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The “temporarily closed or worried about having to close my arcade” thread

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    #1451 3 years ago
    Quoted from pookycade:

    Got my Pro Striker Bowling up that has been down for 8 months. If any of you have ever dealt with one of these, it is the most craptacular electronic, mechanical, pneumatic nightmare of a machine I have ever dealt with, but the kids love it.

    Yes, I've been in that club! It never ceased to amaze me that something that seems so straightforward could be so ridiculously unreliable.

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    #1452 3 years ago

    We are blowing away our previous records for attendance! However, I am alarmed about the recent J&J vaccine halting. We need to keep new cases low if our attendance levels are to be preserved. Shields up!

    Oh... here's another airflow-related tip: Buy yourself a Coway AP-1216L filter tower for your house (or business). Maybe two.

    It is best practice to put a different unit in each of the rooms where you spend the most time, rather than relying upon a one-size-fits-all house unit to sweep everything up.

    For the money, the AP-1216L is the best tower on the market. Cheap, quiet, attractively modern, works great, easy to clean, filter lasts a whole year, will display the red ring of death if the air quality drops:

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    Here's what it sucked out of my office space after a month (this is only the prefilter):

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    The other day I had contractors installing drywall in the attic. One of the guys left the hallway door cracked and I didn't know it, but the Coway did:

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    WHUTTT? RED RING? When I saw it, I looked down the hallway into the bedroom and the other one was red too! What was happening? Oh, this was happening:

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    They had sprayed expanding foam and were trimming it down. The particulates were especially good at redistributing themselves around the house, even through a tiny door crack. Wow. I put on my mask, positioned the towers into the hallway, and let them do the work...

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    Purple means better.

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    Back to blue. Ahhhhh.

    Great little gizmo. I'd have breathed in a lot more expansion foam had they not warned me.

    I won't take up the rest of your Pinside day with airflow stories. Yes, there are more up my sleeve: Mechanical ventilation units, carbon checking (it's worse than you think), HVAC air cleaners, etc. If I ever quit pinball, I might have a second career in HVAC tech. But don't ask me about niche colognes and fragrances. That has become a thing too. :p

    OK, long story short, the crowds are back, let's keep the vaccinations going, and get yourself an AP-1216L or two. You will like it a lot.

    #1453 3 years ago
    Quoted from PinChatt:

    I was texting with Nic today at RPM about something new I was trying out and some of you may want to consider also. There has been some interesting information about indoor air quality monitoring using CO2 monitors. Apparently, some local municipalities are using this technology to verify that businesses have adequate ventilation to be considered equivalent to "outdoor" spaces. I was intrigued, so I bought one of the devices to try it out.

    I commented earlier - I ended up picking up two of these devices for the yoga studio we're trying (succeeding, I think) to keep alive. Definitely interesting and useful. We've got a lot of ventilation options - windows on three sides, a window exhaust fan that I installed. We use the CO2 monitors to calibrate our practices - how many windows to open, how wide, fan on or off, depending upon class type and number of students.

    We're shooting for 800 ppm max (yoga students are breathing more deeply than retail or recreational customers) but 600 better. Check the devices after every class to gauge future practices. So THANK-YOU for the lead. Feels somewhat cutting edge compared to other spaces.

    And to get back to pinball, I made a trip to The Sanctum in Meriden, CT last week (safely vax'd) and happy to play a few games. In fact with lighter pandemic attendance I was able to get some time on some newer games that I am usually a bit reluctant to play (I gravitate toward older games and kind of a newb with the more modern games).

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    #1454 2 years ago

    So updates are less frequent but I still want to chart our performance over the next year.

    Overall still a very mixed bag.

    The good news - if bare minimum break even is the standard then we have now reliably broken that threshold on a consistent basis over the last two months. Operationally we now allow 65 in at one time (given state limits) with our same mitigation measures as before. Masks required of course but we will allow drinks inside. Also all employees now vaccinated.

