Winter Olympics!! - Page 4

02-15-2010, 03:54 PM

Cant wait for some curling!

MedicCook · 02-15-2010, 09:35 PM

Can any of these skaters stay off their butts?

chippewastud79 · 02-15-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MedicCook

Can any of these skaters stay off their butts?

Nope, every darn one of them has fallen atleast once

Razorhog · 02-15-2010, 09:40 PM

I really like watching the Olympics.

MedicCook · 02-15-2010, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Nope, every darn one of them has fallen atleast once

The first US pair that went stayed up with just 2 wobbles. The problem was they were 10th after the first round so that really hurt them.

BlackDog · 02-15-2010, 09:46 PM

Boy the Olympic coverage on NBC really sucks. Way too much time spent on "color" stories. Who gives a crap about polar bears in Churchill, probably 1500 miles from Vancouver? I mean at any other time it's an OK story, but during the Olympics? Jeesh!

MedicCook · 02-15-2010, 09:49 PM

I agree the story time is annoying but that is what they have to do to keep the non-sports viewers interested in the program.

DrDubzz · 02-15-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GHC_Hambone

Cant wait for some curling!

I have a work from home day tomorrow, I'm pumped for curling and hockey

MedicCook · 02-15-2010, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RX2010

I have a work from home day tomorrow, I'm pumped for curling and hockey

Is curling on at noon?

chippewastud79 · 02-15-2010, 09:59 PM

I feel like they showed more coverage of the Summer Olympics and none of that was live. This coverage is so broken up and spotty its ridiculous. We watched the snow boarding seeding runs and there were two commercial breaks and a cartoon about dragons and snow boarding and then they showed one rider go and then back to more commercials.

pnoon · 02-15-2010, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

This coverage is so broken up and spotty its ridiculous. We watched the snow boarding seeding runs and there were two commercial breaks and a cartoon about dragons and snow boarding and then they showed one rider go and then back to more commercials.

It's so painful, I stopped watching. It's hard to stay interested when in an hour segment you have MAYBE 15 minutes of actual coverage, 10 minutes of "in-depth analysis"

, 15 minutes of fluff stories, and 20 minutes of

commercials.

MedicCook · 02-15-2010, 10:08 PM

Peter I give you the gold medal for correctly breaking down you 60 mins.

chippewastud79 · 02-15-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pnoon

It's so painful, I stopped watching. It's hard to stay interested when in an hour segment you have MAYBE 15 minutes of actual coverage, 10 minutes of "in-depth analysis"

, 15 minutes of fluff stories, and 20 minutes of

commercials.

All day we have gotten an extra 10 minutes per hour of local weather alerts with updates on snowy conditions outside and Snow Emergencies with school closings. Convienently they were mixed in during the actual coverage.

02-15-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RX2010

I have a work from home day tomorrow, I'm pumped for curling and hockey

Lucky! I think I'll be missing both hockey and curling, maybe I'll be able to catch a few minutes.

mithrilG60 · 02-15-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackDog

Boy the Olympic coverage on NBC really sucks. Way too much time spent on "color" stories. Who gives a crap about polar bears in Churchill, probably 1500 miles from Vancouver? I mean at any other time it's an OK story, but during the Olympics? Jeesh!

It's actually 2390 miles according to the gov't of Manitoba's fact page on Churchill

Perhaps they got confused between the spirit bears (albino bear and gizzly bears) that are sacred to the First Nations of Coastal BC and polar bears? Katie Couric did after all tell all of American that Betty Fox was the mother of Michael J Fox and that Michael J Fox has cancer instead of Parkinsons during the Opening Ceremony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBP2gOKPP8I

hotreds · 02-16-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Razorhog

I really like watching the Olympics.

How do you pick up European or Canadian TV in Arkansas?

Razorhog · 02-16-2010, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by hotreds

How do you pick up European or Canadian TV in Arkansas?

Not sure what you mean, the Olympics are on NBC. Been watchin' tv since we gots the electricity here yeeee hawwww!!

mithrilG60 · 02-16-2010, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by hotreds

How do you pick up European or Canadian TV in Arkansas?

There's a live stream of the Canadian coverage on the CTV site.

hotreds · 02-16-2010, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by mithrilG60

There's a live stream of the Canadian coverage on the CTV site.

Thanks for that. Now maybe I CAN watch the Olympics after all!

Starscream · 02-16-2010, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Razorhog

Not sure what you mean, the Olympics are on NBC. Been watchin' tv since we gots the electricity here yeeee hawwww!!

Yeah, but NBC and Dick Ebersol suck.

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MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: Winter Olympics!! I agree the story time is annoying but that is what they have to do to keep the non-sports viewers interested in the program. __________________ 27 World Series Championship's "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.", Zino Davidoff

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chippewastud79 Fatter than you! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Larry Location: A little place called home. Posts: 5,397 Trading: (44)	Re: Winter Olympics!! I feel like they showed more coverage of the Summer Olympics and none of that was live. This coverage is so broken up and spotty its ridiculous. We watched the snow boarding seeding runs and there were two commercial breaks and a cartoon about dragons and snow boarding and then they showed one rider go and then back to more commercials. __________________ If we weren't supposed to eat animals, then how come they're made of meat? You can never have too many cigars, they are like an investment in good times.

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MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: Winter Olympics!! Peter I give you the gold medal for correctly breaking down you 60 mins. __________________ 27 World Series Championship's "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.", Zino Davidoff