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westslope

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Posted: Aug 8, 2021 - 7:47am

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

Public TV had several live streams going so you could pick and choose what to watch. Not always ideal, but no commercials either.

I believe that is one of the reasons that the state-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) remains so popular with Canadian fans of spectator sports.  

Ideology?  Nah......

rgio

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Posted: Aug 8, 2021 - 5:12am

I had the unique experience of watching a replay, in a replay, in a replay, in a replay, in a replay.

I was off and on watching the women's golf, but wasn't going to stay up all night, so I set the DVR.  It picked up the full replay.  During the round there was a weather delay, so they were replaying coverage from earlier in the round, and during that coverage, they had replays.

I understand the replay during the live coverage weather delay....but on the replay?

The coverage has become an internet event.  Television is an afterthought.
whatshisname

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Posted: Aug 8, 2021 - 2:06am

You win silver and bronze as opposed to losing gold, eh.
NoEnzLefttoSplit

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 10:16pm

 Manbird wrote:

I watched as much as I could but not what I wanted because of the stupid way it was programmed. Forced to watch more commercials than Olympic content. Anyway... too much swimming and all the whistling and whistle blowing forced me to turn down the sound. But I really liked the Gymnastics. The track and field could have been pared down a bit to show fewer heats and more medals. The fencing was weird. The archery was cool. Diving... meh. Again, too many heats. Outdoor water sports rocked. Not enough shot put and discus and I didn't see any hammer throw at all. I missed all the baseball somehow. All in all, I enjoyed most of what I saw and I watched all day, every day. And the new sports like skateboarding and BMX were cool. I'm sorry it's over - now I have to go back to watching the news all day. It was great not watching politics for a week. I never heard a mention of covid once they were underway. That was refreshing. I'm glad they went ahead with it.



Public TV had several live streams going so you could pick and choose what to watch. Not always ideal, but no commercials either.
haresfur

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 4:04pm

 Manbird wrote:

I watched as much as I could but not what I wanted because of the stupid way it was programmed. Forced to watch more commercials than Olympic content. Anyway... too much swimming and all the whistling and whistle blowing forced me to turn down the sound. But I really liked the Gymnastics. The track and field could have been pared down a bit to show fewer heats and more medals. The fencing was weird. The archery was cool. Diving... meh. Again, too many heats. Outdoor water sports rocked. Not enough shot put and discus and I didn't see any hammer throw at all. I missed all the baseball somehow. All in all, I enjoyed most of what I saw and I watched all day, every day. And the new sports like skateboarding and BMX were cool. I'm sorry it's over - now I have to go back to watching the news all day. It was great not watching politics for a week. I never heard a mention of covid once they were underway. That was refreshing. I'm glad they went ahead with it.



I caught some. The station carrying it here also streamed a lot of the different feeds so you could watch more things with less Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! but it was sometimes easier just to be spoonfed what they wanted you to see. Some of the equestrian was nice, and the cycline. Don't think I'd see the cycling Madison before and it was totally twisted. Kind of like roller derby on bicycles.
oldviolin

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 3:00pm

 Manbird wrote:
 oldviolin wrote:

It's over? Dang. I was hoping to get in on some javelin and discus action...


I didn't see any javelin. You got to see what they let you see and it wasn't really what I wanted. A lot of stuff was left out.
 
I'm going to go on facebroke or teeter or whatever the kids use now and complain...Oh wait! Curses; foiled again!
Manbird

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 2:57pm

 oldviolin wrote:

It's over? Dang. I was hoping to get in on some javelin and discus action...


I didn't see any javelin. You got to see what they let you see and it wasn't really what I wanted. A lot of stuff was left out.
oldviolin

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 2:51pm

 Manbird wrote:
I watched as much as I could but not what I wanted because of the stupid way it was programmed. Forced to watch more commercials than Olympic content. Anyway... too much swimming and all the whistling and whistle blowing forced me to turn down the sound. But I really liked the Gymnastics. The track and field could have been pared down a bit to show fewer heats and more medals. The fencing was weird. The archery was cool. Diving... meh. Again, too many heats. Outdoor water sports rocked. Not enough shot put and discus and I didn't see any hammer throw at all. I missed all the baseball somehow. All in all, I enjoyed most of what I saw and I watched all day, every day. And the new sports like skateboarding and BMX were cool. I'm sorry it's over - now I have to go back to watching the news all day. It was great not watching politics for a week. I never heard a mention of covid once they were underway. That was refreshing. I'm glad they went ahead with it.

