Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

Nelin said the fine would be split between the five men and that he was still looking forward to using the rink.

So $25.50 per person for a winter's worth of private ice time? Sounds like a damn good deal to me.

VictoryCabal: Can't you use hydrants to fill pools and whatnot any way? You call ahead, someone comes out and slaps a meter and hose on the hydrant, and then you end up paying some bulk rate for the water?

In most areas, yes. They even have portable water fountains you can attach to the fire hydrants these days. So if you're having a parade or something you can provide hydration.

These guys got really cheap over a fairly inexpensive cost, hopefully the fine is fairly large.

Is that a penalty box in the background ?

hell yeah ill pay $25.49 so i can use my own ice rink anytime i wanna! sounds like a good deal to me judge. i feel so ashamed! BULL shiat!

namegoeshere: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

Nelin said the fine would be split between the five men and that he was still looking forward to using the rink.

So $25.50 per person for a winter's worth of private ice time? Sounds like a damn good deal to me.

This. My dad used to make a rink most winters while my older brothers were in hockey, although it was nowhere near as big as this one. Things would be ok until the local dogs started peeing all over it. My brothers would play for hours then come back into the house reeking of sweat and dog piss.

Good times.

Nina Haagen Dazs: Check out the mug shot to the right of the article.

This was also to the right of the article.


Castrating Lambs with Teeth Can Make You Sick, US Officials Warn

scottydoesntknow: He said he and his friends were originally filling it up with a garden hose, but switched to the hydrant through fear the water bill would be too high.

So instead of using their own water and being charged for it, they figured why not have the taxpayers take care of a large portion.

I say slap a large fine on top, and if they can't afford it the rink should be opened to the public considering public money funded it.

/All for personal ice-rinks, just don't be a douche bag about it.

sooo now they dont have to they each EQUALLY have to pay for it.

A school custodian calls the freakin' police because he/she saw a hose connected to the hydrant?
WTF? This war on terror has jumped the shark.

namegoeshere: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

Nelin said the fine would be split between the five men and that he was still looking forward to using the rink.

So $25.50 per person for a winter's worth of private ice time? Sounds like a damn good deal to me.

No kidding... That's a steal. $25 would buy my son's team about 5 minutes worth of ice time.

Nina Haagen Dazs: Check out the mug shot to the right of the article.

im kinda hoping that wasnt one of them!

FTFA: He said he and his friends were originally filling it up with a garden hose, but switched to the hydrant through fear the water bill would be too high.

The fee isn't high enough. Stealing public resources for private use because you don't want to pay fee should mean you pay 10x.

Idiots.

Ponzholio: Sure. Blame the dogs.

Actually, you make a good point. No one ever actually SAW any dogs peeing there...my brothers just claimed it was dogs.....
...which means they were probably peeing on it themselves to avoid having to take their skates off to go to the bathroom.....
.....which means I probably spent years sliding around on sibling piss....

/gotta go
//vomit in shower time

as long as they pay the fine imokwiththis.jpg

some kids built something! on their own! without it being an assignment or a project or a paid gig! since all i hear about is how endlessly farked up my generation is, shouldn't we all be furiously beating off over their desire to get exercise, enthusiasm, work ethic etc. ?

I love how the minds of these morans work. "It's okay to steal if you have good intentions"

TFA: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

That's not so bad. I wonder if they could have just gotten the fire dept. to come by and fill it up, then paid for usage?

wmoonfox: TFA: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

That's not so bad. I wonder if they could have just gotten the fire dept. to come by and fill it up, then paid for usage?

I doubt the fire department would have had a problem with this. Hell, at the local park, the Fire Dept fills up a shallow retention ditch (oddly the size of a hockey rink) with water every year precisely for this purpose.

My problem is that they didn't ask, and didn't see anything wrong with stealing.

Again; Idiots.

Cajnik: Sounds like next year the city needs to take a couple hundred dollars out of the budget and make an outdoor rink for the whole village. Seems like there is demand

Cost of liability insurance.

Ice is cheap to ensure if you're just letting people skate on it.
Ice is very expensive to insure when you add in the little rubber puck, pads, and contact.

Wow, some of you people are really grumpy and/or humorless.

Some kids tapped into a fire hydrant to make an ice rink. It's not that big of a deal. It's actually kind of cool.

Make them pay for the water and move on. Seriously, people, WTF?

Cajnik: Sounds like next year the city needs to take a couple hundred dollars out of the budget and make an outdoor rink for the whole village. Seems like there is demand

looks like the city could make a good lump of money!

Not asking before hand means the city didn't get to review whether or not the rink's location is ok. It's also no big deal when the water is frozen, but how do they get rid of the water come springtime (I'm sure there's a good way to do this but I'm wondering if they just thought they could just let the water flow overland)? Doesn't all the grass die under the rink? Looking at the size of the backyard, I'm sure the cost isn't really the prohibiting factor for this project.

Funny, it's 46 degrees today, and isn't supposed to stay below freezing for at least another week. I wonder when they took the picture.

/loves the rain instead of the snow

26000 gallons = ~$128? I am so totally getting water to my house the wrong way.

