Max and Vasilis, CONGRATS! Great start.

[Igor]

Congrats to Max, Vasilis and all members from Greece. Great victory at the start of soccer Euro Cup !!! :righton:

[robinp]

Please, please, please can we keep this forum free of this bloody football nonsense! - its hard enough to avoid it in daily life without it besmirching my favourite virtual meeting place :mad:

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

Robin,

This IS the almost anything goes section. We've had subjects I'm not fond of, either, but I just roll to the next because it's obviously interesting to others.

[sandman]

Quite right Linda , you tell him off .
I watched the whole match and Greece fully deserved their victory.
But Figo was gracious in defeat , at the after match interview .
There is one hell of a long way to go , England play tournament favorites France tonight .
No doubt Igor you were sad to see Russia beaten by Spain :rofl:

Robin it looks like you and my wife will be watching BBC2 for the next 3 weeks. never mind .

Come on England .

Brian

P.S i'll keep all of our american cousins up to date with this enthalling subject

[Igor]

Brian, I jumped up to the ceiling when Spain finally scored! :D :rockon:
Though I must say Russia wasn't THAT bad I had expected to see.
Still my impression is France would be the winner , sorry Brian :)

[dartz]

man..man..england and france are my faourite teams...WHY GOD!??? WHYY???? can you just put thein semifinals???
tonight (my time space) im going to let one of my beloved wins...
i love france, i love france...
but england style of kick and rush...my STYLE!!! so COME ON ENGLAND!!!!
and mr.beckham, if u dare to spoil it, i'll kill you!!!
and ohh..portugal...what happen man ????
igor sorry, je aime les blues, but st.george cross is my heart :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

[robinp]

Robin,

This IS the almost anything goes section.

Quite right Linda, I often don't notice what section posts are in as I just click "New Posts" when I log on.

As you say I'll just have to try and ignore it, trouble is this bloody World Cup thing has only just started and it feels like we've been swamped by it here for weeks already.

Might have known Brian would be keen on it!, as he says it has a devastating effect on the television schedules (not that I watch much TV but while I'm here on the computer I hear constant wails of anguish from my wife as she changes channel and finds yet more football...).

Oh well, off on holiday for two weeks on Thursday far away from the TV - mind you, we've timed so that we'll be back before the only sporting event we do like starts...... Vive Le Tour de France!

Cheers, Robin

[sandman]

[QUOTE=robinp]

Might have known Brian would be keen on it!, as he says it has a devastating effect on the television schedules (not that I watch much TV but while I'm here on the computer I hear constant wails of anguish from my wife as she changes channel and finds yet more football...).


An understatement Robin .

I make no apologise's for posting this .

[jhawk1000]

Robin

I am not fond of football or soccer as we Yanks call it. I don't understand it that much even though I have had 6 foreign exchange students for a year each who were absolutely wild about it (3 Germans, 2 Finns and an Argentinian). I am absolutely wild over American college basketball since my old school seems to be firmly situated in the top 4 or 5 schools every year and I take off from work when the tournament starts. Linda knows that I get so nervous that I can not watch but the game is still on TV so I can hear. She stays out of my way until victory is assured and then she gives me an atta boy. I have many sleepless nights during tourney season replaying each game in my bed instead of counting sheep. Silly but a failing of us humans.

Where you going on holiday? Since I love Europe so much with a few exceptions, I envy you guys across the pond who can go to other countries like I drive to Colorado. That is one rationale for us moving after retirement to Romania---inexpensive living, fairly easy to get to my favorite places such as Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, Prague, Hamburg, and very easy to get to some new places such as Budapest, Kiev, Istanbul and even Greece. So much of the world to see, so truthfully little time to see it. My wanderlust has taken me to most of Europe, all of Scandinavia, much of the former
soviet northern republics, Africa, Turkey and Mexico and some South American countries. I have been told that I could have been very well off if I had not spent all the money traveling but I think I would have been poorer for staying at home.

