oops  wanted to send this to the whole list.
                                              Bob
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1992 09:18:00 CDT you said:
>I have this sports calendar sitting on my desk that I received as a
>Christmas gift last year. This is today's entry:
>
>7/27/88: Frank Zamboni, creator of the ice-resurfacing machine, dies of a
>heart attack at the age of 87. Strangely, a cult had formed around the
>inventor and his machine, a racehorse had been named after him, and a
>Zamboni fan club had been formed at Michigan Tech.
>
 
  Altho I can't remember all the names anymore,  the fan club came from
   my dorm floor in the middle seventies.  Mike Smaybe (sp),  George, etc
   formed it and even took a trip to a Zamboni plant somewhere.  The floor
   all had Zamboni t-shirts and stayed during intermission to Cheer the zamboni
   driver on.  You have to remember this is a dorm hall consisting of 90 guys
   in a university at the time that had a 5-1 male to female ratio, combined
   with an average of 250 inches of snow per year......We had to find something
    to do!   A few of these guys will be back (they come every year) for the
   annual alumni hockey game next month.  I'll see if i can get some more
   details out of them then.  I arrived in the second year of the clubs time.
 
                  Bob
 
       Our Floor was:  Momma's Boys
       Our floor Motto: Nobody SH#TS on 90 guys!
 
   Thanks Dean for the trip thru nastalgia land!  Its good for a Monday Morning
        ;-)  Bob
 
>-Dean
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