Soldato
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Is this serious?
Kind of yes, what is your grievance?
Anyone feeling a bit down now the Olympics is over?
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Kind of yes, what is your grievance?
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Finally after 48 hours of deprivation I am back to normal.
Soldato
I don't think red button channels really count. but yes, out of all the other channels I have on sky, bbc1, bbcthree and bbcHD were the only 3 real channels that were showing it that I came across, so it really was not that hard to avoid. but I suppose if people lack the ability to look past those 3 channels and their red button it would have been hard to avoid
I don't think red button channels really count. but yes, out of all the other channels I have on sky, bbc1, bbcthree and bbcHD were the only 3 real channels that were showing it that I came across, so it really was not that hard to avoid. but I suppose if people lack the ability to look past those 3 channels and their red button it would have been hard to avoid
Yep, not yet worked out the Sky Remote, you're right
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My own stupidity! I always thought the "para" part was to do with... disabilities.
LOL. There's my "feel dumb" moment for today.
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My own stupidity! I always thought the "para" part was to do with... disabilities.
LOL. There's my "feel dumb" moment for today.
TBF so did I until recently when I was bored so decided to read up on it on Wikipedia.
It stands for Parallel Olympics and so you'd think they would be at least run in...well...parallel with the main games rather than a week or so after.
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The missus and I were talking about this on Sunday night after the closing ceremony. I must confess I do feel a little bit deflated now it's over and that's speaking as someone who was completely ambivalent about it in the months beforehand.
It was being in Cambridge on the day the flame arrived that did it for me - I didn't particularly want to go if I'm honest. The thing I remember most about that day was the absolutely amazing 'buzz' that went through the crowd at the very moment Ieuan Thomas jogged onto Parkers Piece with the torch - it was like a wave and impossible not to get caught up in ... never felt a sensation like it before. From that moment, I was hooked - the realisation of what was about to happen and the fact that I wouldn't see it again in my lifetime hit me full on.
I am and always have been a shameless old patriot, albeit a cynical and not particularly sporty one, but my overriding memory of the last couple of weeks has been one of unbridled national pride that has occasionally moved me to the verge of tears. Pride that we could successfully organise something on this scale (despite the scare stories in the run-up) and pride in seeing our athletes take on the rest of the world and in a lot of cases, beat them.
I thought the closing ceremony wasn't a patch on the opening ceremony, but on the other hand, the final shot of the flames on the 'cauldron' petals going out one-by-one with the Last Post playing in the background was massively moving.
In a way, I feel like I've come back from a two-week holiday - firmly back in the drudgery of day-to-day life, but with the knowledge that I was part of something enjoyable for the previous fortnight.
It was being in Cambridge on the day the flame arrived that did it for me - I didn't particularly want to go if I'm honest. The thing I remember most about that day was the absolutely amazing 'buzz' that went through the crowd at the very moment Ieuan Thomas jogged onto Parkers Piece with the torch - it was like a wave and impossible not to get caught up in ... never felt a sensation like it before. From that moment, I was hooked - the realisation of what was about to happen and the fact that I wouldn't see it again in my lifetime hit me full on.
I am and always have been a shameless old patriot, albeit a cynical and not particularly sporty one, but my overriding memory of the last couple of weeks has been one of unbridled national pride that has occasionally moved me to the verge of tears. Pride that we could successfully organise something on this scale (despite the scare stories in the run-up) and pride in seeing our athletes take on the rest of the world and in a lot of cases, beat them.
I thought the closing ceremony wasn't a patch on the opening ceremony, but on the other hand, the final shot of the flames on the 'cauldron' petals going out one-by-one with the Last Post playing in the background was massively moving.
In a way, I feel like I've come back from a two-week holiday - firmly back in the drudgery of day-to-day life, but with the knowledge that I was part of something enjoyable for the previous fortnight.