fatwabbit

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.

haha... heard that one before, and one that i hear frequently in my line is: dealer to sell to customer at discounted price, while me working for the manufacturer to drop my price so that the dealer can make the same margin of profit... on top of that, for me to provide additional warranty, and pay for any problems along the way...

Not a Chelsea fan, but I would prefer them to win over ManU anyday.

played a good team game last night, breaking a 2 game losing streak (if you can call it a streak). Ended up 5-1 winners, and kudos to our 13 year old standin goalie while our actual goalie was off to Europe with his missus. The goalie stopped numerous shots, was unfazed at everything... he kept us in the game enough for us to settle down and play like a team. We killed about 5 penalties, with everyone just taking it easy and making hte passes to waste some time. Got a nice goal as well... we were passing really well during the shift, and me playing in the high slot. Anticipated that my team mate would intercept a pass, and he drove it up the right wing, with me heading towards the net... played a soft pass to me, slow enough to draw the goalie out for a poke check... pulled the puck away from him a split second before he got it, and the practice of pulling to the backhand and shot kicks in.. puck was in the net before the goalie could even extend for his poke check... thought it was a nice goal, well set up... but the bench just thought it was really sick how we did all the passing.

jerseys look good...

2 goals, 2 assists in last night's game, although missing on two breakaways (deke to backhand hit the post, goalie gloved my top shelf on second attempt). Overall we still played pretty well but could have done more. Bittersweet though, as I now know that I'll be moving to another city in a few months time. Hoping that hockey there is as big as it is here...

Darkbyte mentioned something about a spray on type solution, used for bikes and visors to prevent scratches... cant remember the brand but it supposedly works wonders

Got my first ride on my Graf 670 sprungs last night. I could really feel the spring in my step so to speak. I did add some lace locks which locked my heel in very well... and for the FIRST TIME IN YEARS I havent had nasty blisters

stupid telco part Deux! telco sends a guy to come in to fix the problem line, and happens to cut my internet... now internet provider needs to send someone to fix it as well.

stupid telco... first they had some problem with the phone line (which I didnt subscribe to), but it affects the internet connection. Two weeks without internet, and now they have to send someone out to fix the line between 1-5pm. Idiots... whats the point of making an appointment, when they cant fix the damn thing during that time, and then have to come another day.

Karma's a bitch...

I was thinking the same thing, but it may have been centralized in relation to the cuff...

hahha..... believe me!!!! Lets put it this way... some know that I've been looking at the Graf skates, especially the G70, 670 and 570 for some time. G70 are priced out of my range... so the obvious choice would be the 670 which I got thru a real good trade. helmet I bought from a member here... and all these decisions were made before we got the jerseys (only third game so far this season)... and the Captain didnt tell us about the new colors until the day before we got the jerseys in time for the first game. But, hey... i know I'm not the best or even a good player, but at least I look good...

Well... I'm not a huge fan of the colorway, but..... my team's jerseys coincidentally are black and silver this year (compared to our red/black scheme we had for the past 4 seasons) And it matches: Silver M11 helmet Black/Silver Jerseys and Pants Black NBH 4rolls (has some silver accents) Mission Titanium OPS Graf 670 boots Believe me, none of the color coordination was intensional... but somehow it just worked out.

New wheels... making debut next week. I wanted to mount my A7, but the sole of the boot didnt seem wide enough at the rear... I followed the instructions to the T, centre line, then 1/4" back towards the heel. looks similar in terms of the mount compared to other grafs... I had my previous A6 mounted right on centre on my previous mounts, and if I leaned back I just felt like I was gonig to tip over backwards... I think with the 1/4" back it would help with that... Got the boots 'fitted' by a guy from the IW board... sent him pics and he helped me with the boot selection (already had them in mind). The boots fit perfect in terms of length, and the depth is sweet (thanks to epstud for the heads up on getting this range of grafs). Boots might get some lace locks put on them, and swapped to yellow laces to match the yellow Graf logo... we'll have to see what happens

played a game last night, and twice during the game we caught them on a really bad line change. I had myself totally open in front of the net for a looooong time, but my team mate decides to skate the puck all the way in and fans on it... he missed a clean breakaway, and twice he should have passed it to the front of the net instead of trying to bring it in himself. Dont get me wrong, he's a decent player, but once the other team plays a little more physcial it throws him off his game. We should have won, but ended up 6-4 The gal/guys on my usual line do a lot more passing, and we ended up with 3 goals for our line... lots of passing to open teammates who were just 'ghosting' in behind the play, easy passes that just end up with one person in front of the goalie with time and space to place the shot. CANT WE DO THAT EVERY GAME!!!!!