Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 8hIt's 2026 - why the hell are people still thinking it's cool to microwave seafood bisque at work? Especially when someone in the office has a shellfish allergy. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well it resets the Hunter's Guild quest progress if you quit to save. So at least equipment and stats save, but the dungeon resets and re-randomizes. The Cave is a grind for a Ranger early on in PSO. 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nothing like getting to the bottom of a 3 hour quest and having the game crash. 210
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yay, I found a good deal on another Miru Tights bunny tapestry. I should have bought all three years ago when they were everywhere. 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026With both copies I had of that release the disc plastic cracked and shattered around the center on the upper layer. Sitting in the case on the shelf. That insert was just bizarre- no one was buying Little Nemo for a kid at that time. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm torn... Do I go with "How's that different from any other day since you never enforce fares?" or "The only people who are ever hassled for fares are those who look like they're going to work." or "That's if the vehicle even arrives." 010
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A bit of game flow - chance sign into a Reg Bonus. Reel harmonics are kinda loud but in line with a Takasago machine from 1998. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This game has a "sunset mode" that acts as a chance sign. The fluorescent tube over the reels shuts off and three wedge bulbs with rubber covers turn on, illuminating the reels with a soft amber light. It's a pretty cool effect for being so simple. Then when you hit, the tube turns back on. 040
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Done! Although this damn machine tried to kill me this morning when it toppled over onto my head... 110
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026With the exception of the lock bar and hinge, everything is cleaned, serviced, and back on the door... What an undertaking this machine has been. 030
Reposted by DaveAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 04/09/2026As you get ready for Labor Day weekend, remember to thank a union. 2025791
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The guy I bought it from said he got it like 10 years ago. I thought they were older than that and kept getting reused until they modernized a few years ago, but from what he said he got it from a friend who was on staff who had a bunch of them and gave this one to him. 010
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's in great shape, very heavy gauge vinyl. Pretty clean too. 130
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Yeah, I happened to see it almost immediately last night and went for it. Picked up right after work today. Glad the seller was rad and kept me at the front of the line. 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is honestly right up there with prototype video games in my history of "David, you find the most unexpected stuff without looking for it." 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Look what I just picked up! It's one of the old FanimeCon street banners that used to hang downtown during the convention week. This thing is unbelievably big. I may give it away at our Vintage Anime panel.... maybe. 591
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The reel glass and belly glass (which are almost always plastic) assemblies in between them, and then everything layers on top. Probably the cleanest any of this has been since 1998. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Should have posted this too. The door on this machine disassembles to a pile of parts, there's no "door" really. The side pieces are solid casings that everything screws to. The top and bottom assemblies (and the center where the controls are) are metal and build up the door structure. 100
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Moving along, payout tray and side supports before and after. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Finally got the coin hopper completely torn down, cleaned, serviced, and reassembled. Everything on the cabinet side is now done but the entire door is still left to do. As an example of how dirty this machine was, second picture is a before and after of the coin platter retention spring. 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026So begins another two-year term. Would I have rather spent my Saturday as a day off from obligations? Of course! And my worksite may not always appreciate me, but that's just how it goes. 020
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Worst pachislo hopper I've ever encountered, and that's saying something. This is the bottom plate. The dark areas here - thats ash. The clean rectangular spot had a PCB housing covering it, for comparison. I can only imagine how bad the inside bottom of the door is going to be. 010
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Essentially jammed it between his truck and a concrete parking lot light pylon, crushed from both ends, completely totalled. My friend shrugged it off but never built another car. I think he works for a Subaru shop now. 110
