The Welcome Wagon Thread

[Evilmonkey]

Ashyron,
I have that Family Guy Evil Monkey as a tattoo on my back...
"Everytime he got out of line mom would look at him and tell him he was acting like a monkey.  Got a sheepish look on his face and quick acting that way."
MY GOD...That is what my wife does to me...and it works too. LOL

[ashyron]

Ashyron,
I have that Family Guy Evil Monkey as a tattoo on my back...

That would be awesome to see.  I love tattoos. 

"Everytime he got out of line mom would look at him and tell him he was acting like a monkey.  Got a sheepish look on his face and quick acting that way."
MY GOD...That is what my wife does to me...and it works too. LOL

  I guess it's not just for monkeys anymore.

[Ron (r273)]

Hi Evilmonkey, looks like you already got your welcome to the site.

So I will say it one more time: WELCOME AND HAVE SOME FUN!

Ron

[fiddlefarter]

G'day I am new to NLG I live in Australia and work for Ainsworth as a bench Tech, I have been here for about 3 years and mostly I have worked on my own repairing parts for about 8000 machines. I like to tinker with many things which is why my user name is fiddlefarter, I have a trade in Electronics and Electrical, I am currently renovating a house and if I don't know something I learn it. I have one rug rat who is 11 going on 30 and I never married, maybe one day I will find a reason to do so. In Australia it is illegal to own a slot machine so I am very jealous of all the members who own them, the only time I can play with them is in my workshop, here in oz we don't have one arm bandits or reel machines any more. I am very impressed with this site all the members are very quick to respond to questions and seem to have gathered a lot of information, hopefully while I am in the states for the G2E expo I will get to meet some of you. Thankyou for the warm welcome I have received from NLG

[a69mopar]

I know we swapped posts before, but I'm not sure if I officially welcomed you before Sharron(is that it?for some reason it's in my head), so Welcome aboard! It's great to add your experience to NLG, I love how you took off running, by posting your monitor repair log the other day, I'm sure it will come in handy.  I hate it when governments make something legal for them to use, but illegal for us to have at home, kinda makes one wonder.

Thanks again,
Wayne

[jay]

I am sure we have some other Oz'ites that own machines.

Have you thought about ordering Slot from here and have it shipped to you as as "animated lamp".....

Of course the reels will spin the opposite direction than what you are used to.... 

[fiddlefarter]

I have been overwhelmed at the the way Techs help each other in the states, here is Oz they don't share anything when I started I just got told work it out for yourself. So I decided that everything I learn I will share and maybe someday our boys will wake up to themselves, that is why I love this site sooooooo much you guys are so friendly. I haven't been to the states for about 20 years so I am getting very excited planning my trip to Vegas in November, as it turns out a school friend I haven't seen for 29 years will be in Vegas at the same time so we will have a few drinks and party hard. I would be very keen to meet some of you guys while I am there and we can pick each others brains, our machines are very different and am looking forward to getting a closer look at the reel machines.  I'm sure quite a few of people in Oz do have machines but they keep it very quiet, so if you have a problem with them and can't fix them then you are stuck with a huge door stopper  At the moment I'm only working half days due to a neck injury from working in a dark workshop with no ventilation so networking and collating my info has been well overdue, here in Oz we don't work for the casinos all the repairs are done by companies which we work for and every part of the machine has a metal tag that has a bar code which lets the government know who touched the machine and why. So if you open the logic cage etc you have to cut the tag and have a good reason to do so, the government monitors everything we do, I chose not to be a field Tech as I am on my own with a 11 year old girl so I can't work weekends or nights, so working in the cave was my choice. And yes my name is Sharron, but at work I have been called many things, they don't seem to like women in the workshop it seems to be a blokes domain, tough they are stuck with me now  I will keep updating my repair notes and help where I can, and again thanks for the warm welcome boys 

[markw]

Hello everyone,

My name is Mark from Stouffville, Ontario. I've always been interested in slots. I'm a pinball, vid, redemption etc collector who would like to get into slots. I'm most interested in slots with dox matrix displays on them as well as the wms branding. If anyone knows of a Big Bang Piggy Bankin in ontario here please contact me

[tacman]

Hello Mark, welcome to NLG!  I suggest you contact member a69mopar, he is based in Canada and would probably be the best bet, and Wayne is a really nice guy as a plus!

 Dan (tacman)

[a69mopar]

Hi Mark,  and thanks Dan.  Welcome aboard! NLG is the jackpot of information on slots from every manufacturer, you're gonna' love it.

 I responded to your email and we'll have to talk some time.

Thanks,
Wayne

[StatFreak]

Welcome to nlg markw.    

I also recommend Wayne as a seller, you won't go wrong buying a slot from him. 

[stayouttadabunker]

Hey! Another canuck has join the ranks!!!



Welcome to NLG!

Wayne is the man you wanna see!!!
Look for a69mopar....I don't think he's too far from ya

[StatFreak]

...Look for a69mopar....I don't think he's too far from ya

In fact, he's just three posts up, on the left.

[stayouttadabunker]

man!...he's a lot closer than I thought....

[a69mopar]

Thanks guys,
     Mark and I had some good discussion today and Mark now has a couple slots to put in his rec room, my wife is out one slot though since I sold her Mother's day gift (gold Triple Double Stars).  I'll give her another one, just wont be a round top or gold...

Thanks,
Wayne

[stayouttadabunker]

Good Job Wayne!

You helped someone get new addiction ...uh...toys!......

[a69mopar]

my wife only ever told me to never sell her Big Bang machine, she didn't say anything about her other one......  

I off to work now, have a great day..

W

[Evilmonkey]

I just want to second Wayne's great service, I  just received my slot machine from him , that was shipped across Canada and it arrived in excellent condition and am very pleased with his service and would not hesitate to buy from him again.
You better get use to building those crates Wayne...

[CaptainHappy]

Mark,

Everyone already said what I would have said, so all that I can say is welcome again! Also HI from another MARK!

Mark
CaptainHappy

[studiopaul]

Hi Guys..
just wanted to say hello..new here today myself and are looking forward to talking to you all!

 

[Foster]

A Warm Welcome to our new members!!!

[a69mopar]

Welcome Paul,
   I know we have at least 1 other member in the Philly area.  It's good to have you aboard.

Thanks,
Wayne

[studiopaul]

Thank you.. i have started a thread..looking at my first machine..repair/rebuild...if anyone can identify the machine let me know..
Heres the link...

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=4511.new#new


Thanks again!!!

Paul

[dogwrangler]

Hi folks!

Just found this forum while browsing for slot machine information.  Wow, and here I thought I was the only one interested in slots.....  You really can find anything on the internet.  I am in California, do not have any hardware, and am just reading up on what is new (and old).  I used to work for a big computer firm designing chips, but got tired of that and now back in school.  Anyway, just wanted to say "hi" to everyone.

Cheers,
-Greg

[tjkeller]

Welcome Greg!  
You found the BEST place on the net pertaining to the subject of Slot Machines
and Home Ownership of Gaming & Arcade equipment.  

tjkeller  
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