Quoted from rollitover:How very sad for you cotton.
How about we change that around to:
"What machine will I work on today?"
Don't be sad. It is just me BS'n on a post.
But, yes, it is not untrue. It is an amazing travel going through life and realize how your thoughts change as you age.
When I was 12 I was already thinking about how to get the girl friend through 1st base to home plate (that was the metaphor in vogue when Ann Landers and Dear Abby were in every news paper in the country).
And some old lady down the street died.
At 15, I could barely wait for the driver's license, a car---and the girl friend in the back seat
At 20, I could hardly wait to turn legal and buy a drink at the bar.
And some old lady down the street died.
And life progresses. You get married, or you don't. You buy a house. And if you did not buy a house, at some point in time your get tired of paying rent and wish you had bought a house years ago.
Some old lady down the street died.
Now, friends and family start checking out which gives you a reality check.
At around 45, you start getting tired of working and think about retiring.
And when you retire, and are getting ready to travel, or load up pins, or model trains, or whatever, it is just coming to the front of your mind that you are going to be crossing over to the new frontier, through a dark glass where no one ( who is honest) REALLY KNOWS what's on the other side.
The old lady who lived next door died.
But now, the old lady who died has a name. She was my neighbor. A friend. Not just some nameless person. So much for getting older. You are on the doorstep knowing you are going to get your turn. Embrace it. You can't run from it.
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As far as what pinball to work on today? Well, I am in the middle of a full shop on Dragonfist to get ready for a show. Seawitch is down as I am working on some rectifier board issues. Nine Ball has a diode problem. Catacomb has been down ever since I changed some lamp boards; I don't know what happened and have not had time to troubleshoot this issue.
I had to bunch my pins together in my small game room to access the Dragonfist shop job. I managed to slide a couple around so I could get some play action on Robocop. But right when I launched a ball, a rubber broke and blocked the shooter lane. I can't take the glass off to replace the rubber but cannot because Robo is blocked in. Munsters is playable but completely buried, as is Big Game.
I have 7 pins and cannot play a single one for a couple more days That makes you think you just want to shoot yourself and finish out on your own terms.
Which pin will I work on today? None. I have to take the girl friend's little dog to the vet this afternoon. The vet is not local. There will be some miles.
All of this verbiage just to tell you it is real. It is life. And I am having a ball.
And all of this talk has got me to thinking (I am a cheap bastard ) that an old beater of a pin cabinet might make a good casket. It is about the right size. And would be a way to flip off the funeral industry with their caskets that cost as much a car.