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Post by professordave on Feb 11, 2010 23:35:19 GMT -5
The Winter Olympics start tomorrow. Yeah! Two storms in the Northeast dumped 40 inches of snow on my house last week, there's no more football, and it's depressingly dark by 5:30. This is why I love the Winter Olympics, a bright spot in an otherwise dull month. Don't know anybody in these sports except Shaun White, a couple skaters, and some hockey pros, but part of the fun is learning about and cheering on all these people I didn't know or care about 5 minutes ago.
Anyone else gonna tune in?
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Post by lynn on Feb 12, 2010 0:29:21 GMT -5
I like ice-skating, I might watch that. Jamaica no longer bob-sledding, so not watching that. I guess there's something different but still brilliant for us Aussies watching, a spot of creamy white coolness in the middle of our sweltery summer months.
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Post by Scary Gary on Feb 14, 2010 22:19:35 GMT -5
I'm right with you, Dave. I've got hit by the same two storms and have layers of ice and snow up to the gills.
I tune in occasionally throughout the day. I don't care for the coverage, but it is what it is. I just wish they would show more of the events and less of the drama.
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Post by professordave on Feb 17, 2010 22:24:10 GMT -5
yeah, I saw a couple blades of grass yesterday for the first time in two weeks. Brown and dead, sure, but definitely grass.
These Olympics have been kind of a disaster. A man is killed on the luge course, the torch ceremony has technical difficulties, the ice in the speed skating arena isn't properly surfaced, bad weather on the downhill courses cause 4 women to crash . . . but despite all that it's fun to watch, and Vancouver does look like a great city.
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Post by Scary Gary on Feb 18, 2010 15:10:32 GMT -5
Don't forget the time delay non-sense. The only grass I have seen has been where I over-shoveled into my lawn. There is significant melting, but still ice on the smaller roads. There is also talk of another storm next week, around Tuesday.  |
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Post by professordave on Feb 19, 2010 23:30:30 GMT -5
Okay, coverage just went from the high-adrenaline excitement of men's superG downhill ski racing to ice dancing. Like playing Metallica and following it with KennyG.
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Post by gretl on Feb 20, 2010 11:34:44 GMT -5
I want to see ice-dancing to Metallica!
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Post by Scary Gary on Feb 20, 2010 13:00:36 GMT -5
I want to see ice-dancing to Metallica! I could be down with that. The other day they had a couple skate to an instrumental version of one of my favorite Queen songs. I wasn't overly impressed.  |
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Post by broox on Feb 20, 2010 14:46:38 GMT -5
I thought the opening ceremony was pretty cool, better than I expected it to be after the immense spectacle of the chinese opening ceremony. The whale trick was super neat!
I've been trying to find video of it online to show melissa but I can't find it anywhere. Is there some kind of block on olympic video?
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Post by lynn on Feb 20, 2010 18:55:29 GMT -5
There probably is, I know other channels in Australia have been unable to show anything.
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Post by gretl on Feb 21, 2010 10:47:56 GMT -5
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Post by professordave on Feb 21, 2010 15:21:56 GMT -5
NBC keeps a tight lid on their coverage. Hard to blame them, considering what they pay.
Really liked the multimedia spectacle of the opening. The whales were cool, the mountain with skiers flying off it, the prairie with the kid flying around. Spectacles like that do not happen often. Who could afford it. But it's hard to beat the Chinese opening two years ago.
Really starting to like the racing events, snowboard cross, shorttrack skating, and ski-cross. Insane.
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