Mel

[sandman]

Mel i know what you and Robin are trying to do .
Turn this soccer thread into a holiday doc .
It won't work . :lol: :lol: .

you have been rumbled (as we say over here)

Brian

[jhawk1000]

Nah, not at all. We can talk about hooligans if you like :) I must admit that soccer fans are very loyal and vocal. Linda and I went to a German soccer match in Hamburg between Hamburg and Bielefeld and it was very entertaining and very, very cold. We found our seats to find we were surrounded by police and Bundeswehr members. With a few minutes to go with Hamburg up 1-0, we found out why they were there. They all got up and surrounded the part of the field where all the fans who were painted and wearing all the scarfs and drinking all the beer were to ensure that no riots or mischief was going to happen.

Mel

[robinp]

Mel i know what you and Robin are trying to do .
Turn this soccer thread into a holiday doc .
It won't work . :lol: :lol: .

you have been rumbled (as we say over here)

Brian
Anything would be a better subject than football Brian :)

Mel,

We're not going anywhere exotic on holiday, just France as usual. A few days with friends near Toulouse and then wherever the fancy takes us....

Think I'd better unsubscribe from this thread now before Brian & I come to loggerheads.

Cheers, Robin

[sandman]

Loggerheads ?, we came to that long ago :lol:
you 2 still won't hi-jack this thread.

i know where i will be tonight at 7.30

[jhawk1000]

That does not look like an olde English Pub. Looks more like our chains of franchised watering holes. What happened to the rustic pubs :)

Mel

[Linda G]

Travel AND soccer, howzat?

Scenes from our experience in Hamburg. Notice the rabid fans!

Taken with the Canon D60

[sandman]

Ata girl !!!!.

knew there was a lot i liked about you , apart from the name

Brian

[sandman]

Rural pubs Mel ?

like this one?

[photoworks]

It happened to see this thread today and I have to agree with Mel
Basketball is my favourite game since it has to do with some victories in European and World cup and it is closer to our tempo.

Anyway thanks Igor, but there is this Sunday evening match between Greece and Russia............. :cheers:


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Vasilis

[Igor]

I'm sure Greece will win, at least I'll be your team fan.

[photoworks]

Ooppss Igor!! :)
One of the strangest things I've ever seen on tv last days was German tourists celebrating Greece's wins.
Imagine why?
They love our coach, Otto Rechagell!!!!! :cheers:

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Vasilis

[Igor]

No "oops'es" :) I don't like Russians. :mad:

[PortageBay]

did someone say hochey?????

Don

[photoworks]

My apologies Igor,I didn't knew that.
Let's give a try to digital Zenits :rofl:
A friend bought a cheappie one, she told me it was a crap :flame:

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Vasilis

[Igor]

Oh my Gosh! Digital Zenit!!! I hope it's not a Russian 12mp DSLR?

[photoworks]

As a genuine russian camera it has to be 17 mp. ;)
No explanations here, the reasons are obvious. :rofl:

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Vasilis

[sandman]

NOW you can congratulate 100/1 outsiders Greece , who 5 minutes ago won the European cup with 1-0 over Portugal in Lisbon.

Brian

[Igor]

Looks like I forseen it! :)
Congrats Max and Vasilis!

[photoworks]

Like someone said : You don't need a brand camera to get a good picture. ;)
Thanks Brian and Igor.

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Vasilis

[Serge]

:cheers: enjoy your celebrations Vasilis!, the Greek community here in Sydney, has stopped the traffic in one of our suburbs :lol:
its party time :beerchug:

[dartz]

MAGIC! greece play very good, they put disclipine in every sector..
aww..COngrats vasilis :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug: ! your national team DESERVE IT!

[photoworks]

Thanks Serge & Dartz.
This isn't a celebration, it is an inferno, I can't describe it.
Nobody here expected something like this. :) :)

P.S. Sorry Serge I can't do anything about your traffic in Sidney, we are noisy people you know. :rofl:

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Vasilis