Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK Nathan there is plenty of hype around this pairing but.... Attendance 44, 411. Here in Ireland, we had 81,553 atending a frenetically exciting Dublin vs Kerry All Ireland gaelic football semi-final match at Croke Park. I'd expect that it was probably the largest stadium sporting event in Europe at the weekend. Must check... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Watching footie >I did not want to mention the result in case some time-shifters on the US >west coast still intended to watch the match. My son, now in California, >did the right thing and got up early to watch it live, but then again, I >have raised him correctly to be a Liverpool supporter. > > I don't think anyone considers Giggs to be the best all-around player on > the MUFC squad--he is more there as an inspiration for the younger > players. They were obviously hurt by the absence of Wayne Rooney, but then > again, Liverpool's Suarez was out too, still serving his suspension from > last season. > > In any event, these matches are always like this: intense, hard-fought, > and usually ending 1-0 or 2-1. It is matches like that make the English > league the best in the world. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 2 Sep 2013, at 02:30, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > >> Nathan writes: >> I spent much of this afternoon in a bar watching football, first >> Liverpool-Manchester United - - - >> >> >> Liverpool outplayed Manchester United and won 1 to 0. It was a very >> active game and the fact is that some of the MU players are getting a bit >> old. Ryan Giggs, probably the best all around player on the MU team is >> 39. But then we are all getting old, aren't we. >> Larry Z >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >