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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: kris9128 on 12 August 2008, 22:29:44
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is it just me or could we find a better way of spending over 8 BILLION pounds.
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is it just me or could we find a better way of spending over 8 BILLION pounds.
Not just you matey, I havent even watched any of it.
But 8 Billion, I hadnt realised that was the cost....
Would feed a lot of starving people arround the world. :-/
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I have watched about 30 mins of the Olympics so far this year - but that is long enough to realise that we will never pull it off like the Chinese have :(
So in my books, thats 8 billion quid of tax payers money down the pooper
>:(
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I disagree with you all I am afraid :(
I have watched loads of the Olympics and have enjoyed every minute spurring on Team GB :y
Most of the winning Countries pump millions on training there athletes, who when they win uplift their whole Country.. instead what we have is lottery funding and excellent athletes who also work for a living... If our athletes had the backing that other countries have we would win far more which in turn would lift our Country to a high....
As for 2012, I reckon it will be brilliant :y :y
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2012 will be a disaster, as it will done in a half baked way by a committee.
Look at the Dome - good idea, shockingly badly implemented, and way over budget.
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LK, Fair point - I can see where you are coming from with that sentiment.
However, given the current state of the economy is it not a little unfortunate in its timing? I wouldn't want it to be beneficial in many ways but also severly detrimental in others... :-/
This is all that worries me really - I shall probably go and watch some and really enjoy it when it is here!
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i agree whole heartedly lk. just think it's a waste of money when we have most of the facilities needed already up and running in this country. why build them all over again.
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I would imagine The Dome would be home to some of the venues....
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I would imagine The Dome would be home to some of the venues....
couldn't possibly be! we need to waste some more money and build a new one!! >:(
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I enjoy the Olympics; to see humans at their physical peak, having spent years of their lives in training and preparation for that 'one' competitive moment; having the chance to compete against the best in the world, in the hope of being proclaimed 'Olympic Champion'.
I marvel at their commitment and dedication and I`m in total awe of their prowess and abilities.
Politics (National or Nationalistic) has NO place in sport whatsoever!.....just watch, enjoy and marvel at what humans can achieve. :y
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I enjoy the Olympics; to see humans at their physical peak, having spent years of their lives in training and preparation for that 'one' competitive moment; having the chance to compete against the best in the world, in the hope of being proclaimed 'Olympic Champion'.
I marvel at their commitment and dedication and I`m in total awe of their prowess and abilities.
Politics (National or Nationalistic) has NO place in sport whatsoever!.....just watch, enjoy and marvel at what humans can achieve. :y
I agree Debs but unfortunately politics does feature in sport these days! sadly.
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it's not politics. it's economics. we've excellent world class venues in this country. just dont understand why we have to spend over 8 billion building a new set in london.
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
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Did anyone see the Russian and Georgian women hugging? I thought that was brilliant... these games bring countries together
No matter what state the Country is in we are far better off than plenty of others.
If that money was not going to be spent on the 2012 Olympics it would probably be wasted, what better way then is there to lift us all!!!!
The Economy...You know most of us see it everyday, people moan and groan about this country and how crap it is, that they have no money and the whole world owe them.... and yet they will go down the pub a few nights a week with fags in there pocket, brand new car on the drive on tick...... >:(
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
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it's not politics. it's economics. we've excellent world class venues in this country. just dont understand why we have to spend over 8 billion building a new set in london.
agreed .. why is necessary to spend that much money.. :-/
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yes it brings people together, but the people you describe wont be changed by it!
I fought hard to get tickets for the commonwealth games in manchester, got some for netball in the end! when we arrived the stadium was nearly empty!
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i uderstand what you all saying but why do the olympics have to be in london. why not bring them up north. we've already got the venues. easier to get to.. why does it have to be in london.
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i uderstand what you all saying but why do the olympics have to be in london. why not bring them up north. we've already got the venues. easier to get to.. why does it have to be in london.
'Cos thats where Team GB hang out....
Downing Street, The Beeb, and similar 'National' (thats England, Scotland, Wales AND Norn Irn, remember) enterprises....
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i uderstand what you all saying but why do the olympics have to be in london. why not bring them up north. we've already got the venues. easier to get to.. why does it have to be in london.
yep.why not spread it..and the venues will be shared and existing buildings can be used..
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
Lol! Didn't hurt as much when i fell over in those days!
The hockey sticks smarted a bit when used as weapons though!!! ;D ;D ;D
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
Lol! Didn't hurt as much when i fell over in those days!
The hockey sticks smarted a bit when used as weapons though!!! ;D ;D ;D
Threat or promise?? :o
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
hahahahaha
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/Newark/IMG_0229.jpg)
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
Lol! Didn't hurt as much when i fell over in those days!
