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?

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

That's Scottish....

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

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

Never, never, never, never. No surrender!

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

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.

(I can't skate)

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

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

Not ALL of it.

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.

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.

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

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

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.