Soldato
glad it's all over means three weeks to go also this Is a geeks forum so sport won't be a hot topic of conversation.
Anyone feeling a bit down now the Olympics is over?
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Soldato
Nope only watched it at work (staff) TV. Was more interested in the landing on Mars and waiting for F1 to come back after a month break
Paralympics on the other hand will be force fed in to every Sainsburys staff till we are dead.
Paralympics on the other hand will be force fed in to every Sainsburys staff till we are dead.
Man of Honour
I will miss it on TV and I will miss going to the Olympic stadium but I can’t complain as I will have some wonderful memories.
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i could have another week of it easy, sad to see it go, been the most enjoyable yet
Soldato
The Olympics were great but it has to end sometime.
The worst "I'm only watching Jeremy Kyle because there is no 'sport' on thread ever"
The worst "I'm only watching Jeremy Kyle because there is no 'sport' on thread ever"
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Soldato
Funnily enough...
I started a thread in the Olympic forum a few minutes after yours asking what now?!
It's like January the 2nd, everything you've looked forward to is behind you. Doesn't mean what's ahead isn't good, but it's the anticlimax of something good and exciting coming to an end.
I started a thread in the Olympic forum a few minutes after yours asking what now?!
It's like January the 2nd, everything you've looked forward to is behind you. Doesn't mean what's ahead isn't good, but it's the anticlimax of something good and exciting coming to an end.
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Soldato
This. I have a friend who actively tried NOT to watch it, on the principle that he "hates sport". How can anyone hate sport? There's nothing really to hate about it.
Anyway, I'm sad it's over. It's been fantastic, a great inspiration to those of us who enjoy partaking in sport, and will surely create a great many real role models that our youth can look up to. I'm the last person you could instil a sense of pride in, but the games have done it for me.
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@op no I won't miss it.
@bignev - when the flames go out then that's it the entire olympics is over. It's as if the paralymics were an after thought and insignificant now that the flames are out.
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I didn't think it was going to be that good but I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the Track Cycling.
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Finally can turn the news on without OLYMPICS OLYMPICS OLYMPICS GOLD GOLD GOLD bronze
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Agreed.
I personally wish I had put more effort into getting tickets/applying for a volunteer position. It is going to be a regret of mine.
Definitely going to try harder to get Paralympic tickets, not quite the same but I'd like to go to the olympic stadium.
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Long post alert...
I'm really not a sporty person at all and generally dislike sport. I dislike what it stands for and the things it does to people. I was and still am against the Olympics being held here and I think it was a colossal waste of money during a recession (or even if it hadn't been during one) and the "legacy" will almost certainly tell a sorry tale, as it has with every single other Olympics in history.
However....
I was lucky enough to be able to go to a few events (Handball, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball) and they were AWESOME to be a part of. And the Olympic Park itself really is stunning. It's amazing we've been able to put this together and pulled it all off so smoothly. The opening ceremony shut everyone up - we were all extremely sceptical about the whole thing in typical British style but it went off without a hitch and it was classy, intelligently put together and a seriously impressive spectacle to watch. Did we do this?! The games themselves were just fantastic and the atmosphere everywhere in London has been great. The transport network more than coped - it's been better than ever! We're such a sceptical bunch, we Londoners, and the British in general, and I like that - I think it's healthy. I don't want us to become a nation of super nationalistic proud chest-beating crones like some countries. But I think we can seriously be proud of putting this thing on and showing the world that actually Britain can do things well. And we won loads more medals than we expected. And we were proud of our Bronzes and Silvers unlike most of the other top-5-placed nations.
Unfortunately...
The closing ceremony was, for me, a complete reversal and undoing of everything we had achieved over the last 2 weeks. It was crass, old-fashioned, naff, poorly put together, badly shot and just embarrassing. It took far too much from the opening ceremony but did it badly. And what it didn't steal from the opening show it did even worse. They dragged out the same tired old faces to promote themselves and we showed everything that's naff and lame about Britain. The opening show was about everything we can rightly be proud of. Jessy J massacred Mercury, we got 1 Direction not once (which would be too much already) but twice, and a good half of the acts were miming. Poor show.
