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Winter Olympics
« on: February 23, 2010, 18:57:31 PM »
Has anyone been watching any of this?

We watching snippets but mananged to catch the Ski Cross on Sunday - Mentalists that's all I can say!

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2010, 20:18:51 PM »
I did hear the Irish Luge team wouldn't race until the course was gritted

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2010, 06:06:26 AM »

I've been watching bits.

I have to admit I got into the curling  :-[

and well done our girl Amy Williams in the skeleton bob who won the gold!   O0

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2010, 08:19:48 AM »
I love the curling,unfortunately our girls were well below average this time.

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2010, 08:46:38 AM »
Never Got into the Winter Sports thing

But have to Say Caught the Curling A Few times in the Past, Looks Such a Gentle Sport til the Sweepers Start

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2010, 16:37:01 PM »
Yes, well done Amy  :)

Now we have Somerset people as the fastest thing on a tea-tray as well as a racing car!  O0
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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2010, 16:14:51 PM »
Who cares, we're rubbish, usual Mr Medley Smythe crew.

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2010, 16:24:45 PM »
Who cares, we're rubbish, usual Mr Medley Smythe crew.
And With Passion this time !!

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2010, 16:27:23 PM »
Who cares, we're rubbish, usual Mr Medley Smythe crew.
And With Passion this time !!

As always  ::)

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2010, 16:51:02 PM »

Hey, Blighty are a dab hand at Winter Sports.  What about the "let's all overreact to 1/2 cm of snow" team and also the "let's make a crisis out of when we should or shouldn't put the grit down" 


I personally shall be looking for a place on the Skidding on a Path team for the next games :)

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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2010, 23:08:38 PM »
Iv'e been watching as much as possible,  i love the winter games :) We actually subscribed to the 4 dedicated channels so we dont miss an event ;D
I cant get enough of it 8)
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Re: Winter Olympics
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2010, 23:13:48 PM »
I watched the ladies Ski Cross the other night - not quite as eventful as the Mens