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04-23-21 12:13PM |
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decade
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quote: Originally posted by albetts
I can't believe you just said that.....
Let me say it again for emphasis. Ditto.
People are swift to natter at snowbirds coming back etc but it is ok for curlers and hockey players to travel.
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04-23-21 04:55PM |
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Deliverer
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Partial immunity after your first shot, and i emphasize the word "partial", usually takes 10 -14 days.
Unfortunately, your friend's friend probably caught the virus sometime during that 14 day period.
Even with a two-dose vaccine like Pfizer or AstraZeneca, the efficacy after the first dose is less than 70%. As a rule of thumb, one should not consider themselves to be "fully vaccinated" until two (2) weeks after receiving the Second dose of a two-dose vaccine.
Stay well and Stay safe.
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04-23-21 05:57PM |
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albetts
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quote: Originally posted by fresca
just talking to a friend
his friend 70s got vaccine in selkirk 3 weeks ago
has covid yesterday on a ventilator
we got vaccinated but did not change our lifestyle 1 bit
I hope all goes well for your friend's friend. This virus is a nasty business.
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04-23-21 07:15PM |
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hogged again
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quote: Originally posted by Manitoba Legend
Jones still trying to scavenge her way into the playoffs but she'll have a tiger by the tail in Anna Hasselborg, actually S-Net's feature match in a few minutes. If Hasselborg put out even her B+ or B game she'll end Jones' scavenging.
3 ends in and Jones has said sorry at least 5 times. It's almost as if it's just habit, shot gets missed, sorry Joss/Kaitlyn/guys.
Announcers have been great this week, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, humourous without being silly. TSN needs to poach Martin away he knows the game and communicates the little things so well.
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04-23-21 07:43PM |
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IN-OFF-FOR-2
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quote: Originally posted by hogged again
3 ends in and Jones has said sorry at least 5 times. It's almost as if it's just habit, shot gets missed, sorry Joss/Kaitlyn/guys.
Announcers have been great this week, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, humourous without being silly. TSN needs to poach Martin away he knows the game and communicates the little things so well.
That's 5 early shots in the Jones drinking game. One shot or drink every time she says sorry, my bad, my fault. After most games we'd be drunk
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04-23-21 08:14PM |
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hogged again
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quote: Originally posted by fresca
Jones and team getting along famously
Lots of smiles
Pretty sure they are wAy happier than most posters and make more money curling than our pensions
So anyone who out earns me I'm not allowed to comment on? That's just about everyone.
Never woulda guessed you are old and on pension. Complaints about too many women and immigrant broadcasters, comments hoping people get shot and cranky post after cranky post, who woulda thunk it?
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04-23-21 08:54PM |
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Hasselborg wins her group clearly but doesn't get a semifinal spot because the 2nd place team in the other group had a better draw to the button total? Bizarre. Good break for Einarson though. Maybe a rubber match with Homan on the agenda which would be good.
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04-23-21 08:59PM |
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cnpeters
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Registered: Feb 2020
Location: Ohio
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hey hogged, I don’t know what’s going on 50 miles north of me (you all won’t let my fully vaccinated self in), but if it’s anything like what’s going on down here, we’d all be a lot better off assuming everyone who seems antagonistic isn’t an awful human being.
My wife and I were watching today and were taken a bit aback when we realized Jones sponsors were fricking Bayer, Cabelas, and Princess Auto (which is, if I remember correctly, Canada’s version of what we call tractor supply down here).
Good for her. Let them bankroll you.
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04-23-21 09:58PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Manitoba Legend
So Hasselhoff automatically proceeds to the semi-finals. Could Einarson draw the Atomic Bombs (Homan) again, this time in the quarters?
Whoever draws The Raytch is in for a thorough shot-pelting. I'm hoping for Raytch vs. Hasselborg in the semis.
Nope Tirinzoni and Einarson are in the semis. Homan could only play Hasselborg in the finals.
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04-23-21 10:12PM |
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cnpeters
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Registered: Feb 2020
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Does sports net always do that SeizureVision(tm) thing for the playoffs where they try and cover all four simultaneously?
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04-23-21 10:12PM |
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IN-OFF-FOR-2
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quote: Originally posted by Manitoba Legend
So Hasselhoff automatically proceeds to the semi-finals. Could Einarson draw the Atomic Bombs (Homan) again, this time in the quarters?
Whoever draws The Raytch is in for a thorough shot-pelting. I'm hoping for Raytch vs. Hasselborg in the semis.
The "Hoff". Floor burgers. Classic.
