Here is the Holiday Forum’s thread for the London Olympics!

I’m not entered into any events, just in case you were wondering.

Gold.

Peak Warming Man said:

Gold.

not for Australia…

Shirley Australia will get some sort of gold in an obscure sport that no one cares about. I donated to the beach volleyball team, they’d better do something!

There’ll be GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA, GOLD GOLD GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA

Divine Angel said:

Shirley Australia will get some sort of gold in an obscure sport that no one cares about. I donated to the beach volleyball team, they’d better do something!

well at least that’s good to watch

Well, just think what it’ll be like for moi. Stuck here with all these ding-bat Yanks and their fricking national pride :(

YOO ESS EH

YOO ESS EH

It was actually really sad- the volleyballers couldn’t afford to take their coaches to London with them so held a few fundraisers and set up donating buckets to raise money. They were highlighting how the popular sports like swimming got huge funding from sponsors etc and could afford to take anyone they wanted, but other sports were forgotten. How awful to not be able to have your coach with you at the frigging Olympics FFS!

We’ve got good sportsman, good tough Bronzed Aussie sportsmen, our girls and boys wont crack under pressure, AND ANYWAY THEY DON’T HAVE GOLF AT THE OLYMPICS.

GOLD, GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA, GOLD GOLD GOLD.

Oh, shaddup, PWM!

good to know the Greg Norman school of finishing golf tournaments is still doing well.

kii said:

Well, just think what it’ll be like for moi. Stuck here with all these ding-bat Yanks and their fricking national pride :(

If it’s any consolation, work is planning a promotion where people get a free doughnut every time Australia wins a medal.

Cue Krusty Burger promotion

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Well, just think what it’ll be like for moi. Stuck here with all these ding-bat Yanks and their fricking national pride :(

If it’s any consolation, work is planning a promotion where people get a free doughnut every time Australia wins a medal.

Cue Krusty Burger promotion

Sometimes I stuff.

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Well, just think what it’ll be like for moi. Stuck here with all these ding-bat Yanks and their fricking national pride :(

If it’s any consolation, work is planning a promotion where people get a free doughnut every time Australia wins a medal.

Cue Krusty Burger promotion

Sometimes I stuff.

What?

I meant to say – Sometimes I hate stuff.

Wish mr kii wouldn’t talk to me when I am typing :/

Glad I’m not going, if it means having to kiss Boris Johnson:

Boris is a machine.. love Boris

Can’t look at the Lympix Logo without seeing Lisa Simpson.

Geoff D said:

Can’t look at the Lympix Logo without seeing Lisa Simpson.

I know! It sucks!

:-)

Nah, it blows.

PWM will be most pleased to hear that the boat has been slipped and antifouled and will probably have a new skeg bearing installed before she goes back in the water.

He probably won’t be as pleased to hear that I have sent him an invoice for half the cost.

Anyway the reason why I haven’t been online much these last few days, is because I’ve been setting up my new multi monitor x(5) flight simulation cockpit in my study.

It’s very immersive.

Skeptic Pete said:

It’s very immersive.

:Nods knowingly:

I run only 2 medium-sized monitors but if you get them just right they make a hell of a big difference.

He’s got some good gear happening and needs to hide his chin for a bit which means
GOLD, GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA GOLD GOLD GOLD

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4149700-3×2-940×627.jpg

Skep!!

Do you think at the opening ceremony they’ll have a minute’s silence for the passing of Jimmy Saville, PWM?

Neophyte said:

Do you think at the opening ceremony they’ll have a minute’s silence for the passing of Jimmy Saville, PWM?

There has been a request from a number of parties that a minute’s silence be observed to mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich (Olympics) massacre. But, so far, the IOC has refused to allow that to occur.

ADJ, I was listening to the wireless yesterday, 3LO of course, which was conducting an interview with some grandpoobah of the olympic movement. He suggested that there will be some form of memorial held, but that it would be held on the actual date.

sibeen said:

ADJ, I was listening to the wireless yesterday, 3LO of course, which was conducting an interview with some grandpoobah of the olympic movement. He suggested that there will be some form of memorial held, but that it would be held on the actual date.

Thanks. I missed that.

Better to call it “Limpix” than “Alumpux” like the sheep shaggers do:-)

“The difference that doping makes is shown by the extraordinary records set at the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988, before testing was fully established. Half of the gold medal winners in Seoul set times and distances that were good enough to win a gold at Athens 20 years later; many will probably also prove to have been good enough to win in London.1

But the majority of the athletes who set these remarkable records were never found guilty of a doping offence, so their records stand. An exception is Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter who won the 100 m only to be stripped of the title for using the anabolic steroid stanozolol.”

BMJ current print issue.

are we there yet?

party_pants said:

are we there yet?

were too busy writing letters and seeking rangas.. drove straight past..

Well the Gruen team are off and running with Gruen Sweat- a 4 part series about the brandvertising of the Olympics:

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/24437

The Opening Ceremony will be shown live from 5.30am (EST) on ch 9. Paul McCartney is confirmed as closing the Ceremony with “Hey Jude”. I’ll catch repeats and highlights at another time…

>Paul McCartney is confirmed as closing the Ceremony with “Hey Jude”.

That’s a bit sad.

I heard rumours that he and David Bowie were heard rehearsing “Come Together”.

If they really had to close with a geriatric pop star singing a song that’s completely irrelevant to the Olympics, I would have preferred Tom Jones singing “It’s Not Unusual” :)

Bubble Car said:

>Paul McCartney is confirmed as closing the Ceremony with “Hey Jude”.

That’s a bit sad.

Yeah, the guy from Oasis must be pissed, he was always talking about how much more important they were than The Beatles.

No way would those brothers share the stage, even for the Limpix.

Divine Angel said:

No way would those brothers share the stage, even for the Limpix.

Just the one of them then.

(or Hale and Pace doing a parody of them)

I never watch the Opening Ceremony, anyway.

Bubble Car said:

LOL!!!

Bubble Car said:

I never watch the Opening Ceremony, anyway.

I watch it in the hope someone falls on their arse.

Bubble Car said:

I never watch the Opening Ceremony, anyway.

I usually do, but this one will be on waaay to late and waaay to early for me.

I wonder where Happy Shorts is these days? I seem to recall him getting very excited about the mini-skirted Chinese dancing girls that escorted the athletes into the stadium at Bejing.

Bubble Car said:

I never watch the Opening Ceremony, anyway.

Why’s that?

Divine Angel said:

The Opening Ceremony will be shown live from 5.30am (EST) on ch 9. Paul McCartney is confirmed as closing the Ceremony with “Hey Jude”. I’ll catch repeats and highlights at another time…

My internet TV guide says Nine will be repeating the opening ceremony from 2pm Sat.

Witty Rejoinder said:

My internet TV guide says Nine will be repeating the opening ceremony from 2pm Sat.

Ah crap, still gonna miss it, I’ll be at work.

Divine Angel said:

Ah crap, still gonna miss it, I’ll be at work.

Time to resurrect the old VCR. Or maybe a new DVR.

>>Bubble Car said:
I never watch the Opening Ceremony, anyway.

Why’s that?

It’s popular.

>Why’s that?

I’m not a fan of vacuous glitz (unless it’s Eurovision and I’m really in the mood :))

FNDC is open for those partaking (I had mine last night :))

I’d like to see Mick Ashton and Phil Harding dig a hole in the middle of the pitch during the Olympic OC, and remain head down scratching away for 2 hours oblivious to the rest of the performers and athletes around them.

ooo – arrr.. some Roman Pottery ‘ere. And this looks like a old cobblestone road oo arrr..

‘Ere, who let these chickens in, oo arrrrr?

Goss, Goss, he’s our man
If he can’t do it, maybe Cadel can ;)

Medal Tally!

Party_pants predicts: *No more than 10 gold *UK double Aussie medals.

oh bloody hell – don’t take me so seriously.

Next thing you’ll have me on a plane to Nauru for Unaustralian behaviour.

Well that’s no fun.

OK, I’ll go then:
- 8 Gold
- 16 silver
- 14 bronze

for Australia.

Fox has eight channels doing the limpix but are they all togethere, that’s right they’re not.

Peak Warming Man said:

Fox has eight channels doing the limpix but are they all togethere, that’s right they’re not.

They’re next to each other in my tv guide.

Peak Warming Man said:

Fox has eight channels doing the limpix but are they all togethere, that’s right they’re not.

8 are on mine, then there’s another 12 spread out through the channels

Glorious gold for benefit of Kazakhstan nation in the cycling Men’s Road Race.

Certainly a satisfying way to end his cycling career.

Bubble Car said:

Certainly a satisfying way to end his cycling career.

Indeed. For a bloke who’s already announced his retirement – not a bad way to go out. Bloody good on him I reckon.

time for one more beer and then bed I suppose.

oh – not bloody dressage again :(

So what’s with all these Poms cutting the southern cross out of the Aussie flag?

.. and what’s with this London ZOIZ sign everywhere? WTF does ZOIZ mean??

party_pants said:

So what’s with all these Poms cutting the southern cross out of the Aussie flag?

why are you asking me?

I woke up just in time to flip on the teev and see the Ozzie girls win the relay.

GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD

That’s 4 gold to Australia… well 1.

(Britain zip)

>>Indeed. For a bloke who’s already announced his retirement – not a bad way to go out. Bloody good on him I reckon.

Doped to the eyeballs he was, they had to shoot out his tyres to stop him, said he could go another 250 kilometres no trouble, the cannula was still in his arm.

Nice workout by Andrw Hoy in the dressage.

…Veteran rider Andrew Hoy and his nine-year-old mount Rutherglen jumped straight to third place with a penalty point score of 41.7 in late afternoon and finished the day in fourth spot.

>>Nice workout by Andrw Hoy in the dressage.

Terrific stuff from Hoy there, that got the heart beat going make no mistake.

I see H G Nelson is there on his own this year, that mad Trotskyite dope addled buffoon Rampaging Roy Slavin is missing, probably got nabed going through Immigration.

wasn’t the opening ceremony spectacular. i admit i had a tear in the eye on several occasions, and even though i have been 40 odd years in australia, proud to be a pom. beats the sydeney effort with they lawnmowers.

they should either be their or those.

I don’t do opening or closing ceremonies Boris, I think it’s wankery, didn’t even watch the Australian one.

it is all i watch of the olympics. i think it was gold gold gold for england. but i am biased.

Peak Warming Man said:

I see H G Nelson is there on his own this year, that mad Trotskyite dope addled buffoon Rampaging Roy Slavin is missing, probably got nabed going through Immigration.

The Most Reverend Flannery may not have let him go.

I see that the british cycling coach is having a whinge. Apparently the other nations didn’t do enough to help Cav win.

Nice to see Britain’s not even in the medal tally yet :)

…and how come Britain is now constantly referred to as Great Britain? That may be their official name but people used to just call them Britain. Now everyone’s calling them Great Britain and it’s becoming annoying.

Bubble Car said:

…and how come Britain is now constantly referred to as Great Britain? That may be their official name but people used to just call them Britain. Now everyone’s calling them Great Britain and it’s becoming annoying.

Their three letter designation is GBR.

I know, but I don’t recall people constantly referring to them as Great Britain like this. Mind you, I don’t usually notice them much in the Olympics.

wow we’re tied with kazakhstan.

Boris said:

wow we’re tied with kazakhstan.

Shouldn’t think that’ll last long, unless Oz has a particularly feeble Olympics.

Boris said:

wow we’re tied with kazakhstan.

First Borat now this!

Hot times in Astana.

…we’re also tied with Russia, which puts it into better perspective.

Boris said:

wow we’re tied with kazakhstan.

Boris = Borat?

Ooh ooh I have a Limpix question.

At the opening ceremony, the two major languages used were English and French. English is understandable, but why French? Is it because the Big Wigs of the IOC are French? Because, by number of people who speak it, Mandarin Chinese is the dominant language of the world.

it is the diplomatic language. plus it sounds posh.

Boris said:

it is the diplomatic language. plus it sounds posh.

I thought it was the language used by the Olympic committee thingy.

Boris said:

it is the diplomatic language. plus it sounds posh.

Is it still the diplomatic language?

I recall learning French at high school because it was the most widely spoken language (by number of countries, not number of people) but I’m not sure that’s still true.

But these things are rarely decided by reason.

i did think the mr bean thing was a rip-off of the bolero drummer.

Divine Angel said:

Ooh ooh I have a Limpix question.

At the opening ceremony, the two major languages used were English and French. English is understandable, but why French? Is it because the Big Wigs of the IOC are French? Because, by number of people who speak it, Mandarin Chinese is the dominant language of the world.

The modern games was founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

Coubertin won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Summer Olympics for his poem Ode to Sport.

True

In low dosages, strychnine can act as a stimulant and has been used by athletes to enhance their performance. Strychnine made headlines back in 1904 during the St. Louis Olympics. At that time there were no rules yet about the use of performance enhancing drugs. The American Fred Lorz won the marathon competition but was disqualified just after crossing the finish line because officials learned he had taken a car ride for part of the race.

The next man to finish was the British-born US athlete Thomas Hicks. He won the gold medal but not without a little help. About 10 miles from the finish line Hicks begged his trainers to let him stop running and give-up the race. His trainers refused and gave him a dose of strychnine as a stimulant to keep him going. They also gave him raw egg-white and brandy. As a result Hicks had to be carried across the finish line and it took four doctors to revive him so that he could leave the stadium.

More recently at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, strychnine was used to optimize the athletic performance of a female volleyball player from China. This was Wu Dan and she was actually the first person to test positive for drugs at the Olympics. She tested positive for strychnine despite claiming not having ingested any. The strychnine was contained in capsules that Dan was taking without the knowledge of the team doctor. She took the capsule as a tonic because she was feeling a bit tired. The Olympic committee banned her from any more competition but stated that Dan didn’t intentionally cheat but the mistake was due to poor education.

From Wiki

NEJM had a good article about the limpix and drugs/team doctors.

I need to get outside and do some work and I’m feeling pretty stuffed. Where did I put that bottle of strychnine?

Ian said:

I’m feeling pretty stuffed. Where did I put that bottle of strychnine?

It’s a big leap of faith…

Ian said:

Coubertin won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Summer Olympics for his poem Ode to Sport.

True

So what drugs was he useing?

bob(from black rock) said:

Ian said:

Coubertin won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Summer Olympics for his poem Ode to Sport.

True

So what drugs was he useing?

alcohol…
(hell, it worked for hemmingway)

Stumpy_seahorse said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Ian said:

Coubertin won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Summer Olympics for his poem Ode to Sport.

True

So what drugs was he useing?

alcohol…
(hell, it worked for hemmingway)

Occasionally…

LOLz

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-29/india-incredulous-over-mystery-olympian/4162248

I didn’t love the dresses with faces on them which were worn by the people holding the name of the nation.

>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-29/india-incredulous-over-mystery-olympian/4162248

Hehe, there was a bloke who was a serial pest all over the place, he used to get into team photos and stuff, he even padded up at a test match and went in to bat when a wicket fell before he got frogmarched off.

When the ABC reporters are reporting, apparently standing in front of the stadium….what is that wonky red tower thing over their right shoulder, on the left side of the screen?

buffy said:

When the ABC reporters are reporting, apparently standing in front of the stadium….what is that wonky red tower thing over their right shoulder, on the left side of the screen?

It’s a combination observation tower public artwork.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-29/india-incredulous-over-mystery-olympian/4162248

Hehe, there was a bloke who was a serial pest all over the place, he used to get into team photos and stuff, he even padded up at a test match and went in to bat when a wicket fell before he got frogmarched off.

how cool would it be if she was wearing big fluffy slippers as well

Oh, synchronised joy… what diving :(

I think she forgot her glasses and couldn’t see what was going on.

Some interesting stuff in the ‘Olympic Tradition’ and ‘Outlook’ tabs.

Watching Alien. It just had the chestburster scene. Still awesome, lol.

Kingy said:

Strange resemblance to Keith Richards.

I told them, I said to them I said love I said pet you polute the Australian swim side with Scandinavians and the’ll let you down I said.

But would they listen, no, they thought I was some sort of nutter with a near-Queenslander genteic syndrome, well they’ve only got themselves to blame., half of them are probably Nordic fifth columinists away.

I’ll bet his real name is Sven not James, James is a front.

>I said pet you polute the Australian swim side

Are you claiming that he’s chicken?

:)

Peak Warming Man said:

I’ll bet his real name is Sven not James, James is a front.

And his real surname is Notnussen.

;-)

viva la france..

what? it’s not like the aussies are doing anything spectacular

Peak Warming Man said:

I told them, I said to them I said love I said pet you polute the Australian swim side with Scandinavians and the’ll let you down I said.

when you go into a race knowing a win is a foregone conclusion, sometimes your win is gone ..

so what sorts of drug use is allowed in the olympics? Surely they can have a pain killer, or muscle relaxant.. maybe a sleeping aid or two?

marathon runners like a laxative…

there must be levels of drug allowance.

Arts said:

so what sorts of drug use is allowed in the olympics?

So the above ranting is because PWM is on drugs?

kii said:

Arts said:

so what sorts of drug use is allowed in the olympics?

