theconrodkid
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posted on 17/2/05 at 05:17 PM |
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2012 olympics poll
has GB a hope of getting the olympics?saw it on telly,IOC members been shown various building sites and canals full of shopping troleys,deralict land
where stadiums "could" be built.
question is do we need and can we afford it?
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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krlthms
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posted on 17/2/05 at 05:34 PM |
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Is that dome thingy in the east end of London still around?
You know, the cringe making sight of our Tony (he will probably still be around in 012) doing Auld Lang Syne with Betty. Compares only to imaging
your parents making love.
Do you want a repeat of the above?
KT
[Edited on 17/2/05 by krlthms]
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Surrey Dave
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posted on 17/2/05 at 05:56 PM |
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Couldn't give a toss , further away the better , not interested in watching a load of poser's tarting about in thier vests.
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phelpsa
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posted on 17/2/05 at 06:54 PM |
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They say 'we'll put in more roads', but where are these roads gonna be placed? Through buckingham palace?
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chris.russell
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posted on 17/2/05 at 07:17 PM |
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I agree with the idea of there being a "UK" olympic bid, but just London does seem very selfish considerinhg how well Manchester did with
a few years back when it hosted the commonwealth games.
Mines a pint
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bob
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posted on 17/2/05 at 08:01 PM |
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It would be nice to get the facilities,the shame of it is there would be no profit for any sponsors as the security costs would take care of that.
I'm sure someone somewhere will milk a shed load of money out of it,and we had better count all the olympians incoming to make sure they all go
back
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David Jenkins
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posted on 17/2/05 at 08:16 PM |
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It'll also make life hell for all the commuters from East Anglia - mind you, I don't intend to be commuting in 2012!
David
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JoelP
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posted on 17/2/05 at 08:21 PM |
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a terrible idea.
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krlthms
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posted on 17/2/05 at 08:39 PM |
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By then it will not be a competetion between the "athletes", but between whose chemists can devise a more potent Franken-human.
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niceperson709
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posted on 17/2/05 at 09:42 PM |
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Hi Folks
down here in OZ we have recently had the Olympic hoopla and frankly the hype leading up to a during very quickly makes one very sick of the whole deal
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best wishes
Iain
Best wishes IAIN
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jollygreengiant
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posted on 17/2/05 at 09:56 PM |
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Its taken the powers to be god knows how long to re-build wembley stadium, god knows how much longer it will take before its finished & even then
I doubt it will last as long as the original. Then we have the millenium dome farce, the central library, the scotish parliament
building..........etc........etc...........etc............ it would be nice if we could put it on but it will be late, over budget, and quite possibly
an eyesore. IMHO. (OH And watch out for tony & his lovies trying to score brownie points off it.)
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clbarclay
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posted on 17/2/05 at 10:14 PM |
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The modern olympics is too big for any one city, regardless of country.
The left over facilitys are far too greater capacity for locals of one city to make most of, let allon the cost.
A whole country hosting the games is far more sustainable, especially if the games are going to continue expanding.
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stephen_gusterson
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posted on 17/2/05 at 10:41 PM |
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what a load of pessimistic old grouches.
which is summat coming from me!
atb
steve
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Snuggs
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posted on 18/2/05 at 03:18 PM |
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Call me a cynical northener if you want but:-
Q:Who pays for the 2012 Olympics ?
A:The British taxpayer.
Q:Who profits/benefits from the 2012 Olympics ?
A: LONDON
[Edited on 18/2/05 by Snuggs]
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Deckman001
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posted on 18/2/05 at 05:48 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Snuggs
Call me a cynical northener if you want but:-
Q:Who pays for the 2012 Olympics ?
A:The British taxpayer.
Q:Who profits/benefits from the 2012 Olympics ?
A: LONDON
[Edited on 18/2/05 by Snuggs]
I think you'll find that we Londoners will have to foot the bill we have allready been told by our best friend 'Ken' that we get
lumbered cos were hosting it !! i bet we don't see anything of any profit that might be made
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marcyboy
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posted on 18/2/05 at 07:06 PM |
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it will all end in tears....a muggers paradise...all those orrible creatures living nearby in stratford and hackney will be out in force
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theconrodkid
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posted on 18/2/05 at 08:46 PM |
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was on telly other day,showed them trying to get on trains and drive along the roads,it cant cope with the locals so aint gona cope with
visitors....then they were asking for locals to let out rooms to athleets and their followers,visitors etc,seen the price of a hotel here?
as jason pointed out us londoners will have to foot the bill,lots of small buisnesses will have to be moved,lets just hope id dissapears when the IOC
realise what a bunch of clowns run london and the building sites they were shown will still be building sites in 2012
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Peteff
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posted on 18/2/05 at 09:15 PM |
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If Ken insults enough Jewish journalists it'll never happen . I somehow think he doesn't really want it anyway
yours, Pete
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Simon
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posted on 21/2/05 at 12:51 AM |
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I think you'll find that we Londoners will have to foot the bill we have allready been told by our best friend 'Ken' that we get
lumbered cos were hosting it !! i bet we don't see anything of any profit that might be made
You've only got yourselves to blame. If you didn't want him in, you should've voted
ATB
Simon
PS As for Olympics - all for it so long as I can rent my house out for £20 grand a week, otherwise couldn't give a monkeys!
[Edited on 21/2/05 by Simon]
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Deckman001
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posted on 21/2/05 at 07:00 PM |
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If it only took not voting for him to get him out, we tried !!! I don't know 1 person that voted for him
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Deckman001
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posted on 21/2/05 at 07:00 PM |
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If it only took not voting for him to get him out, we tried !!! I don't know 1 person that voted for him
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