Quoted from punkin:

Confess that out of all the household chores i like folding the washing the best.

Quoted from punkin:

Yep i once lived with a Swedish girl and we never had an argument in 3 years. I realized it was because neither of us gave a fuck what the other one thought.

Quoted from punkin:

You're all to busy arguing amongst yourselves about shit that happened years ago to worry about ruling anything
Gratuitous troll pic for my Scandinavian friends
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Quoted from LTG:

She's ready.
LTG : )
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Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

Thanks for the heads up! That was a funny story!
Also THANKS for the belly rub pic! I did a double take, the knees look like boobs at first.

Quoted from Blitzburgh99:

Does johnnypinball type his confession posts or does he use some form of talk-to-text app/program?

Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

I confess that while I love a awesome movie as much as anyone, I do not have time for a movie that ends up not being awesome, and I read the wiki plot a lot of the time, to see if the movie is worth my time.
Sorry to be so short, I am trying to behave tonight.
And thanks again LTG, you always have awesome stories! Please keep sharing!

Quoted from snowy_owl:

I confess that I am concerned that I have not seen johnnypinball007 on pinside recently. Hope everything is ok, I miss his long posts!

Quoted from phil-lee:

So I have a room of beaters, every one of them has received "The Treatment", they all play great, no burnt bulbs, 100%.
Then my Neighbor comes in and looks around, he has all new machines, the latest, greatest.
For some reason we have a great time. No judgment.
When given the opportunity to play Pinball, any kind, its such a rare occurrence in the Wild.
So its still fun, no matter what you have invested, or your mods, or latest code, or butter cabinet, low serial number prototype backglassoneofakindlimitededitionpowdercoatedledincrustedstillinboxoutofboxhuo.

Quoted from scampcamp:

I'm trying to be the 1st person to write a top 10 song with Covid-19 for it's topic.
1 line has something like... "I knew you had Covid-19 but I kissed you anyway "

Quoted from hwyhed:

With all that’s going on, and most stores have their bathrooms closed! I confess that I drink my 3rd coffee on the road, grossly paid for public parking n pissed in the parkade! And I really don’t feel bad about it..

Quoted from punkin:

Confess that i ahcheived a milestone today. For the first time in decades of using shaving cream in a can, i managed to get the xact right amount in my hand instead of 2-2.5 times as much as i need.
Usually it doesn't matter if i put half as much in my hand, i still have twice as much as i need. It defies the laws of physics, like being able to eat more than twice as much as will fit in your stomach at a Chinese smorgasbord.

Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

I confess that I still love the six feet rule, but I hate wearing a mask. I do wear a mask, but I do not like it.
And soon I may have to see a doctor. Been over a year since I went to one. Of all damn things my big toe is staying painful.
It is weird, a tiny patch of dead skin just hurts like a mf.
Last night me and my girlfriend stayed up until 5am. It had been a while since I was up that late. 3am is pretty normal when I don't have to be up at 5am the next morning.
And several things are bothering me:
1. plenty of storm damage still around after about 7 weeks now.
2. I am still waiting for storm damage to be repaired at a rental house, everyone is just so busy it is insane.
3. Nothing is simple anymore, what should have been a 5 minute call with AT&T last night lasted 2 hours to get resolved.
4. yeah, again, the loss of my best friend and next door neighbor Dwayne across the lake, and the loss of Who-Dey.
Anyway, I take care of the yard work at the lake, and the house on the other side that is closest to my house, and was cleaning up leaves yesterday.
Some of the leaves I burn, some I dump in the woods behind that house. Whatever is closer and easier.
Anyway, there is a trail there, Dwayne always walked his dogs there and I kept the trail open.
Yesterday it finally sunk in and I closed that trail. (unless some stranger wants to climb over a 5 foot high pile of leaves).
(that wooded land is owned by a church on another road).
I am at the end of the dead end street, with woods on one side, and a lake on the other side. I love not being jammed up like most new developments.
And I confess I planned to go to bed 3 beers ago, I have a busy day coming up, going to the wholesale club to pick up a few things, doing yard work at a rental house, and still have more wood to split, BUT:
My girlfriend is not here bitching that I spend too much time here, and I do not have to be up at 5am to help anyone on a job, so WTF, a good time to type a book here like I used to.
And while 2020 has sucked, at least I have not been sick.
Who would have ever guessed that 6 feet away and a mask could have prevented a lot of doctor trips in the past.
F the mask stuff in the future, and the only person I want to be closer than 6 feet is my girlfriend.
And I never cared to shake anyone's hand anyway, some bastards used to squeeze the shit out of my hand, I hated that crap.
I like the 6 feet away, and a fist bump to seal a deal.
And there are several pins I would like to play, and LTG has most of them, so once virus stuff calms down I am on a road trip, and I hope Prada is still around for a belly rub.
I like variety. Next game I want is a pitch and bat.
I also hope Raw Thrills has more animal hunts with new bonus rounds for sale soon also, that Big Buck Hunter arcade is awesome!
And THANKS AGAIN! LTG and everyone that posts fun posts here to read!
I have never golfed, but I would love to golf with LTG. (using a tree and not letting him drive the cart).
LTG, another funny story, please?

