David Dermott wrote:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Bob wrote:

Do they save any payroll money by turning off the lights? Paying a single
employee to sit around for 4 hours a night would cost more than the
electricity, I would think.


That reminded me of this cartoon :-)
http://www.skiforeningen.no/stripe/i...ke=2&year=2006

"There should be a better warning when the
lights are shut off for the night"


This has happened to me several times. I didn't wipe out, but I scared
myself in the middle of a descent once. The most scary time was once
the lights shut off at our speed-skating track while I was at full
speed mid-turn.

Joseph