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Anyone watching the opening ceremonies? Uzbekistan marchers look particularly sharp tonight!

Who?  ???

Sorry, I was being a tad smartalecky.  :-[

I do like the Olympics, though... well, except soccer.

Does that start today?  :dunno:

I do know that it is exactly 35 days 20 hours 17 minutes and 52 seconds until football season at the exact moment I posted this though.

Of course this is just a little something to pass the time until then.

Great crescendo ending to the opening ceremonies. Great job by the Brits!  #+

 :lol:. Just picking at you a little. If they want to spice up the Olympics some, they need to add college football to their agenda. ;)

Smashing idea! Or Jesse could enter the weight lifting competitions.(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/flirt/muscle-flexing-smiley-emoticon.gif)

He reminds me of a coach here in Tuscaloosa that used to lift a lot. He is much smaller than Jessie but he had set a few records until he lifted so much that it was actually starting to crush his spinal joints. That was the end of his weightlifting. Jessie is soooo strong and I wonder just how much he could bench if he wanted to keep stepping up the weight. It sounds pretty high risk at 600 lbs though.

I agree. Like everyone else has posted, we sure don't want to see him get hurt. I can't wait to see him in action on the field.

.....and cycling.  >:( I can't believe that is the only event taking place right now. (Yawn!)

No doubt the olympics can be very boring with their international sports. Girls softball would be much more entertaining to watch than some of the screwy sports allowed in the olympics.

They are showing live cycling and recorded highlights of women's volleyball. Go figure!  :dunno:

Oh good, cycling again this morning.  >:(

I can hardly stand the excitement.

I understand advanced "Tiddlywinks" is coming up.

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not so BORING

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If she's a volleyball player, I'ma watching!  :o

I'm not sure what sport she participates in , tried to find out no luck

but yes , we should tune in to that competition for sure !   :-*


maybe Chech went to London ?   :dunno:

update , no London just crappy internet service

I'm willing to go if you take up a collection.  No, I'll do it!

well then , ok , can me and 2 still go ?    :-[

Sure.  I know some great pubs in Scotland.  First drinks are on me.

we need one of those new underwater Fiat cars I've been seeing on the
TV commercial , great gas mileage and we can load up on
 fresh seafood on the way .

 #+  


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4XiiGoOms

 #+ for innovation.

I'll bring the fishing poles.  Load up!

ROAD TRIP !


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We need to go just to spice things up. Every time I turn on the tube there is cycling, rowing, stone skipping, midget chucking and such. Between the 3 of us, I'm guessing we can have one heck of a guiness chugging contest. Shoot, even the loser gets a bronze.

:lol:  Yep, but I may have to concede.  You guys could probably out drink me something awful.  I'm better at fishing contests.

I sure hope the Muslims don't chase the Brits through the Olympic venues during the games. :-[

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I'm with Chech , fishing first drinking 2nd or 5th or there about  :dunno:

2 wins the Gold !    #+
I have no problem with bronze  :clap:

Well, I'm not the fisherman you guys are, so I need to sharpen my skills at what I'm good at.  :plane1:

nothing like a little luck 2 , that , you do have  :clap:

I can't wait to say "spot of tea love"   ;D , I believe it will be
like going to Canada and ending every sentence with "aye"
it's a hoot ...

I've always wanted to go up there and call somebody a hoser, and then ask them what a hoser is. I've also always wanted to go to England and say"say what, gov'na? in my best Terry Thomas voice.
 

gov'na  :clap:

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that would be hilarious , and it might get us a one way ticket home 

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I almost did something like that in Canada  :o

got some American money exchanged to Canadian money when
I crossed into Canada ...

I made mention of the money looking weird with all the different
colors on the bills ...
the lady working at the exchange place says ..

"we do that so we can tell the different denominations from each other" 

I say ....
"that's great . WE JUST PUT NUMBERS ON OURS"  :clap:

she failed to see the humor  :dunno:
 

 :lol: :lol: :lol: I lol'ed my azz off on that one, X! Apparently Canadians are good at cultural stuff, but so hot at math.

that lady got really pizzed , I couldn't believe how mad she got ...
I just started laughing and that made it worse
I'm not good at diplomatic relations it seems  :dunno:

their money ...   :clap:

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British influence on their currency. Looks stodgy.

What the hay happened to Lochty today against the French in the 400 relay? He has been critical about Phelps mailing in his training during the Olympics, then he gets passed by THE FRENCHMAN to finish 2nd! Slacker!

Coverage is coming back on tonight.  Sounds like gymnastics qualifying rounds, and swimming.  I remember watching the Olympics in the 70s, and it was track and field, boxing, some gymnastics and limited swimming, the marathon, etc.  Now it seems swimming and gymnastics have become so popular that we are even getting the qualifying rounds instead of other sports.

I didn't mind the bicycle racing.  The Americans came close to getting a medal in both men's and women's races.  In the women's race, the American woman riding with the three eventual medalists had an unfortunate flat tire or she likely would have gotten at least silver, as she is a strong sprinter.  In the men's race, American Taylor Phinney came in 4th, just outside the medals, but the strategy was executed perfectly.

Of course, I've competed in bicycle races, and ping pong, as well as more typical sports like football, baseball, golf, tennis, etc.  (I have a first place trophy from the Alabama State Championships in ping pong, as well as a couple more from my UofA days).  My wife was a competitive swimmer.  So I enjoy watching a variety of sports.  But the opening ceremony was Absolutely Boring.

I could hear the guy that works for me saying " he's flying , he's flying"
he was watching the race , I couldn't see it and didn't get a chance to
talk to him afterwards , now I know what happened ...

 >:(

Update:

USA's Women swimmers winning.

USA's Men swimmers placing.

USA's Men gymnastics flopping.   :(

Horse jumping this morning.  ???

Men's gymnastics got smoked, not just by the Chinese, but most everyone. They made one mistake after another. It was painful to watch last night.

I wonder how much it costs to transport a horse to England?

I've yet to watch a single minute of the Olympics?  Am I unpatriotic?

Me either.  There really is no interest for me now that we are the world's only super power.  I think having the Soviet Union as the evil villain all those years really unified the country, especially from a political point of view.  Now that we don't have them to deal with the country has become divisive to the point that it is utterly dysfunctional.  Who knew we needed them in place to keep us on our toes?

What about those dastardly scumbags from Trinidad & Tobago.  >:(
I love watching us beat them.

American swimmer, Allison Schmidt, just smoked the field for the gold.  :clap:

What are these "O-lym-pics" that you speak of?

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/medals

The USA just took the lead in the medal count.

Just peeked at today's results.  :jump:

Watching it now with LF.

The only thing that I have kept up with is how many Medals Phleps has won. Then, my other interest was how many taxes are they going to get hit for? This is crazy, why support the country if your going to be charged for it. RTR!

It's funny that you say that ricky, because I read a story earlier this week that said some congressman is trying to get a bill passed that would allow medal winners not to be taxes for their winnings.

The US athletes have delivered 54 Gold Medals, and now they lead all other nations.  We're finally past most of those Chinese diving "contests", so maybe we can stay ahead from here on.  Certainly there can't be many top track-and-field athletes from China!

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I hear they're pretty strong at pole vaulting this year.

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Andy Murray smoked Roger Federer in straight sets for the gold medal in tennis, in front of a home crowd.  :-*

Men's beach volleyball is over for the Americans. Neither team fared well. :(

On a happier note, the ladies soccer team beat Canada with a goal coming at 32 seconds remaining in OT, 4-3.

Americans are starting to heat up in track & field. American, Suhr, ended Russia's dominance in the women's pole vault by taking gold.

Medal count: China-64, US-63.

Hey, gang, Bama's Kirani James won the 400-meter Olympic race Monday. He was twice NCAA champion from Alabama. So he won it for his home country, Granada (their first medal of any kind in Olympic history), but he is a Capstoner!

