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Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
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dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
Your incessant *****ing about my incessant *****ing does.
Truth makes you tired?
Your incessant *****ing about my incessant *****ing does.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
That is too many stars...you need to watch your language young man I get a headache trying to decode your posts
That is too many stars...you need to watch your language young man I get a headache trying to decode your posts
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
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That is too many stars...you need to watch your language young man I get a headache trying to decode your posts
morse code....
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Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
That was the best thing on tv at the time. Just saying.
Serves your right for watching that wankfest...the opening and closing ceremonies are the the biggest waste of time this side of going to North Dakota
That was the best thing on tv at the time. Just saying.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
And to be honest, I can complain about the commercials. The fact that I didn't get to watch a single ****ing end of curling without nbc dropping us in with single digit stones left. Not one.
There was way too many, in terrible places, and ****it, I'm an american. It's my duty to complain.
And to be honest, I can complain about the commercials. The fact that I didn't get to watch a single ****ing end of curling without nbc dropping us in with single digit stones left. Not one.
There was way too many, in terrible places, and ****it, I'm an american. It's my duty to complain.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
Here is an idea...read a book! Take a shower, put a movie in, go out side, go for a drive, call a friend, call a phone sex line, text someone, read the paper, make dinner, feed the dog, feed the cat, feed your ego, go shopping, play guitar, play a game, play with yourself, play with others, talk to yourself, talk to your other personalities...
Get the picture...you aint an invalid, turn off the tv and go live life in the real world Neo
edit: now dx THAT is the most true thing you have ever said!
That was the best thing on tv at the time. Just saying.
Here is an idea...read a book! Take a shower, put a movie in, go out side, go for a drive, call a friend, call a phone sex line, text someone, read the paper, make dinner, feed the dog, feed the cat, feed your ego, go shopping, play guitar, play a game, play with yourself, play with others, talk to yourself, talk to your other personalities...
Get the picture...you aint an invalid, turn off the tv and go live life in the real world Neo
edit: now dx THAT is the most true thing you have ever said!
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
It's Sunday night, where I wind down and relax. And also, it's not like I watched 600 hours of Olympics. I watched at lunch during work (since it was curling) and that's what I watched while chilling at home on a work night. At least, it was on in the background. I don't watch "normal" tv. If my tv is on, chances are it's sports related. So ease off the keyboard, young man, and maybe YOU should read a book, take yoga, see a shrink, etc for all these random anger issues!
Here is an idea...read a book! Take a shower, put a movie in, go out side, go for a drive, call a friend, call a phone sex line, text someone, read the paper, make dinner, feed the dog, feed the cat, feed your ego, go shopping, play guitar, play a game, play with yourself, play with others, talk to yourself, talk to your other personalities...
Get the picture...you aint an invalid, turn off the tv and go live life in the real world Neo
It's Sunday night, where I wind down and relax. And also, it's not like I watched 600 hours of Olympics. I watched at lunch during work (since it was curling) and that's what I watched while chilling at home on a work night. At least, it was on in the background. I don't watch "normal" tv. If my tv is on, chances are it's sports related. So ease off the keyboard, young man, and maybe YOU should read a book, take yoga, see a shrink, etc for all these random anger issues!
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
I'm right most of the time, and given your post, I feel good about that.
I read plenty, see a shrink and work out all while going to class and working...does it ever bug you being wrong all the time?
I'm right most of the time, and given your post, I feel good about that.
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
Candidly, NBC wouldn't be my choice to broadcast an Olympics. Although this time around someone seems to have gotten to Costas to keep his yapper shut during the 3 minutes when the Olympic Hymn is played. Many thanks.
Much of the opening and closing ceremonies reminded me of of the old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland films: "hey kids,we can put on a musical in the back yard." When I heard that fool in the opening ceremony refer to "micro-cultures," I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
And thanking the various "indigenous chiefs" for allowing the Olympics to be held on "their" territory was another cringe inducing moment. What could they have done to stop the proceedings? Well, they got high profile props during both ceremonies, and that sure beats the heck out of selling blankets and soapstone sculptures outside the Hudson's Bay store.
The one thing I took away from my USCHO bretheren during this Olympics was the surprising interest in curling, which is not a sport and shouldn't be on the program, IMHO. Remember a couple of years ago, there was some discussion about including ballroom dancing on the summer program? Well, ballroom dancing is much closer to a "sport" than curling will ever be. What's next--checkers? chess? dominos? bridge? fly fishing? I didn't watch a minute of the "competition," but don't begrudge anyone who was caught up in the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" of shuffleboard with great big rocks and kitchen cleaning devices.
In the final analysis, no harm done. Although the parade of "Canadians" who have moved to the great Satan to make their millions did cause me to laugh out loud. Michael J. Fox could have stayed at "home" where he doubtless would have become the best loved game show host on CBC. Years ago a CBC radio guy cracked that the Prime Minister was establishing a high level commission on the question of why Canadians in the entertainment business wind up in the USA--to be chaired by Lorne Greene.
This Olympics produced more than its share of wonderful moments, proving once again that the Olympics can withstand Bob Costas and what's her face who did the moronic feature pieces each night. On balance, the pluses far outweigh the minuses. And I'm very proud of our accomplishments and hope for more of the same in Sochi.
Candidly, NBC wouldn't be my choice to broadcast an Olympics. Although this time around someone seems to have gotten to Costas to keep his yapper shut during the 3 minutes when the Olympic Hymn is played. Many thanks.
Much of the opening and closing ceremonies reminded me of of the old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland films: "hey kids,we can put on a musical in the back yard." When I heard that fool in the opening ceremony refer to "micro-cultures," I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
And thanking the various "indigenous chiefs" for allowing the Olympics to be held on "their" territory was another cringe inducing moment. What could they have done to stop the proceedings? Well, they got high profile props during both ceremonies, and that sure beats the heck out of selling blankets and soapstone sculptures outside the Hudson's Bay store.
The one thing I took away from my USCHO bretheren during this Olympics was the surprising interest in curling, which is not a sport and shouldn't be on the program, IMHO. Remember a couple of years ago, there was some discussion about including ballroom dancing on the summer program? Well, ballroom dancing is much closer to a "sport" than curling will ever be. What's next--checkers? chess? dominos? bridge? fly fishing? I didn't watch a minute of the "competition," but don't begrudge anyone who was caught up in the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" of shuffleboard with great big rocks and kitchen cleaning devices.
In the final analysis, no harm done. Although the parade of "Canadians" who have moved to the great Satan to make their millions did cause me to laugh out loud. Michael J. Fox could have stayed at "home" where he doubtless would have become the best loved game show host on CBC. Years ago a CBC radio guy cracked that the Prime Minister was establishing a high level commission on the question of why Canadians in the entertainment business wind up in the USA--to be chaired by Lorne Greene.
This Olympics produced more than its share of wonderful moments, proving once again that the Olympics can withstand Bob Costas and what's her face who did the moronic feature pieces each night. On balance, the pluses far outweigh the minuses. And I'm very proud of our accomplishments and hope for more of the same in Sochi.
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Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
Amen. I avoided this thread for the most part because the incessant whining about the broacasting was off the charts. Compare what you were able to see in this Olymics to 20 years ago and then tell me you want to go back. People are spoiled and feel a sense of entitlement they don't deserve. There was more coverage available - at the most reasonable times of day - than ever before, yet people bittched about curling of all things, a sport they wouldn't even consider watching prior to Feb 13th and won't watch again for 4 years.
btw - I found this comment at an NHL forum site somewhat humorous:
Seriously I stayed quiet on this, but the constant whining about NBC was on the level of "the Gophers always get the late game in the Final Five". Every event I wanted to watch I saw, all the events were listed to what channel they would go to (and they were all easy to find...if you cant find MSNBC or USA or CNBC on your channel guide give up you have already lost) and during a lot of the hockey games there WERE NO FRIGGIN COMMERCIALS! NBC lost hundreds of millions on this and still put on a ****ed good product and yet everyone and their mother had to friggin cry like Cindy Crosby because Parise forbid they didn't get to possibly watch China face West North Thailand in curling in HD!!!11!!
Look, there are about a billion ways to find out what happened in the Olympics...if you don't like, don't watch it. But if you are gonna watch it, take the stick out of your butt and try and enjoy yourself instead of sounding like a 3 year old that needs a time out!
Amen. I avoided this thread for the most part because the incessant whining about the broacasting was off the charts. Compare what you were able to see in this Olymics to 20 years ago and then tell me you want to go back. People are spoiled and feel a sense of entitlement they don't deserve. There was more coverage available - at the most reasonable times of day - than ever before, yet people bittched about curling of all things, a sport they wouldn't even consider watching prior to Feb 13th and won't watch again for 4 years.
btw - I found this comment at an NHL forum site somewhat humorous:
MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
I hope watching the gold medal game proves to Bettman that NHL hockey belongs in Sochi. Even though we lost, it was a great game. People were glued to it. I think it got more rating than NECKCAR... err... NASCAR.
And for the closing ceremony, where the heck was Rush? It was on GLM's facebook page.
I hope watching the gold medal game proves to Bettman that NHL hockey belongs in Sochi. Even though we lost, it was a great game. People were glued to it. I think it got more rating than NECKCAR... err... NASCAR.
And for the closing ceremony, where the heck was Rush? It was on GLM's facebook page.
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
You expect logic on financial issues from Brent?
This guys till writes checks for gas and groceries, for god's sake! 
You expect logic on financial issues from Brent?
This guys till writes checks for gas and groceries, for god's sake! 
jmh
win or lose, we booze
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
She was pretty good in Dogma.
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
(248):
Hey cutie is the game almost over? I'm making dinner for us it'll be ready soon. Xox
(1-248):
You would rather make f*ing dinner than watch a hockey game that rivals the epic-ness of miracle, the one of the biggest upsets in sport history? Babe I don't know if I can date a girl with such terrible priorities.
(248):
Hey cutie is the game almost over? I'm making dinner for us it'll be ready soon. Xox
(1-248):
You would rather make f*ing dinner than watch a hockey game that rivals the epic-ness of miracle, the one of the biggest upsets in sport history? Babe I don't know if I can date a girl with such terrible priorities.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
(248): I don't think I can date a guy that think this game comes close to the epic-ness of miracle.
Her response should have been:(248):
Hey cutie is the game almost over? I'm making dinner for us it'll be ready soon. Xox
(1-248):
You would rather make f*ing dinner than watch a hockey game that rivals the epic-ness of miracle, the one of the biggest upsets in sport history? Babe I don't know if I can date a girl with such terrible priorities.
(248): I don't think I can date a guy that think this game comes close to the epic-ness of miracle.
unofan
Well-known member
Re: Part VI of the XXI Winter Olympiad: USA!! USA!! USA!!
I can understand protecting your investment, and timeshifting things to primetime. But the doublespeak of "no one watches things live during the day anyway" and "we're going to block access to other country's live streams so people must watch us" is astounding.
This isn't 1975 anymore. We have the internet. It's not an entitlement, but certainly an expectation that events will be available somewhere in some form. If NBC was only going to show 20 minutes of the downhill 6 hours after it happened (and 9 hours after it happened on the West Coast, even though it's the same time zone as the events), then they should've made the rest of the event available online for those who wanted to watch more than 20 minutes of it. The only extra expense would've been the bandwidth, the cameras were already there and already recording for the worldwide feeds. And by NBC's own words "no one" would've watched it anyway, so the bandwidth cost would've been minimal.
And if they weren't going to do that (which they didn't), why block other country's feeds so that the U.S. consumer can't see it at all?
I can understand protecting your investment, and timeshifting things to primetime. But the doublespeak of "no one watches things live during the day anyway" and "we're going to block access to other country's live streams so people must watch us" is astounding.
This isn't 1975 anymore. We have the internet. It's not an entitlement, but certainly an expectation that events will be available somewhere in some form. If NBC was only going to show 20 minutes of the downhill 6 hours after it happened (and 9 hours after it happened on the West Coast, even though it's the same time zone as the events), then they should've made the rest of the event available online for those who wanted to watch more than 20 minutes of it. The only extra expense would've been the bandwidth, the cameras were already there and already recording for the worldwide feeds. And by NBC's own words "no one" would've watched it anyway, so the bandwidth cost would've been minimal.
And if they weren't going to do that (which they didn't), why block other country's feeds so that the U.S. consumer can't see it at all?