2010 Winter Olympics

[Loomis]

Topic title says it all:
What does everyone think of the decision to award Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada the 2010 Winter Olympic Games?
Should Salzburg have won? Or Pyeongchang?
What do you think will become of the winning City?
A Calgary-like success or a Montreal-like Money-monger?

Please, Discuss.

[MetroStars]

Personally -- I think it will benfit Vancouver big time

Oh and Rake Yohn is 1 funny guy

[chalkmongoose]

What happened?

[J'Pol]

I think it is a good decision for Canadia. They are a Winter Olympic type of people and all power to them.

Congrats to our Commonwealth cousins.

[alan36uk]

2010 Winter Olympics, What do you think of the decision?

As long as its not in my freezer I dont give a shit.

[Riddler]

:) :) I...................................AM..............................CANADIAN...................................................................................................................eh?

[chalkmongoose]

Ca... Na... Di... Ans?
Are those the funny people to the north of the USA? Hmm... I must visit this strange and magical land...

[Riddler]

Yes, you must come up & visit sometime. We have snow 12 months of the year and every new home comes with a built-in tanning bed as standard equipment ! ;)

[Rat Faced]

Im just glad its not Cairo ;)

Congrats Canada. :D

[chalkmongoose]

It snows 12 months a year? Not bad, when you look at Manhattan.
It snows when it should be hot, it's hot when it should be cold, it's raining when it should be shining...

[MagicNakor]

Ugh. British Columbia isn't in a good enough place financially to host the Olympics. One of the only reasons that Vancouver even put a bid out was so that they could upgrade the Sea-to-Sky. Perhaps if the provincal government recognized that there is far more to British Columbia than Vancouver, then the province'd be better off.

I miss the NDP.

:ninja:

[Riddler]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@2 July 2003 - 16:14
Ugh. British Columbia isn't in a good enough place financially to host the Olympics. One of the only reasons that Vancouver even put a bid out was so that they could upgrade the Sea-to-Sky. Perhaps if the provincal government recognized that there is far more to British Columbia than Vancouver, then the province'd be better off.

I miss the NDP.

:ninja:
Once again Mr. Wizard, you have provided the voice of reason and sobering thought. You are absolutely correct of course, on all points......especially the part about the NDP. B)

[slammy_dunken]

Originally posted by Riddler@2 July 2003 - 16:13
:) :) I...................................AM..............................CANADIAN...................................................................................................................eh?
SO.......................................AM.........................................I :lol:

[iamtheoneandonlyone]

Personally, I wanna see it in Siberia for once.

[balamm]

Not at all pleased about this. The residents of BC and especially Vancouver are still suffering from the increased cost of living here that came along with expo 86.
It all looks good on CNN and the financial analysts can make it look good for the country, but in the end, if you can't afford to live in that damn country any more, then what use is it? I think this is one more desparate diversion from the reality so many canadians are facing.

[Z]

whistler is world class for skiing. this is was a good decision...

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Z@3 July 2003 - 06:32
whistler is world class for skiing. this is was a good decision...
His Mother willl be shown in the Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow in the near future.

[brotherdoobie]

Originally posted by JPaul@2 July 2003 - 16:45
I think it is a good decision for Canadia. They are a Winter Olympic type of people and all power to them.

Congrats to our Commonwealth cousins.
Not realy JPaul Canadia is located in the tropics ;) ;) ;)



Peace brotherdoobie :lol:

[balamm]

There are over 5,000 palm trees in Vancouver. Does this mean the residents are preparing for global warming? Well to keep in touch with this debate click into: drtomorow.com frequently if for no other reason (there are 2,000 pages and 150 hours of Web-TV to check out) than to see our Palm Cam and it's coverage of the various views of Vancouver from Dr. Tomorrow's floating cyberden. It's location is almost directly under the seaplane landing path in Vancouver's Coal Harbour.
http://www.drtomorrow.com/webcam/index.html

Palms (http://palmtrees.cybersites.ca/Palm%20Trees%20of%20Canada_files/slide0170.htm)

Palms2 (http://palmtrees.cybersites.ca/Palm%20Trees%20of%20Canada_files/slide0062.htm)

http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/tourist/palm.jpg
http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/tourist/Butchart_Gardens.jpg

It's for real, vancouver is slightly temperate in fact.

