Personal Safety Thoughts When Returning To Pool Rooms

My first wife's grandfather always asked for the fat other people trimmed from their meat... it finally killed him. He died at 99.
 
Face the reality folks!

TATE said:
I posted this in the other thread but here's my take:

The local APA is trying to resume with masks, gloves, limited attendance. We took a poll and our team declined even though we're in first place. My feeling is I go there to socialize, play competitive pool and maybe win and have some team fun and recreation. Walking in with a masks, gloves on to play a match doesn't sound like much fun or recreation.

I also know there will be jokers in the room who don't give a damn with a cowboy bandanna on their neck, laughing, talking and shedding without it ever coming up to their mouth or nose. Can't nobody tell them nuthin'.
The pool room won't even change light bulbs and I can feel my feet sticking to the floor. So I'm going to trust them to sanitize and sterilize and tune the A/C system properly? LOL.

Pool is a germ laden endeavor, no thanks.
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Perhaps the best post in the first 10 pages. Bottom Line:
1. There is NO WAY, NONE, to sanitize all pool room equipment.
2. Even if there were, people are BREATHING constantly, and spewing virus everywhere, EVEN WITH A MASK ON (per scientific study).
3. People are taking this TOO LIGHTLY, and there WILL be a second wave, probably surging and waning through next spring (per the experts).

We've all seen this ubiquitous sign below in countless rooms across America. We thought it was funny back then, but now it's a deadly reality. Are you really willing to risk your life, and the lives of your family and friends, so you can play pool???!!!

Sorry, but to me that is both incredibly selfish and totally irresponsible. Why? Because you can assume the risk for yourself, but you are ALSO risking the very LIVES of the pool room staff, other customers and all their families, so you can have some fun -- that's as good a definition of "selfish" as I've seen. I'm a war baby, and our parents did what they had to do in WWII to survive and win, with endless sacrifices. Now it's our turn. Buck up people! What's the big deal in wearing a mask, and sacrificing some sessions for a short while, to possibly save your life and others.

Thinking back on my wartime Airborne Ranger service, and what we had to do and wear and carry and fight and suffer through, this is the mildest form of child play and sacrifice. As much as I urgently want to support my room and the sport, the only SANE conclusion is to stay home and stay safe until the curve has flattened in your area for AT LEAST two weeks. Pool is an addiction, granted, but it is NOT a matter of "life and death." Follow the science -- be responsible -- live to play another day.
 

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It's going to take a special effort by the room owner / Bar to give any comfort zone to game like what we were use to.
The over 65 crowd for the most part is reserved for vetted and trusted parties,
as in small groups, for the next year or 2.
I thinking I'm screwed with league till next year at the minimum, a lot of smokers in our leagues , it just isn't going to workout.
 
I ready to go, Cue shafts got fresh coat of wax last night, Case & Accesory Bag are ready to go to the first room opening in Valley of Sun. Car has full tank of gas.:p

Sky is falling folks, end of world folks, and space aliens are come for us folks, stay under your safe place rocks. Be safe.:smile:
 

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Well said. Sadly, what is clear to some is met with selfishly defiant refusal of others, in the name of 'Freedom'.

I'll add:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...s-survivors-banned-from-joining-the-military/

...given the limited research on COVID-19, there are likely a few factors that military medical professionals are trying to hash out when it comes to recruiting survivors: Whether respiratory damage from the virus is long-lasting or permanent, and whether that can be assessed; the likelihood of recurring flare-ups, even if someone has had two consecutive negative tests; and the possibility that one bout of COVID-19 might not provide full immunity for the future, and could potentially leave someone at a higher risk to contract it again, perhaps with worse complications.
rocketceo said:
Perhaps the best post in the first 10 pages. Bottom Line:
1. There is NO WAY, NONE, to sanitize all pool room equipment.
2. Even if there were, people are BREATHING constantly, and spewing virus everywhere, EVEN WITH A MASK ON (per scientific study).
3. People are taking this TOO LIGHTLY, and there WILL be a second wave, probably surging and waning through next spring (per the experts).

We've all seen this ubiquitous sign below in countless rooms across America. We thought it was funny back then, but now it's a deadly reality. Are you really willing to risk your life, and the lives of your family and friends, so you can play pool???!!!

Sorry, but to me that is both incredibly selfish and totally irresponsible. Why? Because you can assume the risk for yourself, but you are ALSO risking the very LIVES of the pool room staff, other customers and all their families, so you can have some fun -- that's as good a definition of "selfish" as I've seen. I'm a war baby, and our parents did what they had to do in WWII to survive and win, with endless sacrifices. Now it's our turn. Buck up people! What's the big deal in wearing a mask, and sacrificing some sessions for a short while, to possibly save your life and others.

Thinking back on my wartime Airborne Ranger service, and what we had to do and wear and carry and fight and suffer through, this is the mildest form of child play and sacrifice. As much as I urgently want to support my room and the sport, the only SANE conclusion is to stay home and stay safe until the curve has flattened in your area for AT LEAST two weeks. Pool is an addiction, granted, but it is NOT a matter of "life and death." Follow the science -- be responsible -- live to play another day.
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I won’t go back for quite a while. The Ghost is still beating me on my home table. Nearly everybody I play with is in the higher risk age groups. I don’t want to contract the disease and I don’t want to spread it.
 
You should be aware that with states opening up comes a greater incidence of disease with some projection models showing 3000 deaths/ day by the end of the month, but then, they're just people, not pool players?
 
sharkrus said:
You should be aware that with states opening up comes a greater incidence of disease with some projection models showing 3000 deaths/ day by the end of the month, but then, they're just people, not pool players?
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What is he source of your 3,000/day deaths?
 
Where are we right now? 3,000 deaths every 2 days? The million dollar question is will the death go down from here due to the summer months, or will it stay steady at 1500 a day due to reopening? I'm crossing fingers that it will go down. Stay tuned!
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Might be right, silence on guestion was golden.

Simple source link.
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Maybe he doesn't answer BS questions? :rolleyes:

You know that what you pretend to be asking as a simple and innocuous question is actually a loaded question and irrespective of the reply, you are going to continue to proceed as though the virus isn't deserving of the response it is getting.

Just because AZ isn't seeing what many other areas are does not mean your observations are valid for anything other than you area and for time not past today.
 
Black-Balled said:
Just because AZ isn't seeing what many other areas are does not mean your observations are valid for anything other than you area and for time not past today.
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5 out of 6 doctors agree Russian Roulette is completely safe.
 
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