I'm shocked you don't know what donkey cart racing is. But i'll explain You make yourself a nice cart (soapbox) You put your donkey in it Send it down the hill
Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharkey's Garage" <[email protected]> To: "'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:24 PM Subject: [vintagvw] Tell us more about Donkey Cart Racing, Asad! > Doh! Silly me. It's amazing what we take for granted. You're referring > to > field hockey. I was referring to ice hockey. Not surprising that you > dropped the "field", just as us Canadians don't bother to mention the word > "ice". Of course, there's also roller hockey and street hockey... > > But you're correct about soccer/football. Besides the field, all one > needs > to play is a ball. The fields are HUGE, but the equipment outlay is next > to > nothing. Soccer/football can be played in any open park. No wonder it's > the most popular game in the world. > > I think we'd all like to hear more about donkey cart racing. It can't be > any more disturbing than www.chessboxing.com. Traffic on the list here is > very SLOW and ANYTHING is better than nothing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of asad ishaque > Sent: December 18, 2008 6:40 AM > To: vw mailing list > 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_1 > 22008 > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
