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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.