...Are YOU a mad uwh handyman?

how much of a maniacal hockey handyperson are you?

add up the points from the items below to give you a hockey handyperson total from 1000, yes from 1000!

before you start, if you intend to try this, allocate 10 mins or so, it'll take a while... even completing this exercise probably means you may not be a hockey handyperson but you are certainly a hockey nut....


have you ever...

made your own stick? 5
made sticks for other people? 5
sold sticks you made to others? 5
made sticks from material thats not wood? 5
cut your own stick out of someone elses old stick? 10
made a stick out of un-sawn wood? 10
attempted to glue different materials together to make a stick? 10
turned a right handed stick into a left handed or vice versa? 10
made sticks using a jigsaw? 5
made sticks using a tenon saw? 20
bevelled sticks with a file? 5
made sticks with a bandsaw? 10
made sticks with a scroll saw? 5
used a skillsaw to make sticks? 20
used a CHAINSAW to make sticks? 30
tried to incorporate finger grooves into a stick? 5
put scientifical grooves on the bevels of your stick? 5
used a lanyard with your stick? 5
used tape to hold your stick on your hand? 5
used a hair tie to hold your stick on your hand? 5
put a bungee cord on your handle? 5
experimented with more than 3 different woods for your stick? 5
made a stick that lasted more than 2 years? 10
made a stick that lasted more than 5 years? 20
made your own glove? 10
made a silicone glove? 5
made a latex glove? 10
made a glove out of tape? 10
made a glove out of strange materials ie shoe insole? 10
made a glove out of hot melt glue? 10
made a glove out of something that turned out to be utterly unsuitable? 10
combined silicone and latex in a glove? 5
made gloves for other people? 10
sold gloves to other people? 10
used velcro on a glove? 5
used elastic on a glove? 5
experimented with different baseglove materials? 10
attempted to incorporate jointed knuckles on a glove? 15
used hidden structural strengtheners in a glove? 10
made your own fingers? 15
made fingers for other people? 10
sold fingers to other people? 10
experimented with different tubing materials for fingers? 10
melted/deformed plastics to create fingers or glove components? 10
made a glove that lasted more than a year? 5
made a glove that lasted more than 2 years? 15
made a glove that lasted more than 5 years? 30
made a glove incorporating a dishwashing glove? 5
made a glove incorporating a gardening glove? 5
made a glove incorporating a cricket glove? 10
made a glove incorporating a bmx glove? 5
made a glove incorporating a hockey glove? 10
made a glove mittens style with no fingers? 10
done a "punch test' on a wall with a glove and broke the wall? 10
attempted to make a glove directly on the hand with no base glove? 15
coloured your glove? 5
put words or letters on a glove? 10
put glitter or other beautification in/on a glove? 10
put vasoline on a glove? 5
repaired a glove with tape? 10
repaired other peoples gloves with tape? 10
ended up with a glove that was mostly tape? 15
cut/sawn/customised your mask for better use? 15
cut a bit off your snorkel? 5
cut too much off a snorkel? 10
made your own mask strap? 10
made your own mouthguard? 15
installed a mouthguard on your snorkel? 10
installed mouthguards on other peoples snorkels? 10
repaired a broken mask frame? 10
repaired a torn mask skirt? 20
repaired a broken mask clip with masses of tape? 10
used electrical tape on your feet? 5
used duct tape on your feet? 5
used strapping tape on your feet? 5
used vasoline on your feet to prevent blisters? 10
used neoprene booties? 10
made your own rubber socks? 20
made your own neoprene booties? 15
used plastic inserts in your fins? 10
made your own plastic inserts? 10
repaired your fins with vulcanising? 20
repaired your fins with tape? 5
repaired your fins SUCCESSFULLY with tape? 30
cut/chopped/customised your fins? 15
made your own fins? 100
taped your fins to your feet when lacking finstraps? 10
taped your mask to your head for a rough game? 20


naturally, this exercise is completely and 100% scientificalistically accurate.

i'm sure there are other questions out there that should also be in this quiz....

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it's more polite on the grating than on the subs bench

525 thought i was the only one out there that has carved a stick out of someone elses larger stick.

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atapene, you GEEK!
Dont' you have someone to go home to or some training or SOMETHING else to do. How long did it take you to type that?

Here is one more:
1. Have you tried to, while having sex, to use your bat/stick as a toy ? I think that one goes for 1000 points.....agreed?

We have to ask DTCrusher if he has 1000+.... oh wait... he's already banned!

A disappointing 375.

Frankly I thought I would get more than that. Shame.

Atapene, can I get some extra credit for building barriers, including a floating barrier for my club pool? (Power tools used included: drills, circular saw, dremel thingee. There was also some velcro involved).

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Faster than a speeding puck...

i only got 430 and was disappointed not to see points being awarded for:
melting down your mates [or in situations of extreme need, your own] weight belt to make pucks or:
to make custom weights for pool barriers.

note: there were oxy-acetylene gas bottles & naked flames used in these procedures. high-tech? no way. hahahahahaa FIRE

i think 1000 points should be deducted from anyone who has used their stick as a sex toy in a 'flying solo' situation.

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395..

im re-covering pucks at the moment too..

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but that depends on a suitable reference point.

yeah sorry i definitely neglected some areas like pucks, and also caps.

for interests sake, on the given list i got 690


and yeah i do have places to go sometimes but like i said, last days at work!

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it's more polite on the grating than on the subs bench

Oh dear, on the proviso that it was easier to remove points from 1000 than add them all together...

745.

No, I've never made a stick using a chainsaw, but I did make one out of driftwood that lasted over 5 years...

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It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

I do have the feeling that Atapene would score high since he wrote the thing and of course used his experience in doing that.

Steve Springett made a stick with a chainsaw some time ago. It was the only thing that would cut the railway sleeper he made it out of. He called it 'the Axe' (as you do) and only pulled it out when annoyed with the opposition. That thing sank like a stone.

I do think that for a number of these items negative points should be awarded...

ie.
made a glove out of something that turned out to be utterly unsuitable?
[negative points awarded for being an idiot]

and..
put glitter or other beautification in/on a glove?
[are you kidding me? If I am reffing and someone has glitter on their glove then they are going for a 5 minute rest. I would look upon them in the same way that I see a soccer player with golden boots.]

and possibly..
made a glove that lasted more than 5 years?
[of course, I have gloves that are more than 5 years old, but only because I don't play with them anymore. Figured that shouldn't count in the spirit of the thing.]

Oh, I see I missed one, score now 385.

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Faster than a speeding puck...