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Old Jul 16th 2012, 2:49 am
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
In the spirit of sporting rivalry I hope the Australians (including the conveniently ignored imported 'new Australians') fall flat on their arses and their colonial masters give them a good kicking...
Yep - sounds good to me. And not unlikley either by all accounts:
http://www.news.com.au/national/auss...-1226422066537

"...Australia faces the grim prospect of its worst Olympics result in two decades.." sounds FANTASTIC!

I cant wait to hear the winging and moaning and complaining about 'dodgy rules' or 'blatant favouritism' or whatever else the aussie media come up with to explain why 'their boys and girls' dont top the table in everything...
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 3:48 am
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Yep - sounds good to me. And not unlikley either by all accounts:
http://www.news.com.au/national/auss...-1226422066537

"...Australia faces the grim prospect of its worst Olympics result in two decades.." sounds FANTASTIC!

I cant wait to hear the winging and moaning and complaining about 'dodgy rules' or 'blatant favouritism' or whatever else the aussie media come up with to explain why 'their boys and girls' dont top the table in everything...
Smallest team too. Show's how much they care about the London Olympics. Could be comparable to Britains 34th place back in '96
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 4:24 am
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Those of you that happen to have 3D TVs, and Freeview HD receivers capable of MPEG4, and who live in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, may like to know that the Nine 3D Olympics channel is now live for the duration. Mind they are showing the BBC package of ceremonies and highlights during the day only - which is a bit daft.

Channels to tune to, and other info in : http://nine.com.au/img/comingsoon/20...Technology.pdf
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Originally Posted by GarryP
Those of you that happen to have 3D TVs, and Freeview HD receivers capable of MPEG4, and who live in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, may like to know that the Nine 3D Olympics channel is now live for the duration. Mind they are showing the BBC package of ceremonies and highlights during the day only - which is a bit daft.

Channels to tune to, and other info in : http://nine.com.au/img/comingsoon/20...Technology.pdf
Channel 9 is banned in my house. That said I is there was quite an interesting episode of the Mentalist on last night. Commercials every 4 minutes that went for 4 minutes. We just got so tired of the endless rubbish and switched over in the end. If I wasn't going to the games , Foxtel all the way.
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by Beoz
Channel 9 is banned in my house. That said I is there was quite an interesting episode of the Mentalist on last night. Commercials every 4 minutes that went for 4 minutes. We just got so tired of the endless rubbish and switched over in the end. If I wasn't going to the games , Foxtel all the way.
Since they are just running the Beeb package, you can hope that the 3D won't have adverts in it.
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That pole vaulter is pants too ... silly hair ...
He looks like Carrot Top.

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Old Jul 16th 2012, 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by DadAgain
Yep - sounds good to me. And not unlikley either by all accounts:
http://www.news.com.au/national/auss...-1226422066537

"...Australia faces the grim prospect of its worst Olympics result in two decades.." sounds FANTASTIC!

I cant wait to hear the winging and moaning and complaining about 'dodgy rules' or 'blatant favouritism' or whatever else the aussie media come up with to explain why 'their boys and girls' dont top the table in everything...
I'd blame the immigrants, the team is full of them

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Old Jul 16th 2012, 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by Pomster
enjoying it already immensely.

Traffic queues went past my door most of last week, and we live bloody miles away from any where Olympic related...but the Zil lanes are having the desired effect of causing rush hour London traffic to grind to a standstill.

Roll on mid August.
Well in anticipation of the fun and games in London I'm finishing my job on Friday and taking a month off before starting my new job I will be out of London the whole time in Scotland, Norway and Iceland.
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 9:51 am
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wotif the Icelandic volcano Eyjafwhatchacallit throws a tantrum ?
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 10:17 am
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So what would be your favourite Olympic moments?

For me i think the 2 Ovett v Coe 800m and 1500m clashes at i think the Moscow games where each won the others favoured event, epic!
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So what would be your favourite Olympic moments?

For me i think the 2 Ovett v Coe 800m and 1500m clashes at i think the Moscow games where each won the others favoured event, epic!
The Ovett and Coe clashes were classic.

For me Daley Thompson in competition and whistling the anthem on the podium ... top bloke
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 11:48 am
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So what would be your favourite Olympic moments?
The first openly-gay Olympian winning a Gold medal after performing the highest scoring dive in Olympic history!





I'm not sure why the silver and bronze medallists look uncomfortable...


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Old Jul 16th 2012, 12:05 pm
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wotif the Icelandic volcano Eyjafwhatchacallit throws a tantrum ?
I will go and see it if possible.
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Old Jul 16th 2012, 1:38 pm
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I think the brits will **** it up,tis happening already
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