tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post6316000087672090677..comments2009-12-03T12:34:21.425-05:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-35495572589250663082009-12-03T12:15:22.970-05:002009-12-03T12:15:22.970-05:00Why should I? <br /><br />You&#39;re just a faceless nobody.Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-2876869868465474482009-12-03T09:14:36.449-05:002009-12-03T09:14:36.449-05:00While we are on the subject of wild untruths, tell us more about your experience living in the Annapolis Valley, working picking apples while sending money back to maintain your home in Halifax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-19757407061371120432009-12-02T12:14:43.053-05:002009-12-02T12:14:43.053-05:00I have never demanded to know who every single anonymouse is.<br /><br />There is a person with a knowing smile in the photo and I know it&#39;s not the anonymouse posting here. <br /><br />Sheeesh, these anonymice use their anonymity to post wild untruths!Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-59754150548058917892009-12-02T11:45:38.610-05:002009-12-02T11:45:38.610-05:00So, Mr. Keeler knows on sight everyone who posts here as &quot;anonymous&quot;<br /> <br />That&#39;s interesting.<br /> <br />It does make me wonder why he always makes such a fuss about demanding to know who every single &quot;anonymous&quot; is.<br /> <br />I should be in your photo of the audience. I&#39;m the one with the knowing smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-83583137071764717612009-12-02T10:43:21.200-05:002009-12-02T10:43:21.200-05:00Actually there were no anonymice at the meeting. I stepped up to the front for a few moments and took several photographs of the audience. Every person there had an identifiable face -- no one hid themselves.Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-83526685469416546042009-12-01T16:57:04.234-05:002009-12-01T16:57:04.234-05:00It was broadcast on TV Cogeco.<br /> <br />You did not have to be spied by Mr. Keeler to watch it live.<br /> <br />But is he sure he did not see any anonymice from this blog there.<br /> <br />I saw him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-67027118934610266162009-12-01T15:46:34.945-05:002009-12-01T15:46:34.945-05:00As far as I could determine, there was only one response to the operating cost concern that had any numbers to it. The rest just mouthed some entirely useless buzz and common knowledge phrases just to have something to say, other than &quot;We have absolutely no idea&quot;. I think it was Giffels who uggested that similar cases can expect to see operating costs over somewhere from 20 to 30 years to be roughly equal to the original building cost.<br /><br />That would translate to more than $900,000 dollars annually at the low end up to almost 1.5 million at the other end. That was inclusive of labour, I assumed. That&#39;s a minimum of $2,500 every day of every year.<br /><br />I&#39;m guessing ice-time and fresh towels won&#39;t come cheap!<br /><br />BTW, the only presentation that stirred me was Bird Construction&#39;s thorough analysis of what the town is hoping to achieve with this project, apart from providing more ice surface, beyond our latest addition, the &#39;prink&#39;. Sadly, but predictably, the majority of proposals were simply variations of what I assume the RFP suggested as the starting point, and hardly exhibited even one original idea among them (excluding Bird). That alone should put Bird Construction well ahead of the pack in the run off, as long as their tender is in the &#39;ballpark&#39;, or maybe it should be &#39;icerink&#39;manfred schumannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-28538839711406423312009-12-01T10:34:18.601-05:002009-12-01T10:34:18.601-05:00Not as many people showed up at the meeting as I expected, actually a lot less showed up. Of the commentators to this blog, I only noticed Wally Keeler and Manfred Schumann at the meeting. I didn&#39;t see any of the &#39;progressives&#39; there -- perhaps they do care less.<br /><br />The operating cost question was the only question that was asked of each of the five presentors. The other questions asked pertained to specifics of each particular project.Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-10856180129993719822009-11-30T10:37:21.469-05:002009-11-30T10:37:21.469-05:00What a gold mine of information. No reader of this blog can claim they don&#39;t know enough about the designs to make a decision.<br /><br />Thanks for your diligence Ben. Hopefully this will led to some pointed questions about operating costs at the meeting later today.Deb Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-19014450682440477012009-11-30T10:04:21.600-05:002009-11-30T10:04:21.600-05:00Do any of the floor plans show where the proposed indoor running track would be? How many metres would 1 lap of the track be?<br /> <br />Most of them look like 2 ice pads and 1 gym with the additional space that results given over to meeting rooms etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com