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Subject: [Leica] Leicas with Swastikas now.... NOW A SUGGESTION -- CANADA DAY!
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:57:36 +0200
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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

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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.:
>>
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
>
>   *            Henning J. Wulff
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