Olympics 2010 - Feb. 12 to 28 Official Olympics thread, everything Olympics goes here

[NancyM]

i miss the olympics already i have no reason to scream at my tv anymore

[greentires4me]

you can scream at your tv come March 12 thats when the Paralympics start

[Dee09]

On Granville Street yesterday. Captain Canada to the rescue!


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John Tortarella secretly wishing he was Canadian? *only NHL fans will get this one

[Dee09]

generalized anxiety... distracted... tremors... the withdrawals begin...




I'll be following the Paralympics, go Robbi!

[mcminsen]

Here's a few more odds and ends to ease the withdrawal.

"The World Needs More Canada" on the Chapters store at Robson Square. Obviously, Canada probably did better than most at these games. We finally got our due. It's interesting to see how it fits in with the world wide situation economically and politically. Canada has probably never seemed better. There was even some jealous sniping, like from the British press. And these games results are cold water in the face of the Americans and Russians.


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[mcminsen]

"Our game, our gold." Nuff said.


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[mcminsen]

I could do a whole album of people taking advantage of the captive audience with their own particular message.


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[mcminsen]

...whatever.


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[Natalka]

boo boo, soz!

[Racefan]

Thanks for all of the pictures, mcminsen.

It's sad to think it's all over. In my opinion, these were the best Olympics ever.

I'll be watching the Paralympics next Friday.

[Natalka]

This is really SO Canadian -

Wed Mar 10, 2:32 PM VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
The airline was forced to delay a flight from Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games because passengers watching the end of gold medal final on airport televisions ignored repeated calls to board.
"We incurred a flight delay for a reason Air Canada had not yet encountered in over 72 years of existence," chief executive Calin Rovinescu told a business gathering.
The Canadian fans were rewarded for their delay, as the nail-biting end to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics saw Canada beat arch-rival United States 3-2 in overtime.

[Racefan]

I saw that on Yahoo. That's funny. The Paralympics start on Saturday.

[freebiehunter]

Opening ceremonies are Friday night but I don't think they are televised until just before sledge hockey on Saturday.

DD is performing in the opening and has been practicing all week in Vancouver - getting home at midnight and leaving again at 11 am the next morning! She's 10 so very tiring - but still having a great time. There are tons of kids involved this time, so it should be interesting - fingers crossed that all goes well!

[Racefan]

I saw the schedule and they aren't showing anything until Saturday. I was all set to start watching the opening ceremonies tomorrow night.

[Psychojo213]

I can't believe CTV is not airing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics LIVE....well actually I can, but it is a disgrace.

http://www.straight.com/article-2975...eremonies-live