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They've either become show queens or wrecked. Few years ago a mechanic friend built his dream S2000 from junkyard pulls. Pieced it together over a few years, absolutely beautiful and one of a kind - his dream car. First weekend out some old dude in a huge pickup backed into it at Costco in Turlock. 110
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Especially if a del Sol is green. 🤣 It's like a requirement. Everyone I knew that had one when I was in high school drove them into the ground. In the central valley at least they were the poor man's S2000. 110
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh depending on how it was treated, it's totally not a daily driver - a del Sol is a fun cheap car from the era of fun cheap cars. And it's still a fun cheap car - with age / abuse caveats. Mazda MX-5 is a dependable daily driver sportscar for the masses, apples to oranges these days in my opinion. 110
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Rebuilt the reel cage after work. I'd say it was a mid-PITA as pachislo reel assemblies go. At least it has supports on both sides of the tapes. Hopper will be next... then onto the entire door. I think I'm maybe 16 hours into this one so far... 021
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They usually do, but that dude is pretty straight up with the problems on that specific listing. Honda D engine platform is nearly immortal though. Thing is you can find an absolute cherry del Sol for less than $5K. There's just no value in that car, like an MR2 without a culture. 120
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is why I don't drive. If you think I have a problem with buying cheap pachislo, I would be buying cheap del Sols every week. Then I'd have them all wrapped like Ridge Racer cars. 120
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On second thought, the routed opening for battle counter lines above the reel stop board should have been sufficient. Extra ventilation or a fan in the parlor install? Who knows. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026No idea what that hole was roughed out for (maybe a battle counter connection since the cabinet is pretty closed in?) but either the importer or exporter haphazardly tacked a metal mesh over it that I disposed of. Had to paint that area so it won't absorb humidity. 100
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This machine is crazy filthy. Everything gets cleaned, serviced, and rebuilt prior to being reinstalled. I estimate this one will take 40 hours+ to do. Strange mix of being overbuilt / underbuilt but it has all been pretty logical thus far. 100
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Starting in on restoring and rebuilding the 007 SP pachislot. Cabinet fully stripped. Cabinet fully cleaned, painted, transformer and new power cord installed. Plates, reel shelf, mainboard, reel stop board, power supply and harnesses reinstalled. 111
Reposted by Dave白井慶太【漫画家】「モモとツノ」連載中 @keityo99.bsky.social · 25/02/2024おはようございます! 朝マンガ「思い困るひと」 #漫画が読めるハッシュタグ 0208
Reposted by Dave白井慶太【漫画家】「モモとツノ」連載中 @keityo99.bsky.social · 20/03/2024おはようございます! 今日は誰かが求めているかも知れないバニーガールを描きました。 0277
Reposted by Dave白井慶太【漫画家】「モモとツノ」連載中 @keityo99.bsky.social · 21/03/2024おはようございます! 今日はあなたにお届けしたいバニーガールを描きました。 0245
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Sure, no one cares what I think or do on this matter. However that's the reason VTA is getting away with wasting billions of dollars. And the usual gaggle of "Bay Area transit advocates" are the worst people to advocate for anything. Real commuters don't take selfies on the way to work. 000
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Not a cent of funding to VTA's BART scam until they prove they can steward the funds and project adequately. In a complete reversal of my usual stance, I will be actively canvassing against the upcoming Bay Area transit funding tax. VTA needs a full and complete restructuring. 100
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 22/08/20263 VTA cancelations for the first leg of the trip home from work today. Narrowly make my transfer (the two after are canceled), and of course its some rotted out antique coach. Read the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury BSVII report: santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files...santaclara.courts.ca.gov 120
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026And the best bunny girl appearance in gaming - the Zoth Shrine shopkeeper in Popful Mail. (Also the best Sega CD game of all time... best game that runs on the entire Genesis / Mega Drive family to be honest). One picture from an emulator, the other a screen picture from 20 years ago on a JVC X'Eye. 021
Reposted by DaveWTK @wtk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor OVA (English dub • 12 episodes) is streaming on RetroCrush www.retrocrush.tv/details/1000... 45231
Reposted by Dave白井慶太【漫画家】「モモとツノ」連載中 @keityo99.bsky.social · 21/08/2026✨Happy Bunny Day 2026🐰✨ #バニーの日 #バニーガール 113435
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I just bought a copy of PSO Ver.2 so I can have a clean individual SNAK to register with the private server. 010
Dave @sv2captain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Just a bunch of dudes playing Dreamcast Bomberman Online... in 2026. The server is a bit glitchy but it'll improve. 150