 
It's over? Dang. I was hoping to get in on some javelin and discus action...
Manbird

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 2:44pm

I watched as much as I could but not what I wanted because of the stupid way it was programmed. Forced to watch more commercials than Olympic content. Anyway... too much swimming and all the whistling and whistle blowing forced me to turn down the sound. But I really liked the Gymnastics. The track and field could have been pared down a bit to show fewer heats and more medals. The fencing was weird. The archery was cool. Diving... meh. Again, too many heats. Outdoor water sports rocked. Not enough shot put and discus and I didn't see any hammer throw at all. I missed all the baseball somehow. All in all, I enjoyed most of what I saw and I watched all day, every day. And the new sports like skateboarding and BMX were cool. I'm sorry it's over - now I have to go back to watching the news all day. It was great not watching politics for a week. I never heard a mention of covid once they were underway. That was refreshing. I'm glad they went ahead with it.





GeneP59

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 12:52pm

The thrill of victory and the agony of “ Da Feet” should be the cry of all those athletes competing under the sun.
{#Fire}
Steely_D

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 12:20pm

 steeler wrote:

The thrill of victory and agony of defeat have been on full display in these Summer Olympics. Even without fans in attendance and with reduced fanfare amidst the throes of a pandemic, the Games are a paean to the human spirit. I had begun to doubt it, but there is an enduring purpose to the quadrennial gathering of great athletes from all over the world.



Weird how the lack of an audience shouldn't impact whether or not we care to watch. It's the athlete, not the crowd, that we're watching. But somehow it feels less...important, even though it's unquestionably not.
steeler

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021 - 11:07am

The thrill of victory and agony of defeat have been on full display in these Summer Olympics. Even without fans in attendance and with reduced fanfare amidst the throes of a pandemic, the Games are a paean to the human spirit. I had begun to doubt it, but there is an enduring purpose to the quadrennial gathering of great athletes from all over the world.
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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 9:10am

haresfur

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 8:46am


Typical potty-mouth aussie
kurtster

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 6:14am

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
You must be against the Olympics because you are one of those big blue dot people, right ?



Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 6:08am

Tokyo reports record virus cases days after Olympics begin
kurtster

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 5:57am

No, Not watching.  The wife is flipping through every once in awhile though and I do see some of those bits walking by the T-Void.  The opening ceremony was an absolute joke.

It is time for the Olympics to go bye, bye.  It is anti globalist and glorifies tribalism.  It pits countries against other countries complete with political commentary which has absolutely no place in this event, or at least it used to be like that.  It has institutionalized misogyny where it requires certain female athletes to wear bikini bottoms or be fined.  It only recognizes the two biological sexes. It allows professional athletes to compete against amateurs.   It has rules against using certain drugs.  And lastly, it is turning out to be a CV 19 super spreader event. 

It also flies in the face of the big blue dot of one world without borders school of thinking. 

I would like to hear what all the world without borders people have to say about that.
rgio

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 5:06am

 sirdroseph wrote:
Not only am I not watching, I am openly pulling against the "US" team.  When many of the athletes that wear the flag of their country and represent them in these games openly express disdain and disappointment not in just the Administration, not just in the government, but in the very core culture, idea, foundation and idea of America as a sovereign nation and most of its citizens to the point that they want to dismantle and rebuild the entire country and all of its institutions yet again wearing the flag of said nation that trains, compensates and who was sent to represent is absolute madness and the height of irrationality.  I implore you all to listen to these people, read their intellectual literature, get educated on the actual curriculum and teaching methods in our public schools and universities.  Become an objective expert on CRT and if you still feel the way you do, then at least you know what you are doing to yourself or at least I hope you do and I will respectfully, but firmly oppose you on this issue.
{#Meditate}


 What's your definition of CRT?
sirdroseph

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Posted: Jul 27, 2021 - 4:37am

Not only am I not watching, I am openly pulling against the "US" team.  When many of the athletes that wear the flag of their country and represent them in these games openly express disdain and disappointment not in just the Administration, not just in the government, but in the very core culture, idea, foundation and idea of America as a sovereign nation and most of its citizens to the point that they want to dismantle and rebuild the entire country and all of its institutions yet again wearing the flag of said nation that trains, compensates and who was sent to represent is absolute madness and the height of irrationality.  I implore you all to listen to these people, read their intellectual literature, get educated on the actual curriculum and teaching methods in our public schools and universities.  Become an objective expert on CRT and if you still feel the way you do, then at least you know what you are doing to yourself or at least I hope you do and I will respectfully, but firmly oppose you on this issue.{#Meditate}
meower

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Posted: Feb 26, 2018 - 7:41am

 Beaker wrote:

Damn Mericans.  Can't have anything nice.

Time to finish the wall.


;)

 

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