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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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KEYWORDS: co2; environment; hockey; zamboni
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To: Wonder Warthog
Damifino

Is that a Louisiana dinosaur and if so does it go with gumbo?

41 posted on 01/03/2009 4:59:40 PM PST by Thebaddog (WTF just happened to us?)
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To: Thebaddog
"Is that a Louisiana dinosaur and if so does it go with gumbo?"

Mais non, cher. De dinosaur go IN de gumbo. That's how they went extinct in the first place.

42 posted on 01/03/2009 5:02:01 PM PST by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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