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Archive through February 18, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Winter Olympics: 2006 Olympic Spoiler Thread: Archive through February 18, 2006 users admin

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Mak1
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08-12-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Lol, well I can see why you loved that!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
You might enjoy this article, Mak - an interview of Buttle in today's Toronto Star taken while he was waiting for the others to skate ,and after he learned he won. :-)

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Paul Martini can be a pretty tough critic, too. Barb Underhill tends to couch hers a touch, but doesn't really give anyone a pass either.
When my mother used to spend the winter with us, she would look forward to the skating commentated on by Barb. She said the German commentators couldn't hold a candle to the info Underhill delivered. Only problem was Mum expected simultane translation.
Dick Button may be tough, but as far as I remember he is usually right, too.LOL

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I noticed that Scott Hamilton doesn't hold back either :-):-) I guess that's what they are paid for.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed the article, Jan. He puts his mischievous personality to good use, too, doesn't he? He is a cutie.

Yes, I guess the commentators are paid for their expertise and honesty. I have heard them lavish the praise when it's warranted, too, so I guess they are balanced. Dick seems to add a layer of disgust while the others are a bit more diplomatic.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Weir's coaches did not look happy at all with him. Apparently he was warned after the last competition he was in that if he made up half his program as he was skating as he did then and missed one of the big jumps as he also did then he would not medal at the Olympics. So knowing his coaches were pissed what did he do? He made up half his long program here at the Olympics as he was skating as he did then and missed one of the big jumps. He was supposed to do 5 like everyone else and barely did 4. Then he got off the ice and wondered why his coaches were pissed and why he did not win. I would not be surprised if they stopped wanting to coach him. He does whatever he wants and does not follow directions. Also he is supposed to follow the choreography he hands in that each skater hands in to all the judges so they know what to look for in each skater. They always have a hard time marking him as they can never figure out what he is supposed to be doing next!!!!!!!!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Is it really 400 hours??? LOL, that is an awful lot! I know NBC rebroadcasts the 8-1130 showing from something like 1am-430am (or they were over the weekend cuz I was able to watch the first halfs that I'd missed earlier in the evening.) I also forgot about MSNBC.

I haven't been posting a whole lot about it mostly because by the time I watch everyone else has already seen it, lol.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 2:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
WOW I wonder if Canada WILL win the 25 medals that they were predicting??

We're up to 11 already.

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No kidding Chaplin Anyone see Jeffery Buttle's interview? Now that was a good interview compared with Sandhu!!!!!!!!


I laughed when Sandhu started in on his rant about "it all started when he was left out of the '98 Olympics" ROTFL!!! Cry me a river.

Hurray for J. Buttle. He looked very confident on the ice.

( Thx for the Salchow spelling. )
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Loved!! the Boardocross...it really is the same as Motorcross. Same kind of track.

I couldnt help but cringe at the USA girl who blew it though. Way ahead so she decides to ham it up over the jump....then wipes out therefore losing the Gold. Bet she'll be feeling a little foolish for awhile Hee hee

I am so tired. I wish I could stay up and watch the speed skating live tonight but I cant make it.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Mak, I finally saw a boardcross race. Of course, it had to be the one Sunshyne was referring to. Sometimes ppl have to learn the hard way about being too cocky. It does look like fun though, and I can see it becoming a popular sport, albeit strictly watching on my end.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
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What am I waking up to here? Italy creaming Canada in men's curling? Holy canoli!

Anyone else want to shove a melon in that Yoplait guy's mouth? And someone PLEASE just give the old guy his dang picture back, maybe he'll stay home for a few games! Ack!!!!!!!! It was heartwarming for the first couple of days, but all that double-double is making me cranky now.
If they bought that much air time at least they could have made a few different commercials. This is really getting tiring.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Oh now I’m really laughing! At first I didn’t have a clue what you were talking about when you mentioned Yoplait and giving the picture back. That Yoplait ad is so awful that it is morbidly fascinating. I can just see a bunch of ad executives sitting around a table coming up with that one. It doesn’t make me want to eat yogurt! The Tim Horton’s ad was very good – the first two dozen times that I saw it!

