feeding others addictions

natey_boy

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I have helped feed my best pal (we will cal him X until he speaks up)'s addidtion to this hobby quite nicely and thought i would share my unique story.... A while ago back in 06 I moved up here from Montana/Nevada, and shipped most all of my things up here....

Had a couple of arcade pcb's and a cp and was unsure what to do with them so decided to list them on craigslist (which I had heard about the week before) and one man responded... X. he called and said he wanted them so he came over to purchase them. After talking a while he said he had 4 games in his collection but wanted more....

Well about 5 months later I found two more games for him and I to add. A track and field and a converted space duel that someone turned into neogeo 1 slot. both long since gone.... A few months later 6 more machines popped up for sale cheap and I talked him into calling.... Be saw he bought, he conqured (with me by his side every step of the way).... Well then came word from a bar i was working at about a vending wearhouse trashing some cabinets.... We walked away with 14 new games including a dedicated 25" neo geo 4 slot, 2 pole positions, 1943, blasteroids, roadblasters, and a ms pacman cocktail. Almost left with a jukebox too but thank god we didnt! However did leave with a color xy monitor.....

Well about 5 weeks after that another deal came along and we wound up with some more huge machines... a police 911 (gave away), crazy taxi sit down (sold), time crisis 3 (sold), initial d3 (gone), and a vapor trx (non working and was parted out)..... Well that added to the already crowded garage he had and it was vso hard to move anything to even do repairs that his wife decided I wasnt his friend lmfao..... (just kiddin x however she did get a little peeved that I kept tryin to get you to aquire more games)....

Anyhow here it is 2010 and he and I are still learning to work on our stuff and also still gettin games... Not many games to be found in alaska but when I do find them I call him first.....

Well a rather unique story none the less, because, i didnt think i would meet a guy whom i consider an all around stand up guy/best friend over craigslist lol..... So whats in store next for me and X ?? Well, I am still hoping for the grail find of a lifetime.... I do believe that most games that came to alaska were to heavy and costly to be shipped back to the lower 48 so im waitin for that day to come!!!

Also to X your an awesome friend and I want to thank you for allowing me into your home and helping me keep my mind off of my mom and dads death.. Means a lot to me bud!!

p.s. to X's wife.... I swear one day I will stop telling him about games for sale in the area lol
 
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