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			    WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 639

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) RE: Stinky equipment
	by PETER PICKERING 
  2) Re[2]: Stinky equipment
	by Jan de Regt 
  3) RE: Stinky equipment
	by 
  4) Re: Stinky equipment
	by email@hidden
  5) Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
	by email@hidden
  6) Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
	by "Phil & Debbie Cottrell" 
  7) Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
	by Michelle Langley 
  8) Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
	by Gary Goldberg and/or Debbie Minden 
  9) Re: Stinky equipment
	by email@hidden (Lyle Anderson)
 10) Re: Re[9999999]: Stinky equipment
	by email@hidden
 11) Survey
	by email@hidden

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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 22:17:15 -0700
From: PETER PICKERING 
To: Subscribers to 
Subject: RE: Stinky equipment
Message-ID: 

I actually washed my shin guards, shoulder pads and elbow pads in the washing machine with regular detergent and a little bleach. I had to push them down for awhile cause they float, but it did not hurt them at all and now they smell like new. If only my gloves didn't have leather palms, I'd wash them too.

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From: 	email@hidden[SMTP:email@hidden]
Sent: 	Monday, July 21, 1997 11:32 PM
To: 	Subscribers to
Subject: 	Stinky equipment

The only gear I've ever had get moldy on me was my shin guards.  I
poured baking soda all over them and put them out in the sun, and
they're all better now!

Joey




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Date: 23 Jul 1997 08:12:34 -0400
From: Jan de Regt 
To: email@hidden (Return requested),
Subject: Re[2]: Stinky equipment



     Hint for keeping your hands from smelling like dead animals after 
     playing hockey in leather-palmed gloves:  Put cedar (either chips in 
     bags, or actual pieces of wood) in each of your gloves each time after 
     you wear them.  This works just like shoe trees do - the wood helps 
     the glove dry out faster, and the cedar helps with the oder.  Neither 
     the gloves nor your hands will smell like ceday, and they won't smell 
     like road kill either! 
     
     You can get cedar in the closet section of a store.  I've done this 
     for several years now, and don't have to keep my hands well away from 
     my face when trying to get to sleep after a late practice or game any 
     more!
     
     Try it - you'll like it,
     Jan.


______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: RE: Stinky equipment
Author:  email@hidden at Internet
Date:    7/23/97 1:38 AM


I actually washed my shin guards, shoulder pads and elbow pads in the washing
 machine with regular detergent and a little bleach. I had to push them down for 
 awhile cause they float, but it did not hurt them at all and now they smell 
 like new. If only my gloves didn't have leather palms, I'd wash them too.
     
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From:      email@hidden[SMTP:email@hidden] 
Sent:      Monday, July 21, 1997 11:32 PM
To:      Subscribers to
Subject:      Stinky equipment
     
The only gear I've ever had get moldy on me was my shin guards.  I 
poured baking soda all over them and put them out in the sun, and 
they're all better now!
     
Joey

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:03:16 -0400
To: email@hidden
Subject: RE: Stinky equipment
Message-ID: 

At 10:25 PM 7/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I actually washed my shin guards, shoulder pads and elbow pads in the
washing machine with regular detergent and a little bleach. I had to push
them down for awhile cause they float, but it did not hurt them at all and
now they smell like new. If only my gloves didn't have leather palms, I'd
wash them too.
>
>----------
>From: 	email@hidden[SMTP:email@hidden]
>Sent: 	Monday, July 21, 1997 11:32 PM
>To: 	Subscribers to
>Subject: 	Stinky equipment
>
>The only gear I've ever had get moldy on me was my shin guards.  I
>poured baking soda all over them and put them out in the sun, and
>they're all better now!
>
>Joey
>
>
>
>
>
Every now and then when the equipment gets to smell REALLY bad, I fill up
the tub with detergent and warm water, slosh everything around and then
hang it to dry outside.  I too have leather palms on my Joffa gloves but
they get the same treatment with no serious effects and I've been doing
this intermittently for 3 years.  Just don't put the stuff in direct
sunlight if you can help it.

