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  1. fatwabbit
    At least you get snow... 37 deg C last weekend, and this weekend will be the same... come back winter! Went to a Regional Rep meeting, and the VP dialed in for the teleconference to deliver 'good news' that we're recovering and will get all our benefits back soon... two days later, email from corporate HQ comes out saying that we're still in the shit, so 1) no bonus; 2) no merit increase (that makes 24months); 3) if promoted you get 5% instead of the usual 10-15%; 4) taking away my company car... promises promises. When we heard the news, we were having a team meeting (just myself, 4 sales reps, and the boss). I said "doesnt make sense that we're all struggling yet we can get promises that are broken 2 days laters, this is really f-ing bullshit". I then walked out of the room to catch up with some others reps in the office.... everyone in the room thought I was just pissed and berated the boss later on for not doing his part.... plus, the boss still asks me to arrange for some meetings in the next few days, while realising that I'm supposed to be on leave for the rest of the year... Take all my compensation and benefits and still ask me to work on my leave days... dont think so mate.
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    Woke up at 5 when the sun rose (no bloody daylight savings)... made breakfast for the family, no time to eat cause I rushed to the airport to catch a flight... arrive at the airport, said goodbye to the wife and crying 5 year old son (promised him we'd play Modern Warfare 2 when I get back), found out that I'm 5 hours early and checkin doesnt open till 3 hours prior to flight. Tried to call the wife, but her mobile was off. Sat in the terminal (Perth International with two coffeeshops) for 2 hours to pass time. Finally checked in and went to immiigration. Immigration says that something doenst check out, got escorted to another area. background checks clear, but they said that someone with the same name as me has done something wrong, and chances are EVERYTIME i travel I would get checked... Random drug check on my bags, finally into the frigging lounge.... 3 hours to wait for flight.
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    stupid @#$%^&* skates dont fit.... i think the dozen or so in the last 3 years didnt fit either. Someone suggested One95, another to go with the Graf 7 series of skates... Never thought my feet needed more heel-arch depth, but apparently so... getting rid of all the skates... everything... hoping that with the money I can get back I can get some Grafs or One95...
  4. fatwabbit
    what size is that chassis?
  5. fatwabbit
    Man! That's just a wolf spider, if they bite you get a tiny nickel piece of necrosis and thats it. The Sydney Funnell web (very close cousin of your Black Widow) is a deadly sucker alongside the Redback Spider as well. Funnily enough when I tried to kill that guy, a cockroach came running out. He forgot about dodging me with the fly spray, grabbed the cockroach and ran upwards into the ceiling space for dinner with the missus. I felt like Steve Irwin for the briefest of moments. ;) Yea, those Redbacks are friggin everywhere! I killed at least two dozen of them last year in my garage and garden alone.
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    replied... I dont have any deals going, just good mates in the US (you know who you are!) that help me score some decent gear at reasonable prices. At the end of the day I dont make anything since shipping kills me ... I aint a hockey store or biz, although my garage looks like one with the crap I keep buying. The kid that picked up the HE950 from me, traded me his One55 skates... on top of that he got these for free: 2 practice jerseys, old elbow pads, and brand new jock... The chassis alone on the HE950 was the same price as his skates, but I just wanted to help him out since he's just starting to play hockey. Also, some of my old broken sticks are in the hands of younger beginners ...
  7. fatwabbit
    <_< haha... sorry Ben... would it be better to say that someone came over last night to my place and fondled them so much that I told him he needed to buy them?...... and he did.
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    Plastic clipboard. Its made of pretty sturdy plastic of about 3mm thick. Cut with sharp cutting knife (had to go about a dozen times to halfway, then use a pair of pliers to bend the rest of the way. It comes up pretty good, and the plastic is easy enough to use a file to round the edges or get it to size. Will try to take better pics of the heel lift, I made a few extra pieces for a sprung mount, but never got them installed when I mounted the sprungs.
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    nope.... my son's old table top... basically a large piece of MDF Board that I put on top of a small table to enlarge the area for him to do his colouring. His mates came over and just coloured everything except the paper... It now sits on my makeshift workbench in the garage. The setup is really really light... lightest I've held for a long time.
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    Jeez... talk about anxious. I sent the wife to the local game store to buy it for me... she sent my son to school, went shopping for other stuff, then called me to say she just bought it. No queue or anything...
