Jonny5
Senior Member
So which one of the Maple Leafs paid off Doug so they could go out and party? I mean, I suppose it could be one of the Senators, but... it's Ottawa... where would they even go that wasn't already closed after their games?
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Why do they need to dine out, exactly? Their mouths won't work in other non-restaurant settings?
AoD
Jonny5
Senior Member
The only plausible scenario I can think of, and this is still a stretch, is that it's to accommodate out of province teams traveling here that want to eat on their way out after a game. The restaurants/bars listed in that case will all be places out by the airport that can be booked in advance to feed 30-35 people several thousand calories of food each at 11:00 pm at night (after most restaurants have closed the kitchen and gone to a bar menu) before they board their charter flight back to Alberta or wherever from Pearson at midnight. That's a sort of understandable convenience for them if it's all well planned in advance and not all ad-hoc.
But, it doesn't sound like that is the intent here. It sounds like a much more general allowance to them to go out on demand.
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gabe
Senior Member
Shocking! people still play Pokemon GO?
'My mind was blown': Ontario couple fined $880 for Pokémon GO outing amid stay-at-home order
Ontario Provincial Police urge 'everyone to voluntarily comply with the rules'
tripwire
Active Member
That's a pretty dumb fine. Give them a warning and tell them to go home. They stopped at an empty parking lot and wasn't getting out anywhere. IMHO better than the people walking about and talking with no mask on that brush up beside you on our narrow sidewalks.
Northern Light
Superstar
I hope they fight it.
I hope they win.
All of us who take photos here at UT could be nabbed on the same principle.
I could legitimately say I'm out getting exercise at the same time (true, I just happened to take my camera).
The point of these rules and orders is to restrict behavior which causes a public danger (spread of Covid).
That was clearly not the case here; and the busy body officer should go find another line of work, one with considerably less power, and less ability to abuse same.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
First, they came for the Pokémon Go players, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Pokémon Go player.
Then they came for the UrbanToronto condo construction photographers, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not an UrbanToronto condo construction photographer.
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak for me.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
In the various Pokémon games, the player bikes, not drive.
The proper way to play Pokémon Go is to bike.
Biking is considered a permissible form of exercise.
Driving to Pokémon gyms is prohibited during lockdown.
Pokémon Go generated over a billion dollars in the first ten months of 2020 alone:
Pokémon GO Hits $1 Billion in 2020 as Lifetime Revenue Surpasses $4 Billion
Pokémon GO was the No. 3 revenue-generating mobile game worldwide in the first 10 months of 2020, Sensor Tower data shows.
It's hard to believe. To be fair, Pokémon Go has many paid events that require real money (and cannot be purchased using in-game premium currency). Over 90% of revenue is from under 10% of the playerbase.
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Don't worry....they'd have to get to me first. I'll always pipe up to talk shit on behalf of the oppressed. As sure as the sun rises in the east....
lenaitch
Senior Member
I didn't know there was a 'proper' way to play this silly game. The charge does strike me as lame, and sometimes a copper and a ticket book are a bad combination, but we don't know all the facts. That part of the province has a bit of a history of rouge church gatherings and fact that they were in a church parking lot may have played into it. Or the guy beaked off. We don't know.
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Yeah, a lot of interactions with police that go sideways are because the person being questioned or detained starts lipping like they're something special.
That's how I got my ass kicked in by Toronto's finest.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Delaying it with a hope to be sometime after the federal government lifts those pesky foreign travel restrictions, I think.
I did see somewhere that those pesky foreign travel restrictions are expected to be in place until the end of April, which makes sense if their purpose is to deter people from travelling to sun destinations.
gabe
Senior Member
I have seen more people double masked lately.
www.npr.org
CDC Says Double-Masking Offers More Protection Against The Coronavirus
New research found that wearing a cloth mask over a medical mask significantly boosts protection against droplets that can transmit the virus. Knotting the ear loops of surgical masks also helps.
www.npr.org
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Not leaving your house offers even more protection against COVID-19.
In other news, not leaving your house affords protection against getting hit by a car, random stabbing, robbery, lightning, and living a life worth the name.
Be safe!
In other news, not leaving your house affords protection against getting hit by a car, random stabbing, robbery, lightning, and living a life worth the name.
Be safe!