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It would certainly make it more interesting. At the time I couldn't wait to hit the bar afterwards, but the event was at 5:30 and everyone pretty much went home after the curling was done.

I don't know if this is normal here, but when I've been to this kind of thing in other countries, everyone ends up at some level of drunkenness afterwards.

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Like Skittles...especially when the bar is left unattended :eek:

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In my teens I was a spare on a team of amputees called The One-Armed Bandits in the CPR Men's League, and we won a lot of games. Some of them had one leg, some one arm or hand, but they'd been doing it so long they were really good.

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I'm a bit of cripple because of a dodgy knee so I play with an assist stick which means i don't have to worry about falling over as I slide the stone down the ice. The grippers that you can wear over regular trainers stop you falling over most of the time!
They seem a friendly bunch, our club has its own very cheap bar so that helps!!

I was quite surprised how much work it was to 'sweep' but ill get used to it! For anyone who is interested look out for a Learn to Curl afternoon, a great way to try it without paying vast sums to join a club!

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Is that Canadian Pacific Railway or really CPR? Just wondering, like, if a team has a bad run whether they come back from the dead or get back on track. :unsure: :lol:

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I was in a sports quiz once where the question involved the name of a particular sport. Something to do with a venue or competition name or some such.

I don't remember whether the answer was Curling or Hurling nor whether I answered Curling or Hurling. I didn't remember which was which.

I do know I gave the wrong answer but the quizmaster misheard and I "won" the points. :o

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What's wrong with good old cricket? It gets quite relaxing and fun once you ban chin music.

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If you aren't totally averse to drinking a bit while playing then darts may be for you. It isn't as strenuous as curling but does require a bit of stamina to play for long periods.

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We used to play shuffleboard at the Legion but then they went put the beer up by a $1.00 per pint so we don't go anymore. :thumbdown:

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I wondered why you hadn't mentioned the legion in a while. Skinflint.

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Darts. That's the sport for me. Beer and throwing sharp projectiles around. What could go wrong?

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Ouch

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It's all fun and games until someone gets poked in the eye.

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Sometimes, in my working life, I don't feel like I have assimilated at all.
I get tired of different terminology and trying to make sure I am understood, not just in what I am saying but in my intentions. Just a slight sentence change can make all the difference to how its perceived.


God only knows how long I have been upsetting people by calling their homes ugly in error in the homey versus homely situation.


I want to hear "who holds responsibility for..." rather than "who owns it" and "the details" rather than "level of granularity" and "lets return to that" rather than "we will do a deeper dive"
I counted the word "leverage" used when discussing new systems about 50 times in one speech the other day.
And when someone wrote "The parking lot" on a sheet of white paper and hung it up in the meeting room I wondered "what on earth...." until I realized that it was where the "deeper dive" items were going to be listed...


ugh


Rant over

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:rofl:

Never heard of these...presumably in the world of work.

Either sound suitable alternative names for the maple leaf part of the forum :rofl: