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  • I couldn't do it Spalls. I left it at the dumpsters (it wasn't a comput

    From PW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 10 21:40:24 2024
    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and
    others.

    I forget the name of it. I almost went back and got it.

    But I DID tell my local Radio Shack guy (who builds all of my
    computers) about it and offered to go get it for him but he passed and
    told me he has been down that road lots of times before.

    Real time waster things like that!

    You aren't proud of me are you Spalls? :-)

    -pw

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.co on Thu Jan 11 07:31:10 2024
    PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and others.

    I forget the name of it. I almost went back and got it.

    But I DID tell my local Radio Shack guy (who builds all of my
    computers) about it and offered to go get it for him but he passed and
    told me he has been down that road lots of times before.

    Real time waster things like that!

    You aren't proud of me are you Spalls? :-)

    -pw

    No photos? :P
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Jan 11 09:39:17 2024
    On 1/11/24 01:31, Ant wrote:
    PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and
    others.

    I forget the name of it. I almost went back and got it.

    But I DID tell my local Radio Shack guy (who builds all of my
    computers) about it and offered to go get it for him but he passed and
    told me he has been down that road lots of times before.

    Real time waster things like that!

    You aren't proud of me are you Spalls? :-)

    -pw

    No photos? :P

    I mean, they already threw it out.
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Jan 11 08:28:21 2024
    On 1/11/2024 6:54 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:40:24 -0700, PW
    <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and
    others.
    >
    There isn't a "Number" for total computers (or arcade machines) owned
    (yet) so you haven't committed a cardinal sin. Had it been a bunch of
    video games, you would have been condemned to video-game purgatory,
    forced to play and replay "E.T." through eternity.

    But as it is, just buy six new games from Steam, say three 'Praise
    Newells" and all will be forgiven. ;-)


    Honestly, I would have taken the thing just for the big red buttons.
    Who can resist a big red button?

    A clown who already has a big red nose?

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Jan 11 10:27:50 2024
    On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:54:43 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:40:24 -0700, PW
    <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and >>others.

    There isn't a "Number" for total computers (or arcade machines) owned
    (yet) so you haven't committed a cardinal sin. Had it been a bunch of
    video games, you would have been condemned to video-game purgatory,
    forced to play and replay "E.T." through eternity.

    But as it is, just buy six new games from Steam, say three 'Praise
    Newells" and all will be forgiven. ;-)


    Honestly, I would have taken the thing just for the big red buttons.
    Who can resist a big red button?


    *--

    Thanks for the rules overview and letting me know I don't have to go
    to confession over this mistake that I made :-)

    Catholic guilt never ends! :-)

    -pw

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 11 10:25:52 2024
    On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:39:17 -0600, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net>
    wrote:

    On 1/11/24 01:31, Ant wrote:
    PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and
    others.

    I forget the name of it. I almost went back and got it.

    But I DID tell my local Radio Shack guy (who builds all of my
    computers) about it and offered to go get it for him but he passed and
    told me he has been down that road lots of times before.

    Real time waster things like that!

    You aren't proud of me are you Spalls? :-)

    -pw

    No photos? :P

    I mean, they already threw it out.

    *--

    It is sitting by the side of a dumpster on the ground. We have to
    take care of our own garbage where I live.

    I will try and remember to see if it is there when I go into town
    today, and take a pcture but not sure where to post it, Maybe I will
    take it home if it is still there if I take the truck.

    -pw

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.co on Thu Jan 11 19:17:40 2024
    On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:40:24 -0700, PW
    <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

    It was an old arcade console, joystick, big red buttons.

    Outside of the box were pictures of Pac Man, Miss Pac Man, a frog, and >others.

    I forget the name of it. I almost went back and got it.

    But I DID tell my local Radio Shack guy (who builds all of my
    computers) about it and offered to go get it for him but he passed and
    told me he has been down that road lots of times before.

    Real time waster things like that!

    You aren't proud of me are you Spalls? :-)

    -pw

    *--

    I went back to the dumpsters' Poor thing's cord was hanging over the
    edge of that dumpster. Big truck with the big guy was there. He must
    have straightened up the ground before emptying all the dumpsters.

    Oh well, now I wish I grabbed it yesterday! :-)

    -pw

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Jan 12 19:53:34 2024
    On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:53:37 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:28:21 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 1/11/2024 6:54 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Honestly, I would have taken the thing just for the big red buttons.
    Who can resist a big red button?

    A clown who already has a big red nose?

    That comment just caused me to have a Left4Dead flashback. In that
    game, there were zombie-clowns, if you bopped them on the head with a
    melee weapon, their clown noses made a distinct noise (also, their
    shoes squeaked when they walked, but that's neither here nor there).


    *--

    I don't think I tried that in the many hours I played that game and
    map.

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