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Announcing the launch of the JOHN J. KAKABELLY Reading Room

Moderated by: Googley, Calypso   New Topic Reply Print Author Post StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 02:00 pm Quote Reply http://kkbreading.windiescricketfever.com Watch this space for an exciting new feature here on wCF. Kaka has graciously agreed to send me rare/special articles/features on WI cricket. We have decided to create the John J. Kakabelly special Reading Room to share these gems  with you..(all of this is Kaka's idea by the way) Ok, Kaka.. the floor is yours. Send me those materials and I'll upload here. Last edited on Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 09:34 pm by StevieC Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 02:42 pm Quote Reply Stevie bai mi gu gat fu taak wid yu in mi hone languig for kanfideshallity reesons. Pleez chek yu pm. We will start with a test file that is on India and not on cricket. Very interesting PowerPoint slide show. By week end we will have our first mag. Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 03:00 pm Quote Reply Stevie I have sent you the India file as per previous post. Also please see your PM Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 07:17 pm Quote Reply I guess Stevie gaan home becauz mi nah hear back from him StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 08:36 pm Quote Reply Kakabelly Esq. wrote: I guess Stevie gaan home becauz mi nah hear back from him nah man.. I'm on vacation this week..... my brain is fried so I need a week to recuperate.. working too hard the past few months... I'll check my e-mail shortly nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 08:56 pm Quote Reply Stevie. How the heck can you be working hard when you are skylarking on this board everyday. StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 08:58 pm Quote Reply nandypark wrote: Stevie. How the heck can you be working hard when you are skylarking on this board everyday. hahaaaa.. I multi-task my friend nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 09:02 pm Quote Reply Skylarking on the board and skylarking at work. You call this multitasking?? StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 09:15 pm Quote Reply nandypark wrote: Skylarking on the board and skylarking at work. You call this multitasking??Skylarking X 2 takes talent!!! Googley Moderator Joined:  Thu May 26th, 2005 Location:  Jacksonville, Florida USA Posts:  6318 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 02:59 pm Quote Reply StevieC wrote: nandypark wrote: Skylarking on the board and skylarking at work. You call this multitasking??Skylarking X 2 takes talent!!!     dat is called multilarking!   And that is a hard ting to do nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:26 pm Quote Reply I used to work with a Trini guy. His trick "To appear to be working hard while hardly working." Plato Member Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:  Io, Jupiter Posts:  3395 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:29 pm Quote Reply StevieC wrote: Watch this space for an exciting new feature here on wCF. Kaka has graciously agreed to send me rare/special articles/features on WI cricket. We have decided to create the John J. Kakabelly special Reading Room to share these gems  with you..(all of this is Kaka's idea by the way)   Good move Stevie. Can Plato now have "a spot" for his Philosophical musings? It is getting lonely up here on Jupiter! I should have stay on Mt Everest as there were still a few sages around StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:37 pm Quote Reply Plates, I can certainly do that....I'll create "The Philosophy Corner" shortly.. nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:43 pm Quote Reply It would be great if we could read cricket articles or excerpts from cricket books. (without infringing copyright laws).  I loved to read old west indies cricket annuals. Alas all has been lost (borrowed by friends who lent to friends) Plato Member Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:  Io, Jupiter Posts:  3395 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:45 pm Quote Reply StevieC wrote: Plates, I can certainly do that....I'll create "The Philosophy Corner" shortly..   Really? With a Sticky thread? Maan you made the "old teachers's day" today. ( and possibly WI batting tonight!!!) Mind you, my takes/musings will be PRN (as time permits) and some schools of philosophy are NOT with controversy/debates StevieC Admin Joined:  Fri May 21st, 2004 Location:  Gotham, USA Posts:  11678 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 03:45 pm Quote Reply Nandy, That's the idea.. to share treasured writings, articles on WI cricket... I have a good feeling about this feature.. As soon as I have time, I'll get this cracking... Alas, I gotta go paint the kids rooms.. yet again.. that's the THIRD time this year... women I tell ya Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 04:01 pm Quote Reply Arright Stevie I see you have to pain so ignore the pressure em pm that i sent. Plats Is that a typo or something? Philosophy with no debates? Plato Member Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:  Io, Jupiter Posts:  3395 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 04:07 pm Quote Reply Kakabelly Esq. wrote: . Plats Is that a typo or something? Philosophy with no debates?   Not at all. That is the beauty of it - but we have to keep the debates "healthy" even when  it is about topics like ethnicity, god and those controversial subjects nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 04:53 pm Quote Reply Hey stevie. Ever read the article "Sobers:  An Appreciation by Sir Donald Bradman" In this article (written for the 1973 brochure Austraila in the West Indies) Bradman talks about the 256 Sobers made for the Rest of the world after Lillee was running rampant. He states that some of the shots Sobers played had no margin for error. It  was a great article and showed the genius of Gary Sobers..the batsman. Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 04:59 pm Quote Reply nandy That is a well publicized article. Recently during the world series, the article was featured on cricinfo. A good one will be Blasting for Runs, a very very rare book. I have a copy of Farewell to Cricket by DGBradman. I also have a copy of Dravid's book and many mags. nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:01 pm Quote Reply Alas, when I migrated, I left all my cricket books behind. I have read Blasting For Runs. I would have loved to see Sobers and Kanhai in their prime. (Live at Bourda) South stand A or B Kakabelly Esq. Admin Joined:  Thu Jun 17th, 2004 Location:  Basgastong, Cameroon Posts:  4573 Status:  Online  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:03 pm Quote Reply nandypark wrote: Alas, when I migrated, I left all my cricket books behind. I have read Blasting For Runs. I would have loved to see Sobers and Kanhai in their prime. (Live at Bourda) South stand A or B Nandy left your cricket books. Maan dat is criminal...nah is okay. Dem brothers need stuff like that back home. By the way are you familiar with 232 Nandy Park? nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:06 pm Quote Reply Actually I lived at 174 nandy park nevavex Member Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:    Posts:  1353 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:08 pm Quote Reply Hey nandy, you know DIESEL rum shop? nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:09 pm Quote Reply Not much of a drinker and sorry no. The Black Prince Moderator Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:    Posts:  17075 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:13 pm Quote Reply   OK............Nandy MUST know this place....................Planetarium Disco !!! nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:14 pm Quote Reply Did go to Planetarium in the late 70 and early eighties. It was a 10 minute walk from where i lived. The Black Prince Moderator Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:    Posts:  17075 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:16 pm Quote Reply   Yeah.............went there a coupla times..........in very good company !! Can remember well Michael Jackson " Shake your body down to the ground" ! nandypark Member   Joined:  Thu Oct 20th, 2005 Location:    Posts:  5380 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:19 pm Quote Reply I grew up around there and the cane fields east of the disco were regular places to go fishing, swimming and loads of sugar cane. It is no wonder the sugar estates all operated at a loss.   The Black Prince Moderator Joined:  Mon May 24th, 2004 Location:    Posts:  17075 Status:  Offline  Posted: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 05:21 pm Quote Reply   Naaaah..........actually the sugar estates operated at a profit, Nandy. Sugar was king ! The problem was that most of the foreign exchange produced by the sugar industry was sunk into the loss making bauxite industry. That is where the problem was.  Current time is 07:19 am Page:    1  2  3