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[DHT]Osiris said:
We had one of those, they were amazing. I assume failure is due to high capital expenditure to get going (arcades, land, gocarts, etc), relatively low profit margins, and shitty kids breaking shit all the time.
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The way I remember them they were mostly just plastic tube play-places - think McDonalds playplace but on steroids.

Maybe had some games on the side but the man thing was all the tubes, slides, etc...

It was fun as shit to play hide/seek or tag in there heh.
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
The way I remember them they were mostly just plastic tube play-places - think McDonalds playplace but on steroids.

Maybe had some games on the side but the man thing was all the tubes, slides, etc...

It was fun as shit to play hide/seek or tag in there heh.
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Oh wait, now I remember that. Yeah we had one of those, it was like if someone built a giant hamster maze inside a warehouse. Was fantastic.

I was actually thinking of Celebration Station, 2 story arcade, laser tag, gocarts, bumper boats, mini golf. Hilariously, they're still open.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
Oh wait, now I remember that. Yeah we had one of those, it was like if someone built a giant hamster maze inside a warehouse. Was fantastic.

I was actually thinking of Celebration Station, 2 story arcade, laser tag, gocarts, bumper boats, mini golf. Hilariously, they're still open.
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Gotcha. Yeah, still not sure why discovery zone died. It's not like aside from the store space (mortgage/rent) there was much maintenance of the place.

Though in today's world of using shit like hand sanitizer (and especially after COVID) I can easily see why they would die. Everyone is all up in arms with germs wah wah wah 😉


But the biggest problem I have is... these places were actually ACTIVE for kids to run around and shit. Now they all just get fat.
 
Not sure if its only me, but does anyone ever wake up in the mornings and think this is ever all a bad dream? Took me a while to realize this was our new reality,my first visit in a doctors office with mask requirement was eye opener. Felt like the end of the world seeing like 20 people in masks in this waiting room. Was the first time i ever put one on, cause i was always at home stock piled on things so i wasn't going out at all.
 
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mopardude87 said:
Not sure if its only me, but does anyone ever wake up in the mornings and think this is ever all a bad dream? Took me a while to realize this was our new reality,my first visit in a doctors office with mask requirement was eye opener. Felt like the end of the world seeing like 20 people in masks in this waiting room. Was the first time i ever put one on, cause i was always at home stock piled on things so i wasn't going out at all.

This world has gone so insane often times i still almost think its all in my head how bad its gotten, its just to much at times. Who else has felt this way?
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Maybe it's just the drugs?
 
nakedfrog said:
Maybe it's just the drugs?
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What my use of Indica? You do know it helps many people with many issues right? I actually cut down dramatically this last week, i work fine off a 10mg dose 30 minutes before bed. Without it, i can't sleep. Helps with back pain too and anxiety given the shit we ALL deal with. Just the nature of the beast , gotta admit so much has happened so quick. Just idk, i guess when ya look at all that has happened ,its all so much so fast. Never seen anything like this. I prob should have worded my original comment a bit better, but oh well.

Try and be a bit more sensitive? Thanks if you could do that.
 
mopardude87 said:
Not sure if its only me, but does anyone ever wake up in the mornings and think this is ever all a bad dream? Took me a while to realize this was our new reality,my first visit in a doctors office with mask requirement was eye opener. Felt like the end of the world seeing like 20 people in masks in this waiting room. Was the first time i ever put one on, cause i was always at home stock piled on things so i wasn't going out at all.

This world has gone so insane often times i still almost think its all in my head how bad its gotten, its just to much at times. Who else has felt this way?
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We went out to the lake all of last week. It was an awesome time. There were people out on their boats etc., but we were pretty much in our own little bubble. Hardly any cell service and internet so we were kinda shielded from the news and the mayhem. It wasn't until saturday there was a boating accident that someone passed and it hit me that we were going to leave this place and get back to reality. Sure as shit, when we started making our way back home we were getting different notifications from various news apps and facebook posts or whatever about all the crazy stuff going on in our country right now. Our County shot up a good 2-300 active cases while we were gone. Deaths only went up 2 (I think we're at 10 now), but we got word that an acquaintance of ours caught covid and is not doing so well. It's crazy.
 
