Season's Over

[Trotsky]

There was a time when the back of the Olympia machine had the first names of the rink staff painted on it, so after it passed by, the chant was reading it: "GENE, PHIL, DAVE, ART!"

When?  I totally missed this.

[RichH]

There was a time when the back of the Olympia machine had the first names of the rink staff painted on it, so after it passed by, the chant was reading it: "GENE, PHIL, DAVE, ART!"

When?  I totally missed this.

I don't know. Probably in the 1900s.

[Trotsky]

There was a time when the back of the Olympia machine had the first names of the rink staff painted on it, so after it passed by, the chant was reading it: "GENE, PHIL, DAVE, ART!"

When?  I totally missed this.

I don't know. Probably in the 1900s.

I have that decade covered.

[Weder]

There was a time when the back of the Olympia machine had the first names of the rink staff painted on it, so after it passed by, the chant was reading it: "GENE, PHIL, DAVE, ART!"

When?  I totally missed this.

I don't know. Probably in the 1900s.

I have that decade covered.

This chant was late 90s

[upprdeck]

interesting, talked with some people who were there with us and none of us recall it..

[Weder]

I think it might have been just the pep band (plus a few others in Section A) that did that chant?

[billhoward]

interesting, talked with some people who were there with us and none of us recall it..

Stoners

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

interesting, talked with some people who were there with us and none of us recall it..

Stoners

If you can remember the 90's you weren't there?  ::woot::

[Tom Lento]

I think it might have been just the pep band (plus a few others in Section A) that did that chant?

Hah, I forgot about that chant. I think it was mainly from section A. My memory is the band did the GENE! PHIL! DAVE! ART! thing and then did DAVE! DAVE! DAVE! DAVE! whenever he was driving. He used to only work one of the nights each weekend so "YOU'RE NOT DAVE" wasn't really a thing at that point, at least not in Lynah.

I'm assuming Dave is no longer the game night driver. I remember talking to him many years ago (early 00s, probably) and he was saying that he was doing as little of the driving/resurfacing work as possible because of the physical toll it takes, both in terms of the driving/maintenance/shoveling/etc. and the exposure to the exhaust. He loved working the games, though.

[billhoward]

I'm assuming Dave is no longer the game night driver. I remember talking to him many years ago (early 00s, probably) and he was saying that he was doing as little of the driving/resurfacing work as possible because of the physical toll it takes, both in terms of the driving/maintenance/shoveling/etc. and the exposure to the exhaust. He loved working the games, though.

Time for environmentally aware Cornell to use an electric Zamboni, or Olympia. But they carry a stiff premium, something like $150,000 for lithium-power vs. ~$100,000 for propane / natural gas.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'm assuming Dave is no longer the game night driver. I remember talking to him many years ago (early 00s, probably) and he was saying that he was doing as little of the driving/resurfacing work as possible because of the physical toll it takes, both in terms of the driving/maintenance/shoveling/etc. and the exposure to the exhaust. He loved working the games, though.

Time for environmentally aware Cornell to use an electric Zamboni, or Olympia. But they carry a stiff premium, something like $150,000 for lithium-power vs. ~$100,000 for propane / natural gas.

OOC, what's the source of electricity for re-charging it?  If it's fossil fuels, you're only kicking the can down the road.  Not to mention a two-step process (fuel to electricity to Zamboni action) is most probably inherently less efficient than a single step process.

[Chris '03]

I'm assuming Dave is no longer the game night driver. I remember talking to him many years ago (early 00s, probably) and he was saying that he was doing as little of the driving/resurfacing work as possible because of the physical toll it takes, both in terms of the driving/maintenance/shoveling/etc. and the exposure to the exhaust. He loved working the games, though.

Time for environmentally aware Cornell to use an electric Zamboni, or Olympia. But they carry a stiff premium, something like $150,000 for lithium-power vs. ~$100,000 for propane / natural gas.

OOC, what's the source of electricity for re-charging it?  If it's fossil fuels, you're only kicking the can down the road.  Not to mention a two-step process (fuel to electricity to Zamboni action) is most probably inherently less efficient than a single step process.

Am I the only one who read that as "out of conference" at first?

[Scersk '97]

If it's fossil fuels, you're only kicking the can down the road.

Depends on the fossil fuel. Of course, we shut down Ward...

[Roy 82]

If it's fossil fuels, you're only kicking the can down the road.

Depends on the fossil fuel. Of course, we shut down Ward...

...Cleaver?

[osorojo]

Stop your whining.The first year I attended Cornell Men's Varsity hockey games at Lynah the Big Red went 2 and 19.