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Rep Retirement Lodge 138: HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!

Rep Retirement Lodge 138: HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!


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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 138: HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!

Morning Lodge.

Why am I awake? I seriously cannot get my hockey career off of my mind. 14 years straight, and it's over. I've struggled with moving on for awhile now, but some nights it just really gets me. I put everything in my life into hockey, and hockey was always the one thing that kept me sane. I would do absolutely anything for another shot at a state tourney. Sorry for *****ing and moaning, but I just had to get that off my chest.

Just don't do what Nate Hagemo did. When his hockey career was cut short due to injury, he turned to drugs. Eventually got it turned around and was a great youth coach in Edina last season, but it was tough on him. He had nothing going on outside of hockey and when he lost that, he was lost. Try and find the time to coach, even as an assistant in Kato youth association.
 
Why am I awake? I seriously cannot get my hockey career off of my mind. 14 years straight, and it's over. I've struggled with moving on for awhile now, but some nights it just really gets me. I put everything in my life into hockey, and hockey was always the one thing that kept me sane. I would do absolutely anything for another shot at a state tourney. Sorry for *****ing and moaning, but I just had to get that off my chest.

I remember the feeling well. I hung it up after my sophmore year of hs I think (might have been Junior year) because I didn't like the group of kids I was with and didn't enjoy playing as much anymore as a result. I was always a solid house league player, but not quite good enough to crack our travel teams (side note, my age group had some solid players, our high school won the state championship the year after I graduated, and those were a lot of the kids who I was 'competing' with for travel team spaces). I decided to focus my attention on reffing hockey games as a way to stay around the rink and make some decent money too. I remember one December I reffed something like 25 games plus a weekly adult league of former juniors/college players from Canada who came over, so I ended up making close to $600 that month, which for a high school kid was ca$hmoney.

I still think about pulling the gear out once in a while and going to play pickup with my buddies, but haven't done it yet.
 
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Double post to prevent one long, drawn out post that might get easily overlooked:

Anybody ever install a cold air intake on their vehicle before? How difficult of an installation would I be looking at? Thinking about pulling the trigger on one for my Tiguan before I go and get it chipped next month.
 
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Morning from Balance. I would rather still be in bed. Damp dreary day here, and I've only got one massage on the schedule today.

And to top off my day, last night I was going down a dirt road and I think I kicked up a rock under my car and it knocked something wonky. because I had something hit under the car and then had 4 different warning lights show up on my car, with 2 of them for the brakes. They felt fine, and my brother didn't see anything really mechanically wrong with anything when he took a look at it last night, so we're thinking it just hit the sensor just right.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 138: HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!

Why am I awake? I seriously cannot get my hockey career off of my mind. 14 years straight, and it's over. I've struggled with moving on for awhile now, but some nights it just really gets me. I put everything in my life into hockey, and hockey was always the one thing that kept me sane. I would do absolutely anything for another shot at a state tourney. Sorry for *****ing and moaning, but I just had to get that off my chest.

I still go over my last Little League at-bat, and that was 30 years ago! (Cue the "We're Going Back In The Past 'Wavy Clouds'") I was the team's best hitter. It was the last inning of the city semi-finals. We were down by two, and the first two guys got on base. I come up, and the bench and the parents are going wild! With two strikes, the pitcher grooves one right down the middle . . . and I just watched it go by. Called strike three. My final Little League at bat. :mad::(:o


(Edited for paying attention to OP rather than blabbing about myself) Hang in there, Mav. Give it some time, and you'll find a way to keep the love alive.
 
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Morning.

Feels good to be 25 again. :)

Is that 25 plus tax? :p
and fees

I remember the feeling well. I hung it up after my sophmore year of hs I think (might have been Junior year) because I didn't like the group of kids I was with and didn't enjoy playing as much anymore as a result. I was always a solid house league player, but not quite good enough to crack our travel teams (side note, my age group had some solid players, our high school won the state championship the year after I graduated, and those were a lot of the kids who I was 'competing' with for travel team spaces). I decided to focus my attention on reffing hockey games as a way to stay around the rink and make some decent money too. I remember one December I reffed something like 25 games plus a weekly adult league of former juniors/college players from Canada who came over, so I ended up making close to $600 that month, which for a high school kid was ca$hmoney.

I still think about pulling the gear out once in a while and going to play pickup with my buddies, but haven't done it yet.
Lil quit for this reason. Sadly the 'good' kids mostly go to private schools and the dregs who give hockey a bad name stay at the public level (not exclusively but the punks are more prevelent).
 
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Why am I awake? I seriously cannot get my hockey career off of my mind. 14 years straight, and it's over. I've struggled with moving on for awhile now, but some nights it just really gets me. I put everything in my life into hockey, and hockey was always the one thing that kept me sane. I would do absolutely anything for another shot at a state tourney. Sorry for *****ing and moaning, but I just had to get that off my chest.

Is it just your team itself that you miss, or is it the actual game? Have you given any thought to finding a club team or hitting up some drop in hockey?
I know I struggled a bit when I was finally done with the activity that centered my world for the better part of a decade (band). It was hard, and I missed it, but now I've put that energy and focus in to another hobby (running), and I think that seems to be working for me (hell, it even led to a job and a spot on a racing team). What I'm trying to say is that there is a world of sports, hobbies, and activities out there, and you never know what might come from trying something new.
 
Are you going to tell us she's hot, big titties, and enjoys the gift of oral pleasure too?!? :D

I'm pretty lucky to have such awesome coworkers. The other engineer that I work with is very good at, and enjoys the more analytical parts of our jobs, while I would much rather work in the field and be more hands on. We really are a great team and we get along much better than we probably should given how extremely different we are.

We went out for dinner tonight and racked up a pretty nice bill. :)
Fried cheesy pickles, filet mignon with potatoes and some kind of molten chocolate cake with ice cream and caramel...mmm mmmmmm mmm
 
and fees

Lil quit for this reason. Sadly the 'good' kids mostly go to private schools and the dregs who give hockey a bad name stay at the public level (not exclusively but the punks are more prevelent).

"mom, dad. I want to go to philips Andover!"
 
Why am I awake? I seriously cannot get my hockey career off of my mind. 14 years straight, and it's over. I've struggled with moving on for awhile now, but some nights it just really gets me. I put everything in my life into hockey, and hockey was always the one thing that kept me sane. I would do absolutely anything for another shot at a state tourney. Sorry for *****ing and moaning, but I just had to get that off my chest.

Golf (get paid for winning a fool around sport!)
Strippers (put those winnings to good use ;) )
 
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Wish I could tell you about news I got in a meeting 20 niutes ago. I'm overly giddy about it. Can't say anything about it as I don't want my Opposite Girl status to kick in and ruin it. I will say this could be one of the biggest and coolest things I would ever hope to be involved with here, if it actually goes from being a pipe dream to a reality. Which it's inching its way towards. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 138: HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!

Wish I could tell you about news I got in a meeting 20 niutes ago. I'm overly giddy about it. Can't say anything about it as I don't want my Opposite Girl status to kick in and ruin it. I will say this could be one of the biggest and coolest things I would ever hope to be involved with here, if it actually goes from being a pipe dream to a reality. Which it's inching its way towards. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!
OMG OMG OMG Justin Bieber!? ;)
 
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Thank you hp1015 and 'diva. Mr. wore Black is going through a similar situation with his music career. I am there helpless. It makes me feel better with my current situation dealing with him. :)
 
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