<div dir="auto">For what it's worth, revolutions/fast eddies has a crap ton of unused space. It's located at the intersection of 28 and 29 so it's pretty easy access. Seems like a good possible league location. Hell, if I had the time/ability to do the upkeep, is put some of my machines in there.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 1, 2017 1:33 PM, "Roland Joyal via FSPA" <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Thank you Bob -Roland<br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Bob K Mertz via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>><br>
To: Roland Joyal via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>><br>
Cc: Bob K Mertz <<a href="mailto:lists@bibleboy.org" target="_blank">lists@bibleboy.org</a>><br>
Sent: Tue, Aug 1, 2017 12:04 am<br>
Subject: Re: [FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?<br>
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Glad to hear that everyone at Mike's is ok.... the landlord stuff makes <br>
sense too -- especially in this area.<br>
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Sorry to hear about your mother... hope she is well and everything is <br>
going ok there.<br>
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Thanks for your hard work....<br>
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On 07/31/2017 11:49 PM, Roland Joyal via FSPA wrote:<br>
> That's a thoughtful insight Bob, but in this case it is not related to a <br>
> family emergency. There is a lot of financial stuff behind the scenes <br>
> (some I can't go into, and just found out about it a week ago), and <br>
> there is a lot of he said-she said between various shopping center <br>
> management people that have come and gone and Mighty Mikes, and some <br>
> stuff is not in writing. The library may not like them, but they knew <br>
> the bar was there before they moved in, and legally they do not have a <br>
> say. But of course there are politics involved, and so that may have <br>
> been one of the reasons why the landlord started to become more <br>
> aggressive in removing them.<br>
> <br>
> So after i found out about some of the behind the scenes stuff, a few <br>
> days later I got the word (Friday late afternoon) about their closing <br>
> ...and just the day before my Mother went into the hospital ...so when <br>
> it rains it pours:/ And the only day I could get movers was today, and <br>
> have spent most of the day with them after taking apart equipment, etc., <br>
> jukebox was the worse. And i did buy their changer for whatever future <br>
> place these pinballs end up supporting the FSPA, and that changer made <br>
> 10 pieces, and so much equipment that we had to move two of the machines <br>
> in a separate trip ... I am exhausted, and I didn't even do the lifting, <br>
> lol. Good to relax and catch up on emails. -Roland<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Bob K Mertz via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>><br>
> To: FSPA main discussion list <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>><br>
> Cc: Bob K Mertz <<a href="mailto:lists@bibleboy.org" target="_blank">lists@bibleboy.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 31, 2017 10:23 am<br>
> Subject: Re: [FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?<br>
> <br>
> Roland,<br>
> Is there anything you're able to share regarding what happened? If not <br>
> are you able to at least say if everyone is ok. I know that sometimes <br>
> when a family run place like this closes suddenly it's often related to <br>
> a family emergency like death or illness.... Combine that with the fact <br>
> you mentioned a few weeks ago about them doing some upgrades to the pin <br>
> room soon kind of add to the sudden shocker. Understandable if you're <br>
> not able to share but wanted to at least ask if everyone is ok.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On July 31, 2017 1:00:07 AM EDT, Roland Joyal via FSPA <br>
> <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org?" target="_blank">mailto:fspa@fspazone.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> No one is more bummed than me, as I have a lot of money invested in<br>
> the FSPA league there, not to mention 2017 Golden Tee, jukebox,<br>
> megatouch. This came as a shock, with no notice, as I just spent<br>
> money on Ghostbusters and Jungle Lord :/ It's after midnight and I<br>
> just got back from there prepping machines for the movers. I have a<br>
> nearby location in Ashburn (on the Sterling side) that I already<br>
> have a pin in and they have tons of room and the manager is all for<br>
> the league being there but he has to convince the owner and its been<br>
> two days and am waiting for an answer as the machines are either<br>
> going to the location or to my storage area on Monday at noon. The<br>
> machines are all bowing their backbox heads down right now in<br>
> sadness :/ -Roland<br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: ethan--- via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org?" target="_blank">mailto:fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br>
> To: fspa <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org?" target="_blank">mailto:fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br>
> Cc: ethan <<a href="mailto:ethan@757.org" target="_blank">ethan@757.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ethan@757.org?" target="_blank">mailto:ethan@757.org</a>>><br>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 30, 2017 10:09 pm<br>
> Subject: [FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> With Mighty Mikes closing -- what's the thoughts? Bummer.<br>
> <br>
> Monday night is not a league night due to the ReplayFX event this<br>
> weekend, which was awesome.<br>
> <br>
> Are the pinballs out already? Is the venue open and doing food tomorrow<br>
> (Monday) night? If the pins are there and food and drink is pouring --<br>
> want to gather my homies?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --<br>
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