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#24,556
etoile de mer said:
Thank you Serva, :flowers: I collected the pale set first, but love the pink set most! :heart: What SLG pieces do you have in Barenia? I love Barenia, it's so a beautiful!
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Both are gorgeous sets [emoji3]

My barenia slgs, the small silkin coincase I use for jewellery, regret I didn’t buy another calvi and bastia, because they are so inexpensive and very useful. I hope I could add a barenia mini bearn cardcase in future. Only collecting fauve, with the ebene bag I like colourful slgs.
 
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dragonette said:
I also want to redesign things all the time! Usually to simplify something a little more complicated than I prefer!

I was in the local H store the other day and decided I will go for the all-cards version of the Mini Bearn instead of the card+coin version. I was undecided until now... But I think coins in a Bastia is a much better idea. Adds one more element to the set and also protects the Bearn. BF thinks I'm ridiculous LOL

I had the chance to see a Mini Dogon too in Munich and loved the way it handles (can we say that about SLGs or is it a car thing lol). But I preferred the look of the Bearn.

Love warm pinks too! I might have to use yours as a reference! The cool pinks are nice too but when it veers too much to magenta it gets too purple for me. But I love pale lilac or dusty lilac... I know, it's confusing for me too. :nuts:
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I’m sharing your idea about having coins in a bastia and cards only&little cash in a mini bearn. With the current trend coins will not be needed in future, at least were I live.In many warm countries the coins are also very dirty, don’t want them in my H wallets anyway.
 
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Have to confess I’m not following the winter Olympics, they broadcast when I’m at work or during weekends when I enjoy being outdoors instead. In the evening I rather watch a movie or if tired an episode on Netflix.
 
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Serva1 said:
Have to confess I’m not following the winter Olympics, they broadcast when I’m at work or during weekends when I enjoy being outdoors instead. In the evening I rather watch a movie or if tired an episode on Netflix.
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But if my small country (Finland) has success in the Olympics I’m very happy of course [emoji3]
 
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xiangxiang0731 said:
I was like you at the beginning of the last winter Olympics. I didn't know what was going on. But my SO is a fan and kept on watching the BBC coverage so he explained it to me. I was hooked since then. So the most important thing is to get your team's stone as closest to the middle of the target as possible. Whoever get to the closest wins the set. Then the scoring. The minimal is 1 point, that is your team's stone is the closest but the 2nd closest is your opponent's stone. If you have more than 1 stone between your closest stone and the next opponent's stone in the target area, you get all of them counted as 1 point for each stone. There are a lot of tactics you can use, you can block the other team's stone or you can knock them out. You will find whoever throw the last stone seems to have a bit of advantage. Hence you have even number of sets in one game to give both team equal chances.

The mixed double event was new as the sports is trying to make the games more dynamics and attractive. Traditional format you have more people in the team and you will often see 2 people sweeping instead of just 1 in the mixed double. In mixed double, you only have 2 people so one has to throw, then one has to sweep and then one has to look at the lines and direction of the travelling of the stone. You may see them switching roles often. It's more challenging.
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The competition I watched makes so much more sense now. Thank you for explaining the rules and strategy. Each time we thought we understood the objective, something unexpected would happen, “Look, now the other one has jumped in and started sweeping! ...Wow, they have bumped out the other team’s stone...do you think that’s allowed??” etc.
I will enjoy watching it much more now, so hopefully the coverage will have more of it.
 
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nicole0612 said:
The competition I watched makes so much more sense now. Thank you for explaining the rules and strategy. Each time we thought we understood the objective, something unexpected would happen, “Look, now the other one has jumped in and started sweeping! ...Wow, they have bumped out the other team’s stone...do you think that’s allowed??” etc.
I will enjoy watching it much more now, so hopefully the coverage will have more of it.
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I am glad I could bring some clarity for you. I am by no means an expert. The game was invented in Scotland so it has some followings in the UK and Team GB has won medals before. Watch out for the traditional format too as more people sweeping is interesting! They sweep to change the speed and or direction of the stone. And they also often put a mild spin on the stone so it can travel to a curved path to go around opponent's stone.
 
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MaryAndDogs said:
Oh my Goodness, they are so cute! :heart: My dogs are about the same age and I've gotta say, as much as I love puppies, I swear the older dogs just turn to pure gold with age :heart: I love how comfortable and trusting they look in that picture.
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Dogs become imo more handsome with age, just like some men [emoji3] Love when old dogs get grey/white hair on the noses and develop a character, become wise and have meaningful eyes. I wish I could have a dog but DBF is allergic.
 
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MaryAndDogs said:
Oh my Goodness, they are so cute! :heart: My dogs are about the same age and I've gotta say, as much as I love puppies, I swear the older dogs just turn to pure gold with age :heart: I love how comfortable and trusting they look in that picture.
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While the puppies are cute, the older dogs are the best. BTW, they are 12's because the Seahawks fans are known as 12th man. The boy (the one with the tongue stuck out) was 13 in the picture. He passed away last year on Memorial Day at the age of 14 years and 4 months. He had a heart made of pure gold and I will miss him every day for the rest of my life. The blonde girl is almost 12 now and the cow-printed girl is almost 8.

All three of them were rescued dogs. Both the boy and the younger girl were almost euthanized before their respective rescue. They all appreciate their second chance in life very much and I am very honored to be their slave.
 
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xiangxiang0731 said:
I am glad I could bring some clarity for you. I am by no means an expert. The game was invented in Scotland so it has some followings in the UK and Team GB has won medals before. Watch out for the traditional format too as more people sweeping is interesting! They sweep to change the speed and or direction of the stone. And they also often put a mild spin on the stone so it can travel to a curved path to go around opponent's stone.
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Thanks! I actually caught a bit more coverage of it, some of the team event was shown. Of course my husband now claims that he intuitively grasped the rules all along [emoji6]
 
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