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<p>[QUOTE="drawmaster, post: 151925, member: 1420"]Curling is a sport like shuffleboard only it is played on ice.</p><p>You deliver a 42lb stone down the ice to a target at the other end. Curling pins are souvenirs that you pin to your hat or sweater and some, like me, collect all the pins. The Canadian Mens Championship is called the Brier and has been in place since 1927. The early pins were only given to the competitors and the pins are scarce. MacDonald Tobacco was the first supporter and their heart which was in each can they sold, was implemented into the curling pin and continued until 1978. Labatts took over in 1980 and made the pin look like a small tankard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="drawmaster, post: 151925, member: 1420"]Curling is a sport like shuffleboard only it is played on ice. You deliver a 42lb stone down the ice to a target at the other end. Curling pins are souvenirs that you pin to your hat or sweater and some, like me, collect all the pins. The Canadian Mens Championship is called the Brier and has been in place since 1927. The early pins were only given to the competitors and the pins are scarce. MacDonald Tobacco was the first supporter and their heart which was in each can they sold, was implemented into the curling pin and continued until 1978. Labatts took over in 1980 and made the pin look like a small tankard.[/QUOTE]
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