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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: lada on May 12, 2004, 02:04:36 PM
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.. will be pretty soon.
I were just trying to recall some rules regarding OG.
If i remember correctly, country in War were not allowed to enter for a long time.
So if we will check American way of thinking, all other states should boycot games
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/20/spotlight/
What is you opinion about: "countries at War should not be allowed to join OG" like it were many years ago ?
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Originally posted by lada
If i remember correctly, country in War were not allowed to enter for a long time.
You don't remember correctly.
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We're not in a war. Bush says so.
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I don't want the US team to go anywhere near Greece. Why should they die like the Israelis in 1972 ?
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Originally posted by gofaster
We're not in a war. Bush says so.
huh.. Whos Bush ?
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Originally posted by myelo
You don't remember correctly.
you right
It were like this. If there were a war, it had to be stop during the OG.
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In ancient times wars were stopped to accomodate the Games. The USOC has never disallowed the participation of a member who was "at war". The games were canceled in 1916, 1940 and 1944 due to some minor conflicts :rolleyes: .
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Originally posted by lada
.. will be pretty soon.
I were just trying to recall some rules regarding OG.
If i remember correctly, country in War were not allowed to enter for a long time.
So if we will check American way of thinking, all other states should boycot games
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/20/spotlight/
What is you opinion about: "countries at War should not be allowed to join OG" like it were many years ago ?
My opinion is that your opinion is worthless.
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Originally posted by lada
Olympic games
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/68_1084392710_paralympics32[1].jpg)
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Im nervous that there will be a Terrorist attack. Hopfully there wont be and if not, i cant wait to see the US basketball team dominate!!!:D
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I dont think anything will happen...they kinda already got what they wanted, with us scared to death of one another and paranoid like all get out....
besides, all the terrorists are in Iraq (or campaining for Kerry) :lol
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I too hope nothing happens. My wife is working on the games.
Ravs
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Originally posted by frank3
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/68_1084392710_paralympics32[1].jpg)
What exactly is your point here.... if it ain't good I quote John Wayne's greatest line from True Grit, "Fill your hand you *** ** * *****.
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That's incredible anyone can play tennis in a wheel chair. Though that's a sweet chair.
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lada, will you tell me if I am correct in my assumption please?
I'm assuming you are from a formerly Eastern block country pre-1989, am I correct?
Thanks,
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Originally posted by GScholz
Is your opinion worth anything?
No less than that of any American basher around here.
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Originally posted by hawker238
That's incredible anyone can play tennis in a wheel chair. Though that's a sweet chair.
Used to play tennis competatively (clubs/tournaments/rankings the whole 9.... I didn't suck) and I got SMOKED by a dude in a wheel chair.
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Did he smoke you Nash? ..... sounds awfully perverted to me :D
Did you win the game?
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If the US dosn't go to Athens for fear of terroist attack, won't that mean another victory for Bin Laden?
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by Gixer
If the US dosn't go to Athens for fear of terroist attack, won't that mean another victory for Bin Laden?
...-Gixer
Very true. I think the fears of the 72 Munich games repeat should be quelled, after all, the German Gov't totally botched that incident, both with record-low security and trying to appease to the terrorists. All nations changed their attitudes toward security and how they deal with terrorists after the Munich debacle.
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The Munich incident was by and large a sneak attack. Nobody was expecting a terrorist attack at the worlds largest peacefull gathering. I think we are no longer "Babes in Toyland".
I have a friend that lives in Athens and I passed on an opportunity to go to the games. I just have a bad feeling.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
lada, will you tell me if I am correct in my assumption please?
I'm assuming you are from a formerly Eastern block country pre-1989, am I correct?
Thanks,
Yup, one of them wannabe new EU members.
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Originally posted by hawker238
That's incredible anyone can play tennis in a wheel chair. Though that's a sweet chair.
Yeah, that is one sweet chair. Check out the rim/tire combo. That's some high-end equipment. That lady ain't messing around. I've seen some wheelchair racers with similar setups (though in a tricycle configuration).
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<----- Olympic Fanatic - By far the greatest idea ever conceived. Getting the world together to play games.... ain't that wonderful?
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I'm going to the games. Am I worried. Not very. The new greek government has brought in security experts from Israel, the USA, and NATO is also in a support role. The greek government is spending over 1 Billion dollars on security.
Having said that, I put in for opening ceremonies and didn't get them, and that's ok. If anything were to happen, that would probably be the event. I do have tickets to Men's Track and Field finals and Women's Gymnastics finals. I will only have to walk 5 minutes up the street to catch the Marathon runners.
I'm psyched!
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Originally posted by frank3
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/68_1084392710_paralympics32[1].jpg)
Something odd about that picture.
notice that her legs have muscles.
If she was a para they would be all skinny wouldnt they?
I mean the are on every para I have ever seen.
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so when is Texas Hold'em going to added to the games?
seems the world is on the poker bandwagon these days thanks to ESPN and the Travel Channel.
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Originally posted by txmx
Something odd about that picture.
notice that her legs have muscles.
If she was a para they would be all skinny wouldnt they?
I mean the are on every para I have ever seen.
She may not be completely para. If you look at the little middle wheel contraption, it seems she changes direction partly by using that wheel, probably with her quads. I'd imagine it'd be a hell of a struggle.
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muscles can be stimulated with an external device.
