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Old 07-26-2012, 01:14 AM
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I don't watch for the opening ceremonies, I watch for the games which is what I'll be doing.
Tonight on "Nightline", David Beckham said he was going to be in the opening ceremonies so guess where I'll be then? LOL! I can't help it... he's my Hollywood boyfriend... LOL!
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Old 07-26-2012, 03:19 AM
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As we only get PBS on our TV, I won't be watching. I hope they go off well, with this being the 40th anniversary of the Munich games (terrorist attack) plus they are having problems with the security there, plus the general atmosphere in the world today.

I can just picture the opening ceremonies, all the athletes will be walking in with their heads down, "tweeting" on their Iphones, LOL!!
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:50 AM
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Probably not a single minute - well, news casts repeating wins/losses will of course be seen but actually tuning into the games, not likely.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts View Post
As we only get PBS on our TV, I won't be watching. I hope they go off well, with this being the 40th anniversary of the Munich games (terrorist attack) plus they are having problems with the security there, plus the general atmosphere in the world today.

I can just picture the opening ceremonies, all the athletes will be walking in with their heads down, "tweeting" on their Iphones, LOL!!
And arms up in the air taking photos! That's what happened the last couple of times!

However, after the Greek gal getting turfed yesterday for inappropriate Tweeting, they may think twice about social media!!
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Old 07-26-2012, 06:33 AM
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I enjoy the swimming and diving events, especially since we have a young man from theDaytona Beach area who is one of the top men's swimmers. Whether or not you enjoy it, NBC does seem to do a great job bringing it all together with not only Olympics but the local info as well.
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I love the track and field events, gymnastics and the swimming and diving events. I'll be listening to those as I go about my day but I probably won't just sit down and watch them.
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Old 07-26-2012, 06:48 AM
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Our teams have worked so hard to get there, they deserve our watching. Our kids have to fund themselves, our govt. does not send them there as other countries who pay for everything. They deserve us to watch and be counted or soon the tv will not carry these.
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Old 07-26-2012, 02:28 PM
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The Olympics are getting too expensive to put on. I think it is one of the reason Greece has financial troubles. I read that somewhere. And they hurt the games when they started letting the professional players compete in the games. That is not the original idea of the Olympics. Now that I got that off my chest, I will probably catch some of it if I am not doing something else.
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Old 07-26-2012, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts View Post
As we only get PBS on our TV, I won't be watching. I hope they go off well, with this being the 40th anniversary of the Munich games (terrorist attack) plus they are having problems with the security there, plus the general atmosphere in the world today.

I can just picture the opening ceremonies, all the athletes will be walking in with their heads down, "tweeting" on their Iphones, LOL!!
Evidently the Olympic committee has really lowered the boom re Tweeting after that one athlete got sent home for hers.
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Old 07-26-2012, 10:37 PM
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I find your comment quite upsetting - the local people are not 'griping' they are concerned that there livelihoods are going to be seriously affected by delays with traffic problems in and around London - perhaps you don't realise just how small the streets in London are to have to cope with even more traffic and for local business people not being able to use one of the traffic lanes will have consequences I think it is very unfair of you to say 'they deserve all they get'
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It is getting so bad. They wanted it and now they are griping because they are not able to drive like they used to and make money driving cabs etc. Can't see but that they deserve all they get. It isn't even fun to watch anymore as it is so overdone.
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