The London 2012 Olympic Thread
#16
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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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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...
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...
#18
Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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
Channels to tune to, and other info in : http://nine.com.au/img/comingsoon/20...Technology.pdf
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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
Channels to tune to, and other info in : http://nine.com.au/img/comingsoon/20...Technology.pdf
#20
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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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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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...
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...
#24
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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.
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.
#25
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wotif the Icelandic volcano Eyjafwhatchacallit throws a tantrum ?
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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!
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!
#27
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For me Daley Thompson in competition and whistling the anthem on the podium ... top bloke
#28
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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...
I'm not sure why the silver and bronze medallists look uncomfortable...
Last edited by commonwealth; Jul 16th 2012 at 11:50 am.
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