Today's Pics - Basketball ehhh!
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Today's Pics - Basketball ehhh!
The dawn broke sunny with mixed clouds and promises of 60*F temps. Can't ignore that weather as the big W looms. (I signed my snowblowing contract for 2013-14 last night.) So it was time to exercise the old 1974. A nice leisurely three-hour drive. And the 1974 continues to hummmm. Love it when points/dwell/timing come together.
The destination for today was a small town about 40 miles west of the city (Almonte, Ontario). Nice little town nestled on Canadian Shield rock and right beside a river. Historically it was a center of a textile industry but those days are long gone.
But it retains one claim to fame: it was the birthplace of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball. Yes, you are reading that correctly; a Canadian invented basketball. OK, he developed the game in Springfield, Mass. but he was born here. The pics show a commemorative statue dedicated to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith
Streets are so narrow/packed in the old town that I had to park off-site.
Anyone know what is featured on the Canadian one-dollar coin (we do not have one-dollar paper bills). And what that coin is called?
Well, a fun day and the 1974 is now resting.
The destination for today was a small town about 40 miles west of the city (Almonte, Ontario). Nice little town nestled on Canadian Shield rock and right beside a river. Historically it was a center of a textile industry but those days are long gone.
But it retains one claim to fame: it was the birthplace of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball. Yes, you are reading that correctly; a Canadian invented basketball. OK, he developed the game in Springfield, Mass. but he was born here. The pics show a commemorative statue dedicated to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith
Streets are so narrow/packed in the old town that I had to park off-site.
Anyone know what is featured on the Canadian one-dollar coin (we do not have one-dollar paper bills). And what that coin is called?
Well, a fun day and the 1974 is now resting.
Last edited by Paul L; Sep 8, 2013 at 07:02 PM.
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You guys make me sick.
Just came in for lunch after working outside all morning. It's 97 out now, and will be over 100 before I'm done. Plus my Vette's not running.
That's a beautiful car and beautiful scenery.
Just came in for lunch after working outside all morning. It's 97 out now, and will be over 100 before I'm done. Plus my Vette's not running.
That's a beautiful car and beautiful scenery.
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Almost time for this.
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As always, great, really suberb pictures that are a pleasure to look at (versus, wbere I live.. 99 degrees, hot, dry and windy...)! Glad your '74 got out! My '74 is on jackstands, playing test mule for the heat shields. Thanks for sharing!
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Some day I will visit your beautiful country. I've done England, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Belgium, France and Spain/Gibraltar and over to Tangiers. But never that far north. Some day.....
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Having spent 35 years just off the Kansas University campus in Lawrence, I was aware Mr. Naismith was from Canada but didn't know he was honored in such a nice way - and in such a beautiful setting.
Great pictures, great looking car.
Great pictures, great looking car.
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Yes, the people in Lawrence, Kansas obviously appreciated his contributions. And I freely admit most of what he did for basketball was in the USA despite his birthplace. Note that the artist/sculptor (Elden Tefft) of the statue was from Lawrence.
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The answer to the mini-quiz. The bird is a loon. Our one-dollar coin is thus called a loonie. Our two-dollar coin - featuring a polar bear - is called a toonie. We do not have paper notes below five dollars.
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Driving my 1974 is an "occasion" and I plan the outings. That is why my posts may seem a bit bizarre in strange places. But I pick where I want to go and when. And while the Cruze 1.4L turbo is nice for going to the grocery store, the old L-48 just rumbles, shakes, and makes rude noises that make me happy. In fact it is NOM and I don't really believe it is an L-48. It rumbles too much at idle and moves a little too quickly. But I can live with that.
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Well folks, thanks for listening to my latest adventures with my 1974. I am over and out for this evening.
Interesting that James Naismith found his destiny in Lawrence, Kansas; and was appreciated there.
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[QUOTE=paul 74;1584872157]The answer to the mini-quiz. The bird is a loon. Our one-dollar coin is thus called a loonie. Our two-dollar coin - featuring a polar bear - is called a toonie. We do not have paper notes below five dollars.
Paul,
Ditto Down Under. We did away with our $1 and $2 notes over a decade ago. We have $1 and $2 coins but don't have as interesting nicknames as you guys do. I guess you have all that time from October to March where you are huddled in your igloos with nothing else to do but make up funny names for your money, while we're cruising the sunny hills of the Great Dividing Range or lying on one of the wonderful beaches that surround our lovely island.
The people in the country just south of you also have $1 coins, but for some inexplicable reason, they shun them in favour of the greenback. Weird folk, but I love them nevertheless and am planning my seventh trip there next month, going to San Fran, SEMA in Vegas and LA for about three weeks all up.
Keep cruising.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
Paul,
Ditto Down Under. We did away with our $1 and $2 notes over a decade ago. We have $1 and $2 coins but don't have as interesting nicknames as you guys do. I guess you have all that time from October to March where you are huddled in your igloos with nothing else to do but make up funny names for your money, while we're cruising the sunny hills of the Great Dividing Range or lying on one of the wonderful beaches that surround our lovely island.
The people in the country just south of you also have $1 coins, but for some inexplicable reason, they shun them in favour of the greenback. Weird folk, but I love them nevertheless and am planning my seventh trip there next month, going to San Fran, SEMA in Vegas and LA for about three weeks all up.
Keep cruising.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn