Crikey, that's going back some. Don't think I ever did go in the
Tavern, as it closed a few years ago. I was a Bid'ford boy, and we
din't visit Barum unless it was a speicial occasion. I'll ask me da.
Roger
On 3/5/07, Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ever go in the Taw Vale Tavern in Barnstaple Roger, down by the river along from the station?
> Used to play push-penny there a long time ago.
>
> Roger
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document for Poetryetc: Please Comment (was Re: Baseball and
> Policy Document for Poetryetc: Please Comment)
>
>
> >I see the rowers every day down the river. Lately, the 8s have taken
> > to wearing springs of green on their shoulders, the cox a hat of green
> > sprigs. I've never seen this before and I lived in a boating town -
> > each of the villages and towns along the Taw and the Torridge had at
> > least two boating clubs. None of them had degrees, though, so maybe we
> > do things differently there.
> >
> > Sculling, as I know it, is a single oarsmen with a single oar from
> > the rear-end of the boat - very fast and better than the much-vaunted
> > 8s.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 3/5/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Okay then, what's "sculling"? Sounds like a boating
> >> term.
> >>
> >> C
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > "The Bobby Orr of sculling" would be better.
> >> >
> >> > At 03:18 PM 3/5/2007, you wrote:
> >> > >Okay, I'll bite. Who is Bobby Orr?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >--- TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > "Nick and Jake" is a novel of the 50s, replete
> >> > with
> >> > > > obscure allusions that
> >> > > > no one will get. And the character in question
> >> > is a
> >> > > > Scandinavian, so he
> >> > > > compares himself to Stein Ericksen, who was a
> >> > great
> >> > > > Norwegian Alpine skiier
> >> > > > of that era.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Actually, I cannibalized this gag from an
> >> > earlier
> >> > > > unpublished novel, in
> >> > > > which the character wants to be known as the
> >> > Bobby
> >> > > > Orr of sex surgery.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:21 PM
> >> > > > Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document for
> >> > > > Poetryetc: Please Comment
> >> > > > (was Re: Baseball and Policy Document for
> >> > Poetryetc:
> >> > > > Please Comment)
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Is that a compliment? I'd vote for Cher (as a
> >> > > > patient,
> >> > > > > not a surgeon) if I had my druthers.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I hate to admit it, but I don't know who Stein
> >> > > > > Eriicksen is.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > As for home town celebrations, you should have
> >> > > > seen
> >> > > > > Littleton, NH, when Rich Gale came home after
> >> > that
> >> > > > > night club fire when he proved himself a hero.
> >> > (He
> >> > > > was
> >> > > > > a friend of my brother's.)
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > C
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > -- TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >> In "Nick and Jake," my novel currently making
> >> > the
> >> > > > >> rounds, I have a character
> >> > > > >> who is known as "the Stein Ericksen of sex
> >> > > > surgery."
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > >> From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > > > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > > > >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:45 AM
> >> > > > >> Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document
> >> > for
> >> > > > >> Poetryetc: Please Comment
> >> > > > >> (was Re: Baseball and Policy Document for
> >> > > > Poetryetc:
> >> > > > >> Please Comment)
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> >I used to be known as "the Wayne Gretsky of
> >> > > > >> > copyediting." Now my daughter goes to
> >> > games
> >> > > > here
> >> > > > >> in
> >> > > > >> > Pittsburgh exclusively for (the world's
> >> > best)
> >> > > > >> nachos
> >> > > > >> > and cotton candy--the generation gap....
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > Candice
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > --- Douglas Barbour
> >> > <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > > > >> wrote:
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >> Well, of course, Roger, here in the Great
> >> > > > White
> >> > > > >> >> North we love hockey
> >> > > > >> >> (indeed, with the departure of the hero of
> >> > > > 'our'
> >> > > > >> >> team this past week,
> >> > > > >> >> the papers were filled with that front
> >> > page
> >> > > > story
> >> > > > >> >> for days!
> >> > > > >> >> I was certainly in to it back in the days
> >> > of
> >> > > > >> >> Gretsky, et. al., but the
> >> > > > >> >> game itself is not so interesting now, for
> >> > one
> >> > > > >> who
> >> > > > >> >> like me likes the
> >> > > > >> >> speed rather than the beatings.... Indeed,
> >> > at
> >> > > > >> least
> >> > > > >> >> at the Olympic
> >> > > > >> >> level, women's hockey seems much the more
> >> > > > >> >> interesting game....
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> And I admit I dont play anything, although
> >> > I
> >> > > > bike
> >> > > > >> a
> >> > > > >> >> lot....
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> Doug
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> On 4-Mar-07, at 8:26 AM, Roger Day wrote:
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> > Baseball and NFL are like foreign
> >> > languages
> >> > > > to
> >> > > > >> me
> >> > > > >> >> ... now Ice Hockey,
> >> > > > >> >> > that's more like it. Such a simple,
> >> > violent
> >> > > > and
> >> > > > >> >> fast game. I used to
> >> > > > >> >> > follow this years ago when I was around
> >> > the
> >> > > > >> West
> >> > > > >> >> Coast of North
> >> > > > >> >> > America. I liked the Canadian teams -
> >> > the
> >> > > > >> >> Canadiens, the Mapleleafs,
> >> > > > >> >> > the Canucks, the Oilers. At the
> >> > Olympics, it
> >> > > > >> used
> >> > > > >> >> to be the Canadians
> >> > > > >> >> > or the Czechs. Any ice hockey poetry out
> >> > > > there?
> >> > > > >> >> >
> >> > > > >> >> > As for cricket umm. That too rates up
> >> > there
> >> > > > >> with
> >> > > > >> >> NFL for an
> >> > > > >> >> > incomprehensible dialect. Still Roy
> >> > Harper
> >> > > > has
> >> > > > >> >> produced a few good
> >> > > > >> >> > words, and the calypsos are always a lot
> >> > > > more
> >> > > > >> fun
> >> > > > >> >> than the English
> >> > > > >> >> > verses.
> >> > > > >> >> Douglas Barbour
> >> > > > >> >> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> >> > > > >> >> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
> >> > > > >> >> (780) 436 3320
> >> > > > >> >> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E
> >> > > > Murphy)
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > >
> >> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> There was no sign of survivors, and
> >> > > > >> >> the poetry reading went on.
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >> Tony Perniciaro
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> >
> >> >____________________________________________________________________________________
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> >> > > > >>
> >> >
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