Phetishboy
Well-known member
I was out for a stroll while my daughter had swimming lessons last night. As I walked, off in the distance I thought I saw an arcade machine. That happens a lot though, and it always ends up being a gas pump or a refrigerator or something. As I got a few blocks away though, I was like, WTF, is that a Video Pinball? Sweet! Got closer and then I finally saw what I had been looking at. It was a Warlords upright. Rang the doorbell (3X) over 5 minutes, and just as I was about to leave, a middle aged gentleman answers the door. I ask about the cab and he says, oh that's been out there nearly a year. It's just an empty cab now. Pretty soon, we're looking through old dirt floor sheds packed with old computer motherboards, jukeboxes and monitors. I even spied an NBA Jam and a Super Mario Bros in a dedicated vs. cab. Now so far you're saying, "OK, I get the Pickers reference." But that's not what I meant. The part that felt most like Pickers was when I'd ask him about what he wanted to get rid of, or if he had a price in mind, he'd just look down and sorta change the subject. It's like he was afraid I might actually try to purchase something or that maybe I was casing the joint to come back and grab what I wanted in the dark of night. I kinda felt the awkward tension and was looking for an excuse to leave. So as I am in the middle of a stalling-for-time-to-come-up-with-a-make-my-escape sentence, my wife calls and says "Where the hell are you? You're son is crying and looking for you." Needless to say I had to abruptly end the 'pick' and go play with my boy. Weird night.

