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RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:46 pm
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Well done to Holland and others...sadly our hopes of up to 7 medals is looking a tad er...optimistic shall we say? [:(]
Ho hum....there's always four years time [:)].
No! It is two years time and Britannia will rule the Olympic Games. [:)]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:00 pm
by warspite1
It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!! [:@]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:58 pm
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!! [:@]
Could you, please, provide a link so I could form an opinion on this?
I am not happy with sports where you can win by all the others fall down.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:00 pm
by Orm
I am watching a reprise of today's women curling match. Fun and relaxing but I wish I could, for once, see it live.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:31 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
It was absolutely criminal, scandalous, that they disqualified our speed skater. How dare they? That was just a shabby bolshevik piece of chicanery.... I mean didn't they know she was British? I repeat..how dare they!!! [:@]
Could you, please, provide a link so I could form an opinion on this?
I am not happy with sports where you can win by all the others fall down.
warspite1
Orm here is the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26173334
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:42 am
by Lecivius
USA! USA! USA!
I'm having a great time watching these games as time allows. The Norwegians are counting coup, but there are a lot of off-the-wall things that are making these a good series. And the Jamaican Bob sled team is back!
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:03 pm
by warspite1
Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one [:)]
Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon [;)]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:09 pm
by 2ndACR
I want to see Pole dancing made a Olympic summer game. Takes extreme athletics to pull off what some can do. Here is a good example (and yes it is fully clothed and safe for work and kids):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIuhfoTMv8
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:27 pm
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one [:)]
Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon [;)]
Congratulations! Well done.
And with that you passed Sweden in the race for the medals. [:)]
Cheers!
And she is not mad but a lass braver than most.
Table from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winte ... edal_table
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:30 pm
by Lecivius
ORIGINAL: 2ndACR
I want to see Pole dancing made a Olympic summer game. Takes extreme athletics to pull off what some can do. Here is a good example (and yes it is fully clothed and safe for work and kids):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIuhfoTMv8
If it's safe for work & kids, why look? [&:]
[:D]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:58 pm
by 2ndACR
Worth it IMO. I tripped over that on another forum someone posted. The stuff she does made my body hurt just watching.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:23 pm
by rodney727
who's your favorite in Team USA vs Russia this Saturday in Hockey?
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:16 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Yay - we've got a second medal....and its a gold one [:)]
Well done Lizzy Yarnold on your gold medal - oh and btw, you must be mad as a balloon [;)]
And she is not mad but a lass braver than most.
warspite1
So young Elizabeth what did you do today?
Well I chose to lie down, head first, and with my face just milimetres from the ground, on a giant tea tray. I then propelled myself down a twisty-turny ice-covered hill with ice-covered walls at 80mph, which meant my body was battling with forces of up to 5G. But I'm not as mad as a balloon you know [;)]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:20 am
by Missouri_Rebel
Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.
10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.
Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.
The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:22 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel
Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.
10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.
Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.
The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.
I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.
Fun stuff actually. [:)]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:26 am
by Missouri_Rebel
Id be interested in that. NBC here has not shown anything of the sort. I do enjoy some women events, just not many.
Id love to see some ladies hockey, but alas figure skating seems to be about the only thing they show.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:30 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel
Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.
10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.
Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.
The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.
I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.
Fun stuff actually. [:)]
warspite1
Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:34 am
by Zorch
I'm still waiting for the beach volleyball. [:)]
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:39 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel
Id be interested in that. NBC here has not shown anything of the sort. I do enjoy some women events, just not many.
Id love to see some ladies hockey, but alas figure skating seems to be about the only thing they show.
I understand your frustration. Figure skating can be fun to watch for 10 minutes or so.
Here we have two free channels, with some commercial, that show the Olympic games live so I have a option to select what I want to watch. In addition there is also a pay channel that shows one more sport from the events.
RE: Let's talk Olympics !
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:40 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel
Ive had about all I can stand of figure skating.
10 minutes of some downhill or a small portion of snowboarding and the rest figure skating.
Show hockey or curling or biathlon. Anything. And I just don't care to watch womens sports that much. The times are slower the tricks are smaller and the level of performance down. Luge sure. Snowboarding and freestyle? No.
The 2014 Womens er... Winter Olympics are a bore.
I am watching curling at the moment. China versus Sweden and these ladies are anything but a bore to watch.
Fun stuff actually. [:)]
warspite1
Typical - we are leading South Korea 7-4, then I tune in to watch, and two ends later we are losing 8-7. I think I'll go do something else....
6-6 at the moment but it is the last end and China has the last stone. So I suspect a small miracle is needed in order for Sweden to win.