That place like home.

[memnus]

Well, flights were flights (yay under an hour in the air) and I am home. Today I was drafted into working on the lake. That's something different every year, but this year it is apparently:

• Poke the lake with sticks.
• Pump water from the lake onto the lake.
• Wipe it off with a giant squeegie.

It really doesn't look like it'll be particularly good skating again this year... it hasn't been very good for several years. Oh well.

I'm on the "do not report" list for jury duty tomorrow, so sleep it is. I also already have a new toy to play with.

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Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

. . . . . I don't suppose you (or anyone) can explain why one would do that to a lake?





also, I want a giant squeegie!

[memnus.livejournal.com]

The goal is to make it good for ice skating. This year there are a bunch of air pockets just under the surface, and if you skate over one of those and it breaks, you have trouble. So the poking it with sticks breaks them open, pouring water on top gets water into them, then the squeegie levels it all off.

Today's foot of snow has rendered the entire process moot.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

That's the weirdest thing ever... (says the Californian)