Thanks Wullie:)

I just never noticed how much until yesterday...I 
still don't understand how they work, but thanks for the reply Wolf.

Use the rating calculator Kat from here.

http://www.playcurling.com/faq.html

that's only 17pt difference that's about normal.

maybe you should ask gabri and  obyone they seem to know every thing about wats goes on in  curling ::)