/dev/null Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 My prediction is that I won't watch that much. Might catch abit as I'm flipping thru the channels and nothing else is on
/dev/null Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Me too. Kind of sad really, it used to be such a big deal to me, now I could give a rip. Except the women's gymnastics, right?
The Senator Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Except the women's gymnastics, right? Women's tennis too, at least until this... Maria Sharapova could miss Olympic Games with shoulder injury
PastaJoe Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 In case you haven't heard, the IOC changed the baseball rules recently to make sure the games stay on schedule. So if a game is still tied at the start of the 11th inning, runners will be placed on 2nd and 3rd, and the team will be able to choose where in the batting order they want to start. I'm not joking. This is the last Olympics for baseball anyways.
Kiwi Bills fan Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 It's disgusting how the IOC and the world at large has put money ahead of principle. While political dissidents have been rounded up, Tibetans have been barred from working in Beijing during the Olympics, and even the media is being scrutinized and blocked from internet sites like the Chinese public are, everyone who goes to the games, including Bush, is giving China the legitimacy they desire. Well said.
olivier in france Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 As i know the american channels are boroadcasting the games the same way the french ones do (they show only the americans as in France we only see the french competitors), if you can and 'd like to see the real great moments of the competition: watch them on the canadian channels. (if i watch anything i will do it watching the spanish channels... at least they'll show some basketball there ...)
olivier in france Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 In case you haven't heard, the IOC changed the baseball rules recently to make sure the games stay on schedule. So if a game is still tied at the start of the 11th inning, runners will be placed on 2nd and 3rd, and the team will be able to choose where in the batting order they want to start. I'm not joking. This is the last Olympics for baseball anyways. i hope the IBF will be able to bring baseball back for the 2016 games (as baseball will not be an olympic competition in London in 2012)... not that i care much about that olympic competition but the french baseball federation will receive much more money from the state if the sport remains an olympic sport.
Just Jack Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 ... if you can and 'd like to see the real great moments of the competition: watch them on the canadian channels. One year, I think it was the 96 Atlanta Summer games, my brother and I were watching during the day on a Canadian station out of Kingston. Later that night, watching on NBC with my parents, they started showing the same events as "live" that we had seen earlier. So we started 'betting' on who was going to win, who would would not do as well as expected, etc. My parents were dumbfounded that we knew so much until we explained that NBC was showing events from earlier as being 'live'.
sweetbaboo Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 my only prediction: i will not watch the Olympics I don't care! USA Swimming is freaking amazing...guess you have to be a swimmer to appreciate it. Phelps is a once in a lifetime athlete. I wouldn't miss it!
olivier in france Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 guess you have to be a swimmer to appreciate it. you're right i hate swimming.
WellDressed Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 shots of the Great Wall and Peking Duck. Is peking related to Queer Duck??
Just Jack Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Is peking related to Queer Duck?? No. Peking Duck Peking Duck, or Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, and is now considered one of China's national foods. ---more info at the link above---
Dwight Drane Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 No. Peking Duck Peking Duck, or Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, and is now considered one of China's national foods. ---more info at the link above--- That stuff is like crack if you go to a good place for it. It's the lobster of the poultry family if you ask me.
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