. - 02/20/02 09:25 PM
Re: REPRISE: Olympic Handsakes, Vegemite & Maple Syrup - 02/20/02 09:35 PM
Oh, no
! you and I were posting at the same time, Max!
Subject Re: Vegemite
Posted by consuelo (addict)
Posted on Wed Feb 20 16:30:28 2002
Well, let's see. I have a waffle iron I can bring as well. Strawberries will be in season[yumm-e]. Ginnette, I bought some [red/brown] raspberry chocolate [/red/brown] today to share with y'all if I don't eat it all myself. If the Kiwis are taking requests, I desperately need a jar of Gran's Remedy[holding my nose-e] I'll be watching and cheering the US'n girls, you betcha!
Subject Re: Vegemite - NO MORE
Posted by Max Quordlepleen (Carpal Tunnel)
Posted on Wed Feb 20 16:32:43 2002
If the Kiwis are taking requests, I desperately need a jar of Gran's Remedy[holding my nose-e]
I'll be watching and cheering the US'n girls, you betcha
I don't knowe about taking requests, but this Kiwi is making one - please switch to the REPRISE thread. THis one is getting too long.
http://maxqnz.com/Hints.html
! you and I were posting at the same time, Max!Subject Re: Vegemite
Posted by consuelo (addict)
Posted on Wed Feb 20 16:30:28 2002
Well, let's see. I have a waffle iron I can bring as well. Strawberries will be in season[yumm-e]. Ginnette, I bought some [red/brown] raspberry chocolate [/red/brown] today to share with y'all if I don't eat it all myself. If the Kiwis are taking requests, I desperately need a jar of Gran's Remedy[holding my nose-e] I'll be watching and cheering the US'n girls, you betcha!
Subject Re: Vegemite - NO MORE
Posted by Max Quordlepleen (Carpal Tunnel)
Posted on Wed Feb 20 16:32:43 2002
If the Kiwis are taking requests, I desperately need a jar of Gran's Remedy[holding my nose-e]
I'll be watching and cheering the US'n girls, you betchaI don't knowe about taking requests, but this Kiwi is making one - please switch to the REPRISE thread. THis one is getting too long.
http://maxqnz.com/Hints.html
Re: REPRISE: Olympic Handsakes, Vegemite & Maple Syrup - 02/20/02 09:36 PM
Damn, I just did all this over there on that other thread at the same time you were reinventing this one...
You do realise how rare it is is for NZers to revere an Australian product,
Noted! And appreciated!
as opposed to one that they merely claim to have invented?
Oh yeah, which one you talkin' 'bout now? Pavlova? Lamingtons? Crowded House? Sheesh!
Joh Bjelke-Petersen? ... oh, on second thoughts - you can have him 
Maxina Wyrdlepleen stirring again
And I bite back ... Ya got me!
Hev
You do realise how rare it is is for NZers to revere an Australian product,
Noted! And appreciated!
as opposed to one that they merely claim to have invented?
Oh yeah, which one you talkin' 'bout now? Pavlova? Lamingtons? Crowded House? Sheesh!
Joh Bjelke-Petersen? ... oh, on second thoughts - you can have him Maxina Wyrdlepleen stirring again
And I bite back ...
Ya got me!Hev
. - 02/20/02 09:41 PM
Re: REPRISE: Olympic Handsakes, Vegemite & Maple Syrup - 02/20/02 10:06 PM
I'll give you lamingtons, but unless Te Awamutu has suddenly crossed the Tasman, you ain't getting Crowded House. Don't dream, it's over.
On the contrary, Don't dream it's over... In the World Where You Live, Melbourne hasn't moved across the Tasman...
Crowded House was formed in Melbourne, Australia, in late 1984,
Courtesy:http://www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house/ch-band-bio.html
Now we're getting somewhere...
Hev
On the contrary, Don't dream it's over... In the World Where You Live, Melbourne hasn't moved across the Tasman...
Crowded House was formed in Melbourne, Australia, in late 1984,
Courtesy:http://www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house/ch-band-bio.html
Now we're getting somewhere...
