TEXTING FROM TURIN.Byline: - Paul Oberjuerge Curling is bizarre, with a terminology all its own. This isn't the worst example, by far, but I just got this out of my e-mail inbox: ``USA's Pete Fenson Peter Fenson (born February 29, 1968 in Bemidji, Minnesota) is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling. rink squashed Sean Becker's New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. team, 10-4, in eight ends Wednesday afternoon to improve to 2-1. ``The U.S. men jumped out to a 7-2 lead after six ends. New Zealand got back on the scoreboard with another deuce in the seventh but couldn't keep the Americans off the scoreboard as Fenson chipped out New Zealand's count rock with his last stone to lay three, prompting New Zealand to offer the handshake handshake - handshaking to end the game.' Did you all get that? Good. CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: - Wayne Gretzky Noun 1. Wayne Gretzky - high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961) Gretzky , executive director of Canada's hockey team, after arriving at the Olympics amid questions about a betting ring allegedly run by one of his best friends and possibly patronized pa·tron·ize tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es 1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor. 2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis. 3. by his wife. Box: (1) THEY SAID IT ... (2) TURIN TIME |
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