Sunday mornings I would open Abe Kauffman`s CASINO ROYALE arcade on St.Catherine a few storefronts west of Bleury street for a 15 hour shift of pushing quarters. Read more...

We sometimes say that "a picture is worth a thousand words", well maybe that a picture accompanied by a few hundred words can be even more informative. The right words with an image as a reference will often provide more insight into a context than one or the other alone. Read more...

I bought my first pin game in 1978 at the ripe old age of 13. It was a Williams Liberty Bell from Toronto Coin Machine for 650 Canadian dollars. One of the first things a 13 year old first time pinball owner does is search every square inch of the machine from top to bottom simply out of curiosity and of course fascination. Read more...

The outlook for the week-end was positive. It started taking shape on Thursday afternoon during a particularly productive day at my “square job” in what is left of the Canadian coin operated amusement machine industry. Read more...

It was cold yet sunny this morning in Montreal, and after a day away from work yesterday, I was looking forward to a new day on the road doing pinball repairs - i.e. my work on my terms. Read more...

Heartburn, damn heartburn. I hope somebody got this pinball table and saved it, save the table from its' fate. I certainly couldn`t bear to use it as what it was proposed to me as. Read more...

Sometimes I feel like I am 27, but lately I been feeling closer to 67. So when I am lucky enough to feel my real age, (51) I make the fierce resolution to live that properly. Read more...

After work today I headed off to Mountain Sights road, off Jean-Talon just east of Decaire. There, adjacent to the Montreal SPCA lay my next service call, near car washes, cell phone providers, body shops and clothing liquidation depots. I have been to some odd places in my time to fix pinballs and so I am pretty comfortable with all sorts of off the wall situations, but this one still managed to take a chunk out of the service call cake. Read more...

I get two messages on my business line, about 5 minutes apart from the same guy inquiring about a pinball repair he wants done. My policy is to try and call everyone back as soon as I can, when they sound serious, so I did. Read more...

What becomes difficult when one is busy is finding the time to look at the details that make up the bigger picture. If you enjoy details, pictures and stories as much as I do, then you are usually willing to sacrifice a bit more sleep to pursue the ever changing truth. Read more...

I learned a long time ago that in line bingo machine players are a special breed. They are sharp, calculating, and you won`t easily convince them of something that they already have an opinion about. Read more...

Sunday mornings I would open Abe Kauffman`s CASINO ROYALE arcade on St.Catherine a few storefronts west of Bleury street for a 15 hour shift of pushing quarters. Read more...

We sometimes say that "a picture is worth a thousand words", well maybe that a picture accompanied by a few hundred words can be even more informative. The right words with an image as a reference will often provide more insight into a context than one or the other alone. Read more...

I bought my first pin game in 1978 at the ripe old age of 13. It was a Williams Liberty Bell from Toronto Coin Machine for 650 Canadian dollars. One of the first things a 13 year old first time pinball owner does is search every square inch of the machine from top to bottom simply out of curiosity and of course fascination. Read more...

The outlook for the week-end was positive. It started taking shape on Thursday afternoon during a particularly productive day at my “square job” in what is left of the Canadian coin operated amusement machine industry. Read more...

It was cold yet sunny this morning in Montreal, and after a day away from work yesterday, I was looking forward to a new day on the road doing pinball repairs - i.e. my work on my terms. Read more...

Heartburn, damn heartburn. I hope somebody got this pinball table and saved it, save the table from its' fate. I certainly couldn`t bear to use it as what it was proposed to me as. Read more...

Sometimes I feel like I am 27, but lately I been feeling closer to 67. So when I am lucky enough to feel my real age, (51) I make the fierce resolution to live that properly. Read more...

After work today I headed off to Mountain Sights road, off Jean-Talon just east of Decaire. There, adjacent to the Montreal SPCA lay my next service call, near car washes, cell phone providers, body shops and clothing liquidation depots. I have been to some odd places in my time to fix pinballs and so I am pretty comfortable with all sorts of off the wall situations, but this one still managed to take a chunk out of the service call cake. Read more...

I get two messages on my business line, about 5 minutes apart from the same guy inquiring about a pinball repair he wants done. My policy is to try and call everyone back as soon as I can, when they sound serious, so I did. Read more...

What becomes difficult when one is busy is finding the time to look at the details that make up the bigger picture. If you enjoy details, pictures and stories as much as I do, then you are usually willing to sacrifice a bit more sleep to pursue the ever changing truth. Read more...

I learned a long time ago that in line bingo machine players are a special breed. They are sharp, calculating, and you won`t easily convince them of something that they already have an opinion about. Read more...