That was great!  Did you see the celebration?  WILD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeR8YZkPl_E

Even if it is for another country, always good to see a Bama man do well. congrats Kirani!

What a great beach volleyball semifinal match between the US and China! USA won 21-19 and 22-20. They came from behind late in both sets.  #+

It will be the US vs the US for beach volleyball gold as the other US team upset Brazil.  #+

Hey that means we pick up 2 more medals cause we sure need them. RTR!

It will mean a lot, Preacher, since China is up 63-60 in the medal count right now.

It's all about the GOLD!  Enjoying the wins.

I'm watching this Team Handball.  It's in overtime: Hungary and Iceland.

Goalee just took a ball to the face!

WTH?  I turn on the Olympics tonight, and it's STILL diving competitions.  No wonder the Chinese are winning the gold-medal total.  

12 of their medals are in diving.

BTW, we're ahead 81-77 FINALLY!  :jump:

Wooot! It was 75-71 China, last I'd heard.  :dance:

It'll be dominance when we get there in 2016!

Winning gold and silver in women's beach volleyball didn't hurt us a bit!

Quiet!  I'm watching it (wishing they had ... McGuffies).  :-[

3-peat for the old gals. Great job!  #+

Indeed.  They aren't the lovelies they were a few years ago, but they held it together and won the gold.  Kudos.   :-*

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OMG, did you see the Kenyan (David Rudisha), a Masai Warrier, win the gold in world record time?  The guy was great (and modest).  Great race (800m).

Incredible.  His father won the silver medal in 1968.  Cool.   :tinfoil:

The US is starting to pull away in the medal count. We have 90 to China's 80 and we also lead 39-37 in gold medals.  :clap:

Thanks for the update.
I watched the women field hockey this morning.  We won't be taking home a medal in fh. 
I coached fh in Virginia for a year (1978).  I know we have better talent out there for Rio 2016.

I am glad you said that Chech. When I lived in Maryland a few years ago, I saw some amazing play up there. When I saw how badly our team was performing, I wondered what the deal was.

I'm willing to coach them if I need to.  Really, I'll do it.  I'll be in Rio anyhow, so what the heck!!   :dunno:

Talk about your multi-tasking, you can guzzle beer and coach women's field hockey at the same time?  :clap:

I've done it before.   :)

 :lol: E-cred for pulling it off!  :lol:

Back at ya.  I'm counting on you to help!

When I have more time, I'll post about a beer drinking contest I was a part of on a cruise ship. Let's just say for now that I can hold up my end of the bargain.  ;)

Medal count update:

USA leads China 94-81 (and pulling away).  Not many sprinters in China, perhaps due to centuries of torturous foot binding!

Foot binding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; Mandarin Pinyin: chánzú; Jyutping: gwo2 goek3; literally "bound feet" or Chinese: 縛腳; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa̍k-kha) is the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth.

Looking good. Did you catch the women's 400M relay last night? The US set a WR and smoked the field.  :clap:

Saw that.  LF was screaming right along with the sprinters.  Funny.

5PM Saturday update:

USA  102 medals (44 gold).
China  87 medals (38 gold)
Russia 78 ... (21 gold...........................

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We win the Olympics!

Defeating a country of a billion people who begin to train athletes when they are in diapers.

Not bad, USA.

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True dat, OT, true dat. The American women won 29 of the 46 gold medals. Well done, ladies!

Um, LF and I tuned in the "Closing Ceremonies" just now and we're watching men walk around on garbage cans, people sweeping the floor in unison, and a bunch of folks covered in newspaper. 

WTH?  Very odd, even for the Brits!

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I repeat, 'WHAT IS THIS STUFF'?

The idiot with the top hat is Russell Brand, the no-talent Brit that thinks he's funny, but certainly is not. The rest, I don't have a clue.  :dunno:

LF identified the bow-legged one in front as a "faux-cellist"