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So I'm near completion of my Road Show shop-out. I'm just messing
around with some minor cosmetic things on the game just to give it
that last little finished look. I have the game in my work room and I
figure that instead of wheeling the game out into my game room to
start enjoying it, instead I'll throw a little extra time into it and
pretty up the cabinet and legs. So I recieve some special RS blue
paint yesterday from one of the pinball vendors and it looks really
good so I decide to spruce up the legs on the game. Now, they're not
in terrible shape, but they could definitely use a makeover. I decide
to take the easy way out and clean and paint the legs ON the game.
Seems like a decent plan to me as the game is a widebody and ungodly
heavy and I'm by myself without a pinball lift or any real easy
alternative to lift the game up and take the legs off. Yeah, I know I
can stand it up and do it, but again, I'm by myself and really don't
want an accident to happen. So I set off to clean the first leg. I
get it all prepped and decide to hold off on cleaning the other three
legs because I really want to see what this paint looks like on a
leg. I get the first leg all finished and it looks pretty amazing.
Its late though so I decide to call it a night and finish up today.
So today I'm going to finish what I started last night. I look over
last night's work and it looks great, although the paint is still
tacky. I find that odd, but I'm guessing that the paint must be an
oil based enamel and hopefully it will dry in a reasonable amount of
time over the next couple days. I dive into the other three legs
enjoying the quiet of my workroom as the kids are gone and the wife is
at work. You all know what I mean! So I'm on the last leg and need
some fresh paper towels to clean it down with so I get up and start to
walk around the machine to get the paper towels. Now keep in mind
that I'm wearing shorts...I get half way around the game and feel what
can only be described as having a handful of pubic hair ripped off of
my nuts...I immediately scream out KELLY CLARKSON! Just like the
movie line from the fourty year old virgin, and look down to see a
large patch of my leg hair sticking to the freshly painted leg of my
machine. A small tear runs down my 43 year old cheek, not because it
hurt like childbirth, but because I know have to spend the next hour
with tweezers plucking the human hair off of my once pefect pinball
leg.
I should have just pushed it out into the gameroom last night and
played it.
SIDE NOTE...hug your wife if she waxes anything...legs, lips, floors,
or other!
Just go to the kitchen and fry some bacon while in the "buff"
I can guarantee you will forget about your current problems.
Besides. Mr. Murphy has a habit of being right all the time.
