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Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:02:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 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 Thank you. It feels good to finally get a gold. Especially in a cross-country skiing event that it was ages since we got a gold in. [:)] Now it is time for some celebration tea. [:D]

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:03:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 WTF!!! Christie has been penalised again!!! [:@] I feel for you although I have no idea what happened. [:(]

terje439 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:13:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 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 Thank you. It feels good to finally get a gold. Especially in a cross-country skiing event that it was ages since we got a gold in. [:)] Now it is time for some celebration tea. [:D] I'll say "skål" with my comfort tea :p

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:19:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 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 Thank you. It feels good to finally get a gold. Especially in a cross-country skiing event that it was ages since we got a gold in. [:)] Now it is time for some celebration tea. [:D] warspite1 Congrats to Sweden [sm=00000436.gif]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:19:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 WTF!!! Christie has been penalised again!!! [:@] I feel for you although I have no idea what happened. [:(] warspite1 Rules are rules I guess. Her left skate was 1 centimetre the wrong side of the finishing line....

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:31:34 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 WTF!!! Christie has been penalised again!!! [:@] I feel for you although I have no idea what happened. [:(] warspite1 Rules are rules I guess. Her left skate was 1 centimetre the wrong side of the finishing line.... I've seen worse rule infringements in other sports and nothing happened regardless of protests. Since I know almost nothing of short track skating I should probably keep quiet but I get a feeling that strong nations get an advantage with the judges in many sports and Great Britain is not a strong winter nation. I hope I am wrong but... [:(]

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 10:31:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 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 Thank you. It feels good to finally get a gold. Especially in a cross-country skiing event that it was ages since we got a gold in. [:)] Now it is time for some celebration tea. [:D] warspite1 Congrats to Sweden [sm=00000436.gif] Thank you. [:)]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 11:15:08 AM)
GB vs Canada in the men's Curling and its nail-biting. 5-5 with two ends to go...[X(]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 11:47:25 AM)
Damn - lost it on the last stone... well done to Canada.

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 6:37:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Damn - lost it on the last stone... well done to Canada. warspite1 ...and now the women lose too. Not been a good day at all for Team GB [:(]

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 6:50:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Damn - lost it on the last stone... well done to Canada. warspite1 ...and now the women lose too. Not been a good day at all for Team GB [:(] I am so sorry that it has been a bad day for Great Britain. I hope that tomorrow will be a better day.

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/15/2014 6:53:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Damn - lost it on the last stone... well done to Canada. warspite1 ...and now the women lose too. Not been a good day at all for Team GB [:(] I am so sorry that it has been a bad day for Great Britain. I hope that tomorrow will be a better day. warspite1 In fairness its probably not a bad day relatively - its more like normal for us at the Winter Games. Its just that, with the lottery money, the expectation is a little higher.

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 9:19:13 AM)
Thrilling Curling game this morning. A must win for both Russia and GB. GB won it on the final stone (well done Ms Muirhead [&o]). Got to say though, the Russian team were certainly lookers [X(] [image]local://upfiles/28156/80E85365ED1A46FB9E7E0920D651F7A8.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 9:51:21 AM)
Terje I see what you mean about the pants!! [X(] [;)]

terje439 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 10:58:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Terje I see what you mean about the pants!! [X(] [;)] [;)]

terje439 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 11:33:04 AM)
Btw, how come in the Olympics it is GBR, while in other sports like football it is four single nations? Terje

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 11:50:58 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 Btw, how come in the Olympics it is GBR, while in other sports like football it is four single nations? Terje warspite1 So its Britain vs Norway tomorrow for a place in the semi-final! Re your question, I am not sure why some sports are different to others. So in Football, Rugby and Cricket we compete as England and the other home countries compete as their nation (although again Rugby (and I believe Cricket) are different as there is a united Ireland team - not so in football. In the Olympics its GB and Northern Ireland but in the Commonwealth Games its individual countries again.

catwhoorg -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 12:04:46 PM)
Technically in Cricket it is England and Wales, usually abbreviated to England. I think Scottish players are also eligible for none World cup events. And of course in Rugby there are the periodic Lions tours, where it is GB+Ireland. A lot of it is to do with quirks of history.

