OT: Olympics

DH has been following them closer than I have. Frankly, I've been rooting
for the Iraqi soccer team. They are really good, and I think it would do
wonders for that country's morale to get a gold. I saw a segment on the
national news a while back that reported about how athletes had been
punished and tortured for failure under Saddam. I think it may have been
Uday in charge of the torture.

--
Linda
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LC since Oct. 13, 2003
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"curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to see
something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor language and

a

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host of other [censored] on T.V.

Anyone else enjoying this?

Curt

PS: It is too bad the American and British press was so hard on the

Greeks

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about getting things ready and security. IMHO, they are doing a fine job.
I expected them to, being that they invented the whole thing. Too bad

more

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people didn't attend due to all that bad press.

<< I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to see
something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor language and a
host of other [censored] on T.V.

Anyone else enjoying this?

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Yahoo! I am so happy to see canoe/kayak slalom, thought they might not have
that event this year. It is very expensive to build those whitewater courses.
I went to the canoe/kayak event during the Atlanta Olympics. It was a VERY
exciting competition. Wish I was at this year's, NBC only shows the
highlights, though it is more than they've shown in the past.

Loving the swimming and diving, too.

curt said:

I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to see
something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor language and a
host of other [censored] on T.V.

Anyone else enjoying this?

I certainly am. Incredible displays of athleticism. Terrible admissions of
sport taken too far in many societies.

Lady o' the house said:

DH has been following them closer than I have. Frankly, I've been rooting
for the Iraqi soccer team. They are really good, and I think it would do
wonders for that country's morale to get a gold. I saw a segment on the
national news a while back that reported about how athletes had been
punished and tortured for failure under Saddam. I think it may have been
Uday in charge of the torture.

These are Olympians in the truest sense of the word. Seen them, admired
their courage.

It's just a pity they all take drugs.

"curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to see
something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor language and

a

Quoted message said:

host of other [censored] on T.V.

Anyone else enjoying this?

Curt

PS: It is too bad the American and British press was so hard on the

Greeks

Quoted message said:

about getting things ready and security. IMHO, they are doing a fine job.
I expected them to, being that they invented the whole thing. Too bad

more

Quoted message said:

people didn't attend due to all that bad press.

"wattie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It's just a pity they all take drugs.

How do you know that? Are you one of them? Are you a supplier? Do you
know them all personally? Or is it the stupid media that makes you say
that? If you believe the media, I have some swamp land to sell you.

I competed in an arena with pros in a sport. Were there drugs around? Yes.
Was everyone taking them? No.

Enjoy,
Curt

I think it would be cool if the bans on performance enhancing
drugs were completely lifted. Then, it would not just be an athletic
competition, but a scientific competition as well. When someone wins a
gold medal, they could stand on the podium next to the doctor that created
whatever drug they're on, and they could both get a medal!

In article <[email hidden]>,

wattie said:

It's just a pity they all take drugs.

"curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to see
something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor language and

a

Quoted message said:

host of other [censored] on T.V.

Anyone else enjoying this?

Curt

PS: It is too bad the American and British press was so hard on the

Greeks

Quoted message said:

about getting things ready and security. IMHO, they are doing a fine job.
I expected them to, being that they invented the whole thing. Too bad

more

Quoted message said:

people didn't attend due to all that bad press.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:58:11 GMT, Luna <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I think it would be cool if the bans on performance enhancing
drugs were completely lifted. Then, it would not just be an athletic
competition, but a scientific competition as well. When someone wins a
gold medal, they could stand on the podium next to the doctor that
created
whatever drug they're on, and they could both get a medal!

Don't say this on alt.bicycles.racing! You'll get death threats. (Or,
you could also post about how much you like your bicycle helmet; you'll
get even more death threats.)

--
Bob in CT
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Bob in CT said:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:58:11 GMT, Luna <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I think it would be cool if the bans on performance enhancing
drugs were completely lifted. Then, it would not just be an athletic
competition, but a scientific competition as well. When someone wins a
gold medal, they could stand on the podium next to the doctor that
created
whatever drug they're on, and they could both get a medal!

Don't say this on alt.bicycles.racing! You'll get death threats. (Or,
you could also post about how much you like your bicycle helmet; you'll
get even more death threats.)

I don't ride a bike anyway. But my next door neighbor's 4 year old
daughter has a really cute helmet with stickers on it.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Luna wrote:
|| I think it would be cool if the bans on performance enhancing
|| drugs were completely lifted. Then, it would not just be an athletic
|| competition, but a scientific competition as well. When someone
|| wins a
|| gold medal, they could stand on the podium next to the doctor that
|| created whatever drug they're on, and they could both get a medal!

You don't need drugs to make a competition scientific.....just look at Lance
Armstrong's 6th win of the Tour de France....he was using all kinds of
scientific knowledge for both his training (diet, too) and in the
development of his equipment (wind tunnel tests of bike, suit, helmet, etc).

Also, with a drug, you don't know how much is man vs how much is drug.
Also, drugs have nasty side effects, afaik.

||
|| In article <[email hidden]>,
|| "wattie" <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| It's just a pity they all take drugs.
|||
||| "curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
||| news:y7yUc.3778$si.277@trndny06...
|||| I must say, I am enjoying the Olympics this year! It is nice to
|||| see something on T.V. that isn't loaded with violence, sex, poor
|||| language and a host of other [censored] on T.V.
||||
|||| Anyone else enjoying this?
||||
|||| Curt
||||
|||| PS: It is too bad the American and British press was so hard on
|||| the Greeks about getting things ready and security. IMHO, they
|||| are doing a fine job. I expected them to, being that they invented
|||| the whole thing. Too bad more people didn't attend due to all
|||| that bad press.
||||
||||
|||
|||
||
|| --
|| Michelle Levin
|| http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
||
|| I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3
|| flaws.