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
I was watching the Women's snowboarding "motocross" race for the Gold last night and the young lady from the US obviously felt the need to "showboat" after taking a peek over her shoulder and seeing no one behind her. And wow, with that one choice, she chose to give away her Gold medal in this event.

I also watched her interview with Bob Costas and she interviewed with intelligence and grace, choosing to play down losing the Gold medal.

Of course in my perfect world, she would have told Bob Costas and the world that she made a poor choice so close to the finish line by showboating, thus losing the Gold.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ya know she had to wake up this morning just kicking herself. She had it, she'd done everything perfect up til then, was way ahead of the gold medal winner, and completely screwed up. I'd read about it here first so all I could do was sit and shake my head while watching it.

Has anyone heard how the women who had to be carried out is? They were so busy focusing on Jacobellis they only gave the other woman passing notice here.

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
I do feel for the young lady. She's definitely labeled now and she'll certainly be feeling the after effects for quite a while.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Wargod, the Canadian you are referring to who had to be taken out, was diagnosed "only" a mild concussion, thank God. IT looked really bad, didn't it.

So much focus has been put on the poor American girl - sure she showboated but DANG it is a showboating sport. IF we want to make fun, let's say something about my dang canadians! 2 out of the 4 finalists are Canadian thus guaranteeing one medal and a good probability of 2 - and what do we do. Why the natural canadian thing - both girls FALL!!! Thank god one got up and finished the race :-(:-(

can you tell I am frustrated with the results there :-):-):-)

ETA: Lumbele and Jimmer , how do you like the Bell Beavers? I just LOVE the little rascals - and they seem to have made quite a few commercials so they aren't repeated too often.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, thats good to know, thanks Jan! They really didn't show much, just a brief flash to her laying there and then being carried out on the stretcher, usually you see them move a little bit when someone goes down but they were so quick to get back to the silver medalist.

It is a showboating type sport and maybe it's easy to loose focus for half a second and forget that they're not getting points for the tricks they do but that it's a race and the first one across the finish line wins.

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
....and not to make light of snowboarding and the showboating that goes with it, but this was an Olympic race...for a gold medal.

I'm finished focusing my disappointment in this young lady's choice to showboat....onto rl.


Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Yes, Jan, a concussion. Her name is Maelle Ricker, and she's a pretty good friend of my dh's. She is from North Vancouver (now Whistler) and is a cool, smart, fierce chick. And physically, she's quite slight. Such a shame that she had that accident.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I am glad she is doing well, Yank, and hopefully she will win at Whistler in 2010!!!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the update on Ricker, I have been worried and there has not been one word about her! It annoys me. Anyway I came her to say, You Canadians have some crazy skeleton boys, LMAO, they were amazing!!! I couldn't believe Pain (I think he was the one) bouncing all over the place. What an exciting race, and even tho I knew who the winners were, I was glued to my set!!!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That’s good news about Ricker! I was a little frustrated by the Canadian’s performance as well but it is a wild and crazy sport. As I said in another thread, I have some empathy for the American. She was excited and she made a bad split second decision in a moment of exuberance.

And Yay for the Canadian Skeleton guys! That was exciting to watch!!!

I have mixed feelings about the beavers - though I thought the one with the toques was cute.

Buttercup
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09-10-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
The Norwegians haven't done as well as they hoped so far in the the Olympics, but they are still ahead with 16 medals. I think that's quite impressive considering the country only has 4.5 million people

So, GO NORWAY

I'm just sayin'

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
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No medal again for Bode in his third race, the Super G.

Yay, Norway!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Could someone take Shani Davis and Hendrik out to the woodshed and teach them to behave more maturely? I think they're both wonderful skaters, and I love their histories -- but sheesh! The tension and attitude they're displaying on TV reminds me of toddlers!

BTW -- Congrats to Davis and Cheeky?? (ack-- what was his name?? Jason Cheek??) who finished 1 & 2 in the 1000M speed skating long track.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
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