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Message: [QUOTE="GETMETOCA, post: 471202, member: 28996"] ICE HOCKEY!!! :flame: For my 37th birthday, my friend's 14 year old son took me to the rink that he competes at in an attempt to teach me how to "ice hockey" - LOL! I used to be H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS on skates when I was his age, but let me tell you how age has a way of changing things!! At the rink, I figured I can handle the ice the way I used to and immediately come to an understanding [I]that the hand rail IS MY FRIEND![/I] The 14 year old supports my left elbow (as if he's walking a granny across a busy intersection) as I cling to the hand rail with my right hand. We do this for two very slow laps around the rink. I then get into the "groove" with my skating technique and actually let go of the railing for the third lap. I figure I'm ready to take on the sticks and the puck, then WHAM!! I went down on one knee so hard I saw stars and the 14 year old has to help me up. I'm in significant pain by now and tell the 14 year old I'm going to "take a little break, okay?" I sit out on the cold bleachers with the moms and dads and wish I had a hot toddy and some Tylenol. The 14 year old comes over after a while and wants me to try the rink again, so I do, but this time its a rail-clenching extravaganza. I think I might venture back on the ice as long as I have all my dirtbike gear on. I might look funny, but I know I'd spare myself some pain!! :thumb: [/QUOTE]