ned
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 11:54 AM |
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london wins olympics
discuss. 
with any luck i won't be working in london in 7 year time, but if i am i hope the trains will be running a little better!
Ned.
[Edited on 6/7/05 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:05 PM |
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Stuff the limpicks this story is more fun http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13381700,00.html
How the H3LL did she do that
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barrie sharp
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:16 PM |
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thats going to cost us
the cars looking good" a blind man would be pleased to see it"
''stop press'' the blind mans seen it said "it felt ok"
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john_p_b
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:16 PM |
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england ends north of watford
dunno why but london olympics isn't really impressing me much, i was just watching on the news the other day about how all the stadiums in
greece are now just sitting empty costing millions for nothing.
how much is all this going to cost?!
seeing as it's london getting all the glory does that mean it'll just be thier tax money that is used to pay for it?
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James
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:27 PM |
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Have to declare an interest here but:
What a way to waste 10Billion quid!
It'll be just like the dome- a complete waste of money that the government will balls up.
What do you see the chances of anything actually being finished on time? It'll be like Greece 2004 but without the good weather!
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:28 PM |
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£20 on council tax for London residents, apparently.
Didn't mention that when making the bid, did they!
DJ
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ayoungman
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:29 PM |
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Hope everyone enjoys it. All us Londoners will be paying for it !
£10 per year for the next decade ! 
"just like that !"
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James
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:34 PM |
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If it'd been in Paris I may've been able to take part.
As you can imagine I'm more than a little disappointed!
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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mookaloid
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
If it'd been in Paris I may've been able to take part.
As you can imagine I'm more than a little disappointed!
James
Why? what do you do?
Solo synchronised swimmer perhaps?
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robj
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:55 PM |
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london wins olympics
maybe by 2012 car building will be an olympic sport!
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scutter
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 12:57 PM |
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So James, if you make the team you'll be declining then
I'm a little suprised to see such an outstanding display of negative feelings so soon after the announcement, must be the british way of life.
If national pride is so low maybe one of the other cities should have won.
All the best a proud Dan.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:08 PM |
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Not negative - totally neutral - couldn't give a stuff, really.
rgds
DJ
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Jumpy Guy
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:27 PM |
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i think its very hard to have any form of national pride when the whole thing is so London based...
not very relevant to folk in scotland, northern england, northern ireland or many other areas included in the "nation" that won the
olympic bid......
more than one person at work was glad that "England had stuck it to the French"
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JonBowden
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:27 PM |
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quote:
I'm a little suprised to see such an outstanding display of negative feelings
If james's figure of 10 billion pounds cost is right then it's not surprising. I work that as £181 for every man woman and child in the
country.
I think there's better thing to do with that much money
Jon
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:38 PM |
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I feel like I should be happy but I can't help thinking that it'll be a big waste of money. Even if we get some fantastic new sports
facilities they'll all be in London so they won't be accessible to the vast majority. If they want to promote sport in this country I
think a number of venues around the country would be much more beneficial.
Pete
[Edited on 6/7/05 by scoobyis2cool]
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:58 PM |
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I agree it is sad that it is so London based but I think you need to remember that these damn foriegners have only ever heard of london...
phrases I have heard include:
"Birmingham, that's near London right ?"
"Cardiff, london England" (as an address)
and my personal favourite:
" Scot-land.. that's in Engerland right ?"
I for one am pleased that the olympics are coming to town, It's about time we had something happen here! and in reality 10Billion over the next
7 years isn't a huge amount of money!! (when you consider the countries budget for other crap!) It's just a matter of seeing the true
scale -. And it will (have) to lead to improvements in london transport and the immediate area of the development.
But most of all - we stuffed the Frenchies - again.....
As for the northerners argument... I ask you what is the point of a North south divide if you are not going to police it ?
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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James
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 01:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Why? what do you do?
Solo synchronised swimmer perhaps?
I do Savate kickboxing and as well as being a qualified instructor I'm in the British team and competed at the World Championships in Bulgaria
last year.
Although no-one in this country has heard of it, 30,000 people do it in France. The French government's Savate minister (yes, it's big
enough there to have it's own minister- I know him quite well) had got it agreed that if Paris won the bid then it would be a demonstration
sport at 2012.
If it was popular then it could well have become a proper Olympic sport (it's practised on 5 continents). Ok, so by then I'll probably be
too old to fight but I'll probably have my own club by then so could be coaching.
As you can imagine- a bit disappointed.
quote:
Originally posted by Scutter
So James, if you make the team you'll be declining then
Each country is allowed to add a couple of new sports. France would have added Savate as one of their 'demo' sports. Somehow I can't
see Britain putting it forward as one of ours.
I mean, we've got other good things such as Binge Drinking as our national sports! Much more fun...
Cheers,
James
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 02:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveFJ
But most of all - we stuffed the Frenchies - again.....
I think that's the important thing to remember
Pete
[Edited on 6/7/05 by scoobyis2cool]
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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ChrisW
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 02:03 PM |
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 02:07 PM |
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lol, is that a genuine photo? They didn't hang about did they!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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marcyboy
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 02:09 PM |
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maybe red ken is going to extend the congestion charge all the way out to the M25 anyone who enters the zone pays regardless of how you travel and
keep raising the rate quaterley,
by 2012 we might have alienated enough people out of london to make the transport system work the way its supposed to
i think the percentage of people who care about the olympics being here is about the same as those who back the royal family about 5% and i'm
being genorous
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britishtrident
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 03:07 PM |
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Funny thing the priorities in news departments, half of Scotland brought to a stand still by what ammouts to a highly organised act of terrorism that
has blocked motorways and trunk and A roads and it barely gets a mention on any news channel.
If italian and spanish anarchists and a few local yobs went on the ramapage through a retail park super market and council estate with 25 miles of the
M25 it wold rate continious news coverage. What did BBC and SKY devote most of the morning news brocasts to the Olympic vote and a football
transfer strory.
[Edited on 6/7/05 by britishtrident]
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Hornet
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 03:27 PM |
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Being from up Norf.... all we will hear for the next 6 years. ... is England will win....
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nicksertis
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 03:56 PM |
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James,
You've got 6 or so years to get that arm in shape for darts then! Better get to the pub now to start developing your counter-weight...
Nick
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 6/7/05 at 05:59 PM |
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as one of the poor mugs that will have to pay £45(yea right) a year for the next million years i am not impressed.
it will be over budget,late and subject to fraud allegations (remember wembly stadium/the dome/most government plans)
my company has bid for groundwork on the sites(boss rubs his hands together and gets some more noughts for the calculator)
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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