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Archive through August 18, 2004

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Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cool pic! :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I found this pic on CNN

fireworks

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A different angle from the one Yankee posted earlier...

olympicrings

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GREAT pics! I just love that one with all the athletes on the field.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Members of the Iraqi delegation pose with members of the United States delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Friday, Aug. 13, 2004.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

usairaq

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Athletes from countries from all over the world assemble inside the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Friday Aug. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

athletes

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Iraqi flagbearer Hadir Lazame, front, passes United States flagbearer Dawn Staley during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Friday, Aug. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

usairaq2

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yao Ming carries the flag of China during opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games Friday, Aug. 13, 2004 in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

yaoming

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Athletes from Kiribati wave during opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games Friday, Aug. 13, 2004 in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

kiribati

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Heads up! Sailing & Judo on Bravo now....

I like watching some of the 'not as popular' events.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
BTW...I was THRILLED to hear BILL CLEMENT reporting on the table tennis. He is one of the best in the business as far as I am concerned...and I'm not just saying that because he was a hockey player. He is such a good broadcaster that you forget he was once a darn good hockey player.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can someone tell me

did the US lose the basketball game today? Last I saw it, they were behind by 12 with about 6 minutes to go.

Jefe
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09-11-2003

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tish they lost 92-73
But the good news is that Canada beat China Tapei 9-0 in baseball}

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Canada?

I seem to have heard of that place once or twice. They prolly bat OK because they know how to hit slapshots.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wish I could see some men's track and field. Those guys are tres, tres chaud in their singlets.
yup


Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 5:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tish, who is that??????

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 5:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The basketball game between the USA and Puerto Rico was unbelievably disappointing. I was watching in 1972 when the US lost to Russia in an extremely controversial decision (The US has never accepted their silver medals and they still sit in a vault somewhere). I was so upset I pitched all the cushions off the sofa at the far wall of the living and amazingly...I hit it every single time!

I was very upset when they came home with the bronze medal years later, because I knew they were capable of so much more, and held coach John Thompson personally responsible. I have yet to forgive him.

Without a doubt, this performance was the most pathetic to date. I heard that there are something like 43 NBA players in these games...and only 12 play for the US. Tough. You still have to play like a team, make a valiant effort, and rise to the occasion. There is simply no excuse for this kind of talent to play this poorly. I would much rather watch amateurs play their guts out and do poorly than watch rich boy millionaires assume that will win just because they think they are the most talented team.

On a much brighter note...The Iraqi soccer team has made it into the quarter finals by beating Costa Rica 2-0! The fans in the stands were very much behind the Iraqis. They have to be thrilled to be receiving that kind of support. Towards the end of the game...the fans would boo the Costa Rica team every time they got possession. They had to be thinking ..."What did we do to make this people not like us so much!"

I feel asleep before NBC's "prime time coverage" was over and didn't get to see the semi-final swim between Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe. I don't intend to miss tonights final though!

I can't wait to watch the Men's gymnastic competition. I sure hope Blaine Wilson has his head screwed on straight tonight. Go Paul Hamm!


Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ladyt, he is a runner for the Dominican Republic. His name is Felix Sanchez and isn't he lovely? I had other pics of him, but in his singlet I decided he might be exxxxposing too much of himself for good taste here! LOL. Like I said in chat last night, you can tell what religion these guys are with their track uniforms.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG!!!! he's gorgeous!!!!!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK I am in lust!!!!!!

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tish, put the link in my folder.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I needed to know what they were mouthing...


"Australian National Anthem"

Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.


Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wow, Tish, he is lovely ... I may have to copy him to my folder ...

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 2:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't know if anyone posted this yet. I think its a live stream video. The commentators are Italian (thats what I was told on the site I got this from). But you can at least get the gist of the competition.

http://www.fastweb.it/streaming/raisport.asx




Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Last night the men's swim team said that they had watched the movie "Miracle" and was inspired by it saying that "This was their time!".

I can hope the basketball team would watch it as well and then maybe they will learn that "You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone."

So glad to see that Coach Brooks continues to inspire. RIP Herb.