In article <[log in to unmask]>,
E Andrew Mondore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Craig Versh
>on) writes:
>...
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>|>
>|> 2) When we finnally sat down for friday night's game the lights at both
>|>    goals had gone out.
>
>On Saturday night, the people sitting in the row behind me were talking about
>the light problems on Friday.  They had heard that the problem happened when
>the outside doors where the Zamboni enters were opened.  Apparently the switch
>panel is on the wall by the doors.  There is also a large heavy curtain in that
>area.  When the doors opened, apparently a gust of wind caught the curtains
>which happened to hit the switch panel causing several of the light switches to
>be switched off.  Because the lights were mercury lights, they had to cool off
>before they could be switched on again -- and then it takes awhile for the
>lights to come back to full brightness.
>
>Of course, if this was indeed the problem, I don't know why the switches aren't
>better protected.
 
The official story that I heard was that because there is no advertising
allowed at the NCAA tourney, the lights that were out were connected to the
little illuminated signs around the arena.  It took awhile for them to
figure out how to separate the 2.  Also the reason why the shot meters were
not present during Friday night.
 
>
>|>
>|> 3) The little sparrow fling around.(You had to laugh)
>
>I didn't notice the sparrow.  When was it flying around?
>
>|>
>|> Good luck to all the teams next weekend.
>
>Ditto!
>
>|>
>|> Go BU!!!
>|>
>|> Craig D. Vershon
>|> Boston University ENG '97
>|> (The idiot with the Gilligan hat)
>
>Andy
>
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