid. Rewatching them again on ME TV, I now enjoy Abbott and Costello more than the Three Stooges.
Quoted from swampfire:Simple pinball confession: I play my 3 EMs way more than the rest of my pins lately.
Your collection page shows 4 EMs....what are the 3 you are playing?
Quoted from punkin:Confess my only em has been out of action for a year because my tech is a solid state guy.
I did contact an em tech last week though and ask him to drop in next time he's going past. Also confess i had an intention of getting it going to sell it, but i'm not at all sure that will happen.
Royal Flush? Fix it and play it a lot before deciding to sell or not
I’m a purist and have incandescents in my EM games. However, I confess to using LEDs in the backbox on said games.
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I confess when I was very young I thought Wilma Flintstone had a cute butt.
Most folks pick Betty...but once you see Wilma with her hair down? Yowza!!
Quoted from adborto:I confess. I want to buy a Super Kixx to place next to my Super Chexx, but I think it is actually the same game with a foot vs. a stick.
I confess to owning a Super Chexx, a Super Kixx, and a Turbo Drive all at one time in my collecting past. The ICE Trifecta of bubble games!
Quoted from punkin:That was an earlier confession. I've never taken a selfie in my life (pic of leg or arm notwithstanding).
If you were wearing that kilt in your avatar, I can see how your leg got so scraped up!
Quoted from punkin:Took the tape measure round, it's 3.3m or 11' drop looked larger from the bottom when i had to crawl out bleeding and bruised in the dark.
Not a good shot, but you can see the big concrete ledge that i missed somehow. If i'd landed on that i would not have got out under my own steam.
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“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
LMFAO!!!!!
We laugh because we care! Now if you would have been hurt bad, not so funny. I just picture you crawling up that embankment over and over, all loaded up....and can relate!
Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:The Ca thread?
You know someone posted a picture in that thread. An image that has caused a tremendous amount of division in this country.
I don’t blame him for posting it. It’s actually my fault that the image made its way here from starting that thread in the first place. Something I’m not proud of.
These contentious threads I start are based on true stories but I purposely add trigger words to get people fired up. Typically you will get a side against my position, then a side in support...then those 2 sides start going at it. No doubt a few of my threads have made some pinsiders on opposite sides of the stage not like each other...and for that I’m sorry.
Why do I do it?
Honestly from all the other negative shit and attitudes I see here which seem to go unchecked...so with that negativity under my skin I say fuck it...I might as well throw some more gas on the fire since this place loves a good blaze right?
To be honest I should have been frozen or blocked from a few of those threads but I usually word them in a way which makes me seem oblivious so I get to slide...even though I know exactly what I’m doing...the Ca thread for instance was really me disturbed by the smoke...but I knew deep down what it would turn into...how it made 13 pages is a miracle.
I’m not posting this looking for upvotes...I just want to apologize for creating division.
I’ll just stick to threads About men’s restroom dividers from now on
And another sad sight is this list of pinsiders who are listed inactive/frozen/blocked which I compiled from just the 1st page of this thread
Mojo zone
Canterflank
Jarjarisgod
Pin crazed
Kwikimart
Odin
Ika
Stevep3
Pinball molly
Joestro78
Atomicboy
I confess this PBS Show really helped me to understand what you describe and what’s going on with society... 3 part series and I highly recommend.
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Quoted from cait001:spending time with flipperless pins really makes you appreciate the skill of the perfect plunge!
For sure! All a guy has is the plunge and a little nudge here and there.
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I confess when I was very young I thought Wilma Flintstone had a cute butt.
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Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I actually plan to have chicken noodle soup for lunch in a few hours. I have had problems for over a day now.
I am learning the hard way that Buffalo wings and beer all the time does not work well as we get older, and soon I may have to attempt to eat a fruit or vegetable also.
And usually I would shrug all this off and just drink a bottle of Pepto, in between Nattys, but this is a tad more serious.
And I confess, a bottle of Pepto does mess up the taste buds for the next 4-5 Nattys. (also causes you to lose that nice buzz you were having for a while). And it sucks.
And even though I did give a upvote because I am nice and like to give upvotes, I may have to go back to the Quarantine Cooking Thread, and withdraw the upvote I gave about bacon and Oreos on the grill. I upvoted that because it was just so crazy, but now that I feel like crap that picture is making me feel worse.
And I am 100% joking. I will not take that upvote back.
I did stay in bed most of the day while watching football.
I only played one game and that was Big Buck Hunter for one round of Rams.
