Before I get yelled at again today, a Pinhead is a pinball player like me. An excellent article about the Pinball Hall Of Fame in Las Vegas is from Sprit (Southwest Airlines) on-line web page. I went to this place last year and it was great. Lots of machines I used to play and beat the crap out of were there.
I got thrown out of every pinball parlor in St. Louis back in high school and college because I would run the game meter up to the max, (usually 15 games) then sell the games for $1.00. I usually made $30-40 every Friday and Saturday night. The owners were mad because I would be costing them money since the $$$ would be going in my pockets instead of theirs.
http://www.spiritmag.com/2008_01/features/ft4.php
Ray
Ok you Pinheads!!!!!
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A guy at one place by my house would give away a T-shirt if you beat the high score on any machine. I had my name on almost every machine at one time or another there. You only got one shirt per machine because he kept track of all the high score winners. I still had about 30 or 40 "free" shirts.
The had an article in the Riverfront Times a few weeks ago about a guy that started a pinball joint in Roxanna, IL. Every Friday night he holds a tournament, and the winner gets a little prize. They talked to this guy that called himself "The Pinball Wizard of St. Louis", and he said that he almost never loses and has the high score on every machine he plays. I may have to come out of retirement and show him a thing or two.
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The had an article in the Riverfront Times a few weeks ago about a guy that started a pinball joint in Roxanna, IL. Every Friday night he holds a tournament, and the winner gets a little prize. They talked to this guy that called himself "The Pinball Wizard of St. Louis", and he said that he almost never loses and has the high score on every machine he plays. I may have to come out of retirement and show him a thing or two.
Ray
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he said that he almost never loses and has the high score on every machine he plays. I may have to come out of retirement and show him a thing or two.
Them's fightin' words! If you need encouragement to show the whippersnapper how it's done, I'd be willing to toss in some quarters.
Them's fightin' words! If you need encouragement to show the whippersnapper how it's done, I'd be willing to toss in some quarters.
"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant a tree; if in terms of a hundred years, teach the people." - Confucious
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." -- John Cotton Dana
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." -- John Cotton Dana
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Found the Pinball Hall of Fame web site.
http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
Here is a list of games he has. Click on the link of the game and it will take you to the facts and figures about each game. Several pictures of the backglass, playfield, and other tidbits about the game are included.
http://www.pinballmuseum.org/games.php
Ray
http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
Here is a list of games he has. Click on the link of the game and it will take you to the facts and figures about each game. Several pictures of the backglass, playfield, and other tidbits about the game are included.
http://www.pinballmuseum.org/games.php
Ray