Hev
. - 02/20/02 10:45 PM
Re: Origins ... - 02/20/02 11:13 PM
Have Crowded House, sans Neil Finn. In the meantime, can I have another piece of chocolate cake?
"I feel possessed!" She goes on. "It's only natural.. but, Please don't be Mean to Me."
And were we debating the origins of Crowded House? Or Neil Finn?
Sister madly,
Hev
"I feel possessed!" She goes on. "It's only natural.. but, Please don't be Mean to Me."
And were we debating the origins of Crowded House? Or Neil Finn? Sister madly,
Hev
. - 02/20/02 11:35 PM
Re: Origins ... - 02/20/02 11:52 PM
The chain thus goes like this. NZ>Neil Finn>Crowded House. That's so simple even an Aussie should be able to get it.
And following on from that logic, there's no way you can deny ownership of Sir Joh. NZ>Joh Bjelke-Petersen> the ruin of Queensland Don't you worry about that... Aaah, finally I understand!! Thanks for the heads up, Max! Have so enjoyed this...
Hev
And following on from that logic, there's no way you can deny ownership of Sir Joh. NZ>Joh Bjelke-Petersen> the ruin of Queensland Don't you worry about that...
Aaah, finally I understand!! Thanks for the heads up, Max! Have so enjoyed this...Hev
. - 02/21/02 12:03 AM
Re: Jim Shea Wins 3rd generation Olympic Gold! - 02/21/02 02:27 AM
The USA's Jim Shea just won Gold in the skeleton making it the third generation of Olympic champion athletes in his family! His 91 year old Grandfather was supposed to join him and his Dad at the Opening Ceremonies but was killed in an accident by a drunk driver 2 weeks before the Games. Shea had a picture of [his Grandfather] in his helmet on the sled...said 'it was the fastest his Grandfather ever went...he was with me going down that hill!'
Ohno!!!! - 02/21/02 02:42 AM
At least he remained standing for this silver. Good job, Apolo!
edit Ohno again! I was at my puter and didn't catch why Ohno was given gold. Hmmmm.
edit Ohno again! I was at my puter and didn't catch why Ohno was given gold. Hmmmm.
. - 02/21/02 02:44 AM
Re: Jim Shea Wins 3rd generation Olympic Gold! - 02/21/02 02:55 AM
...Jim Shea just won Gold in the skeleton making...
Oh my! Didn't know that was an Olympic sport these days... Congratulations, none-the-less!
Hev
Oh my! Didn't know that was an Olympic sport these days...
Congratulations, none-the-less!Hev
Re: Jim Shea Wins 3rd generation Olympic Gold! - 02/21/02 03:20 AM
Imagine the pressure on the 4th generation of Sheas. Lot of very careful parenting required methinks.
stales
stales
Re: Ohno!!!! - 02/21/02 03:23 AM
The skater who actually came in first was disqualified for blocking Apolo.
Re: Ohno!!!! - 02/21/02 03:40 AM
>disqualified for blocking
blocking is legal; he was disqualified for "cross-tracking", which is evidently crossing some virtual line to block.
blocking is legal; he was disqualified for "cross-tracking", which is evidently crossing some virtual line to block.
Re: Jim Shea Wins 3rd generation Olympic Gold! - 02/21/02 03:43 AM
Shea wore his Grandfather's 1921 Olympic Gold Medal on the podium for the award ceremony...great, but tough, moment.
Re: Origins ... - 02/21/02 12:35 PM
Max,
Good try, but you missed some causal logic out which would probably make it clearer to our benighted cross-Tasman brethren and sistren:
Te Awamutu>SPLIT ENZ>Australia>CROWDED HOUSE
HTH
Midland Kiwi
Good try, but you missed some causal logic out which would probably make it clearer to our benighted cross-Tasman brethren and sistren:
Te Awamutu>SPLIT ENZ>Australia>CROWDED HOUSE
HTH
Midland Kiwi
. - 02/21/02 08:42 PM
Re: REPRISE: Olympic Handsakes - 02/21/02 09:00 PM
>It seems like Dave Barry shares tsuwm's view of the "resolution" of the figure-skating debacle.
actually®. he, as well as y'all, missed the salient point of my point; i.e. and to wit: what was the final result if you throw out the (allegedly) corrupted vote? not even Dick Buttons has dared to address this icy issue.
actually®. he, as well as y'all, missed the salient point of my point; i.e. and to wit: what was the final result if you throw out the (allegedly) corrupted vote? not even Dick Buttons has dared to address this icy issue.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 12:31 AM
Good luck bel and Bean! May the best team win!