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:37:45 PM)
Wow - that took some doing..... Britain's ladies Curling team 3-up with one end to play against Denmark. Managed to lose the last end 3-0 and then lost the play-off [8\|]. Serves them right that they now have to play Canada in the semi-final. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4FFF7DC8DC454339B3CFDBD157E44B7A.jpg[/image]

Zap -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:44:13 PM)
Wow, so many nations without medals. They should have saved themselves money and not sent a team. They'll have a shot at medals at the summer olympics

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:49:46 PM)
I thought the idea behind the Olympic Games was to participate. [;)] Besides that I would find it boring with only three participants in every event. [;)][:D]

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:53:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Wow - that took some doing..... Britain's ladies Curling team 3-up with one end to play against Denmark. Managed to lose the last end 3-0 and then lost the play-off [8\|]. Serves them right that they now have to play Canada in the semi-final. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4FFF7DC8DC454339B3CFDBD157E44B7A.jpg[/image] So it will be fun to watch them beat Canada. Would been more fun to see them play Sweden but still plenty of excitement and fun with Canada. [:)] Well done in making the semi-finals. [sm=character0272.gif] Cute team. [:)]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:55:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Wow - that took some doing..... Britain's ladies Curling team 3-up with one end to play against Denmark. Managed to lose the last end 3-0 and then lost the play-off [8\|]. Serves them right that they now have to play Canada in the semi-final. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4FFF7DC8DC454339B3CFDBD157E44B7A.jpg[/image] So it will be fun to watch them beat Canada. Would been more fun to see them play Sweden but still plenty of excitement and fun with Canada. [:)] Well done in making the semi-finals. [sm=character0272.gif] Cute team. [:)] warspite1 And in the men's it might be Great Britain vs Sweden (if we win our play-off against Norway and their pants tomorrow). Yes - its not a flattering picture but the two ladies on the left are cute.

Orm -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 5:58:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Wow - that took some doing..... Britain's ladies Curling team 3-up with one end to play against Denmark. Managed to lose the last end 3-0 and then lost the play-off [8\|]. Serves them right that they now have to play Canada in the semi-final. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4FFF7DC8DC454339B3CFDBD157E44B7A.jpg[/image] So it will be fun to watch them beat Canada. Would been more fun to see them play Sweden but still plenty of excitement and fun with Canada. [:)] Well done in making the semi-finals. [sm=character0272.gif] Cute team. [:)] warspite1 And in the men's it might be Great Britain vs Sweden (if we win our play-off against Norway and their pants tomorrow). Yes - its not a flattering picture but the two ladies on the left are cute. It is not a flattering picture but I meant it when I said that they are cute. All of them. [:)]

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 6:30:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Wow - that took some doing..... Britain's ladies Curling team 3-up with one end to play against Denmark. Managed to lose the last end 3-0 and then lost the play-off [8\|]. Serves them right that they now have to play Canada in the semi-final. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4FFF7DC8DC454339B3CFDBD157E44B7A.jpg[/image] So it will be fun to watch them beat Canada. Would been more fun to see them play Sweden but still plenty of excitement and fun with Canada. [:)] Well done in making the semi-finals. [sm=character0272.gif] Cute team. [:)] warspite1 And in the men's it might be Great Britain vs Sweden (if we win our play-off against Norway and their pants tomorrow). Yes - its not a flattering picture but the two ladies on the left are cute. It is not a flattering picture but I meant it when I said that they are cute. All of them. [:)] warspite1 Miss Sloan on the left has got incredible eyes [sm=00001746.gif]

british exil -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/17/2014 11:08:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 Btw, how come in the Olympics it is GBR, while in other sports like football it is four single nations? Terje When it comes to football, each nation has its own FA (football association). The English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland leagues. These compete individually, although some welsh teams do play in the english leagues. When it came to the Olympics each association was asked if they were willing to join together and have a Team GB. Scotland did not want to. Therefore the Olympic team were made of different players from different FA's without scottish players. Only players that did not play in the European Championships were allowed to play for Team GB, don't ask me why, maybe to give more players a chance to play. Other Nations did not have this ruling. The british Olympic Commitee is British and not English, Scottish etc. therefore Britain can only havea British Olympic team and not sent 4 single Nations. The Commenwealth is a completely different story. Mat

rodney727 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/18/2014 1:28:19 AM)
Only America plays true football. Do you think any European country could place a team on the field that could beat north Texas ? I do t think so. Even a combined Eurpean team would only kick a field goal against Florida State.

warspite1 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/18/2014 2:41:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rogo727 Only America plays true football. Do you think any European country could place a team on the field that could beat north Texas ? I do t think so. Even a combined Eurpean team would only kick a field goal against Florida State. warspite1 Right........

Arjuna -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/18/2014 5:22:45 AM)
Ah grid iron footballers won't take to the field without all that padding and a helmet. Real men don't need that. I doubt if they could run the distance of a proper rugby, rugby league or Aussie Rules match and any game which allows field players to pick the ball up in their hands can't really lay claim to calling itself "football". Handball maybe. [;)]

terje439 -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/18/2014 6:48:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rogo727 Only America plays true football. Do you think any European country could place a team on the field that could beat north Texas ? I do t think so. Even a combined Eurpean team would only kick a field goal against Florida State. Much use of HANDS in your kind of FOOTball though [:'(] Terje

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