Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely fascinating to watch the random mutation of threads and vastly entertaining. Sort of like a train wreck, you just can't look away ;-) Berlin photo>National Socialists>Murderous regimes>Neolithic symbolism>Canada day> Border Terriers> Curling>Quantam mechanics... and some branches I no doubt missed ;-) I'm pretty sure that there should have been something on Canon lenses and four thirds/half frame in there as well. Not to mention the R10 and fortunes of Leica! Happy Canada Day you guys in the frozen north! 2009/7/2 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > With respect to curling: > > Between the ages of 8 and 16 I lived in northern Alberta, about 450km north > of Edmonton. Winter was long and severe, and I experienced cold down to > -55?C at times (but also heat up to 50?F). > > The biggest town for 200km had a population of 2,000; most were 1,000 or > less and there weren't that many. No TV at the time. Each town, even if it > had only 800 people, had two large buildings: the hockey arena, which could > typically seat 1000 to 1500 people because after all, if you have a hockey > game against the neighbouring town, you had to accomodate both populations, > right? > > This was were I and most other younger people spent a lot of our time; > skating and playing hockey. There were many outdoor rinks, and many back > yards had skating surfaces in the winter, but getting in out of the wind > and > most severe cold to skate and play hockey was nice. > > For older people, the gathering point was the curling rink, with 4 to 8 > sheets of ice and a lounge overlooking the sheets. It was very popular, > both > the lounge and the curling excuse. > > Curling is fairly easy to learn but hardly easy to master. You don't have > to be a top athlete physically, but you have to be skilled and mentally > sharp. You can do it when your hockey legs have given out on you. > > That's why the most difficult tournament for a Canadian curling team to win > on the road to the world championship is the Canadian Championship, because > you have to play against 11 other teams, each one which is quite capable of > being the next world champion. > > That pretty much covers curling. Note that the main ingredient in both > hockey and curling is ice, which is readily available. In northern small > town Canada, if you don't play hockey or curl you don't do much in winter > and your social life is minimal. > > > > > At 11:49 AM -0700 7/1/09, Peter Klein wrote: > >> Ted: For the record, I would be happy to discover a maple leaf properly >> engraved on any of my Leica gear. Heck, several of my lenses and one film >> body were "Made in Midland," so the maple leaf is at least implied. >> >> My new dog Tilley was made in Surrey. >> >> So, maple leaves forever, eh! And happy Canada Day to all you Canadians >> and Canadian wannabees! >> >> (Now, if someone could explain curling to me. It's kind of like quantum >> mechanics. When I read about it, it kind of makes sense, but the next >> day, it doesn't.) :-) >> >> --Peter, just south of the 49th parallel. >> >> Ted wrote: >> >> Today is the celebration day of my country CANADA obviously it's "CANADA >>> DAY!" for all the "Crazy Canucks" of the world and this massive northern >>> country of ours. So a couple of thoughts for the day and the current >>> topic >>> at hand.: >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Artisan excellence for the best lenses in the world. Leica already has a CEO and a business plan. Show me your photographs. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman