Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

The countdown is on for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The winter games begin this Friday, February 12th 2010.
I'm curious to know if anyone is interested in any of the games and will be watching?? Or are you one of the lucky going to Vancouver B.C. to be a spectator??

i shall be cheering on the womens curlers and the bird on the speedy goosefat baking tray from the UK.
as you can tell,i shall be taking the event seriously ;-p

l'll try to watch as much as possible for an human.

I think it's funny that the U.S. poster child, this year, (Lindsey Vonn) is now doubtful to even ski.  That was a heck of a lot of money to soak into that campaign.

Germany will get the most medals.

I'm going! I'm so excited. There's going to be a massive holiday here, and it's one I particularly dislike, and I decided to make something different this year and, voilà, I'm going to see the games. I must be leaving in a few hours, if there's no unreasonable delay. : ))))

I think I'm going to have a very good time. It's been years since I did something that different - I usually travel to the same places and do the same things. So, well, there's hope this change is going to be for the better. : )))

That sounds great, Yara!  Please give us lots of reports if you can.  Hope you have a wonderful time.

i hear that they are holding the downhill ski event in Janets front garden this time ;-]

saying that,they could easily do the luge event down Institute Hill in Porthleven if it ices over again like it did the other week :-p

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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]

i hear that they are holding the downhill ski event in Janets front garden this time ;-]

saying that,they could easily do the luge event down Institute Hill in Porthleven if it ices over again like it did the other week :-p[/QUOTE]

LOL! you're not kidding! ;-)

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[b]Yara wrote: [/b]

I'm going! I'm so excited. There's going to be a massive holiday here, and it's one I particularly dislike, and I decided to make something different this year and, voilà, I'm going to see the games. I must be leaving in a few hours, if there's no unreasonable delay. : ))))

I think I'm going to have a very good time. It's been years since I did something that different - I usually travel to the same places and do the same things. So, well, there's hope this change is going to be for the better. : )))

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     Awsome to hear Yara. I hope you enjoy Canada and welcome!! Do tell us everything when you get back. Have a safe and wonderful time!

I will probably tune in for the fencing but that's about it.

In this moment I want to be in Canada!

To get into the spirt we've rigged up a laptop and a projector at work and are keeping half an eye on the live feed of the final legs of the torch relay. Great way to spend a Friday!

[url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html]http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html[/url]

Here in the DC/Baltimore area, we received 4' of snow in four days.  'What global warming?' per the 'experts' at FOX.

Meanwhile, in Vancouver, people are out golfing this week.  The opening ceremonies will be indoors, because of rain, as well as the fact that they have no snow.  They are more than welcome to all of ours.

Forecasts for the next 7-10 days have temps in the high 40's to low 50's (Farenheit) and more rain.  Lows will not reach freezing.

Hockey and any type of 'racing' hold my interest, though the ski boarding is gaining appeal to this old timer.  Looking forward to reading some first-hand accounts here, and hope you packed some rain gear.

edit:  indoor ceremonies were ALWAYS planned for the football stadium.  I had heard (from FOX) that they were being moved indoors to their basketball arena.  my bad

I´ll watch the hockey, the only chance for a Swedish medal I guess. Have a great time YARA!

aparantly our goosefat greased baking tray slider is the UK flag bearer at the opening ceremony and Colin Hendry's sister  is back doing the lump of rock and the broomsweeping on ice event again for which we won gold 8 years ago :-p

i still reckon Janet should put in a bid to host the next one in her garden ;-]