Winter Olympics

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

*so glad I'm not watching!*

I suspect I know what you mean, kk. I watched the moguls last night and I had this throbbing pain in my back (I've had two surgeries) the entire time. I finally got up and walked away. I hope your knee is healing. Maybe you should watch TJC (The Jacuzzi Channel).

[Barcey]

Maybe we can all move into the WDE dog house for a couple of weeks and watch the events from the roof.

[kindlekitten]

that's quite a jaunt from Vancouver on up to Whistler. at least with the Olympics there they will have had to fix the road which SUCKED!!!!

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

that's quite a jaunt from Vancouver on up to Whistler. at least with the Olympics there they will have had to fix the road which SUCKED!!!!

Major, major improvement on the Sea to Sky Highway.

Lots of blue sky today.

Y'all come on out, before it starts raining again.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

...
Fiddling and/or step/tap dancing is a tradition in many families all across Canada and they have their unique styles within certain regions. My father and all his brothers played the fiddle, as did his father. Two of my mother's brothers played the fiddle. There are 2 fiddles in our home and I hear someone practice on them daily.
A bit of artistic license and stage drama was added by the director in using the punk rockers with their tattoos. The tattoos were of indigenous people's design and the punk rock version may have originated with the final fiddle player, Ashley MacIssac (one of our favourites), from his earlier days. They finished that segment with his The Devil in the Kitchen.

You should know, and probably do, that generally any "WTF!" moment from me is almost certainly a sign of sincere and utter admiration.

I enjoyed all of the songs showcasing our Canadian talent, with the exception of the rendition of our national anthem.

It was all good...except Bryan Adams. Because I hate Bryan Adams. Nearly as much as I hate Barry Manilow. No rational thought will get past that, WDE. The woman he was standing next to, however, well, she was perfectly darling.

They represented the speed skaters and cross-country skiers if you watched the movement of their arms. This being an inside event, with no ice, I guess they had to go with wheels to represent both. The trails, I guess, were to show the speed, or induce flashbacks.

They were awesome. TRON is a good thing.

I take it by "bear poet" you mean Shane Koyczan and his slam poetry "We Are More".

Yessum, that's the one. The large, bearish lad. Enjoyed that bit no-end.

Was that before or after kd lang's rendition of Hallelujah.

It must have been before...bastiches. Oh, well...I've long had Hymns of the 49th Parallel so I'll just spin that up and use my imagination.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

moguls ROCK!!! my daughter was being groomed as a possible Olympic class mogul skier, but she had 4 concussions in one competition season, with a helmet!!! and had to withdraw from that level. *and points to recently replaced knee*
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Ugh, I used to hate them. Sure, Mister Trainer person, get me to unbuckle my mid-entry boots front-and-back and do fast GS turns to learn balance...that was fun...but please, please don't make me go down that mogul field. I'll pay you $50 to just say I did.

Cheers,
Marc

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Ugh, I used to hate them. Sure, Mister Trainer person, get me to unbuckle my mid-entry boots front-and-back and do fast GS turns to learn balance...that was fun...but please, please don't make me go down that mogul field. I'll pay you $50 to just say I did.

Cheers,
Marc

!!!!!!!!!!y ou have actually been snowed upon!!!!!!!

AND FOR WHAT it's worth, I think the knee finally SET, tonight! I had the ice machine on for about 25 minutes and my lower leg bone literally ACHED!!!! like 9 muthafuggers!!!! I've thrown the damn wrap across the floor and will re-assess in many hours
nd Nyway

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

Thanks! This diagram was particularly helpful! I usually refrain from saying anything because I have really never understood the nuances of how the places are divided. Now I have to come to terms with the idea that Wales is a separate place, and now just a county in England?? For some reason, I always thought the Prince of Wales was in England? Oh dear, now *Iʻm* showing my ignorance.

Wales is a country, but it's a "principality" - a country ruled by a prince - rather than a kingdom. The title "Prince of Wales" is always held by the heir to the British throne (currently Prince Charles).

[GeoffC]

well done to some worthy winners ! - including Canada ....

[Kevin2960]

Right, The Luge ...... take a tea tray lay on it and slide down an icy roller coaster track at speeds that look like F1 Racing, 1" off the floor, Oh well at least it's Feet First !!!!!

Then theres Skeleton luge, this time you do it HEAD First, Oh yes, I've waited all my life to try this !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And SADLY you can get killed doing these sports, RESPECT to these guys,

But boy couldn't you do it on the Nintendo WII, in fact all Olympic sports should be done on the WII,

Now we can FINALLY bring BASE JUMPING in as Olympic Sport if we do it on the WII,

Only slightly serious,

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Kevin2960

Right, The Luge ...... take a tea tray lay on it and slide down an icy roller coaster track at speeds that look like F1 Racing, 1" off the floor, Oh well at least it's Feet First !!!!!

Then theres Skeleton luge, this time you do it HEAD First, Oh yes, I've waited all my life to try this !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And SADLY you can get killed doing these sports, RESPECT to these guys,

But boy couldn't you do it on the Nintendo WII, in fact all Olympic sports should be done on the WII,

Now we can FINALLY bring BASE JUMPING in as Olympic Sport if we do it on the WII,

Only slightly serious,

ah !

but could torvill and dean have been able to score so highly, performing Bolero on the wii !

[Sweetpea]

Somebody is offering three zamboni softice machines for sale on our local online marketplace...

For the lovers of softice and bubbly ice. Known from TV (just seen a 45 minute long commercial from Vancouver!).
You'll have to come and collect it yourself, and you can also use it for the 11 City Trip (famous Dutch skating trip, which passes all 11 cities of the province of Friesland, ed), is just one round too...

The ice quality is a laughing stock down here...

[kindlekitten]

well I see the phenomena I was afraid of from the very beginning of the announcement of the games at Whistler is becoming a problem... the weather. it's socked in. visibility sucks. I absolutely hate skiing in the northwest because of this kind of weather. BUT! as we are told by the teaching association, if you can ski even halfway decently here, you can ski AWESOME anywhere!

[Kevin2960]

GeoffC, well it puts a piccy in my head of Eddie the Eagle ACTUALLY wining on the WII,

And no foul ups due to Weather, And no SAD Deaths in training accidents,

Hey the more i think of it, the more the I think Olympics SHOULD be exclusively on the WII

[GraceKrispy]

Originally Posted by Kevin2960

GeoffC, well it puts a piccy in my head of Eddie the Eagle ACTUALLY wining on the WII,

And no foul ups due to Weather, And no SAD Deaths in training accidents,

Hey the more i think of it, the more the I think Olympics SHOULD be exclusively on the WII

As a new wii aficionado myself, I totally agree. I myself would be fantastic figure skating on the wii....

[Kevin2960]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

As a new wii aficionado myself, I totally agree. I myself would be fantastic figure skating on the wii....

Grace I guess you'd win a BLACKBELT in Karate on Ice