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thedogfather
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Somewhere near Red Rocks
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Feb 28, 2010 - 08:04pm PT
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OK one last fun point. I almost feel like a troll.
If you score a touchdown in football and the other team hits 3 field goals which are worth less points, who wins? If the runner on your team wins a cross country race but your competitor gets paces 2 - 6, which team wins? If you score 10 3 point baskets and your foe scores 20 2 pointers, who wins?
And finally, does a curling gold have the same weight as a 50k cross country gold? That's like shuffleboard equaling a marathon.
As a non-hockey fan, I loved watching that one for sure! What a perfect ending instead of a blowout by either.
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful, BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2010 - 08:06pm PT
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No Anders, there is no question as to who the winners are, you can tell by the medals they all now own, who the winners are. Then total that by country, it's exceedingly simple
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Feb 28, 2010 - 08:21pm PT
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Oh yeah. Anytime anyone starts rationalizing like that .... well, you know.....
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Feb 28, 2010 - 09:38pm PT
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Wow - Russian national anthem in the closing ceremonies - GREAT choral music! {shivers}
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Feb 28, 2010 - 10:04pm PT
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Excellent idea, Riley. But there need to be approach-cross events, on steep approaches.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Feb 28, 2010 - 11:21pm PT
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Congratulations to all Canadians for a great games and of course for your golds and your hockey.
Thanks also for Joannie Rochette and all the great scenery. Thanks for the humor in the closing ceremony (yes the beaver and flying moose were a bit much) and thanks for thanking the indigenous people of the area for the use of their land at the beginning of that ceremony. That would be a wonderful precedent for all nations to follow.
Now alas, we have to return to ordinary life. It's going to be a big let down getting back to normal again, but it was worth it!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Feb 28, 2010 - 11:48pm PT
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Like, how about those giant beavers and the inflatable moose balloons? Dancing mounties and birchbark canoes and table hockey! It just doesn't get any more Hoser than that, eh?
Everyone say, "Beauty."
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Riley, there there - it's OK. No need to take it seriously, now is there? Everything's going to be alright. Just try to keep some perspective, eh?
And yes, I appreciate that all you hockey fanatics may have had a drink or two, hence your enthusiasm. I forgive you, and perhaps should know better than to provoke you with perspective. Although the fact that you had no interest in the amazing finish in the men's 50 km cross country this morning speaks for itself. Petter Northug won more medals than any other man at the games (two gold, one silver, one bronze), and of course Marit Bjørgen won more medals than any other female (three gold, one silver, one bronze).
But as they're not Canadian or American, and it doesn't involve hockey, maybe it's not important.
The 50 km finish is at http://www.nrksport.no/meisterskap/vancouver_2010/1.7016710 - except that the video is constantly unavailable, even though it's 6 AM in Norway.
I don't have a TV, but saw some of the closing ceremony at my father's. It was nice that they brought all those stars back from Los Angeles to perform, although when they showed the inflatable beaver and moose I started to get worried about pink elephants.
The entire downtown was and is blocked off this afternoon and tonight - even buses aren't getting through. Downtown is a peninsula, except from the east - access only by bridge.
Despite PTPP's repeated hoots of FOURTEEN!, I remain amused that until Friday, Canada's newspapers, television stations, the Canadian Olympic committee, and the "Own the Podium" people all insisted that it was the total number of medals won by a country that counted. As they had been for years. Suddenly, when it seemed possible that Canadians might win the most gold medals, the important number became only that of gold medals. Luckily, the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee is honest about it, and said "We're not going to fool anyone and say, 'We've changed our mind, it was gold all along.' That's not fair."
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tooth
Trad climber
The Best Place On Earth
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It's called being thankful for what you got and celebrating it!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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I am sure hearing a lot of sirens tonight. Three in the last half hour - and I live in a quiet neighbourhood far from downtown. There was very little traffic when I was out an hour ago. Seems unusual. Anyone else?
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Still, one of my favorite parts was Norways gold in the Nordic cross. Yowza!!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Just in case anybody is wondering why Marit Bjørgen
wins so many ski races.......
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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I'm with you Anders, the nordic events rule!! I was on the edge of my seat for every stride of the 50k! How about that Anders Veerpalu, 39 years old, master of the classic, matching 24 year old Northug stride for stride on the final hill, sure he can't hang with the kids on the final sprint, but finishing 6th, and only 6 seconds out, totally proud! And the Canadian skiers were awesome, no medals, but a lot of top 10 finishes, solid.
I was psyched for Marit Bjorgen's great comeback, but also for Justina Kowalcyk, she always skis with heart, great win in the 30k.
Speaking of heart, can you believe Petra Majdic, bronze in the sprint right after a fall in warm up that broke 4 ribs and punctured her lung? That kind of double poling not to mention breathing that hard puts a ton of stress on the chest cavity, yikes!
I was happy with the coverage, but it helped having my girlfriend with a dvr and flatscreen, record the nordic events in hi-def, and to fast forward past the commercials and fluff.
Good job Canada for pulling it off so well!
Peter
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Fun video reddirt!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Awesome fun Olympics...
And for the record, I'd have loved to watch more Nordic events, think that Petter Northug is amazing, but those feckers at NBC don't show Nordic unless the US is winning a medal (or, you happen to have a DVR and/or sit home all day, and even then it is iffy...)
Even online, I can't watch Nordic thanks to NBC. I already wrote them 2 hate letters...
But otherwise, great job to Canada for these Olympics, and looking forward to the winter games in 4 years!
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful, BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2010 - 12:50pm PT
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Sorry but this is my last post on this thread and it is not going to be a good one.
It looks like the Whistler RCMP may have contributed to the death of a UBC Student last week during the games.
http://www.whistlerquestion.com/article/20100227/WHISTLER01/302279970/1030/WHISTLER/ubc-student-dies-after-arrest-in-whistler
February 27,2010
Authorities are investigating the death of a University of British Columbia student who perished suddenly two days after being arrested for being drunk in public in Whistler.
The student, who was arrested on Tuesday (Feb. 23) just after 5 p.m., fell several times after being lodged in Whistler RCMP cells, Vancouver Police spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen said in a statement issued on Friday (Feb. 26).
The man was released on Wednesday (Feb. 24) at around 3:30 a.m. and returned to Vancouver. He was found unconscious in his UBC residence early Thursday (Feb. 25) and was rushed to hospital, where he died a short while later, Thiessen said.
Vancouver Police are investigating whether the falls that occurred while he was in police custody had anything to do with the man’s sudden death. Officials with the RCMP’s Lower Mainland Regional Police Service asked Vancouver Police to investigate, the statement said.
see also this CTV link - click here -
Anyway it was a great Olympics, except for the luge death and now this.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Cleo,
Check again, it seems like this morning they have lifted the registration requirement and all the nordic race video is open access.
Yeah it sucked that the coverage was always in the afternoon, had to get a friend to record it. But the coverage was decent, good info from the commentators generally and calling it real, not worrying much about the americans.
Peter
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Chief
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"fell several times after being lodged in Whistler RCMP cells"?
WTF? Over!
Q. How many of Vancouver's finest did it take to throw the unruly drunk down the stairway?
A. None, he tripped.
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