Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

History has been made!

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote:
History has been made!



A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and
the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV
only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a
bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little
offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and
was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what
was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were
being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard.

It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If
that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which
these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/2014 10:52 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote:
History has been made!



A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and
the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV
only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a
bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little
offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and
was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what
was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were
being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard.

It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If
that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which
these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

What's in Thunder Bay besides a power plant?

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote:
History has been made!



A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and
the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV
only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a
bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little
offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and
was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what
was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were
being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard.

It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If
that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which
these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Shuffleboard...that's what we've been saying. I can't understand why there are no highly paid
players of the 'sport'.

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Yes, the tennis team is all pros as was the basketball team.
In all fairness, it was done because the Soviet block athletes were
paid, and still are.
The biggest payday is in Kazakstan where a medal is worth $250k.
Russia is close behind at $113k. They are pros who get paid to train
and compete.


Yeah, well, I watched a bit of Olympics when the athletes were amateurs.

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:04:46 -0500, HanK wrote:

On 2/21/2014 10:52 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote:
History has been made!



A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and
the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV
only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a
bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little
offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and
was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what
was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were
being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard.

It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If
that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which
these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

What's in Thunder Bay besides a power plant?

Paul Shaffer's house.


The musician?

I had fun up there, even though we were really snowbound. Went ice
fishing on the Great Lake, watched guys hired by insurance companies
climb up on roofs to sweep off the snow, ate some good pancakes at a
Swedish breakfast place, listened to a lot of fascinatingly different
accents, met the dogs on a sled team, et cetera.

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:36:56 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Yes, the tennis team is all pros as was the basketball team.
In all fairness, it was done because the Soviet block athletes were
paid, and still are.
The biggest payday is in Kazakstan where a medal is worth $250k.
Russia is close behind at $113k. They are pros who get paid to train
and compete.


Yeah, well, I watched a bit of Olympics when the athletes were amateurs.

You aren't old enough.

The Russians have been using professionals for many, many years.

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/2014 12:23 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote:
History has been made!



A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and
the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV
only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a
bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little
offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and
was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what
was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were
being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard.

It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If
that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which
these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Shuffleboard...that's what we've been saying. I can't understand why there are no highly paid
players of the 'sport'.


On a tangent, cause I can... There is starting to be some grumbling in
the ranks of the MX world, the fastest man on the planet last weekend at
the AMA Supercross event, paid $2500.. while the promoters made millions....

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/2014 12:36 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League
players?

Yes, the tennis team is all pros as was the basketball team.
In all fairness, it was done because the Soviet block athletes were
paid, and still are.
The biggest payday is in Kazakstan where a medal is worth $250k.
Russia is close behind at $113k. They are pros who get paid to train
and compete.


Yeah, well, I watched a bit of Olympics when the athletes were amateurs.


I did a term paper on the history of the Olympics back in high school.
I remember it was very interesting as I researched the info.

The ancient games in Greece were more of a religious event, honoring
Olympic gods, particularly Zeus. They consisted of three basic
physical events ... running, throwing and jumping. They started in
776 BC and continued for many centuries until they were outlawed in
about 400 AD as being a "pagan ceremony". The modern Olympic games
started in 1896.

The ancient games were intended to promote peace and harmony among the
various Greek towns and regions from which the athletes came.

Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
 

On 2/21/2014 12:44 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:36:56 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?

Yes, the tennis team is all pros as was the basketball team.
In all fairness, it was done because the Soviet block athletes were
paid, and still are.
The biggest payday is in Kazakstan where a medal is worth $250k.
Russia is close behind at $113k. They are pros who get paid to train
and compete.


Yeah, well, I watched a bit of Olympics when the athletes were amateurs.

You aren't old enough.

The Russians have been using professionals for many, many years.


They also often used "girls" who were actually "guys" .... thus making
gender tests necessary.