So the above ranting is because PWM is on drugs?

possibly..

kii said:

Arts said:

so what sorts of drug use is allowed in the olympics?

So the above ranting is because PWM is on drugs?

Australia’s “sure thing” did a lazarus last night, and came fourth..

when’s the womens snatch on?

Boris said:

when’s the womens snatch on?

You see, if I said that, I’d get a bad rep.

Boris said:

when’s the womens snatch on?

I thnk it’s been scratched.

Dropbear said:

Boris said:

when’s the womens snatch on?

I thnk it’s been scratched.

10/10 Bear you haven’t lost your touch.

http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/press-releases/2012-press-release-archive/incredible-honour-for-great-ormond-street-hospital-at-london-2012-olympic-opening-ceremony/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc&feature=em-subs_digest

some history

I would have liked to watch the whole women’s bike race last night, which was riding through rain much of the time, but they only passed to bits of it now and then. Then I watched the beach volleyball only to see Australia beaten by Germany. Surely Aussies should be better than Jerry at beach volleyball.

Bubble Car said:

I would have liked to watch the whole women’s bike race last night, which was riding through rain much of the time, but they only passed to bits of it now and then. Then I watched the beach volleyball only to see Australia beaten by Germany. Surely Aussies should be better than Jerry at beach volleyball.

I’d imagine they have lots of regular volleyballers to choose from, just a matter of making the transition to sand. It’s not like Australia have a monolopy on sand.

the skimpy bikinis over the top of t-shirts and track bottoms were amusing ;)

Ive had to give the packers some more money to get decent lympics coverage .. cant stand Nein anymore.

I seem to have watched very little of it so far, but enough to be annoyed at the Ch 9 coverage.

Dropbear said:

Ive had to give the packers some more money to get decent lympics coverage .. cant stand Nein anymore.

Decided to get Foxtel? The constant switching between events can get annoying.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Dropbear said:

Ive had to give the packers some more money to get decent lympics coverage .. cant stand Nein anymore.

Decided to get Foxtel? The constant switching between events can get annoying.

i have foxtel but ive got the sports package put on for a month

Dropbear said:

i have foxtel but ive got the sports package put on for a month

Sounds like a good investment.

I watched ALL of the women’s road race last evening.

It was good :)

sibeen said:

I watched ALL of the women’s road race last evening.

It was good :)

Blimey. What time did that finish?

About 12:35 :)

sibeen said:

About 12:35 :)

Practically an early night. How long did the actual race last? Is it the same length as the mens’ road race?

No shorter than the men’s. I tyhink it was about 150 kilometres, or thereabouts.

Wiki tells me that the Mens’ race is 250km versus 140km for the women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men’s_road_race

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_-_Women%27s_road_race

>Today, 12 gold medals are decided in gymnastics, swimming, synchronised diving, shooting, fencing, weightlifting and judo.

I’ll put it on in the background with the sound off, while doing music practise.

Morning folks

Kazakhstan is doing well.

Boris said:

Kazakhstan is doing well.

I can’t wait for Borat’s appearance in the beach volleyball.

Ian said:

Kazakhstan is doing well.

All other countries are run by little girls.

Ian said:

Boris said:

Kazakhstan is doing well.

I can’t wait for Borat’s appearance in the beach volleyball.

shudder

Not a good last half hour.

Rowers didn’t make the final, Hoy had a bad run in the showjumping, Aus Men’s basketball are getting thrashed….

party_pants said:

Not a good last half hour.

Rowers didn’t make the final, Hoy had a bad run in the showjumping, Aus Men’s basketball are getting thrashed….

Next thing Tony Abbott will be saying that it wouldn’t have been this way without the carbon tax.

roughbarked said:

Next thing Tony Abbott will be saying that it wouldn’t have been this way without the carbon tax.

I’m sure he will promise to increase our haul of gold medals by cutting funding.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Not a good last half hour.

Rowers didn’t make the final, Hoy had a bad run in the showjumping, Aus Men’s basketball are getting thrashed….

Next thing Tony Abbott will be saying that it wouldn’t have been this way without the carbon tax.

And Bob Brown will blame it all on the weather.

Over at another forum someone is complaining about Australia’s pour performance in the basketball.

I’m too tired to think of a witty reply.

party_pants said:

Over at another forum someone is complaining about Australia’s pour performance in the basketball.

I’m too tired to think of a witty reply.

it’s a lot of dribble.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Over at another forum someone is complaining about Australia’s pour performance in the basketball.

I’m too tired to think of a witty reply.

it’s a lot of dribble.

Spain rains supreme.

morrie said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Not a good last half hour.

Rowers didn’t make the final, Hoy had a bad run in the showjumping, Aus Men’s basketball are getting thrashed….

Next thing Tony Abbott will be saying that it wouldn’t have been this way without the carbon tax.

And Bob Brown will blame it all on the weather.

and Julia will say its all because of the opposition not having any policy.

Over at another forum..

> so that’s where everyone went?

roughbarked said:

morrie said:

roughbarked said:

Next thing Tony Abbott will be saying that it wouldn’t have been this way without the carbon tax.

And Bob Brown will blame it all on the weather.

and Julia will say its all because of the opposition not having any policy.

And Wayne Swann will promise a massive funding boost for the next limpix to be funded by careful fiscal management.

morrie said:

roughbarked said:

morrie said:

And Bob Brown will blame it all on the weather.

and Julia will say its all because of the opposition not having any policy.

And Wayne Swann will promise a massive funding boost for the next limpix to be funded by careful fiscal management.

it is as predictable as under age boys in Queensland being given the slipper.

roughbarked said:

it is as predictable as under age boys in Queensland being given the slipper.

The allegation is that got stubbed out by the Ashby.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

it is as predictable as under age boys in Queensland being given the slipper.

The allegation is that got stubbed out by the Ashby.

Ashby Wednesday, comes just before Palm Sunday.

Zara Philips (Queen’s grand daughter) wins a silver medal for GBR.

I am going to burn up some unused bandwidth on watching a bit of the opening ceremony.

Hmmm, the ceremony looks good from the small glimpse that I can get. Wish I had got this television thing together beforehand. Never mind, there is bound to be a few replays.

morrie said:

I am going to burn up some unused bandwidth on watching a bit of the opening ceremony.

I remember when my Internet used to be metered too….

I still haven’t got around to watching the opening ceremony.

Dropbear said:

morrie said:

I am going to burn up some unused bandwidth on watching a bit of the opening ceremony.

I remember when my Internet used to be metered too….

It is a PITA. Unlikely to change for those of us buried in the bush though. The NBN will just push you further ahead.

morrie said:

Dropbear said:

morrie said:

I am going to burn up some unused bandwidth on watching a bit of the opening ceremony.

I remember when my Internet used to be metered too….

It is a PITA. Unlikely to change for those of us buried in the bush though. The NBN will just push you further ahead.

Hardly. The sensible roll out of the NBN is being hamstrung to keep the petrol sniffers in the bsh happy..

party_pants said:

I still haven’t got around to watching the opening ceremony.

I probably never will unless they happen to replay it when I need a sit down.

Dropbear said:

morrie said:

I am going to burn up some unused bandwidth on watching a bit of the opening ceremony.

I remember when my Internet used to be metered too….

Sometimes I wonder if the whole system would work a lot faster if the majority of people could understand that zipping their megabyte picture files acheives nothing, but reducing the file size does. I have just downloaded 20 Megs of zipped mobile phone photos. I am too polite to explain what a friggin waste of bandwidth that was, and how the zipping just added another layer of complexity.

As time goes by, it seems that people simply have no idea at all of file size in relation to the information transferred.

Dropbear said:

morrie said:

Dropbear said:

I remember when my Internet used to be metered too….

It is a PITA. Unlikely to change for those of us buried in the bush though. The NBN will just push you further ahead.

Hardly. The sensible roll out of the NBN is being hamstrung to keep the petrol sniffers in the bsh happy..

You really don’t have any idea, do you?

morrie said:

As time goes by, it seems that people simply have no idea at all of file size in relation to the information transferred.

most of them live in cities with broadband

Dropbear said:

Hardly. The sensible roll out of the NBN is being hamstrung to keep the petrol sniffers in the bsh happy..

Only if you live in one of the Independent’s electorate…

roughbarked said:

morrie said:

As time goes by, it seems that people simply have no idea at all of file size in relation to the information transferred.

most of them live in cities with broadband

Yep. A friend of mine sends me emails with hundred of photos, all of around one meg in size. I try to encourage file size reduction, but it all falls on deaf ears. When your bandwidth is unrestricted and your speed is massive, who cares if you send 10 or 20 times the information that is needed?

this canoe slalom course seems quite a complex piece of design work – with fast water and eddies.

