London won!
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Apparently from what I've heard, it was following on from a joke the previous day by Berlusconi.
Berlusconi, what another great european comic character. We shouldn't do an Union, we should do a sitcom.
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I wonder if Paris lost by one Finnish vote... The tigress is here :-D
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Berlusconi, what another great european comic character. We shouldn't do an Union, we should do a sitcom.
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K(arl) wrote: Berlusconi, what another great european comic character. We shouldn't do an Union, we should do a sitcom. :laugh:
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"Games of the XXX Olympiad" Does that mean the competitors will be nude, as was the case in ancient Greece?
6 July 2005 - Happy Olympic Tax Day. Seeing as the government here couldn't organise a social event in a brewery, what chance that the taxpayer isn't going to be taxed to the hilt to pay for "Olympics for the WHOLE country" that will benefit London and the South East, but do very little for the rest of the country. FAT Chance I reckon. Up North we will be lucky to get the Mozambique swimming team or the Fiji football squad making their base. I also look forward to the goverment subsidising the train fares from outlying areas down to London to make a day trip an affordable experience rather than a remortgage job. Bah Humbug I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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6 July 2005 - Happy Olympic Tax Day. Seeing as the government here couldn't organise a social event in a brewery, what chance that the taxpayer isn't going to be taxed to the hilt to pay for "Olympics for the WHOLE country" that will benefit London and the South East, but do very little for the rest of the country. FAT Chance I reckon. Up North we will be lucky to get the Mozambique swimming team or the Fiji football squad making their base. I also look forward to the goverment subsidising the train fares from outlying areas down to London to make a day trip an affordable experience rather than a remortgage job. Bah Humbug I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
Baconbutty wrote: Up North we will be lucky to get the Mozambique swimming team or the Fiji football squad making their base. If you're really lucky, you'll get the the Japanese, Chinese and Korean womens synchronised swimming and diving teams round your way :-)
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6 July 2005 - Happy Olympic Tax Day. Seeing as the government here couldn't organise a social event in a brewery, what chance that the taxpayer isn't going to be taxed to the hilt to pay for "Olympics for the WHOLE country" that will benefit London and the South East, but do very little for the rest of the country. FAT Chance I reckon. Up North we will be lucky to get the Mozambique swimming team or the Fiji football squad making their base. I also look forward to the goverment subsidising the train fares from outlying areas down to London to make a day trip an affordable experience rather than a remortgage job. Bah Humbug I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Berlusconi, what another great european comic character. We shouldn't do an Union, we should do a sitcom.
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Congrats! :) Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
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Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
Paul Watson wrote: Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* We've already handled this. The whole presentation for the London bid was based around, "it's not the winning but the taking part." Paul Watson wrote: Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." I don't. However I applaud the approach the London bid took. I hope they can pull it off. Paul Watson wrote: And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. hmm 2012. Only seven years off. Seven years may be a long time but 1998 only seems like yesterday to me. I'd quit one job in June, watched the 1998 World Cup, got a job around this time that year. 2012 will be here in notime... London had better start building tomorrow otherwise they won't be ready. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
Paul Watson wrote: Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* ;P Our office was hoping for Beer Drinking, because we'd have a good shot at winning that. And anyway, we do win stuff at the Olympics - particularly if it involves boats, bikes and horses ;P
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Paul Watson wrote: Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* We've already handled this. The whole presentation for the London bid was based around, "it's not the winning but the taking part." Paul Watson wrote: Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." I don't. However I applaud the approach the London bid took. I hope they can pull it off. Paul Watson wrote: And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. hmm 2012. Only seven years off. Seven years may be a long time but 1998 only seems like yesterday to me. I'd quit one job in June, watched the 1998 World Cup, got a job around this time that year. 2012 will be here in notime... London had better start building tomorrow otherwise they won't be ready. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
Michael P Butler wrote: . London had better start building tomorrow otherwise they won't be ready. Well Athens managed so... Michael P Butler wrote: We've already handled this. The whole presentation for the London bid was based around, "it's not the winning but the taking part." Ah OK. I rather like that. Never been a hyper-competition fan (which is why my teams always won the Spirit awards and got the "Never mind, next year eh?" comments.) regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
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Paul Watson wrote: Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* ;P Our office was hoping for Beer Drinking, because we'd have a good shot at winning that. And anyway, we do win stuff at the Olympics - particularly if it involves boats, bikes and horses ;P
Ian Darling wrote: Our office was hoping for Beer Drinking, because we'd have a good shot at winning that. You mean Quaffing is not an official event yet? :confused: regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
