oops wanted to send this to the whole list. Bob ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 >---------------------------------------------------------- >Dean Barker Cray Research, Inc. >[log in to unmask] 655F Lone Oak Drive >(612) 683-5414 Eagan, MN 55121