Vita Brevis wrote:
Anyone else watch? I got roped into it.  First I'd seen of any of the Olympics.  Thank god they're only every 2 years.

I didn't know they were on this week.

R. Olson (RO) wrote:
A fitting ending to the most embarrassing Olympics ever. Well except for Japan's Shizuka Arakawa for winning the countries first Gold in the Womens figure skating.

Actually, you would think the Olympics have become the interplanetary (bigger than world) figure skating competition with a few other events thrown in.

It has actually become amazing how the figure skaters have become reverred and so much of what takes place revolves around what they do.  But ... the olympics are not the same.  It is far more commercial than when I was young.  It is less about the sports and more about the event and the recognition from hosting it.

I did like hte flames shooting out of the back of the helmets.  I thought they should become standard issue for the speed skating.  That would make the passes even more interesting yet.

R. Olson (RO) wrote:
A fitting ending to the most embarrassing Olympics ever. Well except for Japan's Shizuka Arakawa for winning the countries first Gold in the Womens figure skating.

As well as to the US figure skating couple who took home "Silver".
The first medal winner in this category in 30 years, the last
US winning figure skating couple took home bronze 30 years ago.

Alan from Aavian Prod wrote:
I did like hte flames shooting out of the back of the helmets.  I thought they should become standard issue for the speed skating.  That would make the passes even more interesting yet.

Agreed on all points, but esp. this one.  I thought it might make for yet another Olympic sport, eventually...a combination of speed skating and Rollerball.  Or better yet, on a luge run with a jump at the bottom.

Vita Brevis wrote:
Anyone else watch? I got roped into it.  First I'd seen of any of the Olympics.  Thank god they're only every 2 years.

They're actually every 4 years.  2010 is the next olympics.  Thank G-d it's not every 2!

Suzi wrote:

They're actually every 4 years.  2010 is the next olympics.  Thank G-d it's not every 2!

The summer olympics are in 2008, the next winter ones are 2010. They used to be every four, then they staggered them... i dunno why.

KoolGirlieStuff wrote:
The Olympics have been bullshit ever since ABC dropped them........it`s all a commercial mess now and it has nothing to do about sports anymore, the best days were back when it was USA vs USSR now that was real competition

The Words "The Thrill Of Victory And The Agony of Defeat"  really meant something........

PS; Grenoble 1968 was a GREAT one.....when "our" Peggy Fleming brought home the Gold (the ONLY one) for the USA, it was also the FIRST time it was "live" in colour and one of the LAST great winter games

Actually, it's been BS ever since Munich, when politics started to outweigh any other aspect.  Possibly longer, if you account for the whole issue of "professional" vs "amateur" and how the socialist countries "bent" that description. 

The only *good* think about the olympics is I think I won 60 bottles of Coke.

Scott
aka Bodyartist

UnoMundo Photography wrote:
Skateboarding is NOT an Olympic event!

Dude! Righteous.