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Congrats! :) Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Whoop-te-dooo X| I'm going to have to pay for this over the next few years and I'm not going to get any benefit from it. It is another chance for the south-east of England to suck money from the rest of the UK. Scotland and the North of England desperately need good sports facilities (especially given recent reports that in these regions the general health of people needs to improve) but that's not going to happen now because they will mostly be in London and the south-east of England. Glasgow is promised a new sports training facility if London won the bid, but that is blatant tokenism at best. There needs to be a general improvement across the whole country in each community. :mad:
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Ian Darling wrote: Our office was hoping for Beer Drinking, because we'd have a good shot at winning that. You mean Quaffing is not an official event yet? :confused: regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
Paul Watson wrote: You mean Quaffing is not an official event yet? Unless it's one of those odd nautical events, no :-)
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Whoop-te-dooo X| I'm going to have to pay for this over the next few years and I'm not going to get any benefit from it. It is another chance for the south-east of England to suck money from the rest of the UK. Scotland and the North of England desperately need good sports facilities (especially given recent reports that in these regions the general health of people needs to improve) but that's not going to happen now because they will mostly be in London and the south-east of England. Glasgow is promised a new sports training facility if London won the bid, but that is blatant tokenism at best. There needs to be a general improvement across the whole country in each community. :mad:
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: another chance for the south-east of England to suck money from the rest of the UK The South East generates the more of the UKs income than any other area. The Scots already get more spent on them per person than anyone else - and yet the continue to whine!
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Michael P Butler wrote: . London had better start building tomorrow otherwise they won't be ready. Well Athens managed so... Michael P Butler wrote: We've already handled this. The whole presentation for the London bid was based around, "it's not the winning but the taking part." Ah OK. I rather like that. Never been a hyper-competition fan (which is why my teams always won the Spirit awards and got the "Never mind, next year eh?" comments.) regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
Paul Watson wrote: Never been a hyper-competition fan (which is why my teams always won the Spirit awards and got the "Never mind, next year eh?" comments.) I call that the "Port-Elizabeth spirit" :sigh:
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Hopefully by then Tea Drinking will be admited as an official event and the Brits can win something... *ducks* Cool news though, for the first time I feel "Wow, I want to see the Olympics." And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Hover boards, pill+microwave dinners and the newly elected CP government. regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
Paul Watson wrote: And am I the only one who thinks 2012 sounds like the distant and fantastic future? Yes, we have years of winding up the french ahead :laugh: The tigress is here :-D
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: another chance for the south-east of England to suck money from the rest of the UK The South East generates the more of the UKs income than any other area. The Scots already get more spent on them per person than anyone else - and yet the continue to whine!
Dan Bennett wrote: The South East generates the more of the UKs income than any other area. Then they should pay for it then! Dan Bennett wrote: The Scots already get more spent on them per person than anyone else Then lobby your MP to equalise the situation if you are so upset by that perception.
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Dan Bennett wrote: The South East generates the more of the UKs income than any other area. Then they should pay for it then! Dan Bennett wrote: The Scots already get more spent on them per person than anyone else Then lobby your MP to equalise the situation if you are so upset by that perception.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Then they should pay for it then We will - through council tax. You were complaining that more is spent on the South East than the rest of the country. I was saying that there is nothing wrong with that as the South East generates the most money. Money is sucked out of the South East, not into it - I doubt even the Olympics will change that. Colin Angus Mackay wrote: that perception Reality. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3307095.stm[^] Even if Scotland got to keep North Sea oil, GB would be better off without Scotland.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Then they should pay for it then We will - through council tax. You were complaining that more is spent on the South East than the rest of the country. I was saying that there is nothing wrong with that as the South East generates the most money. Money is sucked out of the South East, not into it - I doubt even the Olympics will change that. Colin Angus Mackay wrote: that perception Reality. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3307095.stm[^] Even if Scotland got to keep North Sea oil, GB would be better off without Scotland.
Dan Bennett wrote: Even if Scotland got to keep North Sea oil, GB would be better off without Scotland Then lobby your MP for that if it upsets you so much. Also - From your link: An SNP spokesman said: "This is a political exercise that has been comprehensively discredited over recent years. "The major issue facing Scotland is persistently low growth and the lack of powers to stimulate our economy." He said the figures showed "the devastating impact of Labour mismanagement" of the economy. "It paints a picture of an executive that is unable to lift Scotland out of the economic doldrums and until we have the full powers of financial independence this is unlikely to change." Which suggests that both Scotland and the rest of GB would be better off apart. This is now getting well into soapbox territory so that is where I'll leave it.
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