ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1027 times:
I am sure some of you will make fun of me for posting this, but it's rather important to me and millions of Canadians and a few people of other nationalities.
Randy Ferbey's team from Canada is not doing so well! They are currently 5 and 3 when they should really have no more than one loss. David Nedohin is NOT curling up to his normal standards. 74% this morning over Italy. What's going on?
Ferbey should be okay to make it into the playoffs, but it's not guaranteed, and that's very unusual.
We are having a special event at our club Sunday morning to watch the final game. I am sure we'll have tons of people there all yelling at the TV. Now let's just hope Randy Ferbey will be one of the teams playing!
New Zealanders - your guys are doing very well and just might earn themselves a berth into the Olympics! And the Americans are doing very well too. They are also fighting to do well enough to get into the Olympics.
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
747-600X From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2733 posts, RR: 20 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1027 times:
What in blazes is curling???
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Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 17394 posts, RR: 59 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1014 times:
I first saw curling at the 2002 Olympics, and I have to say that I really liked it.
I know nothing about the league competition though.
-Mir
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Kieron747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1009 times:
ScarletHarlot:
What channel do you get Curling on? I watched it a couple of weeks ago on CBC, and its on tonight too at 11 I think (Eastern time). Do you watch it on a specific sports channel?
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1009 times:
Silly men!!
747-600X, here is a photo of the US third calling line on a shot from Pete Fenson and another of the front end and third sweeping Pete Fenson's rock into the house.
Jan, the Germans are doing quite well! Here's a photo of them...
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11345 posts, RR: 89 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1006 times:
April....This is terribly fascinating and I for one appreciate you bringing it to my attention.
Is there a book you can recommend to me about this intricate and demanding sport?
OK...a couple of questions Hey...what do you call those brooms they use to sweep ahead of the giant hockey puck/bass boat anchor they slide across the ice? Is this like a giant game of boules, only on ice?
Quoting ScarletHarlot (Thread starter): but it's rather important to me and millions of Canadians and a few people of other nationalities.
That's, like, the whole population of Canada....right?
Hope all is well and that you guys get melted by June this year.
Curling is essentially ice shuffleboard without the beer. It's actually quite interesting. I'd like to try it sometime.
Somebody slides a stone along the ice toward a target, attempting to score points and/or knock competitor's stones out of the target area. Oh, and two others move along with the stone directing the stones path by using brooms to move ice chips in or out if its path. Sorry, don't know what anyone is called.
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1001 times:
Kieron, now that CBC has all the rights to the games it's kinda messed up. I think the 6 pm Eastern draw is on CBC, but it might be on Country Canada. The 10:30 pm draw is on The Score, if you can believe it - and it's really weird because it's the CBC announcers and it's branded as CBC Sports, but The Score ticker goes along the bottom. Very odd. Main CBC will carry the playoff games.
Thank goodness I have a Canadian satellite dish. Although, watching curling is the exact reason why I got it.
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 993 times:
Logan - curling DEFINITELY needs beer. There is much beer (and other alcohol) drinking with curling.
Any of you who are interested can listen in to an audiocast of the Worlds at http://www.usacurl.org/events/05wmcc/audiocast.htm . Right now it says the server is down, but there is no game on until 3 pm Pacific so that might be why. There's a guy named Greg who is an announcer on that audiocast - he's from my club.
Ian - Curling For Dummies is a good place to start. The giant thing sliding across the ice is called a "rock" or a "stone". It's solid granite and weighs 42 pounds. The brooms are called "brooms" or "brushes". The ice has a special surface applied to it which is called "the pebble" and it is bumpy. By sweeping, you melt the pebble slightly, which reduces the friction on the bottom of the rock, and so you can make the rock go farther and straighter. It's called "curling" because you always aim a bit to the side of where you want the rock to end up and spin the rock slightly - and the rock's path bends or "curls" to end up where you want it. It is very much like Boules. Curlers make good lawn bowlers and vice versa.
Many Canadians do watch curling. It's a huge deal for us. 1.5 million Canadians are curlers. There are 1100 curling clubs in Canada. In contrast, the club in Seattle is the only dedicated curling facility west of North Dakota in the States (excluding Alaska).