Quoted from punkin:

I once saw a railway station breathing.
ThoseWereTheDaysPunkin

Quoted from pinzrfun:

I confess I was off work for 3 weeks w Covid, just came back yesterday, and I didn't look at Pinside once while I was off.

Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

Cool! We used to do the same thing! At Dad's construction business, on top of the shop building you could see the Atlanta skyline, and we used to sit up there drinking also and throwing bottles into the woods.
Back then even if caught drinking and driving it was just a ticket, even if underage. We were also 15-19 at the time.
I never once drove when I was really messed up. I would sleep in the office.
But yeah, I would have a few and drive, back when it was just a ticket.
And I never got one of those tickets, and I have never been to jail, and I plan to keep it that way.
There is no need to chance a $2000.00 expense and possible jail time, when a cab or other ride is a whole lot cheaper.

Quoted from northerndude:

I confess its spring here in Saskatchewan finally and will be summer soon, and I don't give a shit about pinball right now that it's golf season. But I have to keep coming to pinside every day, because if I leave this place too long, there's no fuckin' way i'm rooting through 1000+ posts in the Rick and Morty thread to try to catch up on things.

Quoted from punkin:

Jees. I can go without beer just fine when i'm in hospital, but would not do it by choice.
Confess i bought a new snake yesterday. I'll see him end of next week, my brother is picking him up from Sydney.
Should coincide with my new two story custom tank being delivered next week. Got a local bloke to build it to my drawings. Think walk in shower cubicle, 2m (6'8") high 1m (3') wide x 600mm (2') deep, with a shelf in the middle. Snake penthouse luxury. Only the best for my boys.
My two older Bredli pythons will go in that tank (1 upstairs, 1 downsyairs) in my office/house and the new Jungle Python will go in the tank in the front room where we hang out and play pinball all day.
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Quoted from punkin:

Tried snus when i was over that way, never really saw the point of it. Kept up with snuff for a while, but not more than 6 months.
You'd be having long days now too? Loved the summer in Northern Sweden and Norway.

Quoted from punkin:

Plus you guys have got that ball lightning coming in your windows and floating round your rooms, fuck that shit. Happy just to be dealing with dropbears here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

Quoted from pinzrfun:

We just put our little buddy of 18 years to sleep a couple hours ago due to a failing kidney. I haven't cried that hard in 20 years.
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Quoted from pinzrfun:

i posted last week that we had to put our little buddy of 18 years to sleep because his kidney was finally giving up after a 2 year fight, and it's been the hardest 10 days i can remember in a long time. My wife and I cry daily. I've lost relatives that didnt hurt this bad. The whole house feels different. Gonna be a long road back.
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Quoted from LTG:

You've never had a fat girlfriend ?
LTG : )

Quoted from LTG:

Reminds me of the yearly torsk dinner. Dip it in melted butter, tastes like lobster.
I asked why don't they call it lobster then ?
The beverage was ocuvite. Tasted like it was made from fermented asphalt.
LTG : )

Quoted from PinPickle:

Inuits? Lol
More like Canadians. I’m not sure if there is anywhere in Canada that doesn’t hit -20 at some point in the winter. Where I grew up, we played outdoor hockey for hours at that temp. You actually do get used to it.
I confess, prefer the snow over the beach if I’m going on vacation.

Quoted from EJS:

Alright I confess I just woke up from a nap and currently wouldn’t mind a FOF sandwich. But I’ll save that topic for a different thread.
I confess I want to get a wedgehead out of storage and start shopping it. I’m tempted to create a thread in the EM hangout section and have everyone vote which game I work on next. There’s gotta be 10 or 12 EMs to choose from. Maybe I’ll record my shopping it out too I haven’t done anything for YouTube in December.

Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

I love that song! Confess I also love Games Without Frontiers.
(Confess I cannot stand Sledgehammer).
I haven't been posting much lately, because I have been getting up early and playing in the dirt.
Confess I love that Volvo excavator my friend has, 80,000-pound machine and it is very fast for its size, and controls are awesome, no slop or play at all.
(Pictured is the 20-foot-deep pit that I am digging and loading on dump trucks to build a road. The pit will be filled back in with the bad dirt and topsoil that was not usable for the road.
(Confess I think it would make one hell of a swimming pool myself, just concrete that sucker and add a diving board).
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Quoted from punkin:

Can't remember cooking again last night. Swear i'm gunna burn the shed down one day.

