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And what happens when Mary catches you?

I say " Just rinsing the dishes, dear."

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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 like them, but plenty of folks consider them completely tedious.)

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 like the games for a reference point of human achievement...like track....which is overlooked until it's time to find out how high a person can jump; how fast can they run, etc. See if records are broken. Today's jocks have huge advantages over past performers. I wish they had a special Olympics for dopers, so we could have an ongoing experiment on performance enhancing drugs.

I could do without all the pomp and ceremony and politics and celebrities. Highlights is plenty, and i can wait for that.

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:55 am 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 like them, but plenty of folks consider them completely tedious.)

stanky wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:31 am it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago.
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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 just missed


For me, I like the pomp and ceremony. I also like what I might call the "15 minute celebrities"...i.e. folks who get a lot of air time after their victory in the pole vault, especially women's pole vault, and then they fade back into obscurity. I don't give a hoot for LeBron James, or any sport like tennis where this isn't the biggest sporting event of their lives.

I dislike the politics and the obsession with national medal counts.

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:41 pm

stanky wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:31 am it's a thing and has been for decades. i remember the rivalry with Australia from high school swim team, almost 60 years ago.
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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 just missed


For me, I like the pomp and ceremony. I also like what I might call the "15 minute celebrities"...i.e. folks who get a lot of air time after their victory in the pole vault, especially women's pole vault, and then they fade back into obscurity. I don't give a hoot for LeBron James, or any sport like tennis where this isn't the biggest sporting event of their lives.

I dislike the politics and the obsession with national medal counts.

Only sport I have watched this far was women's fencing the other night on my laptop.

Somehow I found a site that was showing four simultaneous matches on a split screen.

No American involved. I watched it purely for the athletic beauty of the sport.

grayman wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 5:50 pmOnly sport I have watched this far was women's fencing the other night on my laptop.

I'm gutted that NZ has never won a medal fencing.

If you haven't ever watched half a dozen guys try to create a 50m, 6-wire, 3-strainer fence the fastest, you should check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/NewZealandFencingCompetitions/

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:41 pm... especially women's pole vault...

I support that remark.