James and Kristin Whitt’s Corner

Where are all the Wii remotes???

Kristin and I got a Wii for xmas and we are really enjoying it. Well, when we could. Since the tv broke, we haven’t been able to play it for about two weeks now. I’ll eventually get to writing up the entire tv broke story one day. Anyways, it only came with one remote.

We realized quickly that when friends are over or even if we want to play at the same time, we need a second remote. It is impossible to find a Wii remote unless you buy it off ebay. I’m not buying it off ebay, so I’m still looking. It’s even to the point where ever place we go, we look and nobody has them in stock. My friend Farno is even looking every time he goes out.

Hey Nintendo … Where are the Wii remotes???  Farno has had an easier time finding a Wii in the store (he found one last weekend). You would think those would be massed produced.

Creature from the Black Lagoon Pinball Video Promo

While cruising around the internet, I found a video promo that was made by Bally for the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Since I actually own that pinball machine, I thought it was something to watch. Kind of cheesy, but I liked it. You can watch it below.

Happy New Year!

We hope everyone has a happy new year!

Twilight Zone Pinball Machine

Well, last Wednesday Kristin and I picked up the pinball machine that I always wanted, Twilight Zone. The great thing about it was that it was only about 1 1/2 hours away from our house. The story goes like this: I was reading the newsgroup rec.games.pinball when I came across an add for a Twilight Zone that the guy had to move quickly and was prices exceptionally good, better than I’ve seen in about 9 months. After talking it over with Kristin, we decided that it was something that we were willing to get, so I gave the guy a call around 6:00. The guy let me know it was a first come, first serve. He already had someone from Columbus, OH coming Thursday, someone from Tennessee was coming Friday, and someone from North Carolina was going to stop by Saturday Morning. It had to be out by Saturday afternoon because he had another shipment of pinball machines coming in for him to repair and he had no room for some of them if the Twilight Zone was there. He had kept it from the last round 6 months ago when he had a shipment come in to fix up. He said the only way I would be able to get it is to come up that night, which we did. We finally made it down to Georgetown, KY around 8:00 and checked it out. The machine was in excellent condition, so we bought it. Believe it or not, but it actually fit in Kristin’s jeep liberty perfectly. I’m planning on adding a few mods to make it look nice. The pictures I took didn’t come out too well, so I’ll post some pictures of it once I get some good ones.

2006 Jeep Liberty

Today James and I bought me a black 2006 Jeep Liberty!!  We hadn’t really planned on buying one today but found the one I really wanted and got a good deal on it.  More details later…

Creature from the Black Lagoon Pinball

Kristin and I headed up to Columbus, OH for the coin-op auction that I found out about a little while ago. We went up with the intention of getting a pinball machine for me. We did bid on a couple and ended up getting the “Creature from the Black Lagoon”. Once we got home, we did notice that it had a few issues that we didn’t notice when we got it, but what can you do. I’m now in middle of tearing the top of the playfield apart so that I can clean it and get all the parts nice, clean, and shiny. The one bad point that comes to mind is that it didn’t have the hologram in it which makes it really cool. Might find one at some point in time. Here’s some pictures I’ve already taken:

And here is a couple of Molly being a bad cat with the pinball machine already:

Got a ‘99 Sea Doo GS

We just got another jet ski. This one is a ‘99 Sea Doo GS. I took it out all day yesterday and it runs great. This is not really an addition to our collection but a replacement. We’re planning on selling the ‘90 SP as soon as we can, which will likely be next spring. We have a part ordered for it that is already 1 month back ordered. From the sounds of it, Kristin wants this one because, “It looks pretty.”

I think the ‘94 might be back in action now. It needed a little exhaust boot / seal which had been on order from Lodders for the last month. I just ordered it from another company (Beechmont Motor Sports) and only took 3 days to get in. The amount of time Lodders said it would take (3 days) and the amount of time it has taken and still not in (1 month) is horrible. Moral of the story, don’t buy parts from Lodders. We’ll be taking them both down to the river tomorrow, so hopefully no more issues with the ‘94 SPX.

Siding has been installed

The siding has been installed. The only thing left is for the door to be installed. Everything looks great. Here’s what we have had done:

• Take off all the existing siding
• Wrapped the entire house in 3/8″ insulation / vapor barrier. This also provides and additional 1.5R insulation.
• Install tan siding on the exterior walls in the Wheat color.
• Install white trim on all corners.
• Cover all soffits and fasai boards with white vinyl.
• Add one gutter to the rear of the back porch. This is to catch all the run off water that occurs.

Here are some comparison pictures that we have taken:

Siding, Front Door, and Front bush

In case you haven’t heard, we’re going to be getting new siding on our house really soon.  With the siding deal, we are also getting a brand new steal front door and new gutters added to the back of the wrap-around porch.  The also will be putting up insulation and a vapor barrier around the entire house.  It’s going to be really nice.

While we were working in the front yard yesterday, I started trimming the bush next to the porch.  Next thing that happens, I’m trimming it with a chainsaw.  Needless to say, there is no bush next to the porch anymore.  I’ll take a picture of the house tonight when I get home (if it’s not raining) for an updated front shot and a before / after picture for later.

Fun!

Last night, James and I went to Grand Victoria and Argosy Casinos in Indiana for a while for fun. We both lost at Grand Vic…I lost a lot more. Then went to Argosy and we both came out way ahead of what we spent! Woohoo! I would recommend Argosy. It has a younger crowd, more tables, and more slots.