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.

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!

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.

Aussie Joe is on size 8.5D One90, and uses the A6

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...

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

Thats really cool man... i love it when someone takes one for the team ...

allsmokes... understand where you are coming from. We refer to our Maltese/Jack Russel cross as our 'girl', and she's pretty well taken care of. We got her last year, when her previous owner put her up for adoption. First time I saw her, i knew she would be the right one for us. She was shy, grey and dirty looking... took her a while to get used to us, but after that and a few bathes, her coat is as white as snow. She's well fed now, compared to the crap the previous owner was giving her. Got to the finals in the National Inline Hockey Tournament here in Australia... didnt get to play much in the game, basically 3 shifts in the first half, and didnt get on the floor in the second half or OT. Didnt really care, just being on the bench, looking at the support from the home fans, shouting myself hoarse trying to get the team going, screaming at the ref for lousy calls... just being part of the team was all that mattered to me. For those who didnt get to read about my injuries, I got tackled from behind during indoor soccer a few months back and thought that was the end of it. I even sent a text message to the coach, telling him to strike me off the list for this tourny, but he told me to give it some time... to me, being able to lace up my skates and be part of this team again was well worth all the effort to get back into the game. While we were all having a great time in the locker room after the game, everyone had a chance to speak out... one of the guys gave me a great mention, saying that even though I didnt get much playing time, the support and encouragement from the bench was what kept them going... to me, thats what the team is about, everyone willing to do their best, lay their body on the line for the whole crew. I havent felt really a part of a team for a long time, and its a damn good feeling. I would have been happy as a water boy or something... but the guys gave me a chance.

Lost a game yesterday, shite refereeing that resulted in 4 of us in the sin bin in the first 4 minutes of the game. Throughout the rest of the game, we had numerous chances ring off the post, goal disallowed when the puck when in and then out after a sweeeeet wraparound by my team mate (with his family and kids in the stands). We were down 2-1 and pulled the goalie with half minute to go... setup and one of the guys took a sweeet wrister from the point that went top shelf... only to be disallowed for another crappy call. The reason this is in the sweet spot thread instead of the venting thread, is that game served as a wake up call... we had another game in the evening against another team, and we dominated the whole game. Even at full strength we were cycling the puck, moving with purpose, hitting the open man... I scored our 4th goal, sweeet pass from the left wing with me trying to go full tilt towards the net. Lost my footing but still able to redirect the puck, puck hit the goalie pads and while i was still sliding towards the net i kicked the puck with my left peg... next thing I know the ref was calling it a goal! All those year of soccer have come in handy! Great game, everyone was pumped after the game! That first loss made us think that we could play much much better, and we DID. We played great, and our fans in the crowd said that the game was seamless...

just do what Jim Carey did and swap yourself for the baby while she's not looking! might not be hockey related, but a customer incident a few months back. Drove 2 and a half hours to visit a branch, and on the way back got a call to visit a customer to see a problem with his machine. Stopped by, introduced myself and the dealer rep to the maintenance manager. He brought us to the workshop where everyone seemed to be eating their lunch (why you want to eat lunch in a workshop with oil, grease and crap with grubby hands I cannot fathom) took a look at the engine, which I agree had some problems. As protocol, we needed photos so we started to snap away. Along comes this rough looking guy (found out he was the boss), waving his half eaten chicken drumstick and in a loud voice 'I wanted service guys, not a photographer... WTF is wrong with this thing, I want the answers NOW'. The dealer rep explained that we needed to look and see where the root cause was. The boss then proceeds to rip into us, telling us that we needed to give him a new engine to replace this one. I asked how long he's had his machine and he said over 2 years, plus it had 8000hours on it... Continued to get shit from this guy, and basically told him we would decide once we had some data. On the way back in the car, i told the dealer rep that the customer could expect me to help with some repair costs, but if he wanted a new engine he could buy it himself. I understand that as a customer you have the right to be frustrated or angry, but I never expected to be treated like that especially in front of some apprentices.

Good stuff... assume that the tape you put on was double sided tape for location purposed? and did you use counter sunk screws?

Aussie... why dont you just use tnuts? Then you can swap out whenever you want.... let me know, I've got a set of tnuts and screws if you want

kyle... told you that you should be getting gear from me!

I had some inline frames put on a pair of 1200c, no problem whatsoever with them...

getting back on skates again, after having my knee injured and thinking that it would be the end of my hockey life

and also that his car has a tape deck.

numberthirteen... assume you went with countersunk screws? any problems with the higher pitch due to the lifts?

Skates: Torspo Surge 221, mounted on A7 Sprungs Sticks: Mission Fuel Ti Pro (prostock) Irmen, Gryphon p88 Clone... awaiting the following: 2x RBK10k, TPS XN10, Bauer One90 Lindros, XXX Lindros Gloves: Mission Matrix (black), Mission Matrix (black/orange/blue), Mission Matrix (red/white) Helmet: CCM V08 Elbows: Easton S9 Shoulders: Mission Thorax Padded Shirt Pants: Mission Matrix Girdle, Mission LT Pants Shins: Mission Sub Zero

most people dont fil in the previous holes... but you could try silicon or epoxy... epoxy would be more permanent...

Those MGs would look good on anything... I think Mission created 'the look' when they introduced that chassis. flyweightphantom, you should have said something... I had some hilos a few weeks ago, and sold them off. I do know someone here still using the HE950 skates... skinny guy, by no means would damage the chassis much.

Thanks for putting everything in perspective... every morning before i leave for work, i lean over to kiss my 5 year old son... sometimes it wakes him up, and he sleepily says 'i love you dad, have a good day at work'.... makes me want to just sleep in.

Helmet: CCM V08, Itech 908Ti cage Shoulder: Mission Thorax padded shirt circa 2006 Elbow: Easton S9 Gloves: 3 pairs Mission Matrix (2 pairs brand new, still using first pair for 4 years) Pants: Mission Matrix girdle Shin: Mission Sub Zero Skates: Torspo 221 with Sprungs A7, Kor Shift 1 with Sprungs A7, soon to have a pair of CCM Tacks 992 OPS Mission Fuel Ti Pro, Prostock Irmen 90-ish flex Mission Pulse 85 flex, Rafalski TPS XN10 Chrome, 95 flex, Tkachuk Sande Heatseeker, 85 flex, Sakic clone Gryphon P88, essentially a Lindros clone Shafts Bauer XXXX Tapered shaft SWD RM19 cut OPS Easton SE16 cut OPS The rest of the items I had were sold over the weekend. Doesnt include the mutiple boots I'm trying to clear out of my garage.

Looks good... looks like you mounted them yourself?

what did you use for the heel lifts?

The S400 and the One90 both look sweet...