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Remember pinball machines? I’m sure there are still some around, but nowhere nearly as many as when I was a child. The thing about pinball machines was they were a bit disreputable because some people were known to gamble on them! In this era it seems sort of quaint to worry about the nickels and dimes that probably changed hands but it was a different time and place.

Pinball machines could be found in gas stations, cafes, and bars. In my childhood memory they usually had some young males gathered around. They were at the age where they wanted to appear macho and somehow pinball machines, in t...