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Alternate Uses For Your Air Hockey Table

November 29th, 2008

Let’s face it. There are times when you need some extra space. A little bit more room, preferably a horizontal surface. What to do, what to do?

Let’s say that you’re having your parents over for dinner in your new apartment. It’s the first time you’ve cooked for them (beyond toast and franks and beans when you were 9), and while you’re nervous, you’re kind of excited, too. The problem is that you don’t happen to own a table and chairs.

Since you don’t want dear old mom eating off her lap while balancing on your futon, you need a table-like surface Read more…

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For the Love of the Game

October 18th, 2008

Once upon a time, way back in 1972, a hockey fan named Bob Lemieux invented the game of air hockey. Not content to just watch the sport he loved so well, he came up with a way to emulate his sport in the comfort of his own home. Not bad for a brawny jock, right?

According to some sources, however, a team of 3 engineers (Phil Crossman, Bob Kenrick, and Brad Baldwin) who were also employed by Brunswick Billiards worked out invented the game back around 1969, and many consider them to be the fathers of the game Read more…

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