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#1 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:12 am

days from today, the XXI Winter Olympics open in Vancouver BC.
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#2 Post by National Apathy Party » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:15 am

Where is my Canadian counterpart to help celebrate this momentous milestone?
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!

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#3 Post by minimetoo26 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:22 am

National Apathy Party wrote:Where is my Canadian counterpart to help celebrate this momentous milestone?

I think I'll move to Canada, after reading that article in the current issue of Newsweek. They really have their shit together!

Now all I need is to find a city there that is relatively balmy year-round.... :roll:
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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:27 am

minimetoo26 wrote:Now all I need is to find a city there that is relatively balmy year-round.... :roll:
Isn't that where Saucy lives? The rare Christmas snowstorm excepted...
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#5 Post by minimetoo26 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:59 am

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minimetoo26 wrote:Now all I need is to find a city there that is relatively balmy year-round.... :roll:
Isn't that where Saucy lives? The rare Christmas snowstorm excepted...

I'll have to ask Mini-me's hitting instructor. He can tell me how Vancouver compares to here. I find it hilarious that his tutor in the All-American pasttime is Canadian! I guess "North American" counts until the Blue Jays fold up like the Expos did......
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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:03 am

minimetoo26 wrote: I'll have to ask Mini-me's hitting instructor. He can tell me how Vancouver compares to here.
I doubt if they keep their swimming pools open for seven or eight months of the year in southern BC, so the climate may not be quite the same as yours. Still, if you're thinking of moving to Canada, being Saucy's neighbor is as good as it gets!
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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:08 am

Are you excited?
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#8 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:27 am

peacock2121 wrote:Are you excited?
Yes, I really am :D . I love the Olympics. I adore watching skeleton, although I would roll over and die if Big J took up the sport :shock:
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#9 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:29 am

a1mamacat wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Are you excited?
Yes, I really am :D . I love the Olympics. I adore watching skeleton, although I would roll over and die if Big J took up the sport :shock:
Uh oh.

The Olympics can have that inspirational effect on young people, you know!

Be prepared! :)
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#10 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:49 am

Are you going to be able to get tickets? Will there be a lottery? Do you get special tickets? What will you want to see?

I still have fond memories of my trip to the Lake Placid Olympics.
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#11 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:52 am

peacock2121 wrote:Are you going to be able to get tickets? Will there be a lottery? Do you get special tickets? What will you want to see?

I still have fond memories of my trip to the Lake Placid Olympics.
Might be able to pick up some for the less popular events, but they are a little pricey for a single mom :roll:

We also have to travel across the water on the ferry, and would have to find a hotel or motel etc, so it could add up dollar-wise. My dad does have a cousin living over there, and that may be an option. I am hoping that there will be packages that are bus/ferry/tickets that will be issued closer to the games.
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#12 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:51 pm

Too bad there won't be any snow.
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#13 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:53 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Too bad there won't be any snow.

This sounds like an inconvenient truth.
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#14 Post by minimetoo26 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:59 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Too bad there won't be any snow.
I prefer my snow to stay off the roads and on the ski slopes, where it belongs.

Sounds like an ideal venue for the Olympics to me!
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#15 Post by mellytu74 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:01 pm

ooooh. I love the Olympics.

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#16 Post by BackInTex » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:53 pm

minimetoo26 wrote: They really have their shit together!

Now all I need is to find a city there that is relatively balmy year-round.... :roll:
Hopefully that warm city is far away from all the shit. I can only imagine all that shit in one place. Whew!
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#17 Post by macrae1234 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:55 pm

In 1976 when the Olympics were in Montreal my late mother had no difficulty getting inexpensive tickets for events like track and field preliminaries and early rounds soccer. She told me she never dreamt an Olympics would take place 75 miles from her house. She invited her first cousin from Scotland to come for the two weeks and Mom and Doris drove to Montreal 4 or 5 times and enjoyed themselves immensely.
Saucy I hope you too have the opportunity to see some early round events it will be an experience. I was fortunate enough to see some summer Olympic events in Montreal and four years later some winter Olympic events at Lake Placid which is only a couple of hours drive from Ottawa.
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#18 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:56 pm

When the Olympics were based in L.A. in 1984, they had a few events that were free to the public. I seem to recall that for a few of the cycling road races and the marathon. I'd be surprised if it weren't the same for some of the longer cross-country skiing events, and other stuff like that. You should see whatever you can.
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#19 Post by macrae1234 » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:19 am

Unfortunately none of the Winter event venues are free. Unlike Summer where the marathon and some cycling are run on city street.
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#20 Post by a1mamacat » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:37 am

macrae1234 wrote:Unfortunately none of the Winter event venues are free. Unlike Summer where the marathon and some cycling are run on city street.
They would be relatively cheaper, except they are being held in Whistler, which is not cheap :(
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#21 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:48 am

National Apathy Party wrote:Where is my Canadian counterpart to help celebrate this momentous milestone?

just read

http://www.nationalpost.com

this has enough apathy and negativism about things Canadian to do.

(like, Bombardier shares go down a whacking fifteen cents this AM after the horrid plane crash, this is second lead story in financial sectionaaaaaaaaa0

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1286222
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