These pictures make my teeth itch

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

And...a little known fact that you can operate the lower flippers on the Addams Family pinball without moving the upper. Again, I don't know why you'd ever want to do that, or why I've shared

[DodgyGeezer]

[V8 Animal]

DodgyGeezer said:

Double garage looks spot on when you blink.

[mko9]

V8 Animal said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Double garage looks spot on when you blink.

I think it is OK because the surface area of the two doors is the same...

[C n C]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

And...a little known fact that you can operate the lower flippers on the Addams Family pinball without moving the upper. Again, I don't know why you'd ever want to do that, or why I've shared

You can do this on many pinball machines.

It's actually a thing, and is called "flipper staging", or "stage flipping".

If you get really good at it, you can trap, or cradle balls on the lower flippers in a multiball, holding them up by maintaining just enough pressure to keep the lower flippers raised. You can then independently operate the upper flipper(s) by slightly increasing and decreasing the pressure on the flipper buttons, but not releasing them far enough for the lower flippers to drop, thus keeping the cradled balls secure on the lower flippers.

This allows you to progress hitting shots with another ball in the multiball, whilst keeping 1 or more balls "safe".

Here's a vid of someone doing this in a multiball on "Tron"

.. and one of a guy explaining the technique on "Star Trek", "The Shadow", and "Swords of Fury" pinball machines.



ETA: Maybe more suited to the "things you always wanted to know" thread, although maybe you didn't always want to know this!

Edited by C n C on Wednesday 19th April 19:41

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

That's some control!

[bristolbaron]

Brilliant!

https://twitter.com/machlnegrrl/status/16498070141...

[jimmytheone]

This goes beyond itching

[wpa1975]

jimmytheone said:

This goes beyond itching

WTF

[drmotorsport]

jimmytheone said:

This goes beyond itching

That's genius! Hideous WTF, but genius all the same.

[Buzz84]

jimmytheone said:

This goes beyond itching

I recon that omeone got their W and H the wrong way round, but only discovered it when the old window/door had been disposed of.
Only option was to fit it it like that or have an unsecure, non weathertight house!

[98elise]

Buzz84 said:

jimmytheone said:

This goes beyond itching

I recon that omeone got their W and H the wrong way round, but only discovered it when the old window/door had been disposed of.
Only option was to fit it it like that or have an unsecure, non weathertight house!

This. A mate had it with double glazing. One window was wrong so they fitted it sideways until a replacement was made. W and H were close so not easy to spot they had been transposed.

[DodgyGeezer]

[LordGrover]

^^Nowt wrong there; would've loved that as kid (except for maybe the lights, but probs just angle taken).

[Piersman2]

LordGrover said:

^^Nowt wrong there; would've loved that as kid (except for maybe the lights, but probs just angle taken).

Yes, but is it a room for more than 1 Oscar, or is there an apostrophe missing which would indicate that the room belongs to Oscar?

[LordGrover]

Ah, missed that.

[ajprice]

Piersman2 said:

LordGrover said:

^^Nowt wrong there; would've loved that as kid (except for maybe the lights, but probs just angle taken).

Yes, but is it a room for more than 1 Oscar, or is there an apostrophe missing which would indicate that the room belongs to Oscar?

Nothing a bit more black paint can't fix

[DodgyGeezer]

Piersman2 said:

LordGrover said:

^^Nowt wrong there; would've loved that as kid (except for maybe the lights, but probs just angle taken).

Yes, but is it a room for more than 1 Oscar, or is there an apostrophe missing which would indicate that the room belongs to Oscar?

You got it, massively itchy

[21st Century Man]

[swanseaboydan]

I thought it was acceptable to omit apostrophes when wrong in capitals ?