The 2012 London Olympics (free-fire).

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  1. Live outside the London area - Woohoo! The Olymics!

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  2. Live Outside the London area - Oh no! The Olympics!

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  3. Live in London Area - Woohoo! The Olymics!

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  4. Live in London Area - Oh no! The Olympics!

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  5. The Olympics? I am entirely neutral.

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  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    It's building.
    Can you hear the IOC bandwagon coming? can you see the overpriced tat in your local supermarket? Can you feel the roar of Typhoons overhead?

    As it's inevitably going to crop up, I'll declare this thread an Olympics Free-Fire zone. Politics allowed on this thread as a special offer, as politics and sport always seems intricately linked during this four-yearly bunfest (and 'cos I'm guessing it'll make me laugh.)

    Happy about it?
    Don't know that I am, but I suppose it's only a few weeks.

    ~A
     
    von Poop, Apr 13, 2012
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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    CL1, Apr 13, 2012
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  3. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    I'm going - got tickets - so there. ;)
     
    Gage, Apr 13, 2012
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  4. ronald

    ronald Senior Member

    Pollitics allowed.:) In 2004 it was in Greece, now they are broke:D



    Ron...
     
    ronald, Apr 13, 2012
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  5. wowtank

    wowtank Very Senior Member

    wowtank, Apr 13, 2012
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  6. woapysittank

    woapysittank Member

    Like Gage I'm going. Boxing 2/8/12 can't wait.
     
    woapysittank, Apr 13, 2012
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  7. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    I'll be at the women's footie semi-final... in Cardiff.
     
    Swiper, Apr 13, 2012
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  8. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    We are still paying for the soccer world cup. No one knows what to do with the stadiums and costs a fortune to maintain them.

    The so called "global events" only benefit a small minority. Tax payers will have to pay a heavy price.
     
    KevinC, Apr 14, 2012
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  9. Stormbird

    Stormbird Restless

    ... Can you feel the roar of Typhoons overhead?....

    Yes-Yes-Yesssss !:D:D:D
    (You did say free-fire?)
     
    Stormbird, Apr 14, 2012
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  10. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    But Athens now has a great airport and flashy Metro. A better legacy than London will have. We'll just be broke. ;)

    Pollitics allowed.:) In 2004 it was in Greece, now they are broke:D



    Ron...
     
    PsyWar.Org, Apr 14, 2012
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  11. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    I'm going - got tickets - so there. ;)

    I didn't get any but did win tickets for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert at Buck House. Which is even better :)
     
    PsyWar.Org, Apr 14, 2012
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  12. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    ...can you see the overpriced tat in your local supermarket? ...



    All counterfeit of course. Not only did we spend £400,000 on a logo, we did this to protect it, since copyright laws are not enough:

    Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
     
    geoff501, Apr 14, 2012
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  13. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    .. We'll just be broke. ;)

    would not mind if we'd spent it all on this:

    [YOUTUBE]ijs6csP5UbY[/YOUTUBE]
     
    geoff501, Apr 14, 2012
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  14. wowtank

    wowtank Very Senior Member

    We are still paying for the soccer world cup. No one knows what to do with the stadiums and costs a fortune to maintain them.

    The so called "global events" only benefit a small minority. Tax payers will have to pay a heavy price.

    QFT

    Disable people that have had there benefit cut and Remploy (which i believe was made to help disable solders from ww2) jobs axed Are going to disrupt the Olympics. A few will benefit indeed. We could have done the would cup so cheap as all the stuff was there but the Olympics who cares we can't even enter people in the pistol shooting.
     
    wowtank, Apr 14, 2012
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  15. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    geoff501, Apr 14, 2012
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  16. wowtank

    wowtank Very Senior Member

    Why aren't we using closed-down RAF bases, like we did in 1948? Save a fortune.

    BBC - Archive - The 1948 Olympics - Vintage Sporting Years | 1948

    Forget the guy who said it but I think one of the dudes who organized the 1948 Olympics said:
    " We had no money so we had to think" maybe not word for word:) but it is quite famous.
     
    wowtank, Apr 14, 2012
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  17. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    All counterfeit of course. Not only did we spend £400,000 on a logo, we did this to protect it, since copyright laws are not enough:

    Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
    I thought I'd seen some bizarre pandering to the IOC, but that is truly peculiar.

    Especially perhaps, for a Logo that looks like Lisa Simpson performing 'a certain act'.
     
    von Poop, Apr 14, 2012
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  18. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    CL1, Apr 16, 2012
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  19. fixit9660

    fixit9660 Member

    It's a huge pain in the ar*e!
    Have you tried to get hotel accommodation within 30 miles? I've had to turn down work there because I can't afford the prices due to them being hiked out of all proportion.:mad:
     
    fixit9660, Apr 16, 2012
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  20. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    geoff501, Apr 18, 2012
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