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The winter olympics start tomorrow .. well saturday morning at 2am is the opening ceremony ... are you going to watch it ..

BBC Sport - Vancouver 2010 - BBC Sport's guide to the Winter Olympic Games

There is a local interest .. Kristan Bromley is originally from Cowpe in Rossendale and went to BRGS ... hes going in the skeleton bob ... the one where they go down head first on what looks like a tin tray .... :D

Something for Eric ..our canadian friend ...:D:D:D

Then, its time to strap yourselves in/hide behind the sofa as the potentially explosive men's ice hockey final begins at 1215 local time (2015 GMT). All of Canada will be closed at this point of the home side are involved. A day of mourning will have been held if they are not.
(I think the final will be America and Russia!!! but we'll see)

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I'm afraid I'll be very busy watching paint dry Jen to take in the olympics:D

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I prefer the winter olympics rather than the summer one ... theres more accidents and seems more exciting ..especially in the ice hockey (when beating each other up) or the speed skating when they go flying into the boards or snowboarding and skiing .. can remember eddie the eagle .. i think that was the first one i watched!!!:D:D:D

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didnt somone die yesterday at these olympics apprently they hit a pole at 145mph after exiting a tobboggan

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Yes, he was from Georgia, only 21 years old.
My brother who lives in Harwood sent me an e-mail yesterday to say that the Canadian National Anthem sucked! and was totally pi**ed and was going to bed, he even said the Aussie Anthem was better.
Well I hope the Games are good what with all the rain etc............. Washington and Philly should have sent some of their snow up the Canada.

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Think it would have been interesting/fun if the clowns from PETA who have been stirring things up for one of the US team (male ice dancer) wearing fur had taken their demonstration to the Native Americans who appeared at the opening ceremony about their "traditional" wearing of animal skins and feathers :D :D

Also enjoyed the light/laser show with the Whale and the Salmon ladder , pity they didn't include the Seals ;)

On the whole the opening ceremony in my opinion was a good show, nice to see/hear the 'expanded' kd Lang

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Aren't the BBC wonderful, our Winter olympics team consists of 54 athletes, so auntie Beeb send a staff of 74 to cover the event, marvellous, bloody marvellous:mad::mad:

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Just watched the womens skeleton first two runs .. Britains in first place - not the one everyone was expecting - its Amy Williams in first place after the first two runs - her first run was 53.83 and is the only one whos gone under 54 seconds. Shelley Rudman is in joint 7th place after the first two runs she was in 11th after her first run.

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Britains got a gold .. in the womens skeleton bob .. amy williams. Shelley Rudman came 6th

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Canada will shut down at 7:30 pm EST as Canada and the US take to the ice .... it will be a barn burner of a game ... America and Russia? I don't be thinking so .... of the top 10 point getters in the NHL, 6 are Canadian .... But tonight's game will be great .... blood on the ice :theband: (And that doesn't mean there will be a demonstration of baby seal bashing at the end of the first period) .... It's our game, played on our ice; and I'm hoping that both the men and the women win gold.

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i thought you would have been crowing eric .. canada beating great britain in the curling ...

BBC Sport - Vancouver 2010 - Great Britain's Olympic curlers beaten by Canada

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It was a tight game ... don't get off watching curling too much, although I love to play the game ... don't worry about the result tho', Canada is always a strong team. Thousands play the sport over here; so, there is a large pool of talent to draw on ... in fact, the rink representing Canada is not the strongest that we could put out.

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And our women are 4 - 0 in the standings.

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I have been looking at the ice dancing competitors.
True nationality doesn't seem to be the indicator of the country represented.
The Japs were born in USA and the Israelis were born in Russia:confused:

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I cant get into this winter Olympics thing. I mean, how can you someone get a gold medal for lying flat on your stomach on a sledge. Kids round here have been doing that on the coppice for years, when we get snow.

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but coming down the coppice do they reach the speed of 130km? and the turns and straights .. and still stay on the sledge .. :D:D

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Watched some of the bobsledding last night .. the commentator said the italian teams sled was designed by Ferrari .. its in the ferrari red .. and theres no bottom in it where their feet go at the nose .. so when they got down to the bottom and were trying to slow down ... all the dry ice and snow on the track came up through the hole and covered the italian team in it ..:D

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Just over an hour to go before the ref drops the puck and Canada and the US go at it ... I'm all decked out in my Canadian hockey sweater and off to Rhea's bar to watch the game .... Canada will be officialy closed for a couple of hours .... hoping for a Canadian win, but, whatever, it will be a great game.

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I'm wi you mate it aint sport its fun.:rolleyes:

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Am I the only one who finds risking injury and death by way of sport, to be no 'fun' at all?

Too many sportsmen are addicted to their 'adrenaline highs', obtained when they expose their bodies to high risk.

There are some sports with no risk eg golf.
Can't see the point of that either. A brisk walk would have the same physical benefits.

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Probably not but yer in a definate minority i reckon.

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Did you enjoy the ice hockey last night Eric? :D:D:D well this morning our time .. i watched some of the second period and the whole of the third .. where was the blood .. didnt see any of it .. :D:D:D

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Most likely Canada is having a national day of mourning ;)

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A frustrating game ... and, with no thought of sour grapes, the more talented team lost .... shots on goal! But I have to admit, the net minder for the US was outstanding, while Martin Brodeur sucked:mad: But I'll stick with my prediction that talent will out in the end, and Canada will take the gold.

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I don't know about the rest of the country, but I had a day of morning after:D

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Are they not over yet:eek::eek:

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It aint over until the fat lady sings.