At the end of the second period, Team Canada leads 3-1.
Team Canada scored their 3rd goal with 1 second left in the 2nd period!
GREAT GAME! CONGRATULATIONS CANADA! FIRST-EVER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GOLD!!!
At the end of the second period, Team Canada leads 3-1.
Team Canada scored their 3rd goal with 1 second left in the 2nd period!
GREAT GAME! CONGRATULATIONS CANADA! FIRST-EVER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GOLD!!!
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 01:49 AM
CANADA WON. CANADA WON. CANADA WON.
Oh, I am so proud. It lifts your heart to see your flag flying and the players singing the anthem. Oh, oh, and it's our first gold ever.
It was a great game. I was whooping and cheering all the way through. Like I'm EVER going to get to sleep now.
Hugs all around!!
Oh, I am so proud. It lifts your heart to see your flag flying and the players singing the anthem. Oh, oh, and it's our first gold ever.
It was a great game. I was whooping and cheering all the way through. Like I'm EVER going to get to sleep now.
Hugs all around!!
Re: More Gold! - 02/22/02 01:55 AM
I believe the Brits thanks primarily to a bunch of Scots won their first gold medal today in - of all things - Curling. What is Curling anyway? Sounds like a sport for hairdressers...
Regardless of my knowledge (or lack thereof) about the sport, CONGRAT ULATI ONS! to all residents of the old Dart!
Hev
Regardless of my knowledge (or lack thereof) about the sport, CONGRAT ULATI ONS! to all residents of the old Dart!
Hev
Re: More Gold! - 02/22/02 02:03 AM
No, it is quite an interesting sport Hev. A bit like pool but on ice with big ole stones. It looks banal but it takes a lot of strategy to play.
Yup, the Brits won it and on the LAST stone. Extremely tight game. They should be proud. Congrats to our British friends.
Yup, the Brits won it and on the LAST stone. Extremely tight game. They should be proud. Congrats to our British friends.
. - 02/22/02 02:14 AM
. - 02/22/02 02:16 AM
Re: olympic headshakes - 02/22/02 02:25 AM
I hear now that the Russians are threatening to withdraw their team because they have been humiliated in the skating competition by the judging and the behind-the-scenes politics. :-|
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 12:19 PM
What a game, eh? My husband, who didn't even really like hockey when I met him (blasphemy!), has been watching the Olympic hockey games with me and enjoying it. We both yelled so loud at the end of the game that the cat streaked out of the living room in terror. (Clearly this beast has no appreciation of a good hockey game!) Yay Canada!!!!!!! And let's not forget, congratulations to the silver and bronze medalists, US and Sweden!
Yay Canada!!!!!!! And let's not forget, congratulations to the silver and bronze medalists, US and Sweden!
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 02:38 PM
And could you believe the 13 penalties, Bean? Eight in one row, too. I though I would just about faint when the dang wistle would blow.
I am tremendously impressed with our ladies. They didn't flinch, didn't throw a tantrum or show any sign of agression whenever the tweeting whistle would blow. They just shrugged their shoulders and moved on to the penalty box. I am a little surprised that they had an U.S. referee in a Canada/U.S. game though. The ladies earned their gold.
I'm such a sap though. All the while I was so proud and happy for our ladies, I felt sorry for the U.S. ladies. They were crying and it was sad. I hope they feel better today. I know silver is not what you go out to get, but it is a proud thing nonetheless.
I am tremendously impressed with our ladies. They didn't flinch, didn't throw a tantrum or show any sign of agression whenever the tweeting whistle would blow. They just shrugged their shoulders and moved on to the penalty box. I am a little surprised that they had an U.S. referee in a Canada/U.S. game though. The ladies earned their gold.
