07-22-2023, 05:21 PM
One of my best, and oldest buddies, grew up the son of a garage/gas station (Flying A, Tide Water, Tidewater, Phillips thru the years) owner, so he's had an inbred love of old cars that he has continually dabbled with/at over the years. Somewhere during his formative years, he fell into a greater love of jukeboxes, and he has had a few jukebox finds along the lines of what Will has provided us.
I don't know if any have evoked/provoked comments like Will quoted from his arcade board, but evidently in the world of jukeboxes there are some holy grails of various orders of magnitude. Well, about twenty years ago, he had stumbled into a killer find of one of the mid-high level holy grails that he had patiently been restoring...... when, of course, while road-tripping w/ his lovely wife (after ~30 years of marriage), they see another holy grail that's like three steps above his nearly finished project.
His wife puts up w/ his jukebox "habit", up to a point, and the way he tells it, finding the better holy grail was like three steps beyond her earthly tolerance. The ensuing goings ons, as he relayed them to be, woulda made a good multi-part dramedy TV mini-series.
I mean, like what'd'ya do if your hall pass is Charlize Theron, and Jessica Chastain comes up to and propositions you in front of your wife while you're out to an otherwise romantic dinner at a favorite restaurant? Immediately negotiate a hall pass modification? Get Jess's number surreptitiously and call her ASAP later? Life is full of fun conundrums. Thanks for dredging up this one, Will.
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I don't know if any have evoked/provoked comments like Will quoted from his arcade board, but evidently in the world of jukeboxes there are some holy grails of various orders of magnitude. Well, about twenty years ago, he had stumbled into a killer find of one of the mid-high level holy grails that he had patiently been restoring...... when, of course, while road-tripping w/ his lovely wife (after ~30 years of marriage), they see another holy grail that's like three steps above his nearly finished project.
His wife puts up w/ his jukebox "habit", up to a point, and the way he tells it, finding the better holy grail was like three steps beyond her earthly tolerance. The ensuing goings ons, as he relayed them to be, woulda made a good multi-part dramedy TV mini-series.
I mean, like what'd'ya do if your hall pass is Charlize Theron, and Jessica Chastain comes up to and propositions you in front of your wife while you're out to an otherwise romantic dinner at a favorite restaurant? Immediately negotiate a hall pass modification? Get Jess's number surreptitiously and call her ASAP later? Life is full of fun conundrums. Thanks for dredging up this one, Will.
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