Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember following it (Soviet defeat) here. While we didn't feel the depth of emotion of the Czechs, we knew what was happening. It must have been a fabulous moment! Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Oct 12, 2005, at 12:52 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Don't you really hate it when the hockey intrudes on the fighting? ;-) > > NHL was the first major American sport I was exposed to, since my > first 2 years in the US were spent in Buffalo, and the Sabres were > far better at hockey than the Bills at football (early 1980s). But > my fondest hockey memory was the 1969 World Championship final, > when Czechoslovakia beat the Soviet Union--I was an 8-year old > child living in Communist Poland back then, and the whole country > (where hockey is otherwise not that popular) was glued to the > screen, hoping that the Czechs would be able extract some revenge > for the crushing of the Prague spring the previous year, albeit in > this small way. Sports and politics were very much mixed in those > days. > > Nathan > > eric mac wrote: > > >> My favorite sport has returned after a year of bickering. >> ( millionaires versus zillionaires) >> http://ericspaw.blogspot.com/ >> Too bad my Blackhawks are as mediocre as ever. >> Comments and tickets are appreciated. >> Eric >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - >> it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/ >> direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >