On 21/07/2012 20:03, dennis@home wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Mr Pounder wrote:
Is it only me who considers the Games to be a huge waste of money,
another **** 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.

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.

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.