The demise of the arcade is a tragedy, and the near disappearance of the pinball machine manufacturers that supply them is too.
Video games suck. They have always sucked and will always suck.
Pinball rules!
Posted on 10/04/2007 1:52:15 PM PDT by Lorianne
Yes, but there will be fewer of them, and you'll order over the 'net, just like you do new (and used) books now from Amazon, B&N, etc.
I grew up in arcades during their glory days running from the early 80s through the early 90s. Shame to see ‘em go, but they’ve been effectively dead since Killer Instinct :(
As long as studios make movies available to theatres first, they will always exist. Besides, it's safer for a woman to go to the movies with a guy for a first or second date, than to be at one person's home or another to watch a DVD. Also, some things are really better when viewed by a group. Laughing out loud at a romantic comedy is always more fun with a theatre crowd!
I actually needed a payphone last week... Could not find one anywhere. I ended up asking someone if I could use their cell phone.
Ahhh, yes. I remember when Street Fighter Alpha first came out. There's nothing like having a single-file line of strangers all waiting for their turns to get whipped by me and Ryu...good times...
I never would've pegged you as an MK player!
The demise of the arcade is a tragedy, and the near disappearance of the pinball machine manufacturers that supply them is too.
Video games suck. They have always sucked and will always suck.
Pinball rules!
Newspapers will be around. As long as they still make Sunday Mornings, and as long as we are still using toilets to do number two, they’ll be making newspapers. Liberal newspapers? There will be a big shakeout.
Quite true, you can still buy a brand new buggy whip, so someone is still making them. (Although these days, some may not ever see a hind end .... of a horse that is).
Internet dating has threatened the bar as the "meet market" for all kinds of folks. I see many have converted into a 'sports bar' type of format in order to adapt to the loss.
If Hillary is elected, all Americans will be seeing such for at least four years.
Car dealerships are being supplemented by the Internet. My lady just bought a used Acura from a dealer just outside of our area by using Cars.com. She was able to compare a large number of vehicles quickly and efficiently, and find a good deal on a great vehicle. The previous owner left a deposit slip inside the center console compartment, and I was able to find the owner's phone number!
I like Used Bookstores. They are a wonderful way to spend a few hours. I still haven’t been able to find Mr. Rabbit’s (or Bunny’s) Cook and Color Book. It was a coloring book with all sorts of recipes that I got from the grocery in the late ‘70s. Stupid me let my high school’s child development class borrow it and forgot to get it back. It was never sent to me even though my name and address were inside. :(
I found my current car with the internet, but there was still all the necessity of the car dealership, I had to drive it and my mechanic had to give it the once over. There will never be a substitute for those steps, and especially on new cars I don’t see a way to get them without a dealer, I doubt the manufacturer is going to be willing to send a new car to me to test drive and give to the mechanic (hell yes new cars should go to your mechanic, some lemon indicators do stick out to the trained eye) on my own to then decide to buy or give back.
:P
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Engineering schools. They’re all peopled by South Asians now anyway.
Agree about LIBRARIES but how about TRAVEL AGENTS? They’re fading away fast too.
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