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NKAJ on 02 March 2010

Niether really.For me the more intresting sports have better competetions nayway so i dont really bother.Football for example and i for me tour de france is more intresting for cycling...i dont mind cross country skiing thouhg...



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Boutros on 02 March 2010
FootballFan said:
Summer because more than 20 nations attend.

82 Nations attended Vancouver 2010...



famousringo on 02 March 2010

If you want to see some kickass Winter Olympic photos, with all the glory, agony, and defiance of physics you could want, click these links:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/vancouver_2010_part_2_of_2.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html



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Boutros on 02 March 2010
famousringo said:
If you want to see some kickass Winter Olympic photos, with all the glory, agony, and defiance of physics you could want, click these links:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/vancouver_2010_part_2_of_2.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html

Wow very cool. Thanks for that.



zuvuyeay on 02 March 2010

well boutros here in britain we are not exactly known for our sking resorts,lol

downhill skiing is pretty impressive

i like them both but would choose the track and field which is what i regard as the summer olympics plus the swimming,it seems the organisers want every other sport involved,fringe sports i can understand but don't get why football is in the olympics and tennis,doesn't make sense to me,they are having golf next aren't they?

am i the only one that finds snow boarding a real yawn,you're not a sportsperson if you're wearing baggy jeans and a floppy hat,why do they have to be so trendy,i must be getting old and grumpy,i thought they had xtreme sport olympics

even the russian women curling team were fit,lol

i do love most sporting occaisions though and i enjoyed seeing old bill shatner and MJ fox at that closing ceremony

who was that irish guy talking,he isn't canadian and in that closing display most people seemed to be oriental,lol

i didn't realise french was the first language of canada either and man do you like you're ice hockey in canada,it was like a 10 minute standing ovation in that arena,which was huge,what is it used for or was it built for the olmypics



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Boutros on 02 March 2010
zuvuyeay said:
well boutros here in britain we are not exactly known for our sking resorts,lol

downhill skiing is pretty impressive

i like them both but would choose the track and field which is what i regard as the summer olympics plus the swimming,it seems the organisers want every other sport involved,fringe sports i can understand but don't get why football is in the olympics and tennis,doesn't make sense to me,they are having golf next aren't they?

am i the only one that finds snow boarding a real yawn,you're not a sportsperson if you're wearing baggy jeans and a floppy hat,why do they have to be so trendy,i must be getting old and grumpy,i thought they had xtreme sport olympics

even the russian women curling team were fit,lol

i do love most sporting occaisions though and i enjoyed seeing old bill shatner and MJ fox at that closing ceremony

who was that irish guy talking,he isn't canadian and in that closing display most people seemed to be oriental,lol

i didn't realise french was the first language of canada either and man do you like you're ice hockey in canada,it was like a 10 minute standing ovation in that arena,which was huge,what is it used for or was it built for the olmypics

I really thought there were mountains in England lol

 

Hockey is utterly popular here. I'm not a fan myself but I'm still happy both teams won.



zuvuyeay on 02 March 2010

well there is in wales and scotland but not like the rockies or the alps,lol

and what is indoor arena used for is it looks huge



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Moren on 02 March 2010

Winter, mostly because I like cold, and snow, and winter sports are cooler



okr on 02 March 2010
famousringo said:
If you want to see some kickass Winter Olympic photos, with all the glory, agony, and defiance of physics you could want, click these links:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/vancouver_2010_part_2_of_2.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html

Thanks, fantastic pictures! Not the best one out of those, but my favourite one: http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/v2010_03_01/v38_22385613.jpg

OT: I like the Summer & Winter Olympics equally, despite the increasing commercialization and the corruption within the IOC, and I've watched every one of them since 19...no, better not.



skip on 03 March 2010
zuvuyeay said:
well there is in wales and scotland but not like the rockies or the alps,lol

and what is indoor arena used for is it looks huge

The arena is BC place stadium. We use it for Football (BC lions), Soccer (Whitecaps pending 2011, used to play there back in the 80's), and various trade shows/traveling spectacles (such as monster trucks, boat show, etc).

Seats 60,000 when set up for football.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place_Stadium