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Offline straffo

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« Reply #30 on: July 06, 2005, 01:48:18 PM »
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« Reply #31 on: July 06, 2005, 01:49:58 PM »
My sympathies to the tax payers of London and the UK as a whole.


Sweet deal France, dodged a bullet there.
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« Reply #32 on: July 06, 2005, 02:02:57 PM »
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as long as she didn't attempt "singing" or whatever that is she does ; P

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« Reply #33 on: July 06, 2005, 02:03:54 PM »
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« Reply #34 on: July 06, 2005, 02:04:51 PM »
Chirac's biggest blunder was getting involved. Getting caught off camera slagging the IOC's members food must be ranked up there with Berlusconni.
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« Reply #35 on: July 06, 2005, 02:08:43 PM »
So many useless and corrupt politicians in Europe it's hard to keep up.
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« Reply #36 on: July 06, 2005, 02:27:42 PM »
Thank you London!

     As someone who lives relatively close to NYC, I'm very happy
to see that circus go somewhere else.  Best of luck to you guys.
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« Reply #37 on: July 06, 2005, 02:35:55 PM »
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really? I didnt know that.

But havent they been the exeption rather then the norm?


Found out some particulars:

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An announcement by the LAOOC that $222.7 million in profits had been made astonished the world and renewed interest in future Olympics. Those profits were divided between the United States Olympic Committee and the LAOOC which funded, among other things, an Amateur Athletic Foundation based in Los Angeles.  


227 million goes to better than half a billion today after inflation.

Peter Uberroth (LAOOC Chairman) showed how it's done, so Olympics since '84 have faired much better than before '84.

Seoul made over $300 million profit
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« Reply #38 on: July 06, 2005, 02:39:05 PM »
I stand corrected.
I was under the impression that long term they end up loosing money on the deal
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« Reply #39 on: July 06, 2005, 03:39:51 PM »
I was here in '84, and people moaned and groaned about Uberoth selling out the Olympics until the profits started flowing.

On a side note, I've never seen LA cleaner than during the summer of 1984.
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« Reply #40 on: July 06, 2005, 03:59:49 PM »
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Anyways I agree; Chirac has been too good friend with Berlusconi and mocking British and Finnish food was the last nail.
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« Reply #41 on: July 06, 2005, 04:09:48 PM »
Not exactly Staga it show ignorance,british food is fine provided you use recipes created before the 18th century.

For the Finnish one I've not a good experience but it's not creative and a bit rustic ,IMO nothing wrong with that.
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« Reply #42 on: July 06, 2005, 04:18:52 PM »
What's all this fuss about the food? I thought that Haggis was French? Sheeps Stomach , deep fried in a pound of butter.
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« Reply #43 on: July 06, 2005, 04:20:48 PM »
Moscow area has TONS of stadiums and provides cheapest price for transportation.

I wonder why IOC listed Moscow all the way to #5 list...?

Btw I really want to see NY host a game.
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« Reply #44 on: July 06, 2005, 04:46:15 PM »
Russia is too dangerous place; for example VERY large Japanese electronic equipment manufacturer (TVs, cameras, hifi) has the storage for Russian sales in Finland.
IF it would be in Russia it would need guards with assault rifles and even then it would be robbed once per month.
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