Instead of cringingly ashamed..



--
To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.

On 27/07/2012 21:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..




f'me +1

Shocking...

On 28/07/2012 8:58 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..


I find it best not to watch this sort of thing.

On 28/07/2012 8:58 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

BTW I've been watching Twenty Twelve, with much enjoyment. One suspects
it's uncomfortably close to true. Sustainability ... inclusivity ...
legacy ... diversity.

Clearly inspired by The Games, but so what?

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Instead of cringingly ashamed..




I'm enjoying it.

Tim

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

oh, is it that time already, sounds like i havent missed much.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

--
Frank Erskine

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:10:44 +1200, Gib Bogle wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

I find it best not to watch this sort of thing.

I find it even better to *never* watch the Idiot's Lantern.
--
Regards,

Hugh Jampton

The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..



Then you may like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEDFMKjhLRw

(mashup Olympic ****take video "by" Boris Johnson)

--
Tim Watts

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..



And now, are we seeing where all the nicked copper (cable, pipe, roofs)
has ended up?

--
Rod

On 27/07/2012 23:26, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?


No.

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Tim

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:26:32 +0100, Frank Erskine
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

Some sporting event or other.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Nazi salutes and everything.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done? Content apart, it
must be a logistical nightmare to arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty
smart to me. I'd love a play with the lighting rig.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Tell me more...

--
Frank Erskine

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey" wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done? Content apart, it
must be a logistical nightmare to arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty
smart to me. I'd love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...

--
Frank Erskine

Owain wrote:
On Jul 27, 9:58 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Instead of cringingly ashamed..

I switched it on briefly.

It looked like the interval display from Eurovision Song Contest would
look if hosted by Moldova in c. 1971.

I am glad its not just me then....
Owain



--
To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.

Frank Erskine wrote in
:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey"
wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
message ...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done?
Content apart, it must be a logistical nightmare to
arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty smart to me. I'd
love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...


I thought this was a British thing!!!!

Why were the announcements in frog lingo
and tranlated into international language??

--- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to ---

On 28/07/2012 10:39 a.m., Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:58:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Tell me more...


History of PR.

On 28/07/2012 9:40 a.m., Tim Watts wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..



Then you may like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEDFMKjhLRw

(mashup Olympic ****take video "by" Boris Johnson)



Thanks! Really LOL

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:25:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Nazi salutes and everything.

You noticed that too ?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey" wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done? Content apart, it
must be a logistical nightmare to arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty
smart to me. I'd love a play with the lighting rig.


I liked the chimneys going up and that was about it. ;-(

But then I don't get all the 'sport as a lifestyle or living' thing.

Ok, I guess we need some coaches to teach 'sports' but as a
recreation, a hobby, for fun competition or a keep-fit plan, but as a
'job'? shrug

I mean, ignoring all the parasites earning money of the back of all
the actual 'athlete's, would the world stop spinning if people just
started seeing who could run the fastest just for fun (if they must)?

Or maybe watching someone run round in circles really is entertaining
and people are happy to pay for such 'entertainment' (obviously they
are if you can't get tickets yourself)?

But how many of these 'athletes' enter the role because they want
people to watch them like pure 'entertainers' do? Or even to 'make a
difference' (even if they end up doing so eventually)? Isn't that just
a side effect if they happen to get lucky (and when I say 'lucky' I
mean don't hurt themselves doing it, or come up against someone who a
fitter, faster, stronger (assuming such people bother to spend their
lives running round in circles rather than say helping sick children
or just working for a living ...)).

'Champion' (but only those who fancy or are lucky enough to get the
chance to get good at running round in circles)?

Isn't it a bit like 'Miss Universe'? Did we send the application forms
to the entire universe?

However, millions of people seem to have bought into it all so I must
have missed something? shrug

Right, I'm going to cycle down the shops and get enough beer to knock
me out for 16 days ... ;-)

Meh

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Whilst I'm sure some people actually *loved* the whole show, I'm
not really into musicals.

On 27/07/2012 21:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

really? I thought it was about sport.


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

What made you feel 'cringingly ashamed'?

yes, apart from your spelling of course

On 28/07/2012 01:07, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:25:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Nazi salutes and everything.

You noticed that too ?

Brilliant photo:

https://twitter.com/liz_buckley/status/228975969178894336/photo/1/large

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:48:40 +0000 (UTC), Heliotrope Smith
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote in
:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey"
wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
message ...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done?
Content apart, it must be a logistical nightmare to
arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty smart to me. I'd
love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...


I thought this was a British thing!!!!

Why were the announcements in frog lingo
and tranlated into international language??

www.eurovision.net/acq/olympics.php

Nick

On 28/07/2012 12:20 p.m., Lobster wrote:
On 28/07/2012 01:07, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:25:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Nazi salutes and everything.

You noticed that too ?

Brilliant photo:

https://twitter.com/liz_buckley/status/228975969178894336/photo/1/large

He couldn't help it, just a reflex. Echoes of Nuremberg.

On 28/07/2012 9:32 a.m., Hugh Jampton wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:10:44 +1200, Gib Bogle wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

I find it best not to watch this sort of thing.

I find it even better to *never* watch the Idiot's Lantern.


My dad called it the Idiot Box. I confess that there is stuff that I
find worth watching, mostly not free-to-air though.

"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
. 121...
Frank Erskine wrote in
:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey"
wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
message ...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done?
Content apart, it must be a logistical nightmare to
arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty smart to me. I'd
love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...


