pindude152
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Water Treatment Operator |
| Location | Gatineau, QC, Canada |
| Introduction | Early 40 something dude who likes to collect and repair Pinball machines. I bought my first pinball machine at the age of 17. I've been collecting and repairing for over 20 years. I've been on countless road trips chasing the odd pinball machine. I've driven countless miles to fix vintage games. My favorite kind of coin operated amusement machine is called a Bingo machine. Electromechanical (EM) bingo machines were produced between the early 50's and late 70's. They are considered to be the most complex electro mechanical amusement device ever produced. I got my first bingo machine in early 2013. I take great pleasure in repairing them. I decided to start my own blog on my bingo and pinball adventures after writing a few years on various forums but became gradually disenchanted with the medium. I love to write about everything that has to do with vintage EM amusement machines, I had to find an outlet, so here goes. |
| Interests | Pinball, Electromechanical arcade machine repair, New Wave Science Fiction, Vintage Bicycles, Old movies, Nature walks, Flat water kayaking. |
| Favorite movies | The good the Bad and the Ugly, Metropolis, Dr. Strangelove, Alphaville, Welt Am Draht, Matilda, The Maltese Falcon, Spaceballs, Once upon a time in the west, Solaris (1972), The Road Warrior, Soylent Green, Fight Club, Les 12 travaux d'Astérix, The Fifth Element, Zardoz, The Final Programme (1973), The big Lebowski, Blade Runner, Escape from New York, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Favorite books | Earthworks by Brian W. Aldiss, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, L'étranger by Albert Camus, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, The works of Philip K. Dick, Counterfeit World / Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye, The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, Inter Ice Age 4 by Kobo Abe |