On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:13 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: David Mann
>>
>> I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment.
>> I'm getting a table tennis one right now.
>>
>> Dave
>
> I only meant to point out that by coincidence, "hockey" happened to be that
> day's
From: David Mann
On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Since John brought it up, I'll use the original hijacked thread to
note today's Google Doodle.
I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment. I'm
getting a table tennis one right now.
Dave
On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
> Since John brought it up, I'll use the original hijacked thread to
> note today's Google Doodle.
I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment. I'm
getting a table tennis one right now.
Dave
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of decades ago it really was a largely North
>> American thing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> frank
>>
>>
>>
>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
>> Christopher Hitchens
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>
rgely North
> American thing.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
>
>
> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
> Christopher Hitchens
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> From: Anthony Farr
> Sent: July 29, 2012 7/29/12
> To
I've hurled many times on St. Patricks Day.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> On 31 July 2012 05:52, Bob Sullivan wrote:
>> Rockne looks him in the eye and says 'You want me to give a bunch of
>> Irishmen clubs and
>> have them play field hockey?'
>
> He'd obviously never s
On 31 July 2012 05:52, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> Rockne looks him in the eye and says 'You want me to give a bunch of
> Irishmen clubs and
> have them play field hockey?'
He'd obviously never seen Hurling.
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I love the old movie where the President of Notre Dame University
suggests to the legendary
football coach Knute Rockne that 'perhaps football is to violent a
game for the students to play.'
Rockne looks him in the eye and says 'You want me to give a bunch of
Irishmen clubs and
have them play field
FWIW, I meant the one on ice and was just being sarky.
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> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Joseph McAllister
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:22 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:19 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
> >
> >> Water Polo is like Ice Hockey, but you can't see what a players
> hands
LOL!
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>
>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 5:19 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be interested in who wins the gold in Hockey, but not enough to pay
>>> attention to the games. If the USA manages to win again I'm sure it will get
>>> mentioned on NP
Water polo is a lot more exciting that soccer-football.
Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:22 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:19 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
>>
Quoting David Mann :
On Jul 30, 2012, at 5:19 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
I'd be interested in who wins the gold in Hockey, but not enough to
pay attention to the games. If the USA manages to win again I'm
sure it will get mentioned on NPR.
Well after yesterdays match it might not be Austral
On Jul 30, 2012, at 5:19 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
> I'd be interested in who wins the gold in Hockey, but not enough to pay
> attention to the games. If the USA manages to win again I'm sure it will get
> mentioned on NPR.
Well after yesterdays match it might not be Australia :D
Dave
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On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:22 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:19 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
>> Water Polo is like Ice Hockey, but you can't see what a players hands and
>> feet are doing under the frothy water. And they throw a little ball around
>> when someone can find i
On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:19 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
> Water Polo is like Ice Hockey, but you can't see what a players hands and
> feet are doing under the frothy water. And they throw a little ball around
> when someone can find it.
Forgot to say Water Polo is played by those who do not have
On Jul 29, 2012, at 17:21 , Anthony Farr wrote:
> Our round ball footballers play soccer, but I have to concede
> that soccer, more than any other code of football, has the precedence
> of popularity to claim the name "Football".
True dat.
In our version played in the USA, any part of the play
>>>> hockey? umm, that would be the winter games
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Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwa
tside our borders these days, it's easy to forget
that up to a couple of decades ago it really was a largely North American thing.
Cheers,
frank
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From: Anthony
On 30 July 2012 11:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> You're probably right that field hockey is a much bigger sport in the
> third world and girl's prep schools. I was thinking mostly of North
> America, Europe and Russia.
Well obviously a nation needs to be reasonably affluent to support a
sport t
You're probably right that field hockey is a much bigger sport in the
third world and girl's prep schools. I was thinking mostly of North
America, Europe and Russia.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> On 30 July 20
On 30 July 2012 10:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> True, but even in the Olympics, Ice Hockey is a much bigger sport than
> Field Hockey.
Hmm. You really should look that up. You may be surprised.
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True, but even in the Olympics, Ice Hockey is a much bigger sport than
Field Hockey.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
>> The international names arent the same as the
Simply local conventions, no right or wrong. In this case, however, I
think we can include Canada in the NA hockey and football conventions.
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> To clarify my outlook on this, my own country has some quaint local
> naming conventions for things
To clarify my outlook on this, my own country has some quaint local
naming conventions for things that are internationally known by other
names. Our round ball footballers play soccer, but I have to concede
that soccer, more than any other code of football, has the precedence
of popularity to clai
America rules! ;)
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On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> The international names arent the same as the usa
> conventions.
You are right, they aren't. There's the whole wide world, and there's
the USA, which isn't the whole world. The tail doesn't wag the dog.
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On 30 July 2012 07:32, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> no, your hoc
y? umm, that would be the winter games
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>>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On
would be the winter games
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Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
From: stev
On 30 July 2012 07:32, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> no, your hockey would be field hockey.
> too technical!
>
Here's the homepage of the International Hockey Federation:
http://www.fih.ch/en/home
Here's the homepage of the International Ice Hockey Federation:
http://www.iihf.com/
These are the p
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Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
No, that would be ice hockey.
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> hockey? umm, that would be the winter games
>
> -
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> Sessoms
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> From: steve harley
>
>> on 2012-07-
t: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
From: steve harley
> on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
>> Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and the
Olympics.
>
> the opening was more about Britain than about sports; that's pretty normal
>
> c
From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and the
Olympics.
the opening was more about Britain than about sports; that's pretty normal
course i didn't watch much of it because by the time it was on the
the evils of
Empire etc., but that's only to be expected in the circumstances.
B
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> Joseph McAllister
> Sent: 29 July 2012 07:29
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Sadly I couldn't watch the whole ceremony but I saw quite a bit. It
was most spectacular in terms of being a wonderful show. The last
thing I saw was the burning Olympic circles in the sky, which was
probably the only connection with the Olymics I could notice
throughout that portion that I saw.
O
In keeping with the British distain for acts of enthusiasm, Cotty wrote:
On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:26 , Steve Cottrell wrote:
> On 26/7/12, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> In about 24 hours (Chicago time), I will be watching the Opening
>> Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics held in
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and the
Olympics.
the opening was more about Britain than about sports; that's pretty normal
course i didn't watch much of it because by the time it was on the tellie it
was alread
Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and the
Olympics.
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Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
I thought the opening ceremony was too
I thought the opening ceremony was too long, too slow, and just plain
boring. Mr Bean was the hit of the evening, as far as I could tell.
Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> On 26/7/12, Christine Aguila, discombob
On 26/7/12, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:
>In about 24 hours (Chicago time), I will be watching the Opening
>Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics held in London, England
It was pretty good!
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