    The bad news - it still really looks nothing like pre-pandemic business. I projected $300K pre pandemic year 3 in business. We are instead gonna come in at about $100K if current trends hold for 2021 and we have reduced break even to $60K. By comparison our first year in business was $160K revenue on $100K operational costs, but we spent the remainder on expanding what we were offering and growing the arcade.

    So yeah, we get to stay in business, but we really don’t get to grow much here and I can still count on not a dime of personal income from this endeavor over the last 3+ years.

    Am I happy ? Yeah of course I am. I love my little business and it brings joy to my community. That was the plan all along. Success for sure. But at the same time one has to be blunt and recognize it still vastly underperforms it’s potential. For the amount of square footage it occupies relative to income generated per square foot it doesn’t deserve to be in business as compared to other uses that space and it’s resources could perform.

    I’d like it to better hold its own and be more than a vanity business. I’ll give it a break for now but I should and do expect better.

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    #1455 2 years ago

    Today the face mask mandate was lifted by Minnesota.

    Now I hope for light at the end of the tunnel. And no relapse and everything goes bad again.

    LTG : )

    #1456 2 years ago
    Quoted from LTG:

    Today the face mask mandate was lifted by Minnesota.
    Now I hope for light at the end of the tunnel. And no relapse and everything goes bad again.
    LTG : )

    Utah also dropped ours a few days ago.

    It's so nice to see smiling faces again!

    My prediction: SS Billiards is coming back stronger than ever!

    #1457 2 years ago
    Quoted from LTG:

    Today the face mask mandate was lifted by Minnesota.
    Now I hope for light at the end of the tunnel. And no relapse and everything goes bad again.
    LTG : )

    Shame, you look better behind a mask! lol Heres hoping your business makes a Huge come back!!!

    #1458 2 years ago
    Quoted from Yelobird:

    Shame, you look better behind a mask!

    You know besides making mods and posting on Pinside. You could be funny too.

    LTG : )

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    #1459 2 years ago

    I’m sad to say that I’ll be helping a friend pack up his 9 pins (and a few arcade games) to move them to storage this week. He has a Mall location, so COVID restrictions have hit him hard. Needless to say, it was a bold move to open a mall location, and he exposed a LOT of people to pinball while he was there - almost 2 years. Super nice guy, and I really hate to see him have to end it. Hopefully there’s a happy ending to this story eventually.

    #1460 2 years ago
    Quoted from swampfire:

    I’m sad to say that I’ll be helping a friend pack up his 9 pins (and a few arcade games) to move them to storage this week.

    I'm sorry.

    LTG : (

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    #1461 2 years ago

    Well we just got word today that we may be able to reopen our arcade after 6 long months at one third capacity. It is tentatively scheduled to reopen on June 10 but it depends on there being a 60% vaccinated rate and hospitalizations to be under 500 in the province. At least it is a step in the right direction and look forward to turning the lights back on soon.

    #1462 2 years ago

    Here's to hoping we can stay open too.
    Not even sure if we are in that group to open up.

    The bowling alley, and Casino might fall under a different tier.

    #1463 2 years ago

    I believe bowling alley would fall under entertainment so they will be Stage 2 but you are right on the casino side, I am surprised how vague they were for casinos figured they would want to open them up as fast as they could.

    Quoted from pingod:

    Here's to hoping we can stay open too.
    Not even sure if we are in that group to open up.
    The bowling alley, and Casino might fall under a different tier.

    #1464 2 years ago

    We have had to close again sadly here in Australia. After 3 months of great support from the public after being closed for most of last year, we thought things were getting back to normal. Looks like 'normal' is still a LONG way away for us in Australia. Even if this is just a 7 day lockdown, state borders will still be many weeks before opening so people are able to travel and then the public's confidence has to return again.... getting more difficult after each lockdown (#4 here in Victoria). The positive is our pinball machines are getting a full service and tune up while closed again

    .... still hanging in there

    #1465 2 years ago
    Quoted from srt-8:

    .... still hanging in there

    Best wishes my friend !
    LTG : )

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    #1466 2 years ago

    Crowds are back.

    No masks if vaccinated (we go by the honor system).

    Air defense system still running on full blast, because extra protection is good.

    Maximum inside at one time: 35.

    We still do 2-hour sessions, but if we are not busy we let people stay as long as they like. Usually only Saturdays and maybe Sundays do we have to clear out every two hours to keep crowd counts down to 35.

    Resuming the sale of food and drinks.

    Resuming tournaments and leagues.

    Selling lots of merch.

    With no masks and incomplete vaccinations, our custom air defense system working in the background helps me sleep at night and feel good about the safety of my employees and guests.

    Installing lots of ColorDMD's and PinSounds lately. If you can't afford new games, make the ones you have better!

    Looks like it'll be a bangin' summer!

    #1467 2 years ago
    Quoted from srt-8:

    We have had to close again sadly here in Australia. After 3 months of great support from the public after being closed for most of last year, we thought things were getting back to normal. Looks like 'normal' is still a LONG way away for us in Australia. Even if this is just a 7 day lockdown, state borders will still be many weeks before opening so people are able to travel and then the public's confidence has to return again.... getting more difficult after each lockdown (#4 here in Victoria). The positive is our pinball machines are getting a full service and tune up while closed again
    .... still hanging in there

    How did this play out down there? IIRC you weren’t really vaccinating because cases were literally zero and if you could prevent it from getting out there with new arrivals there was no virus to guard against.

    Now that US is getting pretty high in % population with first shot and demand for remaining unvaccinated starting to slow I was reading that US is buying a ton of shots to export.

    #1468 2 years ago
    Quoted from desertT1:

    How did this play out down there? IIRC you weren’t really vaccinating because cases were literally zero and if you could prevent it from getting out there with new arrivals there was no virus to guard against.
    Now that US is getting pretty high in % population with first shot and demand for remaining unvaccinated starting to slow I was reading that US is buying a ton of shots to export.

    Yes, we are lagging behind here with vaccinations, although after this last lockdown it seems the rate is picking up. And yes, probably complacency as we have had basically zero cases. But when we do have a handful of cases (that have escaped from quarantine of overseas arrivals), whole cities and states are put into total lockdown. Lets hope with increased vaccinations, this will be the last time.

    On a positive note, we are able to open this weekend here with various precautions in place (masks, distancing etc) .... but with interstate travel still not possible, it will most likely be a quiet weekend (even though would have been very busy being a holiday long weekend). We have some pinball events planned here in the coming weeks (first ones in over a year), so hoping fellow Aussies will be allowed to travel again freely soon

    #1469 2 years ago

    Here in Alberta (Canada) we just re-opened yesterday, 30% capacity limits, masks required, and 6ft distancing rules apply. We have 1/2 the normal number of games setup, 6ft apart. It's been 6 months since we shutdown, so really nice to see some progress.

    Assuming we meet our vaccination target (70% with at least 1 shot) we should be able to fully open without restrictions sometime in July.

    #1470 2 years ago

    LTG How are you doing? Haven't checked in on you in quite awhile.

    #1471 2 years ago
    Quoted from pinball_ric:

    LTG How are you doing? Haven't checked in on you in quite awhile.

    Right now not good. Opened up back in January with restrictions. Had some okay days and bad ones, no great days.

    Over time restrictions were lifted more. Things plugged along.

    Now the recent opening up more and hot weather killed me.

    48 years of experience is gone. No idea or planning when I might be busy or not. Makes bills real fun. And trying to plan things. My computer is being a major pain, if things get better it's going to be replaced with an Intel NUC. Expo is out. Two big reasons. Expenses. And after being closed twice last year. No way I'm going to close for 3 or 4 days in October.

    It took about 4 1/2 years to recover from the video fad flop. And we aren't out of the virus crap a 100% yet.

    So I guess everything is normal. How are you all doing ? Good and healthy I hope !

    LTG : )
    Disclaimer : I am a happy camper today. Did my good deed for the day before I even opened up. What a great day !

