Is it only me who considers the Games to be a huge waste of money, another f*ck up waiting to happen and that the money could have been better spent on the NHS? I live in the north and will not see a penny of where my money has been spent.
I am bored with it already. And it hasn't even started.
Or has it? Oh, don't tell me. I couldn't care less.
You should worry. Stratford is between me and London. People who live in the London area are going to have a nightmare with closed lanes, closed roads, public transport even more overloaded than usual etc. Those living in the area which was supposed to be improved seem to have been most put out.
It hasn't but people have started arriving and the chaos has started.
I'm still wondering if there are going to be confused foreign tourists in the other Stratford wondering where the stadium is...
In message , Mr Pounder writes
Its a corporate money orgy
Too right.
I live in London., I don't see it as a benefit.
And it is indirectly getting even more of our money than may initially be obvious. Atos is a sponsor, sorry - partner, for the Olympics & Paralympics. But they get a huge wodge of money from the DWP for doing medical assessments on DLA claimants - which these days seem to have extraordinarily high levels of successful appeals.
I actually went to see the torch pass, the wife decided that as it will never happen again we may as well see what the fuss was about. I was underwhelmed as I expect the 30 or so other people standing there watching. The BBC reported thousands turned out so I guess they were somewhere else.
I thought I would be standing alone with my posting.
Bloody joke. In Leyton nobody could pick their kids up from school by car. Had they waited a week, the schools would have broken up.
I think they were all in Huddersfield. The police estimate for attendance was about 40,000 so based on their figures from demos I guess that makes it about two million or so.
Nick
I've never understood why anybody would be fascinated by the fact that some people can run faster than others, jump higher, or hit a ball with more accuracy.
In message , Bert Coules writes
You mean a desire to be the best
watching the best compete to see who is the best of the best?
People need heroes
Why they should choose corporate sponsors who represent the total opposite of the olympic ideal, why half the roads in london should close, why the only beer allowed on site isn't even british etc
Thats where I have a problem
No, you're not. It's a load of corporate money grabbing bollocks. I find it rather tasteless that in these times of fatties everywhere, an event that is about sport, and one would hope help to promote health and fitness is sponsored/owned by McDonalds and Coca-Cola. They can f*ck right off.
Well yes in some ways of course. Unfortunately, most of the decisions were taken in times of plenty. Hindsight is wonderful and if you have a time machine then best rent it to the next Government, mind you they would probably leave it on a train.
I reckon this group should declare itself an Olympics free zone from Friday.
Brian
That would seem unlikely.
Possibly, but then again it might all go swimmingly.
Ah, a f*ck up that has already happened?
Not directly, but there is a fair chance there will be indirect benefit. (GB "brand" awareness (assuming aforementioned f*ck up does not create the wrong sort of awareness!)
No.
I wonder if there is a link between those of us who 'do' versus those of us who like to watch other people doing (no, not dogging as such).
Like, I like cycling, archery, canoeing, sailing and rowing but I'm not particularly interested in watching other people doing the same.
Neither do I see any of them as 'My' heroes. There will always be someone who can run or swim faster than someone else .
And as for someone who happens to be able to kick a ball getting paid as much and being seen as some sort of deity ... that's a game, for the park, with your mates, jumpers for goalposts etc.
And without those of us who do what we do for fun, how would those who are at the top of their game look then?
And as for any of the getting knighthoods etc ...
Thank goodness I've also got a couple of motorbikes to use as and when the local roads get gridlocked (well, more than usual).
Cheers, T i m
Hmm, well, I nearly got involved with blind archery, but all that pulling back of the bow did my elbow in. Brian
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