[MagicNakor]

Smog and rain'll do that. ;)

:ninja:

[Loomis]

Sorry to all!
I've been a terrible thread-host! I've been away for a day or so, so I haven't had time to reply..... :">

@ Riddler, MagicNakor & slammy_dunken: I had no Idea!!
I'm from NB myself, in case you couldn't tell from the colloquialisms.....
Also, methinks that you are all right about needing the NDP back, but we canadians are a very impatient people, at least in the political dept. We want everything they promised right here, right now! But, I guess we can't chnage that just yet........
Who knows, maybe the NDP will be back in time for the games! :D

@ balamm: Lmao!! I did not expect that to show up in the thread!! :lol:
But don't worry, looking at your shiny blue stars, I can rest assured that it's a not a hijacking..............Or IS it...? :unsure:

Anywhom, thanks a bunch for the replies so far, and I hope to hear more from you all!

- Loomy a.k.a. 'shameless thread bumper'

[Z]

Originally posted by JPaul+3 July 2003 - 02:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul @ 3 July 2003 - 02:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Z@3 July 2003 - 06:32
whistler is world class for skiing. this is was a good decision...
His Mother willl be shown in the Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow in the near future. [/b][/quote]
??? :huh:

[madog]

Way to go BC&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; WOO HOO

Unfortunately Toronto has now withdrawn their bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. T.O. was a virtual shoe-in. Oh well shite happens&#33;

BC will definately benefit from this. New facilities. More low cost housing. Better access to Whistler. Tons of new jobs&#33;

[MagicNakor]

Originally posted by Z+5 July 2003 - 00:26--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Z @ 5 July 2003 - 00:26)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by JPaul@3 July 2003 - 02:21
<!--QuoteBegin-Z@3 July 2003 - 06:32
whistler is world class for skiing. this is was a good decision...
His Mother willl be shown in the Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow in the near future.
??? :huh: [/b][/quote]
http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/mother.jpg



No, BC will not benefit from it. Vancouver may, but the rest of BC? Not a chance.

:ninja:

[balamm]

Originally posted by madog@5 July 2003 - 00:40

BC will definately benefit from this.

More low cost housing.
Huh???

Explain how That would work please?

Costs pretty much quadrupeled after expo 86 and we were all told it was because we had had an artificially low land price compared to other parts of the world, Hong Kong for example.
And that this was just good world trade and all that, the global view.
Anyway you twist it, a lot of people preparing to buy lost big time, and those who had money and property to spare were laughing.

Lower cost housing ???

Not in this part of BC at least.
Every time we see one of these events in BC, gas prices rise, land prices rise, immigration rises, healthcare slides, low cost housing is bulldozed, and our lives just get more complicated trying to keep up with it all.
For them that have too much though, I imagine it&#39;s quite an attractive oportunity.

[Z]

Originally posted by MagicNakor+4 July 2003 - 19:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MagicNakor @ 4 July 2003 - 19:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Z@5 July 2003 - 00:26

Originally posted by JPaul@3 July 2003 - 02:21
<!--QuoteBegin-Z@3 July 2003 - 06:32
whistler is world class for skiing. this is was a good decision...
His Mother willl be shown in the Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow in the near future.
??? :huh:
http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/mother.jpg



No, BC will not benefit from it. Vancouver may, but the rest of BC? Not a chance.

:ninja: [/b][/quote]
wtf?? :huh: :huh:

[MagicNakor]

It&#39;s Whistler&#39;s Mother.

:ninja:

[Z]

ok then...