Goodness me, Slats is doing the commentary on synchronised diving.

What’s next, Tubbs doing the tiddlywinks?

AUS and GER 1 all in the women’s Hockey.

I tried to make sense of the archery results, but the website is very difficult to work out.

I’m loving all the fuss about the Chinese swimmer Ye. When the US coach says ‘You can’t do that’, I think he means ‘We don’t know how to do that’.

The other swimmers are only 0.00001 behind her, ya dickhead.

;-)

she shaved five seconds of her own PB that’s quiet an eye opener.

Of course some people are just freakishly good at their chosen sport and it would not be unusual to find more than one freakishly good sports person at the Olympics.. but still.. five seconds?

i was lucky enough to have taped the women semi final of the fencing on Monday night .. watched the drama unfold as the korean lady did her sit in … really really felt sorry for her… she went on to win nothing, not even a bronze..

>watched the drama unfold as the korean lady did her sit in

It wasn’t really a sit in.

There was a protest in progress and under the fencing rules if she’s left the fencing area it would have been all over and the protest dismissed.

sibeen said:

>watched the drama unfold as the korean lady did her sit in

It wasn’t really a sit in.

There was a protest in progress and under the fencing rules if she’s left the fencing area it would have been all over and the protest dismissed.

well it was a sit in at the very end when they tried to lead her off, but quite.. longest second ever …

Kazakhstan is still doing well.

better.

>>Kazakhstan is still doing well.

And why wouldn’t they be, it’s their birthday.

it’s their birthday.

you say it’s their birthday well it’s my birthday to you know. and we’re gunna have a good time.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Kazakhstan is still doing well.

And why wouldn’t they be, it’s their birthday.

Today would be my sister’s birthday (like as in the 31st of July) but she decided against such things.

best thing though is that we are beating new zealand.

Boris said:

best thing though is that we are beating new zealand.

GBR

>>best thing though is that we are beating new zealand.

We’re sticking it right up them and our river of GOLD hasn’t started flowing yet, a bit of trouble with the knurl knob on the sluice gate.

yeh the first week is always our best…

0_o

lol

“The London Olympics badminton tournament has been thrown into chaos after opposing teams in two separate women’s doubles matches both appeared determined to lose their final preliminary group matches.”

It’s only fair that Kazakhstan are stealing Britain’s limelight, but the Australian effort is starting to look pretty feeble, too. It’s only because I’m bothering to pay attention. When I completely ignore Australia’s sporting achievements, they do extremely well.

Combined Koreas would be third.

I’m ignoring the first two countries on the tally. They’re irrelevant :)

Maybe he shouldn’t be in charge of their nation’s economy either.

Poll: Does John Leonard owe Ye Shiwen an apology?

On Monday, top US coach John Leonard questioned Chinese teen swimmer Ye Shiwen’s record-breaking 400m swim as ‘unbelievable’ and ‘disturbing’. Yu passed a drugs test, while angry Chinese supporters, including Shiwen’s father, have hit back at ‘the arrogance of the west’. Does Leonard owe Ye Shiwen an apology?

This was my comment in that thread:

每个人都放松，这些都只是游戏。别太认真。

Bubble Car said:

This was my comment in that thread:

每个人都放松，这些都只是游戏。别太认真。

Xie xie.

The Poms have finally won a gold medal.

sibeen said:

The Poms have finally won a gold medal.

booo

sibeen said:

The Poms have finally won a gold medal.

what event?

Woman’s coxless pairs in the rowing.

I wonder which cox has the most olympic medals?

brett said:

I wonder which cox has the most olympic medals?

Dean.

I wonder which coxswain has the most olympic medals?

GB now directly below Oz in the tally table.

there’s about medal events on today. Should be big movement and shaking on the medal table.

about 20 medals

.. damn num lock button.

The archers seem to have so much extra on their bows that it hardly seems like archery.

The swimmers got rid of the fast suits.

I have been completely unable to decipher the Olympics page for archery, but our club leader says the Australian young lady has been eliminated and the fellow will be shooting tonight. We only have two archers there, both in the individual events. No teams.

Alicia Coutts is a gem.

She picked up five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games while training as a barmaid..

Now she has Gold , Silver and Bronze at the Olympics.

Brilliant

Badminton in trouble.

Cheating everywhere.

brett said:

Badminton in trouble.

Cheating everywhere.

who would have thought that there was any bad in badminton?

brett said:

Badminton in trouble.

Cheating everywhere.

tanking is not cheating, just using the rules to your advantage :)

or mint

who would have thought that there was any bad in badminton?

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• hands morrie a mint *

tanking is not cheating, just using the rules to your advantage :)

—-

Have a good draft :)

brett said:

Have a good draft :)

We’re aiming for draft pick 18 this year :)

We’re aiming for draft pick 18 this year :)

—-

So have a good draught.

I support the Eels in NRL.

brett said:

We’re aiming for draft pick 18 this year :)

—-

So have a good draught.

I support the Eels in NRL.

What draft pick are the Eels aiming for this year?

Eight badminton players have now been disqualified.

The Olympics is the greatest statement that mankind has ever made.

It is the only place in history where the world is united instead of at war.

>It is the only place in history where the world is united instead of at war.

They’re not united, they’re all competing against each other for gold and other minerals.

What draft pick are the Eels aiming for this year?

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We don’t have draft.

It is all open market with players changing midseason. Silly stuff.

war by proxy?

tanking is not cheating, just using the rules to your advantage :)
——————
Well it is using some of the rules to your advantage, until some other rules get you disqualified.

Sport is what nations do to each other when there is not a war on.

Paraphrasing there, but someone famous once said something a bit like that.

So Kristin Armstrong , who just won the Olympic Time Trial gold medal, IS NOT Kristin Armstrong ex-wife of World class time trial rider Lance Armstrong…

Did Kristin Armstrong also survive testicle cancer?

Stealth said:

So Kristin Armstrong , who just won the Olympic Time Trial gold medal, IS NOT Kristin Armstrong ex-wife of World class time trial rider Lance Armstrong…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Armstrong

“… She is often confused with Lance Armstrong’s ex-wife, whose name is also Kristin. Kristin Armstrong the cyclist and Lance Armstrong are not related.
Armstrong is married to Joe Savola… “

Kingy said:

Did Kristin Armstrong also survive testicle cancer?

Maybe. She is alive and she has no balls left…

brett said:

The Olympics is the greatest statement that mankind has ever made.

It is the only place in history where the world is united instead of at war.

you’ve been snorting those propaganda brochures again haven’t you?

wookiemeister said:

brett said:

The Olympics is the greatest statement that mankind has ever made.

It is the only place in history where the world is united instead of at war.

you’ve been snorting those propaganda brochures again haven’t you?

LOL@wookie

It would be nice if the Olympics went back to some of the traditional Greek gymnasium customs. Especially the beach volleyball and diving.

Stealth said:

It would be nice if the Olympics went back to some of the traditional Greek gymnasium customs. Especially the beach volleyball and diving.

Naked?

wookiemeister said:

brett said:

The Olympics is the greatest statement that mankind has ever made.

It is the only place in history where the world is united instead of at war.

you’ve been snorting those propaganda brochures again haven’t you?

No he just reads them while he’s snorting off them.

Stealth said:

It would be nice if the Olympics went back to some of the traditional Greek gymnasium customs. Especially the beach volleyball and diving.

Could be awkward for the cyclists

how is it a Russian cyclist has a name like Denis?

party_pants said:

how is it a Russian cyclist has a name like Denis?

Gotta be better than the C-Bomb.

lol at Kenny Sutcliffe calling Henry VIII an energetic man for having 6 wives. They weren’t all at the same time!

party_pants said:

lol at Kenny Sutcliffe calling Henry VIII an energetic man for having 6 wives. They weren’t all at the same time!

and he didn’t have any of them for very long. From memory he had to be lifted on to a horse. Probably needed a couple of men to lift him onto his wives.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

lol at Kenny Sutcliffe calling Henry VIII an energetic man for having 6 wives. They weren’t all at the same time!

and he didn’t have any of them for very long. From memory he had to be lifted on to a horse. Probably needed a couple of men to lift him onto his wives.

In his later life perhaps. In his early life he was noted for being fit and athletic. He often entered jousts incognito dressed as an ordinary knight because he wanted the challenge and felt people were letting him win as king.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

lol at Kenny Sutcliffe calling Henry VIII an energetic man for having 6 wives. They weren’t all at the same time!

and he didn’t have any of them for very long. From memory he had to be lifted on to a horse. Probably needed a couple of men to lift him onto his wives.

In his later life perhaps. In his early life he was noted for being fit and athletic. He often entered jousts incognito dressed as an ordinary knight because he wanted the challenge and felt people were letting him win as king.

