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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Feb 19, 2010 - 05:14pm PT
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They need some jester hats to go with those pants.
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zeta
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Feb 19, 2010 - 05:51pm PT
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wow, so impressed by the US skiers this year! and despite all the media criticism of Bode Miller from the last Olympics, I love to see him getting 2 medals this year! Always nice to see a comeback...and glad to see media paying attention to other US skiers besides Vonn. Good job to Mancuso (2 silvers) and Weibrecht!
love the ski races!
and Plushenko just seems to be such a sore loser. but that quote is pretty damn funny
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reddirt
climber
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Feb 19, 2010 - 06:06pm PT
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oh Mighty Hiker - (I didn't read all of the 283 posts before this)
are you rooting for Canada or Norway?
Do you consider yourself Norwadian or Canawegian?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Feb 19, 2010 - 06:33pm PT
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Not really sure why anyone cares much about the curler's pants: they "burst" onto the scene last year as worn by Big John Daly, golfing legend.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 19, 2010 - 06:36pm PT
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Subject of course to Werner's approval, I root for everybody. I want the best athletes to win, and cleanly - I really don't care where they're from. Subject to that:
 One is supposed to support the home team (Canada), within reason. (If they hack their way to a gold medal in hockey, I won't.)
How can one not root for Norway? Big part of their culture, very successful at it.
Norway and Canada don't really compete in many things, so one may support both. (We all agree that the Norwegians have won the trousers competition.)
I'm mostly interested in cross country skiing, biathlon, long track speed skating, ski jumping, and sliding sports, and much less so in other sports.
(I wonder if Daly wears a speedo under his pants?)
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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Feb 19, 2010 - 06:37pm PT
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Does anyone know WHERE you can watch clips of events that already took place? I missed the Super G and would love to see it!
Please help!
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Feb 19, 2010 - 06:46pm PT
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I tried the NBC site and it made me load some crappy plug-in that does not work. If you can't find clips on the interweb then you will have to watch Bob Costas tonight on t.v., just like how they did it about two decades ago.
Awesome skiing!
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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Feb 19, 2010 - 07:10pm PT
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Ok thanx...heres what you have to do to see full recaps:
Go to: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/live-full-replays.html
Go to Video
Click Full Event Replay tab
Download the CRAPPY microsoft Silverlight video player, send a complaint to microsoft, and try to enjoy the glitchy video.
Edit: Then you may have to create an account with password. What a horrible process. They are effectively making the olympics only available to customers who pay for cable television. This is HORRIBLE!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 19, 2010 - 09:29pm PT
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Got to hand it to the crew shooting those tracking shots at the bottom of the ski jumps.
Very graceful work. The TV viewer really gets the best seat in the house.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 20, 2010 - 02:37am PT
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(I wonder if Daly wears a speedo under his pants?)
Uh, I think he wears Depends.
Bravo Aksel Lund! Det var Bra!
Bravo Bode for showing some class!
Bravo Andrew Weibrecht!
Tough course!
More controversy: the Brit Skeletoner Amy Williams and her
aerodynamically 'enhanced' helmet. It was deemed 'gud' on a
symantic fineness. However, since she won by .6 or so those
'ruffles' couldn't have made that much of a difference; maybe a
couple of hundredths although I doubt it. She would have to hold
her head almost motionless for them to work as they do on a wing.
Much ado about nothing.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2010 - 02:58am PT
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Oh shite, I just checked back in on this thread and realized I missed a bunch, so after some random glances of Werner berating some popular culture or whatever and Tami saying something about a skinflute, I realize I am unprepared to read what I have missed. I think I will print it out for tomorrow's steamer session....
Keep it up, I'm loving it.
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reddirt
climber
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Feb 20, 2010 - 01:26pm PT
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the 3+ hours of the women's downhill is at http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=3b91985a-7c42-4040-ae4f-4a0e8528ca07.html#womens+downhill
I's unplugged, no commentary. A 30ish minute wmn's downhill encore w/ commentary is finally on iTunes for 99¢
All access to other full replays not only requires shi++y silverlight, but requires you to be a "qualified customer" (ie, pay for a cable pkg that includes NBC, which I don't) via one of a slew of providers. Glad I don't since if I did watch it on TV, the coverage, from what I've heard has been & continues to suck really badly.
At least NBC isn't in the business of producing products like cars, power tools, medical stuff... cos they would have killed & maimed people w/ the shi++y lack of quality.
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reddirt
climber
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Feb 20, 2010 - 01:51pm PT
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my Network-Security-Industry partner surfed around on some industry blogs & said that silverlight is likely here to stay...
the analog TV w/ digital converter box is NOT showing W's superG. At least they're showing skijumping (edit: I meant W's ariels). And they did a cute little piece on the Chinese team & their tow-headed blue eyed Canadian coach.
I read some comment somewhere (FB?) that they were sitting in VT a few nights ago picking up CTV broadcasting signals... and loving the coverage.
this time next year, if I turn the TV on hopefully I'll be able to p/u CTV...
(edit: Tami you can read that last statement as I'll buy ya a beer in person ; )
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 20, 2010 - 03:57pm PT
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Another lovely day here. My troll is waiting for more good news.
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tooth
Trad climber
The Best Place On Earth
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Feb 20, 2010 - 08:57pm PT
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Is it me or do these mascots all look a little "wide-eyed"?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 20, 2010 - 09:10pm PT
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The NBC News trumpeting of the US medal count shows up the sad state of
math ability in this country. Let's see, 6 golds for the US and 5 for
Norway. That's 1 per million Norskies, right? Then I guess we should
have 300 golds by my math, n'est ce pas?
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