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Archive through August 13, 2004

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Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ya gotta love the Swedes! :-)

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For sure....and for the record...THOSE are cool outfits! lol!

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like Jamaica's colors. :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Timor-Leste (East Timor) competing as their own country for the first time.

I love the Tongan costumes! :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Check out that hat on the guy from Turkmenistan. Cool. I want one of those!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I feel so ignorant cause there are sooo many countries I've never heard of and I'm looking them up as I see them but there are alot, lol.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yummy Fins! :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Mocha, I'm looking the ones I don't know up as well. I'm finding that some of them are ones that are just going by different names now.

Hey, I would have never known anything about Vanuatu if Survivor hadn't gone there! :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey, if it makes you feel better, I've never heard of Hong Kong.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What the heck is Bjork wearing????????

BTW, I don't like her. But her fashion sense is worse than her singing. All of that is IMO of course.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rofl Hamster!!

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, the dress thing wound up turning out pretty cool I guess. Neat that the world was on the top of it.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The material covering the athletes looked like a giant uterus to me.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, there went the lovely mouthful of beverage I had just partaken of.

Thanks Herckle! :-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The 'Running Man' was cool.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hee hee.

I have to say that the designer of the stadium did it with quite an eye for what the tv cameras would take in. The arc is lovely, as is the lighting, and with all the people filling the area in between, it is pure art!

But then, the Greeks know a thing or two about architecture.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I definitely agree. The stadium is beautiful.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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And boy, did I just make a huge huge boo-boo. I feel like such a dork. I posted them in the Late Night Chatters thread of BB. I hope I don't get flamed too bad. :-(

Surealityjunkie
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02-01-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jumping in over here from the Late Night Chatters thread to ask a quick question.... Did they ever finish all the stadiums/arenas etc.? I knew there was some concern about whether or not it was going to be finished in time. I am not a big Olympic watcher but I thought that was an interesting quandry to be in...

Thanks for the pics, HL. I liked them! :-):-)

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, thanks Sureality. But boy do I feel dumb! LOL

And as far as all of the structures being completed, I heard that they are all complete.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i thought that this would be a good time to show you guys a very special picture. this is my daughter Holly at the age of 10 holding Amanda Beard's GOLD MEDAL from the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - Amanda is going for at least 3 golds this year!


holly gold medal

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I'll go blow out the flames if they did. The pix are just gorgeous, thank you!!!!! Breathtaking use of lighting!

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That is VERY cool Landi! I bet Holly was thrilled!

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
landi, that is one special photo you have! That is so cool that the athlete is still competing, too!

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Look how bouncy that Greek torch bearer's jog is. I haven't bounced that much in decades (except for my insides).