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04-24-21 09:13AM |
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curlerbroad
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Looks like Epping is struggling. Why didn’t Matt Camm vice & Lott play second? I heard the front end complaining they couldn’t hear him in the house.
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Well Behaved Women Don't Make History.
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04-24-21 02:00PM |
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Maggie
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quote: Originally posted by hogged again
I hope the 3 person teams win both.
I agree. Not watching; don’t have sports net. Who besides Carruthers is playing with 3?
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04-24-21 02:42PM |
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hogged again
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quote: Originally posted by Maggie
I agree. Not watching; don’t have sports net. Who besides Carruthers is playing with 3?
Team Japan who I cheer for anyway, they seem so happy to be playing and it's usually a ton of rocks in play.
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04-24-21 04:33PM |
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Maggie
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Thanks, hogged again. I agree. Team Japan is a fun team to watch.
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04-24-21 06:38PM |
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Bmalky
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quote: Originally posted by Maggie
Thanks, hogged again. I agree. Team Japan is a fun team to watch.
Might be true, but why would SN start with a full end of this game?
Kevin M said in the pregame, he was looking foward to seeing the Gushue/Edin. I would agree. If fact, I would like to have seen any of the other 3 games with Canadian teams to start.
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04-25-21 10:44AM |
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Maggie
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I was wondering who you’re going to dunk on when you don’t have Jones to kick around anymore. Now I know.
Doesn’t Team Einarson have a berth in the final already?
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04-25-21 02:23PM |
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albetts
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It is my sincerest hope that ML doesn't jump on the Homan bandwagon now that he's finished with Jones or seems to be. Homan fans don't need ML's comments relative to game strategy. Homan has this well in hand. The four Team Homan players are doing really well and if there's one team that we could accept a loss from, it's Team Einarson. Congrats to Team Einarson on an extremely well played game and congrats to Sweeting on shooting a 100% game. Keep it going. Will be cheering for you in the Worlds.
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04-25-21 02:42PM |
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cnpeters
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It would be tough to convince me that Sweeting didn’t single handedly crush team Homan today, from shooting perfect to pretty perfect line calls for her skip. She did it by essentially destroying Miskew.
That was a clinic.
Also as an aside, I can’t speak to whether or not she’s having more fun, but Wilkes is not as valuable a player for Homan as she was for Carey. She’s still really good, but a bit overqualified as a silent sweeping partner for Courtney. Her role on that team seems to underutilize her skills.
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04-25-21 03:59PM |
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hogged again
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quote: Originally posted by Manitoba Legend
Re: Wilkes
Went from being a Top 4 Canadian 3rd to a Top 3 Canadian 2nd - - - don't know what the gain (for Wilkes) was!
However, when the Carey team crashed & burned, Wilkes looked for the first good paying job she could find. Homan had to personally embarrass her long-time lead & team sheriff, Lisa Weagle but Homan wanted 2 Orecks/Hoovers dragging her stones all over hell's half acre. But since Courtney is still doing 80% of the brushing - Wilkes' brushing power is almost redundant.
She could still be a Top 3rd for a great Canadian skip - but Rachel is auto-berthed into the STOH (if not from Ontario playdowns from wildcard play-ins), she's already booked her ticket into the Olympic Trials & she's picked up 2 silvers last couple years as Einarson's victim.
Not too many skips available for Sarah to switch over to once the Trials (or Olympics) end. Kaitlyn Lawes could be looking to branch out to skipping after her plight with JJ ends Krista McCarville would be a good choice, should McCarville decide to turn pro and play full-time.
Shannon Birchard may also be a viable skipping candidate once this Olympic cycle ends. Who knows? I think she might bring Meilleur on as her 3rd, maybe an alliance with Kaitlyn Lawes.
Wilkes was an OK 3rd, not a great one. She is very similar to Lawton, consistent percentages but only rarely a 85%plus game and almost always a bad big miss in the late ends.
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04-25-21 04:01PM |
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cnpeters
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I think Homan might need those sweepers.
I mean if I need one skip to make an angle-raise-quadruple through a port as big as a rock plus one mm for four, she’s it. She’s like 98% on that. But if I need a draw to the edge of the button against three to save one, she needs help steering and dragging that thing.
I mean not that she can’t, but she’s the best in the world at whack a mole. She’s just very good at that draw, and lately, when Sweeting is on, Einarson has much better touch.
Also, this doesn’t pay the bills but team Einarson seems a bunch more fun that team Homan.
I guess this winter it’s paying the bills pretty damn nicely though.
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