Kilts at the Olympics

[macwilkin]

Yes, I saw the segment on the piper. They also stated that the orginal curling stones were hewn from a mountain in Scotland. Sorry I don't remember which mount.

That would be Ailsa Craig, a small rocky island in the Firth of Clyde off of Ayrshire:

For more than 240 years, they've used regulation stones weighing 42 pounds, and each one has come from Ailsa Craig Island, off the coast of Scotland. Curler Geoffrey Broadhurst explains.

"The Ailsa Craig is an old volcano, and there's nothing there except this old volcano, They quarry the rock there, and it happens to be absolutely the hardest rock you can get. There's no pores in it, and these stones can crash into each other, and there's not a chip. These stones here have been going since 1967 and they're absolutely in great shape. They don't have any pores in it, so therefore the frost doesn't get in there to chip the stones either, so it's an amazing structure."

-- http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Oct02/2781.html

The UK curling team is mostly Scots as well.

Cheers,

Todd

[Kiltedmusiclover]

The UK curling team is mostly Scots as well.

Cheers,

Todd

While watching curling yesterday, the announcer said if these were the
world competitions, the UK team would be the Scottish team.

[auld argonian]

Would that be the UK team that ****ahem****lost to the US team the other day****ahem****?

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AA

[Colin]

Would that be the UK team that ****ahem****lost to the US team the other day****ahem****?

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AA

Would be the same US men's team that ****ahem****lost to the Canadian team yesterday****ahem****? or would that be the women's team that was smoked 10-4 by the UK team

The Scots may have invented the game, but Canadians perfected it. It's kind of funny, I was in a Bonspiel this past weekend and had thought of wearing my kilt to curl in. Of course it has been a year since I played so I decided it was probably better not to.

[Bob C]

Good thing Canada beat the U.S. yesterday. The country that "perfected" curling was in serious danger of missing the medal round.

On behalf of the U.S., you're welcome. ;)

[Colin]

Good thing Canada beat the U.S. yesterday. The country that "perfected" curling was in serious danger of missing the medal round.

On behalf of the U.S., you're welcome. ;)

Someone had to let Italy win a game might as well have been us

[auld argonian]

Oh, I expected Canada to zotz the US...that's a given. I was just suprised that they bested the UK. I didn't even KNOW that there was a women's curling in the Olympics...whaddaya want for an American? Like I could tell you who won the last World Cup? Faggitabowdit!

Watching the curling on EN-BEE-CEE started everyone looking on the internet for curling supplies....holy shnikees! I won't even talk about the personal equipment...the ice conditioning stuff is out of sight! Is this another example of a simple idea that's been taken WAY past what's necessary by technology? I suppose that a casual bit of curling at the local pond is out of the question...

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AA