REAL hockey is played on ice. :-) with a puck, and maybe even rules sometimes. :-) Courtney (the Canuck)
----- Original Message ----- From: "asad ishaque" <[email protected]> To: "vw mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box?? > > :) > > Ahhh yes!! > > They still play hockey. However it has been largely sidelined by cricket > as being the number one sport. Hockey is the official National Sport but > strangely it has not been promoted as it should have been. Pakistan used > to be the World champions years ago. > > My observation and belief is since Hockey needs a proper ground/playing > field and comparitively more quipment, hockey sticks, goal posts n nets > and what not, its quite difficult to get the ideal circumstances for a > game. Sadly the country largely lacks proper open spaces, stadiums, clubs > etc to provide a favorable atmosphere. > > In contrast, cricket is easier to play. Anyone with a couple (or even > one!) of bats and a ball can play. Sticks, stones or even chairs can be > improvised to represent the wickets. Thus its a popular street sport, > played in every city town and village even in cramped places. Nearing the > World Cup or a series, budding cricketers mushroom in almost every street, > irrespective of the social class they are from. > > While on this subject, let me mention that the country has immense > potential in football/soccer too. Sadly again this sport is not promoted, > maybe due to political reasons......the best football players are from a > minority ethnic background whose forefathers were interestingly slaves of > African origin bought into the country via ships in the early ports in the > province of Balochistan, a backward and under developed area of the > country. These people settled down and took up fishing initially. They > have interesting customs and traditions including wild hula hula dances > which are a must see! Ah! reminds me of another sport this minority has. > Donkey cart racing!! > > Sorry for the non VW content but I just could not hold myself from this > short writeup. Hope it makes interesting reading for all who are fond of > travelling and want to discover the rainbow of life. > > Best regards and 'Salam' to all, > > Asad > Karachi, Pakistan. > > >> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 10 >> Dec 2008 17:25:33 -0800> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box??> > >> Which brings up the obvious question: do they play hockey in Pakistan? >> :-P> > -----Original Message-----> From: [email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill May> Sent: >> December 10, 2008 7:16 AM> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List> >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box??> > > no,> the input is the one >> clutch disc slides onto. the nose cone-front mount > area is where hockey >> stick is in.> > _______________________________________________> vintagvw >> site list> [email protected]> >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _________________________________________________________________ > Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
