Winter sport: Curling

 

I have always, always, always wanted to curl.

Shuffleboard on ice.

 

If you want to try curling, go curling.

 

If you're ever up this way we'll go curling, you can't go a block up here without running into a curling rink.

I wouldn't mind doing the 12 oz curl competition...

Pfffft. 20oz is Olympic level. The 12oz is for qualifying.

Summer: Baseball (once they bring it back)

Winter: duh, Hockey. (Short track speed skating would be 2nd, it should be a Nintendo game).

 

Shuffleboard on ice.

If you want to try curling, go curling.

If you're ever up this way we'll go curling, you can't go a block up here without running into a curling rink.

Do you have to bring your own broom?

 

Summer sport: Badminton

Winter sport: Curling

 

I have always, always, always wanted to curl. 

I would love to play Badminton at a high level too. Love the fact that you can smack the shuttlecock as hard as you can, and it doesn't travel far. 

Went curling one time, and it was a blast! There's certainly an art to sweeping, and throwing the rock down the rink. 

Do you have to bring your own broom?

Nope, just a good attitude and your beer drinking shoes.

Heh, sounds like we could have a TD curling team. I think this needs to be a post-winter meltdown event.

 

Nope, just a good attitude and your beer drinking shoes.

but only when drinking 20 oz beers, right?  For 12 oz beers, flip-flops are completely acceptable :-)

Edited August 12, 201610 yr by jimmer

 

Heh, sounds like we could have a TD curling team. I think this needs to be a post-winter meltdown event.

As long as North is on my team I'm in! He can sweep our way towards a championship! 

Off-topic: Do we have any notion of a date for the Pub crawl yet?

Off-topic: Do we have any notion of a date for the Pub crawl yet?

Good question. Hadn't heard anything. Maybe they decided not to do it this year?

 

Good question. Hadn't heard anything. Maybe they decided not to do it this year?

That would make me very sad. Olympian sad.

 

That would make me very sad. Olympian sad.

http://tesseraguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sad-panda.jpg

 

http://tesseraguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sad-panda.jpg

I'll bring Sad Panda along to drown our sorrows together.

but only when drinking 20 oz beers, right? For 12 oz beers, flip-flops are completely acceptable :-)

Absolutely, 12 ouncers are for the beach volleyball crowd. 20 ouncers are for boot drinking.

Maybe they decided not to do it this year?

John Bonnes died? He will be missed.

 

Absolutely, 12 ouncers are for the beach volleyball crowd. 20 ouncers are for boot drinking.

Game on, then! I shall wear my finest pair of Schlitz-Kickers.

 

 

Wait, are those your legs? We should be better friends.

 

Wait, are those your legs? We should be better friends.

I would exercise caution with someone named 'Pardon My Dinger'...

 

Yup. I've said it before, but the last time I remember enjoying an Olympics was when I was living in Canada. None of this patched-together, tape delayed stuff to please the sponsors, only show the best Americans and/or high-profile sports and athletes. They showed a lot of it. All the 'lesser' sports. And not just medal-winning Canadians.

Yes, we always watched the CBC coverage in the UP and I also watched it while living in Detroit. 10x better than NBC.

The only Olympic sport worth watching these days is hockey.  

 

When is that on?

Did anyone watch Usain Bolt last night in the 100 M race? My god... Normal people who start like that finish in 7th or 8th place. The crazy thing was there didn't appear to be any moment in that race where he lost focus or panic during that atrocious start.  

And he still won by half a metre, crazy.

 

That Degrasse kid is going to be a force in 2020.

And then there's this discussion:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/15/olympic-sexism-twitter-is-very-angry-about-this-headline/?WTmcid=tmgoff_soc_spf_fb&WT.mc_id=sf33399225

 

Yeah, there's a lot of truth in that. Seriously. 

 

And then there's this discussion:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/15/olympic-sexism-twitter-is-very-angry-about-this-headline/?WTmcid=tmgoff_soc_spf_fb&WT.mc_id=sf33399225

 

Yeah, there's a lot of truth in that. Seriously. 

And that's from the UK. Who cares about a little World's Record?

 

And that's from the UK. Who cares about a little World's Record?

Did you read to the bottom, and all the headlines throughout, and not just the title photo?

 

My favorite from the Chicago Tribune ... 'Bears' wife wins medal'

This one was also ... hilarious ... but not ... 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/15/andy-murray-gives-brilliant-response-to-john-inverdale-gaffe-abo/

 

And then there's this discussion:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/15/olympic-sexism-twitter-is-very-angry-about-this-headline/?WTmcid=tmgoff_soc_spf_fb&WT.mc_id=sf33399225

 

Yeah, there's a lot of truth in that. Seriously. 

There have been a ton of sexist comments/headlines during this Olympics but I can't fault a newspaper for going with that headline for Phelps, as he's the most decorated Olympian in history.

 

We see stuff like that in major sports all the time. The Yankees make a minor move and get top billing for it; the Twins (or another mid-market team) make a bigger move and get second billing.

 

Was sexism the root cause of that headline? Eh, hard to say but, again, we're talking about Michael Phelps. We've seen gallons of ink spilled over every little thing he does.

 

Did you read to the bottom, and all the headlines throughout, and not just the title photo?

 

My favorite from the Chicago Tribune ... 'Bears' wife wins medal'

Yeah that one stuck out to me as really bad. Who cares, at all, that she's married to a Chicago Bears fan? I guess they thought they could get more clicks from average joe who see "Footbaw wife? I like footbaw!" 

It's impossible to watch on the West Coast, since it is ALL tape delayed. I hate sports when you know the outcome. Plus, I hate this 11 pm end of prime time, why isn't it all like Central time?

 

I know the coverage isn't aimed at me, but how about some coverage, and not hours of fluff with minutes of competition?

 

And, yes, I am not big on nationalism.