Re: Ry

On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy birthday to you, wherever you are...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last time I knew, he was in Arizona.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think his wife is in our FB group.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, that's nice...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is that a sarcastic nice?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More of a disengaging 'nice' given the mention of that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> site... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I feel that way when someone mentions soccer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because you know by now that it's called football, right?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Football is an entirely different boring sport.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think you are misnaming the american 'sport' handegg.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Go to the US and say that.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nah, my travelling days are mostly behind me now. Also some
>>>>>>>>>> may take umbrage - we don't want that.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> They can have my umbrage, I don't need it right now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You say that now, but what if someone suddenly said that your
>>>>>>>> local sports team was bad or something?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I agree with that. They suck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, that would follow inevitably from doing a silly sport like
>>>>>> hockey... 
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We have 2 levels of hockey, a CFL football team, a basesball team
>>>>> and a soccer team affiliated with Atlético de Madrid.
>>>>
>>>> And that ALL suck?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The junior hockey team is good.
>>
>> You are also (maybe) getting a pro women's football team in (maybe)
>> 2025... 
> 
> Really?
> They had an international women's basketball tournament recently in 
> Toronto. I think they might be starting a league.
>>
>> There are quite a few Canadian women playing in top leagues in England
>> and France. I doubt a (maybe) national league (in 2025) will be able
>> to afford those, though.
>>
> 
> We have a national soccer team that is at the women's FIFA thing in 
> Australia.

Which is some accomplishment, I guess, with no non-college league of
your own, and a lot of players going to US colleges or to pro clubs.

Our national team is there too - won their first game against China.
For utterly nefarious reasons (CAPITALISM!) I can't see the games
because some foreign satellite station won the broadcast rights.

-- 
BeH

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