Nah, not really! We Canadians are letting you guys have it and IT IS FUN!!!!
Yes, absolutely, this is a really spiritual experience
Look François, Americans would be good at Hockey, but lucky for them, they're not stuck with almost 6 months of winter like you are, so they don't get to practice as much [;)], they have other things to do like take sun baths in their backyard, go to the beach, play golf and other outdoor activities [:P]
Glad you're having fun, though [:)]
DAL
they have other things to do like take sun baths in their backyard, go to the beach, play golf and other outdoor activities
And fishing without needing an augur or chainsaw to cut a hole through the ice [8-|]
I feel for our American friends. [:'(]
they're not stuck with almost 6 months of winter like you are, so they don't get to practice as much ,
Didn't seem to stop the Jamaican bobsled team back in 88 [:D]
I feel for our American friends.
I'm sure you do, but you just can't reach that far. [:P]
Americans would be good at Hockey, but lucky for them, they're not stuck with almost 6 months of winter like you are, so they don't get to practice as much
As for fishing, places like Oregon and British Columbia offer spectacular salmon fishing (yes, open water, rivers, without an auger). I know, because I am a fisherman. But I must concede that Florida and California weather do beat the Canadian prairies [st]
I don't know if I lost track but we beat you in women's hockey, men's hockey, curling, eliminated you from speed skating earlier today and now even passed you in the total ranking. Is this gloating? SURE IT IS!
Americans would be good at Hockey, but lucky for them, they're not stuck with almost 6 months of winter like you are, so they don't get to practice as much Funny, I don't hear so much about that when bigger budget American NHL teams keep on winning. To be sure, there are more Canadian players than any other nationality in these teams. But still, seems to me that they manage to practice enough As for fishing, places like Oregon and British Columbia offer spectacular salmon fishing (yes, open water, rivers, without an auger). I know, because I am a fisherman. But I must concede that Florida and California weather do beat the Canadian prairies I don't know if I lost track but we beat you in women's hockey, men's hockey, curling, eliminated you from speed skating earlier today and now even passed you in the total ranking. Is this gloating? SURE IT IS!
As for fishing, places like Oregon and British Columbia offer spectacular salmon fishing (yes, open water, rivers, without an auger). I know, because I am a fisherman. But I must concede that Florida and California weather do beat the Canadian prairies
But we've got better hair. [;)]
Great photo! It sort of sums things up.
Congrats Canada-see you in the Summer Games
We Canadians are letting you guys have it and IT IS FUN!!!!
Not to throw cold water on your joy or anything, but you still have to meet Sweden in the final. Last time you did that, it didn't go so well...
you still have to meet Sweden in the final.
Yes, and our US friends have to get through Tukka Rask of Finland to get the bronze.
Game on!
at least US beat Russia. It was an awesome game.
they're not stuck with almost 6 months of winter like you are, so they don't get to practice as much , Didn't seem to stop the Jamaican bobsled team back in 88
Didn't seem to stop the Jamaican bobsled team back in 88
That was just a movie man. Cool Runnings, anything can happen in a movie...LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsled_team
Hmm, the link is not showing, I just can't see it. [;)]
That was just a movie man. Cool Runnings, anything can happen in a movie...LOL DAL
Errrr - the movie was based on real events [:D][:D]
That was just a movie man. Cool Runnings, anything can happen in a movie...LOL DAL Errrr - the movie was based on real events
Errrr - the movie was based on real events
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Bobsled_Team
What's hockey?
;-)
What's hockey? ;-)
I take that as tongue-in-cheek which is about my reaction since my acquaintance with hockey is limited to a few clips on TV (though I haven't watched TV for years). So, yes, I know what hockey is, but it doesn't interest me. Now, football (American variety) is a different matter. Basketball is a different matter (though I think it's being ruined by some tall idiots shoving the ball through the net rather than shooting it). Baseball is still the great American sport.
Hockey is a game played on grass or equivalent artificial surface with sticks and a hard small ball. Goals are scored when the ball is propelled into a goal with nets. It is an Olympic sport.
Ice Hockey is a game played on ice with sticks and a small hard puck. Goals are scored when the ball is propelled into a goal with nets. It is a Winter Olympic sport.
Similarly, football is a game played mostly with the feet kicking a round ball. (aka in US as Soccer) Goals are scored when the ball is propelled into a goal with nets. It is an Olympic sport.
Rugby football is played mostly with the hands, though feet are allowed. Forward passing is not allowed. Tries are scored when the ball is touched down over the opponents' goal line.
American football is played mostly with the hands, though feet are allowed in limited circumstances. Forward passing is allowed.Tries are scored when the ball is carried or caught beyond the opponents' goal line.
