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The Olympics start today... Anyone watching?

KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
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I guess Gretzky is lighting the tourch.

BTW: The edit was to add some text to my post since I hit enter before adding any.

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  • KarbKarb Posts: 557 ✭✭✭
    It most likely won't be on in our house
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  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
    I might watch the opening ceremonies but not much else.
  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
    I probably should have posted this in the Sports Talk column... Oh well deal with it!
  • SportsamericaSportsamerica Posts: 990 ✭✭
    I will watch most except the figure skating.... Never can stand that....

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  • fandangofandango Posts: 2,622 ✭
    WOW K


    how many cups of coffee did you have this morning?

    i think you posted in EVERY THREAD this morning....
  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW K

    how many cups of coffee did you have this morning?

    i think you posted in EVERY THREAD this morning.... >>



    My command gave us a 4 day weekend. So out of habit I got up at my normal 5:30 made breakfast and just watched some news and drank coffee. Just finished my 3rd cup, about to go refill for #4.

    In all honesty I looked at my post count and just made the decision to get to 900 by the end of the day. That and I wanted to see if I could see my name 10 times in a row on the reply column.
  • VintageCardLoverVintageCardLover Posts: 584 ✭
    nope, no interest, but maybe ill peruse the curling highlights.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If there is women's snow wrestling, then I'll watch.
  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭
    I love the winter olympics. Where else do they consider curling a sport. It is basicaly shuffleboard on ice. If you look at the "athletes" they all are smoking cigarettes during their event and are eating hamburgers.

    While we are on the subject, whoever thought of the biatholon and thought combining cross country skiing and shooting would go together. It is almost as good as chocolate and peanut butter, but not quite.
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  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
    I'm a big fan of the biathalon since I have a great love for both skiing and shooting.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    the two-man luge is always exciting....for gay men

    not that there's anything wrong with that
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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    I can barely contain my excitement.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    i'll be watching the hockey since the redwings can't seem to get anything going this year
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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,525 ✭✭✭✭
    nope
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    OLYMPICS????
    STAY HEALTHY!

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  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I will watch the Hockey for sure. With the pros, it takes some mystique out of the results, but is one event that the Redwings cant buy their way to success.

    Curling is actually fairly intersting.

    I will NOT be watching figure skating as I think it is a complete waste of Olympic space. I would rather see Bear (or Bare for the ladies) Wrestling or Snowman making contest.
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  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    YAWN.
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  • ReljacReljac Posts: 758
    I'm sure I'll be watching... My son was born on Opening day of the 2008 Summer Olympics due to a life threatening situation for my wife. We spent a week in the Hospital and watched a lot of the olympics... now my wife is on bed rest and my daughter is due 1 week following closing ceremonies. I'm sure the olympics will forever carry strong emotions for me now...
  • mexpo75mexpo75 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    I'll be watching what I can. Luge, bobsled, and ski jumping all better to watch than anything in summer games.
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  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    I'll be focused on hockey but will likely catch some of the snowboarding and curling as well. The hockey SHOULD be epic this year!
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Morning,
    I am going to Hope and Watch our own (Vail area) Lindsey Vonn clean up with 3-5 Golds. Just hoping the bruised Shin doesn't keep her from her destiny!!! And maybe this is Gretchen Bliler's year as well, another one of our own.
    Other than that.....couldn't care less.
    I live in the White Crap you'll be watching an TV and have to Plow it....the last thing I want to watch more of on TV is that White Crap !!!!!!!!!

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  • jmmiller777jmmiller777 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    Yep, opening ceromonies on NBC at 8:00 Central Time.Gotta love the Olympics!
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    There is only one way to settle this. Chinese Downhill.
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  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
    You guys that hate hockey or maybe ambivalent about it might want to catch some of the top teams in action - Canada, Russia, Sweden, maybe even the US. Yeah, there won't be much if any fighting, but the play will be much faster and more intense than your average NHL game.
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭


    << <i>You guys that hate hockey or maybe ambivalent about it might want to catch some of the top teams in action - Canada, Russia, Sweden, maybe even the US. Yeah, there won't be much if any fighting, but the play will be much faster and more intense than your average NHL game. >>



    Not a problem, I am not ambivelant abut it....If it involves being COLD and in the Middle of some sort of WHITE CARP, as the chick from the old TV show used to say "KISS MY GRITS"

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  • KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    75% of the opening was boring.. Too bad the end got screwed up with the failing of hydraulics..

    I can't wait for the hockey and I do enjoy watching this and that in-between. In my mind I could care less about speed skating etc but when you catch it and watch it for just a little bit you get sucked in.

    As for hockey, I hope Canada wins but my prediction is that Russia will win Gold. Canada Silver... Swedes Bronze.. Should have picked Ryan Smyth or Shane Doan for the team Yzerman.

    Any other hockey predictions?

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  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    this is so sad that even before it began there has been a death.
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    25 reasons to watch the Olympics:

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