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i realy enjoyed the ski cross,,,,,,,,power rangers on ice,,,,

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did you not watch the snowboard cross granny c .. that was good .. i think it was the same course the ski cross was ... watching the curlers at the minute .. GB v Sweden theyre playing for a place in the semi finals ... 6-6 at the moment in the last end.

I see Canada got through to the quarter finals in the ice hockey Eric ... theres a chance yet for them ...:D:D:D

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Canada 7 Russia 3 .... what a game .... the Candians finally went back to the body and blew the Russians out of the game ... and the intensity of the game .... fantastic .... and Canada won gold and silver in the womens' bobsleigh .... what a day:mosher:

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And Cheryl Bernard is in the womens' curling finals against Sweden who crushed China to get to the final ...

And tonight the womens' hockey team goes up against the US for the gold ... And it looks like most of our medals have been won by our women .... way to go girls:mosher:

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And I read in the local rag this morning that snow isn't the only thing in short supply in Vancouver .... the athletes' villages are quickly running out of condoms:eek::eek::eek: And who said that Canada couldn't throw a party:theband:

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I have watched some ice dancing on Youtube.
The canadian couple who won gold were quite spectacular doing flamenco - as good as Torville and Dean were doing Ravels Bolero.

The rest of the 'snow sports' just leave me cold ;)

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Can't agree with the last part .... but the ice dancing was great ... and it was a special gold medal as Tessa and Scott are the first North American pair to win the gold, and the youngest. They were in the stands, wearing their medals, watching Canada obliterate Russia last night ... even the line with Ovechkin and Malkin couldn't get anything going.

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Women's hockey .... game over .... Canada 2 United States 0 and this is the third straight Olympic gold medal .... Jayna Hefford of Kingston played stand out hockey:theband:

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Just watching the news .... the IOC is po'd at the Canadian womens' hockey team had a wild party after winning the gold ... after everyone had left the arena, the girls took the party out onto the ice, drinking beer and champagne and smoking cigars .... way to go girls .... real Canadian women play hockey, drink champagne right out of the bottle, and smoke .... :alright::cheers: People interviewed on the streets of Kingston think that the IOC should lighten up ... they won the gold, damn right they can party ... let's hear for the Canadian women:mosher:

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:rofl38: :rofl38: saw the story here , all the sanctimonius holier than thou types on Fox (Rupert Murdoch) News tut-tutting about the morally corrupt Canadians smoking indoors and under-age drinking :rofl38: :rofl38:

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Yup ... there was one non-Canadian idiot interviewed on the streets of Van who asked, rhetorically I suppose, what kind of role models these women are for the girls and young women of Canada ... didn't take me long to figure out that they provide fantastic role models .... not only for Canadian women, but for women all over the world ... I saw Jayna Hefford of Kingston, after winning her third gold medal, slugging back a bottle of Molson Canadian .... way to go Jayna:theband:

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Canadian women's ice hockey team apologise for beer and cigars on ice - Telegraph

pity kd lang and Sarah Palin wern't around to join in with the Canadian women in the on ice celebration frolics :rofl38:
(yep , I'm a dirty old old man )

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"not exactly ... all that uncommon in Canada" ... love that statement ... diplomatic way of saying that we are a bunch of party animals up here .... :theband::D

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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Canada's Ice Hockey gold medalists forced to apologise-
Are you sure these are women Eric:D:D

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Damn right .... real women .... talented, commited, free, equal, and Olympic gold medalists ... the pride of Canada:theband:

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have you got the beer in for the game today eric .. :D:D:D

BBC Sport - Vancouver 2010 - Canada & US seek ice hockey glory

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Depends what you like in your women Eric ;)

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Oh yeah .... this is a big game .... but as Team Canada has already won 13 gold medals, the silver will not be all that bad ... just hope it will be a great game ... tickets for the game are being scalped for up to $8,000.00:eek:

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wonder if canada is going to be open tomorrow .. they've just won the gold in overtime in the ice hockey ...:D:D:D

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We are still partying here ... the hangover can wait ...

What a game .... did you watch the whole thing, hon? And the winning goal from Sydney Crosby, the pride of Coal Harbour, Nova Scotia ... and the outstanding play of guys like Patrick Marleau who hails from Aneroid, Saskatchewan, (population 45):mosher: Even the closing ceremonies were not all that bad (esp. seen thro' a haze):D

And the total of 14 gold medals:eek::theband: ... the highest ever total ....

It's a great day to be Canadian.

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i watched half of the second period and 3rd and the Overtime ..

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Hope you enjoyed it .... but, hockey can become addictive if you watch too much: warning signs of addiction will be saying "eh" a lot, calling people you don't like "hosers", and discovering that your favorite beer is Molson Canadian .... and chugging out of the bottle:D

The people who look at tv stats estimate that 21 million Canadians watched all or part of the game (our population is about 32 million) ... which leads me to wonder what the hell the other 11 million were doing ... probably too drunk to reach for the remote:eek:


One of the best tv images of the post game came from Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, from the men and women of the Canadian Battle Group. Rumour has it that Canada is sending the womens' hockey team to sort out the Taliban:mosher:

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Great game eh Eric, the best I could do was listen to it on the radio, we were driving through California on our way to Palm springs. I almost ran into a bus when they scored in O.T. The Yanks down here are taking it very well though. Not much follow up on the telly, can,t seem to catch any replays? Great result though and a great olympics.

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Yup ... we are on top of the world ... when the games started the world press, esp. the British papers, were very critical, even blaming us for the death of the Georgian athlete ... the yanks were laughing at us ... no one is laughing now, and some British journalists are touting the Van olympics as a model for London. And we had to win that last game: it's our game, played on our ice, in our barn, on our dirt; and we showed the world who is number one:mosher: