fatwabbit

Cool story. The guy does have a really good radio voice.

Circuit training. Basically do intense exercise for short bursts, with short recovery intervals. MOST HATED exercise in my time in the army, i would have rather done a 7 or 8km run than do circuit training for 30mins. However, it really helps you burn a lot.

Check out McMaster, go with the 6/32 or 8/32 tnuts. 6/32 will give you more room for error in drilling the holes, but are still rock solid. I went with 8/32 as I wanted something more solid for my fat ass. Btw, I'm in Brisbane.

Kizzash, just use some tnuts and bolts. THey work perfectly, similar to the Graf RMS screws. Just get someone in the US to buy some from McMaster and ship them to you. 100 Tnuts and bolts would cost about $25-$30 including shipping, and is enough for 5 sets of skates.

Not sure where to post this, but I believe its a sweet spot since I wasnt there when this customer turned up. With all the rain we've been having (worse in 100years some say), everything has been flooding. No doubt with all the flooding you get different types of 'customers' coming in. This was taken at one of our branches, near the break area. No doubt the guys will be finding a different place to take a break. Pic is a little big, so I've linked it. Hint: customer is to the left of the road sign in the pic. http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee134/fatwabbit/Sale%20Items/?action=view&current=smokoarea.jpg

Great stuff! Which brace did you get? Grinder, thats awesome! I'm sure it will be something you will never forget doing.

Actually, roller boots are supposed to be more solid than ice boots, mainly due to the abrasive nature of the ground you would be playing on. Dont think there would be a problem for you to do the inline to ice conversion, but like what some guys have said the alignment of the holders are more important than an inline chassis. I've seen some mission soldier boots on ice holders...

Has anyone converted a pair of Mission NME Nine-1 skates to inline?

Loxish, what size skate on what size chassis? As long as you are comfortable on them it should be fine.

Took a 100 flex stick outside to just shoot the puck around when I normally use a 85 flex. I know why I've never really ripped a good slapshot, mainly due to my weird windup. Focused on winding up properly, and was able to rip a couple of really good shots. Going to try that again tonight with the 85 flex... hopefully can do the same at the rink for tomorrow's game.

Now where have I heard of something similar before?.... seems like a trend of these things happening.

Chadd.... sorry to hear that. Prayers go out to your dad... best friends are hard to find. Played a game last night, and our captain warned us that this would be a scrappy match. UNSTATEMENT. Slashed and hacked the whole game. Was pushed to the ground (am not a very strong skater) by one guy, and I just kicked out at his feet. As I was getting up, he said to me 'you c*nt, did you just kick me?!', and I told him to 'f*ck off'. He kept mouthing off, and after the subsequent faceoff, I got the puck and used the boards to get around this guy, he tried to hit me hard and missed, only grazing me briefly. Ref called the penalty, and he kept whinging and complaining 'but he kicked me'... ref told him to get to the box "I've been watching the whole time and you are just as guilty, only thing is that you took it one step further!, get in the box!'

after many years of wanting a Nissan Skyline R34, I finally went out and bought one. Asked the wife prior to the purchase on what car I can get, to which the reply was "whatever you want since you are the only one to drive it."... so said Skyline has been fun to drive around. Less than a month later, the wife decides to stop by the local car dealer to check out the latest Honda CRV, and basically my Skyline is history... Bye bye buddy, it was good while it lasted.

This is a video of one of the games I played in last week... I was surprised that they asked me to play on the PK, 3 blocked shots (one with the glove) on that one shift. At the end of the game, I had about 8 blocked shots, 3 of them using the glove. Give me some comments on my skating... going to work on it more this year, along with trying to carry the puck up more instead of dumping it when on the PK. Btw, I'm the one with the silver helmet and red gloves.