    #1472 2 years ago

    I’d think people would want to duck inside and play pinball to get out of the heat. For the first time in months I actually played my own games just to cool off in the basement.

    Myself and a few others on the east side have been talking up your JJP lineup so hopefully you can get some more traffic.

    What’s your current mask policy? I still wear one in public so that makes playing pinball difficult since I’m foggy 4 eyes (wear glasses)

    #1473 2 years ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    I’d think people would want to duck inside and play pinball to get out of the heat.

    Whole bunch of "water people" in the Land of 10,000 Lakes who don't set foot indoors from like May through September.

    #1474 2 years ago
    Quoted from yancy:

    Whole bunch of "water people" in the Land of 10,000 Lakes who don't set foot indoors from like May through September.

    Not this year. Lots of places closed in the cities due to lifeguard shortages and down in Rochester they had to close their public pool due to misbehaving.

    #1475 2 years ago

    Real water people don't mess around with no public pool. Ten thousand lakes, baby!

    #1476 2 years ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    What’s your current mask policy?

    I still keep an eye on Minnesota rules.

    Not needed if vaccinated.

    Honor system for people to decide if they need them or not.

    LTG : )

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    #1478 2 years ago

    Sadly the situation here in Australia is deteriorating quickly and we have had to close up again (only had 2 weeks of being open and one tournament before having to shut again, since the last lockdown early June). Not looking good as nearly half of Australia's population is now in lockdown (NSW and VIC ... and other places to some extent) and many state borders are completely closed, so no travel. Feel for all our fellow locations here in Australia that have had to shut down .... stay positive! Trust things are getting better for locations in the US and elsewhere (where governments have been on top of getting vaccinations done early ... not like us here in OZ). Stay safe and keep the love alive

    #1479 2 years ago
    Quoted from srt-8:

    Trust things are getting better for locations in the US

    Today yes, going forward who knows. Cities in the US are heading towards masks and if progresses that direction could mean more closures.

    Hoping for the best for you and everyone else

    #1480 2 years ago
    Quoted from srt-8:

    Sadly the situation here in Australia is deteriorating quickly and we have had to close up again (only had 2 weeks of being open and one tournament before having to shut again, since the last lockdown early June). Not looking good as nearly half of Australia's population is now in lockdown (NSW and VIC ... and other places to some extent) and many state borders are completely closed, so no travel. Feel for all our fellow locations here in Australia that have had to shut down .... stay positive! Trust things are getting better for locations in the US and elsewhere (where governments have been on top of getting vaccinations done early ... not like us here in OZ). Stay safe and keep the love alive

    Will the IFPA need to shutdown again? Maybe plan on the makeing qualifying based on 2019? for things in 2022/2023?

    Modifie points for the rest of this year so that USA players can't get an big boost over non USA players with little to no events?

    Maybe 2022 can be better!

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    #1481 2 years ago

    So back with an update.

    First the good news: revenue still trending up, $800 a week in December, $3K a week more recently. Wouldn’t say we are comfortable, but would say pulling the plug is a bit more in the rear view mirror.

    Now the bad (possibly very bad) news: as anyone following the news recently knows, a large outbreak of several hundred people in Massachusetts was contact traced. 70% had been already fully vaccinated. The only conclusion one can reasonably come to is that delta can infect those vaccinated AND they can transmit. They can transmit better than a cold. I have already started wearing masks again indoors. I may eventually mandate employees do the same. And yes we may be back to COVID measures inside again. We have kept our HEPA-13 airflow and UV measures in place the entire time. Once it cools off will start cross ventilating again from our back bay door. And as the governor mandates if it comes to that, we may be back to public wearing masks inside. That should be loads of fun.

