Suddenly, claimed by the fear that i might never get out of there, i turned around to check and recheck the doors. it'd be hard to imagine a more disturbing structure. the kindest thing you could have said about the place was that it was reminiscent of an elephants' graveyard. but instead of the whitened skeletons of elephants with legs collapsed under them, the concrete floor was covered as far as the eye could see with rows of pinball machines. i stood at the top of some steps, staring down on this strange scene. my hand crawled up to my mouth of its own will, then returned to my pocket. the sheer number of machines was overwhelming. seventy-eight to be exact. i took the time to count them over and over again. seventy-eight, no mistake. eight columns of machines were lined up and facing me, each column extending all the way to the back wall. it was as if chalk guidelines had been drawn on the floor; the columns were not an inch off. the whole place was as motionless as a fly sealed in acrylic. not the slightest hint of movement. seventy-eight deaths and seventy-eight silences. my only reflex was to move. if i didn't, i felt as if i too would have been counted in with these gargoyles. cold. that and the smell of dead chickens. i slowly walked down the five narrow concrete steps. it was even colder at the bottom. the place gave me the creeps and i began to sweat. i took a handkerchief out of my pocket and wiped off the sweat, though i couldn't do a thing about the sweat that had poured from my armpits. i sat down on the bottom step and smoked a cigarette, my hands trembling. my three-flipper "spaceship" i hadn't wanted to meet her like this. and the same held for her probably. after closing the doors, you couldn't even hear any insects chirping. the perfect silence blanketed the floor like fog. the seventy-eight pinball machines planted their three hundred twelve legs firmly on the floor, patiently bearing up their immovable weight. a sorry scene. i sat there and whistled the first four bars of "jumping with symphony sid, " stan getz with the head shaking and foot tapping rhythm section. my whistling echoed magnificently in the unobstructed emptiness of that refrigerator. i began to feel a little better, and whistled the next four bars. then the next four. i felt as if every machine had its ears pricked to listen. though, of course, none turned around to look, nor tapped a foot. my whistling simply died away, absorbed into the far corners of the warehouse. "awful cold, " i muttered after having finished my whistling session. the echo didn't sound like my voice. it bounced off the ceiling and came down like mist across the floor. i couldn't sit here putting on a one-man show forever. sitting motionless, i felt as if the chill would penetrate to the bone, and i would be soaked through and through with the smell of chickens. i stood up and brushed the cool dirt off my trousers. then i ground out my cigarette beneath the heel of my shoe, and tossed it into a nearby tin can. pinball, pinball. isn't that why i came here? the cold was putting a damper on me. think: it's pinball, right? seventy-eight pinball machines. okay, the switch. somewhere in this building there's got to be an electric switch to bring these seventy-eight machines back to life. a switch, so find it. i thrust both hands in the pockets of my jeans, and slowly began to walk the inside perimeters of the building. here and there on the seamless walls hung ripped-out wires and lead pipes from the time when the building had been used for cold storage. meters and junction boxes. Administration 200 administration building 50 sherburne ave., st. paul 55155 . 296-6013 david fisher - commissioner . 296-1424 agriculture agriculture building 90 w. plato blvd., st. paul 55107 . 297-2200 gene hugoson - commissioner . 297-3219 children, families & learning 1500 highway 36 w., roseville 55113 . 582-8200 christine jax - commissioner . 582-8204 commerce 133 e. seventh st., st. paul 55101 . 296-4026 david jennings - commissioner . 296-6694 corrections suite 200 1450 energy park drive, st. paul 55108 . 642-0200 sheryl ramstad hvass - commissioner . 642-0282 economic security 390 n. robert st., st. paul 55101 . 296-3644 earl wilson - commissioner . 296-3711 employee relations second floor, centennial office building 658 cedar st., st. paul 55155 . 297-1184 karen l. carpenter - commissioner . 296-3095 finance 400 centennial office building 658 cedar st., st. paul 55155 . 296-5900 pam wheelock - commissioner . 297-7881 health the golden rule building, suite 400 85 seventh place e., st. paul 55101 . 215-5800 jan malcolm - commissioner . 296-8401 housing finance agency 400 sibley, suite 300, st. paul 55101 . 296-7608 katherine g. hadley - commissioner . 296-5738 human rights suite 700 army corps of engineers center 190 e. fifth st., st. paul 55101 . 296-5663 janeen rosas - commissioner . 296-5665 human services human services building 444 lafayette road, st. paul 55155-3815 . 296-6117 michael o'keefe - commissioner . 296-2701 labor & industry 443 lafayette road, st. paul 55155 . 296-6107 gretchen maglich - commissioner . 296-2342 military affairs fourth floor, veterans service building 20 w. 12th st., st. paul 55155-2098 . 282-4662 maj. gen. eugene r. andreotti - adjutant general . 282-4666 minnesota planning third floor, centennial office building 658 cedar st., st. paul 55155 . 296-3985 dean barkley - director . 297-2325 natural resources 500 lafayette road, st. paul 55155-4001 . 296-6157 allen garber - commissioner . 296-2549 pollution control agency 520 lafayette road n., st. paul 55155 . 296-6300 karen studders - commissioner, board chair . 296-7301 public safety north central life tower 445 minnesota st., suite 1000, st. paul 55101 . 296-6642 charlie weaver - commissioner . 296-6642 public service 200 metro square building 121 seventh place e., st. paul 55101 . 296-5120 steve minn - commissioner . 296-6025 revenue 600 n. robert st., st. paul 55146 . 296-3781 matt smith - commissioner . 296-3403 trade & economic development 500 metro square 121 seventh place e., st. paul 55101-2146 . 297-1291 gerald carlson - commissioner . 296-6424 1-800-657-3858 transportation 395 john ireland blvd., st. paul 55155 . 296-3000 elwyn tinklenberg - commissioner . 296-3000 veterans affairs second floor, veterans service building 20 w. 12th st., st. paul 55155 . 296-2562 bernie melter - commissioner . 296-2783.

We give it out every day and every player at every real-money ring table is eligible. Device while the other deck is being dealt or used to play the game; each deck being used for every other round of play; and rack at any given time. as adopted, effective: 10 02 95 amended, effective: 09 08 98.

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