tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post8129163884740949369..comments2024-03-28T23:54:22.681-04:00Comments on Salt Water New England: Comment from Ferd on This Time of YearSalt Water New Englandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940851375677714833noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-15936924641388854222021-04-08T17:44:22.329-04:002021-04-08T17:44:22.329-04:00I'm just delighted to have them emulate it. Th...I'm just delighted to have them emulate it. Those that emulate are at least better behaved. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-22062398164996024002021-04-08T16:27:43.693-04:002021-04-08T16:27:43.693-04:00Thanks, James, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
N...Thanks, James, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />Now if I can just find a piece of paper and a pencil I'll see what I can do.<br /><br />Stay well.Robert Reichardtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-57441858356211857082021-04-08T11:46:54.109-04:002021-04-08T11:46:54.109-04:00Hi Robert, I love your book! Downloaded it on Kind...Hi Robert, I love your book! Downloaded it on Kindle a couple of years ago after I read about it on 'Ivy Style'. My interest was more the fly fishing than the lacrosse however. How about a follow up??Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678958405367592494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-54628865426919324782021-04-07T20:09:25.047-04:002021-04-07T20:09:25.047-04:00Outstanding composition...I am a teacher and lacro...Outstanding composition...I am a teacher and lacrosse coach in southeastern Mass, kids play lax, they love the game. Quick op here to jab at NJ :) Son played last summer in CT tournament, NJ parents and players, wow, oh wow - enough said. DIII lax love it for what it encompasses. However, I would like to substitute Great Pyrenees for labs in my rendition!:) New England or nothing! EnjoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-82814861654204592192021-04-05T12:54:40.103-04:002021-04-05T12:54:40.103-04:00Unless this game was played in Palm Beach or Nantu...Unless this game was played in Palm Beach or Nantucket, Mummy didn't come from shopping at Eye of the Needle. They sadly closed their Newbury Street shop years ago.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-4451766373852636082021-04-05T10:38:38.338-04:002021-04-05T10:38:38.338-04:00Ferd comments are the very best. Keep them coming ...Ferd comments are the very best. Keep them coming please. GLHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-40832233330491375982021-04-05T00:46:54.577-04:002021-04-05T00:46:54.577-04:00I'm only qualified to speak for Connecticut sc...I'm only qualified to speak for Connecticut schools, but I will say that Lacrosse is quite popular here. I'm not sure if things have changed in the ten years (wow!) since I graduated, but lacrosse was the only sport that the student body seemed particularly invested in.<br /><br />I was on the ultimate frisbee team. It was a lot of fun, and good exercise, but the team was full of kids who didn't take athletics too seriously (myself included).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-82234224005073203642021-04-04T16:34:31.067-04:002021-04-04T16:34:31.067-04:00Brown also played basketball at Syracuse and was o...Brown also played basketball at Syracuse and was on the track team. I believe he participated in every track and field event. He sometimes had lacrosse and track on the same day, which is no problem if you're Jim Brown. Eisaborn Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-60078034829794857292021-04-04T13:57:25.692-04:002021-04-04T13:57:25.692-04:00Jim Brown would have made one heck of a hockey pla...Jim Brown would have made one heck of a hockey player, so would have Jackie Robinson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-48469540158404670832021-04-04T11:40:51.680-04:002021-04-04T11:40:51.680-04:00Lacrosse is very popular in the Mid-Atlantic state...Lacrosse is very popular in the Mid-Atlantic states. In New England, Ice Hockey is competitive especially at schools like Avon Old Farms, Andover, Nobles, Deerfield, etc. Players with professional aspirations are recruited by Yale, Harvard, Boston College, etc. <br /><br />To a lesser extent, Ultimate Frisbee is played in loosely organized matches between alums of Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth, etc. <br /><br />For the rest, I presume sporadic meet-ups for Hacky Sack happen on campus quads in between classes. <br /><br />Interestingly, skeet shooting was an activity enjoyed by execs at the old Morgan Stanley under John Mack. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-73315362451858899882021-04-03T22:40:00.801-04:002021-04-03T22:40:00.801-04:00“There is but one success-to be able to spend your...“There is but one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way.” - Christopher MorleyJames Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-66005377148488094722021-04-03T18:52:34.591-04:002021-04-03T18:52:34.591-04:00Reminds us of Chicago Black Hawk great Stan Mikita...Reminds us of Chicago Black Hawk great Stan Mikita pleading once with Mr. Robert Orr, <br />“c’mon Bobby, give us the puck!” