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Zambonis benched in favor of electric ICECAT (RIP ZAMBONI)
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Posted on 01/03/2009 7:39:19 AM PST by MAD-AS-HELL
Growing up in Canada, every kid knows what the Zamboni is. But for the poor, deprived children of warmer climes, we'll fill you in. It's not a lunch meat or a pastry you'd find in Little Italy, but the ice resurfacing machine you see put-putting around the rink before, after and in the middle of hockey games. Created by Frank Zamboni in 1949, the company's pretty much had a monopoly on the market ever since. But the times, as Bob Dylan sang from the penalty box, they are a-changin'.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: co2; environment; hockey; zamboni
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To: mewzilla
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posted on
01/03/2009 8:39:36 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light!)
To: BwanaNdege
What about carbon dioxide? Are they solving a non-existent problem? The problem with carbon dioxide absolutely exists. The concentration increases every time a spectator exhales. We either have to hold the hockey games with no spectators (and no players), or we have to kill all the people in the name of Saving The Planet™.
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posted on
01/03/2009 8:40:06 AM PST
by
Nick Danger
(www.swiftvets.com)
To: Nick Danger
Hear, Hear!
Give the man a prize! He has found the logical conclusion of the Carbon Footprint argument.
To: Thebaddog
"They position this new development against the carbon voodoo that is the popular mantra." Look again. This isn't about AGW. This is about carbon MONOXIDE in a relatively enclosed area.
To: MAD-AS-HELL
As part of Obama's full employment plan, all ice resurfacing machines will be outlawed and ice rinks will have to be resurfaced by dozens of people with ice scrapers and spray bottles of water. < /almost sarcasm>
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:07:43 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: Nick Danger
Obviously, the spectators, officials and players will have to wear special carbon recovery masks.
see picture below.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:10:05 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: KarlInOhio
ice rinks will have to be resurfaced by dozens of people with ice scrapers and spray bottles of water.
I suppose they will all then stand next to a spectator and
harangue them for a tip? Sigh, at least then the big media will say unemployment is down...
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:14:11 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
So, one Zamboni indoors is dangerous? What happens to people at monster truck rallies?
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:17:43 AM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism, it's the new black.)
To: KarlInOhio
“As part of Obama’s full employment plan, all ice resurfacing machines will be outlawed and ice rinks will have to be resurfaced by dozens of people with ice scrapers and spray bottles of water. < /almost sarcasm> “
In Eagle River, (AK) we called that “hot mopping”. No money for a Zamboni-flood the rink with hot water, mop it around and let it freeze. All outside, of course. Nothing like a bit of pick-up hockey on a frosty morning, biut for some reason the skin guys didn’t enjoy the game as much as the shirt guys did.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:27:25 AM PST
by
Gnomad
To: MAD-AS-HELL
Electric fork trucks are as old as the hills. What is the big hold up. It us just a different body on the same frame. Well it us close.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:28:52 AM PST
by
Mark was here
(The earth is bipolar.)
To: Nick Danger
The problem with carbon dioxide absolutely exists. The concentration increases every time a spectator exhales. We either have to hold the hockey games with no spectators (and no players), or we have to kill all the people in the name of Saving The Planet. We must go further than that. Only when we have wiped out all life on Earth, from the largest mega-carbon emitting elephants and whales, down to the almost insignificantly tiny mycoplasma and bacteria, will we be certain of having removed the major contributor of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Of course, there are still natural carbon dioxide emitters, like volcanoes. Hmm... Maybe we should just explode the entire planet, and, that way, put an end to evil carbon dioxide forever.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:41:07 AM PST
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
To: MAD-AS-HELL; Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; 6323cd; Betis70; ...
HOCKEY PING!
A local rink had a problem with their Zamboni, and several people got sick from fumes related to the zam malfunction.
They’ve since switched to electic.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:45:37 AM PST
by
airborne
(God answers all prayers. Just some times the answer is "no".)
To: Tarpon
Does the magic Negro have a magic electrcity source? Karl Rove does.
But it's secret.
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:52:16 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: Responsibility2nd
Didn’t you read Peanuts?
(Snoopy had a Zamboni for resurfacing Woodstock’s birdbath.)
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posted on
01/03/2009 9:58:54 AM PST
by
dangus
To: Rebelbase
Right there we are... I just mentioned that without seeing you posted.
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posted on
01/03/2009 10:01:40 AM PST
by
dangus
To: exDemMom
Maybe we should just explode the entire planet, and, that way, put an end to evil carbon dioxide forever.  Not good enough. My science officer informs me that the atmospheres of both Venus and Mars are rich in carbon dioxide. In fact the atmosphere of Venus is virtually all carbon dioxide. So before we go, we have to blow up a couple more planets.
I don't think we know how to do that yet. We may have to wait until we perfect the Death Star. |
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posted on
01/03/2009 11:21:51 AM PST
by
Nick Danger
(www.swiftvets.com)
To: 6SJ7
Since the IceCat is twice the price, but electric, I'm surprised if Zamboni couldn't follow suit with an electric version to compete with the IceCat. I hope they're not suffering a case of GM-itis. I'm surprised they don't just come up with a technology called "the extension cord" and replace the batteries and half the cost of the machine.
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posted on
01/03/2009 11:36:39 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(We already HAVE a fairness doctrine. It's called, "the Constitution." Accept no substitute.)
To: Wonder Warthog
Has anybody ever died in a hockey arena from Zamboni poisoning?
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posted on
01/03/2009 12:37:36 PM PST
by
Thebaddog
(WTF just happened to us?)
To: Thebaddog
"Has anybody ever died in a hockey arena from Zamboni poisoning?" Damifino. I'm from South Louisiana---Zamboni's (and hockey) were relatively unknown when I was growing up.
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