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OK, OK, I can take a hint! I 'll stop using your stupid sauna.

I was confused when you said smoking... thinking "WTF it's 2017..." but then you mentioned the "getting high" part. Is that what kids are by default referring to as "smoking" these days? I'm clearly getting old. Get off my lawn.

Not a bad day today. Berlin Franchise. Zetterberg game prepped CC mitts CC HP45

Forced password changes. No more secure (in fact, they're often less secure), but annoying as hell.

It's electronic stuff. But again, I don't really know.

Well that was a not-so-fun experiment. Playing goal while very sick. Most of my team bailed tonight, too. But I can't because I'm the only one with pads ;) Or else I definitely would have! Anyway, luckily I didn't puke, or start coughing. However I did get very warm. But the worst part was my complete inability to track the puck. Up close I was fine and made more than a few good saves. But first goal of the game was a shot from the blue line, going wide, and I tried to just poke it into the corner so it wouldn't go behind the net. Hit the heel of my stick and went in. Every single distance shot they took I would lose immediately even with no traffic. Like I'd see it leave the stick and then it was GONE. Like I was half a second behind everything the whole game. It was ugly. Ended up losing 8-5 with two empty net goals. We did well offensively, but the goaltending and D was atrocious. Considering three of us were playing sick I guess the result wasn't surprising. Just frustrating and embarrassing when the other team keeps taking slap shots from centre because they think you suck at them. Especially when they're right... Im skipping pickup this Tuesday. I need a couple nights of good sleep.

It seems like similar reasoning to why high school kids smoke in the bathrooms. They're good enough to never get caught, and it's an agreed upon place to get high. It's also why all the bathrooms at my school are unusable, you can't go in them without someone offering you drugs or smoking. The buses are worse. I should also mention that I do not partake at all, nor have I ever. "or dudes"? I'm not trying to be homophobic, but unless the two or more dudes in question are well acquainted, seems really uncomfortable.

Agreed, I've had mine a month and a half at this point and sharpened pretty frequently on it and haven't had any kinks. I'd go for one if you are interested it.

There are no "kinks" as far as I've seen, at least in this thread. If you want one, go ahead and get one.

That is just really disgusting.

Just something a little more unique. Wanted a retro setup and sent in my own leather.

Made the JR NY Ranger twitter page! Got an little up close and Personal with Doogs too.

This is the second set of T'Blades I've seen in the last week and I can't believe there's people who still use them outside of Dennis Seidenberg haha.

^^ It's not about how long you've been doing it, it's about how long you've been doing it well !! A dedicated mentor and you are on your way to learning. Practice, practice, practice.

That's good to know that the "I've been doing this for decades" thing isn't as important as those people imply ;) (yes I'm trolling)

I'm not going to say skate sharpening is easy but I don't agree with this idea that it takes years to master. It is a skill that takes practice to get started, confidence in your ability, and a work ethic to do the job right every time. Like any job, it is a matter of caring about what you do. It's not rocket appliances.

I wanted to share what one of my LHS has listed in little made up pamphlets they carry to show pricing on the products they carry as well as costs for services. The owner, Marty, is a great guy and has many of the same issues that a lot of shop owners/workers have expressed here. Despite the online shops and multiple chain stores, he's maintained his business well. "ALL customers ARE welcome & appreciated in our store. Customers are treated EQUALLY regardless of team, league, or association affiliation. We do NOT discriminate against ANY customers by discounting select groups. Please do not ask us for discounts, we DO NOT haggle over or 'match' prices. We KNOW what internet & our competitors prices are - PLEASE COMPARE TO OURS! We ARE usually more expensive on SHARPENING & REPAIR ONLY - for a reason. We will NOT over-sell you things that you don't need or anything that doesn't work & then sharpen your sates for free OR give you a free roll of tape to cover it up. We ARE honest with our customers, even if it means NOT SELLING YOU SOMETHING. We are NOT a corporate owned franchise, we ARE a locally owned private independant. Please respect our store & TIME if other customers are waiting. You CAN schedule a before or after hours appt. if needed OR if coming down from Denver/up from Pueblo. If you need to get fitted or recommendations but are NOT buying we do charge for our time & experience as well as any work done on 'brought-in' equipment, skates or sticks. We prefer service-work & fittings be done during the week & NOT the last hour of the day. Service and repair work on items originally purchased from us DOES take priority. We are NOT after NOR do we EXPECT everyones business.. for those who understand & SUPPORT us, we exist for YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS, THANK YOU - Marty" Marty has a few different pamphlets with such store philosophy, as well as properly fitting all types of equipment. Great guy, and his prices line up with everything out there. With the fitting fees and everything he always has business in his shop. People aren't usually payng those fees though because they are buying from him. Once the FDA or whoever approves a neck surgery he needs, he's packing up and moving to Minnesota to work up there because of the ever growing retail chains and online stores. It's kind of interesting though, because he'll be going to some chain of shops where it's a lot of experienced guys basically working together to do business against the Giants and Monkeys of the world. Kind of a weird evolution of the LHS.