The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => Member Services => Sales and Services => Flipper Rescue => Topic started by: Retropin on November 01, 2010, 07:53:55 PM
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Im in Melbourne this weekend on a purely pleasure visit... arrive fri night and leave Tues morning.
Im hoping to catch up with some melbourne AP members... will be teeing up with Nino and then hoping to catch a few beers in the james squire pub ( Spring Hill?)... gotta get me some of the Porter on tap... wouldnt mind visiting Child Amusements either.
Would love to meet up and have a beer with all of you...
... any takers??
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I might be in the potion to obtain a weekend leave pass (been a very good boy lately). If so, I'll sure try and catch up Gav!
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I'm available after lunch on Saturday for a few hours. I have my Daughter's second Birthday on Sunday. Will be looking forward to catching up Gav $#$
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If you are out Nino's way, then there are a few other members you could drop in on as well.
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Which pub guys?
James Squire hotel in Docklands?
Or the "James Squire Brewhouse" - Portland Hotel on the corner of Lt Collins and Russell St?
I'm obviously alcoholically challenged? !@)
As log as it's not Sat morning - I'm up for this!
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Which pub guys?
James Squire hotel in Docklands?
Or the "James Squire Brewhouse" - Portland Hotel on the corner of Lt Collins and Russell St?
I'm obviously alcoholically challenged? !@)
As log as it's not Sat morning - I'm up for this!
Oh flippin eck..... it just got complicated.
Ive only been told of its existance by my brother... GREAT fish and chips and ALL JS beers on tap... im told "Spring Hill"... LOL- i know spring hill here in brisbane but not Melb - have never been there before... i flew right over from Adelaide to Sydney some 16 years ago.
But JS BREWHOUSE seems to ring a bell...
LOL- ive also just been told that Melb is very big! and so many members could be quite a few K's away
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From memory the Brewhouse is also the one that should have some pins onsite.
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OK, they both have Brewhouse in the name, but apparently the one at Docklands is shut, so that makes it easy!
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Too easy - was about to say any pub will do!
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If you want tonmake the trip to Geelong your more than welcome to check out the man cave Gav
Only catch is Saturday arvo is the wifes 30th party starting from 3 onwards any time before that is fine and your more than welcome to the party if yor up for that or I'll be home all day Sunday and Home after 2pm Monday
If we dontnmanage to catch up enjoy your trip.
Ps. You can leave them parts with Nino and I'll collect them when he comes down with wotto %$%
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Well im here in some place called st kilda... have spares for DDsToys and some stuff for Nino.... guy screening hand luggage at airport wasnt too impressed with the Bally chime box and i was pulled aside to explain my bags contents....
.....Anyway..... orf to the market this morning... then the pub... then er Nino?????
Anyone wanting to catch up.. i have my phone on me... 0406 795 794.... and its a lovely day!!!!
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LMFAO. A chimebox would have looked very suspect to a security guard. You have done very well with the weather have. Great time and hopefully you get to catch up with Andes members
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Chimes ? Just tell the lovely people in customs it is a musical instument !
Pushed for time here, but I'm hoping to catch up after Gav's had a few in town.. <..>
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Had a ball in Melbourne.. was good to catch up with Nino and put a face to the name. For some reason i had Nino pictured as a large guy, but i couldnt have been further from the truth!
Nino picked me up from the casino, took me home and gave me free run of his pins... he had removed a wire gate from Paragon so i couldnt beat his high score and the left flipper on Break Shot had a delay in it.. once again so i couldnt beat his high score.
Despite this, i was made to feel very welcome and a big thanks to Nino, his very friendly boy and of course Mrs Nino.
Now then..... Melbourne... well yes i can see why this place should hold Expo.. its a great city and this was the frist time i had been there in the 16 years ive lived in Aus... moving about is easy and finding real good food at great prices is a real bonus!
On Sat night we went to st kilda to eat.. then i had to go into Luna Park... what a let down this place is.. the outside facade is the only good bit!.. We got absolutely ripped off taking the kids on the carousel. despite this i went into the arcade area and found 2 pins at $2 a play.
First game was on Addams family... game has been pimped out with LED's and the playfield colours look real good... problem is though that the PF flashers have been replaced with high power LEDs and every time it flashed i lost sight of my ball... so it was a very quick game and i didnt return to it. I lost all 3 balls between the flippers when the flasher went off... LEDs aint a good idea on PF flashers me thinks.
Next to it is a Stern Grand Prix... so my next $2 went into this game instead. Game has some cool features... the ball loop all round the PF is a great feature.. it speeds up with each loop and multiball is very cool with this. Typical Stern problems though.... Pf parts wobbling as i play it makes it feel kinda cheap... but worst is something that ive found on all later Stern games.. when the ball hits a staionary target the bloody ball bounces high and right over any wire guides and down the gurgler... i lost 2 out of 3 balls this way and left thinking that yes its a pinball but it just aint done quite right... such simple faults that could be ironed out easily are ignored in production... real shame.
These were the only pinballs we found.. but i will add that at Docklands is a pretty good arcade.. the kids had a ball here as did dad!
Final night was dinner on the Colonial Tram car restaurant.... this is just fantastic! 5 awesome courses in beautiful surroundings and all the wine you can drink... if any of you melbourne guys havent taken your wives on this yet then do so... its brilliant value and the food is just unreal.
Had a great time in melbourne and will be back... just loved it
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Told ya !
Melbourne is a great place to live and we don't get too fussed about the weather as we have "four seasons in one day" !
Gav forgot to mention that the Funhouse kicked his ass, the Paragon DOES need work, and I stuffed the Breakshot up the night before ^&^. Glad you enjoyed the trip and hopefully you can stay a bit longer next time $#$
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Great to hear you had a great time Gav. Weather is a bit up and down but thats the best part if you dont like the weather just wait five minutes....
Funny you say that about Nino i had pictured him as a large bloke aswell its funny the mental images we make up of people LOL
And Zac and Mrs Nino are just as nice as Nino great family for sure ^^^
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Goddam it - you guys make it out like I look like Cartman or something <.>
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No way man Cartman is cool i didnt picture you like that at all :lol: %@# $&&
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Sorry nino i couldnt resist !)# :lol:
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Funny you say that about Nino i had pictured him as a large bloke aswell its funny the mental images we make up of people LOL
Hey Daniel, I thought **everyone** was a large bloke to you? :lol
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Glad you enjoyed your trip to Melbourne - and it is the pinball capital of Australia - at least until the pinball museum is built and possibly even beyond that!
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Funny you say that about Nino i had pictured him as a large bloke aswell its funny the mental images we make up of people LOL
Hey Daniel, I thought **everyone** was a large bloke to you? :lol
%.%. Nice one Nick but only height wise lol
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Had a ball in Melbourne.. was good to catch up with Nino and put a face to the name. For some reason i had Nino
Final night was dinner on the Colonial Tram car restaurant.... this is just fantastic! 5 awesome courses in beautiful surroundings and all the wine you can drink... if any of you melbourne guys havent taken your wives on this yet then do so... its brilliant value and the food is just unreal.
I went on the tram last year, was fun! You have to keep pestering the waiters for drinks tho *)* (as they are included in the price)
Glad you had a good trip