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Aren't they slippery in -degrees? or are they computer controlled to
switch over to icemakers and fire up the Zambonis for the rink...
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They just line up all the kids at the top of the slide and have them
spit. It freezes in mid-air and forms a ball-bearing-like surface they
can slide down. <G>
Where I went to school, in Houghton, Michigan, there will be days so
cold that when you spit on the sidewalk in front of you, it BOUNCES!
(Houghton is about 1/3 the way up the Keewanau Peninsula sticking up
into western Lake Superior.)
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