  11. fatwabbit
    here is a flashback ... did these over the weekend... havent cut the bolts off yet. I was intending to do the mount with Tnuts, but the bolts I had were too long and i didnt have the bolt cutters. These are just for backups... am currently on sprungs (nothing else will do). You cant see it in this pic, but I've added a 3mm heel lift. HE950 boots size 9D mission vanguard Mags
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    Aussie... it also means bikini clad women trying to skate on the esplanade near my place. I should just set up a beach chair and watch them go by... lycra clad cyclists are too fast, and the ones who walk are usually too stern looking Went to check my annual and flex leave schedule for the rest of the year... and I've got enough to basically take the whole of Dec off, as well as ALL the Fridays for the rest of the year... HR policies dont allow me to bring over more than 5 annual leave days to next year, so I have to clear the rest... And this year, I intend to stick to the rule of not checking work emails while I'm on leave.
  13. fatwabbit
    The chassis is pleny robust. I've used the same frame (mounted and remounted about 3 times) in league games, and played in the Nationals recently with no problem whatsoever... I block a lot of shots with my skates, and teh chassis has actually taken a beating but still remains ok. I've lost count of the number of times Ive had a alu chassis dent from a shot... once its dented its more or less gone. However with the sprungs you can swap our parts if you need to within minutes.
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    sorry to hear that man... had that told to my face numerous times
  15. fatwabbit
    At least I know there will be a buyer when I decide to let my redlite XN10 go. :P er.. here as well?
  16. fatwabbit
    Any reason for the XXX in front, and XX at the back? Good skates nonetheless.......
  17. fatwabbit
    Thats not exactly what she said, but close enough... ;)
  18. fatwabbit
    no problem with the wheels sticking out at all. Like sdcopp mentioned, it also depends onthe wheels and chassis. The main thing you want to be cautious of is to ensure that the wheels are centered properly... so assuming you have about 1/2 inch sticking out the front, generally you would have the same 1/2 sticking out the back. I've mounted my size 9 boots on a7 sprungs, and looking down at my laced up skates i can see almost half the wheel sticking out the front toe cap. No problem with the skating or crossovers.
  19. fatwabbit
    Assume you were directing this at me... no, i'm not a project manager but a company rep in the field. I can make the decisions myself, but this group has specifically said they wanted to do the decisions themselves. In the past, I would have replied to the dealer that I would/would not support the decisions they make... unfortunately its not the same for this particular group. they love to sit in head office, claim that the field reps arent doing their job, and bitch about how badly the dealer is doing in terms of responses. Btw, this particular engineer has come to our field office twice, and has already declared pretty clearly and loudly that he would love to take a position in the field office. Most of us wouldnt have this guy handing out water bottles on the bench (to put it in a hockey perspective)... He's got it in his mind that its a challenge working with the dealers... well, its a challenge and a throat slitting experience working with pricks like him. The dealer management has already put him on the black list... thereby not allowing him into the territory.
  20. fatwabbit
    Cant stand dealing with my company engineers.... trying to explain to them that waiting 6 weeks for a bloody answer from the factory is not acceptable. Then getting a reply from the engineers over the phone that 'if the dealer is not happy with the response time, then fuck them.' Jeez, and this coming from a guy who told everyone 'I cant wait to work full time with our dealers'... f-off bitch, you aint taking my job!
  21. fatwabbit
    Aussie, are you playing in the league with Michael Costaes? I think thats how you spell his name... I met hiim when he was over for the Nationals with Team Vic. I'm going to be in Melbourne from 8-12 Dec... maybe we can catch up.
  22. fatwabbit
    Aussie Joe is on size 8.5D One90, and uses the A6
  23. fatwabbit
    To be honest, I'm not sure. The rink felt wider and shorter as well... the space behind the goal was big enough for you to have a campout.... We ding-ed the posts and crossbars at least a dozen times in the first 2 games alone...
  24. fatwabbit
    diving to knock the puck out second goalie disco spin http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee134/f...7_2073_2156.jpg eyes on the puck http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee134/f...7_1999_2076.jpg not a breakaway
  25. fatwabbit
    Thats really cool man... i love it when someone takes one for the team ...
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