This morning I open up pinside and I do not see any pictures. I get the white question mark inside of a blue box icon. Is anybody else having this problem? I cannot even see the pic of the calculator watch I put up yesterday.

So, is it a problem with pinside? Or a problem with my ISP? Or a problem with my Mac Pro that Apple would like me to trash because I am extending its life cycle beyond what Apple deems appropriate?

got the same thing, network issue that seems to have worked its self out

We had a Kiddieland in Wichita, too.

I recall riding some of those hand-cranked rail cars. I do not remember where or when, but I think I probably had good time.

I had Bulova Caravelle digital watch similar to those. At the time, I was running a self-serve gas station and convenience store and some dude came in one night and traded it for a carton of cigarettes; Cartons were selling for $20.00 in 1977. One of my customers owned a local jewelry store; He said I made good trade as the watch retailed for around $80.00 IIRC. I used the watch for awhile but I'm not a watch/jewelry kind of guy. It left my house years ago.

Trading a watch for cigs....pretty cool.
When it was a new thing, I would grab a handful of fake rolexes, to bring to my travels to Jamaica.
I would trade for drinks, scuba lessons, or a baggie.
I would tell them they were fake, but in Jamaica then, they were going for $200!

A childhood memory of mine, and an Adult memory till today, is I always wanted to own a miniature golf course!
So many great summers of playing.....and then to the arcade for pinball!
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Man, you sound like you are one of those serial entrepreneurs I read about.

I have always had the dream to build a miniature golf course that was a scaled down size of a PGA course. Just putters and different thicknesses of fake turf to create the ruff and out of bounds. Miniature sand traps and water hazards….. it seems fun in my head.

I saw one in Texas ? years ago. Three greens. Six different T boxes. You had to play it a few times before you realized it wasn't really 18 holes. It played like it was.

LTG : )

I’ve never been to kiddieland, only drove by it a ton of times. We used to go to Santa’s village though.

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I went to Santa’s Village a few times as a kid. I remember the Snowball Ride. And a barn that had a chicken that would play the piano when you put a coin in a slot. I also remember music speakers in the park repeatedly playing “The Happy Wanderer.”

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We have a Paul Bunyan at our upstate NY water park.

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In Monterey ca they had a place called Edgewater Packing Co. that had a wooden carousel, arcade, magic shop, ice cream Parlor and a chicken who played tic tac toe. Turns out I could never beat that darn bird. Well I finally found out why.

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I overheard a child look at that statue and ask his mother "how can I see Paul's bunion with his boots on?"

I still have this Garfield phone, but my wife doesn't think it looks professional enough for her home office.
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I lost a quarter to that chicken at the state fair 30 years ago. It is not something I regularly discuss in conversation. After all the years, it is nice to know that the game was rigged

I do remember that chicken stepping up to the play board when I dropped that quarter. That sharp eyed bird knew its reward was going to be a kernel of corn. It played the game with gusto.

I saw that Indian statue in a theme park with a sign saying "you must be this tall to ride the roller coaster."
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No wonder that the ride stayed empty all day.

This flooring warehouse near me used to be “Cherokee Music”, a huge operator with a warehouse of a few hundred games. When they closed down, it was the first auction I’d ever been to. The Pink Panthers are still there, but there used to be even more cool statues out front. Makes me smile every time I drive past them.

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On Chincoteague Island.

He must be resting.

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This guy in Bath PA has all this stuff in his yard.
I drive by it almost every day.
Don't know what the story is, but I'm pretty sure the neighbors aren't cool with it.

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Reminds me of Pee Wee's house.

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Seeing the giant sculptures reminds me of a statue in Wisconsin Dells years ago. It was at the original Big Chief Go Kart track on Hwy A. There was a giant Indian holding a Go-Kart up in the air with one hand. The other hand was down by his side. The thumb pointed forward in just the right direction so as you were driving past from the correct side, it looked like the thumb was protruding from his pants... Needless to say, eventually someone complained and they sawed the thumb off.

Found a little information here https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/64818 but nothing about the thumb scandal.

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Like everyone else, he was just trying to get a leg up in the world.

I had my very first chocolate and vanilla soft serve ice cream twist cone at Kiddieland.
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VT I believe. Gotta be the only one of those.

Hey Guys! Im Back.

Just spent 23 hours in the Hospital. The procedure took 3 hours, and I was awake while they threaded a Heart Catheter, and inflated an angio balloon in
several spots, and inserted a Stent in my left diagonal artery.

I Was shocked at the difference in this procedure, then that of 12 years ago. This was my 4th stent, 3 Bypasses, and Ive lost count on Angioplasty.

