Cultural Assimilation
 

As part of my assimilation I have taken up Curling.
My life, I have used muscles I didn't know I had!
Carry on sweeping and the bingo wings will soon disappear!

Anyone else daft enough to play?

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I told my partner that when we move to Canada we have to do curling. :lol:

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That's Scottish....

(and all of the granite comes from Ailsa Craig, dontcha know!)

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As part of my assimilation, I bought an electric smoker last year and have just bought a boat...


:eek:

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Never, never, never, never. No surrender!

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I'm not sure that I am so empassioned...but in my heart I feel "No Surrender"! They don't want me...and I'm not so sure that I want them much...and if you are all looking at the time frame, I have just got home from being a volunteer at the Harvest Jazz and Blues...I'm tired and fed up...but I had lots of "new" Canadians" volunteered and they enjoyed it :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

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Curling, to me, has always been a bit like Bowls on ice. And since I always fancied the idea of taking up bowling, why not curling?

What's the surface like? The players don't seem to wear skates of any kind. :confused:

(I can't skate)

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No, they wear special shoes. They have grippers and sliders! :lol: Sounds very exciting IMO

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I've been thinking about trying it. Love the idea of losing the bingo wings. Lol

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Not ALL of it.

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It's a great pastime and provides a good workout, while having fun. Curlers are usually good, sociable people and it can be played with your life partner if he/she is inclined. I know quite a few couples who play together. I used to play until disability put an end to it.

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I did it as part of a corporate event. It was really easy to get the stone in the middle; on my first and only time playing I think I hit the middle spot about 75% of the time. I assume the skill is in the strategy or something.

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I think the skill is being able to do that when pissed up on rye whiskey and Coke.

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So I might be able to avoid going arse over tit then. Maybe. :unsure:

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I'm looking forward to playing a "sport" where it's ok to be middle aged and overweight. That, my friends is my kind of sport.