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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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 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 doodle.
Yes I
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On 30 July 2012 11:21, Daniel J
I've hurled many times on St. Patricks Day.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote:
On 31 July 2012 05:52, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Rockne looks him in the eye and says 'You want me to give a bunch of
Irishmen clubs and
have them play field
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On 30 July 2012 11:21, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
You're probably right that field hockey is a much bigger sport in the
third world and girl's prep schools. I
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 player
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 a
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 it.
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
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Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com:
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
Water polo is a lot more exciting that soccer-football.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:22 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Jul 29, 2012, at 23:19 , Joseph McAllister
LOL!
Dan Matyola
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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 NPR.
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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 and feet are
FWIW, I meant the one on ice and was just being sarky.
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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
On 31 July 2012 05:52, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com 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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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
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.
etc., but that's only to be expected in the circumstances.
B
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In keeping
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
: 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
course i didn't watch much of it because
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From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
Agreed. I kept on trying
Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
No, that would be ice hockey.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
hockey? umm, that would be the winter games
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On 30 July 2012 07:32, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net 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/
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From: steve harley
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From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com
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On 30 July 2012 07:32, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
no, your hockey
On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net 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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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
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 farranth...@gmail.com wrote:
To clarify my outlook on this, my own country has some quaint local
naming
True, but even in the Olympics, Ice Hockey is a much bigger sport than
Field Hockey.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote:
On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
The
On 30 July 2012 10:46, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 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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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
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com
On 30 July 2012 11:21, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 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
North American thing.
Cheers,
frank
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From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06
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From: steve harley
on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
Agreed. I kept on trying
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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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 co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 26/7/12, Christine
Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and the
Olympics.
Kenneth Waller
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Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
I thought the opening ceremony
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
Hi Everyone:
In about 24 hours (Chicago time), I will be watching the Opening Ceremonies of
the 2012 Olympics held in London, England. Since I'm a member of an
international photography community, I wanted to say a few things.
Firstly, to all the UK PDMLers, those I've met and those I
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