I thought this was a British thing!!!!

Why were the announcements in frog lingo
and tranlated into international language??

--- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to
---
I thought is was amazing considering it cost a fraction of whast the Chinese
spent.
I wondered about the Froggish too.

It seems to have gone down quite well with a lot of people. Myself I never
watched it of course but I guess its hard to make loads of athletes
wandering through into a spectacle.

Brian

--
--
From the sofa of Brian Gaff -

Blind user, so no pictures please!
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..



--
To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

The real cringy bit was Mohamed Ali supposedly leading the olympic flag
bearers, he didn't appear to know who he is, let alone where he was,
fair enough he's got problems, but don't "wheel" him out like that ...

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:18:44 +0100, harryagain wrote:

"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
. 121...
Frank Erskine wrote in
:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey"
wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
message ...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done?
Content apart, it must be a logistical nightmare to
arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty smart to me. I'd
love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...


I thought this was a British thing!!!!

Why were the announcements in frog lingo
and tranlated into international language??

--- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to
---
I thought is was amazing considering it cost a fraction of whast the Chinese
spent.
I wondered about the Froggish too.

Three best bits for me:
the green and pleasant land being transformed into stinking waste (long live
Mick Romney! - that's what the Republicans are all about)
the final torches being carried by the youngsters - Redgrave was a good
choice, I thought, but then it got better
the cauldron! Everybody was wondering where it was and then...! (wouldn't
want the gas bill though!).
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:44:41 +0100, Nick Odell
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:48:40 +0000 (UTC), Heliotrope Smith
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote in
m:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:30:54 +0100, "brass monkey"
wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
message ...

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

Not sure I agree with that, how should it have been done?
Content apart, it must be a logistical nightmare to
arrange. Some of the effects seemed pretty smart to me. I'd
love a play with the lighting rig.

I wish I knew what this is all about...


I thought this was a British thing!!!!

Why were the announcements in frog lingo
and tranlated into international language??

www.eurovision.net/acq/olympics.php

To follow up. The television network involved was Eurovision but the
answer is in the IOC. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
it says that:

"French and English are the official languages of the Olympic
Movement. The other language used at each Olympic Games is the
language of the host country (or languages, if a country has more than
one official language apart from French or English). Every
proclamation (such as the announcement of each country during the
parade of nations in the opening ceremony) is spoken in these three
(or more) languages, or the main two depending on whether the host
country is an English or French speaking country."

Nick

In article ,
Terry Fields wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Instead of cringingly ashamed..

It appeared to be the history of a country that was agrarian, then
industrial. Germany undertook much property redevelopment at one
point. Then an event called the Empire Windrush happened and now the
population's changed from all white to majority black, or so it would
seem. Popular music is now the economic powerhouse. The NHS and Great
Ormond Street Hospital appeared to have something to do with the
transition though it's unclear what their role was. Some winged
bicycles appeared, and an old bloke sang an old song. The great and
the good spoke, then it all sort of fizzled out.

Now, I thought that Britain was a sea-faring nation.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

Right, I'm going to cycle down the shops and get enough beer to knock
me out for 16 days ... ;-)



I'd forgotten how much a pack of 20 Becks weighs. Don't normally take
the car to the Co Op

On 28/07/2012 08:40, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

The real cringy bit was Mohamed Ali supposedly leading the olympic flag
bearers, he didn't appear to know who he is, let alone where he was,
fair enough he's got problems, but don't "wheel" him out like that ...


And, unless HRH can manage a smile, don't wheel her out either.
Oh, what a party! I don't want to be around for the hangover

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:08:34 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:


Right, I'm going to cycle down the shops and get enough beer to knock
me out for 16 days ... ;-)



I'd forgotten how much a pack of 20 Becks weighs. Don't normally take
the car to the Co Op

;-)

I think with my total lack of appreciation of 'sport' as anything
other than something people do for fun (not money, and certainly not
as 'a living'), it's going to have to be Special Brew for me as a
solution to this particular problem. ;-(

Cheers, T i m

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:26:40 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article ,
stuart noble wrote:

On 28/07/2012 08:40, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Instead of cringingly ashamed..

The real cringy bit was Mohamed Ali supposedly leading the olympic flag
bearers, he didn't appear to know who he is, let alone where he was,
fair enough he's got problems, but don't "wheel" him out like that ...


And, unless HRH can manage a smile, don't wheel her out either.
Oh, what a party! I don't want to be around for the hangover

I take it you mean HM, but yes, she did look bored.

And can you blame her? I mean, how long could anyone wave and smile as
a couple of hundred countries wander by?

I wonder if she ever questions the admin folk when she's asked to
present a knighthood to some of these people?

Whispers in the Queen's ear "Your majesty, this person can run fast
in a straight line ..."

weg

Cheers, T i m

In article , The Natural Philosopher
scribeth thus

Instead of cringingly ashamed..




Disagree!, excellently done the whole thing. I don't think that could
have been done any better at all.

He had a lot of ground to cover but all in did a superb job the whole
thing.

I seriously thought that Doctor Who was going to descend in his Tardis
and light the torch assisted by a couple of Daleks now that would have
been something else;!...


The only thing wrong was I wish HM would cheer up a bit:!...
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Jethro_uk
scribeth thus
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:25:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:11:45 +0100, Tim+
wrote:

Opening ceremony? Have I missed something?

History.

Nazi salutes and everything.

You noticed that too ?

I hardly did .. my daughters did and it was well twittered about;!..
--
Tony Sayer