Quoted from punkin:

I'm a morning dishes guy.
Reading this book atm about exactly what you are talking about. Perhaps someone borrowed your body? Read at your own risk as you may find it disturbing.
Touch by Claire North
Touch tells the story of Kepler, a "ghost" who was born as the result of a violent death hundreds of years ago. Kepler can only exist by possessing people, an act that takes complete control of a host and leaves them with no memory of the time they were possessed. Kepler is not the only one of his kind, there are many ghosts scattered all over the globe, and while the plot may focus on Kepler and his battle against an evil ghost named Galileo, the real story of Touch is the search for a semblance of humanity by an entity that can only ever assume their host's identity, never able to completely subsume the host, and therefore never able to live a life of their own.
As expected, the world that has been crafted by North is a most excellent fictional retelling of our own history, with the history of the ghosts having been inserted like they were always a part of our history. Ghosts have taken men into battle, ghosts have turned a petulant child into a blossoming young adult, ghosts are responsible for those out-of-character acts done by people who know better. North leaves no stone unturned as she crafts a world that seems so real, and it is a testament to her knowledge, research, and sheer creativity. Like all of her previous worlds, I have become so lost in the world of Touch and would love more and more stories set in this world.
The entity known by others as Kepler is the protagonist for this story, a ghost who began human life as a man but over the centuries has transitioned to a more neutral state where male, female, or non-binary gender is just a natural extension of who Kepler is. I love the concept of Kepler, but Kepler the person leaves a lot to be desired (deliberately so, I think). Kepler has lived for many years but is still incredibly naive and incredibly dense, openly compassionate whilst being silently selfish. Kepler has always tried hard to leave the smallest footprint possible with intent to make the host's life better, but always managing to destroy many lives in the process. It's really hard to empathise with an immortal being like Kepler, especially one who is so self-righteous that they can't see the harm that they cause, but North imbues Kepler with such endearing qualities that you can’t help but be fascinated by the damn entity and all the awesome / terrible things it does.

Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Just took a rip on the shatter pen. I coughed and it sounded like the intro to Sweet Leaf. Lol

Quoted from cdnpinbacon:

I got bit hard by a dying racoon in the summer.
I was trying to re assure it while it was recovering from a massive tree jump trying to escape from my dog. Man I was really pissed at finley that day!

Quoted from prl867:

The only reason I got an A- in Spanish 3 my senior year in HS was because of my inappropriate relationship with my teacher.
To be clear, she was 22 and I was 18, so it was legal, but being it was a Catholic All Boys School and it was her first year teaching, it was still quite taboo.

Quoted from cdnpinbacon:

The Amiga 500 was my downfall in high school,,ruined my dating life and other high school activities
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Quoted from snowy_owl:

I confess that I work at a hardware store. Obviously, part of my job is to direct customers to products they are trying to find. However, I confess that sometimes I'm not sure where the thing they are looking for is, or even worse I don't even know what they are asking for.
A few days ago a customer asked me for some obscure part, and I didn't know where it was and she got angry and told me that I should know and that she needs this part for her husband's outhouse project. I told her I was sorry, and I called someone who knew on my radio.
All ended relatively well, lady got her plumbing part and I didn't get fired lol.
Still kinda bothers me, people are really rude sometimes. I'm not perfect, and I'm not an expert on plumbing parts.
This stuff happens, I guess.

Quoted from LTG:

Lyft scooters appeared on the boulevard in front of SS Billiards.
I wonder if they'll be used ? I wonder if they'll disappear ?
LTG : )
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Quoted from MtnFrost:

Best Norwegian series is Ragnorok. Really good stuff. Cannot recommend enough - on Netflix.

Quoted from punkin:

I don't own a mower or have any grass.

