I've always thought Finland is one of the coolest places on earth. Disproportionate number of great hockey players (one can see why) and incredible race car drivers (all that winter rallying?).
Beautiful scenery, too. Cheers, frank On 23 February, 2014 8:01:26 PM EST, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: >FWIW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNr3nK_bvKQ > >On 2/22/2014 4:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> And now the US loses to Finland!!! >> >> >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> The country where I want to be >> Pony trekking or camping >> Or just watching TV >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> It's the country for me >> >> You're so near to Russia >> So far from Japan >> Quite a long way from Cairo >> Lots of miles from Vietnam >> >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> The country where I want to be >> Eating breakfast or dinner >> Or snack lunch in the hall >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> Finland has it all >> >> You're so sadly neglected >> And often ignored >> A poor second to Belgium >> When going abroad >> >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> The country where I quite want to be >> Your mountains so lofty >> Your treetops so tall >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> Finland has it all >> >> Oh focus on Finland friends >> >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> The country where I quite want to be >> Your mountains so lofty >> Your treetops so tall >> Finland, Finland, Finland >> Finland has it all, Finland has it all >> >> Michael Palin >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:01 PM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>> You're right, it is nationalism. Hockey is part of the soul of the >country so winning is a big deal. >>> >>> And no, not much to gloat about. >>> >>> Except maybe universal health care. >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> On 22 February, 2014 2:47:44 PM EST, Darren Addy ><pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, mike wilson ><m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 21/02/2014, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Men's. >>>>>> >>>>>> Women's. >>>>>> >>>>>> Canada vs. USA. >>>>>> >>>>>> 'Nuff said... >>>>> >>>>> This doesn't count as politics? >>>> >>>> Strictly speaking, it is Nationalism (not politics). The Olympics >has >>>> been used as a grand stage for political purposes (think the 1936 >>>> Berlin Summer Olympics) and also used for political purposes (think >>>> Jimmy Carter boycotting the Moscow Olympics in 1980) but the games >>>> themselves are not political. However, the entire format of the >games >>>> is to promote competition based upon Nationalism. >>>> >>>> I think everyone should cut Frank some slack. Canadians have so >little >>>> they can gloat over. >>>> :) >>>> :) >>>> :) >>> >>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. >> > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
