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« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2012, 07:46:23 PM » |
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I have to admit to not caring one jot about the Olympics but it struck me today that it is probably because I don't view it as something I will have a bet on.
Which is a sorry state of affairs really so I am going to do my best to watch as much as I can and hopefully become converted have a bet on it.
Fixed your post Phil. Some great betting opportunities on Olympic sports. I'm not much of a sports bettor, but I was clicking buttons on Betfair on all sorts in the middle of the night four years ago. Particular highlights being the open water swimming, where watching the women's race showed the weird camera angle they had coming up to the end (quite hard to see how far to go in open water, then all of a sudden the camera pans and you see the guy in first cannot be caught etc) and the women's BMX, where opposing the Brit at stupidly low odds in an event with numerous crashes in the early heats was happy days. There's plenty of edge there if u watch enough imo! |
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« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2012, 07:48:56 PM » |
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Annoys when people go "could have spent the money in a more productive manner" esp. when we're all a bunch of degen poker players who waste money everyday.
Sometimes money is there to be spent on things that we can enjoy- like sports. Even stars have changed avatars to Country's flags which has got me excited!
Lol. Annoys when people go "All" Never wasted money before Tom? |
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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2012, 07:54:42 PM » |
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For £12bn we could probably have built a lolly stick skyscraper to the Moon.
How cool would that have been?
Isn't that the amount of tax Vodafone is avoiding paying every two years in the UK? Also the £12 billion isn't just spunked up against the wall - a large amount of it goes back into the UK economy. Some of it doesn't of course, but there are plenty of jobs created and businesses making money because of the Olympics. It's not all bad. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2012, 08:09:18 PM » |
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Annoys when people go "could have spent the money in a more productive manner" esp. when we're all a bunch of degen poker players who waste money everyday.
Sometimes money is there to be spent on things that we can enjoy- like sports. Even stars have changed avatars to Country's flags which has got me excited!
Lol. Annoys when people go "All" Never wasted money before Tom? Of course, and I totally get the Olympic thing. I'm looking forward to them immensely. I was just sayin.... |
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« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2012, 08:11:07 PM » |
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I adore the Olympic concept but in the run up I felt Locog had done it's best to ruin it for me. I have had to look at all the new laws enacted to "protect" the brand, it was all about money. The G4S debacle etc didn't make it any better.
However, I have tried to put that aside and can only say I am really rather excited it's here. I haven't got any tickets because I felt it was a rip off in many cases and now I want to join in the ones that are left are incredibly expensive. I will see some of the free stuff, such as the cycling time trials etc then throw myself into the ParaOlympics as they deserve support. I will also be able to see many of the new buildings that way.
Bring it on
Go Team GB
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« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2012, 08:15:42 PM » |
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Those mascots though. I mean, WTF? Wenlock and Mandeville | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2012, 08:22:26 PM » |
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... and now I want to join in the ones that are left are incredibly expensive...
I picked up a Beach Volleyball ticket for £65 yesterday - I think I just got lucky on the timing, the next cheapest ticket for any sport I might actually want to watch was about £200 |
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« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2012, 08:37:07 PM » |
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So for those saying that the money could be spent elsewhere, you would rather UK not see massive events and spend it elsewhere and be a nothing country?
I think the best way to see how we have done here is to see what the media abroad have said about us.
It's the greatest show on earth and I for one am looking forward to seeing us do well.
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« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2012, 08:38:03 PM » |
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Watching the Football at the minute, but I'm not really interested at all, nor do I feel any pride at us hosting.
Also the noise made everytime the Olympic symbol goes across the screen is already very annoying.
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« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2012, 08:39:59 PM » |
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Personally, I don't think football or tennis should be Olympic events.
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« Reply #25 on: July 26, 2012, 08:41:59 PM » |
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Personally, I don't think football or tennis should be Olympic events.
Agree, money innit. |
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« Reply #26 on: July 26, 2012, 08:45:28 PM » |
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Could all the moaners fook off and start their own whinging thread about the Olympics and leave this for the positive stuff about it. Sick to the back teeth about people in this country moaning about fucking everything and we get the best event in the world and they still moan about that. Rant over  |
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« Reply #27 on: July 26, 2012, 08:48:35 PM » |
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Could all the moaners fook off and start their own whinging thread about the Olympics and leave this for the positive stuff about it. Sick to the back teeth about people in this country moaning about fucking everything and we get the best event in the world and they still moan about that. Rant over Are you moaning about what people post? |
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« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2012, 08:53:38 PM » |
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Could all the moaners fook off and start their own whinging thread about the Olympics and leave this for the positive stuff about it. Sick to the back teeth about people in this country moaning about fucking everything and we get the best event in the world and they still moan about that. Rant over Are you moaning about what people post? Yes now fook off  |
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« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2012, 08:54:44 PM » |
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Immensely looking forward to it despite not getting any tickets for the events I really wanted to see. I've even rearranged my summer holidays. I'll be glued to the Beeb all 18 days.
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