Restaurant owners in Old Montreal bang pots and pans in call to allow reopenings

Update –

Montreal restaurant owners bang on their pots and pans as they demonstrate to pressure governments to let them reopen their restaurants in Montreal, on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

Nearly 30 restaurateurs banged their cookware while marching from Place Jacques-Cartier to Montreal City Hall during a demonstration that lasted about half an hour.

The provincial government allowed retail stores in the city with outside access to resume business this week, but it has yet to announce when restaurants can open their dining rooms.

Owner of two restaurants on Old Montreal’s Place-Jacques-Cartier, called Eric Luksenberg, Said that without the summer season he won’t be able to pay his rent next winter, so he came up with the idea to “make a little noise.”

“The next step is to figure out when (the government) will give us a date to reopen. If they don’t give us a date, the next step is to maybe close our doors and declare bankruptcy. There’s no other choice.” Luksenberg said. 

Fellow owner Donato Trafficante estimates he lost more than $80,000 in revenue from his two establishments last weekend alone. He said if he is unable to open this summer, it could take two to three years to recover.

Trafficante hoped Wednesday’s demonstration would attract the attention of Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and Quebec Premier Francois Legault.

“What we’re all afraid of is that they say: ‘In two weeks, we’re going to open the restaurants.’ Then everybody has to scramble to get the procedures in place and put up our terraces. There’s a lot of work to be done to start our summer season.”

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source citynews

Japan Is Selling the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS for Under a Dollar

Update – Gaming

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Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS sold over 250 million units between them worldwide, but since their lifecycles ended for the better part of a decade now, millions of unwanted units are being sold extremely cheap in Japan.

One Japanese retailer is selling Nintendo DS handhelds for ¥100 JPY, which is just a few cents below $1 USD. 

 PlayStation 2 consoles are selling for ¥200 JPY (approximately $1.86 USD) while second-hand Wii consoles are being offered for ¥50 JPY (approximately 46 cents), not including tax.

The prices presented are still astronomically low. 

Although it’s not unusual for older consoles to be sold for less than their original retail value.

Old consoles being sold for much less than their original retail value isn’t big news, of course, but these prices are still a little on the insane side.

source hypebeast

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