I had occasion to visit Skatetown in Roseville this past Saturday. Unfortunately, I was unable to use the free skate rental offer mentioned in a previous post. I could have used it though as it is $10 to skate these days (including rental). Who knew? Who also knew what a fuster cluck it would be out there, too? Good gravy, as you can see by the photo, there was little room for error. How the ice wasn’t littered with severed fingers is beyond me. I witnessed no fewer than 5 “close calls” where someone would take a header with arms out stretched only to have Apollo Ohno come whizzing by with hands tucked behind his back, etc.
What really got to me, however, were the jack holes that thought they would use this time to practice their axels and salchows. And then get irritated when someone was in the way of their landing. Very comical, I must say. I don’t go to the McDonald’s playland to practice my tumbling, right? Ok, once, but Tricks was closed!
Update: Due to technical issues beyond our control, comments made by Runnergirl and SinghCity were lost today. For comedy relief, I’ll attempt to recreate…
The Sac Rag 
What is with the walkers? This reminds me of a story about my childhood in Sacramento and some other things about me.
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Walkers are used a lot, I had a friend who learned how to skate using a walker.
Hockey rules!
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I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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