| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 03 09:16PM +0200 > Anyway, Erland, do you happen to have convenient access to any Swedish > newspapers or other publications that might provide further detail > about this event? What I remember about basketball and those days is that we had to play it in school, and it fostered an utter disdain for this sport. When reading the sport pages there are some sports that I tend to skip, and basketball is one of them. No, I have not heard of this event. The only clarification is that most likely you had his name wrong and the URL had it right. That is, Wermelin is a last name I have seen before, Werbelin is not. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 05:37PM -0500 >> There used to be an entry in the "Guinness Book of World Records" >> reading: >> Mats Werbelin, 13 years old (Sweden), scored 272 points... Erland Sommarskog: > What I remember about basketball and those days is that we had to play > it in school, and it fostered an utter disdain for this sport... Well, of course. That goes without saying. > The only clarification is that most likely you had his name wrong and > the URL had it right. That is, Wermelin is a last name I have seen > before, Werbelin is not. Yes, my mistake. I should've copied and pasted the name. But the question wasn't about your recollection, it was: >> Anyway, Erland, do you happen to have convenient access to any Swedish >> newspapers or other publications that might provide further detail >> about this event? For instance, I can access back issues of the "Toronto Star" and "Globe and Mail" through my public library web's site. -- Mark Brader | "We're not quarreling: we're in complete agreement. Toronto | We hate each other." msb@vex.net | -- "The Band Wagon", Betty Comden & Adolph Green My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 04 09:27AM +0200 >>> about this event? > For instance, I can access back issues of the "Toronto Star" and "Globe > and Mail" through my public library web's site. I guess they are available somewhere, in paper or even digitally, but I am not going to research. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 04 02:28AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > I guess they are available somewhere, in paper or even digitally, > but I am not going to research. Okay, thanks for answering. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be evil." msb@vex.net -- corporate policy, Google Inc. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 03 09:15PM +0200 > a masterpiece, was initially banned for what critics viewed as > its pornographic nature. In 1922, postal officials in New York > seized and burned 500 copies of it. Odysseus > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket... He took it > It said, on the door, > "Don't spit on the floor", > So he stood up and spat on the... Ceiling > She started one day, > In a relative way, > And returned on the... [2 words needed]. Previous night > 15. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle published this story, the first > to feature Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Red > 1. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues." Mulroney > 2. "Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription." Pierre Trudeau |
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