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[01PyTypeR#1140]

I'm happy to hear you guys had a great time, I'll be sure not to miss the next one. I went to a mini mini mini meet today. I met Frank A and his wife today and got to see his Awsome Game Room with my own eyes, too bad it wasn't also with my own ears I'm still deaf. Frank A is a great guy and I dont have the words to describe how awsome his Gameroom is. My Wife was like a little girl in a candy store. Anyway Frank traded me and my Wife A couple of Pachislos (Betty Boop & Sindbad Adventure) for our Pachinkos (Julie, Casinoking & Spiderman Neo). I thought these three pachinkos were great, but after playing them for a week, we both agreed that we prefer Pachislos over Pachinkos and since they were a gift for her she decided to trade them for the two Pachislos. I think we made the right choice both Betty Boop and Sindbad Adventure are awsome machines, greater gameplay over the Pachinkos we traded. I guess you could say we went over to the Darkside and in the end it sucked for us. Frank A thanks again for the great trade and for inviting us to your lovely home and Game Room.

[METZ]

I'm happy to hear you guys had a great time, I'll be sure not to miss the next one. I went to a mini mini mini meet today. I met Frank A and his wife today and got to see his Awsome Game Room with my own eyes, too bad it wasn't also with my own ears I'm still deaf. Frank A is a great guy and I dont have the words to describe how awsome his Gameroom is. My Wife was like a little girl in a candy store. Anyway Frank traded me and my Wife A couple of Pachislos (Betty Boop & Sindbad Adventure) for our Pachinkos (Julie, Casinoking & Spiderman Neo). I thought these three pachinkos were great, but after playing them for a week, we both agreed that we prefer Pachislos over Pachinkos and since they were a gift for her she decided to trade them for the two Pachislos. I think we made the right choice both Betty Boop and Sindbad Adventure are awsome machines, greater gameplay over the Pachinkos we traded. I guess you could say we went over to the Darkside and in the end it sucked for us. Frank A thanks again for the great trade and for inviting us to your lovely home and Game Room.

is that why you lost your hearing
no volume controls?

[01PyTypeR#1140]

is that why you lost your hearing
no volume controls?

LOL! No I lost my hearing right after I got over the flue for the third time this year. I really need to get my hands on a flue shot this year. Maybe I need a State job, because my wife gets it.

[H20Dreams]

Wow, you got rid of some nice pachinko machines

[01PyTypeR#1140]

Wow, you got rid of some nice pachinko machines

Exactly! We jumped in and purchased some of the best Pachinkos out there, I mean come on Julie, Casinoking, Spiderman Neo. At first they were awsome then we played, played and played hit all types of fevers and sadly they didn't do it for us. If you ask us I'm sorry to say Pachinkos are boring compared to Pachislos. In the end we ended up just not liking them over Pachislos. We are very happy with the trade. Thanks to Frank A for coming through for us. And I'm sure he's happy with his new Pachinkos. What ever floats your boat.

[johntofva]

My wife and I arrived home about 50 minutes ago. We both had a wonderful time. Dawn has a beautiful home and is a wonderful hostess. And I know, we all thank you for your generosity.


PS.......The highlight was Dawn doing the twist for us.

[dattia]

..... It was wonderful to meet you and Kathy. Thank you so much for joining us

[keesterdog]

Thanks Dawn
and everyone else for making my day. It was great to meet so many nice people. Like I said when the cameras where going ----as a group we almost look like normal people.
And while I'm handing out thanks, Thank You Eagles for not spoiling a great day.

[dattia]

Hmmm.....looks like I forgot a "thanks" or two....Thanks to Logicprobe for installing volume controls on my Julie...now I can play it again A special "Thank You" to Tulsa...for not coming...no really, I sent him a message to thank him for this site. I told him he would have been proud to see "virtual" strangers get along like dear old friends.

[logicprobe]

What a great time!
(Members... DO THIS!!! You won't regret it!!!)

A huge THANK YOU to Dawn, Alex, and their lovely children (and Doogie) for sharing their home with us. I can't even begin to express my appreciation to this fine family!

I got home around 10PM or so... and finally getting a chance to check in.

Good to see everyone letting each other know that we're home safely.
(It was that kind of a group... like we'd known each other for a long, long time... awesome!)

Dawn, I was more than happy to tame Julie's sound for you. That machine is a BLAST!!! I was just glad to get the chance to play it... so no charge.

To everyone else that was there... what can I say?
Other than, "Let's do it again!!! SOON!!!"
(Besides, I need a re-match on that butt-kickin' I got in 8-ball)

[dattia]

Yes John...I SO enjoyed our game of billiards I especially enjoyed the part where I sunk the 8-ball in the corner pocket... What now? SMACK!

[logicprobe]

I knew I'd been had long before that... but that 8-ball shot just iced the cake.

What was that, like a triple bank called and sunk?!?!?
It all happened so fast! I don't remember!!!

Dang... I need more practice!

[dattia]

Wow...I'm proud of you LP, I thought for sure you were gonna say you LET me win

[slotter]

He did let you win... he told me he did, Dawn...

[logicprobe]

He did let you win... he told me he did, Dawn...

No, no... she beat me fair and square, Don.
(More like she opened a can of whoop-ass on me!)

At least Alex thumped her in the next game, so he saved the day for the men.

[dattia]

Oh, now you're starting trouble

[slotter]

[Tony Junior]

WOW, what a great time! What a beautiful home you have Dawn, and you
and Alex were fantastic as host and hostess! The food, the games, but
most especially the people! What an honor it was for me to meet every
one of who made it there.

We only got lost a few times on the way there, thanks to mapquest.

The directions it gave us had us running all over strange backroads and
WAY out of the way. But we finally made it to the diner where we were
greeted and treated by Alex to a super breakfast and fine company. He
then lead us the short distance to their beautiful home where Dawn met
us and took us downstairs to the game rooms. Yes, rooms! (More on that later.)

I got to meet Doug and his wife Holly and beautiful daughter from Ohio, Johntofva and his wife Kathy from Virginia. Chrisdice and his son Billy from Delaware, Logicprobe, and Keesterdog. Of course Alex and Dawn's three beautiful children, Andy and the two daughters whose names I cannot remember...shame on me!

After meeting everyone, I dug out the video camera and LP demonstrated the proper method to clean a pachinko, Dawn's beautiful Julie. Hot dog, another 'how to' video to post when I get back to Arkansas.

I started feeling a little punk, I guess from all the excitement, but after a short while that passed.

Chrisdice brought two pachinkos, a Back To The Future and a Bunny Girl for all of us to enjoy. He also brought a tall stack of coin/token cups from Harrington Raceway Midway Slots which he gave to us. Thank you Chris!

I think everyone brought a camera, because flashes were going off everywhere! I'm going to try to download them onto Willie's computer and post some of them today. But like I said, the video will have to wait until I get back to Arkansas. I am so anxious to see all the pictures everyone took.

All in all it was a great, fantastic, fun adventure that I will remember always!

Thank you Dawn, Alex, and all whom I had the pleasure to meet!

Oh, when and where is the next mini-convention!?

[devospeed]

I'm glad to hear everyone had a great time, its nice being around people with the same interests.

[Chris]

Glad you all had such a great time & that you all got home safely.