Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

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  • wetcoast
    wetcoast Posts: 64
    edited February 2010
    Sounds like fun. Maybe I'll venture out of my cave and check it out.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited February 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    For me the Olympics lost some of it's punch when the Soviet Union fell.

    At least we don't have to see the East German women's bobsled team in once-piece speed suits!:eek:
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited February 2010
    dpowell wrote: »
    Curling rules! :p

    Yah! Burp :eek:

    I must say the Canucks knocked it outta the park, great show for so little money....too bad about the weather :rolleyes:

    Ann Murray looked Hot!
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I don't know why they could not have seen this as being dangerous from the start... what a **** design and a horrible way to die.


    Agreed I also feel it was a very bad design, and wonder why they didn't see that coming. :confused:


    Above all sorry for him and his family / friends, a horrible way to end a life.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    markmarc wrote: »
    At least we don't have to see the East German women's bobsled team in once-piece speed suits!:eek:

    :eek::eek::eek: At least those speed suits covered the armpit and leg hair!:eek::eek::eek::D
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited February 2010
    I thought the Opening Ceremonies had its ups and downs. That chick did a horrendous job of O' Canada at the beginning. The prarie scene was boring as hell. Epic fail on the blown hydraulics of the torch. (Steve Nash's fixed smile with shifty eyes as if to say "what do we do now" was priceless)

    Overall, not bad. Very good for a winter olympics opening (the summer openings are always better). Hopefully some good cold weather hits soon.
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  • Des Moines
    Des Moines Posts: 115
    edited February 2010
    Osarion wrote: »
    K.D. Lang sounded great. That dude can sing.

    LMAO, I think Ingenue is amazing
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    BeRad wrote: »
    I thought the Opening Ceremonies had its ups and downs. That chick did a horrendous job of O' Canada at the beginning. The prarie scene was boring as hell. Epic fail on the blown hydraulics of the torch. (Steve Nash's fixed smile with shifty eyes as if to say "what do we do now" was priceless)

    Overall, not bad. Very good for a winter olympics opening (the summer openings are always better). Hopefully some good cold weather hits soon.

    That's a tough song as is the Star Spangled Banner.
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  • C'VILLE
    C'VILLE Posts: 28
    edited February 2010
    I am fan of the Olympics. I will watch all of it. You see sports that are not shown every week or every month. You see athletes that have day jobs and this is a big deal to them. Most pro athletes are overpaid and some pro sports are not exciting until the playoffs.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Anybody know what the deal is with Russia and Japan giving like half the scores as the rest of the countries on EVERTHING?
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2010
    Love watching the Olympics - esp. Winter Games - I dig the ski jumping, downhill, bobsled - all cool.

    Best of luck to all the athletes!

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2010
    Looks like the gold medal drought is finally over, congrats to Canadia!!
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited February 2010
    I watched some interesting event this afternoon. A mixture of long distance skiing and shooting. I felt it was interesting and sort of wierd ;)

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2010
    Yeah I don't get the biathlon thing
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2010
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Yeah I don't get the biathlon thing

    Biathlon comes from the Scandanavian countries where in the old days they would ski and shoot a deer for meat.

    On another note.....Canada has finally won a Gold medal on it's own soil!!! Go Canada go!!!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2010
    Let's hope there are more to come.
    GO CANADA GO!
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2010
    janmike wrote: »
    Let's hope there are more to come.
    GO CANADA GO!

    Can you say.....Hockey??!!!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2010
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Can you say.....Hockey??!!!

    My home will be filled with people and the HT system rocking for the hockey games.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Are they even broadcasting the exciting events?

    I don't see any of the downhill events scheduled. WTF?
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited February 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Are they even broadcasting the exciting events?

    I don't see any of the downhill events scheduled. WTF?

    where are you looking? and youknow they have been delayed day after day because of weather.
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited February 2010
    They had Mens downhill today, moguls were yesterday, Womens downhill postponed till later this week.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, i see some of them now... i guess i'm just a little miffed that they show like 30 minutes of the men's downhill, but eleventy billion hours of figure skating (everyone **** up the jumps. EVERYONE.) and cross country skiing.

    But yeah, i know the screwed up schedule had something to do with it. Oh well.

    Can't wait for CURLING HELL YES!!!!
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited February 2010
    That second place pairs skating team last night (Ping Tong) were awesome. I was up until after midnight, had nothing to do, so check it out. It was an awesome flawless performance...took them from 4th to 2nd - and almost first.

    I personally can't wait for the Hockey to start, as well as the solo figure skating. Those are my favorites.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Pycroft wrote: »
    That second place pairs skating team last night (Ping Tong) were awesome. I was up until after midnight, had nothing to do, so check it out. It was an awesome flawless performance...took them from 4th to 2nd - and almost first.

    I personally can't wait for the Hockey to start, as well as the solo figure skating. Those are my favorites.

    Yeah, despite my bitching, i've watched EVERYTHING broadcast so far. The second place team did impress me, but i guess i'm just not really a fan in general. Oh well.
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited February 2010
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Yeah I don't get the biathlon thing

    my understanding of the biathalon is to be able to hold a steady and accurate rifle shot (while you would normally be trying to catch your breath) which in itself is very difficult
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited February 2010
    The downhill coverage sucked big time. The course was definitely exciting enough to warrant showing a half dozen more skiers. On the other hand the short track skating they've done a great job on. Go figure.........
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    markmarc wrote: »
    The downhill coverage sucked big time. The course was definitely exciting enough to warrant showing a half dozen more skiers. On the other hand the short track skating they've done a great job on. Go figure.........

    I personally felt the course itself was a bit tame... i wouldn't have hesitated to ski that full-tilt myself. What DID make it exciting was the completely awful conditions. You could hear it. :p That was ALL ice and slush.
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  • wetcoast
    wetcoast Posts: 64
    edited February 2010
    Well, I'm a bit more excited about having the games here. I've just got hockey tix to Czech vs. Slovakia tomorrow and US vs. Norway Thursday. :)
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited February 2010
    The 2-man luge is comming up :p, it makes no sense, but I love it!

    The bars in Tucson were packed with curling fans this afternoon, I barely got out of there alive :eek::eek:
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited February 2010
    stuwee wrote: »
    The 2-man luge is comming up :p, it makes no sense

    no kidding who in the hell thought that was a good idea?
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