Re: Ry

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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.
> 

People always post links to feeds in Reddit.
The games are early here. I think the final round robin one is at 5 am.
I'm up, but a lot of people aren't.