Within minutes, everything in my body changed from my breathing, to muscle strength.

I Highly recommend, at the first sign of being short of breath from a short walk, or a few stairs, that you start the process of Heart Testing.
Most tests can be "passed", when an Angio is really whats needed.
Find a Interventional Cardiologist with the newest equipment....Dyes, Sound and even Light (OCT) can be used to image arterial system.

Through the years, many family and friends would still be with us, if they didnt ignore the signs.

A Childhood Memory Pinside Public/Personal Health Message......I feel like I just got another dozen years to go!

I was reading Pinside, pre procedure, for Peace of mind yesterday....So you guys helped me out as well!

Happy to hear your surgery was successful, OPG!

I had not related this previously here on Pinside, but I also had a somewhat close call in the heart department a couple years ago.

Not even knowing I had anything wrong heartwise, I mentioned to my doctor at a checkup that I had had a pretty bad flareup of my hiatal hernia one night after an oversized midnight snack, so bad that it made my left arm sort of numb.

Red flag! Now, I had never had any other chest pain, or shortness of breath or lack of endurance whatsoever, I hand shovel my driveway and push mow my lawn, so my heart was as good as gold as far as I knew, but a numb arm incident means you get checked out. One resting EKG later I was scheduled for a treadmill stress test. Not a bad idea for someone my age, regardless.

I thought I killed it, made it to the end, but it still looked just wonky enough on the readout that I was told I should have a cardiac catheterization to see what's what. I joked with the team that they wouldn't find anything, but I woke up to hear that I had one coronary artery that was 99% blocked and I was given two angioplasties and a stent!

I still don't know how I was functioning so well with that much of one blocked, it was "the middle one" so maybe it was an extra feature on my model, but I will say that my feet don't freeze from cold anything like they used to, maybe the ol' ticker pushes the blood a bit harder now. And now that I no longer consider sausage to be a major food group, my cholesterol is where it needs to be, so hopefully this little scrape with death will be my last for a long time!

Now I joke that my hiatal hernia probably saved my life!

Thanks for sharing....!! I think in our childhood, and for many still today, we are invincible!

I remember wondering why all old people talked about their health, and today, I know its to try to share
not just for empathy, but for solutions, and for others to be "aware".

It always pays to be proactive and have some knowledge....whether fixing a pin or our body.

I believe under a non involved situation, they would have opened me up again.
Having everyone know, and I sure had to sign off on it, that I wanted all steps taken to fix it then and there, led to the extra time,
and my thanks, to achieve this with minimal cutting.

As a side note for anyone learning about what ails them, dont hesitate to read problems and solutions from other countries.
I have helped myself by reading in Japan, Thailand, Spain, Britain, and Northern European studies, to be more aware.

I feel its not that much different than fixing a Pin....A fixed amount of parts, with Problems.

This is why old people bother to go to funerals. They need to talk about their aches and pains. And funerals make for the perfect audience

More seriously, it is a way to share info. and try to find remedies and look for a different doctor.

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When I was a kid I remember always trying to get passing trucks to blow their air horn. It seems like kids lost this somewhere in the last couple decades. 4E10C02A-1984-4029-9586-0CF0F7C281B0.gif

Railroad engineers too !

LTG : )

Also we had cb radios. Copy that, Smokey’s on the prowl for lead footers that was some ancient fun. Think I memorized like 100 different police codes.

"Where are you, you sumbitch?"

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Here's my additions to the big items theme.

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I currently live in the town of the home of the world's largest tomahawk. The teepee is about 25ft and the tomahawk is probably 30 ft tall.

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Was out this morning hitting some garage sales and bought a nice spade shovel for $5 and she threw in these for free. Too bad the 67 Ed Roth hot wheels car is missing it's dome but still a cool piece to throw on a shelf somewhere

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We had an edge water park in Detroit.

https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/edgewater-park

Now closed.
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There is one that looks like a hamburger. I'm guessing there is a pic out there somewhere.

Nice find on the Beatnik! Is that the pink or the red?
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Beatnik_Bandit
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g25616442/rarest-most-valuable-mattel-hot-wheels/

I was told there's a urinal mounted on the other side of that statue. It's actually a piss-stachio nut.

I remember having heaps of m.a.s.k toys when I was a kid. I also loved the cartoon . The ‘copter bike’ stands out in my memory .

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I always thought that something like this only with a Goose instead of a chicken would be great for the Goose parties.

LTG : )

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I wish it was pink. That would be a awesome find for free!

I love garage sales. A large ziplock baggie and a smaller bag of hot wheels and other assorted cars for $2
Tote full of assorted figurines for $4

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