Quoted from punkin:

4 of us travelled up the coast to a weekend tournament at a pinball arcade weekend gone.
I confess that we were all completely shocked and dismayed at the culture of machine abuse operating there. Rage tilting was so common that some players having a bad game would tilt all three balls violently by shoving the machine, sometimes so hard that it hit the wall behind it. Hard slaps to the side were also common after the ball had entered outlanes or center drain.
Not just one but 8 or 10 of the 30 odd players were constants at it. One of the players there was a top 100 world ranked player and was probably one of the main people to watch for. It seemed to be a permanent part of their culture.
The owner of the place didn't seem to give a fuck about it.
It can't be good for the cabinets and it's certainly fucking rude to the player after you. I came up to the machine at one stage to play my first ball, not noticing that this had gone on before me, tilted by pressing the flipper buttons in the first few seconds of my ball. When i mentioned the tilt to someone, they said it was because of the player before me.
I invited some of them to my place to play a return weekend, but i will be making it clear at briefing that this behavior will get you sidelined for first offense, and ejected for second. It seemed to be the main topic of conversation amongst our small group, none of us could see a reason to be angry with the machine?
It doesn't happen at pool comps, or fishing comps here. Man, we are playing for $50 prizes. I just can't see the point of shoving the machine after the ball is lost, we are not children.
The general consensus and the phrase that seemed to be on our lips all the time was 'It's just fucking pinball'. Here we play pinball because it's fun.
Is this common in comps everywhere including the states?

Quoted from pinzrfun:

Never played in a tourney before, never wanna take it that seriously.
"ItsJustAGamePunkin"

Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:

Confess I cannot stand lemons.
They taste sour or tart or something that my taste buds hate.
When dining out I always ask for water with no lemon.
Half the damn time they still put lemon in my water anyway.
When too bad I have to just send the water back.
Not sure if it is because of my low blood sugar or what, but I am always thirsty, and something about the taste of lemon just big time dries my mouth out worse, and I hate it.

Confess if on vacation I may have my first beer at 2pm at the earliest anymore.
Normally I have my first beer around 7pm now.
Confess when I was younger and drinking 35 beers a day, I was starting a lot earlier.
Confess I am only having maybe 10 beers a night now.
Confess it has been many years since I actually counted how many beers I am having now, but for sure it is not 35 now.
All I mainly drink is water and beer.
Confess most of the time I drink tap water when drinking water, and bottled water only when I am working and easier to put the bottle of water in my pocket so that I have it when I need it.
Confess in the past I was going to try to save money by re-filling plastic water bottles with tap water.
Confess that shit does not work, tap water in a plastic bottle does not taste well at all for some reason.
Also, weird how I can put 8 bottles of bottled water in the fridge, and one always freezes solid.
Nothing else ever freezes in there, and random, not like a certain place in the fridge doing that.
I was told that pure water freezes the fastest, so I wonder what the rest of those "pure" bottles of water have in them that they are not freezing also.
All I know is when working I like cold water, I cannot stand to drink warm water, so I may start putting some bottles of water in the freezer as hot as it is now.
Last week I was doing some grass cutting jobs and had one of those frozen bottles of water out of the fridge with me, and it was perfect, melted as I needed to, and I had cold water for a long time instead of warm water.
Confess water or beer has to be ice cold or I do not like it.
Confess water I am swimming in or relaxing in has to be very warm or I cannot stand it, like at least 86 degrees.
The people that do that "polar plunge" or whatever it is called, jumping in frozen water, they can have that shit. Hell No!
Confess it was fun and relaxing to type another long post here.
I hope all of you have a Great Weekend!

Quoted from punkin:

You don't have isolation rules there?

Quoted from punkin:

Ok, i'd worry that i may pass it on to someone who has underlying health problems. I stayed home for 7 days till i cleared a test for that reason (plus it's the law).
Figured i could kill someone through not giving a fuck who never asked to be killed.

Quoted from punkin:

Nearly lost my big snake yesterday.
I had him out on the neighbours front lawn hoping he'd take a dump and chatting to said neighbour who was on his verandah. I was sitting on a stool 3' from where my 7' snake was relaxing in the sun, when a kookaburra came in over my right shoulder swooping for the snake.
He missed in height by a couple inches, but only because he couldn't get that low because my body blocked him.
One punch from the beak and he would have been toast and cause the bastard was sneaky and came in behind me it was all over by the time i'd moved. Their beak is like the pointy end of a pick.

I thought the two larger snakes were too big for the Kookas, but clearly not.

Quoted from snowy_owl:

I confess that sometimes things happen during my day and at the time it seems like a story I could post in the confessional, so I make myself a mental note for later.
But then by the time I get home I realize it was actually a dumb story and don't post it. Thank goodness for my better judgement or this thread would be filled with aspects of my daily life that no one cares about.
And I'm also too lazy after work to write an entire paragraph on pinside, anyway.

Quoted from punkin:

The only thing worse than knowing you have to get up for a crap in the middle of the night is not knowing you have to get up for a crap in the middle of the night.

