Buzz Kill....

Saturday morning I was mowing the lawn minding my own business, when all of a sudden I felt this sharp stabbing pain in my right leg. Down by the achilles tendon. I looked down and there was a little yellow and black wasp stinging me. It hurt, but I kept back the tears and kept on mowing. Then I felt another sharp pain on my left leg by my knee. Same little booger stung me again. Now I've had enough. I flick the thing off and it comes back and stings me again on the same leg. I smack it. It flies off and comes right back to try again. Landed on my shorts. I try to squish it between the material. Doesn't work and he flies off and lands on my leg again. I flick him to the ground and stomp as hard as I can. Sucker flies up and tries again. At this point all I can think of is "If my neighbors see this, I probably look like a little fairy dancing around". I give up and head towards the house. The mighty wasp has won this battle. I tried to figure out what pissed this little guy off. The only thing I can come up with is that I must have run over him with the mower and he didn't appreciate it. I hit the internet to find out what kind of wasp he was. Appears to have been a Yellowjacket wasp. They can attack if agitated and can sting multiple times. Lucky me.... Here is a few pics of how my legs look now:

Two stings on this leg..........................................................and one major sting on this one.

Profile pics you can find in the Post Office and the Police Station. This is now a wanted wasp!
If you see him....don't approach him. He is considered armed, dangerous, and has rage issues!

Still Working on the 2nd Arcade Bowling Machine

Finding more broken things in the game I had intended to keep. There are 2 fluorescent lights in the game that weren't working. Turns out that each one had it's own circuit for electricity and both had transformers that were fried...literally. One was charred black from the heat. I bought some cheap replacement fluorescent light fixtures, ripped them open, and stole their transformers to replace the fried ones. Ta daaaaa! Lights are now working. Replaced all the burnt out light bulbs and have come to find that the strike and spare lights are not working. Time to trace down that issue. Possibly a broken ground wire someplace. Then, the only thing left will be to wipe it down, polish the metal rails, and throw a quick coat of wax on the play field. Up for sale she will go. I will be sure to take a few pics and a quick video once all this is done.

What a conundrum....

After fixing up the bowler I've been working on for the last two months, I've come to realize that I like it better than the other one I had intended to keep. So, now I need to clean up the other one and get it ready to sell. Just fixed it's bad motor as well and am very happy to have it working. Just some minor adjustments and a little clean up and it's ready to go.

Been a great week to work on games.....

I was on call this week which kept me home most of the week and gave me the time I needed to work on the bowler game. I finally fixed a broken motor on the game and tonight I finished all the mechanical work needed to make it playable. Just need to clean the exterior and put it up on ebay. Pictures and or video will be following shortly. I also picked up a new project pinball machine.....Rocky and Bullwinkle. Once I get the bowler sold I will start working on that. Just happen to have a link to some pics of that game. Rocky and Bullwinkle Pinball Project
This game has all the characters from the original cartoon show.... Snidley Whiplash, Mr Peabody, Sherman, Dudly Do-right, Natasha, and Boris Badenov to name a few.... Pretty cool! If you wish to wax nostalgic, you can go to this website: Rocky & Bullwinkle Show It has some neat videos there too.