The hockey sticks smarted a bit when used as weapons though!!! ;D ;D ;D
Threat or promise?? :o
I have said this before "Have you never seen Braveheart?" those hairy arsed Scots loved battering people with Big Sticks, they even throw them for fun :o
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
hahahahaha
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/Newark/IMG_0229.jpg)
Poor Ljay.........
Jim Bob are you sure it's you that drinks all the whiskey?
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
hahahahaha
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/Newark/IMG_0229.jpg)
Poor Ljay.........
Jim Bob are you sure it's you that drinks all the whiskey?
quite sure! that was the morning after the night before! which was a very heavy night on magners if i remember correctly! :D
think i may have drunk myself sober that night!! ;D
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political one up manship! anything they can do we can do better and more expensively!
when i was competing we were just glad of a venue!
Newent?
Green field site??
Soft landing area???
:-*
Lol! Didn't hurt as much when i fell over in those days!
The hockey sticks smarted a bit when used as weapons though!!! ;D ;D ;D
Threat or promise?? :o
both really! we played the lads team in practise and broke 6 hockey sticks! vicious stuff! :D
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Well I have already said how to save £20,000,000,000 and that is to scrap the idea of the national database and ID cards - but Gordon Stalin Brown wants them
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Well I have already said how to save £20,000,000,000 and that is to scrap the idea of the national database and ID cards - but Gordon Stalin Brown wants them
As always, perhaps he is the monkey rather than the organ grinder....
ID cards, in one suggested form or another, have been on the starting blocks for quite some number of years. Gordon B is simply the current mouthpiece of the others in Westminster (and other 'permanent' ministerial places) who really pull the strings....
He does not make policy single handed, remember!
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Well I have already said how to save £20,000,000,000 and that is to scrap the idea of the national database and ID cards - but Gordon Stalin Brown wants them
As always, perhaps he is the monkey rather than the organ grinder....
ID cards, in one suggested form or another, have been on the starting blocks for quite some number of years. Gordon B is simply the current mouthpiece of the others in Westminster (and other 'permanent' ministerial places) who really pull the strings....
He does not make policy single handed, remember!
Still can't see why we should have them Stalin and Lenin ect can ****** off.
Government control of citizens and the trying to get us all to a mediocre sameness - seems very communist to me - socialism and authitarianism together are evil.
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I disagree with you all I am afraid :(
I have watched loads of the Olympics and have enjoyed every minute spurring on Team GB :y
Most of the winning Countries pump millions on training there athletes, who when they win uplift their whole Country.. instead what we have is lottery funding and excellent athletes who also work for a living... If our athletes had the backing that other countries have we would win far more which in turn would lift our Country to a high....
As for 2012, I reckon it will be brilliant :y :y
Got to agree with you Daz. I've been watching as much as I can and it's fantastic when the Brits do well. :y It also brings so many nations together in the name of friendship and sport that wars and differences are put to one side. OK, I know it's an absurd amount of money but it will probably only happen once in most of our lifetimes, so in that respect it's a small price to pay.
If we didn't spend this money on the Olympics, the morons in our government would soon find a way to squander it away on some other halfbaked project. At least all the facilities that we'll be left with after the Olympics will benefit our future sports men and women. :y
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I disagree with you all I am afraid :(
I have watched loads of the Olympics and have enjoyed every minute spurring on Team GB :y
Most of the winning Countries pump millions on training there athletes, who when they win uplift their whole Country.. instead what we have is lottery funding and excellent athletes who also work for a living... If our athletes had the backing that other countries have we would win far more which in turn would lift our Country to a high....
As for 2012, I reckon it will be brilliant :y :y
Got to agree with you Daz. I've been watching as much as I can and it's fantastic when the Brits do well. :y It also brings so many nations together in the name of friendship and sport that wars and differences are put to one side. OK, I know it's an absurd amount of money but it will probably only happen once in most of our lifetimes, so in that respect it's a small price to pay.
If we didn't spend this money on the Olympics, the morons in our government would soon find a way to squander it away on some other halfbaked project. At least all the facilities that we'll be left with after the Olympics will benefit our future sports men and women. :y
couldnt agree more. i'm watching as much of the olympics as possible ( especially womens diving and beach volley ball :P :P)
but my argument is. instead of wasting 18 billion on venues we already have would we not be better off pumping some if not most of that money into backing and training our great atheletes. it's like buggati building the veyron and putting a f*ckin mondeo engine in it. looks stunning and expensive but not gonna win many races. please please please please. put more money into the people doing the events.