Back in my late teens and early twenties, I was a lifeguard at Graydon Pool in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and we had a tractor that was used to drag the beach and clean the sand. Occasionally, one of us would take it up to nearby Fischl's Bakery for hard rolls and coffee. When I read this story, I was taken back to those days:

Two employees have been fired from the city's ice skating rink after making a midnight fast-food run - in a pair of Zambonis.

The ice-groomer jockeys, both temporary city employees whose names and ages weren't released by Boise Parks and Recreation, had to negotiate at least one intersection with a traffic light on their late-night creep from Idaho Ice World.

An anonymous caller who alerted a telephone hot line set up by Boise Mayor Dave Bieter was gassing up his car at a nearby service station at about 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10 when he saw the Zambonis roll through a Burger King drive-through, order food, and then return to the skating rink. The rubber-tired vehicles, whose top speed is about 5 mph, drove about 1 1/2 miles in all, said Parks Department Director Jim Hall.

They took the Zambonis through the freaking Burger King drive-thru! At midnight! Too much fun. I can't help but think that, given the chance, I'd have done the same thing. Too bad it cost them their job.