Re: Ry

On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> [Inferior sports removed]
>>>>>>>>>>> [I thought you loved soccer]
>>>>>>>>>> [Football!!1! I am. That's why that bit wasn't removed.]
>>>>>>>>> [Soccer!!!2!!!]
>>>>>>>> [FOOT BALL ! ! 3 ! !]
>>>>>>> [SOCCER !!4!! !!
>>>>>> [Football! FOOTBALL!! F O O T B A L L !!!!5!!!!]
>>>>> [Geez! Stop yelling at me! It's SOCCER !!!!6!!!!!6!!!!!]
>>>> [You just refuse to listen. It's called football !7!]
>>> [Not here it ain't!!!!!8!!]
>>> [https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-call-it-soccer-2014-6]
>> [Well it should be!!99!!. As for the article: "[...]that British
>> people stopped using around 40 years ago[...]" So there! ]
> [A small proportion of people compared to Americans!!!10!!!]
[Not if we only count the people who know what a football looks like.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have a national soccer team that is at the women's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FIFA thing in Australia.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't use Reddit. Also I understand it is on a trajectory
>>>>>>>>>>>> similar to twitter^W 'X' lately.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also from earlier experience with less authorised streams of
>>>>>>>>>>>> cycling, it's a struggle I'm not up to at that time of
>>>>>>>>>>>> day... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>
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BeH

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