hobiejoe wrote: 
Watched the opening ceremony today (we recorded it last night)... wow. It was even better than the other opening ceremony. Fantastic.

 hobiejoe wrote: 
our coverage sucks.  5 1/2 hours of coverage will be shown after it's all over.

Just watching some Paralympic swimming. Is this being televised in the USA?

 Beaker wrote: 

I've really been enjoying this Olympics. Going to be sad to see them end tomorrow. 

Good show there GB.  

36th position in the medals table in Atlanta 1996 with only one gold medal. Steady investment and improvement since then til 4th in the table behind USA china and Russia in Beijing was the best I thought we could possible do. Now this time we have 27 gold medals already and it looks like we will finish third. Blimey.

 Xeric wrote: 
 
Very true.

 Alexandra wrote: 
Better that than a stray javelin. . . .
 

I'm glad to finally catch some FIELD (in track and field). That used to be my sport. I remember the long jump pit was right next to the pole vault pit at my high school...and I was fascinated watching the vaulters do their thing while waiting for my jumps. Until a stray pole flew our way and we had to scramble out of its way.

 michaelgmitchell wrote: 
And an American finished a race with a broken leg today.

Divers rule.

Wonderful story, that 16-year-old from Guam who finally finished the 10k swim today. Refused to quit. That's what makes the Olympics special. And, of course, Pistorius.

 ricguy wrote: 
Yes, pathetic. You're likely poking a "little" bit of fun at us. That's okay. I loved Bill Maher's tweet recently that stated how thrilled he was that the USA was beating everybody "in gym class". Not exactly a tough task, I believe he was suggesting. Anyway ... not staying up nights worrying about it, and neither are you, surely. 

 hobiejoe wrote: 
..like I said..sorry bout that..we would have been just as happy for the silver...(looking over the shoulder.."Who said that ?")

The Star sure is a classic !

 MrsHobieJoe wrote:  And a lovely place it is !
 
 In the triathlon we have asked for a shared gold medal,don't really know why...9/1000 of a second is after all the distance swimming,biking
 and running still a loose by 9/1000 sec,or so the clock say's.

 

My home town by the way is hosting the sailing comp. Good for Sweden and in the women's triathlon.

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
That was our gold, dabnabit
 
Funny old boats, the Star. Over a hundred years old, and a weird damned shape, tiny jib and enormous main. Saw a nice early example in the Maritime Museum in Stockholm a couple of years ago.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote:  ..The Swedish Starboat was also a Scary machine !
        Sailed for silver...won GOLD !
   

 HazzeSwede wrote: 



LOL

Ainslie is all I have to offer on sailing. Scary machine.

I heard Canada took a gold in the Trampoline.... awesome.... ..uh huh people they are catchin' up.