I hope that clarifies things. [;)]
at least US beat Russia. It was an awesome game. That has been the best game I have watched thus far. If the American team played the Canadian and Finnish teams like they played the Russian team, they would have been good games too.
Yea... they (US) did the same to our team also [:(]
I hope that clarifies things.
Except why Americans insist on calling something played with the hands for 'football'.[^o)]
Except why Americans insist on calling something played with the hands for 'football'.
Because it's a foot long (if you round to the nearest foot).[;)]
I hope that clarifies things. Except why Americans insist on calling something played with the hands for 'football'.
There are kickoffs, punts and field goals—all of which involve kicking the ball. A fair number of games are won through field goals.
Because it's a foot long (if you round to the nearest foot).
[:D]
Okay. Okay. But baseball doesn't have anything to do with the bases contacting the ball. And shuffleboard can be played with neither boards nor shuffling of any kind, let alone shuffling the boards. And while we're at it guinea pigs are neither pigs (nor in the pig family) nor from Guinea.
Besides, who came up with curling as the name of a sport where you slide stones the ice the ice to play a kind of frozen shuffleboard. My wife has a hair curler. It works by heating one side of the hair, but not the other. Can you curl a stone by sliding it across the ice? I don't know, but they keep trying, I guess.
[all in fun]
Peace, Richard!
*smile* Actually the rock does "curl" ... a rock weighs 40 pounds BTW.
When I was Pastor in Saskatoon, our congregation had a 10 team curling league of its own ... there are 4 on a team ..
From the internet:
The Curl in Curling
The secret to curling, as you may suspect is the unique curling action of the stone. This comes from the rotation put on the stone during delivery. Without any rotation, the stone would just slither down the ice unpredictably. With a fast rotation or spin, the stone moves in a straight line. But by turning the stone just the right amount, it can be made to move left or right, depending on the direction of the rotation.
The In-Turn and the Out-Turn
With the in-turn the stone is delivered with a clockwise rotation. This will make the stone curl from left to right.
The out-turned stone rotates counter-clockwise and will curl right to left.
Mastering both these types of shots is essential to good curling for it allows a team to direct their stone around guard stones placed by either team in front of the house.
Sweeping
Sweeping, as you may have already guessed, is an attempt to make a stone thrown with insufficient weight, go further. It also will make a stone curl less, by shortening the time it will take for the stone to reach the house.
Sweeping is effective because:
Actually the rock does "curl"
By your explanation the rock doesn't curl, but the path the rock follows is slightly curved. Whether that qualifies as a 'curl,' well, maybe that's a Canadian thing. ;-)
Personally, I think curling describes the 'body-English' everyone but the sweepers are doing as they watch the stone slide.
I hear all Canadian beer's been re-called off the shelves. But not for long cause it's better too. Not that I would know.
To clarify a foot ball note. We make 10 yards in 3 tries it takes players paid 5 times the money to do it in 4 tries. [:(]
I hear all Canadian beer's been re-called off the shelves. But not for long cause it's better too. Not that I would know. To clarify a foot ball note. We make 10 yards in 3 tries it takes players paid 5 times the money to do it in 4 tries.
To clarify a foot ball note. We make 10 yards in 3 tries it takes players paid 5 times the money to do it in 4 tries.
As I recall from the time I spent in Ontario on a cemetery internship, alcohol is sold in state stores. Who are the "we" above? Is it American football?
you put the right hand in, you put the right hand out....[;)]
Not to throw cold water on your joy or anything, but you still have to meet Sweden in the final.
What say ye now? [;)]
Well done to my Canadian cousins! Hard luck the USA on losing to Finland.
Well done the Scottish curlers (aka Great Britain)!
BTW curling was invented and developed in Scotland and the world's best stones are still made here by a small family company.
Every blessing
Alan
Then there are those of us lucky enough to be American with Finnish heritage ... we couldn't lose.
51 medals from my three citizenships! [:D]
Well done to my Canadian cousins! Hard luck the USA on losing to Finland. Well done the Scottish curlers (aka Great Britain)! BTW curling was invented and developed in Scotland and the world's best stones are still made here by a small family company. Every blessing Alan
Peace, Alan! *smile* Out of solid granite! 40 pounds worth, eh?!?! They are beautiful!
Thank you, Scotland! *smile* Indeed!
Curling was invented in medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. Two paintings, 'Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap' and 'The Hunters in the Snow' (both dated 1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Flemish peasants curling—Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.
Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 uncovered (along with another bearing the date 1551) when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland.[5]Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716; it is still in existence today.[6] Kilsyth also claims the oldest purpose-built curling pond in the world at Colzium, in the form of a low dam creating a shallow pool some 100 × 250 metres in size.
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