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Posted: 08/09/2003 - 14:53
by DHS
Chris Abbott wrote:Dunno what you'd call it in Italy: the Americans call it a slot machine. You know, like you get in Las Vegas.
It's called a fruit machine here because traditionally the symbols
on the spinning reels are of fruits.
Yeah, i made some commercial work for 2 or 3 of those...
And, no, i'm not the one who ripped those sids
cheers.
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 15:34
by Chris Abbott
Wanted to see DHS's previous reply, so needed to post something!
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 15:39
by Larsec
Chris Abbott wrote:Dunno what you'd call it in Italy: the Americans call it a slot machine. You know, like you get in Las Vegas.
In Denmark we call them one-armed- thieves because... well... that's what they ere basically...
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 18:10
by Pex `Mahoney` Tufvesson
That's the swedish name for them as well... one-armed thieves!
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 18:21
by Markus Schneider
They are called "One-armed bandits" in Germany ...
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 21:43
by skitz
Chris Abbott wrote:Wanted to see DHS's previous reply, so needed to post something!
Did you know the 2.0.6 update solves this problem?
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 22:51
by merman
What Skitz isn't telling you is that there could be problems with the update... Isn't that right Skitz?
Posted: 08/09/2003 - 23:38
by tas
Ok in the UK, The original Mechanical machines where called One Armed Bandits. The modern machines which have no arms are called Fruit Machines.
I've got a funny image of lots of sweds and danish pulling non exisitant arms
Posted: 09/09/2003 - 6:26
by Pex `Mahoney` Tufvesson
Tas wrote:I've got a funny image of lots of sweds and danish pulling non exisitant arms
Are you sure you're not pulling my leg? *boom-tsss*
OT: No arms
Posted: 09/09/2003 - 6:47
by carlsson
Tas wrote:I've got a funny image of lots of sweds and danish pulling non exisitant arms
A little off-topic, but yesterday when I visited my music shop to buy a MIDI-to-Joyport cable (brr, 199 SEK), the customer in front of me was a young girl around 10 years old. She and her dad bought her a trombone. Well, nothing spectacular about that, if it wasn't for she wore leg prothesis on both legs, one arm prothesis (with an artificial hand) and the other arm ended as a limb rather than a hand. Of course she was used to her condition, so no problem carrying a somewhat heavy trombone case out of the shop on her own. I guess that's one of the few instruments apart from singing or possibly drums which she can get away with.