Small break for Stal

My shoulder surgery went well. My arm is a bit weak and the shoulder very tender so typing is still a bit difficult. I won't be posting as much for a while until the shoulder starts to get a bit stronger. Got some neat pics of my shoulder from the doctor as he was performing the surgery. I will post those shortly. Thanks to everyone that checked up on me after my surgery!

.....More snow.....

Mother nature is toying with us! Once again as the weather was getting nicer (40-60 degrees) and the snow had melted off, we get another 3-5 inches last night. I am so ready for the warmer weather!

Well, good news and bad news... Good news is that I am taking off work all next week. Bad news is that I am getting shoulder surgery in order to do it. I'll be laid up most of the week recovering. Yup...life is good.

Just when spring was in sight.....

Mother Nature decided to remind us that winter is not quite over yet and dumped around 6 inches of snow today. Two days ago it was 60 degrees and all snow was gone. Typical Nebraska weather... if you don't like it...wait a day or two.

For once, the weather forcasters got this one correct and were calling for this a couple of days ago. Rare occurrence when they are right.

Summer Project

I have this in storage but will most likely drag it out and restore it come summertime. (Not the woman....the game! How about that hairdo and outfit?) It's an old electromechanical game that is a lot of fun when working! I believe it was made in 1976. I also have a lead on an old electromechanical shooter game... another project for when I get bored.

UPDATED W/PICS Just when you are about ready to give up hope.....

SALVATION!! I found a way to repair the Midway Sea Wolf game board (mentioned in my previous post). I have done so much to this board that I really don't know what the fix was. Just very glad to be done with it. I am going to let it run for a day or so to make sure it stays working. Then my friend will either come over this weekend or next to pick it up and take it home. Game is a little dusty but will clean up nice. This is a very fun and addictive game!

Sometimes fixing arcade games is a pain in the......

I have been working on a game called Sea Wolf. Very fun old game from the mid 70's. Very fun...when it works. A friend of mine wanted one pretty bad. I found one for him -non working- and said I'm sure I can fix it. Well, after about 4 weeks, I finally got it working. Then two days after that, it quit. I have been going crazy trying to figure out what happened. Problem is that it is very old and the documentation on it stinks. Very poor documentation. Been about 2 months now. I'm about ready to light fire to it. My friend thinks I should take pictures of it so he can remember what it looks like. I'll keep trying for a bit longer. Here is a link to see what the game looks like. See if you can remember ever playing this old classic. Midway's Sea Wolf

While in Florida.....

We drove down to Cape Canaveral and visited the Kennedy Space Center.













Pictured is Chris in front of the famous Apollo and Alfa spacecraft.