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October schedules are out and I ended up with 25 days off.

I see 4 California seminars listed. http://www.usahockey.com/officialseminars

I figured I would do it next week. I'm in no hurry to work any games.

They should be showing the USA Hockey videos. In the past there have been videos on what should and should not be called. They may skip it for level one officials in an effort to not confuse them. I've worked games that finished with one (out of four) assistant coach and three skaters on the bench. Keep taking penalties and you keep going to the box, I don't care how many guys are already there.

There are a lot of refs that disagree with the new standards USA Hockey has been implementing and refuse to call penalties appropriately. It's also early in the season, many guys have not yet attended the seminars with all of the new information. Mine is tomorrow

Usually it's just a case of being impatient and lazy. But doing so quickly is very likely to overheat the steel. Even if someone was trying to get a banana profile, doing it that way would likely still cause problems.

Not fun Joel, I tagged one with my old Isuzu Rodeo and it damn near totaled the car.

The sides of the skate are extremely stiff and offer a lot of support. Just because you can squeeze them without your foot in them, doesn't mean they aren't stiff. The design is to allow forward movement and that is what allows you to squeeze the ankle. It really sounds like you were not fitted correctly as they should be molded completely to your foot. When a boot is molded to your foot with zero negative space, there is no movement and there is no "loose" feeling, no matter how tight the laces are.

Been back to work a month and a sudden switch from finishing at midnight to starting at 4AM this week. Not much sleep most nights and now I'm sick as a dog. As my doctor has told me repeatedly, this job is killing me.

You're so "Not quite proud of it" that you had to post it on the internet in the "sweet spot" topic? Sorry, I'm calling bullshit on that. You were bragging about drilling someone in a pickup game, again.

Felt "normal" skating tonight for the first time since last December. My hands aren't there and my legs aren't there and my lungs certainly aren't there, but for the first time in a long time, my head is there. Played well positionally, had an assist and a couple great passes. The only goal against me was off the faceoff and it wasn't my man. Can't wait to get back in shape and be a productive teammate again.

Robin Williams and George Carlin were two of the greats in comedy. I feel fortunate to have seen them both in their prime but I can't help but feel a little guilt for enjoying the humor that was driven by Williams' depression.

Indeed

Lace outside to in on those top eyelets and you don't need to have the boot fold over.

I only sharpen for friends now, volume is way down compared to what I used to do. I can see how it would be problematic for a regular operation.

Orange is a little softer than Ruby, don't recall using the pink. Ruby was always the standard in the shops that I worked, but I find that for doing a low volume of skates, I prefer the orange. I feel like I am able to get a nicer finish on the steel than with the Ruby.

We've lost a few guys from our team over the last couple years because of things like that. Honestly, I'm not far from putting it in my rearview mirror as well. I like the game, but way too many people that play this sport are the kind of people that give the sport a bad name.

I know a couple people that bought stuff from GFS and they've long since replaced the parts they got from there. It's factory direct, so you save a couple bucks, but it is still low quality stuff.

That's why I live the external systems like Easton and CCM have used.

Not scientific at all, for so many reasons. It's my understanding that MN is often one of the last places to migrate to new tech in hockey, I've been told that by several different manufacturers. Yes, there is a noticeable difference if you understand the concept. Even a lot of people that don't understand feel the difference and can't explain it. I will be merging this topic into the existing FBV topic, no need for a different topic on this.

I had 25 or so flights in the last week, the obnoxious ones are on every single flight.

Exactly, everyone who pays that up front is going to make sure they get their money out of it and will be in regularly. While waiting for the sharpening, they will browse and buy. If you can drive enough additional sales, it's a great tool to get people in the store. In the market I was in, it would put a small shop out of business. Again, it would be nice to get back to the topic of Mako Skates.

Most stores in the US that I know, do not bake for free. Total Hockey does, but they have a different business model than most shops. They also offer free sharpening, something most shops rely on to drive revenue. Sharpening was well over a third of the revenue for my shop. had we given it away for free, we would have been out of business. They obviously believe that giving away those things will bring in people to spend more money while they are getting a bake or skates sharpened. It's not a business model that would work for everyone. Can we please get back on topic now? All of these off topic rants are getting old.

It took all of two flights to bring back my disdain for the traveling public. Checked off almost all the selfish and obnoxious behavior that I abhor.