Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, I assume you are referring to the Miracle on Ice at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980? I was attending the University of Buffalo at the time, living on campus. Lots of golden liquid was consumed that night ;-) Nathan Nathan Wajsman Almere, Netherlands http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.fotosevilla.com Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> Datum: woensdag, oktober 12, 2005 1:09 pm Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] Erics Paw Week 41 Hockey's back > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >