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If I had been a gambling woman, I would have jumped on a one-armed bandit, certain to pull a triple 7 winner.
Except I was half-way up the Gillies!
Friday, August 2, 2013
Island kids on the Gillies Range
If I had been a gambling woman, I would have jumped on a one-armed bandit, certain to pull a triple 7 winner.
Except I was half-way up the Gillies!
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What kine drivin you doin there? I drove five island kids (used to max 5 minute car rides!) up and down that range with nary a technicolour yawn in sight. Or, what did you feed them?! And...erm... one-armed bandits are a tad dating dharlink - I think they disappeared around the time of vinyl records. But bandits is a pertinent name - they should still use it; gamblers might be further reminded of being robbed if they were playing the evil bandits rather than the jolly pokies.
ReplyDeleteOh, no. As I typed 'one-armed bandit' I thought, Scarlett's gonna pull me up on this one. But some OABs have ornamental arms to give a sort of sentimental credibility to them even though it's all down to a button. And 'pokie machine' anaesthetises the evilness of them.
ReplyDeleteIt's like car windows. Each time someone in my family farts in the car, someone will scream, "Wind the windows down" even though there are those ridiculous buttons. Oh, for the good old days where some calories were burned up actually doing things like pulling the arms on OABs and winding windows down.
Funny true story. A family with youngish kids went on holiday and to save money hired an old car, Rent-a-wreck, early 90s style. Not long into the road trip, the kids were laughing with delight in the back.
The dad asked, "What's going on?"
"There's these things you can turn that make the windows go up and down. Why can't we get a car like this?"
Give the one-up to modern day press button conveniences! I want OABs with one arm, wind up windows, gas elements that actually need lighting, car ignitions that need keys and screw lids (not flip things). I suddenly feel so middle-aged.