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Subject: [Leica] NEW UP LOADS. NOW THE USSR BAD GUYS! ;-)
From: rhart76 at gmail.com (Roger Hart)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:13:34 -0500
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Ted,

One of the great joys, for me, on the LUG are your wonderful stories.
Keep 'em coming.


Roger Hart
Detroit
USA

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Nathan offered:
>
>>>> Wonderful, Ted--I take it the Kyle is the Kyle who visited us 2 years
>>>> ago? And I enjoyed seeing the Czech goal against the bastards. I 
>>>> remember
>>>> that game, I was 9 years old and it was the year after the rape of 
>>>> Prague.
>>>> We still lived in Poland and EVERYONE supported the Czechs and wished 
>>>> injury
>>>> and worse on the Russians.<<<<<<
>
> Hi Nathan,
> Yes that's the grandson Kyle who stayed with you folks. :-) Thanks again 
> for
> the kindness.
>
> I was the official photographer for the Canadian team and shooting as media
> for a magazine, "SPORTS CANADA."
>
> We went to Prague for a week for a couple of warm up games with the Czech
> National team prior to Stockholm and the World's. One night in the hotel
> about midnight my room mate, a wire service photog sharing the room. We had
> a knock on the door and upon opening it was a drop dead georgeous female
> dressed as a maid! Like WOW!! ?:-) Who was supposed to prepare our bed? 
> Like
> it was midnight and we had to get out of bed to answer the door. But we
> didn't need her "bed services" and shut the door.
>
> The next morning at the team breakfast it seems we weren't the only media
> related people who had the knock on the door. The Czech secret police held 
> a
> quiet private meeting for all non players with details.
>
> It seems the USSR "bad guys" were trying to set-up any of those considered
> part of the Candian group in some kind of "Blackmail bad boys" while
> visiting the Czech capital to discredit the team and possibly throw them 
> off
> their game. Then the police went with us to our rooms and showed how the
> rooms were wire-tapped. So anything we said could be recorded. Knowing this
> for the next few days, my room mate photographer and I, must have burned 
> out
> the USSR agents ears with what we said about the USSR. But it was a fun
> thing because we had the heads-up on the SOB's!
> Probably not likely! ?An imagined James Bond moment for every one. :-)
>
> Besides this, we had a couple of guys who constantly turned up no matter
> where we were wanting to exchange currency. Again part of trying to create
> some kind of bad stories about our on the road behaviour! And all this
> before we even got to Sweden for the championships. It was a time alright! 
> !
>
> cheers,
> ted
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] NEW UP LOADS.
>
>
>> Wonderful, Ted--I take it the Kyle is the Kyle who visited us 2 years ago?
>> And I enjoyed seeing the Czech goal against the bastards. I remember that
>> game, I was 9 years old and it was the year after the rape of Prague. We
>> still lived in Poland and EVERYONE supported the Czechs and wished injury
>> and worse on the Russians.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2010, at 10:36 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Dr_+Ted+Grant/?g2_statusId=xaba314e9&g2_navId=xe1a8e792
>>>
>>> Hi Crew,
>>> Some new old stuff all fim scanned... KODACHROMES... ASA 640 PUSHED
>>> EKTACHROMES have alook and hopefully once again I trust i've done this
>>> right.
>>> thank you
>>>
>>> C&C most welcome I can handle it .... You wont hear my crying! ;-)
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Dr. ted ?:-)
>>>
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