Olympic Curling

[Lukus Alderman]

Am I the only one here that enjoys this sport?

[HookemDTX]

No.

[joeywa]

No. Lots of Canadians enjoy this sport you hoser.

[Juan]

Chicks dig curling.

 

 

 

[HornEsch]

Suddenly the sport became more interesting to me

[jesserson]

It's in my top 3 winter Olympic events.

[longhorndon]

I love curling!

[Austin1911]

Recent guilty pleasure for me...

[secsux]

I'm a fan. Why do I have a feeling most those players train with a pitcher of beer and a pack of Marlboro's?

[Topstarr]

never got into that sport, but they have down in Florida in the Assisted Living Park.

[Sejjr]

The Russians are bringing the heat.

 

[BudreauReye]

The Russians are bringing the heat.

 

 

I am a new convert to the sport! Somehow, the idea of lingerie curling is much more intriguing than the lingerie football league was ... all that contemplative bending over and all ...

 

Gee! Look! When you quote it, the picture gets bigger ... not unlike ... oh, never mind!

Edited February 11, 2014 by budreaureye

[armadillo slim]

i would make an excellent curler. back in the day, i was the master of the shuffleboard at Jake's on 5th street. When I had the hammer, the word dominate was insufficient.

 

now that i am retired from shuff, i think i would be willing to take on a coaching position with the womens' team.

 

:cool:

Edited February 11, 2014 by armadillo slim

[JimsTexas]

i would make an excellent curler. back in the day, i was the master of the shuffleboard at Jake's on 5th street. When I had the hammer, the word dominate was insufficient.

 

now that i am retired from shuff, i think i would be willing to take on a coaching position with the womens' team.

 

:cool:

 

Joe my friend I can't see you in a thong and trying to be a curler;) I am about to catch hell for saying this from a guy who can dish it out. My friends y'all have a great week.

[HornSolo]

Love the ladies....not the men so much. Go figure.

[secsux]

i would make an excellent curler. back in the day, i was the master of the shuffleboard at Jake's on 5th street. When I had the hammer, the word dominate was insufficient.

 

:cool:

 

Haven't been there for a few years, but Jake's board used to reside at Shoal Creek Saloon on Lamar south of The Tavern.

[armadillo slim]

Haven't been there for a few years, but Jake's board used to reside at Shoal Creek Saloon on Lamar south of The Tavern.

 

when Jake's closed i entered a period of mourning that lasted several years. i'm still not completely over it, to be honest. Jake's was my Cheers.

[aowells]

I'm a fan. Why do I have a feeling most those players train with a pitcher of beer and a pack of Marlboro's?

 

Yes it is one of the great viewing events of the winter Olympics - although it ranks with bowling in terms of athleticism.

 

Most rinks are smoke free zones, and modern society has taken much of the fun out of it. When I first started curling people would actually compete with a cigarette in their mouth and a glass of rye close at hand. You could take it with no ice and it would still stay cold.

[joeywa]

when Jake's closed i entered a period of mourning that lasted several years. i'm still not completely over it, to be honest. Jake's was my Cheers.

If we're being honest, any place with scotch and a couple of Frauleins would qualify as "your Cheers."

[streettopeschel]

if they don't finish in the alotted time, do those little metal things pop out of the ice until someone comes up with another dollar in quarters??

[secsux]

when Jake's closed i entered a period of mourning that lasted several years. i'm still not completely over it, to be honest. Jake's was my Cheers.

 

I was in there a few times. I'm foggy on the location. Was it a block south of Hut's? Didn't they have those heavy fishbowls? Seems like your beer glass still weighed a couple lbs when empty.

[secsux]

Yes it is one of the great viewing events of the winter Olympics - although it ranks with bowling in terms of athleticism.

 

Most rinks are smoke free zones, and modern society has taken much of the fun out of it. When I first started curling people would actually compete with a cigarette in their mouth and a glass of rye close at hand. You could take it with no ice and it would still stay cold.

 

Since you curl, does that ever so slight rotation they put on the rock make the path bend or is it the brooms?

[armadillo slim]

I was in there a few times. I'm foggy on the location. Was it a block south of Hut's? Didn't they have those heavy fishbowls? Seems like your beer glass still weighed a couple lbs when empty.

 

yeah, it was on the corner of 5th and rio grande. it had those big heavy frosty glasses and mugs. the shuffleboard table had a left to right "fade" to it that you had to really learn how to play.

 

my wife could tell i'd been in jake's the second i walked into the house and she took a whiff. the "jake's aroma" was unmistakable.

 

"you've been in Jake's", she'd say with a distinct sneer curling from her upper lip.

 

"why yes. Yes, i have! How very clairvoyant of you!", i'd reply with a satisfied smile (bordering on a smirk).

 

Pee Wee the bartender was an institution. the hamburgers, fries, chicken fried steaks, nachos and enchiladas were the stuff of legend.

 

there were pictures of dogs on the doors of the bathrooms and that was it. one was an English pointer and one was an Irish setter. it usually took newbies and the ladies asking before they found their way into the proper place.

 

Ahhh, yes. Old Austin. :cool:

[JimsTexas]

If we're being honest, any place with scotch and a couple of Frauleins would qualify as "your Cheers."

 

Jeff whats it going to take to get you guys drinking a real drank Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey the drank for real men. ;)My friends y'all have a great week.

[joeywa]

Jeff whats it going to take to get you guys drinking a real drank Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey the drank for real men. ;)My friends y'all have a great week.

It's gonna take some really hard times Jim. :cool: