I may replace them anyway just to bulletproof it, and to have a couple of good mac38s in the spare parts bin. Problem is these new ones are a totally different form factor and it requires drilling and tapping the backplane. I might save this for when I gut the cabinet for repainting. #pinball

I don’t say that to gloat, just… things are that way now

In Canada they’re US$1.29. Gas cheaper by about $0.50/gal right now too.

Actually, even my overall income tax rate is a few points lower than in most US states my province borders except OH and PA, and then there’s the whole health care thing.

We used to shop cheap in the US. Not any more.

well there’s the bang bus but i’m uncertain that you’ll get what you want out of that

we call it a suck truck in the biz

mandykin patinkadin

why does that rhyme with mandy patinkin

brb, off to go do my own research

wait does this work

every essay must now begin with engagement bait; those are the rules

even in dark times there is light if you know where to look

In the end, I only have a couple of regrets: I accidentally bought two sets of plastics because I forgot that I’d bought the first, and I never re-stencilled the cabinet. I don’t have a good place to paint it so I’ll pass the stencils along to the next owner. Could it be you?

When I got it, it had so much shmutz on every surface that I swear it had been stored in a barn. Everything got scrubbed, polished, and refinished. And the smell! It’s gone!

It was a huge project; I’ve been working on it so long that the original photos are lost to a previous phone. Almost everything needed to be reworked or replaced: shooter, lockdown bar, playfield, backglass, vent grill, plastics, pop bumpers, flipper mechs, drop targets, every single connector…