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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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But none of them can act! I honestly think that our "leaders" are the main problem in the EU sorting its self out. They are all egomanical nutters.
Hasn't kept the Star Wars movies from being successful. :rolleyes: BW
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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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Oh come now, this is just bad blood. The Olympics will be good for Britain as a whole. Yes, London will get the biggest benefit, but I don't think we would have stood a chance if it had been anywhere else in Britain but London - it's the only world-class city we've got. Coming from the north of England I'm used to being at the back of the queue, but I'd rather it be hosted in London then it not be hosted here at all.
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Oh come now, this is just bad blood. The Olympics will be good for Britain as a whole. Yes, London will get the biggest benefit, but I don't think we would have stood a chance if it had been anywhere else in Britain but London - it's the only world-class city we've got. Coming from the north of England I'm used to being at the back of the queue, but I'd rather it be hosted in London then it not be hosted here at all.
Johnny ² wrote: Oh come now, this is just bad blood. I don't think so. But I'll be sure to mention it to my cardiologist to see if my prescription needs to be altered. ;P Johnny ² wrote: I'd rather it be hosted in London then it not be hosted here at all. Personally, I would have rather it went to Madrid - but they were a bit of an outside chance really. It already has much better transport infrastructure. There is already a culture of sport. The climate is a wonderful dry heat in the summer, unlike the oppressive humid heat in London. Everything is much more reasonably priced, so that when the hotels and bars hike their prices up it won't seem as expensive as London. All round, a much better location in my opinion.
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Congrats! :) Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
too bad I couldn't care less :(( Since moving to Australia the Olympics have become little more than a village competition for me. I was used to a once-every-4-years-lifetime experience, so many events, so many athletes, so much drama and excitement. Now I end up seeing only 1% of what happens there (but you get to see some of the races at least 10 times a day, for days on end), and plenty of interviews with the grandmother of whoever won some event or another. Last time the local TV (Channel 7) only showed swimming, softball, hockey and the ceremonies. I might have forgot one discipline here, but almost certainly not two. It was even worse during the Sydney Olympics, when during the swimming competition they only put names and flags over the lanes with the Australian swimmers. On top of that the level of professionalism of the presenters is abysmal. The chances of them pronouncing properly the names of non-English native athletes are zero. Yes, foreign manes are always hard to get right, but when you are there, on location, and you do that for a living, have the common courtesy to talk to someone in the other delegations when you have to present an event. Do it at least for the top athletes is you are too lazy or stupid to do more than that. But no, it's so much easier to make fun of their names and of their less than perfect English. OGR