6 pinball machines, 5 credit dots, 13 error messages.
A van arrives, a man clutching a bag of well-used tools approaches. I nervously hand him a list of faults on a sheet of A4 paper. he stares at it for a few seconds, demands a cup of coffee, white, no sugar, then opens the tool bag.
I decide to retreat to the safety of my kitchen as he throws himself at the line-up of broken machines.
In a flurry of blown fuses, broken wires, suspect soldering and moody replacement parts he moves from one machine to the next, eliminating error after error. Smoke swirls from his soldering iron and machines spring to life minus the dreaded ding-ding-ding.
He stands back and nods. The smoke clears. 6 machines, no credit dots, no errors. I thrust some cash into his hand and he disappears back into the rain.
Andy Netherwood was his name, and he's the best!
A van arrives, a man clutching a bag of well-used tools approaches. I nervously hand him a list of faults on a sheet of A4 paper. he stares at it for a few seconds, demands a cup of coffee, white, no sugar, then opens the tool bag.
I decide to retreat to the safety of my kitchen as he throws himself at the line-up of broken machines.
In a flurry of blown fuses, broken wires, suspect soldering and moody replacement parts he moves from one machine to the next, eliminating error after error. Smoke swirls from his soldering iron and machines spring to life minus the dreaded ding-ding-ding.
He stands back and nods. The smoke clears. 6 machines, no credit dots, no errors. I thrust some cash into his hand and he disappears back into the rain.
Andy Netherwood was his name, and he's the best!
