SterlingRush
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Instead of making my way to the KC auction to pick up a cheap Rush the Rock, I was involved in a much bigger scheme. I took part in a 4 way pin swap on Sunday. Just under a 14 hour round trip, went to South Dakota and back. I'm not going to out anyone, but if they decide to jump in this thread, they can tell their story 
Starts out the night before, deal is finalized between myself and 3 other KLOV members, involving 5 pinball machines. I head to one member's house to pick up his DE Star Wars pin, so I can have it right when I leave the next morning. Get home that night, load my Party Zone up as well, park the truck in the garage, and call it a night.
Sunday morning comes around, I get up and start getting ready to leave, I run back inside to grab some music for the road, and my daughter and fiance' are up and moving. Turns out, my daughter wasn't feeling to hot, fiance' was getting her some medicine, all of a sudden she bolts towards the trash can. Makes it about half way, and projects this ungodly amount of vomit half way across the kitchen floor. Needless to say, I wasn't leaving like I planned. So after getting her into the shower and helping to finish cleaning up, fiance' looks at me as says"Why are you still here? You need to get going so you can get back. I've got this." I truly love that woman
Anyway, so I get on the road, and make the long trek to SD. First stop, I drop off my Party Zone pin, and pick up a Nightmare on Elm Street pin. Shoot the shit, get the $2 tour of the arcade, talk shop, ect.....and then back on the road. Next stop about 20-30 minutes away, drop off the DE Star Wars, pick up Mousin' Around & X-Files. Shoot the shit some more, pack up, and get rolling back home. Get close to home, call my almost local buddy, and drop off the Mousin' Around & the Nightmare on Elm Street pin. Head on home, unload my new X-Files pin, wheel it in the house, and call it good for the night.
Doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm still hurtin' from it, going to bed shortly after posting this. Also, please take a moment of silence, two tarps were utterly destroyed to preserve these machines. My hat goes off to them, I will never forget what they did...............
Here it is in a nutshell.
Characters A, B, C, D:
-A picks up DE Star Wars pin from B
-A loads Party Zone pin
-A delivers Party Zone pin to C
-A picks up Freddy pin from C
-A delivers DE Star Wars to D
-A picks up Mousin Around & X-Files from D
-A delivers Mousin Around & Freddy to B
-A goes home with X-Files pin from D
Hope you paid attention, there will be a test on this
The beginning:
Pit stop, where else can you get a Whopper, fuel, and gamble all in one shot? Had to do it:
The final journey home:
Starts out the night before, deal is finalized between myself and 3 other KLOV members, involving 5 pinball machines. I head to one member's house to pick up his DE Star Wars pin, so I can have it right when I leave the next morning. Get home that night, load my Party Zone up as well, park the truck in the garage, and call it a night.
Sunday morning comes around, I get up and start getting ready to leave, I run back inside to grab some music for the road, and my daughter and fiance' are up and moving. Turns out, my daughter wasn't feeling to hot, fiance' was getting her some medicine, all of a sudden she bolts towards the trash can. Makes it about half way, and projects this ungodly amount of vomit half way across the kitchen floor. Needless to say, I wasn't leaving like I planned. So after getting her into the shower and helping to finish cleaning up, fiance' looks at me as says"Why are you still here? You need to get going so you can get back. I've got this." I truly love that woman
Anyway, so I get on the road, and make the long trek to SD. First stop, I drop off my Party Zone pin, and pick up a Nightmare on Elm Street pin. Shoot the shit, get the $2 tour of the arcade, talk shop, ect.....and then back on the road. Next stop about 20-30 minutes away, drop off the DE Star Wars, pick up Mousin' Around & X-Files. Shoot the shit some more, pack up, and get rolling back home. Get close to home, call my almost local buddy, and drop off the Mousin' Around & the Nightmare on Elm Street pin. Head on home, unload my new X-Files pin, wheel it in the house, and call it good for the night.
Doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm still hurtin' from it, going to bed shortly after posting this. Also, please take a moment of silence, two tarps were utterly destroyed to preserve these machines. My hat goes off to them, I will never forget what they did...............
Here it is in a nutshell.
Characters A, B, C, D:
-A picks up DE Star Wars pin from B
-A loads Party Zone pin
-A delivers Party Zone pin to C
-A picks up Freddy pin from C
-A delivers DE Star Wars to D
-A picks up Mousin Around & X-Files from D
-A delivers Mousin Around & Freddy to B
-A goes home with X-Files pin from D
Hope you paid attention, there will be a test on this
The beginning:
Pit stop, where else can you get a Whopper, fuel, and gamble all in one shot? Had to do it:
The final journey home:
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