Winter Olympics - Will you Watch? Do you care?
I will be watching. Having the Olympics taking place in the country where I live and taking place hours away from me is kind of exciting.
I enjoy the Olympics. Some events are boring, but I love the team spirit.
What do you think? Do you care? Will you watch?
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Watchin speed skating now!
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I ALWAYS watch the Olympics, one way or another. I've stayed up late or awakened early when they were held in Barcelona and Seoul, watched when they were held here in the US, and even got to attend the US Women's Basketball quarterfinals in Atlanta. Yeah, The Olympics is a huge thing for me, Winter and Summer both.
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Watched the opening ceremony and felt a swell of pride over my homeland's fine showing, and especially loved the fiddle / step-dancing segment, because that was the music of my childhood. Not sure that I'll watch many of the sporting events, though.
The men's speed skating and women's skiing from earlier today were nail biters. I truly saw the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
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I love the Olympics !!! Summer and Winter.
I always watch as much as I can. I love the whole "thrill of victory, agony of defeat" aspect.
I love that a lot of the "extreme x-games" snow events are Olympic events now - Half pipe, snow-cross, that kind of thing. Very exciting.
A quick note - I thought the Opening Ceremonies were horrible. Very boring. I blame some of that on the stupid ass camera angles that NBC used but not all of it.
Oh yeah, and I'm pretty much the person who really doesn't enjoy the figure skating at all. I know it's the number one viewed Olympic event ( at least in the US ) but honestly, I don't care for it at all.
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I'm going to watch only ice-hockey. Belarus and Germany should be as easy as pie, but Sweden..
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I'm not much for Figure Skating either Pam, but I'll be watching it if I'm home. Not that I'll have a choice because if I'm not in the room my wife will be upset and think I'm avoiding her. I won't be able to read either because she's going to want to talk to me about some of everything in the world when she's supposed to be wtaching an athletic event. I like the speed skating, biathalon, bobsledding, hockey, and even the curling. The men's skating used to be very interesting, but most of those skaters aren't in the Olympics anymore.
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Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
bears adore figure skating, and, being Russian bears, they sure have some high hopes for the Olympics
the same with ice hockey
don't really understand any other kind of sport, winter or summer
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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I have a couple of really great friends who are complete... as I call them... SkateHeads. They love following skating, individual, pairs, dance. They love them. They travel to and follow the tours, go to Worlds, have been to the Olympic events. One has even held a Gold Medal ( won by Gwendal and Marina - the French Ice Dancing Team ) !!!
I just can't get into it, but because they're my friends - I know far too much about skating.
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I watch most anything that involves snow and/or ice. I LOVE the short track racing!
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Hey Jean !!! Are you doing any kind of planning for the NEXT Winter Olympics?!?! They're in your neck of the woods !!!
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I would watch it if I had a TV.
Roland would have understood.
Letti - I'm not sure if you can get to the us television site online, but they're streaming some stuff and have a lot of video.
NBC Winter Olympics Site
And for those folks with iphones and itouch devices - there's a ton of free apps in the itunes store for the Olympics.
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Thank you, good idea.Originally Posted by turtlex
I was thinking about looking for some website where I could watch it.
Anyway I have a TV but I have no channels (got fed up with them) and I can watch only DVDs.
Roland would have understood.
Letti -- Always happy to help out.
You might also want to check Eurosport Yahoo, they have some coverage as well.
Eurosport Olympics
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
True, but my neck of the wookds is larger than any other given woods... I don't think I can make it there.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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True, but my neck of the wookds is larger than any other given woods... I don't think I can make it there.
Russia is kind of big, hunh? Too bad you can't make it though, I bet it would be so cool.
London in 2012, Russia 2014. I'd love to be able to attend either of them.
FYI for those interested : 2014 in Russia
Sochi Russia : XXII Winter Olympic Games : 7 - 23 february, 2014 - 1452 days left
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I wish I could travel a few decades back in time and watch the Russian bears play ice hockey in the Olympics. There was some true legends among them.
Tretiak, anyone?
(I prefer the Finnish spelling, though, 'Tretjak'. It's 'Tryetyak' in Russia, if I am correct?)
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I think I am like the ONLY person in Canada who doesn't give a shit about the Olympics. Everyone keeps putting it on in the common room, and I keep leaving the room every time they do because I'm simply not interested. Now if it was FIFA, I'd care. But the Olympics, and specifically the Winter Games, do not interest me.
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I haven't watched them since I was a kid. And I haven't watched tv in years. If someone wants to send a ticket to the olympics I'll watch. Otherwise probably not.
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Третьяк rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so looking forward to the Women's Snowboard Cross... but, you know, Lindsey Jacobellis really drives me nuts. Honestly, she's an athlete who I can respect her talent, but she's kind of jerk. I was not happy she DQ'd, but honestly - with a head that big, I'm surprised she can get down the hill at all. What an ego on her.
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
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