I'm such a sap though. All the while I was so proud and happy for our ladies, I felt sorry for the U.S. ladies. They were crying and it was sad. I hope they feel better today. I know silver is not what you go out to get, but it is a proud thing nonetheless.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 03:27 PM
And a big USn congrats to the Canadiennes.
I find watching hockey on TV to be an exercise in futility; buncha people skating around to no apparent purpose then suddenly half of them raise their cudgels in the air with looks of glee. They should maybe make the puck bright flashing pink so that it can be seen.
I find watching hockey on TV to be an exercise in futility; buncha people skating around to no apparent purpose then suddenly half of them raise their cudgels in the air with looks of glee. They should maybe make the puck bright flashing pink so that it can be seen.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 03:45 PM
They should maybe make the puck bright flashing pink so that it can be seen.
Fox (or some network) tried an experiment where using a special puck and sensors around the arena, on your TV screen the puck was surrounded by a blue glow. It even let you see where the puck was along the near-side boards (usually impossible due to the camera angle). I thought it was a great innovation, but the whinging of purists combined with the $400/puck price tag brought about its quick demise.
Fox (or some network) tried an experiment where using a special puck and sensors around the arena, on your TV screen the puck was surrounded by a blue glow. It even let you see where the puck was along the near-side boards (usually impossible due to the camera angle). I thought it was a great innovation, but the whinging of purists combined with the $400/puck price tag brought about its quick demise.
Pink hockey puck - 02/22/02 03:50 PM
make the puck bright flashing pink so that it can be seen
I don't watch too much hockey, but didn't they actually do something just like that for a while? Using the technology more commonly seen in football games with the yellow first-down line? For some reason it didn't go over.
Edit: five minutes late (and $400 short), I see. FL's post wasn't there when I looked two minutes earlier! :-)
...Oh well. Let it stand.
I don't watch too much hockey, but didn't they actually do something just like that for a while? Using the technology more commonly seen in football games with the yellow first-down line? For some reason it didn't go over.
Edit: five minutes late (and $400 short), I see. FL's post wasn't there when I looked two minutes earlier! :-)
...Oh well. Let it stand.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 03:53 PM
Needless to say, Canadians had a field day with that one. We are privately quite proud of our ability to watch a hockey game and follow the motion of the puck unassisted, thank you very much!
When you watch a lot of hockey, you know where to watch for the puck. The cameramen have to be especially good. It was pretty noticeable during one point in the game on TV yesterday - one girl blasted a pass in one direction, my head turned that way, the camera went that way - then we realized that by some quirk of physics the puck had bounced the other way, and the view whipped back across the ice. The camera almost never loses sight of the puck to that extent. I nearly got whiplash following the view to the other end of the ice!
When you watch a lot of hockey, you know where to watch for the puck. The cameramen have to be especially good. It was pretty noticeable during one point in the game on TV yesterday - one girl blasted a pass in one direction, my head turned that way, the camera went that way - then we realized that by some quirk of physics the puck had bounced the other way, and the view whipped back across the ice. The camera almost never loses sight of the puck to that extent. I nearly got whiplash following the view to the other end of the ice!
scots rock - 02/22/02 05:04 PM
congrats to the UK curlers..........all scottish of course and yes all the stones weigh 42lbs each, and the British team skipper is estimated to have pushed 5 tons of rock over 50 miles during the course of 13 matches, and yes the stones all come from the Ailsa Craig quarry in Scotland where the game began.
the Duncster
the Duncster
Re: Customs? - 02/22/02 06:15 PM
Angel:
I dunno how she can say no Bel! I have two waffle irons I could bring with me to make the task easier.
I can just see me explaining to customs, "yes sir, they are waffle irons. What are they for? Well, um, they are, um, for making waffles?" She said wafflingly!
Oh no! Why didn't Faldage tell me this? I know Michigan is a long way away from upstart [sic] NY, but.
I dunno how she can say no Bel! I have two waffle irons I could bring with me to make the task easier.
I can just see me explaining to customs, "yes sir, they are waffle irons. What are they for? Well, um, they are, um, for making waffles?" She said wafflingly!
