Man Invents The BACKYARD ZAMBONI!!

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EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. --Damian Renzello has been searching for smooth ice for years. Now he has created the ultimate outdoor backyard dream machine for ice lovers -- the backyard Zamboni.

Renzello, who invented the Porta-Rinx, a backyard portable ice skating rink kit, and the Bambini, a pull-behind ice resurfacing unit, now has the solution for sale.

He has mounted a snow blower on the front of a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, added an ice scraper blade underneath and mounted a water tank connected to pipes and hoses that lays down a film of water to create a glass-like finish to outdoor ice.

Called the Bambini Revolution, the machine will sell for about $30,000 to outdoor ice skating enthusiasts.

Renzello, 36, started his fascination with backyard ice nine years ago when his mother wondered why someone couldn't design a portable rink that could be taken down after the winter season. He designed his first kit and now has sold 325 backyard rinks.

After a couple of years of flooding his rinks with a hose, Renzello came up with an ice resurfacing machine, the Bambini, and then followed with an ice shaving machine.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/06/27/vt_man_creates_the_backyard_zamboni?mode=PF

And thanks to global warming, few people will want it.

Best of luck to him; the only way we can make money these days is to go into big debt, conjuring up crap like the Bamboozle or whatever he calls it, and hope the rubes will buy it.

Well I went down to the local arena
Asked to see the manager man
He came from his office, said, "Son can I help you?"
I looked at him and said, "Yes you can..."

I want to Drive the Zamboni...hey
I want to Drive the Zamboni...Yes I do!

Now ever since I was young it's been my dream
That I might drive a Zamboni machine
I'd get the ice just as slick as could be
And all the kids would look up to me

I want to drive the Zamboni...hey
I want to drive the Zamboni...Yes I do!

Now the manager said, "Son, I know it looks keen
But that right there is one expensive machine
And I've got Smokey who's been driving for years."
About that time I broke down in tears.

Cause I want to drive the Zamboni...hey
I want to drive the Zamboni...Yes I do!

tis true :D

about 20 miles from me!!! :)

I played that thing to death.

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