thestrangebrew1 said:
We went out to the lake all of last week. It was an awesome time. There were people out on their boats etc., but we were pretty much in our own little bubble. Hardly any cell service and internet so we were kinda shielded from the news and the mayhem. It wasn't until saturday there was a boating accident that someone passed and it hit me that we were going to leave this place and get back to reality. Sure as shit, when we started making our way back home we were getting different notifications from various news apps and facebook posts or whatever about all the crazy stuff going on in our country right now. Our County shot up a good 2-300 active cases while we were gone. Deaths only went up 2 (I think we're at 10 now), but we got word that an acquaintance of ours caught covid and is not doing so well. It's crazy.
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Yeah i been in the mood to go out too, but trying to be respectful of others and practice the social distancing thing and all that. I get the shielding thing, i sorta avoid the news but when you look at like Fox vs CNN vs MSNBC it seems each channel has its own agenda. Luckily this thread is not bias towards a political party and honestly a bit smarter then all that other bullshit. I do like being informed, but correctly and i feel this thread is a good way. We talk about it, figure out whats bullshit and whats truth.

Sorry to hear about your acquaintance. I guess knowing few people, its gonna be quite the shocker when i find out someone i know has it. Most of those i know are quite smart and practice social distancing and mask usage, but i know a few idiots. Honestly at this point, not gonna feel sorry for them if they catch it. Its been news for a while, not my fault they are stuck on stupid with their shit.
 
mopardude87 said:
What my use of Indica? You do know it helps many people with many issues right? I actually cut down dramatically this last week, i work fine off a 10mg dose 30 minutes before bed. Without it, i can't sleep. Helps with back pain too and anxiety given the shit we ALL deal with. Just the nature of the beast , gotta admit so much has happened so quick. Just idk, i guess when ya look at all that has happened ,its all so much so fast. Never seen anything like this. I prob should have worded my original comment a bit better, but oh well.

Try and be a bit more sensitive? Thanks if you could do that.
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LOL
I have no issue with people using marijuana for medical or any other reason, but with the way you had been describing your dosage habits, I don't think it's out of line to wonder if it could be altering your sense of reality. If I touched a nerve, you might consider why that nerve is so raw.
 
nakedfrog said:
LOL
I have no issue with people using marijuana for medical or any other reason, but with the way you had been describing your dosage habits, I don't think it's out of line to wonder if it could be altering your sense of reality. If I touched a nerve, you might consider why that nerve is so raw.
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Tell you what, private message if you take the stuff on a daily basis and know what it does to different people. If you don't, then keep quiet and leave me alone about it huh? So many people talk about stuff they don't know cause they make assumptions without knowing all the facts. Honestly tired of it. I perhaps was over the top with my original question but come on now, so much crazy is going on i can't be the only one who thinks its all to much. Think about it for a moment ok?

Don't even bother responding out in the open, cause at this point its off topic. Not my intentions. Private message me or leave me alone, your choice.
 
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Edit: if you're going to do math on a mobile, do yourself a favor & zoom in on the zeros all the way hahahaha

Just checking my math here:

www.cnn.com

CDC: For every coronavirus case, 10 go undiagnosed | CNN

CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen discusses the latest CDC finding saying there are 10 undiagnosed cases of coronavirus for every reported case.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

* CDC: "For every coronavirus case, 10 go undiagnosed"
* Google: 2.45 million Americans are confirmed to have COVID
* 2.45 million times 10 = 245 million (derp: missed a decimal place there, apocalypse is still on! lol). Current population: 328 million.

Soooooo we're 2/3 of the way through it?
 
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Kaido said:
Just checking my math here:

www.cnn.com

CDC: For every coronavirus case, 10 go undiagnosed | CNN

CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen discusses the latest CDC finding saying there are 10 undiagnosed cases of coronavirus for every reported case.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

* CDC: "For every coronavirus case, 10 go undiagnosed"
* Google: 2.45 million Americans are confirmed to have COVID
* 2.45 million times 10 = 245 million. Current population: 328 million.

Soooooo we're 2/3 of the way through it?
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Dude. I have a degree in mathematics. Last time I checked 10*2.45=24.5
 
nakedfrog said:
I wasn't aware they had become countries?
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Ok, how about Germany, India, Singapore? Per Al Jazeera, virus cases are surging in Europe too.

Plus flare ups are going right now in S. Korea and Japan and others.

So much for the lie of ".....worst-off countries during this entire pandemic: ultra right authoritarian and authoritarian-wannabee regimes" <not you naked frog>.

Uh huh.
 
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Scarpozzi said:
I would make sure all the systems are configured for wake on lan and that should help with reboots and power outages. Have the office invest in those cheap $70 UPS blocks if they can to handle blips.
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Not sure how that would solve anything about what I said. Power is far from an issue in this building. The issues we face is a corporate political issue not really a technical one.
 
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