tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post3587065768142353982..comments2024-01-20T06:54:38.466-08:00Comments on <center>Slip Into Something Victorian Blog</center>: Tuesday 10 - SportsDenise Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742532698064559452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-9800542406190998342007-12-05T18:56:00.001-08:002007-12-05T18:56:00.001-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-54485042962712202362007-12-05T18:56:00.000-08:002007-12-05T18:56:00.000-08:00Dee, I believe they used maple as a flooring. Let ...Dee, I believe they used maple as a flooring. Let me see if I can find it. Ok, I found the site I used (victorianstation.com) but the site's not coming up. Typical. It was maple but I don't remember if it was inside or out. However, roller skating was instrumental in changing women's fashions and freedom.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard about iron rocks, iron in the cold, hmmm. It's a ridiculous sport, but I love it anyway. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-45812301786188908282007-12-05T10:50:00.000-08:002007-12-05T10:50:00.000-08:00I was wondering about the roller skating. It must...I was wondering about the roller skating. It must have been outside right? Or did they have rinks? I think of the roads as dirt. I wonder when concrete etc came into use.<BR/><BR/>Don't you love it, Christine, when a post starts more questions than answers?<BR/><BR/>Alice, I wish I could help you. I know nothing about curling. Hmmmm. Maybe I should use it in a book somewhere. . . .Denise Eaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742532698064559452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-7467358059738982712007-12-05T08:53:00.000-08:002007-12-05T08:53:00.000-08:00Curling is a great game and uses muscles on the in...Curling is a great game and uses muscles on the inside of your thights like you've never used them before. I think it's that sideways shuffle down the ice while sweeping.<BR/> I've never heard of iron rocks before but I once read a story about a curling game, played outdoors on the prairies where the game was tight and the temperature went so low they couldn't keep the frost off the ice. Then a chinook came through and the ice melted down the mud, before a snowstorm hit... You get the picture. I read the story a long time ago and have looked for it since but without success. Anyone else ever heard of it?<BR/> <BR/>Alice Valdal<BR/>www.alicevaldal.comAlice Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218095053108888830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-28201532795430464692007-12-05T05:43:00.000-08:002007-12-05T05:43:00.000-08:00Great post! I don't follow sports, don't know muc...Great post! I don't follow sports, don't know much about them, but I still found it really interesting, and learned a thing or two besides!Nicole McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438102631578521381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-7245711077671026842007-12-04T19:51:00.000-08:002007-12-04T19:51:00.000-08:00Speaking of curling, I was recently amazed to disc...Speaking of curling, I was recently amazed to discover this passage in a series of letters written in 1847:<BR/><BR/>"There is also capital curling here but the stones are all made of iron as the frost is so hard that sone would crack and they are a great deal heavier than what we have in Scotland."<BR/><BR/>First of all, I'm amazed my Canadian ancestors thought this was a good use of iron. Wouldn't it have been rather, I don't know, difficult to make and therefore expensive? Secondly, I knew it got cold but I never imagined it could crack a curling rock! And third, I've played curling a couple of times, and I can't imagine a HEAVIER rock!!<BR/><BR/>Great post. It just goes to show that the industrial revolution really did give people more time on their hands. Why else would so many games be invented/perfected in this time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com