Got called up a few weeks ago to represent state again this year at Nationals... filled with excitement to play in Masters (30-40 yrs) and Vets (over 40)... Vets I had to get special dispensation to play as a backup tender. So far in Vets, I've havent had to play yet, but being on the bench with my buds is fun enough. As for Masters... 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tied game in the preliminaries... The loss going to QUeensland as we screwed up our lines to self destruction. We were seeded to play them again in the Semis, and hammered 7 past them in a great win. We got knocked out today by Tasmania in a really good game. HIghlights of the tournament for me: - being able to finish a hard body check (even though it resulted in a penalty) - blocking a LOT of shots - setting up a goal with a nice one time feed into the centre - sliding to block a shot that hit me hard enough to go down to the other end, ending up with a breakaway for us that my buddy missed... obviously the crowd could hear me chirping him the rest of the game from that miss - blocking a cleared pass with my hand, setting the puck down, looking at the clock, then setting up the slapper from centre faceoff circle and on target. Goalie had it saved though. - getting to play with my buddies again... - clearing the puck that had me hit the boards hard head first, and thanking myself for buying a M11 helmet. - getting credited by the under 11's kids that I helped to coach... somehow just make me feel like a hero - buddy of mine giving me massive credit... when the kids asked me what position I played, he said I was a 'superstar defenceman, goalie, shot blocker and setup man' - getting to meet and know some of the best hockey chicks around! my offers of free back rubs and massages are still valid! thanks for the fun times... Vets Gold Medal Game tomorrow... would go nice with the Bronze for Masters (should have gotten the Gold) and the Masters Gold I got last year.

anyone intersted in a set of mission vanguard mg plus wheels and bearings from a mission commander se?

hey gxc, hope the missus gets better soon. Got a call last week to play on the state team for Nationals... looks like I'm playing out for my age category, and backup tender for Vets...

Its similar... a shim would be something you used to level off uneveness. The heel lift actually increases the height at the rear of the skate, giving you a more forward lean or pitch. Shims can be made of plastic milk cartons, but the heel lift would need to be something more solid.

Finally got your skates done up, AND starting to use those wheels. Looking really good.

Last game tonight for me in Perth... been playing with these guys for close to 4 years and really loving it. Game finished 6-4, one goal, two assists, two rang off the crossbar. Overall a great and fun game, not overly physical, but a lot of good friends and memories. Need to find a new team in Brisbane... spoke to a league organiser from Brisbane last week and he asked me what my skill level was like... replied "I can skate if that helps"... going to start with dropin, then go from there.

Would have prefered the Irish in the World Cup instead ...

Grand Final Game... everyone was pretty pumped and we were playing a team that we hammered twice this season already. We didnt play our normal game, so a lot of disarray. We got a goal in the first 30 sec, but they hit us twice in the next 3 minutes. At the faceoff after their second goal, I lined up on the LW side. Looked up and saw their goalie pretty far out, towards his left side. Our Captain won the face off with the puck squirting forward 3 feet, I took the puck and just hit a hard low shot from inside the faceoff circle in the center, goalie didnt move until puck was in the net. Game went back and forth, with us losing 5-4 in the last 2 minutes. Pulled the goalie with one minute to go, and we were peppering the goalie with shots. One guy from our team took a shot with 5 sec to go... right thru the goalie's legs. No overtime, so we went to penalty shoot out. Took the first penalty shot, really hard to goalie's blocker side... no chance. The guy who scored the game tie-ing goal got the other goal... So we ended up the season with a pretty good record, I think we lost 2 or 3 games, but this year its been really really fun. Everyone has clicked together, passes tape to tape, some really sweet goals scored. Next week is my last week before moving to another city... so we're trying to get an early game so that we can get into the booze and food!

How many times does a company keep removing employee benefits without telling the employees... seems like everytime I check there is something new or wrong.

Ol' pal and mentor in my company just passed away last week after fighting cancer... grumpy ol' bastard, but lots of good advice given... RIP Foxy. Tried to find a house in the new city we're moving to next month... 8 families viewing one house that looked like a dungeon, with fake skulls and everything. We did put in applications for two places, one that got turned down. Now waiting on the other to confirm... dont know why people cant understand the conditions you want to include when you break it down specifically .... it was more stressful waiting and waiting, and still waiting.

They should fit... I think they might be refering to the dremmeling that needs to be done to allow clearance for the second wheel.