We'll thaw out at some point, Ian.
Logan - there is at least one club in the Boston area. Most clubs have times during the year when people can come out and try it.
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 12351 posts, RR: 69 Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 991 times:
April,
I´ll bet all of them did a traditional German apprenticeship in either a metalworking trade or carpentry. The tool of the apprentice: The sweeping brush!
Jean Leloup From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2071 posts, RR: 28 Reply 11, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 989 times:
Main CBC also reruns one of the evening draws at 11:30, I believe.
Personally, for the first time I am NOT cheering for Canada. Randy Ferbey's behaviour is a disgrace, and I'm ashamed to have him representing us. Hopefully this is the last time he represents Canada. Nedohin needs to go off and make his own team. Or better yet, let's just have another province win the Brier next year. I generally cheer for Manitoba.
Since I'm so pissed off at Ferbey, I'm not sure who to cheer for this time 'round. I think maybe the US, because Ferbey disrespected them the most, so I 'd like to see them kick his ass again in a playoff game. Otherwise, though, I suppose I'll cheer from Scotland. They seem like decent fellows. Germany also has been impressive.
By the way, the Canadian Olympic trials in December are going to be very intense. What a great line-up of teams, on both the men's and women's sides.
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 981 times:
Jean - you really find Ferbey's behaviour so bad? I find him confident, but not arrogant. I definitely like Rocque and Pfeiffer and I think Nedohin is an amazing curler...usually. Did you like Mark Dacey winning last year? Who else might you like to see win the Brier?
I am not cheering for the US team since Fenson defeated last year's US champs - who are from my club.
You are right, the Olympic trials will be amazing. Did you know that Fenson is the Olympic team for the US? Oddly enough, the US had only one competition to decide this year's US team for the Worlds and the Olympic team as well.
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 12351 posts, RR: 69 Reply 14, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 976 times:
April,
I remember the countless times my co-apprentices and myself had to sweep the hangar and the shops. Whenever the instructor has no idea about what work to give to the apprentices, he´ll get them to clean something...
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11345 posts, RR: 89 Reply 15, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 971 times:
Quoting ScarletHarlot (Reply 9): It's called "curling" because you always aim a bit to the side of where you want the rock to end up and spin the rock slightly
So it has nothing to do with beer (i.e. 12oz Curls)?
Jean Leloup From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2071 posts, RR: 28 Reply 16, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 962 times:
Scarletharlot,
I acknowledge that there can be a thin line between confidence and arrogance, and I guess i'ts a subjective thing. For my personal taste, several of his comments this year have been well, well over the line, and have really embarrassed me. I think the other members of team are really classy, though. Nedohin is amazing, and usually more consistent than he has been this week. I have come to the conclusion that he's actually a robot.
Anyway, I'd like to see Randy Dutiaume from Manitoba come back with a little more consistency next year and take it. I like Mike Harris, too.
By the way, I think the Scott was great this year, better entertainment than the Brier - nice to see someone else win for a change there.
ScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4591 posts, RR: 63 Reply 18, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 951 times:
It really was good to see "Lunchbox" Dutiaume. He seemed totally delighted to be at the Brier.
I guess Ferbey's comments haven't struck me as arrogant. One thing that you will see from his comments during the game and what he calls - he plays as if his opponents will make very difficult shots. If Nedohin is a robot he is having some issues this week. I guess he curled 60% against Italy in the first half of the game! And last night coming up heavy on a draw - what's up with that? That is most unlike him.
Remember last year's Brier when Marcel Rocque threatened the heckler in the stands? What was your take on that? I mostly found it funny...and very human.
I have to admit that I didn't see the Scott. Jennifer Jones made some amazing shots, didn't she?
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
Jean Leloup From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2071 posts, RR: 28 Reply 19, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 942 times:
She sure did. I think the last shot's video is still available for download on the SBC website.
I actually didn't see any of the Brier last year. The way it usually works out is that the Scott falls on my university reading week, so i can watch the whole thing, but not as much of the other tournaments.
I've ordered the DVD that will have highlights from this year's Scott and Brier. It will be interesting to see if it's worth the money.
