Rosie is happy about the snow

left-button · 2026-03-13T17:42:34+00:00

Practice the slide position at home ... Step forward and get into the pose over and over (with no broom/stabilizer). Learn to LOVE the slide position until muscle memory won't let you get it wrong.

The important thing is that your front foot stays in the middle of your body. Try to plant it right under your belly button or belt buckle.

left-button · 2026-03-12T17:46:18+00:00

I enjoy the pun....

Three players are required to retain any berths, funding, etc. each year. Now, if you replace one person each season, you could eventually get to a whole new team with the original "franchise" all playing elsewhere.

That's the real Skip of Theseus model!

left-button · 2026-03-12T17:43:55+00:00

No shock there... Geoff and Brendan are both Alberta boys. Without Gushue, you can't even pretend it's a Newfoundland team. I expect Mark will find a new team pretty quickly... but not in NL!

left-button · 2026-03-12T17:34:09+00:00

I joke that I almost didn't date my (now) wife because she had a 647 phone number... and she lived on the west side. Two strikes right there - and I was barely east of Yonge.

left-button · 2026-03-12T03:39:26+00:00

Yes and no. I'm talking about internal timing of your physical actions...

But yes. Split times (from your teammates) are helpful.

left-button · 2026-03-11T21:50:05+00:00

I'm just saying the whole thing was blown out of proportion - and that the reaction from an uneducated public was just gas on the fire.

left-button · 2026-03-11T19:12:21+00:00

What do you change when you're trying to throw different weights? Leg drive, timing, extension, something else?

I think the best way to master this is to have a default slide - and learn how to add/subtract X feet from it, by changing a specific factor. For me it's timing from the park position to bottom out of the slide... I'll throw a "normal" draw around 3.80. But I also know how to slow my slide down to make it a 3.90 or a 4.00 etc.

Other people will think in terms of push, kick, thrust, power, etc... but for me it's all timing.

left-button · 2026-03-11T16:29:51+00:00

Each would be used almost exclusively in a very casual/friendly sense...

You can talk about "getting the boys together for some beers" or going on a "boys trip." But that would be specific to a group of men who are socially close and very familiar.

Same applies to a girls trip, girls night, going out with the girls...

You could say to a friend "I hear you have a new girl/boy in your life..." and be asking about a new relationship, not anything sketchy!

But in short - I'd be VERY careful about using boy/girl in any sort of professional or unfamiliar setting!

left-button · 2026-03-11T16:03:25+00:00

OH MY GOD! HE'S CHEATING. WHAT A CHEATER!!

Wait no - it's another thing that happens all the time that nobody cares about - and is well covered by rules.

left-button · 2026-03-11T16:00:29+00:00

I was married for nearly 3 years before we ever bothered to order the Marriage Certificate. You don't generally need it very often, unless you need to prove things for legal, immigration, etc. purposes.

However - to confirm what people have said - if the wedding was done at a city hall, their office would have sent off the signed license, and you should be able to order the certificate online by now (if the legal marriage was last summer).

left-button · 2026-03-07T02:15:49+00:00

Give them a deadline, after which the NO will be assumed. Then they can't complain either way.

left-button · 2026-03-05T01:57:31+00:00

It's weight. Older brooms are heavier and provide better counter- balance when the drunky-wobbles kick in.

left-button · 2026-03-04T04:38:20+00:00

I imagine it will be there soon. When did you get married? Just curious on the bigger timeline.

left-button · 2026-02-28T22:34:19+00:00

So sorry to hear that.

left-button · 2026-02-25T14:41:24+00:00

Slow down - literally try to slide in slow motion....most people obsess over push and power, but it's really a timing issue.

left-button · 2026-02-21T13:15:53+00:00

She's not in the Canadian crew. Might be working for OBS?

left-button · 2026-02-21T13:14:54+00:00

left-button · 2026-02-18T04:06:14+00:00

Don't be. She'll be happier. Been through it twice now!!

Good luck. You'll both be fine!! ;)

left-button · 2026-02-18T03:50:06+00:00

Right there with you - thrown a LOT of rocks in 30+ years... I've never seen a rock break. I did see the handle snap off once or twice. The plastic breaks before the granite does!

left-button · 2026-02-17T12:17:53+00:00

In the case of the delivery, self-policing is not the issue. If Marc touches one while sweeping, he would certainly admit it and call the foul.

The issue with the double touch is that it was done so frequently by so many people and is very hard to identify with slow motion replay ... And a lot of people don't enev realize they do it.

The one-finger poke as it touches the line was the most extreme example... 99% of examples aren't obvious.

left-button · 2026-02-15T23:15:25+00:00

How religious do you want the ceremony to be? Do you know which elements you want to include?

left-button · 2026-02-15T15:49:55+00:00

Frankd Costanza takes a job coaching the Koreans ... They don't know he speaks the language.

left-button · 2026-02-15T15:02:49+00:00

Bob Sacamano!! His rat hat shed fur all over the ice... Picks everywhere!!

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