My girlfriend played 3 more rounds of Big Buck Hunter, and she was happy, she had a great score on Wildebeest.
100% true I will be having soup, and trying something different soon, I love my lifestyle, but my body is turning against me now. Soon I may have to eat peas and carrots and all that horrible stuff as I get older.
AND, if you have never seen Tom Hanks in the Forest Gump movie, or have not seen it in years, WATCH THAT MOVIE!
I hope I am not as slow as Forest, I very well could be and not even know it.
I love how after the shrimp boat with LT Dan stuff that Dan bought them stock in a fruit company, and suddenly they were worth "gazillions of dollars".
That movie is awesome!
I had not watched that movie in several years, and I wanted to see it again. (I have the dvd).
My girlfriend was like "oh, I have only seen bits and pieces of that movie and I did not care for it".
2 nights ago(before I became ill), after we were all done playing games and just chilling out with tv I said "we have to end this now".
She was confused at that statement and said "what"?
I said we have to end the fact that I want to watch a awesome movie again that you hate because you have never seen the entire movie.
We are closer now. She big time enjoyed the movie.So ok, unedited and not deleted.
I confess I constantly delete a lot of shit to try to make my posts shorter.
And in here I am just trying to entertain.
In real life while not on Pinside yeah, I need to change my diet from Buffalo wings and beer and maybe try some veggies soon, my stomach has not been happy for over a day now.
In real life I do have a rare thing that I am sure I have already talked about: Cat Scratch Disease.
I was 100% worried that when I purchased Big Buck Hunter I would not even be able to see the game looking through a rifle. But at the same time I knew that at least my girlfriend would enjoy it.
I have health problems, some my fault, some by accident.
I can say that before my stomach started acting up again these games have big time helped me! Even my eyes are doing better most of the time.
And damn because I was just so sick all the time when I was a kid and luckily grew out of most of that, I confess that while I love all kinds of crazy stories on here, and seeing pics of dogs, and everything else, I confess that what really touches me is a story on here, or even a local news story, about someone, or some organization putting games in a children's hospital, to help make a kids life better.
(I never wanted kids and never had any), BUT if I ever see a kid in need I will help them the best I can.
And because I do not feel great at the moment it makes me start to think about a new will, that will place my games in children's hospitals if anything were to happen to me.
And yeah, I do have a note on my keyboard that I am having soup for lunch in a few hours.
I wish I could just have been very short and very funny. Sorry to be long again, I hope some of it was funny.
I started this with here I go again song in my head, ending it with life goes on. (Jack and Dianne).
I wish all of you the best always!
And I am sorry for a long post, but while I was typing it, made me forget about my current pain.
JohnnyPinball’s “Get Well Kit”
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A few times I thought I was going to really get into it with some people. I felt embarrassed yelling in front of neighbors a few times and said sorry, but they actually thanked me and agreed (Many of them have kids).
One neighbor (since moved) used to have a paintball gun he would leave set out in the summer...that's all I'll say on that one....he was a pretty hardass guy and didn't have interest in backing down if he got angry. But he was a nice neighbor.
Tossing a basketball or tennis balls in front of them as they come down the street is what the old timer next door to me used to do
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Confession:
I set the DVR to record IMSA auto races and add 3 hours to them to make sure I don’t miss the end. After one race, there were two informercials on after it ended. It was back-to-back time/life CD/DVD collections....70s/80s Country music and Cher.
I now watch just the two infomercials when I can’t find anything else to watch on tv or I am doing chores around the house.
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Quoted from punkin:Try looking up the bands i've mentioned in the post above. Start with Hilltop hoods.
Which song would be the best introduction to them?
Quoted from EJS:I travel a lot for work. Gas stations are the place to “go”. Understandably there is some risk going in there but that’s everywhere you go.
I try to find a restroom at the hospitals I go to that are down a hallway most people don’t know about that are likely to be used less.
Hotel lobby rest rooms...they are usually quiet and very clean. That is a key service point with hotels: cleanliness. I usually stop at the bigger chains.
When people say “I love Tron more than lamp”, I don’t know what lamp is.
I also confess that I kinda don’t ever wanna know...
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“Do They Know Its Christmas” is the most depressing Christmas song ever made. THE absolute worst Christmas song EVER!
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I liked TBL ok, a little I did not get, need to catch it on earlier one night.
I understand now why when you order the pin a rug comes with it.