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-13469700480463916182021-04-03T17:25:00.940-04:002021-04-03T17:25:00.940-04:00I went to school in Manhasset. It was long enough...I went to school in Manhasset. It was long enough ago (late 1950s) that sticks were not allowed in the classroom. There was a neat old room over the gym full of old, wooden lacrosse sticks and leather helmets and, for indoor roller hockey, skates and hockey sticks. Tim Irvinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-48716836591227986942021-04-03T17:01:39.586-04:002021-04-03T17:01:39.586-04:00I assume you’re talking about Jim Brown. He’s the ...I assume you’re talking about Jim Brown. He’s the reason players have to cradle the ball by moving the stick; the sport changed the rules to require it because otherwise, it was apparently nearly impossible to get the ball away from him. It’s remarkable to think that despite his hall of fame talent as a professional football player, he may have been even better at lacrosse, where he’s also in the college hall of fame. andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409031748621766854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-7360743964663956812021-04-03T16:45:17.199-04:002021-04-03T16:45:17.199-04:00As a 9th grade lit teacher a dozen years ago, I si...As a 9th grade lit teacher a dozen years ago, I simply could not explain Joe DiMaggio to kids reading The Old Man and the Sea. They could not imagine a world in which people admired someone who didn't show off, talk trash, wiggle, make goofy faces, pray in public, point at heaven after hitting a home run, or have a tattoo.Eisaborn Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-90492873377975957442021-04-03T14:35:20.649-04:002021-04-03T14:35:20.649-04:00I graduated from a public high school in Nassau Co...I graduated from a public high school in Nassau County on Long Island. It seemed that half the males in the senior class carried their lacrosse sticks with them to class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-8411127546078969462021-04-03T14:11:20.770-04:002021-04-03T14:11:20.770-04:00Phillip and Charles are more appropriate names for...Phillip and Charles are more appropriate names for the retrievers. For the boys, Woodsy and Blinky. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-25752627169717059792021-04-03T12:57:02.013-04:002021-04-03T12:57:02.013-04:00You are so right. You are so right. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-59433845598198005102021-04-03T12:54:40.894-04:002021-04-03T12:54:40.894-04:00Well stated.Well stated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-33543496995247331582021-04-03T12:09:32.408-04:002021-04-03T12:09:32.408-04:00Totally agree!Totally agree!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896768240118843070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-33443787811226214872021-04-03T11:17:48.534-04:002021-04-03T11:17:48.534-04:00Lacrosse always was popular at least in Maryland, ...Lacrosse always was popular at least in Maryland, on Long Island (where the greatest American lacrosse player of all time, a black man from Manhasset, grew up) and perhaps in parts of New Jersey? Somehow it became popular, in the ‘80’ and 90’s (?), and morphed into a symbol of “privilege.”<br />And it’s so organic, after all who can resist a game running around carrying a basket handed down from the Mohawks? We tried it. It was okay to play. But it’s not anywhere near as much fun as being out there on the ice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-30932597457278706762021-04-03T10:49:50.932-04:002021-04-03T10:49:50.932-04:00"The ECUSA hug"! I love it. Kumbayah. No..."The ECUSA hug"! I love it. Kumbayah. No thanks, give me the composure and gravitas of the old days, any day. " But that's what makes horse racing". ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02546078780462627076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-21031823763905835382021-04-03T10:39:47.092-04:002021-04-03T10:39:47.092-04:00Lacrosse? Great sport.
A few years back I wrote a...Lacrosse? Great sport.<br /><br />A few years back I wrote a novel (THE PREPPY AND THE TROUT) about an ex-lacrosse star from Colgate. Nobody bothered to read it – the fate of about 95% of all novels nowadays – but it might be of interest to those interested in Preppies and lacrosse:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Preppy-Trout-Robert-Reichardt/dp/1521243867/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=robert+reichardt&qid=1617460568&s=books&sr=1-10<br />Robert Reichardtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-55499225350456211342021-04-03T10:08:45.758-04:002021-04-03T10:08:45.758-04:00Many people do not understand the civilized cultur...Many people do not understand the civilized culture you accurately describe having never lived experienced it. They may try to emulate it, but do not understand the values. A life of moderation is more rewarding than today's excessive behavior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-15251143741395717362021-04-03T10:07:44.619-04:002021-04-03T10:07:44.619-04:00Agreed!!! Lacrosse in Austin is borderline boiste...Agreed!!! Lacrosse in Austin is borderline boisterous, and the parents, dressed in Patagonia, Nikes, Oakleys, and gimme caps from ski resorts or big name golf courses, are less than restrained. The ECUSA hug has happily replaced the handshake. The arc of time shows a favorable inflection. Tim Irvinenoreply@blogger.com