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so which other sad bastards are looking here on a pinball nerd forum on NYE?

cooldan

cooldan

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i had my best ever game on Space Jam today. it always happens after you take the time to fix stuff - suddenly you're scoring points for things that you always do but usually without them registering.

but i discovered a switch not working, and another, and it led me to a transistor ..... so i'm happily sitting here with a board on my kitchen table and a soldering iron and a laptop with lots of browser tabs open. also a bottle of booze on the go and some music in the background.

happy new year, pinheads. what are you all up to (apart from looking at a nerdy computer forum for an obsolete means of entertainment)?

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edit: btw, i see you, you "members" (pffft), you lurkers (what you waiting for? join up, we won't bite), you robots
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oh bolloc_ks i just found out that the thing i need to replace, that i just removed, is not in fact the simple TIP102 i anticipated, but in fact is a different animal, and i haven't got any. have you?
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I'm in my local. Normally it's good but tonight they have turned crap music on too loud. I'm writing this post while taking a **** (no music on the toilet)
 
??????????????????????//////// how many bottles have you had? it`s only 9.33 pm. happy new year dan, keep up the good work:thumbs:
 
i'm now contemplating, through a slightly drunken haze, the idea of wandering down the 80m to my garage, moving a big heavy bike, and removing the board i previously soldered a good transistor of the same type to, so i can remove it and stick it in here instead. hell the board is going off to be repaired anyway

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Yup I'm here too. Happy new year guys, this forum has been a great part of my 2015 and the guys I have met via here are all tops so cheers all of you, my fellow pinhead brethren especially @Paul and the others behind the curtain.
My eldest daughter just woke up so my missus had to hand me our crying baby whilst i was writing this...Whilst taking a dump. Happy new year!
 
already done, buddy, already done. just staggering a bit trying to plan how to get it done with least spillage

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I fixed a duff opto on ST today while the Mrs was out with the baby. Then similarly had a good game as the warp ramp optos have been going completely ape**** until now. Fingers crossed another one of the little light-emitting pricks doesn't go next.

Several single malts + strong antibiotics means I'm finished for the night now.

Merry new year.
 
try keeping that one closed and using the other one instead. a trick that has served me well for years

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In a club with younger work colleagues who don't know what a pin is but rave on about street fighter 2. Best wishes for 2016 . Predictions is alien will rock Aerosmith will save us all some money. Ghostbusters will be annoyingly average . There will be around a dozen barcades in the UK but no more . There will be big resurgence in interest in 80s games as folks discover pins can be fun without the clutter . Let the good times roll ( RG)
 
Happy New Year to all Pinheads and their suffering families.

Personally this year I'd like to double my collection (from 1to 2 pins) learn more about pinball repairs. If possible I'd like to make a start on a pin cave, that could be more likely if I end up taking up the dining room with pins. ;)
 
Happy New Year folks. Had a few beers at home to celebrate the new year, my partner is a bit poorly. So no Pin time either.
Hoping to add a few more pins in 2016.
 
I check in every day. It's a compulsion. Or an obsession, or one of those words that end in -ion!

Happy New Year!
 
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