Rewatch a couple of more times and it will all fall into place. John Goodman’s best role ever!
Happy New Year, @johnnypinball007! Keep your chin up and your Nattys ice cold! This confession is for you...
I’ve never been able to see the “man in the moon.”
I also was never able to see the images of those optical illusions posters from the 1990’s. The ones you had to stare at and lose focus to see the image. Maybe it’s related to the moon thing. Maybe it’s not.
I’m color blind. Maybe that’s a factor. Being color blind isn’t a recognized disability, even though I can’t fly a plane or work as a water tester in a dialysis clinic because of job requirements.
But some overweight person on welfare who gets winded walking up a flight of stairs can get a blue handicap permit for VIP parking at Wal Mart. And collect disability.
Speaking of... has anyone seen the latest list of “recognized disabilities” lately? The next time you apply for a job and they ask for the EEOC info, take a gander of the long list to choose from.
Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous New Year, and I pray for sanity to again rule the earth someday soon.
Quoted from dung:I confess that I have a growing contempt for people in this hobby. Have 3 games listed for trade on FB. Was looking for a 2 for 1 or even 3 for 1 trade.
Having some idiot tell me no one is going to want them (2 are top 100 on here). Not just once, but going on a multi comment rant. Not that I am overpriced, just that no one is going to want to do such a trade.
Being asked repeatedly if they are for sale when the add says trade. Having these idiots try and argue with me why I should trade for cash. It isn't even worth bothering with because were I to offer a cash price, they won't even pay the pinside average. They message because they think they will get it cheap.
Being asked instead of if I will trade 2 of mine for another game, if I will trade 1 of them for 3-4 craptastic titles.
Being asked if I will sell/trade games that are in my pictures but not listed. Being offered bad deals (no, I won't let go of my Mystery Castle for a game worth less money and pay you for the privilege)
Seriously, fuck people in this shit hobby. Selling outright isn't any better because you spend most of your time dealing with tire kickers or low ballers. Perfectly understand a lot of deals won't work out. Logisitcs, valuations, or even just not having interest in one or more of the titles, but 90 percent of time spent on these things is pure bullshit from people not reading. The other 9 percent is from some idiot who thinks their game is worth more than it is and that yours is magically worth less. At least their self serving excuses are fun fodder for discussing with friends.
What games are you looking to trade?
Quoted from dung:Its because people are lazy and self centered when it comes to anything. They want it, but don't want to pay for it. We could have 20 dollar video games, they would still offer 5 bucks. People are shit.
I have a story...I went to look at the “warehouse of games” everyone is talking about and saw that a guy in KC who was interested in the Cyclopes. So I PM the guy and let him know that I’m not interested in that game (I wanted the two EBDs) but that I can pick it up and bring it to him since I was headed that way. I just needed to know what he wants to pay for the Cyclopes, and I’ll ask the seller when I get there.
We had PMs, texts, and voice calls. Not one time did the guy say “hey, how much do you want for your time and sweat?” or “I appreciate the hook up, would $xxx cover your helping me out?” So, I agree. There are some guys in this hobby that are pretty self-centered and don’t want to pay for anything.
Quoted from dung:You contacted me and asked what I'd pay for two games you didn't own and didn't have prices on. You didn't have any real information on other than what is posted on here, which is 1-2 pictures each. For the record for those reading they are the shit on cyclopes and the empty falling apart ebd 81 cabinet from the how do you sell a warehouse thread. You did not say what you wanted for your services. You simply asked what would I pay for the games if you picked them up for me.
You were already going to the warehouse and already driving through KC, although we never agreed on where we were meeting. I saw one whopping picture of the pf and offered 350 for a shit covered cyclopes we both agreed was a basket case. You wanted to take the two ebd and make one working one. I offered 250 for the empty/stripped 81 cabinet if you wanted to part with it.
600 for a health hazard basket case game with no boards, no backglass, and no idea if it can be saved cyclopes. Oh, and a empty health hazard 81 ebd cabinet that we have no idea if it is even solid enough to be moved.
You told me offered 100 dollars for each of the games to the seller. A 400 dollar profit for moving and getting the guts out of the 81 ebd. So you wanted to make 400, get the guts out of an ebd, and get paid for your troubles?
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You just outed yourself. Great confessional!
After seeing those games, yes. $100 each was all I would pay for them and that was a stretch. You come here bitching about self centered people in the hobby, and I shared an experience with someone like that on the same day.