    And as a side comment to decisions that will inevitably be cast as criticism of the CDC and a failure of government, I want to make it clear that unlike most they are actually following the science. Outward appearances taken out of context might make it seem they don’t know what they are doing here with these whiplash about faces in policy. To those in the know, what they pulled off in contact tracing and testing to find out and then respond to this surprising behavior of delta in less than 30 days was a remarkable feat. Science matters. Facts matter. Changing course to respond to those new facts matters. And finally changing course to help better protect kids who can’t yet be vaccinated matters most of all since even vaccinated I still may constitute a vector especially seeing 120+ patients a week

    For those that haven’t read, this is a good summary of what prompted these changes. It is unfortunate this ends up in the politics section of their news site, but that’s where we are at as a country unfortunately.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cdc-mask-decision-stunning-findings-cape-cod-beach/story?id=79148102

    #1483 2 years ago

    Update: The Maginot Line is not holding. We've seen covid breakouts among the vaccinated here and similar reports from nearby friends and neighbors, also vaccinated.

    Personally resuming mask use and social distancing with "paranoid mode" (full respirator) for essential visits. Resuming Instacart ordering as well. Very, very glad our ventilation system continues to chug right along.

    Shields to full power. No idea yet of if/when our building will reinstate mask mandates.

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    #1484 2 years ago

    Update: I am hearing similar reports from friends in other states. One sent me this today: Larimer County, CO. 25% of new infections are fully vaccinated. 13% of hospitalizations and 8% of deaths were fully vaccinated. In this time, over 85% of total positive cases were Delta. All deaths were in those over 50 with the median age being 79.

    Two local pals who went to a music festival last weekend just came down with 102+ fevers, coughing, and chills. Both were vaccinated with J&J. Early 40's age range. Tested positive for covid.

    Another is reporting not feeling well. Also vaccinated (Pfizer). Also mid-40's. Covid results tomorrow or Friday.

    Forget these "1/100,000 odds" charts. They are not accurate for Delta. I am seeing otherwise. Friends are seeing otherwise.

    I've been keeping my distance from everyone, staying masked, and have adopted "2020 paranoid mode" all over again. Still feeling fine, but going to get tested tomorrow regardless.

    I believe Delta is much worse than is being reported. It's not a conspiracy, but rather, the simple fact that nobody wants to be the one to pull the pin on another economic and political live grenade. Nevertheless, the data is making itself worryingly clear: Buckle up. This ain't over yet.

    #1485 2 years ago

    Looks like things are heating up again in my area. Masks may soon be required, not up to the individual.

    Which is fine with me.

    As long as I don't get closed. Again.

    LTG : )

    #1486 2 years ago

    Opens at 4:00 pm daily....

    Quoted from LTG:

    Looks like things are heating up again in my area. Masks may soon be required, not up to the individual.
    Which is fine with me.
    As long as I don't get closed. Again.
    LTG : )

    Hopefully not "closed". Instead, look out for the new lingo: "we will take a two week pause on indoor activity" or similar weasel-words....

    #1487 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    I believe Delta is much worse than is being reported. It's not a conspiracy, but rather, the simple fact that nobody wants to be the one to pull the pin on another economic and political live grenade. Nevertheless, the data is making itself worryingly clear: Buckle up. This ain't over yet.

    We're working to keep a yoga studio alive (hard to sustain classes when requiring a mask to practice). We're back to masks in the building (can be removed on the mat), have continued to enforce a 6' social distancing / capacity limits in the studio, as well as open windows / fans / ventilation and CO2 monitoring. We're seriously considering going vax-only, if the town or state forces a mask mandate (so far it's only a recommendation or guidance). That will unleash a shit-storm of epic proportion (the yoga / new age world has more than it's share of vax resistant folks who feel that their lifestyle protects them).

    CT has had one of the highest vaccination rates and our Delta numbers are much lower than other areas, I can't imagine what things in Florida and other areas with high infection rates are right now.

    All that being said, Delta still seems to be heavily skewed to the unvaccinated. Vaccinated break-through infections are happening but severe illness / deaths are almost entirely coming from the unvaccinated populations - I'm more worried about carrying / transmitting Delta more than getting really sick myself. Nevertheless I'm back to masking in most retail / public settings.

