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Yup, Peter- that is why I don't watch them! When I lived in Europe, I spent hours in front of the idiot box watching the Winter Olympics- no commercials and no boring "background" kwatch. NBC seems to think we prefer "human interest" stories than sports action. Fogedaboutit! I used to love the skiing and jumping and skating- now it's impossible to watch a cut up presentation tattered by commercials and background stories!

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bb2 no adverts :)

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jordan and kearney sitting in a tree ;)

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I've enjoyed watching this year. Last night's short track race was insane...the Korean short track skater taking out his team mate on the final turn to give the US a 2-3 finish! :tu

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Current Medal List.

United States 6
Germany 4
France 3
Canada 3
South Korea 2
Italy 2
Czech Republic 1
Netherlands 1
Switzerland 1
Slovakia 1
Australia 1
Norway 1
Poland 1
Austria 1
Croatia 1
Russia 1

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They'll be fine. The team is made up almost entirely by franchise players and 35% of Team Canada roster are captains of their respective NHL teams. They're used to carrying all the fan expectations for their NHL clubs and while the Olympics adds more pressure, it's not that big a difference for professional players.

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I've skied since I was 5 years old :r

I have a lot of respect for mogul competitors. They're usually compared by the amount of knee surgery they've had done. It's a ridiculous event, but when done right is very impressive ;)

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Watching the luge finals last night I saw a guy waving a DDR flag near the finish line. Ahhh, for the good old days. The Olympics just isn't the same without Commies. Back then it was easy. USA = good. CCCP and DDR = bad. Good guys waved American flags and were on the front of the Wheaties box. Bad guys looked like freakish steroid-ridden charactures of The Hulk. Especially the women. Now I don't even know most of the new "Soviet" countries. Much as we may not like the Chinese, they just don't elicit the same visceral hatred we had for the Russians and East Germans. We never had air raid drills in elementary school because the Chinese were going to blow us all to Kingdom Come.

Maybe if the Taliban fielded an Olympic team we could recapture a bit of the "Us vs. Them" of the good old days.

Not likely, with Underwear Bombing having been shot down as an exhibition event for the 2012 Olympics... :r
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If anyone is interested, here is the ESPN international live stream: http://behaya.info/link1.html

Snowboarding next!

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Cant wait for some curling!

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Can any of these skaters stay off their butts?

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Nope, every darn one of them has fallen atleast once :bh

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I really like watching the Olympics.

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The first US pair that went stayed up with just 2 wobbles. The problem was they were 10th after the first round so that really hurt them.

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Boy the Olympic coverage on NBC really sucks. Way too much time spent on "color" stories. Who gives a crap about polar bears in Churchill, probably 1500 miles from Vancouver? I mean at any other time it's an OK story, but during the Olympics? Jeesh!

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I agree the story time is annoying but that is what they have to do to keep the non-sports viewers interested in the program.

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I have a work from home day tomorrow, I'm pumped for curling and hockey

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Is curling on at noon?

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I feel like they showed more coverage of the Summer Olympics and none of that was live. This coverage is so broken up and spotty its ridiculous. We watched the snow boarding seeding runs and there were two commercial breaks and a cartoon about dragons and snow boarding and then they showed one rider go and then back to more commercials. :bh

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:tpd:

It's so painful, I stopped watching. It's hard to stay interested when in an hour segment you have MAYBE 15 minutes of actual coverage, 10 minutes of "in-depth analysis" :rolleyes:, 15 minutes of fluff stories, and 20 minutes of :c commercials.

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Peter I give you the gold medal for correctly breaking down you 60 mins. :tu

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All day we have gotten an extra 10 minutes per hour of local weather alerts with updates on snowy conditions outside and Snow Emergencies with school closings. Convienently they were mixed in during the actual coverage. :bh

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Lucky! I think I'll be missing both hockey and curling, maybe I'll be able to catch a few minutes.

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It's actually 2390 miles according to the gov't of Manitoba's fact page on Churchill ;)

Perhaps they got confused between the spirit bears (albino bear and gizzly bears) that are sacred to the First Nations of Coastal BC and polar bears? Katie Couric did after all tell all of American that Betty Fox was the mother of Michael J Fox and that Michael J Fox has cancer instead of Parkinsons during the Opening Ceremony :hm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBP2gOKPP8I

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How do you pick up European or Canadian TV in Arkansas?

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Not sure what you mean, the Olympics are on NBC. Been watchin' tv since we gots the electricity here yeeee hawwww!! -(P

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There's a live stream of the Canadian coverage on the CTV site.

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Thanks for that. Now maybe I CAN watch the Olympics after all!

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Yeah, but NBC and Dick Ebersol suck.:td

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USA hockey off to a good start up 3-0 after 2 periods. :tu

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http://gallery.mithril.ca/d/43893-1/IMG00041.jpg

Team Canada + aged RyJ Beli + Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum :D

Plus I just scored free tickets for tonight's medal ceremony :ss

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That kicks tail....every single bit of it....

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Another rough Olympic experience for Lindsey Jacobellis.....

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Any one else notice the Gears of War II music during the figure skater's background story about wanting to come out of retirement? :hm

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Good, thing you have a PC...a mac would probably explode in the presence of all that greatness :D

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Barry, are you aware we have a jokes forum? ;)

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I am aware, but I don't want to use someone else's picture to start a new thread :D

I will stay more on topic in the future :tu

Speaking of on topic, anyone else more than disappointed in the US's showing in curling today?

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Hurling? I thought that was a Summer Games spo--- oh-- Curling! Nevermind.....

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:r You missed my point.
Your slam against Macs is the joke.

Thanks for the laugh.

We have a curling team?
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I Got it, I was trying to be overly obedient. I guess that doesn't come across too well without body language....should I take pictures of myself acting it out????

And YES the US has a curling team, both the men and women were in good positions today then they both waffled.

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No! No pictures, please. :hn

Electronic communication can be easily misunderstood - unless you are a 15 year old redneck. :D

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China 1 Finland 0, end of 1st.

Womenz hockey make me feel all tingly, down there.

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I love hockey and it is the sport I follow the most BUT I can't sit through an entire game of womens hockey, I just have no enthusiasm for it.

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WTF?!? Someone is going to lose a job over that one.

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I agree the US Curling teams choked today. I watched the end of the mens and just about all the womans. Just some very poor choices and then when they needed a big score it was not their.

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Amazing run in the downhill by Lindsey Vonn! Brutally technical course, so many falls :(

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Weird stuff going on with some of the favorites... Petra Majdic from Slovenia, a favorite in the cross-country sprint, managed to wipe out during a training run. She slid off the course (into a ravine!) and apparently landed on a rock.
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That looked like it hurt!