Oh no! Why didn't Faldage tell me this? I know Michigan is a long way away from upstart [sic] NY, but.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 06:24 PM
OOOO Faldage, put 'em up, put 'em up. You are in trouble now...
make the puck bright flashing pink so that it can be seen
Heaven forfend! I'm with Bean on this one. It was terribly distracting to have that blue line trailing after the puck like a comet tail all over the ice.
Just a little perspective here...It is a BLACK puck on a WHITE surface.
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 07:19 PM
a BLACK puck on a WHITE surface
Moving very fast and looking very small. I can see that if you understand what the skaters are doing that it probably looks a little less like willy nilly skating about, but it's no way to be introduced to the sport. I don't even like watching *baseball on TV. I want to make up my own mind about where to look.
Moving very fast and looking very small. I can see that if you understand what the skaters are doing that it probably looks a little less like willy nilly skating about, but it's no way to be introduced to the sport. I don't even like watching *baseball on TV. I want to make up my own mind about where to look.
Puck, schmuck - 02/22/02 07:25 PM
OOOO Faldage, put 'em up, put 'em up. You are in trouble now...
He's in trouble from all quarters now... [checking passport]
He's in trouble from all quarters now... [checking passport]
Scouts rock! - 02/22/02 08:00 PM
JazzO and I will agree with you on this one!
[Oh, that's Scots rock...]
... as long as I'm on a roll...
The Simpson family are driving through Capitol City where "Dancing Homer" is gonna work the 5th inning (the Beer inning) as their apprentice mascot... as they pass a trio of guys dressed in black Hebrew garb Bart yells out "Look! There's ZZ Top"... "YOU GUYS ROCK". One looks back and says, "EH... maybe a liddle".
[Oh, that's Scots rock...]
... as long as I'm on a roll...
The Simpson family are driving through Capitol City where "Dancing Homer" is gonna work the 5th inning (the Beer inning) as their apprentice mascot... as they pass a trio of guys dressed in black Hebrew garb Bart yells out "Look! There's ZZ Top"... "YOU GUYS ROCK". One looks back and says, "EH... maybe a liddle".
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/22/02 08:24 PM
AU CANADA!!
Hey Max! I did that earlier but I don't know how to use that c in a circle thingie ... oh, well, happy to share with you and that at least you "got it."
Hey Max! I did that earlier but I don't know how to use that c in a circle thingie ... oh, well, happy to share with you and that at least you "got it."
. - 02/22/02 10:13 PM
Re: Our New Favourite Sport - 02/22/02 10:28 PM
>congrats to the UK curlers
So exciting, as Bel says, right to the last thingy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/curling/newsid_1835000/1835582.stm. We are all now such experts and can discuss all the finer points of the sport - "steals", "those big round heavy thingamies", "those nifty little brushes" - yes, our first gold since Torvil and Dean's "Bolero" - does anyone other than the British remember them?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1551000/1551196.stm
I stayed awake for the 11.30pm final stone but chickened out of the 3am medal ceremony. Congratulations to Canada for bringing home a bronze after a close semi-final and sorry to Switzerland who were so close to gold in the final.
With our other medal (bronze) in the skeleton (or other new favourite sport)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/
luge_and_skeleton/newsid_1835000/1835111.stm(delete the return in the middle which I added to stop it going wide)we get our biggest haul of medals since the 1930s (sad isn't it? - I hadn't realised that our sights were set so low, we'd better get better at influencing the judges!!)http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/features/newsid_1833000/1833017.stm
So exciting, as Bel says, right to the last thingy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/curling/newsid_1835000/1835582.stm. We are all now such experts and can discuss all the finer points of the sport - "steals", "those big round heavy thingamies", "those nifty little brushes" - yes, our first gold since Torvil and Dean's "Bolero" - does anyone other than the British remember them?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1551000/1551196.stm
I stayed awake for the 11.30pm final stone but chickened out of the 3am medal ceremony. Congratulations to Canada for bringing home a bronze after a close semi-final and sorry to Switzerland who were so close to gold in the final.
With our other medal (bronze) in the skeleton (or other new favourite sport)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/
luge_and_skeleton/newsid_1835000/1835111.stm(delete the return in the middle which I added to stop it going wide)we get our biggest haul of medals since the 1930s (sad isn't it? - I hadn't realised that our sights were set so low, we'd better get better at influencing the judges!!)http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/features/newsid_1833000/1833017.stm
Re: Customs? - 02/22/02 11:00 PM
I know Michigan is a long way away from upstart [sic] NY, but.
Quickest, and shortest way from Buffalo to Lansing is straight across Ontario, Canada! So I get to cross into and out of Canada on my way there and back. Get to go through customs a grand total of four times! Don't know how it will be for you two, if you will take the southern route round Lake Erie, but for me, it's through the home of the Gold Medal Canadians!
Quickest, and shortest way from Buffalo to Lansing is straight across Ontario, Canada! So I get to cross into and out of Canada on my way there and back. Get to go through customs a grand total of four times! Don't know how it will be for you two, if you will take the southern route round Lake Erie, but for me, it's through the home of the Gold Medal Canadians!
Re: Team USA/Team CANADA Gold Medal Game!!!(again) - 02/23/02 01:14 AM
Hi bel! Hi Bean! We'll see ya on the ice on Sunday! 2:30 sharp!
(Bring your hankies, you'll need 'em! Once is enough!...Mario Lemieux who?)
Good Luck! Enjoy! May the best team win!
I'm just sorry that you have to lose this one!
(Bring your hankies, you'll need 'em! Once is enough!...Mario Lemieux who?
)Good Luck! Enjoy! May the best team win!
I'm just sorry that you have to lose this one!
Re: Team Canada/Team USA Women's Hockey (now) - 02/23/02 01:52 AM
Max: in accord with the Shar'ia I have cut my own hand off.
Don't do it, Max; we need you to type! If you cut off your hand as punishment, it would be a clear case of your plagairism victimizing your public!
Don't do it, Max; we need you to type! If you cut off your hand as punishment, it would be a clear case of your plagairism victimizing your public!
Re: Our New Favourite Sport - 02/23/02 03:36 AM
Jo, curling may be a lot of things, but exciting? The New Zealanders were going to send a team, but when they went to practice on the Ida Dam they lost their stones in the water. They'd got the curling and the whisky-drinking in the wrong order and forgot the ice bit.
As for the skeleton bobsleigh, I'm finally coming around to the notion that Richard Dworkin's selfish gene theory may hold some water, but doesn't go far enough. I prefer the stupid gene theory, meownself. Sliding down a hill on half a tea tray at 100kmh ... yeah, right!
As for the skeleton bobsleigh, I'm finally coming around to the notion that Richard Dworkin's selfish gene theory may hold some water, but doesn't go far enough. I prefer the stupid gene theory, meownself. Sliding down a hill on half a tea tray at 100kmh ... yeah, right!
Re: Team USA/Team CANADA Gold Medal Game!!!(again) - 02/23/02 03:51 AM
Oooooo, W'ON that sounds like a challenge to me. You better be careful, you're talking to two women who know what an off-side is.
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Oh, I forgot to answer you before about my use of goaler instead of goalie. You caught me in an anglicism - an incorrect turn of phrase appropriating words belonging to the English language.
Before the "Office of the French language" came marching into power, English words were often used to describe items...tire (instead of pneu), muffler (silencieux), puck (rondelle), goal (but).
In French, to describe the person who is doing an action, the suffix "eur" is added - thus goaleur came into existence and subsequently slangily said as goaler. We should actually use gardien de but, however it is sometimes hard to break bad habits. Shhhhh - the Office would be seriously ticked off if they knew
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Oh, I forgot to answer you before about my use of goaler instead of goalie. You caught me in an anglicism - an incorrect turn of phrase appropriating words belonging to the English language.
Before the "Office of the French language" came marching into power, English words were often used to describe items...tire (instead of pneu), muffler (silencieux), puck (rondelle), goal (but).
In French, to describe the person who is doing an action, the suffix "eur" is added - thus goaleur came into existence and subsequently slangily said as goaler. We should actually use gardien de but, however it is sometimes hard to break bad habits. Shhhhh - the Office would be seriously ticked off if they knew
Re: Team USA/Team CANADA Gold Medal Game!!!(again) - 02/23/02 04:32 AM
Shhhhh - the Office would be seriously ticked off if they knew
(pianisimo) ssshhhh ... watch out for the Word Perlice -- they're everywhere. [looking nervously over shoulder -e]
(pianisimo) ssshhhh ... watch out for the Word Perlice -- they're everywhere. [looking nervously over shoulder -e]
Re: Hand off - 02/23/02 12:39 PM
Max, darling man! No No No ... stop at once ...
but if you've already done it,
call on me anytime to lend you a hand.
but if you've already done it,
call on me anytime to lend you a hand.
Re: Our New Favourite Sport - 02/23/02 05:56 PM
>Jo, curling may be a lot of things, but exciting?
Well it is quite simple - check out the medals table - any of the sports which gave us a gold medal are exciting all those which did not are less exciting - how many gold medals did New Zealand collect so far? Fully agree on the tea-tray - weird sport!
Anyway, honest it may have been the late-night-jet-lagged-alcohol-inspired-stupor but it was exciting!
You know we've just gone round inventing all these sports and international competitions over the years so that other countries can beat us. At least we managed to win once at one of the sports we invented (one day we'll win Wimbledon or the Rugby World Cup or The British Open ...drifts off muttering) - I'm going to make the most of it before we get thrashed in the Commonweath Games in Manchester in a couple of months, then we'll be back to watching the Kenyans zip past us as usual.
PS I'm gobsmacked! Won't trouble y'all with another post but I've just seen that Alain Baxter won our first ever medal in an alpine skiing event - the bronze in the slalom - now ... weren't we supposed to have invented the sport of downhill skiing .. or was it just the package ski holiday ... whatever - it is quite amazing ...
http://www.olympics.com/x/f/frame.htm?u=http%3A//www.olympics.com/ats/as/as_history_origin.html&s=sloc
Well it is quite simple - check out the medals table - any of the sports which gave us a gold medal are exciting all those which did not are less exciting - how many gold medals did New Zealand collect so far
? Fully agree on the tea-tray - weird sport!Anyway, honest it may have been the late-night-jet-lagged-alcohol-inspired-stupor but it was exciting!
You know we've just gone round inventing all these sports and international competitions over the years so that other countries can beat us. At least we managed to win once at one of the sports we invented (one day we'll win Wimbledon or the Rugby World Cup or The British Open ...drifts off muttering) - I'm going to make the most of it before we get thrashed in the Commonweath Games in Manchester in a couple of months, then we'll be back to watching the Kenyans zip past us as usual.
PS I'm gobsmacked! Won't trouble y'all with another post but I've just seen that Alain Baxter won our first ever medal in an alpine skiing event - the bronze in the slalom - now ... weren't we supposed to have invented the sport of downhill skiing .. or was it just the package ski holiday ... whatever - it is quite amazing ...
http://www.olympics.com/x/f/frame.htm?u=http%3A//www.olympics.com/ats/as/as_history_origin.html&s=sloc
Another New Favourite Sport for Scotland - 02/24/02 01:32 AM
Congratulations on Baxter's winning bronze in men's skiing! That was a shocker, I'm betting
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Re: Ohno!!!! - 02/24/02 01:43 AM
Oh no! Ohno disqualified and the Korean champ did not advance in the 500, either.
Ohno disqualified and the Korean champ did not advance in the 500, either.
Re: Team USA/Team CANADA Gold Medal Game!!!(again) - 02/24/02 02:05 AM
Hi bel! Hi Bean! We'll see ya on the ice on Sunday! 2:30 sharp!
W'ON, I don't know what time zone you're in, b'y, but that would be 4:30 sharp in Newfoundland, or 1:00 sharp in Salt Lake City. But I don't think there's ANY time zone where the game starts at 2:30!
Good luck b'ys! To both teams!
W'ON, I don't know what time zone you're in, b'y, but that would be 4:30 sharp in Newfoundland, or 1:00 sharp in Salt Lake City. But I don't think there's ANY time zone where the game starts at 2:30!
Good luck b'ys! To both teams!
Re: Our New Favourite Sport - 02/24/02 05:07 AM
how many gold medals did New Zealand collect so far ?
New Zealand just doesn't have the people participating to be able to foot it with anyone in winter sports. I think our best chance was at the last Winter Olympics when Annaliese Coburger got into one of the downhill skiing finals.
My memories of curling on the Naseby and Ida Dams are from a long, long time ago, and it allus seemed to be very old men wearing tam o'shanters (sp?), woollen trousers and hob-nailed boots staggering and slithering around the ice after the stones with whisky bottle in one hand, broom in the other, completely bladdered.
Personally, I've reduced that to its lowest common denominator. I just get bladdered, and that's a sport for all year round.
New Zealand just doesn't have the people participating to be able to foot it with anyone in winter sports. I think our best chance was at the last Winter Olympics when Annaliese Coburger got into one of the downhill skiing finals.
My memories of curling on the Naseby and Ida Dams are from a long, long time ago, and it allus seemed to be very old men wearing tam o'shanters (sp?), woollen trousers and hob-nailed boots staggering and slithering around the ice after the stones with whisky bottle in one hand, broom in the other, completely bladdered.
Personally, I've reduced that to its lowest common denominator. I just get bladdered, and that's a sport for all year round.
My New Favourite Sport(ing Identity) - 02/24/02 10:09 AM
Well, in addition to Saints-In-Waiting Steven Bradbury and Alisa Camplin (to strains of the Olynpic Fanfare), my nextest favourite is the US gal that won the skeleton.
She appeared as a special guest on The Ice Dream which, as Hev has mentioned, is a huge rating show here.
I'm entranced - great sense of (impish) humour, a ready smile and, above all, not on "the star trip".
stales
She appeared as a special guest on The Ice Dream which, as Hev has mentioned, is a huge rating show here.
I'm entranced - great sense of (impish) humour, a ready smile and, above all, not on "the star trip".
stales
Re: Our Favourite Sport - 02/24/02 01:46 PM
>that's a sport for all year round.
Yes, we really must get together sometime!
BFN
Jo
PS PS's are good - It saves on my posting score - I really am trying hard not to be a Pooh Bah! I'd rather be a Yum Yum!
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Yes, we really must get together sometime!
BFN
Jo
PS PS's are good - It saves on my posting score - I really am trying hard not to be a Pooh Bah! I'd rather be a Yum Yum!
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?sku=82330&dept%5Fid=2557&master%5Fmovie%5Fid=2557
Re: Our Favourite Sport - 02/24/02 03:49 PM
I really am trying hard not to be a Pooh Bah! I'd rather be a Yum Yum!
However many, Jo, you will always be be a Pritty Sing too.
However many, Jo, you will always be be a Pritty Sing too.
Re: Our Favourite Sport - 02/24/02 09:06 PM
Ohhh W'ON, (hee,hee,hee,hee) We WON!!!
Re: Congratulations Canada - 02/24/02 11:18 PM
>We WON!!!
May I be the first to congratulate you - well done!
May I be the first to congratulate you - well done!
. - 02/24/02 11:22 PM
Re: Our Favourite Sport - 02/25/02 12:56 AM
I *know* - 50 years, dang, I wasn't even born the last time a gold medal came home.
Re: Our Favourite Sport - 02/25/02 02:11 AM
bel, until you said that I hadn't fully realized how wow must have felt with the Superbowl. Felitcitations!
Re: REPRISE - skategate - 02/25/02 08:43 PM
I just picked this up from ESPN's Page 2, and I rescind my previous remarks - I didn't know there was an alternate judge!!
THUMBS UP ... for the controversy with the
French and Russian judges. Nothing beats a good
controversy with a happy ending, even if they
copped out by giving both the Canadian team and the
Russians gold medals. Why not remove the French
judge, institute the alternate judge's marks,
reconfigure the scoring and see who wins. Isn't that
why they have alternate judges? This really peeved
me for some reason.
THUMBS UP ... for the controversy with the
French and Russian judges. Nothing beats a good
controversy with a happy ending, even if they
copped out by giving both the Canadian team and the
Russians gold medals. Why not remove the French
judge, institute the alternate judge's marks,
reconfigure the scoring and see who wins. Isn't that
why they have alternate judges? This really peeved
me for some reason.