Yes he was always a big man. He just went to fat as he aged.

Geddon! Helen Glover, Cornish maid, sum bleddy maid that’un.

it’s gold gold g….. oh no it isn’t…

Nice to see GBR pull their finger out and win a coupla gold.

Divine Angel said:

Nice to see GBR pull their finger out and win a coupla gold.

how is that nice?

They’re the host nation. They deserve a couple of gold for their efforts.

Sven Yoren Bjorn Magnuson lost.

good onya England.

my second team, Khazakstan are going great guns …

I see Geoff has claimed GOLD for the Peoples Republic of Cornwall.

The Yellow Wiggins is half Aussie anyway

Just caught a bit of the swimming on TV, isn’t it about time that “they” invented a new swimming stroke? I used to do a “torpeedo stroke” as a kid, combination of Australian crawl and back stroke, so that the body rotated about it’s long axis as it moved forwards through the water.

Australia gradually sinking in the table as GB rises.

In other news, one of the offending Chinese badminton players has quit; and an Aussie rower has been arrested for getting drunk and vandalising a shop window in the wee small hours.

party_pants said:

In other news, one of the offending Chinese badminton players has quit; and an Aussie rower has been arrested for getting drunk and vandalising a shop window in the wee small hours.

I’d hardly think that peeing on a window is vandalising it.. They should arrest all the dogs that walk past.

No pun intended, actual damage to shop fronts at 3.30am after a night out on the booze. It is unknown if he publicly urinated or not.

… another news article says he fainted at the cop shop and was taken to hospital.

party_pants said:

No pun intended, actual damage to shop fronts at 3.30am after a night out on the booze. It is unknown if he publicly urinated or not.

… another news article says he fainted at the cop shop and was taken to hospital.

Can’t hold his mead?

roughbarked said:

Can’t hold his mead?

:Nods knowingly:

Olympians.

Soft.

Just turned it on, and Australia’s beating China in basketball. I’d better turn it off again or they’ll start losing.

Bubble Car said:

Just turned it on, and Australia’s beating China in basketball. I’d better turn it off again or they’ll start losing.

Full time on the sparketball Mr Car. You are safe.

Bubble Car said:

Just turned it on, and Australia’s beating China in basketball. I’d better turn it off again or they’ll start losing.

i’m going to get me some of those chinese drugs and enter the olympics next time, i’m thinking of doing everything and just rely on brute force

A rare win for the Antipodeans.

Ukraine now immediately above Australia in the tally. Britain another two places after that.

Australia is still ahead of all of these medal winners, so there’s no disgrace involved yet:

16 Romania 1 3 2 6
17 Netherlands 1 1 2 4
18 Brazil 1 1 1 3
19 New Zealand 1 0 2 3
20 Slovenia 1 0 1 2
21 Georgia 1 0 0 1
21 Lithuania 1 0 0 1
21 Venezuela 1 0 0 1
24 Canada 0 2 5 7
25 Colombia 0 2 1 3
25 Cuba 0 2 1 3
27 Mexico 0 2 0 2
28 Denmark 0 1 1 2
28 Indonesia 0 1 1 2
28 Norway 0 1 1 2
31 Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
31 Egypt 0 1 0 1
31 Spain 0 1 0 1
31 Poland 0 1 0 1
31 Sweden 0 1 0 1
31 Thailand 0 1 0 1
31 Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 1
38 Slovakia 0 0 2 2
39 Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1
39 Belgium 0 0 1 1
39 Belarus 0 0 1 1
39 Greece 0 0 1 1
39 India 0 0 1 1
39 Moldova 0 0 1 1
39 Mongolia 0 0 1 1
39 Qatar 0 0 1 1
39 Singapore 0 0 1 1
39 Serbia 0 0 1 1
39 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1

ah well, there’s goes our hopes in Men’s volleyball.

Gold and Silver for the Brits in the men’s canoeing with 2 blokes.

party_pants said:

Gold and Silver for the Brits in the men’s canoeing with 2 blokes.

The Brits don’t have “Blokes”, they have “Gents” or “Chaps”.

I have a couple of mates who’s definition of canoeing is when they crash their formula ford at high speed and suddenly it no longer has wheels, and they are still traveling at high speed in a canoe shaped bit of fibreglass/kevlar.

Kingy said:

party_pants said:

Gold and Silver for the Brits in the men’s canoeing with 2 blokes.

The Brits don’t have “Blokes”, they have “Gents” or “Chaps”.

I have a couple of mates who’s definition of canoeing is when they crash their formula ford at high speed and suddenly it no longer has wheels, and they are still traveling at high speed in a canoe shaped bit of fibreglass/kevlar.

My dad had a history of getting people across raging torrents and his opinion was.

People should stay away from rushing water.

Another gold for GBR in the shotgun shooting at clay disks instead of real pigeons event.

They are having a good day and powering ahead in the medal tally now.

GB now 5th in the tally. Oz 15th.

GB vs Russia in the beach volleyball, on now :)

Bubble Car said:

GB vs Russia in the beach volleyball, on now :)

It’s a great venue, but it’s not a real beach. It’s the Horseguards Parade with some temporary stands and a few truckloads of sand. Still, it’s a bloody good set-up.

party_pants said:

Bubble Car said:

GB vs Russia in the beach volleyball, on now :)

It’s a great venue, but it’s not a real beach. It’s the Horseguards Parade with some temporary stands and a few truckloads of sand. Still, it’s a bloody good set-up.

Pit sand. They don’t have beach sand.

roughbarked said:

Pit sand. They don’t have beach sand.

Sand is sand, as far as a suitable surface for a sporting contest goes. Whatever advantage or disadvantage it confers over a real beach, it’s the same for both sides.

yeah. It is the same for both sides but the traction is different and the training would have had to have been done to take this into account for some athletes.

Jeez, Olympic Women’s Beach Vollyball is on and guys are looking at the sand…

Young Jessica Fox has won silver for Aus is the one lady kayak event.

Woot!

Stealth said:

Jeez, Olympic Women’s Beach Vollyball is on and guys are looking at the sand…

which station?

party_pants said:

Young Jessica Fox has won silver for Aus is the one lady kayak event.

Woot!

kewl.

Stealth said:

Jeez, Olympic Women’s Beach Vollyball is on and guys are looking at the sand…

Just building up a good cover story.

party_pants said:

Young Jessica Fox has won silver for Aus is the one lady kayak event.

Woot!

The ‘fake river kayaking’ looks like a really fun thing to try. I like the idea that when you get to the bottom, you can paddle onto a conveyor belt and be taken back to the top.

party_pants said:

Stealth said:

Jeez, Olympic Women’s Beach Vollyball is on and guys are looking at the sand…

Just building up a good cover story.

yeah.. all I’ve got is men on bikes without spokes

Track cycling, woo hoo…

Stealth said:

party_pants said:

Young Jessica Fox has won silver for Aus is the one lady kayak event.

Woot!

The ‘fake river kayaking’ looks like a really fun thing to try. I like the idea that when you get to the bottom, you can paddle onto a conveyor belt and be taken back to the top.

Yeah, if I was as rich as Bill Gates I’d have one in my backyard.

roughbarked said:

yeah.. all I’ve got is men on bikes without spokes

They chop and change events every few minutes.

party_pants said:

Stealth said:

party_pants said:

Young Jessica Fox has won silver for Aus is the one lady kayak event.

Woot!

The ‘fake river kayaking’ looks like a really fun thing to try. I like the idea that when you get to the bottom, you can paddle onto a conveyor belt and be taken back to the top.

Yeah, if I was as rich as Bill Gates I’d have one in my backyard.

Nah. Bill Gates is an environmentalist.. and he still couldn’t donate enough copies of WIN 7 to buy enough water to import.

The German lead rider has spokes, only four, but still they are spokes.

Stealth said:

The German lead rider has spokes, only four, but still they are spokes.

obviously he spoke forth.

Was his bike bespoke?

A young girl in the velodrome was told she was going to the F1, so she brought her class 5 earmuffs.

Kingy said:

Was his bike bespoke?

bespoken?

Kingy said:

Was his bike bespoke ?

Oh, Grand Designs drinking game

{takes a drink}

They are averaging 62km/h for the 750m from a standing start. I wonder what top speed they achieve?

… could be a riot here if GBR are DSQ??

party_pants said:

… could be a riot here if GBR are DSQ??

They didn’t look like they were tanking…

…hang on, this isn’t the badminton.

Stealth said:

They didn’t look like they were tanking…

…hang on, this isn’t the badminton.

quite the opposite – too eager. Made the change over too soon.

party_pants said:

Stealth said:

They didn’t look like they were tanking…

…hang on, this isn’t the badminton.

quite the opposite – too eager. Made the change over too soon.

