Post by roberto on Dec 14, 2007 13:21:48 GMT -5
• You base the next purchase of your new vehicle on whether it will hold six kids, six sticks, and six hockey bags.
• You know the location of every Tim Horton's within a 400 mile radius.
• You relate directions to places by the nearest arena.
• Knows every single kid on every single team your child has ever played on – but doesn't have a clue who his school mates are.
• You feel lost when you have a free weekend.
• Your spouse waits until you decide where to sit and then chooses a spot on the opposite side of arena.
• You become a partner in a skate sharpening business to save money.
• Can justify complaining about someone who gives hundreds of hours of volunteer time to your son or daughter.
• You ground your kids for a week (except for hockey practice).
• Can rationalize spending $159 on a Synergy for a 9 year old but won't spend $5 on a Birthday card for his wife.
• When someone asks how old your children are you respond, 'I have a '94 and a '97.'
• Has had to use a grandparent to take kid #1 to a tournament because Dad was in a different state with kid #2 at a tournament and Mom had kid #3 two states away in a 3rd tournament all in one weekend.
• Has more miles on '05 minivan than a '66 Chevy
• Practices make up a very large part of your social life.
• You buy gloves according to how loud you can clap in them.
• You find yourself missing the parents of your child's team mates during the off-season.
• You refuse to make any plans with your friends until you check your kids' hockey schedule.
• You take out a home loan to pay for all the equipment and expenses.
• Plans birth of next child so he has a good hockey birthday.
• New baby's first word is Zamboni.
• All computer passwords begin with 'hockey' or contain child's number.
• Has been barred from more than one rink on more than one occasion
• Purchases new $135.00 stick because old one 'didn't have any goals left in it.'
• You know a few 5 year olds that are good but 'lack focus'.
• You have had kids ask if Christmas is 'home or away'.
• You have to decide between try-out and first communion and you’ve asked the church what your options were.
• Received a letter from AAA Automobile Club and called for more info about tryouts.
• Your wife knows exactly where the hockey section is at Canadian tire.
• You know the location of every Tim Horton's within a 400 mile radius.
• You relate directions to places by the nearest arena.
• Knows every single kid on every single team your child has ever played on – but doesn't have a clue who his school mates are.
• You feel lost when you have a free weekend.
• Your spouse waits until you decide where to sit and then chooses a spot on the opposite side of arena.
• You become a partner in a skate sharpening business to save money.
• Can justify complaining about someone who gives hundreds of hours of volunteer time to your son or daughter.
• You ground your kids for a week (except for hockey practice).
• Can rationalize spending $159 on a Synergy for a 9 year old but won't spend $5 on a Birthday card for his wife.
• When someone asks how old your children are you respond, 'I have a '94 and a '97.'
• Has had to use a grandparent to take kid #1 to a tournament because Dad was in a different state with kid #2 at a tournament and Mom had kid #3 two states away in a 3rd tournament all in one weekend.
• Has more miles on '05 minivan than a '66 Chevy
• Practices make up a very large part of your social life.
• You buy gloves according to how loud you can clap in them.
• You find yourself missing the parents of your child's team mates during the off-season.
• You refuse to make any plans with your friends until you check your kids' hockey schedule.
• You take out a home loan to pay for all the equipment and expenses.
• Plans birth of next child so he has a good hockey birthday.
• New baby's first word is Zamboni.
• All computer passwords begin with 'hockey' or contain child's number.
• Has been barred from more than one rink on more than one occasion
• Purchases new $135.00 stick because old one 'didn't have any goals left in it.'
• You know a few 5 year olds that are good but 'lack focus'.
• You have had kids ask if Christmas is 'home or away'.
• You have to decide between try-out and first communion and you’ve asked the church what your options were.
• Received a letter from AAA Automobile Club and called for more info about tryouts.
• Your wife knows exactly where the hockey section is at Canadian tire.