Jake #8

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:44:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Stinky equipment
Message-ID: 

In a message dated 97-07-23 07:25:58 EDT, you write:

<< I had to push them down for awhile cause they float >>

I came up with a solution for my daughter's "stinky" stuff.  We fill a large
plastic tub with water and laundry detergent, throw all the equipment in to
soak (except gloves), and weight it down with a plastic bucket (we used one
full of paint).  We leave it in overnight, then rinse it off the next day and
hang it outside.  The fresh air helps get rid of the stench also.  It smells
like brand new after this treatment!

Joyce

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:56:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
Message-ID: 

Yeah, but does Brad Pitt play hockey? 

I know Jason Priestly and Jason Bateman do. 

And Richard Dean Anderson (McGyver) and Alex Trebeck, that stud! HAHA

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:19:43 -0700
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell" 
To: 
Subject: Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
Message-ID: 

> Yeah, but does Brad Pitt play hockey? 
> 
> I know Jason Priestly and Jason Bateman do. 
> 
> And Richard Dean Anderson (McGyver) and Alex Trebeck, that stud! HAHA

Also, Keanu Reeves is a goalie...he's got a CUTE butt!

Debbie

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 20:04:56 -0400
From: Michelle Langley 
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
Message-ID: 

Geez...I go away for vacation and everyone talks about cute hockey
player butts...let me into this conversation!

--Michelle

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:39:10 -0400
From: Gary Goldberg and/or Debbie Minden 
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Fwd: just an annoyance
Message-ID: 

>> Yeah, but does Brad Pitt play hockey?
>>
>> I know Jason Priestly and Jason Bateman do.
>>
>> And Richard Dean Anderson (McGyver) and Alex Trebeck, that stud! HAHA
>
>Also, Keanu Reeves is a goalie...he's got a CUTE butt!
>
I hear Peter Jennings and his son play hockey together.  You can take the
boy out of Canada...




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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:33:27 -0800
From: email@hidden (Lyle Anderson)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Stinky equipment
Message-ID: 

PETER PICKERING wrote:
> 
> I actually washed my shin guards, shoulder pads and elbow pads in the washing machine with regular detergent and a little bleach. I had to push them down for awhile cause they float, but it did not hurt them at all and now they smell like new. If only my gloves didn't have leather palms, I'd wash them too.


If the palms are already bad, try having them repalmed.  Then use
Neatsfoot oil on them and clean em regulary with saddle soap.  Always
follow a cleaning with more oil.  They'll last for ages and breakin,
noproblem!  (doesn't work with sim leather)  Also, try buying shingaurds
that have a removable pad in the front. They go well in the
washer/dryer.  I wash everything else in the bath tub and hang to dry.

Lyle

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:27:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Re[9999999]: Stinky equipment
Message-ID: 

In a message dated 97-07-23 08:56:26 EDT, you write:

<<    You can get cedar in the closet section of a store.  I've done this 
      for several years now, and don't have to keep my hands well away from 
      my face when trying to get to sleep after a late practice or game any 
      more!
      
      Try it - you'll like it,
      Jan.
 
  >>

Now here is an interesting thought:

If you take a shower after playing, you really would not have to worry about
your hands (or anything else) smelling.

:-)



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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 23:31:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Survey
Message-ID: 

I am taking a Small Business Management class in college, and my final
project is to make a business plan.  My business is to sell hockey equipment
for women ( I have noticed all the complaints on the list about fit, lack of
respect from sales people, etc.).  I would really appreciate it if any of you
could fill out the attached survey.  Please e-mail your reply to me, not the
list at email@hidden.  Thanks a lot for your help!!

Joyce Dale

1. Do you play ice or roller hockey?
2. What position do you play?
3. How many games a week do you play?  practice?
4. How many teams do you play on?
5. How many of the teams you play on are all women?  co-ed?
6. How much do you normally spend on equipment in a year?
7. How often do you normally replace your equipment?
8. Where do you normally buy your equipment?
9. Do you normally buy your equipment new or used?
10. Do you purchase your own equipment, or does someone else (i.e. parents
for youth players)?
11. Would you be willing to purchase equipment through the mail?
12. Would you be interested in purchasing equipment made specifically for
female players?
13. What are your main complaints with the equipment you are currently using
or have used in the past?
14. What is your age?
15. What is your height, weight, and shoe size?





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