Too soon or too late? I haven’t seen a replay yet.

Stealth said:

party_pants said:

Stealth said:

They didn’t look like they were tanking…

…hang on, this isn’t the badminton.

quite the opposite – too eager. Made the change over too soon.

Too soon or too late? I haven’t seen a replay yet.

Dunno – I just presumed too soon

I’d let mz Fox paddle my kayak.

How come the French have the Brisbane Lions song as their national anthem?</font?<>

party_pants said:

probably because they can?</font?<>

roughbarked said:

I’d let mz Fox paddle my kayak.

I guess you are why she choose K1s…

Stealth said:

roughbarked said:

I’d let mz Fox paddle my kayak.

I guess you are why she choose K1s…

I’d be watching the Limpix if I could get my new set top box to talk to my television, but the two appear unable to communicate. Bugger!

Anyway, I am listening on the radio and making myself useful by typing up a work proposal that I will read through in the morning when my mind is clearer.

By the way – I’ve adopted black text as my default font for sarcasm in this thread. Just so you know.

Stealth said:

roughbarked said:

I’d let mz Fox paddle my kayak.

I guess you are why she choose K1s…

just seen the replay – too soon.

I can watch that cat all day. Can’t think of a better thing to happen to a cat…

prays that Kii is not around

Stealth said:

I can watch that cat all day. Can’t think of a better thing to happen to a cat…

prays that Kii is not around

Thought that some others would enjoy watching it too.

You’re a bad man, rb.

morrie said:

You’re a bad man, rb.

have my moments .. yeah ;)

Can you buy replacements for the plastic bits on the part of spectacles that fit on your nose? If so, where?

morrie said:

Can you buy replacements for the plastic bits on the part of spectacles that fit on your nose? If so, where?

well. It depends upon how they look and fit.. but yes the Optometrist wiill fix them for you or the local watchmaker if you know one. Some of the so called cheap shops or whatever.. there are kits for spectacle repair.. Watchmakers supply shops and the likes optometrist supplies, go buy a box full. Otherwise, a cheap pair of magnifying specs can be purchased for $3 to $5 and a screwdriver changes one over.

morrie:

>>Can you buy replacements for the plastic bits on the part of spectacles that fit on your nose? If so, where?<<

Nosepads. Yes. We sell them. I expect most optometrists and spectacle shops do. We currently sell the generic ones for $3 each, fitted. Some have teensy tiny screws to hold them in, some are click-in. There are numerous sizes. There are plain acetate ones, silicon ones and some fancy glass ones (rarely used).

So there you go.

>>Otherwise, a cheap pair of magnifying specs can be purchased for $3 to $5 and a screwdriver changes one over.<<

Usually not. Screws don’t generally matched. And lots of the cheapies have fixed pads now that you can’t get off. Only the more expensive cheapies have screw in nosepads because you have to minimize your construction time if you are going to sell things that cheaply.

Oh, and morrie….take your glasses in to the shop. If you just come in and ask for nosepads we have no way of knowing which sort fits your glasses, even if you know the brand name. Within a brand they can be different sizes.

yes buffy, that’s why I said depends on how they look and are fitted. Do you realise that for 25 years, I worked next door to an optometrist who was good friend and did have no qualms about allowing the watchmakers next door to do repairs like that. We soldered up the frames and repainted them and all sorts of jobs the optometrist either didn’t want to do or couldn’t.

By the same token I was fixing all the cameras from the camera shop on the other side.

we are good at silver.. but it’s good to see the host nation in the top five now.

>but it’s good to see the host nation in the top five now.

No it is bloody not!

stomps feet

bah to your, and everyone elses, sour grapes.. I think it’s gold.

It is UN-AUSTRALIAN to wish anything but ill will towards perfidious albion!

I’m proud to be unaustralian.. I don’t even drink VB and think that meat pies are just an excuse to get rid of offal.

although, everyone loves a bit of badminton controversy

Arts said:

I’m proud to be unaustralian.. I don’t even drink VB and think that meat pies are just an excuse to get rid of offal.

nods

:)

Poms and Chinese both disqualified in the tredleys..

great day..

of course sour grapes suits some.

like badminton.. yang – I got caught cheating and now I’m quitting.. screw you badminton international

Arts said:

meat pies are just an excuse to get rid of offal.

And energy, because apparently they have too much at the pie factory. They sell 2,000kJ as fats with each pie.

how do they rank the medal board? kazakstan has still only three gold but way up the board to Australia with more overall medals..

what point worth is each?

Arts said:

I’m proud to be unaustralian.. I don’t even drink VB and think that meat pies are just an excuse to get rid of offal.

and I don’t have a Holden car and I think that people who play with pigs bladders are loopy.

http://olympics-live.smh.com.au/asp/lib/event/summergames/default.asp?Page=medals&TaalCode=2

Maybe this explains it?

Historically, one gold medal beats a bazzillion silver or bronze.

gold overrides everything .. so 1 gold eleventy billion silver is beaten by 2 gold 0 silver

silver is just fist of the losers.

kii said:

http://olympics-live.smh.com.au/asp/lib/event/summergames/default.asp?Page=medals&TaalCode=2

Maybe this explains it?

hmm not really (that I have found) but that’s a good table thanks

sibeen said:

Historically, one gold medal beats a bazzillion silver or bronze.

so that’s it one gold equals a bazzillion? actually that’s the best I’ve found so far..

there must be an explanation somewhere

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Historically, one gold medal beats a bazzillion silver or bronze.

so that’s it one gold equals a bazzillion? actually that’s the best I’ve found so far..

there must be an explanation somewhere

Well, if you don’t get one, you get drunk and go kick in a few windows.

roughbarked said:

Well, if you don’t get one, you get drunk and go kick in a few windows.

Punching the shit out of your team-mates is another option. Simon Cowley is the designated punching bag for the Australian swim team.

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

Well, if you don’t get one, you get drunk and go kick in a few windows.

Punching the shit out of your team-mates is another option. Simon Cowley is the designated punching bag for the Australian swim team.

my feeling is the Aussie badminton team were doing exactly that when they were told by the inkeep that they had to suit up again… doh!

ok to answer my earlier question

“The common method of ranking the success of countries at the Olympic Games is a ranking order based first on the number of gold medals won, then silver and bronze. This method is used by the IOC and most media outlets during the Olympic Games.”

but it could be better

Here are some of the ranking systems that have been devised. A weighted system of some sort seems like the best system, but it is not as simple to implement as either the gold first or total medals method.

gold first method — based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze. Does silver and bronze have no value? total medals — based on the total number of medals (gold, silver and bronze). This method gives equal rating to gold,silver and bronze, which does not seem a fair system. total gold medals — counting all the gold medals won, including counting the medals for each individual athlete in team sports. Improvement Rating — based on percentage improvement from previous Games result. Compared to expectations — there are several groups that forecast or predict the medal won for each country based on factors such as population, GDP and previous performances, at prior Olympics and competitions leading up to the Olympics. Fibonacci weighted point system (3:2:1) — gold 3 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. Exponential weighted point system (4:2:1) — gold 4 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. London 1908 weighted point system (5:3:1) — gold 5 points, silver 3 points, and bronze 1 point. LOF weighted point system (5:3:2) — gold 5 points, silver 3 points, and bronze 2 point. Topend Sports weighted point system (6:2:1) — gold 6 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. per-capita demographic ranking — number of medals is divided by the population of the country. per-GDP demographic ranking — number of medals is divided by the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country.

http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/medal-tally/rankings.htm

ok to answer my earlier question

“The common method of ranking the success of countries at the Olympic Games is a ranking order based first on the number of gold medals won, then silver and bronze. This method is used by the IOC and most media outlets during the Olympic Games.”

but it could be better

Here are some of the ranking systems that have been devised. A weighted system of some sort seems like the best system, but it is not as simple to implement as either the gold first or total medals method.

gold first method — based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze. Does silver and bronze have no value? total medals — based on the total number of medals (gold, silver and bronze). This method gives equal rating to gold,silver and bronze, which does not seem a fair system. total gold medals — counting all the gold medals won, including counting the medals for each individual athlete in team sports. Improvement Rating — based on percentage improvement from previous Games result. Compared to expectations — there are several groups that forecast or predict the medal won for each country based on factors such as population, GDP and previous performances, at prior Olympics and competitions leading up to the Olympics. Fibonacci weighted point system (3:2:1) — gold 3 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. Exponential weighted point system (4:2:1) — gold 4 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. London 1908 weighted point system (5:3:1) — gold 5 points, silver 3 points, and bronze 1 point. LOF weighted point system (5:3:2) — gold 5 points, silver 3 points, and bronze 2 point. Topend Sports weighted point system (6:2:1) — gold 6 points, silver 2 points, and bronze 1 point. per-capita demographic ranking — number of medals is divided by the population of the country. per-GDP demographic ranking — number of medals is divided by the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country.

http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/medal-tally/rankings.htm

oh that table ting didn’t work.. well, it’s in the link if you are interested.

and just before the day starts..

