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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/13/2014 5:46:14 PM

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Well done to Holland and others...sadly our hopes of up to 7 medals is looking a tad er...optimistic shall we say?

Ho hum....there's always four years time .

No! It is two years time and Britannia will rule the Olympic Games.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/13/2014 6:00:17 PM

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It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!!

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/13/2014 7:58:09 PM

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It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!!

Could you, please, provide a link so I could form an opinion on this?

I am not happy with sports where you can win by all the others fall down.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/13/2014 8:00:11 PM

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I am watching a reprise of today's women curling match. Fun and relaxing but I wish I could, for once, see it live.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 5:31:21 AM

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It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!!

Could you, please, provide a link so I could form an opinion on this?

I am not happy with sports where you can win by all the others fall down.

warspite1

Orm here is the link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26173334

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 1:42:04 PM

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USA!� USA!� USA!

I'm having a great time watching these games as time allows.� The Norwegians are counting coup, but there are a lot of off-the-wall things that are making these a good series.� And the Jamaican Bob sled team is back!

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 6:03:37 PM

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Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one

Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 6:09:19 PM

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I want to see Pole dancing made a Olympic summer game. Takes extreme athletics to pull off what some can do. Here is a good example (and yes it is fully clothed and safe for work and kids):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIuhfoTMv8

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 6:27:32 PM

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Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one

Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon

Congratulations! Well done.

And with that you passed Sweden in the race for the medals.

Cheers!

And she is not mad but a lass braver than most.

Table from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics_medal_table

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 6:30:58 PM

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I want to see Pole dancing made a Olympic summer game. Takes extreme athletics to pull off what some can do. Here is a good example (and yes it is fully clothed and safe for work and kids):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIuhfoTMv8

If it's safe for work & kids, why look?

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 6:58:45 PM

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Worth it IMO. I tripped over that on another forum someone posted. The stuff she does made my body hurt just watching.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 7:23:02 PM

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who's your favorite in Team USA vs Russia this Saturday in Hockey?

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/14/2014 9:16:48 PM

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Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one

Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon

And she is not mad but a lass braver than most.

warspite1

So young Elizabeth what did you do today?

Well I chose to lie down, head first, and with my face just milimetres from the ground, on a giant tea tray. I then propelled myself down a twisty-turny ice-covered hill with ice-covered walls at 80mph, which meant my body was battling with forces of up to 5G. But I'm not as mad as a balloon you know

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 4:20:29 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:22:48 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.

Fun stuff actually.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:26:28 AM

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Id be interested in that. NBC here has not shown anything of the sort. I do enjoy some women events, just not many.

Id love to see some ladies hockey, but alas figure skating seems to be about the only thing they show.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:30:50 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.

Fun stuff actually.

warspite1

Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:34:26 AM

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I'm still waiting for the beach volleyball.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:39:05 AM

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Id be interested in that. NBC here has not shown anything of the sort. I do enjoy some women events, just not many.

Id love to see some ladies hockey, but alas figure skating seems to be about the only thing they show.

I understand your frustration. Figure skating can be fun to watch for 10 minutes or so.

Here we have two free channels, with some commercial, that show the Olympic games live so I have a option to select what I want to watch. In addition there is also a pay channel that shows one more sport from the events.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:40:21 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.

Fun stuff actually.

warspite1

Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....

6-6 at the moment but it is the last end and China has the last stone. So I suspect a small miracle is needed in order for Sweden to win.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:42:00 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.

Fun stuff actually.

warspite1

Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....

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Its all on the last stone!

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:43:35 AM

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Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.

10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.

Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.

The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.

I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.

Fun stuff actually.

warspite1

Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....

warspite1

Its all on the last stone!

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Well done Eve Muirhead!!

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:47:16 AM

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And in the end China won.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:48:54 AM

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And in the end China won.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:56:20 AM

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At the moment both Sweden and Great Britain are among the top four and thereby has a spot in the semi finals. But in addition to making it to the semi finals I suspect it would be nice to avoid Canada in the semi.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 6:58:58 AM

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At the moment both Sweden and Great Britain are among the top four and thereby has a spot in the semi finals. But in addition to making it to the semi finals I suspect it would be nice to avoid Canada in the semi.

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Yes, getting into the semis is job 1, job 2 is defo avoiding Canada

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 7:36:56 AM

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Now I am watching ladies hockey. Finland versus Sweden and after period one it is 0-0. Finland are huge favourites to win.

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 9:13:53 AM

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Now I am watching ladies hockey. Finland versus Sweden and after period one it is 0-0. Finland are huge favourites to win.

Sweden amazingly won against Finland (4-2).

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 9:17:41 AM

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WTF!!! Christie has been penalised again!!!

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RE: Let's talk Olympics ! - 2/15/2014 9:58:01 AM

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As I said earlier, the pre olympic time has not been on Norways side, and that became very apperent during todays 4x5km for women.
A BIG congratulations to Sweden though, nice to see you guys getting back to the top of crosscountry sliing again!

Terje

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