    But yeah, it's ain't over yet.

    #1488 2 years ago
    Quoted from JudeRussell:

    Vaccinated break-through infections are happening but severe illness / deaths are almost entirely coming from the unvaccinated populations -

    Not in Israel. Or Sweden, Iceland and a dozen other small Countries where a high percentage of the population is inoculated

    #1489 2 years ago
    Quoted from phil-lee:

    Not in Israel. Or Sweden, Iceland and a dozen other small Countries where a high percentage of the population is inoculated

    Source please.

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    #1490 2 years ago

    CNN on teevee.

    #1491 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    Update: I am hearing similar reports from friends in other states. One sent me this today: Larimer County, CO. 25% of new infections are fully vaccinated. 13% of hospitalizations and 8% of deaths were fully vaccinated.

    Hmmm, this thread is a little gloomy for me most days but this is 2nd time I’ve seen Larimer County, CO mentioned. So I will try to share some positive thoughts. I live in Larimer County, and while I appreciate that the situation is different around the country, the sky isn’t falling in Larimer County. Our communities are open and safe and across CO barcades are hosting safe tournaments every week.

    The last COVID death in our county was 6/17/21 . There were only 4 deaths in Larimer county in June(6/1-6/17), and three were over 80 years old, one of those in their 90’s… while there is no publicly available correlation between vaccination or Delta and those 4 deaths, the positive test data shows Delta was just swinging up as these people passed, so possible causation but no clear correlation. Most importantly there have been zero deaths in Larimer county from COVID since the middle of June regardless of variant or vaccination status…that’s 7 weeks including this week…Zero Deaths… So even assuming the most generous(negative) correlation… 8% breakthrough deaths indicates only 1 of the 4 deaths would be from Delta vaccine breakthrough…in 2 months…of someone likely 80+

    The last two weeks has seen Larimer County daily positive tests rise to ~70/day which is *way* below the two spikes, but certainly higher than the 20-30 positive test averages of May/June of this summer(highlighting the often relative meaninglessness of a 100% increase!). There is no July vaccine breakthrough data yet in the primary public data sources of Colorado, but Delta cases have become 80-90% of the total reported positive tests.

    Finally for CO entirely, with Delta variant in full swing, the week of July 24th had 30 deaths from COVID of all strains and regardless of vaccination status. So 8% deaths indicates ~2 of the 30 were possibly vaccine breakthrough, ~2 the week before, etc.. eventually reducing back to the lower pre-delta breakthrough rate. zero is a better number…but 2 is not doom and gloom, especially without age and co-morbidity information alongside the death data. After all it should matter for healthcare guidance of 330M people, if the June 15th death of a 92 year old in Larimer County is the typical breakthrough death versus a 21 year old in prime health(which isn’t happening)

    Through June 1, (which is mostly pre-delta) CDC data shows Larimer County breakthrough cases well under 25% and breakthrough hospitalizations well under 13%.

    Larimer
    Hospitalizations, fully vaccinated: 19
    Hospitalizations, total: 290
    Cases, fully vaccinated: 165
    Cases, total: 4,607

    https://www.larimer.org/health/communicable-disease/coronavirus-covid-19
    https://covid19.colorado.gov/data

    My guess is the Larimer County claims are actually CO data from the state epidemiologist quote below…(with perhaps some artistic license of 25% vs 20% case breakthroughs) while her numbers below do include the Delta spike, the relative increase in breakthrough numbers below are hard to parse…the official CO positive test data for 7/1-7/24 is around 15.5-16,000 cases all-in, 20% breakthrough would be 3,000+ cases, or in reverse, only 10,000 positives are needed to get to her 2,074 breakthrough number…so the numbers don’t add up in either direction…it’s even less clear when carried down the death numbers.

    Regardless, there have been 4 deaths in Larimer County since June 1st, none in 7 weeks, and no publicly available correlation of vaccine breakthrough or underlying co-morbidities.

    “State epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said Colorado documented 2,074 cases, 92 hospitalizations and three deaths among fully vaccinated residents from July 1 to July 24. The unvaccinated accounted for 80 percent of cases, 87 percent of hospitalizations and 92 percent of deaths. So in other words, breakthrough cases for just those three weeks represented about 20 percent of cases, 13 percent of hospitalizations and 8 percent of deaths. For the period Jan. 1 through July 24, breakthrough cases in the state represented a smaller share of the pandemic burden: just three percent of cases, four percent of hospitalizations and three percent of deaths. ”

    Bottom line… Larimer County communities are open, safe, and most of the great new Pin releases are available to be played in the wild!

    #1492 2 years ago

    I read it on Jerusalem Post.

    #1493 2 years ago

    Seattle here. Over 130 businesses, including some barcades, are now on the “no vaccine, no service” list. We’re a highly vaxxed area (80-90% over 12yo in most neighborhoods), so now these businesses feel comfortable instituting this policy (requirement of vaccine card or photo). There will be some minor pushback of course, but the vast majority of us now feel safe to patron these places without fear of the anti-vax, super-spreaders being in close proximity. And we wear masks indoors no matter what anyway.

    Three barcades, and multiple restaurants had to shut down in July due to multiple staff COVID cases (and all staff members were vaccinated, mild symptoms). This variant is going to get passed around indoors way too easily to not go to a vaccine card + mask indoors policy IMO, especially for the staff working 7-8 hour shifts. If you happen to live in a highly vaxxed area, I would advise to adopt this policy if possible. The community members who are doing their part, and looking for safe places to drink and play pinball will reward you, I assure you. The list of 130+ restaurants, bars, arcades, and music venues requiring cards will be the only businesses my wife and I (and most of our friends we’ve spoken to lately) will be supporting moving forward. Hopefully the list grows exponentially as business owners become more comfortable with this policy. Good luck to everyone! Stay safe!

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    #1494 2 years ago

    Still open, good crowds, ventilation system still running like a champ. Glad to be able to offer concessions too. New True fridge loaded with goodies (anti-plastic philosophy embraced... looking for good water alternatives Liquid Death has been mentioned but $$$).

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    #1495 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    Still open, good crowds, ventilation system still running like a champ. Glad to be able to offer concessions too. New True fridge loaded with goodies (anti-plastic philosophy embraced... looking for good water alternatives Liquid Death has been mentioned but $$$).
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    Good job staying open & safe for everyone.
    No Shasta in a pinball arcade???

    #1496 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    anti-plastic philosophy embraced... looking for good water alternatives Liquid Death has been mentioned but $$$

    https://sswc.com/

    https://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/

    https://www.acquapanna.com/us/our-bottles

    Try searching for glass bottled spring water.

    #1498 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    New True fridge loaded with goodies (anti-plastic philosophy embraced... looking for good water alternatives Liquid Death has been mentioned but $$$).

    We sell Liquid Death for $2 a can, tax included. Not a profit center, but I’m happy to murder thirst in an environmentally responsible way at a reasonable customer price. We do have to buy it by the pallet to enjoy at least *some* profit. Distribution is increasing, and one of my local distributors thinks they may be able to shave 12-20 cents off my per can cost.

    We now offer both Still and Sparkly Death. I’m seeing sales of 2-1, Still over Sparkly.

    We do sell beer, so thirst murdering is key.

    Plus, a 5 year old rocking a can of Death is quite the sight. Kids party yesterday - after one kid had it in hand they all had to have it.

    Death to plastic!

    #1499 2 years ago
    Quoted from NicoVolta:

    Still open, good crowds, ventilation system still running like a champ. Glad to be able to offer concessions too. New True fridge loaded with goodies (anti-plastic philosophy embraced... looking for good water alternatives Liquid Death has been mentioned but $$$).
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    I guess I'm too 'old school' and cheap.

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    #1500 2 years ago

    Get one of these and sell logoed refillable bottles/yeti thingies.

    And don't forget the cold cuts!

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