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    From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 11:57:00
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    There someone claiming to be a badass player on pinside selling his taxi and calls the flippers Paddles ?..He cant even fix a simple problem on the pin..Just seeing how many more people call them paddles? Begin a badass players or not..I've called them flippers from day 1 most manuals/schmatics call them flippers as do retail sellers..Stupid name to call a flipper imop sounds getto
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  • From alexf@pincalendar@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 13:34:15
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:57:06 PM UTC-6, lwin...@gmail.com wrote:
    There someone claiming to be a badass player on pinside selling his taxi and calls the flippers Paddles ?..He cant even fix a simple problem on the pin..Just seeing how many more people call them paddles? Begin a badass players or not..I've called them flippers from day 1 most manuals/schmatics call them flippers as do retail sellers..Stupid name to call a flipper imop sounds getto
    Pretty sure he is just putting a little comedic spin on his ad. He's been around the hobby for a long time.
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  • From Paul@pefjr@comcast.net to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, February 18, 2021 22:32:27
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On 2/17/2021 4:34 PM, alexf wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:57:06 PM UTC-6, lwin...@gmail.com wrote:
    There someone claiming to be a badass player on pinside selling his taxi and calls the flippers Paddles ?..He cant even fix a simple problem on the pin..Just seeing how many more people call them paddles? Begin a badass players or not..I've called them flippers from day 1 most manuals/schmatics call them flippers as do retail sellers..Stupid name to call a flipper imop sounds getto

    Pretty sure he is just putting a little comedic spin on his ad. He's been around the hobby for a long time.

    I dunno, I refuse to call my pinball a "table".

    How many tables you got?

    Me: let me see, dining, 2 end tables, coffee....

    Paul
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  • From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, February 21, 2021 13:13:24
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 8:32:37 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
    On 2/17/2021 4:34 PM, alexf wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:57:06 PM UTC-6, lwin...@gmail.com wrote:
    There someone claiming to be a badass player on pinside selling his taxi and calls the flippers Paddles ?..He cant even fix a simple problem on the pin..Just seeing how many more people call them paddles? Begin a badass players or not..I've called them flippers from day 1 most manuals/schmatics call them flippers as do retail sellers..Stupid name to call a flipper imop sounds getto

    Pretty sure he is just putting a little comedic spin on his ad. He's been around the hobby for a long time.

    I dunno, I refuse to call my pinball a "table".

    How many tables you got?

    Me: let me see, dining, 2 end tables, coffee....

    Paul
    shit..thats even worse than calling them flippers paddles..Table..whats next --- Synchronet 3.18a-Linux NewsLink 1.113