Greetings from a Limey Brit

[DanBradford]

hi everyone

i'm Dan, 43, married with a one year old son and a 4 year old dog

i've been a pinball owner for about 3 years, i started with the one i always wanted which was STTNG, but as anyone who ever started buying these things will know, it can never stop with one. i've sold a few but currently still own these: STTNG, R&B, AFM, MB, SS, RG, TS, BSD..... plus possibly a Freddy if the deal does through.

ever since the first TPA table from Farsight i've been an addict, buying every table to play on my iphone. i managed to get up to 4000 points but have been thwarted by a recent bug that has taken away my points and reset me to 900 or so as a different username. Gah!

hello

 

[Kolchak357]

Welcome aboard Dan. Seems you you practically own your own arcade. Won't be too long before your son is standing on a chair and beating your high scores.

 

[Timelord]

Welcome to the fun house, Dan.

I've lost my Hall of Fame points so many times on Android it's not funny, but I really don't care. The tables themselves are the big attraction for me.

See you on the main forum!

 

[Kevlar]

Welcome Dan from a fellow Brit. What a collection you have, how about taking a few pics and starting your own thread in the Real Pinball section of the forum?

 

[Heretic]

hey man

welcome to the forum

 

[Bonzo]

Welcome to the fold.

 

[DanBradford]

thanks for the welcome guys. Dylan (my son) has been playing pinball with me since he was 3 months old, in a baby sling on my belly. i enter tournaments and local leagues with him attached and it no longer raises eyebrows unless there's new people there - he loves to reach down and try to touch the flippers and the balls, and he gurgles away at the sound and light shows during multiball

you're right, i don't really mind so much about the lost scores as it's the games themselves that draw me in.

you guys in the States are lucky that you still have some remnant of a pinball culture, as it's all but dead over here, sadly - people talk about it coming back and all that, and i'd love to believe it, i really would..... most people under the age of 20 in UK have never even seen a real pinball machine, and the sad truth (as i see it) is that they most likely never will, as the arcades aren't coming back, and pubs would rather install a pool table or a fruit machine (one arm bandit but better - basically gambling) ...... so the repair tech guys are no longer around ..... and nowadays it's all sad middle aged men like me with home collections in our garages and sheds.

/sigh

anyway, thank heavens for TPA

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[Chris Dunman]

Another Brit. Fantastic... More talk of tea and scones to flummox the Americans...

Welcome Dan Dan the Pinball Man

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

Welcome to this thing of ours!

Another Brit. Fantastic... More talk of tea and scones to flummox the Americans...

We actually have a reasonable UK contingent here, so we may be less flummoxed by your talk of rashers and blowers than you think.

 

[DanBradford]

Wimbledon? jeez, we're practically neighbours, i'm in Hanwell near Ealing.
do you come to the London & SE league (next meeting on the 14th in Farnborough at *the* best collection i've ever seen)?
or to the Surrey League at Matt's place in Caterham?

did you come to the LPC at the Pipeline last month?

 

[Chris Dunman]

Wimbledon? jeez, we're practically neighbours, i'm in Hanwell near Ealing.
do you come to the London & SE league (next meeting on the 14th in Farnborough at *the* best collection i've ever seen)?
or to the Surrey League at Matt's place in Caterham?

did you come to the LPC at the Pipeline last month?

Neither league Dan I'm afraid. My email requests to the registered secretary Dawn, I think, went unanswered. Ealing I know very well

Couldn't make the LPC either. Working up north...

Shame on both counts

 

[Kevlar]

Are you guys going to Daventry in August?

 

[Chris Dunman]

Are you guys going to Daventry in August?

What's happening in Daventry Kev?

 

[DanBradford]

Dawn is a bit scatty but lovely, she probably lost the email. send me a PM and i'll make sure she gets back to you, you should definitely come along on the 14th if you can, it's a great meet.

Daventry is the biggest UK show, there will be over 100 tables there - http://www.ukpinballparty.com/

i'm definitely coming along (3rd year now for me) and no doubt some of my tables will be there as well

 

[Kevlar]

I'll be there, 1st year for me. Can't wait.

 

[Fungi]

Hi

 

[DrainoBraino]

Hi. Cool lookin dog.

 

[Kevlar]

do you come to the London & SE league (next meeting on the 14th in Farnborough at *the* best collection i've ever seen)?
or to the Surrey League at Matt's place

Just seen the list of games at the meet on the 14th, that's some collection. Is that tattyadams on YouTube?

 

[DanBradford]

Yep that's him. Nice bloke too. Best meet of the season, see you there?

 

[Kevlar]

That's a bit far for me, I'm in Newport, South Wales.