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] Date Posted: 15:18:24 12/09/04 Thu In reply to: Jim (Canada) 's message, "Curling is a Scottish sport which is quite popular in Canada" on 12:16:25 12/09/04 Thu Did you know that curling stones are made from granite carved from this small island off the Ayrshire coast, called Ailsa Craig? I like to watch the sun set over it on a good day...   [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:57:05 12/09/04 Thu Do you mean that ALL curling stones are carved out of this island, in the same way that all cricket bats must be carved from English willow? If so, we must pray that curling does not become a popular international sport on the scale of soccer, or yet another one of our beautiful islands will be lost, being totally removed in order to allow people to push rocks across ice with broom-sticks. I understand that a pretty British island has recently been declared uninhabitable, because most of it has been removed to build Egyptian luxury hotels. This is discouraging in a way, but encouraging in another: our commericial genius can not have left us completely if we are able to sell sand to Egypt on such an impressive scale. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:14:30 12/09/04 Thu Nowadays, Ailsa Craig is no longer inhabited, and has become is a bird sanctuary. It is a home to puffins amongst other things. However, between 60-70% of curling stones in existence in the world, are said to have been fashioned from Ailsa granite. The island is volcanic, and is a unique point of geological interest in my local area. However, there is a far more beautiful island off the Ayshire coast called Arran. I like nothing better than to walk along the beach on a summer evening and watch the sun set over it. I have photographed it many times. These are not mine however… Summer  Winter  [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:23:49 12/09/04 Thu Met a bloke from Arran the other day. He said it was beautiful but dead. Reminds me of dear old Venice. Seriously, though, I think we're lucky to live in such beautiful places, but would be misguided to stay there permanently... ...as for walking along the beach and watching sunsets, I imagine that Ayshire is probably the oldest place to do so after La Serenissima... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:28:40 12/09/04 Thu Arran has been taken over by retired people. It's a nice island, often called Scotland in miniature. However, I prefer to look at it from afar. I go cycling there quite a lot though... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Curnoack [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:25:54 01/07/05 Fri "I go cycling there quite a lot though..." Is that so that you can escape the lynch mob of angry Scots at home? Lynch David, as opposed to David Lynch... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 00:30:38 01/08/05 Sat It's to escape parochial nationalism really... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |