14-02-2010, 04:53 PM
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Winter Olympics
Is anyone watching it? It's a shame about the time difference as I prefer to watch events live.I'm not interested in all the events but like watching the Ice Skating, Curling, Bobsleigh and Ski Jumping. The actual downhill skiing seems to go on forever to me
I see they are short of snow over there ...... I bet they are envious of Washington at the moment!
15-02-2010, 05:00 PM
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Re: Winter Olympics
Originally Posted by Mags
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Is anyone watching it? It's a shame about the time difference as I prefer to watch events live.I'm not interested in all the events but like watching the Ice Skating, Curling, Bobsleigh and Ski Jumping. The actual downhill skiing seems to go on forever to me
I see they are short of snow over there ...... I bet they are envious of Washington at the moment!
I too prefer to watch events live. Guess what? They are live for me because I live in Portland, Oregon just a few hundred miles from Vancouver, BC. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.
I've loved the Olympics since early childhood when ABC's Jim McCay of Wide World Of Sports broadcast the first televised coverage of the Olympics. I cry a lot because I get thrilled at the excellance of the competition & youth involved. Does that make me unmanly? If so, i will still cry.
15-02-2010, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mags
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It doesn't make you unmanly at all, Bob...... you are a true supporter of the athletes and like me, are amazed at their skill and talent.You are so lucky living so close to the action and being able to watch it live
15-02-2010, 05:33 PM
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Re: Winter Olympics
Originally Posted by bobmielke
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I've been close before. In 1970 I was in the United States Air Force stationed in Misawa, Japan. The Supporo Winter Olympics were held that year but we were not permitted to attend. Bummer!
That was unfortunate
16-02-2010, 11:52 AM
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I love the ice skating and downhill skiing. As previously said, it's disappointing that the time difference means we miss a lot of the stuff live. And as I'm at work during the day, all I can get is highlights on BBC in the evening and whatever is showing on Eurosport before I go to sleep!20-02-2010, 04:29 PM
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Woo hoo!
Congratulations to Amy Williams from Bath who has won Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with a victory in the Women's Skeleton.
What a brilliant effort, full marks to any competitor in that event for wanting to speed down that icy track on their tum!
Robin Cousins was the last Brit to win a gold in Lake Placid in 1980.
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