I think some of you are missing something. Not only do they have to pay for the water, there will also be fines & court costs. They may feel it worth the money but they are going to pay a lot more than $25 apiece.

fappomatic 2011-12-14 02:01:06 PM
I think some of you are missing something. Not only do they have to pay for the water, there will also be fines & court costs. They may feel it worth the money but they are going to pay a lot more than $25 apiece.
o wth ill pay the $26

imashark: wmoonfox: TFA: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

That's not so bad. I wonder if they could have just gotten the fire dept. to come by and fill it up, then paid for usage?

I doubt the fire department would have had a problem with this. Hell, at the local park, the Fire Dept fills up a shallow retention ditch (oddly the size of a hockey rink) with water every year precisely for this purpose.

My problem is that they didn't ask, and didn't see anything wrong with stealing.

Again; Idiots.

Why would a town purposely fill a retention area with water? Retention areas are there to prevent flooding of a specific area. I hope they realize they could have a real issue should they have a quick thaw or heavy rain. People ask all the time if they can do this in their subdivisions. Remember ice thaws, or you'll be angry in the spring when your basement floods.

/Could be just a naturally low lying area, well out a flood zone, in which case please disregard

26,000 gallons???
Must be cop math. I calculate at 4" depth, the whole thing would be 8000 gallons at the most. and that's way more ice than at most rinks.

/dirty cops taking a cut

berniex: Is that a penalty box in the background ?

concession stand!

/where are the goal nets?

What parent doesn't know a 26.000 gallon ice rink is being constructed in the back yard and the means being used to fill it up?

The Homer Tax: Wow, some of you people are really grumpy and/or humorless.

Some kids tapped into a fire hydrant to make an ice rink. It's not that big of a deal. It's actually kind of cool.

Make them pay for the water and move on. Seriously, people, WTF?

I'm with Homer on this one. They're kids. If you didn't commit a few misdemeanors as a teenager, your childhood probably sucked. Make them pay for the water, give them a stern talking to, then go grab a beer with your buddies and reminisce about your youthful indiscretions. People take themselves way too seriously these days.

These guys are champs. I would do this every year if it were cold enough. You only need 1" of ice.

They are college kids so they probably don't live with their folks.

shootsright: These guys are champs. I would do this every year if it were cold enough. You only need 1" of ice.

They are college kids so they probably don't live with their folks.

You need more than an inch. One careless toe drag or even just a sharp corner would blow the ice apart.

/used to help make a rink
//lights, boards, everything
///I miss it :(

mod3072: The Homer Tax: Wow, some of you people are really grumpy and/or humorless.

Some kids tapped into a fire hydrant to make an ice rink. It's not that big of a deal. It's actually kind of cool.

Make them pay for the water and move on. Seriously, people, WTF?

I'm with Homer on this one. They're kids 20 years old, FFS. If you didn't commit a few misdemeanors as a teenager, your childhood probably sucked. Make them pay for the water, give them a stern talking to, then go grab a beer with your buddies and reminisce about your youthful indiscretions. People take themselves way too seriously these days.

You use 'youthful indiscretions' the way Gary Hart did.

OregonVet 2011-12-14 10:12:07 AM "It will be worth it," he said. I'm guessing if they just asked for permission there wouldn't be a problem. Nonstory.
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Um, 'Hey village office, would you mind letting us tap into the fire hydrant so we can quickly fill our backyard ice rink with water for the winter?'

Village office: "AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. No."

that's why it gets the hose, I've skated at plenty of rinks that barely have any cover, you can see where the lines have been skated on


The Science of Hockey site provides further details on rink ice. Bruce Tharaldson, the icemaker for the San Jose Arena, explains the process to create a premium ice surface for hockey. Before the pre-season games start in September, the arena pumps freezing cold salt water through pipes that run under a concrete slab that makes up the arena floor. When the slab is cold enough, layers of water are applied to it. That 3/4" ice surface consists of eight to ten thin layers of ice. The first few layers are painted with game markings and logos. The upper layers seal the paint and provide the playing surface.



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jayphat: 26000 gallons = ~$128? I am so totally getting water to my house the wrong way.

It's like that everywhere, isn't it? I live in the desert, and that actually sounds like they're paying slightly more than our prices. There's almost zero financial incentive to save water.

xiola: 26,000 gallons???
Must be cop math. I calculate at 4" depth, the whole thing would be 8000 gallons at the most. and that's way more ice than at most rinks.

/dirty cops taking a cut

Also possible, lousy kids with leaks in their homebrew ice rink. This is Illinois, not Alaska, and it's not even properly winter yet-- they don't live on permafrost and any leak at all was going to happily soak right on into the ground while it slowly freezes.

White people problems.

godxam: I love how the minds of these morans work. "It's okay to steal if you have good intentions"

It's OK to break the law if you have good intentions. I believe there are a few US Supreme Court rulings stating pretty much that.

namegoeshere: Police said the men were likely to be fined and ordered to pay for the water they used, which is estimated to be $127.44.

Nelin said the fine would be split between the five men and that he was still looking forward to using the rink.

So $25.50 per person for a winter's worth of private ice time? Sounds like a damn good deal to me.

Certainly less of a waste of taxpayer money than most government expenditures.

otto the bull: White people problems.

Which can be distinguished by NHI (No Homicide Involved).