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Old Feb 19th 2010, 7:47 am
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Default Re: I love the Olympics because...

Originally Posted by Elizabeth I
Did you see that Shaun White yesterday ? The guy is a star!
no, i recorded it and will watch both men & women's halfpipe tonight

Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
Ladies Half pipe was fab - did get a bit cold towards the end - but the bus system up and down the mountain worked really well!

However, the vending - bloody rip off and no much choice - hey ho - that's the prob with being a veggie in N america~

Medals ceremony on wed eve and PGS on Friday next week - woo hoo
i feel for you, we struggle as veggies in germany, but we're used to it.
how lucky are you to be there in person! absolutely brilliant!!
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 12:05 am
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Originally Posted by spankysparkle
no, i recorded it and will watch both men & women's halfpipe tonight
So when do they have the full pipe?
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 1:16 am
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So when do they have the full pipe?
as soon as someone lights it.
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 2:39 am
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I see we're all getting a bit bored by the Olympics?

Quelle surprise.
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 2:40 am
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Originally Posted by Lord Vader
as soon as someone lights it.
Oh thank you, that made my laugh.

As for curling, I cannot explain it but I am hooked watching it. No idea about the scoring or rules but watching it regardless.
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 2:44 am
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Oh thank you, that made my laugh.

As for curling, I cannot explain it but I am hooked watching it. No idea about the scoring or rules but watching it regardless.
Dear God. It's perfectly simple. Cradles do it all the time, so surely that tells us it can't be complicated?

Having said that, when I tried it I fell over a lot.

Still, I do enjoy watching it. Chess on Ice, innit?
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We went downtown Vancouver tonight it was very crowded, but we got half pissed at Joe Fortes and then pretty pissed at the Sutton Place hotel bar, not a bad evening. I love the Olympics.
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 12:32 pm
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...I have the house to myself all afternoon, a big bag of tortillas, a bottle of red and BBC iplayer.
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Old Feb 21st 2010, 1:11 pm
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looking forward to the ski cross
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Old Feb 22nd 2010, 12:24 am
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looking forward to the ski cross
Pity the Canadian in the final fell over (again). Do you think they're all smoking too much BC bud?
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Saw the BBC's trailer for Vancouver 2010 yesterday evening on BBC world. That's pretty cool - the graphics department at the BBC know their stuff.

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Old Feb 22nd 2010, 2:43 am
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
Saw the BBC's trailer for Vancouver 2010 yesterday evening on BBC world. That's pretty cool - the graphics department at the BBC know their stuff.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Xwe5x77m8U
That was fun. BBC and C4 graphics have always been pretty good.
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Old Feb 22nd 2010, 3:31 am
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Loved the figure skating and free style skiing today, very exciting...pity about Canada ice hockey...
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Old Feb 22nd 2010, 3:37 am
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Originally Posted by Oink
pretty pissed at the Sutton Place hotel bar, not a bad evening.


I like that place

That's where we stayed when we first ever visited Vancouver, lovely hotel and very nice bar for a quiet drink.
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Originally Posted by bsmith
That was fun. BBC and C4 graphics have always been pretty good.
Yeah; they even managed to make curling look exciting. Quite an achievement.
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