I know tons of great guys in the hobby. From Texas to Louisiana, to Colorado to Missouri and everywhere in between. The “bad actors” are few and far between....I have two lists: Great guys and guys to avoid. The great guy list is way longer.
Sorry I couldn’t help you out. More so that you didn’t appreciate it. And I feel really bad that you had to post our situation public, not contact me directly. Keep it classy. The pinside way!
Quoted from Jaybird815:Johnny, are you not smiling because you don’t have a natty in your hand?
You should see his drivers license photo!
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Quoted from poppapin:Johnny, you should probably get a covid test...too.
Something to consider
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I think a late night talk show with Johnnypinball as the host and LTG as the sidekick, ala Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon, would be a big hit.
I’ve been off pinside the past few weeks and getting caught up on The Confessional thread....it seems like Johnny’s posts are getting longer. Which made me wonder if there is a character limit on posts and if there is, Johnny will be the first one to reach it. I also wondered if Johnny types professional style or hunt and pecks with his two index fingers...which then got me to wondering how much better and longer his posts would be if he could adopt talk-to-text technology in sending his posts. Which led me to the cliff notes version of reading Johnny’s posts: I skip over them then read other people’s responses to what he posted, and if what they posted was interesting, then I go back and read Johnny’s post. This has saved me some time (whew! That was a lot of typing! I don’t know how Johnny does it to make it look so easy!)
PS...I had three Natty’s tonight!!!
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Quoted from swampfire:If you don’t know what cosplay is, you’re missing out. Just Google “slave leia cosplay”, you’re welcome.
Ummmmm.....????
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12 years ago I got up one morning and decided I wasn't going to drink that day. I havent touched any alcohol since that day. All my friends know this and believe it or not it is possible to live life without a 12 pack and your friends will not think of you as being any "smaller" of a person for abstaining from alcohol.
One small remark tho: If you think you might be a alcoholic then you are. Do something about it today, not tomorrow. One day at a time .
First time Ive ever said this publicly and if feels good. Thank you my friends!
That’s mental toughness,right there! Good job!!!
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I shave my face in the shower, with my eyes closed, using only feel to make sure I don’t miss anything...the steam really softens the bristles!
I confess I get a smile on my face when I see one of my posts with an upvote and I see it’s Johnnypinball who is the one that upvoted me!
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I confess my most read threads here have very little to do with pinball ... The Confessional, Pics of Game Room, Funny Captions Thread, GIF Annex, Show Us Your Glow: Neon Signs, Super Chexx and Super Chexx Pro Owners Theads..I’m sure I am missing a few others too.
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Quoted from EJS:Another confession I’m really impressed at the truth bombs LTG is dropping over in that thread about that guys parents separating. 3rd post in if you haven’t had a chance to read it. For some people it takes a lifetime to gain those lessons and I confess I see some people might not want to hear some sobering truths. It’s like….do you want to hear what you WANT to hear -or- what needs to be heard. I confess I should probably avoid posting in that thread anymore. Almost bit my tongue off reading more of the responses. Going to leave it alone.
Link?
That show “Chasing Classic Cars”...I used to enjoy watching it all the time. Then one episode, Wayne featured a car from one of the guys who was in his neighborhood when he was a kid growing up. He went on and on about the memories he had of the car....how much it meant to him seeing it growing up....and how he really wanted it. Then....he turned around and sold it as soon as he got his hands on. What a putz! I can’t stand to even look at that Lorax looking fuck after that.
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When I see Crazy Levi’s new avatar pic, I can hear Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” playing in my head....ya, he’s one of “those guys”
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The black and white episodes of “I Dream of Jeanie” aren’t as enjoyable to watch as the later color ones.
I confess I must be losing my sense of humor...just watched Jimmy Fallon monologue and intro skit. Not one laugh generated. Maybe I should post this in the “you know you are getting old” thread?
So...I’m browsing the forum tonight and decided to toss out a few “upvotes” in various threads. The first three threads I stop and visit:
The “animated gif thread”,
The “Let’s close this thread down” thread, and the “Boat owners thread”, to which I don’t own a boat but posted a funny pic about boat owners and wanted to see if anyone liked it.
Well....the first post I click on in each of those threads...who do you think was already there with an upvote?
Yup....johnnypinball! Not only is he the William Shakespeare of “The Confessional” thread, he is also the most giving upvoter around!!!
Here’s a Natty Light to Johnny!! Cheers!!!!
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Zartan with the win! Haha!!