Silly facts for August Usain Bolt’s middle name is St Leo. St Leo was the pope who in 452 confronted Attila the Hun when he arrived at the gates of Rome to invade, and persuaded him to turn back.

FYI: Most unfortunate named Olympic athlete
so far? USA volleyball star Destinee Hooker.

FYI2: Execs at Grindr tell us the
site crashed when the atheletes got to
the Olympic village.

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The national sport of Bhutan is archery.
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Arts said:

ok to answer my earlier question

Think I like the Exponential weighted point system (4:2:1) best, although I am strangely drawn to the GDP and Pop models.

My sympathies to Wu Minxia of China, winner of a gold medal in China. She won the gold medal only to be told that her grandmother died …

… a year ago.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/other-sports/7407047/Gold-medallist-told-grandma-died-a-year-ago

Something is going dreadfully awry if you try to view this full thread.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Something is going dreadfully awry if you try to view this full thread.

Works ok for me?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Something is going dreadfully awry if you try to view this full thread.

Works ok for me?

poikilotherm said:

Works ok for me?

The last hundred or so posts all come up blank for me. No writing, just the post dividers.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Something is going dreadfully awry if you try to view this full thread.

It’s all of poik’s double posts that are resonsible :)

party_pants said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Something is going dreadfully awry if you try to view this full thread.

It’s all of poik’s double posts that are resonsible :)

:p

I’ll get a new mouse one day.

Witty Rejoinder said:

poikilotherm said:

Works ok for me?

The last hundred or so posts all come up blank for me. No writing, just the post dividers.

Hey that’s weird.

It starts where I posted a comment last night in black text. After that post all the rest of the posts in the thread are in black on a black background.

>>The last hundred or so posts all come up blank for me. No writing, just the post dividers.

Witty is right.

Someone will need to start a new thread. This one is broken.

>> After that post all the rest of the posts in the thread are in black on a black background.

Do it again in another thread and see if you can wipe it out too.

party_pants said:

Someone will need to start a new thread. This one is broken.

At least all I do is double post…you wipe out entire threads.

test

It’s fixed again, ya numpties!

sibeen said:

It’s fixed again, ya numpties!

Fail.

Wonder what happened – maybe didn’t close the colour tag properly.

As well, back to work for me. See you in a few hours.

>Fail.

Well, it’s fixed from the bit where I said it’s fixed, before that it’s Admiral’s fault.

>maybe didn’t close the colour tag properly.

Perzactly.

.. learn something new every day.

GBR’s lost or misplaced their tripple jumper, no one has seen him for two weeks and they don’t know where he are.

Peak Warming Man said:

GBR’s lost or misplaced their tripple jumper, no one has seen him for two weeks and they don’t know where he are.

Wonder if they’ve looked behind the fridge.

I reckon they’ve lost him in Westfield.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/westfield-at-olympic-venue-hits-capacity/story-e6frf7ko-1226441872310

Divine Angel said:

I reckon they’ve lost him in Westfield.

Careful – Herald Sun. All the bullshit that’s bullshit to bullshit.

It was the first ref I found for a segment I saw on this morning’s news.

seems to be a lot of unoplympic behaviour at these games.

>>seems to be a lot of unoplympic behaviour at these games.<<

What makes you so sure about that?

Boris said:

seems to be a lot of unoplympic behaviour at these games.

Yes, the German/Brit cyclist is suspected of falling over on purpose to get a restart. The Dutch swimmer is suspected of doing more than his allowed share of butterfly kicks underwater on the turns.

I think (from my reading of the ABC news) that the cyclist initially said it was part of the plan, but has backpedalled (?!) now.

party_pants said:

Boris said:

seems to be a lot of unoplympic behaviour at these games.

Yes, the German/Brit cyclist is suspected of falling over on purpose to get a restart. The Dutch swimmer is suspected of doing more than his allowed share of butterfly kicks underwater on the turns.

that aussie girl disappointed her parents….

buffy said:

I think (from my reading of the ABC news) that the cyclist initially said it was part of the plan, but has backpedalled (?!) now.

Yes, a mistranslation of German or something, he doesn’t speak good English.

Someone posted this at another forum:

The confusion is in the translation of the German word Meineersteausschlussiseinegrosseaufladenausscheisse, which alternatively means “I took advantage of a loophole in the rules to unfairly advantage my team” or “team management have slapped me around until I came to the realisation that speaking the truth to the press is frowned upon”. It is highly unusual to have such ambiguity in the lyrical German language but such anomalies do crop from time to time

party_pants said:

Someone posted this at another forum:

The confusion is in the translation of the German word Meineersteausschlussiseinegrosseaufladenausscheisse, which alternatively means “I took advantage of a loophole in the rules to unfairly advantage my team” or “team management have slapped me around until I came to the realisation that speaking the truth to the press is frowned upon”. It is highly unusual to have such ambiguity in the lyrical German language but such anomalies do crop from time to time

Hah.

I reckon the rowing course needs a quaint steam train running alongside the far side of the track. The coaches on bicycles looks a bit odd to me.

if they are watching the rowers.. who is watching where they are cycling?

another silver coming up in the rowing?

yes

Whoo hoo !!

I guess .Au will have to be changed to .Ag

the girls relay team did a great heat win too… I hope they can replicate it in the final

we’ve got some short-arses in the basketball compared to other nations.

Iran’s Ali Mazaheri has called his disqualification from the heavyweight boxing competition a “conspiracy”.

He had been leading by two points going into the second round before being disqualified for persistent holding.

“It was a fix. I could have got a bronze easily if it hadn’t been for that,” an irate Mazaheri said after walking out of the ring before the decision was officially announced.
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He could have been a contender, he could have been a champion.

>>I guess .Au will have to be changed to .Ag

golf clap

Peak Warming Man said:

Iran’s Ali Mazaheri has called his disqualification from the heavyweight boxing competition a “conspiracy”.

He had been leading by two points going into the second round before being disqualified for persistent holding.

“It was a fix. I could have got a bronze easily if it hadn’t been for that,” an irate Mazaheri said after walking out of the ring before the decision was officially announced.
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He could have been a contender, he could have been a champion.

He coulda stuck to the rulez.

Peak Warming Man said:

I guess .Au will have to be changed to .Ag / golf clap

The Westralians would have it Fe.

Festralia.

Nice.

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I guess .Au will have to be changed to .Ag / golf clap

The Westralians would have it Fe.

Festralia.

Nice.

Make a note to dock that man’s benefits, someone. I am too busy rolling in lucre to be bothered just now.

wow the Russians have caught up

Britain’s now in 4th place. Well done Blighty :)

They have 6 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze

666

In contrast, Stralia still has only one gold medal and is languishing in 17th position.

Tramapoline!!

party_pants said:

Tramapoline!!

yeah…

disappointed no one has done the ‘bounce on your bum, then on your knees, then get tangled in the springs’ move yet…

Stumpy_seahorse said:

party_pants said:

Tramapoline!!

yeah…

disappointed no one has done the ‘bounce on your bum, then on your knees, then get tangled in the springs’ move yet…

You could lose a leg doing that.

many a child has ended up with legs akimbo a spring…

hehe .. love the ‘legs akimbo’ saying .. but yeh.. some nasty spring injuries over time ..

cracked heads on the big steel bars etc

Dropbear said:

hehe .. love the ‘legs akimbo’ saying .. but yeh.. some nasty spring injuries over time ..

cracked heads on the big steel bars etc

i remember the burn injuries off the springs and remedying that by putting the sprinkler underneath :)

Yeah, I’ve had my share of tumbles.

I think the one that I remember most was getting buffeted off the trampoline altogether and landing on the ground feet first, I forgot to adjust for gravity and a non-rebounding surface. Whacked my face on my own knee and cut my lip and nose. Lotsa blood for my mate’s Mum to clean up.

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

hehe .. love the ‘legs akimbo’ saying .. but yeh.. some nasty spring injuries over time ..

cracked heads on the big steel bars etc

i remember the burn injuries off the springs and remedying that by putting the sprinkler underneath :)

Lucky young people have flexible bones. I remember a few incidents on the tramampoline. For a kiddie who is only half a metre tall, (which is about as high as the mat) bouncing and getting some height, getting it wrong is like falling from a second story building.

used to get some sick injuries with two on a tramp… you land on a resonance and you’d go fucking flying ;)

Dropbear said:

used to get some sick injuries with two on a tramp… you land on a resonance and you’d go fucking flying ;)

my nephews have figure out how to do it on purpose.

they have one of those big round trampolines I couldn’t even dream about when I was their age.

