Olympics

[hungrylilboy]

whose watching the opening cermony then? It just kicked off. Am settling down for a good 3 hours, and will be glued to my TV everyday! yay!

[hungrylilboy]

pretty impressive show and now got DJ Tiesto playing. awesome

[mrlessk]

Hi hungrylilboy,

Originally posted by hungrylilboy@13 August 2004 - 10:44
whose watching the opening cermony then? It just kicked off.
Unfortunately, I won't get to see the opening ceremonies for another six hours or so (@ 8 p.m. PST)
It's 1:30 p.m. PST right now.
I have (Comcast) cable not satellite so I'm at their mercy. And, we're always
sucking hind tit anyway here on the West Coast of the U.S.

Let us know if anything unusual or noteworthy happens during the ceremony.
I don't mind knowing ahead of time, it's not as if you're revealing the ending of
a movie or anything.

I see you're around 7 hours ahead of me (Athens, Greece is 10 hours ahead) so I guess you're somewhere across the Pond? You have satellite?

mrlessk :)

[Darth Sushi]

Yup, the left coast have to wait til 8pm. <_<

[mrlessk]

Originally posted by Darth Sushi@13 August 2004 - 13:58
Yup, the left coast have to wait til 8pm. <_<
If I can make it til Saturday 2 a.m. PST I can watch the U.S. put their 70 game win streak up against Italy in Women&#39;s Softball.

[hungrylilboy]

theres live online feeds if u want to watch it live instead of waiting

very impressive opening, slightly boring middle part but quite interesting. DJ Tiesto played a good mix as the athletes came in ( will try n get hold of that) n then the flame was lit. Bjork played a track which was shite i thought but never mind.

the most impressive part is at the start. loads of drummers n a burning arrow is fired into water n the 5 olympic rings lit up in the water.

[chinook_apache]

pretty spectacular firework display after the flame was lit.

[hungrylilboy]

yeah agreed

[mrlessk]

Here&#39;s what CNN.com reported on the Opening Ceremonies.......

"Glittering Opening for the Olympics" (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/13/olympics/index.html)

:)

[Celerystalksme]

Originally posted by chinook_apache@14 August 2004 - 08:09
pretty spectacular firework display after the flame was lit.
Any money thats what the greeks got the organisers of the sydney olympic ceremony to do...if Australia is good at one thing...its fireworks :01:

[manker]

Opening ceremony? :blink:

I thought only old people watched that. I think the sport starts tomorrow sometime.

[Darth Sushi]

Originally posted by manker@14 August 2004 - 01:53
... I thought only old people watched that...
NO, that&#39;s Olympic Ballroom Dancing is what old people watch. :P

[peat moss]

All I can say is thank you lord its only every 4 years. <_< Bring back the old style of play, naked now thats something I might watch. Only the female sports of cource. And not the 11 year old girls in gymnastics either by the way . :)

[Darth Sushi]

Originally posted by chinook_apache@13 August 2004 - 23:09
pretty spectacular firework display after the flame was lit.
Agreed, but that torch looks like a giant doobie. It gave me the munchies. Barcelona is still my favorite torch lighting.

[leeferdude]

Amy Acuff went to my high school...that&#39;s cool...I guess

[Celerystalksme]

HOORAY FOR THE FEMALE GERMAN INDOOR VOLLEYBALL TEAM &#33;&#33;&#33;

they are so fkn hawt that they rawk ur cawk :D

[mrlessk]

Originally posted by leeferdude@14 August 2004 - 02:51
Amy Acuff went to my high school...that&#39;s cool...I guess
WOW&#33; Can I have YOUR autograph? :P

[Timz]

That huge torch was pretty impressive, nice fireworks too :P

[mrlessk]

:)

Olympic Medal Tracker (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/medaltracker/medalTrackerByTotal.html)


:beerchug:

[bigboab]

I&#39;ve just been watching the synchronised diving*. These kids are fantastic. ;) Exactly how long do you need to practice for that?





* I thought that 9.6 should be the perfect score. :rolleyes:

[mrlessk]

Originally posted by bigboab@14 August 2004 - 13:09
I&#39;ve just been watching the synchronised diving*. These kids are fantastic. ;)&nbsp; Exactly how long do you need to practice for that?
* I thought that 9.6 should be the perfect score. :rolleyes:
Yes, perhaps not the most exciting sport for most to view it is, nonetheless, interesting in that it is an Olympic competition and only the closest teams to perfection will win the medals.

Here is a guide.....Synchronized Diving (http://www.usadiving.org/media/diving_guide/synchro.htm)....that can answer questions about this sport.

:)

[Timz]

phelps, that insane bastard, another gold :P