But...
Anyone who made a decision to remain sceptical and grumpy about this whole thing from the start is a fool. As I said at the start of this post I really dislike sport in general and I still don't support our having put this Games on at all, but you know what? It was awesome to watch and be a part of and I couldn't do anything to stop it happening so the only logical thing was to throw myself into it and try to enjoy it. I really do feel a bit sorry for people who completely ignored it. I'm never going to forget doing mexican waves in the Beach Volleyball arena while drinking a cold beer and watching semi-naked women jump around a few feet away from Downing Street. Or screaming at the top of my lungs at the telly for Mo to win, or having a picnic in the olympic park while watching the rowing with thousands of other people.
It was a truly amazing couple of weeks and I feel privileged to have been able to enjoy it here in my own city.
I'm really not a sporty person at all and generally dislike sport. I dislike what it stands for and the things it does to people. I was and still am against the Olympics being held here and I think it was a colossal waste of money during a recession (or even if it hadn't been during one) and the "legacy" will almost certainly tell a sorry tale, as it has with every single other Olympics in history.
However....
I was lucky enough to be able to go to a few events (Handball, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball) and they were AWESOME to be a part of. And the Olympic Park itself really is stunning. It's amazing we've been able to put this together and pulled it all off so smoothly. The opening ceremony shut everyone up - we were all extremely sceptical about the whole thing in typical British style but it went off without a hitch and it was classy, intelligently put together and a seriously impressive spectacle to watch. Did we do this?! The games themselves were just fantastic and the atmosphere everywhere in London has been great. The transport network more than coped - it's been better than ever! We're such a sceptical bunch, we Londoners, and the British in general, and I like that - I think it's healthy. I don't want us to become a nation of super nationalistic proud chest-beating crones like some countries. But I think we can seriously be proud of putting this thing on and showing the world that actually Britain can do things well. And we won loads more medals than we expected. And we were proud of our Bronzes and Silvers unlike most of the other top-5-placed nations.
Unfortunately...
The closing ceremony was, for me, a complete reversal and undoing of everything we had achieved over the last 2 weeks. It was crass, old-fashioned, naff, poorly put together, badly shot and just embarrassing. It took far too much from the opening ceremony but did it badly. And what it didn't steal from the opening show it did even worse. They dragged out the same tired old faces to promote themselves and we showed everything that's naff and lame about Britain. The opening show was about everything we can rightly be proud of. Jessy J massacred Mercury, we got 1 Direction not once (which would be too much already) but twice, and a good half of the acts were miming. Poor show.
But...
Anyone who made a decision to remain sceptical and grumpy about this whole thing from the start is a fool. As I said at the start of this post I really dislike sport in general and I still don't support our having put this Games on at all, but you know what? It was awesome to watch and be a part of and I couldn't do anything to stop it happening so the only logical thing was to throw myself into it and try to enjoy it. I really do feel a bit sorry for people who completely ignored it. I'm never going to forget doing mexican waves in the Beach Volleyball arena while drinking a cold beer and watching semi-naked women jump around a few feet away from Downing Street. Or screaming at the top of my lungs at the telly for Mo to win, or having a picnic in the olympic park while watching the rowing with thousands of other people.
It was a truly amazing couple of weeks and I feel privileged to have been able to enjoy it here in my own city.
Man of Honour
Not feeling down at all. It went by quickly, but I was never glued to it enough for it to be a shock now it's over, my life will continue as it was before/during the games. Sure it's something to chat about, for a couple of days, but we'll soon move onto something new.
Man of Honour
I can't say I'm feeling down about the Olympics being over, it was great and I loved having all that sport on but I think it's better with a finite lifespan so that it doesn't become routine and there's still the Paralympics to look forward to. It does however mean that I'm going to have to put a bit more thought into what I choose to watch now though as for the past couple of weeks my choice has merely been between which of the Olympics coverage to watch.