Quoted from punkin:

My favourite habernero sauce is a milder one that can be used on everything.
It's a knockoff of a commercial sauce that the US guys get. I copped it off the net and it is a great gift that people love. Plus it's a no cook! all done in the blender.
Tom's "Lotties True Bajan Hot Sauce" Knockoff
• 12 md Habaneros, stemmed, seeded
• 2 lg Cayenne peppers, stemmed, seeded
• 1 15 oz can sliced Mango, drained
• 1 c Cheap Yellow mustard
• 1/4 c Brown sugar, packed
• 5 tb White vinegar
• 1 tb Curry powder
• 2 ts Cumin
• 1 tb Chili powder
• 1 ts Salt, or to taste
• 1 ts Fresh ground black pepper
And now, the directions: Place the seeded peppers and vinegar in a blender and grind it fine. Slowly add the other ingredients and process until smooth.
Pour into two 12 ounce Lotties jars and enjoy.
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Quoted from punkin:

Been a bit worried about my lack of appetite lately as it's coinciding with a little more unbalance at night than my alcohol intake suggests.
Looked up my symptoms this morning and it confirmed my suspicions.
The symptoms of malnutrition are:
losing weight
losing muscle
losing appetite
pale skin
confusion
hair loss
wounds that do not heal
weakness
falls
dental problems
Best see a dietician. Problem is the loss of appetite. I don't know how they'll fix that.
I don't eat every day and i have no interest in food at all.
I used to travel overseas just on food tours.

Quoted from ReadyPO:

Confess Galaga was my favorite arcade game and I played it a lot in high school. And I was pretty good - turned the game over one afternoon skipping school at the local kids hang out - I was the only one in the place. Yelled to the waitress who was my age working on COOP to come and check it out as the points roll to 0 after 999,999,999 and I wanted a witness. The stages stayed, was something like stage 120. Played over an hour. Still nowhere near stage 255 (last stage), I think I just got tired after a while. I can still play pretty good today but not like that. I guess I was pretty excited because I still remember it. Being first on the leaderboard seemed pretty important back then.

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

Is a slide save and a bangback not the exact same thing?

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

What is the difference? I assumed it was when you slid the machine after draining to bang the ball off the apron and back into play

Quoted from JohnTTwo:

Confess how happy I am that I actually have a freshwater spring on my property. No pump needed just comes right out of the ground.
Never realized how many people are concerned with water supply. My buddy has the food I have the everlasting fresh water.

Quoted from RyanStl:

Chicken rinds = BOOM

Quoted from bigguybbr:

For cats to be friendly you have to handle them a lot when they are very young to get them used to contact. Otherwise they bite and scratch forever trying to get you out of their space.
I confess I’m not a dog person. I like dogs, but have no desire to have one as a pet. They are high maintenance. Having a dog to me is like having kids.
My issues aren’t with dogs though, rather with my dog owner friends. They assume that everyone wants to spend time with their dog. I admit I get annoyed when people try to bring their dogs into my house without checking first, and get pissy when they are told not to. I’m also not a fan of when they insist on going to hang out at dog friendly restaurants and bars where the dogs lose their shit (both figuratively and literally). If we do go somewhere without the dog, after a couple hours it turns into a fire drill because they need to rush home or the dog will pee/poop/chew/scratch or otherwise destroy their place. The last 3 airports I’ve been at have all had dog accidents on the floor that I have watched people drag their luggage through due to cruddy pet parents not cleaning up after them. Pretty gross.
Cats are more my speed. They are like room mates. They do their own thing and hang out when they want to. I never have to change my plans because of my cats.
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Quoted from pinzrfun:

The last couple times I went to Menards there were people in there with dogs - I'm like, wtf, you really need to bring your dog to the hardware store??

Quoted from pinzrfun:

A hardware store is one thing, I've been to mom/pop hardware stores and auto shops that have dogs/cats -
Menards is like Home Depot or Lowes, a large department store type place - you dont need to bring a dog or cat in there.

Quoted from bigguybbr:

That’s the daily struggle, I need to go out and try to be sociable. Relocated here about 5 years ago. Covid lock downs turned me into a bit of a shut in. All my good friends are still 1000 miles away.

Quoted from punkin:

Confess i love the white trim on Whitewater.
When i saw the pics online i thought 'oh well if i don't like it when it gets here i have a mate who is a powdercoater and i'll have it redone in blue.
Once i saw it in person i know i would not change it, it's really nice. In your face, but nice.
And the machine itself is so much better than i expected, it's like brand new.
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Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Holy crap have times changed. I was arrested, strip searched and charged with possession of narcotics for a half gram of weed when I was 18
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Quoted from punkin:

You'd think i'd know better than to tell anyone i know how to sharpen a knife by now.
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Quoted from punkin:

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