Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, I never knew this, thanks for the background info. I have sent it on to my son to disseminate it amongst the Ultimate Frisbee players here. The cyclone is a thousand kilometres away, and we are having clear skies, and atrociously hot and humid weather today... Thanks, too, for taking time to look at the photographs. Cheers Jayanand C On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:01 AM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > We just returned from the Holy Land of Frisbee players, New Haven, > Connecticut. It is well known around here, but I suppose not so well known > elsewhere, that Frisbee originated when some Yale students started throwing > pie pans around after eating the pies. The pies came from the Frisbee > Baking > Company and were stamped with the pie company name on the bottom. Naturally > the sport came to be known as Frisbee. It increased so much in popularity > that the students couldn't eat enough pies to satisfy the demand for discs. > Some toymakers got into the act and produced plastic Frisbees and the rest > is history. Now there is traditional Frisbee, dog Frisbee, Frisbee golf, > and, of course Ultimate Frisbee. > > Ultimate Frisbee is modeled after soccer. Our trip to New Haven was not to > watch Frisbee at all but to see our grandchildren in a soccer tournament. > Both grand son and grand daughter scored goals. We were proud, just as the > Frisbee pie company must be proud of all the games bearing it's name. > > Great Frisbee pictures by the way. > > Jayanand, while Cyclone Phailin is hitting India's east coast well north of > you, I'm sure you are getting drenched by the rain and feeling the wind. > Try > to stay dry. These things have a way of turning unpredictably. We are still > digging out from Hurricane Sandy after one year. > > Larry Z > - - - - > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Subject: [Leica] Chennai Heat 2013 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM > <psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > Message-ID: > <CAH1UNJ3hZPcmRc8JYPPtd6ZZREqvmHwOQoEpKDpNPsJ472k+xg at > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The final bunch of photographs from the Ultimate Frisbee competition - > a few action shots, more of people, both in the day and at ISO 25,600 > at night: > > Action > > Collision: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-564.jpg.html > > Defense: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-596.jpg.html > > Release: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-571.jpg.html > > Frustration: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-062.jpg.html > > People > > Laughing Senorita: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-707.jpg.html > > Youngest Spectator: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-683.jpg.html > (also a self portrait (-: ) > > Earring: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-215.jpg.html > > Manu: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-726.jpg.html > > Warming Up: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-657.jpg.html > > Nap: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-021.jpg.html > > Teenagers: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-022.jpg.html > > Concentration: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-268.jpg.html > > Shadow Side at Night: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-334.jpg.html > > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information