The two lumbering bodies moved slowly in the night air. Ice and snow sprayed wildly as they moved.  The crescent moon provided little illumination as the two maneuvered as if in a pre-set pattern. Warm breath crystallized in quick white…
All you can do is laugh (after you’re done swearing)
Not only was I spot on about yesterday’s storm…that the forecast of 3-6″ would be underestimated (we got 10″ throughout the day)…but we even got a random 4″ overnight LAST night! So the hour I spent last night cleaning up…
The things you can’t learn on a mailing list
So there’s good news and bad news. First, the good. I finally finished my home zamboni (henceforth known as the homeboni). I can’t take credit for its design, but I did purchase and assemble the parts. The result is a…
Naught again!
Well my bucket dumps on Friday night were indeed useless, as we got a foot of light, fluffy snow dumped on our heads and rinks last night and this morning. What was supposed to be 4-6″ ended up being twice…
Emptying the bucket
An old coach of mine used to preach “empyting the bucket” on each shift, meaning that each of us should totally exhaust all faculties to get the job done. Surely those words are still spoken in rinks around the world,…
