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9 year old's homemade arcade
« on: November 08, 2014, 08:34:59 am »
So I was googling "homemade arcade tokens" and came across this video. I thought it was kinda cool.

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=30406
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2014, 09:36:39 am »
I suppose next we'll see --- Breaking News :   FBI, State and local authorities raid local car repair business - 9 year old arrested and $200K+ seized for running an "Illegal Gambling Ring" for having cardboard mockups of arcade machines without proper permits and paying license fees.  :laugh2:
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2014, 01:02:41 pm »
Around where i live, the city busted 2 little girls with a lemonade stand.  They had no business permit or permit to sell food.  there parents were fined.
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2014, 03:34:52 pm »
Quote from: jamesjones626 on November 08, 2014, 01:02:41 pm
Around where i live, the city busted 2 little girls with a lemonade stand.  They had no business permit or permit to sell food.  there parents were fined.

That also happened around here. The local city require a permit or license for damn near everything. A few years ago, a girl set up a lemonade stand. A neighbor called complaining the stand wasn't permitted.

Police had no choice but to force the girl to close the stand and write a ticket to the parental units. Police at that time even went on record saying they wouldn't have done anything if no one complained as they would rather deal with, "real", criminals.

IIRC a local restaurant owner was pissed over the story and opted to give the girl free run of his restaurant for a day complete with a full staff selling lemonade. I think it's a big annual charity now with several restaurants jumping on board.
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2014, 09:31:15 pm »


How is anyone supposed to believe you can make lemonade when you can't even spell it?
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2014, 12:09:59 am »
Quote from: ChanceKJ on November 08, 2014, 09:31:15 pm


How is anyone supposed to believe you can make lemonade when you can't even spell it?

Should I point out that the vast majority of the adult population of the United States probably can't spell lemonade without spell check?
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2014, 01:29:59 am »
Nope, that was implied. ;D
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2014, 03:45:35 am »
Great story. Kid's going places (",)

Oh, and what a great dad.
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Re: 9 year old's homemade arcade
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2014, 08:41:22 am »
we had a thread about this 3 years ago.   still dont care.
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