I have enjoyed the Paralympics much more than the Olympics this year. The paralympians are very impressive athletes.
My top sports to watch have been:
Badminton (doubles and singles)
Swimming
Wheelchair rugby
Congrats to all the paralympians....you’re all winners to me!
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When I use the self-checkout at Wal Mart...why do I say “thank you” to the attendant watching the checkout area when I walk out?
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When I’m driving down the highway, and I see someone walking back down the highway, I wonder what they are walking back for. Did something blow out of the window? Did they hit something?
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Quoted from joemagiera:You woke up at 2AM on the day we change clocks? That's freaky! You just blew my mind!
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(You have made 608 posts in this topic.) (what it says on my page at the top).
So this is number 609 for me.
All that typing I have done here just relaxed me while I was doing it.
Confess while ago I thought about starting a topic called "What is the most illegal thing you have ever done, or been a part of", but right now I am not in the mood to start a new topic, and really that fits here anyway.
Confess about 35 years ago a vehicle warranty expired at 60,000 miles, and it had big time engine issues at 68,000 miles, and a friend of a friend, of another friend, told me to take it to this address, and they will back up the speedometer for me.
I would not even confess that now, but since 35 years ago, and I can not remember anything about how all of that started, if I were to get busted now I only remember one thing: the dude that did the work had a something another with some kind of dust in it, and after he was done, removed his fingerprints, he added a layer of dust back inside of the speedometer area.
I will never forget the dust thing, it was so clever I thought.
If the dude that did that is even still alive he would have to be around 90 now, and I never paid attention to what he looked like anyway, so if this even happened, I probably was just drinking beer and goofing off.
I totally forgot what I was saying, I have never done anything illegal.
Anyway, I have not had any car warranty messages in a long while now, but today I had my first message about my student loans, and it was a long message and they were sounding all serious. Problem is I never have had any student loans, so they are barking up the wrong tree calling me with that crap.
The only scam messages that really hit home for me and ticked me off was a while back there was some about my Dad's bankruptcy about 30 years ago.
Like some scammers are digging through old files, and thinking they can convince surviving family that there are still some things that they have to take care of.
Confess I am very easy going, and not many people I hate, but I do hate scammers.
And I love how ForceFlow works to keep information about pinball scam sites.
I really think though he should start a new topic, to just list verified for real sites, at this point with so many scammers popping up all of the time it just seems like listing real sites would be easier.
Oh, and my girlfriend gets tired of all of these numbers calling her, so she goes through the whole thing and presses one to be removed from the list, and then she has 10 times the problems.
I never do any of that, and I have very few scam calls.
I recently read that even if you press a number, (like my girlfriend is doing), the scammers sell your number to other scammers, because you actually were active.
And whatever you do, do not depend on your phone to keep all of your contacts, always keep all of that on paper also, in case you ever lose your phone.
(I have one friend that never learns, and every time he has phone problems he cries about he no longer has anyone's number).
***no need to read all of that, just boring phone stuff***
609 Johnny posts out of 5179 total .... that equates to about 12% of all posts in The Confessional thread being made by Johnny! I wonder how many Natty Lights have been consumed during those writings!?!!
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I am sad not seeing JohnnyPinball007 name on the Secret Santa list...was hoping to get him this year!!!
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I confess the new Cinematic camera views suck. Especially on close ups during sporting event broadcasts (ya, I’m talking to you NFL)….I like to people watch and this blurred background really does no Justice.
PS…Cubs TV broadcasts are the best for people watching when you can’t be there in person.
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I am not a fan of the Cinematic camera views on sporting events. I can’t see interesting things in the background, like fans, fan signs, cheerleaders, etc. and when they have the camera moving on a group of players running, the focus shifts often and it just sucks. I confess cinematic camera view takes away from my viewing pleasures.
NFL Helmets are now like Chinese Fortune Cookies. Every player has a different little slogan on the bottom back of his helmet. Waiting for players to turn around just to see which fortune we get is as exciting as it gets! Offensive huddles mean multiple fortunes! Only thing missing is a few lucky numbers to play powerball with.
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I confess I am boycotting the Olympics this year….and I love the Winter Olympics. But if our political leaders didn’t go, and they are telling the athletes to keep their mouths shut for their safety, and it’s the middle of a pandemic….then the Olympics should have either not taken place or we shouldn’t have sent anyone. I won’t even channel surf across the tv channels broadcasting the events because I don’t want NBC to get a ratings hit, even for a fraction of a second. F$*% ‘em!
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