Now I know why the coaches stand so close in the trampoline.

yea, that must’ve hurt

the constant whistle blowing in the waterpolo is starting to shot me.

(turns on the TV)

Ok, what has been happening whilst I have been dealing with an singing elephant, on an egg, in a nest in a tree?

Let’s have a couple more gold for Stralia. We’re starting to look like one of those countries who don’t care about trivial stuff like sport.

Stealth said:

(turns on the TV)

Ok, what has been happening whilst I have been dealing with an singing elephant, on an egg, in a nest in a tree?

Britain’s gone 666

Bubble Car said:

Let’s have a couple more gold for Stralia. We’re starting to look like one of those countries who don’t care about trivial stuff like sport.

The better half texted me twice during Act 1 to tell me how well NZ was doing in comparison to Australia.

Bubble Car said:

Let’s have a couple more gold for Stralia. We’re starting to look like one of those countries who don’t care about trivial stuff like sport.

A bucket-load of silver medals show we are trying. Just not able to get over the line.

Both the princes look like there respective dads.

Stealth said:

The better half texted me twice during Act 1 to tell me how well NZ was doing in comparison to Australia.

We’re still beating Malaysia and Nauru – that’s all that really matters.

party_pants said:

Stealth said:

The better half texted me twice during Act 1 to tell me how well NZ was doing in comparison to Australia.

We’re still beating Malaysia and Nauru – that’s all that really matters.

I don’t think she will buy that argument.

Another silver coming up in the Cycling Men’s Team Pursuit.

The Brits looking bruddy good, did their semi-final in near WR time, and holding a bit back.

New Zealand now 10th in the tables, Oz 18th. It would be humiliating were it not for the fact that Kiwis are basically Aussies anyway.

>Britain’s gone 666

667 now.

Bubble Car said:

New Zealand now 10th in the tables, Oz 18th. It would be humiliating were it not for the fact that Kiwis are basically Aussies anyway.

Why is it so humiliating?

Lots of silver medals in lots of disciplines – NZ have all their golds from the one discipline.

>Lots of silver medals in lots of disciplines – NZ have all their golds from the one discipline.

Germany and Russia have the same number of silver as Oz, but many more gold.

Bubble Car said:

>Lots of silver medals in lots of disciplines – NZ have all their golds from the one discipline.

Germany and Russia have the same number of silver as Oz, but many more gold.

Yeah, but they got millions more population than us. I reckon our number of silver versus gold is just a bit of bad luck. Two or three of those close results gone the other way and we’re in the top ten.

Not a big deal to me.

Just posted this in a British forum:

With Britain now in 5th place and Australia 18th, I’m just glad that we Aussies are no longer as sports-mad as the British. Sure, medals are nice, but there is far more to life than sporting prowess and Olympic gold etc. It took us a while to reach this understanding but we’re now all the richer for it, with far more participation in the arts & sciences etc, and a much more relaxed attitude to losing the kid’s games. Expect to have your hand shaken by deep-voiced Aussies congratulating you on your Olympic performance, but don’t feel offended if we then immediately return to the novel, science paper or musical score we’re reading, without bothering to engage in sports banter.

;-)

My prediction was Australia – less than 10 gold medals; Great Britain to score twice as many overall as Aus.

A bit of realistic expectation avoids a whole lot of disappointment, or explaining away and making excuses. Things are just about on track as far as I’m concerned.

I then posted this corrective:

Response to chemicalviking, 3 August 2012 5:13PM

I wasn’t being entirely serious, chemicalviking :-)

Australia is having a crappy Olympics, with even the Kiwis way ahead of us. It’s still fun to watch bits of it on the telly, though. Congratulations to your athletes for making it a memorable one for Britain.

Gold to GBR, silver to AUS in the track cycling.

Much as I was expecting, the poms are outclassing us in our favoured events, rowing; horsey stuff, cycling.

AUS been unlucky in the swimming.

It’s Gol….

oh feck

>>It’s Gol….
oh feck

Have we just come second in something else?

Peak Warming Man said:

>>It’s Gol….
oh feck

Have we just come second in something else?

yeh another silver …

yeh another silver …

silvers ok. someone has to come second.

i think karzistan is doing well.

in the 10000m’s the leader board changes constantly with the jostling runners. Do they wear a device that determines their position on field? (seems too quick for human data entry)

Juan Martin del Potro got Rogered 19 17 in the final set, but Roger said it had drained him so it looks like Scotland will win the Gold.
Gold, Gold for Scotland, Gold Gold Gold, maybe.

Boris said:

yeh another silver …

silvers ok. someone has to come second.

second is just first of the losers.

do women do the trampoline event?

Arts said:

do women do the trampoline event?

come back to my place bouncy bouncy?

Arts said:

do women do the trampoline event?

Yes, with a lot of gaffer tape :P

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

do women do the trampoline event?

Yes, with a lot of gaffer tape :P

the female gymnasts aren’t exactly stacked.

Silver!

That pair of commentators are the pits.

the genertor should be able to handle moving one leg at a time

lifting the leg could suck a fair amount of energy but it would be ok, AT – ATs only lift one leg at a time anyway

lightweight legs and frame would be possible

jjjust moi said:

That pair of commentators are the pits.

Yeah. i was wondering if they were looking out their window or watching the TV screen. They were talking about Australia surging, but all I saw was the same gap being maintained nicely by the Brits.

>That pair of commentators are the pits.

Nah, just Brayshaw…pure shite.

There was some nice bottom when the girls got off the bikes in the triathelon.

Peak Warming Man said:

There was some nice bottom when the girls got off the bikes in the triathelon.

Dear oh dear…

There is some dirty bugger doing upskirt shots at the water jump.

There was Witty, there was derrière cheeks everywhere because the arse crack had eaten their shorts during the bike ride.

Heptathletes doing the long jump on fox 3… Some cuties in that group.

Dropbear said:

Heptathletes doing the long jump on fox 3… Some cuties in that group.

This was mentioned last night.

We’re no chance, apparently.

Dropbear said:

Heptathletes doing the long jump on fox 3… Some cuties in that group.

I pray PWM doesn’t have foxtel. I don’t think his heart could take it.

FMD the poms have just won another one in the rowing, it’s raining gold for the hosts.

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

Heptathletes doing the long jump on fox 3… Some cuties in that group.

This was mentioned last night.

We’re no chance, apparently.

Probably a fair summation.

nice to see GB third.

Looking at today’s Limpix List, I see some names that have appeared before :) Nice work, C-bomb and Sprenger and Coutts and anyone else I missed.

Heard somewhere on the Teev that there have been calls for an inquiry into Australia’s performance at the Limpix.

I could do one for ‘em.

Dear Gubmint

Australia’s performance at the ZOIZ Limpix was one big fuster cluck from the start.

Sincerely
Geoff

PS One million to my account please.

Geoff D said:

Heard somewhere on the Teev that there have been calls for an inquiry into Australia’s performance at the Limpix.

I could do one for ‘em.

Dear Gubmint

Australia’s performance at the ZOIZ Limpix was one big fuster cluck from the start.

Sincerely
Geoff

PS One million to my account please.

For $2 million I’d put it down to just plain old bad luck

I reckon Ian Thorpe cursed the Aussie team when he didn’t qualify. Probably used voodoo dolls or some such.

I tell ya what I liked is the event called the Omni, it comprises a stack of cycling events over a couple of days and the one with the least points at the end wins, if you win an event you get one point, two points for coming second etc.

One of the events last night was the elimation event where the person who crosses the line last every couple of laps gets elimated until there are two left.
It’s terrific because suppose they don’t like a bloke, lets call him Barry, well they can put up a wall of riders in front of Barry and he cant get through so Barry is going down man.

Of course you could take the mathematician’s view (Red Symons, if you must know. I listen to about 20 minutes of him each morning on the way to work….I like him as a breakfast presenter).

Second? What’s wrong with that? How many people are there in the world? 7 billion? That person is second out of 7 billion!!!

In some good news for Australia we are now in fourth place in the Silver medal race.

We again did well overnight and collected another 3 silver medals.

Mens 4 rowing, Womens medlay relay swimming and Mitchell Watt in the mens longjump.

Current medal tally has us as fourth in a tight race.

China leads with 16 silvers
Russia has 15
USA 13
Australia 12
Next is Japan and Germany with 10.
NZ 0

once seen, cannot be unseen – some of the Australian ‘lumpic cycle teams

neomyrtus_ said:

some of the Australian ‘lumpic cycle teams

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!