The Owners' Manual Newsletter | Issue 23 | Winter 2022

curling

Doug Campbell, Meriden Curling - There is more skill required as a team in understanding the field and placement while sliding on one foot pushing a broom. Ian McPhillips, Melville Considering the number of times I’ve seen the movie Cool Runnings, I find it hard to believe my answer isn’t bobsledding, but I think I’d have to go with curling. There’s something intriguing about it - it looks so simple yet I’m sure requires a unique combination of teamwork and skills to be remotely good at it.

Kevin Rodgers, Melville I would want to be able to win a medal for “Curling” because it is the only event I think I would ever have a chance of competing in. The activity I enjoy the most is skiing, much like the slalom events, but on much more gentle slopes with smaller moguls. I have never actually attended any Olympic events. The closest approach for me was having to send a technician to Atlanta during the Summer Games there and he had to work on equipment for Delta Airlines. The only way we could get a room for our guy was that Delta needed the service so badly they got the room! Probably my most memorable moment was the Miracle on Ice in 1980 when the highly over-match, truly amateur US Olympic Hockey team defeated the Russian “Army” team for the Gold!! That was so amazing they even made a movie about it.

Dan Turner, Hartford I would have to say Curling because it is closest to bowling and I probably won’t get hurt doing it.

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