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ChefBeckyD said:DH and I have watched the Olympics together since we started dating.
He is out of town, and I am missing him tonight - but he called and we watched them together for a little while over the phone.
lacychef said:I was bummed that I missed opening ceremonies tonight.
My mom said on the Today show they were interviewing someone who lives there (American lady) & she was saying how the media is only showing us what they want though. She said there are some buildings not finished, so they put up tarps that were painted so no one could tell. And they covered up some of the street shops, & won't let the street vendors sell their food. Thought that was interesting. Ugh, the smog there is something!
lacychef said:I was bummed that I missed opening ceremonies tonight.
My mom said on the Today show they were interviewing someone who lives there (American lady) & she was saying how the media is only showing us what they want though. She said there are some buildings not finished, so they put up tarps that were painted so no one could tell. And they covered up some of the street shops, & won't let the street vendors sell their food. Thought that was interesting. Ugh, the smog there is something!
chefjeanine said:Am I the only person wondering how many of the shows I like are going to be reruns because of the Olympics? :blushing:
Also, I don't think China has any business hosting the event. :grumpy:
Okay, I'm done being crabby. . . for now.
lacychef said:I was bummed that I missed opening ceremonies tonight.
My mom said on the Today show they were interviewing someone who lives there (American lady) & she was saying how the media is only showing us what they want though. She said there are some buildings not finished, so they put up tarps that were painted so no one could tell. And they covered up some of the street shops, & won't let the street vendors sell their food. Thought that was interesting. Ugh, the smog there is something!
Jennie4PC said:That is horrible!! IS that the USA team?
Yeah well, that would be gross! That's why dh won't eat Chinese food with me (rolleyes!) The lady my mom saw interviewed though, said her favorite "noodle lady" couldn't sell.ChefBeckyD said:Because they are serving DOG!!! Chinese officials thought it would be too offensive to Westerners to see dog being served by street vendors!:yuck:
chefann said:The food thing is only a big deal if someone makes it so. I'm sure there were athletes from India who were offended that we eat beef when they were here for the 1996 Olympics. Raising dogs for food is the same as raising chickens - they're separate animals from those kept as pets. (And a Chinese man I used to work with says that black dog tastes better than white dog.)
janetupnorth said:DD and I watched gymnastics and swimming last night - so sad for the loss for Katie Hoff, but the 4 x 100m freestyle team ROCKED! Way to make France eat crow for all those cocky remarks!
chefmeg said:I totally fell asleep before I could see this, so DS and I watched it online this morning and were screaming at the laptop.....what an awesome race! I was so glad to see the post-swim interview when one of the swimmers sadi "we don't ever respond to comments until we have won~we comment in the pool"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
raebates said:I keep hoping that the women's gymnastics will be like the theater--a bad "dress rehearsal" portends a smashing opening night.
I love Phelps' reaction to his teammate's final lap & their win. Priceless!
raebates said:BTW, kudos to the US Men's Gymnastics Team! They were missing a couple of their top guys. They weren't expected to even qualify for the finals, let alone win the bronze.
And, of course, the Americans are swimming to victory over, and over, and over.
chefshawna said:I agree that the gymnastics aren't going as well as they should be, men or women's. They have made a lot of mistakes, but I really think they are being ripped off with the scoring! I watch the other countries make the same mistakes ours did and get much higher scores. Or the routines that are near perfect are getting low scores.
I also don't believe that the girls on China's team are old enough! No way they are all going to be 16 within this year, maybe in another 6! LOL
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Phelps! He is doing an exceptional job and commend him.
heat123 said:Yeah, the first night of competition we laughed at how young the chinese team looked! Almost all of them look between 12-14 years old!
And I agree, US did seem to have lower scores overall, even when we did well on each event.
raebates said:Had to laugh this morning. They were interviewing Mark Spitz. (For you young whippersnappers, he won 7 Olympic gold medals for swimming in the 70s.) Phelps has basically smashed his times, and they were asking him if he had any theories as to why they're swimming so much faster today.
Well, they showed a picture of Mark from back in the day--the one where he's wearing all 7 medals. The differences, when you compared Mark's physique with Phelps' are astounding. It isn't that Mark didn't look good. Trust me, he did. It's just that there's so much more training now on a much more sophisticated level. Yes, the suit may make a difference. The pool upgrades certainly make a difference. But, there is just a real difference in the training and conditioning that takes place today.
It's kind of like comparing Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb to today's baseball players. Babe and Ty look like chubby old men compared to the athletes of today.
janetupnorth said:Definitely Rae!
I swam competitively in the late 80's. Watching stroke technique, turns, EVERYTHING it is different!
Also, back then, we could NOT to a dolphin kick in the water on all strokes, ONLY on fly. For breaststroke you had to dive in and could only do 1 pull then you HAD to surface. For backstroke you had to remain on your back at all times and do a bucket turn on your back. Each change shaves time off the event.
Definitely! It is a fast, powerful kick if you do it well! But when you compare back in history, it couldn't be done...makes you wonder what they would have done back then with today's technology!ChefBeckyD said:I saw an interview with one of the swimming commentators - and they asked him about this - the rule is you have 15 meters. Some take it all and some don't. It seems to me the ones who are winning with the best times are the ones who are taking it all.
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