I'm Feeling Very Olympic Today: The Vancover 2010 Olympic Thread

[Robimus]

So I'm done waiting for you other hosers to create this thread eh!

Canada managed to squeek past Norway tonight in mens hockey and Russia is looking good right now.

USA just got past the Swiss and looked shakey at the start.

As well I've been watching the figure skating, same old shitty judging there....How does a team that fell down three times get a medal?

Teemu plays tomorrow!

I can't wait for the artistic snow carving contest! Apparently France has already bought a few judges off for that one.

What you been watching?

[onecoin]

Men`s SpeedSkating Highlights. Over and Over again. And on the front page of the paper. Its ridiculous.

[Pascal]

I'm watching the Olympics almost all day long while I'm working. Love it all except figure skating and curling.

[jjwankenobi]

The Olympics are literally right in my back yard...I live 10 minutes from the Richmond Oval and they've converted the park by City Hall into the 'O-Zone' where the Holland/Heineken House resides...home the the $3 water and $4.50 pint of beer (crazy, cute Dutch girls are everywhere).

I commute to and from work by bicycle and I caught a little of Kathleen Edwards doing her sound check the other day. Watched Rick Hansen bring the torch in last week.

Strange enough I haven't watched much of the Olympics on TV...still scarred by the footage on the local news of that Georgian luge-er dying on his test run last week.

[onecoin]

Originally Posted by Pascal

I'm watching the Olympics almost all day long while I'm working. Love it all except figure skating and curling.

Ah. So you prefer watching the sporting events.

[Dark Rage]

Originally Posted by onecoin

Men`s SpeedSkating Highlights. Over and Over again. And on the front page of the paper. Its ridiculous.

Haha, are you reading it by choice? The Japanese must be going apeshit over it.

Originally Posted by jjwankenobi

The Olympics are literally right in my back yard...I live 10 minutes from the Richmond Oval and they've converted the park by City Hall into the 'O-Zone' where the Holland/Heineken House resides...home the the $3 water and $4.50 pint of beer (crazy, cute Dutch girls are everywhere).

I commute to and from work by bicycle and I caught a little of Kathleen Edwards doing her sound check the other day. Watched Rick Hansen bring the torch in last week.

Strange enough I haven't watched much of the Olympics on TV...still scarred by the footage on the local news of that Georgian luge-er dying on his test run last week.

A lot of the CDN athletes are losing their edge over other athletes, such as the change in the luge track, the changing terrain due to the warm weather, throwing them off their game.

[onecoin]

Originally Posted by Dark Rage

Haha, are you reading it by choice? The Japanese must be going apeshit over it.

Not really. Nothing like they do for Baseball. The others were talking bout it earlier. And we'll probably talk more about it in class again, since I am the token "Canadian."

[Dark Rage]

You're teaching or enrolled in Japan, onecoin?

[pud333]

I like to take pictures with my panoramic camera, so I thought I'd share some Olympic pictures from around the city during the first few days.

HBC



Molson Brewery



German House



Art Gallery



Robson Square





Quebec House



Molson Hockey House



Olympic Village

[Dark Rage]

Wow, pics looks awesome man. If there's some good international food, prolly a good idea to try it out while the games are still there.

You guys still have a Molson brewery? Ours was torn down and condos were built over them.