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Archive through February 23, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Winter Olympics: 2006 Olympic Spoiler Thread: Archive through February 23, 2006 users admin

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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thank you Lumbele. I did manage to catch one of the Canadian ladies performances, but I can't remember her name.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
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Did you see the Australian woman reinjure her knee landing her jump in aerial skiing today? Oh my! She was screaming in such agony, it brought tears to my eyes. She knew she faced that risk, since she hasn't had the optimal amount of time to recuperate from her surgery. Canada's Dionne showed grit, too. I liked the bio CBC showed before her jump.

I'm happy an Italian won the 1500m speed skate. I don't like it when NBC makes the story all about the unfriendly American duo and ignores everyone else in the competition. Yay to Fabris for winning in front of his home crowd!

All hail to Norway! Thanks for sharing that story, Jan. It's stories like that that make me love the Olympics!!

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Mak I know how much pain she must have been in. I tore my ACL ligament and had surgery on it seven years ago.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
It sounds horrible, Chaplin. I think they said her surgery was seven months ago.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Until you severely twist or dislocate a knee you simply can not imagine the pain. It is unbelievable.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
This Delawarean is so proud of Kimmie Meissner (who trains at University of Delaware)! What a wonderful young girl. Loved watching Sacha Cohen tonight, too. Wow, what a performance!!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
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YAY!!!! gold for Canada in the women's cross country sprint this AM...and it wasn't becky scott - it was 22 yr old chandra crawford!! (Becky did make the final though - she came in 4th. We seem to have had a heck of a lot of 4th place finishes this yr- actually Becky's is the 10th!!!!maybe we can pull them all up to medals in 2010 at Whistler :-):-):-))

PS this is only Chandra's second yr on the team. Congrats to her for a really, really great race!!!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
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That was simply astonishing and incredibly fun to watch as a result!!! It’s always nice to win a gold, but this was so much fun because it was so unexpected and everyone was so happy and excited.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Yes Jimmer and isn't it great how all the Canadians in the stands, as well as Chandra, sang the words to Oh Canada.(much like at the Women's Hockey Gold) It sounded to me like the CBC commentators were all choked up when it was over. I know I was :-):-):-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That was definitely my favorite moment of the entire Olympics to date! Absolutely wonderful!

They are interviewing her right now! She's so much fun to listen to.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I just found a great internet site with LIVE Results as the sports happen. If anyone is interested it is the English version of the Official Site

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
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YAY!!! a second gold for canada today plus a silver

Klassen and Groves go 1 and 2 in the 1500 speedskating and our third skater was 7th which is also pretty dang good!!!!!

ETA: Klassen is the first Canadian at any olympic games to win 4 medals at one game (she has won gold, 2 silver and a bronze so far) and she still has one race left :-):-):-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
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Wow! We are doing great. Once again, I love the interviews - they're so excited.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
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in curling the Canadian women lost :-( and move on to the bronze round while the canadian men beat the USA and are guaranteed either a gold or a silver against Finland on Friday :-):-)

oh and Canada won another silver in women's shorttrack relay!!!

What a great day for us today!!!! we now have 18 medals (5 / 8 / 5). At Salt Lake City we only won 17.

PSCongrats to the USA who also have 18 medals with 7/7/4 but I am Canadian so that's the results that excite me, sorry!!!!

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Yay Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Setting up shop for Ladies Free Skate spoiling.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
How do people get the CBC in the U.S.? Do they get it by satellite?

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
We get it through cable, Jimmer. We live pretty close to the US/Canada border.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
The first skater just finished with a score of 77.90, for a total score of 120.37. She is Fontana from Italy. CBC is finishing up with the aerials right now.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I kind of liked her. We have to remember to put the row of dots in the first row so we don't spoil it for people using the new message feature.

(sigh ... so much to remember )

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
yeah or just use a lot of useless words like this

so far the scores are

3 EFREMENKO Galina UKR 125.37
1 FONTANA Silvia ITA 120.37
2 PAVUK Viktoria HUN 119.85
4 MAXWELL Fleur LUX 109.57

ETA YAY for Canada winning a bronze in curling today and I think the USA won 2 bronzes today also in Snowboard events (but we were both shut out of th men's aerials where China took gold and Belarus silver and Russia Silver. I guess we can take a sliver of pride since two of the coaches on the Chinese team are Canadians

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
LOL I just heard that schools are letting out at noon tomorrow in Newfoundland so that everyone can watch the mens curling match - makes sense since our team is from Newfoundland. Good for them!!!! i hope the team wins gold for them :-):-)

PS Since Russ Howard,at 50, one of the team members, is assured a medal, he will become the oldest medallist in the history of the Olympic Games, according to the International Olympic Committee

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That's fun about the schools getting out in Newfoundland.

That was great the way the ladies came through with a solid game to win the bronze. Expectations are so high it would have been easy for them to give up after not making the final.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
interesting story re the closing ceremonies HERE - lots of circus performers in it! along with Avril Lavigne and Ben Heppner in the Canadian section.

and very interesting to read that, when the flag is turned over to the mayor of Vancouver for the next Olympics - well he is a quadriplegic so they had to have an elevator built to bring him onto the podium!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Mira Leung from Canada will be the next skater to perform for those of you watching CBC

ETA: excellent job Mira!!! a personal best at 16 in her first Olympics and currently in number 1 in this lower flight of skaters.