What A Hoser

One of my host's New Year Day activities is to host a hockey game out on the lake beside his house. But first you must find two chumps to clear and hose down the "rink".

The host is obviously one chump and the other just arrived at the airport.

"This'll be fun", he says.

So after blowing the snow from the ice, we spent the next few hours hosing the 10,000 square foot rink, with a freakin' garden hose.

Here the Hoser is in action painstakingly applying a coat to a very small section of the aforementioned 10,000 square feet.

If any job could be worse than this, it is to be the Hoser's Hose Caddy. Which, obviously, went to Chump #2. "It's fun, huh?"

Three Hours Later


Switching to Plan B
I'm not skating on that part of the rink.

Preparing To Hose
Prior to all the fun of hosing, we took another few hours and first cleared the ice of snow. All the while listening to the sound of the ice crack under our feet.

"I'm pretty sure it's thick enough." I would hear my host yell faintly from the shore.

The Finished Product
But after a second coating the next morning, we were ready to glide.