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August 13, 2008, 8:08 PM
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Because I believe in such a thing as being too late.
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She works at Home Depot with my husband and apparently, she only works three weeks out of the year at Home Depot AND still gets paid full-time even while she's not there working. o.o Meh, sponsorship and the likes, I suppose.
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Get him to demand a pay rise, people shouldn't be getting paid full-time even if they are training for the Olympics. But you get a huge amount of money for sponsorships. 
...aaand, the Russia/Georgia war events have now entered the Olympics after Georgia beat Russia in the volleyball. I only knew they were against each other in volleyball and judo (I think) after that neat little advert about Russia/Georgia in the Olympics with the slogan "Sport is born from war." came up.
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Originally Posted by Russia after volleyball loss to Georgia
“We were not playing against the Georgian team today. If they are Georgian they would certainly have been influenced (by the event in Georgia), but certainly they are not.”
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August 16, 2008, 8:22 PM
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Usain Bolt's 100m run - pretty astonishing. He was utterly dominany, never seen anything like it in the 100m. I think along with Michael Phelps we have the other star of the games already
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August 16, 2008, 8:31 PM
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I thought it was quite amazing the way he looked so relaxed when he ran, like he was just out jogging or something. xD Am I right in saying he's the world record holder too?
I watched the men's gymnastics the other day and was, as usual, amazed. o_o I thought that it was a shame on the Japanese (?) guy who fell badly off the rings though, I can't remember what place he came but it could've been sooo much higher, he was really good.
I wanted to watch the female gymnastics yesterday but missed it. >_>
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August 16, 2008, 9:25 PM
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Yeah Usain Bolt already had the World Record, but he broke it again today and ran 9.69 seconds.
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August 17, 2008, 4:41 PM
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He probably could have gotten it under 9.60 if he ran hard the entire way. The guy started celebrating with roughly 10m remaining in the race. Geez...and he still won by a large margin. Crazy.
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August 19, 2008, 6:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Magic Dirt
I, for one, do not care about the olympics. It doesn't have any sports that I'd watch normally, with the exception of basketball. So just because in 1896 some frenchman decided to reinvent the olympics, I should want to watch it? No.
I feel a little bit of national pride when my country wins one of its very few gold medals, but that only lasts for a few seconds.
I just can't see the point in watching, or even really caring about the olympics.
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Why care about anything? Why go to the trouble of caring?
People enjoy watching competition; they have all throughout history. Some watch it for the national pride. My family watches and thinks, "Man, I didn't even know that was possible.". It shouldn't matter; liking the Olympics is no different from liking any other sport, really. |
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August 21, 2008, 4:58 PM
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Golden Bulletin of 2008 Olympic Games
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August 21, 2008, 5:03 PM
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We already have a thread on the Olympics but it's in the wrong section anyway. D:
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August 21, 2008, 10:39 PM
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Yay, U.S. is second! Not that it matters to me, but it's cool to know.
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August 22, 2008, 1:00 AM
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We're 3rd...the Aussies are not happy at all because we're ahead of them xDD
Does Bolt run another race as well? I'm sure he could break the WR in that as well, he is just unreal. Tbqh, Bolt's 2 gold medals and 2 world records equals Phelps' 8 gold medals and possibly even surpasses it.
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