January 10, 2009Courts, shrimp ring still frozenThe shrimp ring is staying in the freezer for another week. The road hockey courts are still buried under more than a foot of frozen slush and ice, the remnants of a series of snow storms during the Christmas hiatus. The subsequent rains haven't melted enough of the snow, and overnight freezes have hardened the moonscape into hardened pack ice that would resist even the most determined shoveling brigade. The road leading to the courts also continues to be clogged by three foot high mounds of hard-packed snow, now blackened by salt and street grime, making parking almost impossible. It's the first time in Sunday Morning Road Hockey history that three consecutive games have been lost to weather; including the week off for the Christmas holiday, it's now been four weeks since the roadsters last slapped the evil orange plastic ball in anger. "It's unbelievable," said founding father Living Legend after inspecting the courts on Saturday afternoon. "The snow on the courts has been trampled and frozen so hard, it's going to take jet engines blowing hot air or a week of monsoon rains to get back down to the concrete. That stuff would smash any shovel, and the will of even the most-hardened shoveler." Posted by jaysuburb at January 10, 2009 03:12 PMComments
Thought I was good to get out tomorrow but something's come up unexpectedly so I'm now a doubtful ... damn I was looking forward to crushing the crusty crustaeceon in the corner ... Are you planing on slipping and falling on my eye? Cause I know it wont be from one of your shots. Posted by: Billy Idol at January 17, 2009 09:56 PMhey idol, i will give you a unabomber type shiner with my claw tomorrow Posted by: lobsterboy at January 17, 2009 06:38 PMThe courts have about 4 inches of snow/ice at the east end, but it's starting to soften up. If we get a bunch of shovels, we should have the surface cleared fairly quickly. BRING SHOVELS! Posted by: Living Legend at January 17, 2009 03:31 PMhey guys is there a game this sunday it been a while Posted by: twizzler at January 17, 2009 10:17 AMFlopstergirl wont show... Posted by: Billy Idol at January 16, 2009 06:02 PMNICE! you do that, colonel. all it means is that even i'll be guaranteed to score a goal... Posted by: pfg at January 15, 2009 06:58 PMBring METAL shovels and ice picks. Will Lobsterboy make one of his rare appearances? Will Lobsterboy take an even rarer shift out of the net?? Will Lobsterboy succumb to the tasty temptations of his fellow crustaceons??? Show up this Sunday to find out!! Posted by: wendel at January 14, 2009 09:26 PMBring shovels! Game on! Posted by: Living Legend at January 14, 2009 07:34 PMuh oh. will this be the first time this year that the goalie crisis is because we have too many? firstcomefirstserve! i can come to a game this sunday and wreck revenge for my poor crustacean cousins sacrifice at the shrimp ring game Posted by: lobsterboy at January 14, 2009 01:28 PMhey mario, will there be game this sunday. Posted by: velma at January 13, 2009 08:53 PMNo worries Legend it sounds like you made a good call ... I was just hankering to take some frustrations out on an evil orange plastic ball and feast on a few shrimp ... Here's hope that the coming dry warm weather will clear the court. Posted by: wendel at January 12, 2009 09:45 PMit'll be interesting to see what condition the court is in after it has been cleared too. if the roads in vancouver are any indication, it won't be good...potholes and cracks everywhere... Posted by: pfg at January 10, 2009 09:38 PMSorry Wendel. I was considering calling for a full-on shovel assault, but that snow is so iced it would probably bust most of the shovels, let alone our backs. This area really got hammered, and the city wasn't very good about clearing streets. I'm still having trouble getting a parking spot, and that's after I shoveled a half dozen spots in front of my building during all the storm action. Posted by: Living Legend at January 10, 2009 08:03 PMDamn, and I've even made special efforts on the domestic front to free myself for the game tomorrow. |