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  • #76
    Originally posted by Judge Jude View Post
    "It's going to be near impossible to continue normal activities and still enjoy the events without knowing the results."

    not if you're over 50, it isn't, for many in that crowd.
    Even then ... news broadcasts on other channels ... radio in the car on the way home from work ... overhearing conversations waiting in line for a coffee etc.

    You'll have to lock yourself in a cocoon.

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    • #77
      Originally posted by eldiablo505
      I haven't heard any premature results on any Olympic events at all. Every single news outlet I tune into on the Internet for anything Olympic-related is showing SPOILER ALERT on any headlines.....something some folks around here could learn to use, come to think of it.
      ESPN and Yahoo aren't showing any warnings, and both are leading with the days results. CBS also up to date ... although Olympic results relegated to side headlines.

      Is it a spoiler to say the beach volleyball is awesome?

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      • #78
        Even someone who stumbles onto espn.com might see ONE result (yes, likely a bg one) and then decide to jump off. And then probably mostly skip going there for a week or two.
        I stopped following about 10 sportswriters on Twitter who are covering the Olympics for the time being - not because of spoilers but because they were jamming my feed line with comments about a spectacle that doesn't interest me anyway.

        I'll bring most of them back after the Closing Ceremonies.
        finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
        own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
        won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84

        SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
        RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
        C Stallings 2, Casali 1
        1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
        OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1

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        • #79
          Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
          Is it a spoiler to say the beach volleyball is awesome?
          except what fool schedules Brazil vs Netherlands when they have to wear their bodysuits instead of their bikinis? some british "confirmed batchelor" I'd guess....
          "You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper

          "One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Post
            except what fool schedules Brazil vs Netherlands when they have to wear their bodysuits instead of their bikinis? some british "confirmed batchelor" I'd guess....
            That's a bad beat for anyone fortunate enough to get a ticket.

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            • #81
              They don't let horses do Central Park carriage rides when it's above a certain temperature (95?), so there's precedent for sidelinings if the temp isn't "right."

              #justsayin
              finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
              own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
              won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84

              SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
              RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
              C Stallings 2, Casali 1
              1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
              OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1

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              • #82
                lol

                Will Flaherty ‏@flahertyiv

                NBC can't help itself--promo for tomorrow's Today show reveals that Franklin wins a gold just before the tape-delay broadcast shows the race
                finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
                own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
                won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84

                SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
                RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
                C Stallings 2, Casali 1
                1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
                OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1

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                • #83
                  First major controversy:



                  China has become embroiled in the first doping controversy of the London Games after one of the world's most respected coaches described the swimming prodigy Ye Shiwen's gold medal performance as "unbelievable" and "disturbing".

                  Ye stunned world swimming on Saturday by winning gold in the 400m individual medley in a world-record time. It was her final 100m of freestyle, in which she recorded a split time of 58.68sec, that aroused Leonard's suspicion. Over the last 50m she was quicker than the American Ryan Lochte, who won the men's 400m individual medley in the second-fastest time in history .

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                  • #84
                    TV coverage so far has gone like this:

                    >> Team GB perform in some random event

                    Back to the studio ...

                    >> " ... so more disappointment for Team GB"

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                    • #85
                      ADRIAN!!!!



                      "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue!"



                      "Who did that? Come on ... admit it!"

                      Last edited by johnnya24; 07-31-2012, 05:13 PM.

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                      • #86
                        Men's individual Gymnastics today ... one of my favorite nights of any Olympics.

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                        • #87
                          I guess i am too busy this summer, but this is the first Olympics i have pretty much zero interest in. I always loved watching the Games, but not this time..Hmmmmm..
                          "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

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                          • #88
                            #NBCfail has turned into a mini-meme

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                            • #89
                              Another consequence of this is that millions of people are now learning about websites that stream this content illegally, and the use of VPN's to access the BBC's website which is streaming every event live and free (but can only be accessed in the UK). It is not illegal to use VPN's, and I'm not sure if there are any laws preventing someone using a VPN to access a website like the BBC ...

                              Seems like every 10th tweet with the #nbcfail hashtag contains instructions on how to access the BBC website.
                              Last edited by johnnya24; 08-01-2012, 12:15 PM.

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
                                Another consequence of this is that millions of people are now learning about websites that stream this content illegally, and the use of VPN's to access the BBC's website which is streaming every event live and free (but can only be accessed in the UK). It is not illegal to use VPN's, and I'm not sure if there are any laws preventing someone using a VPN to access a website like the BBC ...

                                Seems like every 10th tweet with the #nbcfail hashtag contains instructions on how to access the BBC website.
                                No one in the U.S. needs to use the BBC website. NBC is also streaming every athletic event live and for free at http://www.nbcolympics.com/. (everything except the Opening and Closing ceremonies).

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