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ice skating

benny · 2003-12-20 21:06:29

Someone told me its NOt REAL ICE.its plastic or something!!! can this be true ,i ask you? IS nothing REAL in this world any more? from ...downhearted, happy christmas:(

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20-12-2003 10:06pm

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benny

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Someone told me its NOt REAL ICE.its plastic or something!!! can this be true ,i ask you?
IS nothing REAL in this world any more?
from ...downhearted, happy christmas:(

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#2 21-12-2003 12:59am
Rew

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They are plastic floor tiles... They use UV lights to try disguise how crap it is...

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#3 22-12-2003 11:26am
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Originally posted by Rew
They are plastic floor tiles... They use UV lights to try disguise how crap it is...

Now why doesnt that surprise me.. jeez.. :rolleyes: :dunno:

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#4 22-12-2003 3:40pm
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it's the same ice that they use for Ice Hockey which IS artifical but isnt fecking plastic!

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#5 22-12-2003 4:20pm
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True, my sister was there last week, she said it's not as nice to skate on as ice (she's skated in Canada), but it wasn't the slippy disaster she'd been led to expect.

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