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I originally bought size 8, which ended up being too small. Now in an 8.5 and pretty happy, as long as I get the lacing just right.

College is extremely important for many professions. Certainly any that require an advanced degree (doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc) but for the IT world it is generally worthless. You'd be WAY better off putting your money into, say, CCNA books and classes (in the case of networking). IT people are MUCH better off having a degree in general business administration than in actual IT, since that's hugely applicable to the real world once you get into it. For IT, there is nothing college can teach you that you can't teach yourself with the internet and some books, unless you're the kind of person who NEEDS personal guidance from a professor (in which case, I don't see you as the type who will do well in IT anyway). That's just my opinion based on my experience, though. Take it with a grain of salt.

I did a slight negative to reduce it.

Everything I do for a living now was learned outside of college. I used to come home from school, throw my textbooks on the table, and go grab my CCNA book and read that instead. If I hadn't already been in my final (second) year, I'd have just quit school completely. I'm still paying off that colossal waste of money.

You added MORE forward pitch??

Stock holders/runners here too, though I've had them profiled to 10' with a slight negative pitch. Like night and day. Now I have a rotation going between two sets of runners that I'm having sharpened by mail. It's nice having fresh steel every other game.

When I describe my Makos, I usually tell people "like a sturdy hiking boot, soft and comfortable but a nice even pressure all over the foot". I'm sure the VH feels similar. If I start seeing any signs at all of any of the issues I've seen in the Mako thread, I'll be ordering some custom VH. I just need to be able to show my wife physical proof of why I need to buy another pair of skates ;)

Awesome! but why Graf holders? Just curious.

As the risk of sounding like an un-approving father at the christmas dinner table... what do you do with a psychology degree? Is there generally a direct path to a job, or do you need to specialize in something first? I can't imagine you'd be able to go straight from college to having your own practice or something, right?

Ah, can't help you much there. Sorry!

He does do in-person 3D moulding for his speed skates. I wonder if he would do moulds for ice skates too, if you're local (or willing to travel). Has anyone asked? As somebody mentioned before (in this, or another thread) the possibilities now with 3D printing to generate 100% custom lasts for "cheap" are going to make custom fitting skates a really interesting market in the near future, i would think.

What did you study?

Doctor Who!! Goodbye Matt Smith :( But hello Peter Capaldi!!

Is football more exciting in person? I imagine it would be, but I've never been to a game just because of how slow it is on TV

Jeebus! That just looks flat out unsafe!

Won the club championship in my first season curling :) Obviously it was all my teammates, but it was nice to at least not be a liability :) Edit: Received this bad boy. My first trophy since I was 17! haha

Indeed!

WTF housekeeping apparently took the minibar key when they cleaned my hotel room today, for some reason? GFY!

I have Noicing put "the sauce" on my blades. I honestly have no idea what it actually is (so not 100% sure it's relevant to this thread), but either it works or I have one hell of a placebo effect going on. I'm not a fast guy by ANY stretch of the imagination, but the first game after putting fresh runners on I feel like I'm flying. Maybe a case of post hoc ergo propter hoc going on here for me, but for the dollar or whatever it is, I'll keep doing it.

When are the new gloves expected to hit the shelves?

I'll give them a chance, but I'll still keep a lookout for the old version as well :)

Adding to the stockpile. This is the first pair of the grey/blue model I've had. I don't like it nearly as much as the white model (these are much more bulky, and I don't care for the elbow cap) but still infinitely better than anything else I've managed to find.

Having lived in Norcal, OC and SD, I actually find the weather to be slightly nicer in Orange County, than in San Marcos. But we're just splitting hairs now... I'd agree, too hot in San Marcos. Ideally we'd be in Carlsbad.

It's the Day of the Doctor!!! :D

Well that didn't take long... I'm out. But at least the new NEW company is pretty awesome and worth posting about in the sweet spot thread :D First day is Dec 2.