What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?
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Mar 2021
9:27am, 11 Mar 2021
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SteveC NordRunner
Acorns in Puerto Rico are the size of a small coconut. google.nl But you should see the squirrels!
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Mar 2021
9:31am, 11 Mar 2021
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swittle
[A Grep: this one looked like a large ride-on grass mower - the polishing? Maybe in the style of those floor polishing machines that rumble quietly but satsfyingly around office buildings.]
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Mar 2021
9:38am, 11 Mar 2021
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GregP
I think it slices a thin layer off or boils a layer off before polishing? I've watched a lot - I lot - of Zambonis in operation - and seen them 'dump' ice outside like a salt truck. No idea how they work. Sounds like you saw a small one - ones at hockey arenas are (at a guesstimate) the size of a very small van?
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Mar 2021
9:48am, 11 Mar 2021
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swittle
Yes, a smallish van: it was being delivered to a community at Deer Lake, Ontario {? there are several]. The 'drop' featured on 'Ice Road Truckers', Ch 4 series, 2017.
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Mar 2021
9:53am, 11 Mar 2021
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rf_fozzy
That "Zamboni" like hoover for vacuum cleaners is a brand name that has been adopted for all ice resurfacers.
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Mar 2021
9:54am, 11 Mar 2021
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GregP
One of these? I assume there are smaller ones and bigger ones |
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Mar 2021
9:55am, 11 Mar 2021
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swittle
[iirc Zamboni was the inventor's name - I did not 'wiki' in depth.]
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Mar 2021
9:56am, 11 Mar 2021
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rf_fozzy
Greppers I think that they shave off the top layer, then put down a layer of snow and then spray with wash water and polish to get the smooth surface. At least that's what Wikipedia suggests |
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Mar 2021
9:56am, 11 Mar 2021
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GregP
[I think 'Zamboni' is like 'Hoover' or 'Thermos' - there's a word for this thing where the dominant manufacturer's name becomes the product name, I believe?]
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Mar 2021
9:57am, 11 Mar 2021
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swittle
[Most of the trucks' destinations look like the very rear of the back of beyond: Deer Lake was significantly further back than that but the commentary stressed that ice hockey was a huge sport across Canada.].
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