Permanent Olympics Site?

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There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
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In article <[email hidden]>,

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There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

Well dumb is a little strong. 😉 The host site can make a bunch of
money or at least build a site that will last forever. If it's a
permanent site does all the money go to the host site? Now that's the
way for a single place to make a boatload of money. If some could figure
out the profit and divide it to everyones satisfaction then maybe.

Without a lot of questions answered I think it is a [censored] poor idea. Not
quite dumb. 🙂

-Doug

Doug Freese said:

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There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

Quoted message said:

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One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

Quoted message said:

Well dumb is a little strong. 😉 The host site can make a bunch of
money or at least build a site that will last forever. If it's a
permanent site does all the money go to the host site? Now that's the
way for a single place to make a boatload of money. If some could figure
out the profit and divide it to everyones satisfaction then maybe.

You can't divide up the effect of an Olympics on the host city's local
economy, which is another reason why a single site is not going to be
welcomed with open arms.

(It reminds me of the idea to get all of the hotels in the area to
agree not to raise their prices for the Olympics - I think somebody in
Los Angeles seriously suggested this in 1983.)

-- Don

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

Well dumb is a little strong. 😉 The host site can make a bunch of
money or at least build a site that will last forever. If it's a
permanent site does all the money go to the host site? Now that's the
way for a single place to make a boatload of money. If some could figure
out the profit and divide it to everyones satisfaction then maybe.

Without a lot of questions answered I think it is a [censored] poor idea. Not
quite dumb. 🙂

-Doug

Aw c'mon guys. Can't you think farther outside the box than that?

Imagine if the permanent host wasn't a "host city" or some already-known
place, but instead some special place created explicitly for the Olympics.
Imagine an island somewhere over which no nation had sovereignty.
Essentially an independent city-state named Olympia (similar to the Vatican
city-state). This island is covered with well-designed, no compromise,
permanent venues where the world's athletes gather every four years to
compete (and probably gather in between Olympics to train).

A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.

(Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this stuff -
give me some slack)

;-)
John

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

Well dumb is a little strong. 😉 The host site can make a bunch of
money or at least build a site that will last forever. If it's a
permanent site does all the money go to the host site? Now that's the
way for a single place to make a boatload of money. If some could figure
out the profit and divide it to everyones satisfaction then maybe.

Without a lot of questions answered I think it is a [censored] poor idea. Not
quite dumb. 🙂

But no worse an idea than the current system of bribery
by host cities...

May not be a great idea, or be accepted by many but I agree wrt corruption,
bribery etc and the travesty of letting the totalitiarian human rights
abusers host the Games.

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In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] wrote:

> There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
> reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

One of the dumbest ideas of all time.

Well dumb is a little strong. 😉 The host site can make a bunch of
money or at least build a site that will last forever. If it's a
permanent site does all the money go to the host site? Now that's the
way for a single place to make a boatload of money. If some could figure
out the profit and divide it to everyones satisfaction then maybe.

Without a lot of questions answered I think it is a [censored] poor idea. Not
quite dumb. 🙂

But no worse an idea than the current system of bribery
by host cities...

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A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.

(Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
stuff -
give me some slack)

Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
magical.

-DF

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A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.

(Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
stuff -
give me some slack)

Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
magical.

-DF

Was that when she had her head shaved and ran around in
macho khakis with a bunch of marines?

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A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.

(Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
stuff -
give me some slack)

Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
magical.

-DF

I wondered who that other guy was.

Stupid idea.
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There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

Would you support this idea.

Cast your vote at the Runner's Web:
http://www.runnersweb.com.

Webmaster
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http://www.runnersweb.com/running.html
A running and triathlon resource site

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A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.

(Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
stuff -
give me some slack)

Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
magical.

-DF

Was that when she had her head shaved and ran around in
macho khakis with a bunch of marines?

Navy Seals are NOT Marines.

Sam said:

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> A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup that
> brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.
>
> (Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
> stuff -
> give me some slack)

Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
magical.

-DF

Was that when she had her head shaved and ran around in
macho khakis with a bunch of marines?

Navy Seals are NOT Marines.

Guess I should go watch the stupid movie again?

Nah, the only thing on Demi Moore that can act
is her [censored]...

Sam said:

Stupid idea.

Thanks for sharing, Sam.

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There have been some suggestions that, for economic and security
reasons, a permanent Olympics site be established.

Would you support this idea.

Cast your vote at the Runner's Web:
http://www.runnersweb.com.

Webmaster
[email hidden]
Runner's Web
http://www.runnersweb.com/running.html
A running and triathlon resource site

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Stupid idea.

Damn, you're grouchy today! It's OK, we understand that Navy Seals are not
Marines!

But they could be if they just trained harder ;-)

Sam said:

Stupid idea.

That says it for me, too. <g>

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

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> "John Hardt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup
> > that
> > brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.
> >
> > (Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
> > stuff -
> > give me some slack)
>
> Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
> magical.
>
> -DF

Was that when she had her head shaved and ran around in
macho khakis with a bunch of marines?

Navy Seals are NOT Marines.

Guess I should go watch the stupid movie again?

Nah, the only thing on Demi Moore that can act
is her [censored]...

Movie was bad. For one thing, SEALS are not "GIs" (a term for army
personnel).

Moore is an okay actress; the role was a stupid one.

Sam said:

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>
> Doug Freese wrote:
>>
>> "John Hardt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> > A idealistic dream? Hell yes. But this is essentially the setup
>> > that
>> > brought us ancient Athens Greece in the first place.
>> >
>> > (Of course, I'm dreaming, but I'm an architect - I get paid for this
>> > stuff -
>> > give me some slack)
>>
>> Great dream. Did I tell you about mine and Demi Moore - wow, we were
>> magical.
>>
>> -DF
>
>
> Was that when she had her head shaved and ran around in
> macho khakis with a bunch of marines?

Navy Seals are NOT Marines.

Guess I should go watch the stupid movie again?

Nah, the only thing on Demi Moore that can act
is her [censored]...

Movie was bad. For one thing, SEALS are not "GIs" (a term for army
personnel).

Moore is an okay actress; the role was a stupid one.

Guess you got to admire an actress who's willing to get
brutally raped by her superior in order to make the
hollywood SEALS...

.... aside

The hotels in Sydney for the 2000 games were limited by law not to
increase thier prices above the annual CPI rate (inflation rate) during
each of the years leading up to the games. ... and it worked.

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Movie was bad. For one thing, SEALS are not "GIs" (a term for army
personnel).

Yes, but Viggo looked great in those tight shorts.

Martha