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stanky wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:34 pm i'd like to see the 3-legged race added to track and field.

I have said this elsewhere.

With hurdles.

it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago. ... I could do without all the pomp and ceremony and politics and celebrities. Highlights is plenty, and i can wait for that. Ok. I guess it's a long running story that I ju...

sparks wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:31 am We're gonna need a bigger boat. Wait, it's just Cape Cod. Fuck 'em.

Yeah, but that movie was filmed just across the water on Martha's Vineyard.

I'm an Olympics fan. On the first day of operation the folks at NBC were really hyping the swimming rivalry between the US and Australia. Is it really a thing, or is it something NBC made up to create interest? (Assuming one or more of you Southern hemisphere folks pays attention to the Olympics. I...

Hammerhead shark spotted off the Cape Cod coast.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/ha ... d/3441791/

In case you missed this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/M4fV_28Y_fE? ... NpwvLfQh1O

arthwollipot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:40 pm It's the same space, it's just bigger now.

Happens as you get older.

When I was a kid local residents were allowed in all the tourist destinations for free, and since volcanic/geothermal activity interested me I was at Whaka, Waiotapu or Waimangu most weekends. I used to tell the most outrageous lies to American tourists about the mud pools and geysers. Happy days. ...

arthwollipot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:03 am The kids we met took great pleasure in getting us to pronounce "fish and chips".

Just like we did when they come here.

Most Americans (not all) cannot tell the difference between an Australian and a New Zealand accent.

Weird, huh?