Subj : Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Gam
To   : jimmylogan
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Nov 08 2024 10:10:47

-=> jimmylogan wrote to Accession <=-

 Ac> I've always wanted a pinball machine, but could never get myself to
 Ac> fork over thousands of dollars for one. :)

 ji> My family was NOT well off, so please don't think I'm saying we had
 ji> money. My dad was a trader - he would haul tires, buy tools wholesale
 ji> and sell to others, buy for the auctions, etc.

 ji> One day he brought home a pinball machine. My mother didn't like it,
 ji> but we put it in the living room. EVERY DAY after school that's the
 ji> first thing I would do. :-)

 My best friend's mom growing up was an antiques dealer. The whole
 culture ran on barter. She was wealthy and loaned money to friends,
 who'd pay her back in trade, which she would later barter.

 She had a killer '68 Camaro (blue with white racing stripes) for a
 couple of weeks, then traded it for an antique chinese armoire, which
 she then traded for vintage jewelry, and so on.

 The only barter that stayed around was a pinball machine. But when
 you're playing with someone who's played it 1000s of times, there's no
 way you're winning...


 
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