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mrmikeman wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2026 11:56 am
Fifty wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2026 10:55 am Sounds like you drove through Quebec. I drove from Miramichi, NB to Kanata yesterday. It took 8 hours to get through Quebec and I swear it rained for 9 hours.
Yes. What a shit drive. And traffic. And construction/road closures. Layer all that with the typical Quebec morons at the wheel and you get a lot of suckage. Ugggh.
Ya, I dealt with the same. Levis is and always will be a joke. Whatever construction firm has that contract is set for life. Entering into Quebec and Montreal is terrible too. Quebec and Montreal both have ring roads, but traffic is still ridiculous. I know traffic in Ottawa is shit too, but at least the reason is because you have to drive through the city. Quebec and Montreal you are just grazing the sides of them and you still have to deal with bumper to bumper bullshit.

I had one truck driver decide he owned the road as we entered a construction area. The lanes merged, but we hadn't gotten to the merge bit yet but he took it upon himself to block everyone from passing and decided to just drive on the center line. The problem being that I was already along side him on his right, so as he coasted over to the middle of the road he edged me towards the gravel shoulder. I accelerated past him which ended up with my wife screaming at me. Me braking would have stopped us and we would've ended up with the back of his trailer hitting the side of our little SUV. Explaining to my wife that accelerating was the best option didn't go over well.

But ya, people are idiots.

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You know what's better than shitty traffic? NEW PINBALL DAY! woooo congrats on the EJ LE
I have heard so many good things about that machine and I don't "get it" yet because it seems like such a simple layout, but I am willing to be open! 🙂
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Definitely a fast flowy game!
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mrmikeman wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2026 11:56 am . Layer all that with the typical Quebec morons at the wheel and you get a lot of suckage. Ugggh.
c'est les vacances ... donc c'est les visiteurs de l'étranger, et de l'Ontario que tu as vu
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Mrhide wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:43 am
mrmikeman wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2026 11:56 am . Layer all that with the typical Quebec morons at the wheel and you get a lot of suckage. Ugggh.
c'est les vacances ... donc c'est les visiteurs de l'étranger, et de l'Ontario que tu as vu
Ya, the trucker I described was from NB.

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Guy in Ottawa transporting some games on legs. I’m just window staring while waiting for my wife to get a tattoo. Saw that. Had a chuckle.
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mrmikeman wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:43 pm Guy in Ottawa transporting some games on legs. I’m just window staring while waiting for my wife to get a tattoo. Saw that. Had a chuckle.
Well... by looking at his truck bed, it looks pretty good/solid. then noticing the titles, I have a chuckle that rather waiting doing nothing, you could have crossed the street and played the machines at the Lowertown Brewery, where Jaws/TMNT was located....

just sayin'... ;)
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frosken wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:35 pm
mrmikeman wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:43 pm Guy in Ottawa transporting some games on legs. I’m just window staring while waiting for my wife to get a tattoo. Saw that. Had a chuckle.
Well... by looking at his truck bed, it looks pretty good/solid. then noticing the titles, I have a chuckle that rather waiting doing nothing, you could have crossed the street and played the machines at the Lowertown Brewery, where Jaws/TMNT was located....

just sayin'... ;)
They were getting hauled in when we left. So no. I couldn’t have played them.
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Geoff Parr??
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mrmikeman wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 3:12 pm
frosken wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:35 pm
mrmikeman wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:43 pm Guy in Ottawa transporting some games on legs. I’m just window staring while waiting for my wife to get a tattoo. Saw that. Had a chuckle.
Well... by looking at his truck bed, it looks pretty good/solid. then noticing the titles, I have a chuckle that rather waiting doing nothing, you could have crossed the street and played the machines at the Lowertown Brewery, where Jaws/TMNT was located....

just sayin'... ;)
They were getting hauled in when we left. So no. I couldn’t have played them.
...err...they have 7 machines at that spot. minus these 2 = 5 available ;)
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I played TMNT and Jaws at Lowertown tonight. Jaws is so good, somehow managed 340 mil before I left.
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Well, I was in Amsterdam and Brussels this last week, and I did find some pinballs in the wild, mind you, not by actively looking.

Found these in a local fun center in Brussels:
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But the coolest one I found by pure luck was a MINT Bally Spectrum in a local bar in Amsterdam. The owner saw me looking it over and came to chat. I told him I owned one and been around pinball for 25 years. He got all excited and asked me to take a look at his game, as it wasn't starting a game. 4 minutes in and I found a loose connector. Marie and I got free drinks! Lol
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I absolutely love that you found a spectrum in Amsterdam, fixed it, and then were rewarded with beer.
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Sparky wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 7:56 pm Well, I was in Amsterdam and Brussels this last week, and I did find some pinballs in the wild, mind you, not by actively looking.

Found these in a local fun center in Brussels:
20260805_145125.jpg

But the coolest one I found by pure luck was a MINT Bally Spectrum in a local bar in Amsterdam. The owner saw me looking it over and came to chat. I told him I owned one and been around pinball for 25 years. He got all excited and asked me to take a look at his game, as it wasn't starting a game. 4 minutes in and I found a loose connector. Marie and I got free drinks! Lol
Free drinks in Amsterdam can be great. One thing leads to another and then another. Heineken goes down so quickly I've gotten into trouble

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released a Pinball 101 flyer to help hook new players at freeplay arcades viewtopic.php?t=29387
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Did my own version of a k6100 vector monitor low voltage replacement module.
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