«The #LA Kings will play '24 preseason game free of #taxpayer dollars in the bettors' favourite next city to get an #NHL expansion team... & it's not #QuebecCity
... #Quebec Premier #François#Legault defended his gov's decision to pay upwards of $7M to subsidize the games saying, "it's important 2 invest in #leisure, whether it's sports or culture"
The #MontrealCanadiens pointed out after the announcement that they would have played the games for free»
Times are tough for the #hospitality & #leisure sectors... But, Ten-pin Bowling has actually seen revenues (& footfall) rise in the last couple of years.
While it is a classic case of a cheap(isn) family treat (when times are hard), its also a case of benefitting from sunk-costs.
Once built, blowing alleys' marginal/variable costs are low & so operators have been using that surplus to cross-subsidise their #food offer, thus resisting #Inflation.
In this clip from ‘In The Swim’ from Screen Archive South East we see Crawley’s newly built swimming pool in 1964 - the perfect way for new towners to keep fit and relax!
Dwell magazine's Alana Hope Levinson has written a thoughtful feature on the joy of "puttering" — relaxing by carrying out low-stakes household chores — and you can read it here. But we got distracted by the language used in the article, since, she claims, "puttering" can also be referred to as "piddling," and where we come from, you certainly don't go piddling around the house. What word do you use for the pastime of puttering?
On a warm summer day, she grabbed her book and headed to the park. In a quiet, isolated spot, she lay down in the grass and spent hours absorbed in a world of interest and intrigue, one that inspired thought and wonder, and not fear.
A lot of people over here in fedi use open street maps. Could both fedi software and open street maps work on being more inter-connected? Could than fedi posters help with adding reviews and descriptions to establishments and places? Could open street maps contribute map integrations and recreation discovery to the fediverse? #OpenStreetmaps#OpenStreetMap#OpenSource#Foss#Geography#Leisure#Meta
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