Garth McQueen  01/24/2003 08:46 AM

It was a cold wind that blew on the Ice Palace this night. It spoke of the 
icy competition that was to come. It was unfortunate to play on Sheet 1 
but as mentioned in earlier notes, this team has made the leap: we are 
strong, we are wise, we are the front end. Oh yea, Bruce and Mauro are 
right there too.
To be fair, it was a game between #8 and #9.  The standings would indicate 
there was very little difference between the two. And yes, the game 
promptly displayed this as being correct. They gave us points, we gave 
them points.. end of the game: tied in points, tied in ends. That just 
left Bruce looking for his sister to kiss.  All in all, a regular night: 
everyone had some good and some bad. We are still ugly but we hold our 
heads up high.

PS: we are the #9 team and I fear the spring slide will not be great enough.......



Mark Pioli  01/24/2003 09:00 AM
		
Letter to the Editor

Who buys the beer when its tied?

curious in  Welland



Garth McQueen  01/24/2003 09:17 AM
		
Everybody gets deep pockets when there is a tie.  However Mauro did buy me 
a beer. He is a good skip.



Mark Pioli  01/24/2003 09:21 AM
		
Do I get a sense of stratum1 and stratum2 bonding, this can be what it 
takes to propel the team late into Saturday.



Garth McQueen  01/24/2003 09:24:38 AM

I teared up but tried not to show it. 

Re Sat: there are many definitions for propel and late into Sat has a 
different meaning for everyone (ie. I could sleep late into Sat morning 
before the banquet!!)