The Sweet Spot

[The Sweet Spot]

On 4/2/2016 at 10:57 AM, JR Boucicaut said:

 

Looks like you'll be in Altamonte/Maitland then.  My parents still live in Casselberry.

 

Office will be in Maitland.  Looking for a house in Maitland or WP, hoping to keep the commute to under 15 minutes with an option to bike.

[The Sweet Spot]

19 hours ago, GreatestAmericanBeardo said:

 

looks like you'll be a SolarBear before you know it!!  

i have a vendor down there. the downtown has gotten to be pretty good/fun. if you're looking for that.  just watch out for the Meth house neighborhoods. 

i can ask them about "the good areas" if you'd like 

 

 

Thanks for the offer, but we have an area lined up north of the city.

 

I'll definitely have to checkout the Solar Bears and will be making trips to TB when the Rangers come to town.

[The Sweet Spot]

Being relocated to Orlando from NY for work, so long state income tax, ridiculous property tax and winter 

 

Hockey related - rink is < 2 miles from my new office and they have a draft league so I don't even have to look for a team.

[The Sweet Spot]

My company sponsored 5 of us to play a charity tournament on an outdoor sheet next weekend

[The Venting Spot]

Took a two handed "shove" as I was going into the corner to dig out the puck in open hockey and hit the boards pretty hard. Luckily I got my feet cleared to prevent an ankle injury, my right knee took the impact and is two sizes larger than normal and very tender. This would have been a penalty in league play and clearly uncalled for in open hockey.

This was an hour and 25 minutes into a 90 minute session so I got a good skate in and doesn't look to be anything serious.

[Easton Mako Skates]

Awesome should I look into getting new steel to do this?

You can get your existing steel profiled, unless you were planning on switching steel or there is not much life left on your existing steel.

[The "people you may have heard about but probably didn't" death thread.]

Shocked he made it this long.

My thoughts exactly when I heard this morning, still a bummer though.

[Easton Mako Skates]

How much does profiling usually go for?

I paid ~ $33 to have my skates profiled (dual radius) and that includes a FBV sharpening.

[The Venting Spot]

Working for the third Saturday in a row with no OT or comp time

[Your current equipment]

Just getting back on the ice after a 10+ year layoff and Got rid of all of my equipment last fall during a move. My 6 yo daughter had been asking me to take her skating and being back on the ice got the itch to play going. After wearing the cheap plastic rental skates with a toe pick one time I quickly went to the local Hockey Monkey and got some new skates. I have been slowly accumulating my gear and got the final piece yesterday, now I'm ready to hit the ice again.

Helmet: Bauer 7500 w/ cage

Shoulder: CCM RBZ 90

Elbow: CCM RBZ 130

Gloves: Reebok 4-Roll Ultra

Pants: Reebok 16K

Shins: Reebok 16K

Skates: CCM RBZ 80

Sticks: CCM Ribcor 28K

Bauer Nexus 4000

Signed up for an instructional league designed for experienced players getting back in the game, should be a good way to find some people in the same boat as me and hopefully lead to a league or team in the Spring.