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Originally posted by SunKing
so when is Texas Hold'em going to added to the games?
seems the world is on the poker bandwagon these days thanks to ESPN and the Travel Channel.
Is there ever a repeat where Moneymaker DOESN'T win? you'd think he was the only dude playing...
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My favorite all time former Olympic sport.......
Live Pigeon Shooting.
Held only during the 1900 Paris Games.
Leon de Lunden of Begium killed 21 birds to edge out Maurice Faure of France by one dead pigeon to win the gold.
WTG Leon!
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Originally posted by midnight Target
My favorite all time former Olympic sport.......
Live Pigeon Shooting.
If they would switch to Canadian Geese they could hold the match right up my street.
BTW, while I can't prove it on short notice, I'm pretty sure the United States has won more Olympic Gold Metals in Small Bore Pistol shooting than in any other sport. Of course you'll never see that on network TV.
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There are 3 pistol events in the modern Olympics:
Rapid Fire
Free Pistol
Air Pistol (since 1984 I think)
No such thing as small bore pistol. There is a small bore rifle competition though.
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Well....this happen in Chechnya a few days ago.
GROZNY, Chechnya (CNN) -- Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and at least five others died in an explosion at a stadium in the Chechen capital, officials said. A spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry said that the bomb may have been buried in concrete as many as three months ago while the stadium was undergoing a renovation.
Not possible in Greece?
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Originally posted by midnight Target
There are 3 pistol events in the modern Olympics:
Rapid Fire
Free Pistol
Air Pistol (since 1984 I think)
No such thing as small bore pistol. There is a small bore rifle competition though.
I don't want to labor a small point but I'm guessing the Rapid Fire and Free Pistol are .22 cal. AKA 'small bore'.
More important, what's our record in the above.
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I did some research and found this URL:
http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/26atlanta.html
I looks like the USA is competitive in all shooting events but does not dominate in any. 'My bad..." :o
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I just hope NBC covers the Olympics better. They have been looking for controversy rather than sport for so long they have lost sight of what is sport. Do you know that some think that Kobe's trial is sport related rather than a legal issue? They have friggin sportscasters talking about testimony instead of the ERA of some left hander for the Astros.
In Seoul, NBC covered a Korean boxer who believed he got hosed in a decision so he sat in the ring for an hour or 2, and NBC covered all of it. a commentor said something like, "He now has the Olympic record for a protest..." great an Olympic record for doing nothing and I am getting pissed watching him do nothing and sports casters talking about him doing nothing. All the while I knew the event I was intrested in was holding finals.
Idiots.
Now half of NBC's coverage will be about security. Even if nothing bad happens, Osama wins a little by causing that.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Do you know that some think that Kobe's trial is sport related rather than a legal issue?
Given certain other, ehm... issues... I'd say that's not much of a stretch at all.
The worst thing about NBC Olympic coverage is that it takes a trained eye to notice that there are actually other countries participating.
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Originally posted by Nash
Given certain other, ehm... issues... I'd say that's not much of a stretch at all.
The worst thing about NBC Olympic coverage is that it takes a trained eye to notice that there are actually other countries participating.
The only sports related issue is whether he will miss a game due to the legal proceedings. All else is legal, not sports.
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You missed my point. Glad ya did though... it was a real klunker.
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Originally posted by Nash
You missed my point. Glad ya did though... it was a real klunker.
The word "ignored" comes to mind. :)
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Maybe you were going for sportf***ing?
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Originally posted by Nash
You missed my point. Glad ya did though... it was a real klunker.
Not really.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Maybe you were going for sportf***ing?
No doubt. Here were are with cards as an Olympic sport and still no sportf***ing. Wake up. Sign the petition. This is 2004.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
There are 3 pistol events in the modern Olympics:
Rapid Fire
Free Pistol
Air Pistol (since 1984 I think)
No such thing as small bore pistol. There is a small bore rifle competition though.
Well they dont use 44mags LOL:aok
And yes 22rimfire is smallbore.
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Just maybe?
http://www.cattlehunter.com/
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They could make the Olympics much better with a little pruning of the list of sports before adding any.
Sports I'd like to abolish:
Synchronized Swimming
Synchronized Diving
Rythymic Gymnastics
Team Gymnastics
Synchronized Swimming
Butterfly stroke in swimming
Badminton
Rythymic Gymnastics
Softball (let 'um play real baseball)
Oh yeah, and Synchronized Swimming and Rythymic Gymnastics.
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I hope the Americans don't manage to make this year...
It'll give the rest of us a chance to win some medals!
Ravs :)
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Originally posted by ravells
I hope the Americans don't manage to make this year...
It'll give the rest of us a chance to win some medals!
Ravs :)
You must have won some in Moscow huh? ;)
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Originally posted by midnight Target
My favorite all time former Olympic sport.......
Live Pigeon Shooting.
Held only during the 1900 Paris Games.
Leon de Lunden of Begium killed 21 birds to edge out Maurice Faure of France by one dead pigeon to win the gold.
WTG Leon!
MT, that's because we're used to eat Pigeons after :)
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You can win a medal in
Free Pistol
You can win a medal in
Rapid fire Pistol
You can win a medal in
Air Pistol
You can win a medal in
Small Bore Rifle
But you can't win a medal in Small Bore Pistol, no matter what "bore" you use... cause there ain't no such event.
You can't win a medal in long ski shushing either, even though they wear long skis, but you can win the Downhill.