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McMean
January 1, 2010, 9:25am Report to Moderator

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10 years
1 wife (still got 'er!)
2 kids (5 and 3)
6 cars
2 houses (Burlington and Peterborough)
2 cats (one's gone)
1 dog
3200 reports cards I wrote (approximately)
24 pins (owned, repaired, sold, etc)
about 10 vids (still have one!)

What a great decade!


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Keep groovin' to 80's pinball machines!
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Cool summary!  Me:

10 Years
1 Unusually Supportive Spouse (also still in tow, makes 21 years now)
2 amazing kids (9 and 6)
3 cars
1.1 houses (Toronto-mostly pre-1999 and Waterdown last 10 years)
1 dog (gone)
1 hamster (gone)
1 Beta fish (gone) -> it was not a good decade for pets
3 businesses (two remaining are not going gangbusters right now)
30 odd pins (owned, repaired, sold, traded, etc) - 7 in fully working order (of those 2 are at friends, 1 folded, 1 inaccessible in basement, 2 in storage) 9 others in storage and various states of repair
1 Shuffle Alley Bowler (stored)
1 shed of Halloween gear
2 sheds of Pinball Parts and Machines

regrets?
basement unfinished
no workshop outbuilding
no MAME machine
too much "stuff" and not enough house
our 32" XBR Sony Trinitron just won't die, no matter how hard I kick it AND it's too heavy to take down to the basement
...too many regrets and not enough moolah!  


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Almost done.
Admin. These guys can help
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Majour ups and major downs for me...

10 Years
1 Unsupportive wife pinball-wise but otherwise a saint! (married 5 years)
2 great kids (4 and 2)
Debt up to my eyeballs... considering a second job
6 cars
2 houses
4 dogs (1 gone)
1 business (majorly in the red due to 3 sour deals)
50-some-odd pins and a dozen vids come and gone at home and 85 I had in storage which I got rid of (all projects)
1 garage and 1 basement full of parts myself

regrets?
my debts (I am about to sell my soul... no kidding)
no good sized garage
my weight
and that's about it... I don't regret much.



Retiring soon...
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Quoted from Sparky

Debt up to my eyeballs... considering a second job
6 cars
2 houses



I think I found your problem...    

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Seriously thought, my turn...

10 Years
1 Awesome wife (married 2001)
3 amazing boys (7, 5 and 3)
6 cars, 1 SUV, 1 new engine, 1 new tranny   (...don't go there.... ! )  
1 house (bought in 2000, will be paid off by 2100 ! )  
No pets (...other than the boys !)
1 small side business (eproms) and one big career change (Nortel)
8 years since I started the "hobby" (got my first [of many...] Robotron in 2002 )
12 odd pins (owned, sold, traded, etc) - Now have 5 keepers (TZ, LOTR, TSPP, RFM, Joust)
600 :  Number of  sq/ft of the games room I hope to build for myself before the next decade  

Regrets?
Not dumping my Nortel stocks in 2001
(... I'd have my games room now if I had !  )
A few of the cars mentioned above...

Outlook :
Cautiously optimistic. It will take time to come back to salary "comfort" I had at Nortel,
but I'm no longer stuck in dead-end job, so things are promising.

I don't see much changes in my game line-up since I'm full-up
with games I all want to keep.  My only hope is as the kids grow up,
"their" play area can become "our" play area with "my" toys...  

Looking forward to the " 10's "

Happy New Year to all.

Cheers,
Steph

  


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January 1, 2010, 10:52am Report to Moderator

Elliott is god!!
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Ok so I will give this a go.

10 years

No wife
No kids
2 cats (1 gone)
2 cars (1 stolen)
1 house (bought in 2000)
Finished games room - couldn't be happier with the way it turned out
4 pins (BK, TZ, TSPP, CV) - still have 'em all
Lots of space for more pins - just ask medvet  lol
1 hot tub
1 pool table


The last decade was not too bad for me.  Looking forward for the next decade.  
Hopefully will be able to complete my wish list of pins before then.

Happy New Year everyone.


Have:
CV
SM
TSPP
TZ


Looking For:  
MM, LOTR, FG, IM
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January 1, 2010, 11:15am Report to Moderator

WTB more space!!!! anyone got some for sale?
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Hmmm, my decade had a few ups and downs,....

-1 very annoyed, but ultimately supportive wife
-3 homes (2 houses and a condo that i lost a LOT of money on)
-2 cars
-2 motorcycles (both gone... i miss my Sportster, but driving in the city sucks)
-2 cats
-1 dog (that cost a LOT of money in vet bills! but I love him!)
-got into the hobby (2000- first mame... got RAPED on a cab and used parts from TOPEC)
-Got out (moved to condo)
-Got back in (got our current house)
-7 pins, 3 keepers
-8 vids (most of which are keepers)
-finished my basement (almost)
-Changed from sales to repair dept at work  which has made me very happy (due to a MASSIVE kidney stone and not being able to stand and help customers)
-had 2 bouts of Scopic surgery and a few months with a bladder stent due to above mentioned kidneys tone (VERY bad)

Regrets???
-My weight (will everyone but Mcmean have that one?)
-Still not being a "driver" (cars scare me!)
-Not running dedicated line for heaters in the basement when i had it easy,

Overall though, a very good decade.... seems like yesterday people were wondering what to call it (the aughts, the zeros) and already its done!

Looking forward to.....
-Renovating kitchen (in the next few years)
-Major Landscaping/backyard (probably this summer)
-getting TMNT back from Sparky  
-Finishing the little bits of the basement
-Getting another Candy cab or 2.


Pins:  TMNT (visiting Sparky)
          Pinzilla (multipin project) (GOing to visit Terry!)
  
Vids:  going away... nothing but Mame is staying

Divorce Teh Suxxorz

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