Olympics
So who's excited...?
Btw I am. Always have been. Have fond memories of watching Alan wells running in moscow on the telly when I was 6. And many many more memories of loads of events in games since then. I absolutely love the dedication, the humanity, the drama, the emotion. Good on ya baron de coubertain. Best show on earth.
After Scalford obviously.
Btw I am. Always have been. Have fond memories of watching Alan wells running in moscow on the telly when I was 6. And many many more memories of loads of events in games since then. I absolutely love the dedication, the humanity, the drama, the emotion. Good on ya baron de coubertain. Best show on earth.
After Scalford obviously.
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I don't watch much sport, and it's a habit that's difficult to break.
The problem is getting myself to sit down in front of the telly when it's on.
#-o
X_X :-$ @-)
Col' - you can probably buy Prozac online these days... :-/
isolation from all the pernicious advertising and sponsorship." If you and I have notice this how are the people for whom this amount of money and nonsense could have helped and saved lives. £60M on guards, how much on army, air force, etc let alone the building and all the nasty back hands, and new bird baths at £85K for the minister of bullshit.
Also I don't know what proportion of the Olympic spend is subsidised by the sponsor side of the 'Olympic family' - i imagine its quite a sognificant fraction. Presumably from this point of view the sponsors are a good thing...
I'm glad of that.
Life'd be as boring as shit if we all like the same ting.
Good on ya. Keep on sucking those stripey mints...!
Btw I'm well pissed. In London for a wedding tomorrow and too much booze already. *hic*
I have no memory of making the post. Eek.
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Paul - I too achieved archery glory - 2nd in the junior welsh open circa 1987. Though I wasn't using a long bow.
Btw at the Olympics party at my place tomorrow we do have large novelty Velcro darts and an inflatable target. I challenge thee sir.
I still think Chas 'n Dave on an open top bus would have done it...
Arctic moneys 'come together' with flying bicycles was my favourite bit.
My least favourite bit was when my technisat freeview box couldn't play the new bbc hd Olympic service, and I had to resign myself and my party guests to watching the large projected image in sd...
Anyhow, now looking forward to a fortnight of compelling sports' action in whatever screen resolution is available...
If anyone needs me over the next two weeks I can be found watching sport and eating highly athletic pizza ;-)
I do think she looks a big tired a lot of the time these days - she is 86 I suppose.
Good to have the sporting bit underway now. Wall to wall sport. Love it!
I was tidying up the house today. Had a tv or radio on in pretty much every room. Loved the coverage of so many different sports - genuine* achievement clearly means so much to people (the competitors themselves, but also to their families, their coaches and their fans). I simply find that very pleasing to witness.
* worth discussing / explaining a little more probably...! ;-)
* Apparently Tom daly has been getting abuse on twitter today following his 4th place in the synchronised diving. Some members of the intelligentsia group on twitter saying that his (recently deceased) dad would be ashamed of tom's performance today.
I think those comments say all that needs to be said about the people who make them.
From everyone else...Thank you Tom daly, and all the olympic athletes, for all the effort you've put into your preparations for London 2012. Those preparations make up one of the ingredients that contributes to the competition aspect of the olympics so meaningful for we sports fans. And tom - I enjoyed watching your event today. All the best in the individual diving later in the games. :-)
I have been loving the coverage on 5live, the enthusiasm is infectious. I am particularly enjoying the sailing regatta, the rowing regatta even more so, and am getting excited about the athletics which start in a few days.
Really looking forward to the athletics. Always been my favourite since as a 6 year old lad I watched Alan wells powering down the track in moscow in 1980.
Tho' michael Johnson's 200m final in Atlanta is my all time fav'. I know bolt has since gone faster, but seeing Johnson tearing up the track down the home straight in record time made me scream. Johnson has remarkable natural talent I'm sure, but made the most of through an incredible and professional dedication to his sport. I spent a day in Atlanta between flights a few years later and made a pilgrimage to the Olympic park there to pay homage to the great man at the stone with the result of the 200m final engraved on it. (Btw I was horrified to discover that most of the Olympic stadium had been pulled down to convert the site into a basket ball stadium... :-( )
Bring on the sprints!
Well done rowing ladies!
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I found some of the usual on-field behaviour of some of the players a little disappointing, and in contrast to the conduct of almost every other athlete at the games that I have seen. Call me old mr. Fussy if you will...!
In my youth, my best time for 100m was 12.3. I could've won a bronze medal in 1896!