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Post by Introvertigroo on Aug 9, 2021 0:06:15 GMT
USA! USA! USA! Winner of the most medals and the most golds.
By the way, outside of some of the golf, I watched none of the Olympics. I usually watch the swimming events, but for whatever reason I couldn't be bothered this time around.
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Post by donavan on Aug 9, 2021 5:34:00 GMT
I think it just ended. Didnt watch Ny myself this time. In the past usually a little but not this time. I feel bad for the athletes that worked so hard for a chance to do this and then have to so so at empty stadiums (even though very appropriate). I wonder how many would have preferred further delay to post pandemic. I don't think those athletes feel bad for us when our world is not as we would like it to be. In the great scheme of things, running and jumping and swimming and riding etc isn't that important. I admire their dedication. But I admire more my father's dedication to his family by working low paid manual labour jobs for forty years. Perspective is everything.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 9, 2021 13:58:24 GMT
I dont disagree on the relative importance.
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Post by miles on Aug 10, 2021 1:12:30 GMT
I hope that obsessive devotion to athletic skills goes into other endeavors when the run is over. In the US it seems a lot of ex-athletes own or advertise car dealerships.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 10, 2021 23:02:47 GMT
And barbecues
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 10, 2021 23:15:40 GMT
Barbeques make smoked meat, and that's generally good and yummy. Yay barbeques. I could do with more barbeque less sports. But you know, it must be asked. Is competitive barbeque a sport?
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Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 10, 2021 23:29:10 GMT
Must be a sport -- lots of wieners at my barbecues.
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Post by donavan on Aug 11, 2021 8:41:06 GMT
There's a new extreme sport - "BBQ Skydiving".The steaks have never been higher.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 13, 2021 1:02:42 GMT
Sounds fun, see you at the meat-ing.
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Post by donavan on Aug 13, 2021 8:25:53 GMT
Place
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 13, 2021 15:45:57 GMT
I heard it might rain. Please be sure to bring 1000 Umbrellas. Hopefully the Grass wont get wet.
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Post by miles on Aug 13, 2021 18:41:14 GMT
Back in San Francisco, basketball great Nate Thurmond had a BBQ in the Industrial section of town. It was on my way to the train station. I saw Nate standing outside his place several times on my way. This was in the late 80s and early 90s.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 14, 2021 23:16:06 GMT
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 16, 2021 22:42:22 GMT
Where's the darts team?
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Post by donavan on Aug 16, 2021 22:45:16 GMT
No point.
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