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BanzaiCat

Quote from: LongBlade on January 15, 2015, 12:16:14 PM
Quote from: endfire79 on January 14, 2015, 11:55:26 PM
Finally something useful



Gus spent years perfecting the ability to do that with one on his head.

What, dance like a white person with no rhythm?

airboy

Quote from: airboy on January 15, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
I'm negotiating to purchase a 1978 Bally Paragon pinball machine.

Bought the 1978 Bally Paragon machine.  If grogs visit Alabama and bring beer, they can play.

endfire79

"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

endfire79

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 16, 2015, 07:59:21 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 15, 2015, 12:16:14 PM
Quote from: endfire79 on January 14, 2015, 11:55:26 PM
Finally something useful



Gus spent years perfecting the ability to do that with one on his head.

What, dance like a white person with no rhythm?

Gents, by the horns of Beelzebub,  that contraption solves all problems Gus has encountered, and though he may unleash some corrupt & foul minded perverse dance moves, that holy beer shall remain unspilt.   Amen.
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

airboy

Quote from: airboy on January 17, 2015, 06:44:12 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 15, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
I'm negotiating to purchase a 1978 Bally Paragon pinball machine.

Bought the 1978 Bally Paragon machine.  If grogs visit Alabama and bring beer, they can play.

Pictures attached.

Barthheart

Quote from: airboy on January 17, 2015, 07:59:45 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 17, 2015, 06:44:12 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 15, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
I'm negotiating to purchase a 1978 Bally Paragon pinball machine.

Bought the 1978 Bally Paragon machine.  If grogs visit Alabama and bring beer, they can play.

Pictures attached.

Nice! What that set you back?
My gaming buddies and I bought a sit-down Tempest machine about 15 years ago that came with a replacement motherboard. It cost us about $1500.
Blew the first MB in about a year. The second is still going... but I fear it's days are numbered.  :'(

Bison

Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 14, 2015, 03:14:07 PM


I don't get it.  Why not WANT an iMac?  That looks like about a 16" screen at best and a weird shape to boot.

Silent Disapproval Robot

Amongst certain segments of society, purchasing Apple products, Volvos, and fair trade, gluten free anything just makes you a little bit better than everyone else.

airboy

Quote from: Barthheart on January 17, 2015, 10:39:56 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 17, 2015, 07:59:45 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 17, 2015, 06:44:12 PM
Quote from: airboy on January 15, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
I'm negotiating to purchase a 1978 Bally Paragon pinball machine.

Bought the 1978 Bally Paragon machine.  If grogs visit Alabama and bring beer, they can play.

Pictures attached.

Nice! What that set you back?
My gaming buddies and I bought a sit-down Tempest machine about 15 years ago that came with a replacement motherboard. It cost us about $1500.
Blew the first MB in about a year. The second is still going... but I fear it's days are numbered.  :'(

The game is in as good a shape as I have ever seen without a full restoration.  It appears that the game was in the home of a dealer or collector for decades.  It has no smoke/tar/nicotine residue - which is almost unheard of and a big concern for me.  It set me back $1,500 - which is a bit high for a Paragon machine - but it is also almost impossible to get one in this condition.

Hopefully it will last a long time - but I have located some repair people in the region prior to purchase.

My wife (without my urging - it was her idea) decided to take almost everything out of the formal dining room and turn it into a game room.  I will end up having room for several pinball machines if I choose.

GDS_Starfury

you married well sir!
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


Staggerwing

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on January 18, 2015, 02:13:12 AM
Amongst certain segments of society, purchasing Apple products, Volvos, and fair trade, gluten free anything just makes you a little bit better than everyone else.

Finally somebody here who understands us. Do you know where I can find a gluten-free Fair Trade Volvo?
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

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... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

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I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

Staggerwing

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Quote from: Bison on January 18, 2015, 01:16:11 AM

I don't get it.  Why not WANT an iMac?  That looks like about a 16" screen at best and a weird shape to boot.

It's an homage piece to the original MacIntosh:





For those of you who are interested in these things here's a timeline of the Apple computer form factor:


Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

bayonetbrant

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on January 18, 2015, 02:13:12 AM
Amongst certain segments of society, purchasing Apple products, Volvos, and fair trade, gluten free anything just makes you a little bit better than everyone else.

FWIW, while I'm a Mac computer guy, and I have a few iPods around the house, I detest the iPhone, have never owned a Volvo, only fix gluten-free when visiting the wife's uncle with an intolerance, and while far trade seems like a nice concept I've never actually found anything in a fair trade store I actually wanted (especially since I can't stand coffee).
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Staggerwing

Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

bayonetbrant

Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2015, 07:58:12 AM(especially since I can't stand coffee).
Quote from: Staggerwing on January 18, 2015, 08:11:35 AM:o

ask the guys that have seen me at a game convention - I don't need coffee to get going; I run on Diet Dr Pepper.  But I also can stand the taste of coffee.
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers