[SOC] West of the Pond

Tue Apr 27 18:41:00 2004

Rugby, now there is a civilized sport!

I have seen cricket played but have no idea why.  The folks do seem good 
with a 'bat' though.  Never did determine why the pitcher never bent his 
elbow.  Must be some sort of law against it.  How does he ever throw a 
curve, a slider, or split finger fast ball?  A home run seems awfully easy 
with only the two bases.  No difference between a double and a homer then 
I guess ;)
    Kevin.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:03:31 +0100, Paul Bartlett 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> If you ask very nicely, Liz might let you back into the Empire.
>
> You'll have to learn to play Rugby without body armour (we don't do 
> forward
> passes) and learn the rules of Cricket though.
>
> Paul :-)
>
> p.s. There are ten ways of being 'out' in Cricket. Anybody in the States
> care to name them? ;-)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Rock" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:45 PM
> Subject: [SOC] West of the Pond
>
>
>> Why did you folks abandon us on this side of the Atlantic?  We would 
>> have
>> been better served if you were still here!
>>     Kevin.   KD5ONS
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:33:10 +0100, Chris Redding
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Agreed.  The rights and wrongs of invading in the first place will be
>> > debated for a long time by minds far finer than mine, and I will offer
> no
>> > opinion here.
>> >
>> > Being realistic, I think that it would be very optimistic to believe
>> > that we
>> > are going to create an Arab 'Camelot'.
>> >
>> > But, It would be an act of sheer cowardice to just pack up and leave
> now,
>> > and let the place, and its people, fall into hell.
>> >
>> > We Brits have made this mistake before - in Palestine/Israel among 
>> other
>> > places - to the long-term detriment of the world in general, and
>> > Manhattan
>> > in particular.
>> >
>> > Chris G4PDJ
>> > Der Twaddlemeister
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