sk8 or die!
So this weekend I again went skating on Saturday at Cross-Keys, which is closing... And then on Sunday at Cornwell's in Bensalem. This weekend was Hellspawn Children on Wheels weekend at both rinks. Casualties everywhere! Small children running out onto the rink with no skates on and in opposite directions of the rink traffic. Well, at least it's good practice weaving in and out. We talked to the speed skating coach at the rink on Sunday. I had skated for four hours on Saturday and wasn't feeling it so much on Sunday, so that was good. The speed skate coach's wife also used to do some skating herself... and they own the shop in the rink. She knows what skates hold together and last long, and which ones are cool-looking but fall apart after a few months or a year or two. She's trying to get us a good deal on good skates. She recommended we get skates with Nova plates because they "carry you through the curves and corners."
When I tried to drive home on Saturday afternoon/eve, the torrential rains made it tricky. So I stopped and bought some wine on my way, but in the 15 minutes I was in the store making my mind up on types/varieties, the small puddle had tripled in size.
I remembered what my friends who got their cars caught in the floods of last September said, they drove slowly. And I remember what my friends whose cars did not get stuck said, they floored it and prayed. So that's what I did, the latter, every time I hit a puddle which might have made my car actually float. Floored it and prayed. The word is if your car starts to float or you get the spark plugs wet, you are SOL. Repairs = expensive if your car is salvageable at all. So luckily I made it home all in one piece.
After that we saw sin city. I didn't drive. Even Delaware Ave got flooded for a while!
When I tried to drive home on Saturday afternoon/eve, the torrential rains made it tricky. So I stopped and bought some wine on my way, but in the 15 minutes I was in the store making my mind up on types/varieties, the small puddle had tripled in size.
I remembered what my friends who got their cars caught in the floods of last September said, they drove slowly. And I remember what my friends whose cars did not get stuck said, they floored it and prayed. So that's what I did, the latter, every time I hit a puddle which might have made my car actually float. Floored it and prayed. The word is if your car starts to float or you get the spark plugs wet, you are SOL. Repairs = expensive if your car is salvageable at all. So luckily I made it home all in one piece.
After that we saw sin city. I didn't drive. Even Delaware Ave got flooded for a while!