World Cup.........5 hours and counting......

Just a thought...How many Film shooters vs. Digital shooters at this World Cup?? Let alone Leica shooters?? There's still gotta be a few shooting film as a possible secondary system.. Anyway, let's hope.

France vs. Portugal in the Final......you heard it here first.....

Good Luck to All,

FWB

-- F. William Baker (atelfwb@aol.com), May 31, 2002

Answers

I reckon pros shooters use just digital and amateurs will use film. Though I doubt if anyone will use Leicas.

-- Karl Yik (karl.yik@dk.com), May 31, 2002.

Well France are one down 5 mintues into the second half. And I can't recall a single european team winning the world cup ouside of europe but might be wrong.

My bet is Argentina with spain as outsiders.

No matter what its going to be the best month of tele this year.

And please note to everyone its FOOTBALL not SOCCER. As is shown by the governing bodies FIFA, UEFA, FA, etc.

-- bubble (bubblegrass@yahoo.com), May 31, 2002.

Good guess, my bet is Spain beating Argentina in the final. My poor homecountry of Sweden is in the "death group" - UK, Argentina, NIgera and Sweden... I guess we'll travel home pointless... cheers,

-- pat (modlabs@yahoo.com), May 31, 2002.

Yup, my vote goes to Spain winning it this year.

It is FOOTBALL. Soccer is that American variant played by girls.

-- Erik (xx@xxx.com), May 31, 2002.

Actually 'Soccer' is an English term. It derived in the late 1800' in public schools (private to everybody else) and comes the habit to make silly short names for things ie. Rugby Football became Rugger and Association Football (the Proper name) became Soccer. The pupils of these schools went on to rule the empire and took that stupid name with them. Thats why the world calls it Soccer and the British don't!

-- Philip Woodcock (phil@pushbar.demon.co.uk), May 31, 2002.

My problem with what we call soccer and you call football is that it doesn't take any athletic ability. I know this for a fact because I was very good at it and I have no athletic ability.

Rugby is a different matter. My experience with Rugby comes from watching a club team at one of the universities. The members were mostly from NZ, OZ or SA. I could never qualify since my knuckles don't drag the ground when I walk. Anything important to you that I haven't insulted.

This post has been provided as a service. Since Phil isn't posting here much anymore, it is up to us to take up the slack. Now, I have done my part; someone else will have to do it the next time. If we band together we can recapture the aura that was Phil. ;<)

Art

-- Art (AKarr90975@aol.com), May 31, 2002.

<< My problem with what we call soccer and you call football is that it doesn't take any athletic ability. -- Art >>

Football (soccer) requires one to run (twice) for 45 minutes without a break. The only American sportsmen who could accomplish this would be basketball and ice hockey players. Baseball and most gridiron players (excepting wide receivers) would die from heart attacks, since most "plays" in these sports last less than ten seconds at a time. (As it is, most gridiron lineman have a short lifespans due to their excessive weight and use of steroids.)

Definitions:

Soccer: A game for gentlemen played by hooligans.

Rugby: A game for hooligans played by gentlemen.

Anyone who's been through the mideival English educational system loves rugby, especially coed rugby. :)

-- Vikram (VSingh493@aol.com), May 31, 2002.

Vikram:

I had hoped that everyone would realize a joke when they saw one. ;<)

Art

-- Art (AKarr90975@aol.com), May 31, 2002.

<< I had hoped that everyone would realize a joke when they saw one. ;<) -- Art >>

Art,

Sorry, I didn't wear a helmet (not allowed) while playing too much rugby! That silly gizmo to protect the ears doesn't work.

Ever heard a Swiss announcer pronounce Soccer? It sounded like Sausaire.

-- Vikram (VSingh493@aol.com), May 31, 2002.

Wait a minute, people. Nobody, but nobody (not even the Swiss, Vikram) in Europe, and, I believe in most countries in the world, call football soccer. IMO, only in America do they call it that, to differentiate it from American football, which, as you all know, is played almost exclusively in America. Heck, in many latin countries I think they even call it something like "futbol". And BTW, Vikram, I doubt ice hockey players could play football. They would have to exert themselves for much longer than two minutes at a time. No rest on the bench in football. No protection worth mentioning either. This from a French-born guy who played "football" throughout his childhood and teen years and now lives in Montreal. And, FWB, maybe France-Portugal in the final, but one thing for sure: France will retain the cup. Ahem... I think. ;-)

-- Olivier (olreiche@videotron.ca), May 31, 2002.

I just realized that World cup fever has driven us all far from photography. So, here goes: my bet is 90% of the photogs at the World cup of "football" will use digital. Why? because they won't be competitive speedwise otherwise. They need that photo an hour ago!

-- Olivier (olreiche@videotron.ca), May 31, 2002.