antique auction house – in late 2003. “We
went to New York City one night, and on
the way home , dr i v i ng home to
Connecticut, I went ‘I think I know what I
want todo.’
“And he said, ‘What?’ I was like ‘I want to
do indoor mini golf.’ And he said, ‘Why?
Why would anybody want to do that?’ I
said, ‘Well, because it’s the exact opposite of
what I was doing. It doesn’t have any
inventory.’ The antique business had all
inventory, and every time you sell it you
have no inventory and you have to get it
again, and itwas insane.
“There’s no inventory to sell, so all I’m
doing is just standing there handing out
putters and I’m making money and people
are coming in and they’re happy. It’s their
entertainment. And the other thing was,
whatever I created, it had to be less
expensive than the movies. We lived in a
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