Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favourite of Canadiana is a caption in one of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics from the 70s: "It was a beautiful Canadian spring day...only 18 degrees below zero" Bloody cold regardless of whether you are using F or C. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:58 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > 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