tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226431915323359866.post6351381051775629476..comments2023-03-25T08:22:57.670-07:00Comments on L.A. SkateDad: - vaporJeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226431915323359866.post-27064586227085188912012-04-08T10:38:01.617-07:002012-04-08T10:38:01.617-07:00The pdf is great! It's an ongoing mystery why ...The pdf is great! It's an ongoing mystery why two rinks a couple of miles apart will be so wildly variant in temp and comfort on the same day. The other reasons that the rinks don't just fill up with ice is first, every "cut" is just that-- they remove a layer of ice from the top and relay a thin film of water, which then freezes. The other reason is that a rink will completely melt down the ice every 1 to 2 years, fix the substrate, and then rebuild the ice from the concrete up.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226431915323359866.post-73171211066569125162012-02-24T19:01:06.875-08:002012-02-24T19:01:06.875-08:00...and for all that technology no one has yet figu......and for all that technology no one has yet figured out how to deal with that locker room smell peculiar to hockey. At least the washrooms will be intact!<br /><br />Thought that was a gem myself. A great mind at work there, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226431915323359866.post-33226495143455469432012-02-24T12:26:08.848-08:002012-02-24T12:26:08.848-08:00Hi Anon,
I thought that PDF was boffo -- it confi...Hi Anon,<br /><br />I thought that PDF was boffo -- it confirmed what I had suspected but somewhat reversed: the rink battle to manage temperature and humidity involves /reducing/ the inside humidity.<br /><br />One of the coldest rinks I've stood around is in Simi Valley; apparently a converted former industrial-park building. Even with a hat and scarf I'd still have to step outside every half hour.<br /><br />I've been to the old downtown Pasadena ice rink where at times the inside of the rink is shrouded in heavy fog (heavy as in you couldn't see across the width of the ice!). Eh, rather dangerous for freestyles, I'd imagine LOL.<br /><br />The best part of the PDF was this gem... "All locker rooms and restrooms should be constructed from masonry block with an epoxy-type paint applied as a finish. These areas must withstand a high degree of abuse from hockey players and the public."<br /><br />D'oh!Jeff Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226431915323359866.post-29719281965336554272012-02-24T11:23:58.183-08:002012-02-24T11:23:58.183-08:00I read the PDF. I am still totally mystified beca...I read the PDF. I am still totally mystified because my brain hemispheres are not wired to process technical stuff. But I am sure glad that someone has figured it out! My rink obviously did not read the PDF, so when I have a bad day on the ice, I chalk it up to the ice. And age. And brain hemispheres that do not process technical stuff. Not to mention the body type that the laws of physics you so carefully explained in another post have dictated will never do for good skating. Poor excuses for sure, but at least I can walk away privately amused by the knowledge that when I do have those good days, then I can turn the tables and laugh at the ice, old age, faulty electrical wiring, and the laws of physics.<br /><br />Told you I'd keep reading if you kept writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com