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Post by Teresa on Aug 14, 2004 4:45:35 GMT 3
Saw today that the Iraqi soccer team won their first match. COnsidering what the team went through when Uday Hussein was in charge that brought a big smile to my face.  Saw the team today in the parade of countries and they got a really big CHEER and the team looked, well everyone did, looked really happy and upbeat, i am really happy for them, I hope they do well in Athens |
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Post by sirius on Aug 14, 2004 5:14:40 GMT 3
Saw the team today in the parade of countries and they got a really big CHEER and the team looked, well everyone did, looked really happy and upbeat, i am really happy for them, I hope they do well in Athens yeah...te iraqi team got HUGE cheers and the afghanistan team as well. the korean team got a huge welcome too! cos the two koreas were marching together as one team after so many years of conflict. ;D olympics....peace...goodwill...ahhhhhh... and when hong kong came out i was wondering why ppl were cheering so madly for them cos it wasn't anything special...but then i realesed that the greeks were right behind them  ROTFL |
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 14, 2004 6:36:06 GMT 3
LOL! Girls. Just watching the replay of the Opening Ceremony at the moment, the real thing was on at 3.30am. I think the Iraquis so far have the biggest cheer. Apparently they did not even have a flight out of Bagdad until the last minute, and the flight out is actually pretty hair raising as the planes have to take evasive manouvres just in case there is a SAM waiting for them. Talk about a flight where you're too scared to get air sick. Even so the team made it out to Jordan in an Aussie Hercules and flew on to Athens far more sedately and looked so happy to be competing.  Saw Nalbandian and Federer, who both looked really happy and excited, the Russians have not come out yet. |
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Post by sirius on Aug 14, 2004 7:14:56 GMT 3
LOL! Girls. Just watching the replay of the Opening Ceremony at the moment, the real thing was on at 3.30am. I think the Iraquis so far have the biggest cheer. Apparently they did not even have a flight out of Bagdad until the last minute, and the flight out is actually pretty hair raising as the planes have to take evasive manouvres just in case there is a SAM waiting for them. Talk about a flight where you're too scared to get air sick. Even so the team made it out to Jordan in an Aussie Hercules and flew on to Athens far more sedately and looked so happy to be competing. Saw Nalbandian and Federer, who both looked really happy and excited, the Russians have not come out yet. could u watch out for marat please? teresa said she thinks she spotted him somewhere near the back of the contingent. and please watch out for igor too!!! thanks!!! |
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 14, 2004 7:23:48 GMT 3
They only showed about 40 seconds, and no Marat. I saw somewhere that he was apparently near the women for anyone that has beeter footage than we Aussies got. Mostly our air time was taken up with Popov and a long shot, so no use to you.  |
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Post by sirius on Aug 14, 2004 8:29:15 GMT 3
aww...no worries jules. my airtime was mostly taken up by misha waving the flag thingy in the camera. anyway, if u're interested to know, they mentioned your pals andrew and bettina in the papers today. abt how they're competing against each other and their 7 year relationship and lah dee dah! woohooo!!!!!!! now the whole world knows! and i checked the tv listings for the olympics. and they're SHOWING TENNIS HERE ON MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIVE!!! ;D problem is, i'll be in class. bah.  and they're gonna be showing equestrian too! yay! ;D but at weird times... so i might just miss out on seeing jules' pals.  ah well..... |
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 14, 2004 8:35:35 GMT 3
Yeah, the commentators mentioned Andrew and Bettina as well - they are the only married couple competing against each other in the same discipline, blah blah blah. Drivel, really. Andrew and Bettina have been competing against each other for years. ;D
Must check the schedules here as I am rostered off on Monday.
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Post by sirius on Aug 14, 2004 8:39:42 GMT 3
Yeah, the commentators mentioned Andrew and Bettina as well - they are the only married couple competing against each other in the same discipline, blah blah blah. Drivel, really. Andrew and Bettina have been competing against each other for years. ;D Must check the schedules here as I am rostered off on Monday. ah well...u always start with competing against each other i guess..LOL...ok, that's a bad joke. is andrew really tall? cos when the aussie contingent appeared yesterday they mentioned an andrew who was really tall, and i immediately thought of ur friend. anyway, i just checked out ur site...pretty place u've got there! i left a msg too! |
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 14, 2004 8:52:05 GMT 3
Andrew's about 6' from memory - I never really took a lot of notice. At 5'3" it's only remarkable if I look straight at a bloke, mostly I always look upwards! LOL! He is really easy to spot - he's 45 and pretty bald. *grin* He's also always been a real sweetheart, too nice for his own good sometimes. Bettina's a lucky woman.
I saw the message, thank you. Rhydian is as mean, moody and magnificent as Marat, yes, and probably more stubborn. He could teach Marat a bit about consistency. With people Rhydian likes in his saddle he's a good worker. It would take all of Marat's intelligence to keep up with Rhydian - no room for hippo excuses. LOL!
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Post by Saskia on Aug 14, 2004 14:09:01 GMT 3
Wow that was a really nice opening!!!!!! And Dj Tiesto was at the musci tables for more then 2 hours!!!!!!! Way ya go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Tatiana on Aug 14, 2004 14:14:28 GMT 3
Yay, Popov carried the Russian flag ;D I taped the Opening ceremony as I didn't want to stay up all night to watch it and I wasn't home to watch the re-run later on in the day...anyway, so I will watch it again and pause it every few seconds on the Russian team to see if I can catch a glimps of a tall, dark and handsome tennis player
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Post by christina on Aug 14, 2004 14:35:12 GMT 3
sorry 2 lower the tone again...but, bought The Times yesterday n on the front page of one of the sections there was a picture of a GB male swimmers chest, nice pic btw girls, n the title thing was "sex n the olympics" im not gonna write the whole thing out cos it was sooo long but the general tone was the underlying reason we all watch the olymics is the erotic appeal of the athletes   the article ended with this line....which i kinda liked.... "Ten thousand fresh, powerful, obedient bodies. Let the joy begin." |
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Post by christina on Aug 14, 2004 14:38:24 GMT 3
missed ceremony cos was at the theatre n forgot 2 tape it so *sigh*...but watched first olympics coverage this mornin, 1st up rowing, GBR coxless 4 (the good one with pinsent in it) got thru....YAY, how jealous of the german crews am i, they hav PINK boats, lushcakes man, n in the next heat the russians had their butts whipped by the aussies n kiwis n germans, then sum judo with a dodgy lil greek beatin a GBR guy hu was quite fine, n sum badmintin which we won, n sum swimmin, which we did well in ;D ;D
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 14, 2004 14:52:37 GMT 3
Nah, I watch Cirque du Soleil for really hot bods - some of those guys are not only awesome gymnasts and performers, their bodies are works of art.
I got bored with the swimming heats. Australia is fixated on the idea everyone loves swimming and if I see one more story on Jana Pitman I think I'm going to scream. You would think she is our only competitor.
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Post by Magda on Aug 14, 2004 16:00:13 GMT 3
Awww the ceremony was really nice. I liked the boy in that "paper boat" . BTW, I thought we all would see the same coverage but I guess most of us have seen something different in our TVs. |
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and they're gonna be showing equestrian too! yay! ;D but at weird times... so i might just miss out on seeing jules' pals. 