Also, maybe the robot works better in cold weather.. Victoria's too balmy! (At least that's what the annoying TV commericals keep telling us).
Click on "View Our Public Service Announcement Video"
Then click on "Guy Hemmings at the 1999 Brier" (or more accurately, the "300K" beside it). What a shot!! Now THAT is curling. Keep in mind that that rock travelled 120 feet. Guy is a hoot. I think everyone loves Guy.
There's other interesting stuff about curling on that page as well.
Jean -do you play?
YooYoo - get out there and try it!! That's an old joke, by the way...I have a reputation at my club as a bit of a screamer...ON THE ICE, boys. When I want a rock swept I make sure everybody knows it.
We're lying in the gutter but we're looking at the stars
Ihadapheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6024 posts, RR: 63 Reply 24, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 915 times:
Scarletharlot and ice, that's nice....
Ah maybe someday.
IHAP
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25 ScarletHarlot: Andreas, generally you can't go rent a sheet like you would at a bowling alley. When we have open houses anybody who wants just shows up, alone, with
26 Jean Leloup: Scarlet, I don't play yet, but I've been wanting to for a while. I simply don't have time, but I'm hoping I'll be able to take it up in a ocuple of ye
27 ScarletHarlot: Well now my Ferbey boys are looking better. They had a decisive win over Switzerland last night, and David Nedohin is back to curling like himself. Je
28 ScarletHarlot: Yeah! Canada beat Scotland this morning and are tied for second! They still could miss the playoffs so they'd better win tonight.
29 Skidmarks: Scotland ladies won gold in Salt Lake didn't they? Certainly brought curling to the attention of the British public. Although this part of it is still
30 PhotoLPPT: Didn't even know the sport was called curling, but I saw it on EuroSport the other night, the swedish female national team was playing against some ot
31 ScarletHarlot: Luis - there are some good Portuguese who curl...my husband is one of them. There are some cuties, both male and female, who curl.
32 Vaporlock: April, curling is an amazing game to watch! I for one have never tried playing it but it sure keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat!!! YooYoo, y
33 ScarletHarlot: Dear Lord! Ferbey just had to score three against Australia in the 10th end to win so he could stay in the playoffs! Thank goodness he pulled it off!
34 Vaporlock: April, thanks for the update...Thank God! I'll be watching...... Phyllis
35 ScarletHarlot: After the final round robin game there is a six way tie for first place - Norway, Germany, Canada, the USA, Finland, and Scotland. Only four teams pro
36 Swatpamike: Hello all Hurling?? Oh sorry curling. BTW some software company puts out a Curling game. I will try to find out some more info about it. Also, Scarlet
37 LY7E7: Only once in my life I've encountered something more boring than curling. It was .... a Canadian movie about curling
38 JetService: Well I play hockey and I love bowling, so I bet I would like this sport (esp. with beer involved). But I have a question....you say the ice has a text
39 ScarletHarlot: Hey Mike! Good to see you post. Glad you guys enjoyed Seattle. I can't do Paris this year because Mr. Harlot and I just took four weeks of vacation to
41 ScarletHarlot: Canada currently leads Finland in the tiebreaker, after five ends. Come on, Canada! Norway and the US are tied after five ends.
42 ScarletHarlot: Yeah! Canada beat Finland and will go on to the 3-4 game. Norway beat the US so Canada will play Norway. That'll be a very good game.
43 Jean Leloup: Indeed it will. And so should be Scotland and Germany. I think it's all gonna be great from here on out.. and I'm still not sure for whom I'm cheering
44 ScarletHarlot: YEAH!!!! Canada won the game against Norway! The game was tied after nine and they had to steal in the 10th. Pal Trulsen missed a double on his last s
45 KaiGywer: Great description WITHOUT beer?? Where? Damn...I was hoping Norway would win. I watched the 2002 Olympics when Norway played. First time I watched cu
46 ScarletHarlot: No, no, no, NOT without beer. Curling is NEVER without beer. Logan just hasn't experienced curling yet. Where...sorry, not telling. Pal Trulsen's tea
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Oh, ok.....I guess I had that coming... 
Jennifer Jones made some amazing shots, didn't she?
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