The Olympics

10 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple
he has ended up alright and a lord to boot, not bad for someone who just ran around a track now is it? :twisted:

Star,
think you will also find that he was a Tory MP for Falmouth and Camborne, until defeated in the 90s and also a close friend & judo partner of William Hague.
However Star as a 'Londoner' always thought that you'd be happy with things London centric, e.g. Wimbledon, Wembley, London 2012 Olympics, etc. as all the 'benefits' go that way though it's just a shame that every bugger else is having to contribute to it and therefore subsidise the 'legacy'

10 Jul 2012

Quote by HnS
Star,
think you will also find that he was a Tory MP for Falmouth and Camborne, until defeated in the 90s and also a close friend & judo partner of William Hague.

so that is enough to make him a lord HNS? silly me of course it is as his mates are also torry toffs.

Quote by HnS
However Star as a 'Londoner' always thought that you'd be happy with things London centric, e.g. Wimbledon, Wembley, London 2012 Olympics, etc. as all the 'benefits' go that way though it's just a shame that every bugger else is having to contribute to it and therefore subsidise the 'legacy'

i am fine with Wembley or Wimbledon HNS as i am given a choice as to if i want to go there or not. the olympics was thrust upon us whether we wanted it or not, by the likes of Coe and his PR activists that follow him.
is everyone having to pay for the olympics then HNS? as far as i was aware only " londoners" were being forced to pay extra through there council tax for the next zillion years.
i think it is an awful lot of money for something that lasts for 2 weeks, at a time when we can least afford it. but coe and company would scoff at that, as Coe does love a good photo opportunity. a bit like Boris, there he was bold as brass at Winbledon in his posh seat. :twisted:
still we are all in this together eh? :doh:

10 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple

Star,
think you will also find that he was a Tory MP for Falmouth and Camborne, until defeated in the 90s and also a close friend & judo partner of William Hague.

so that is enough to make him a lord HNS? silly me of course it is as his mates are also torry toffs.

Quote by HnS
However Star as a 'Londoner' always thought that you'd be happy with things London centric, e.g. Wimbledon, Wembley, London 2012 Olympics, etc. as all the 'benefits' go that way though it's just a shame that every bugger else is having to contribute to it and therefore subsidise the 'legacy'

i am fine with Wembley or Wimbledon HNS as i am given a choice as to if i want to go there or not. the olympics was thrust upon us whether we wanted it or not, by the likes of Coe and his PR activists that follow him.
is everyone having to pay for the olympics then HNS? as far as i was aware only " londoners" were being forced to pay extra through there council tax for the next zillion years.
i think it is an awful lot of money for something that lasts for 2 weeks, at a time when we can least afford it. but coe and company would scoff at that, as Coe does love a good photo opportunity. a bit like Boris, there he was bold as brass at Winbledon in his posh seat. :twisted:
still we are all in this together eh? :doh:
i think you will find when it was planned and the bid tabled the government of liars at the time had us believing that the prosperity at the time was going to last
I'm afraid the Olympics is just another legacy
but to be honest I'm glad its here its about time we hosted something

10 Jul 2012

Londoners will probably suffer most financially speaking, notwithstanding that some will make a few bob, there is an extra levy to be paid by Londoners for hosting this years Olympics but that seems fair since most refer to it as London 2012, however that will not raise the estimated final bill of 15 Billion pounds and much of the remaining balance will be paid by the UK taxpayer.
Londoners will also face the most inconvenience that the games will cause, watch it, love it, support it (and I actually do) it will cause a lot of inconvenience to many peope who live near events or the routes to events.
I was surprised by the information regarding deliveries to London, with hindsight this is obvious and no doubt that will work in reverse too with some things that eminate from London incurring increased costs or delays. My sympathies to the companies that will suffer from increased costs, why am I not surprised that the Bank of England never mentioned that part of the economy when they first told us of the benefits of hosting the event ? (a statement they have now revised to say that we will probably not see the prosperity generated that they first thought).
I wish the army would put some milan and stinger missiles here in Stoke, us being on the flightpaths for the Northern airports, anything that makes us safer works for me and they are welcome to use my garden let alone my rooftop.
Delays at airports, a pain in the ass but I would rather be safe than sorry.
Make someone a Lord because he is the best at his chosen profession and worked hard to achieve his goals also works for me, far less deserving Lords are rife in the House. Lord Beckham perhaps in future, wouldn't her Ladyposhship be in her element but still needs to do more to become actually royalty smile

I am looking forward to watching (on TV) the games and even more so the paralympics.

18 Jul 2012

So to provide just over 10,000 G4S security people, refuse to call them staff, across all the Olympic venues they were going to get £284m.
Even now they can't advise how many they will eventually have trained and accredited, with 4,200 people "working on the ground" and expected that at least 7,000 will be inplace eventually, however they'll still 'pocket' their £57m management fee - well they'll have to given it's likely to cost them £35m to £50m to pay for the 3,500 extra military personnel and Police.
Not bad, make a monumental 'cock up' and still come out at least £7m in front.
banghead

Anyone like to guess where this statement comes from ?
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Thankfully the decision on whether G4S will be given contracts to operate any more prisons in England and Wales has been put back until the autumn, though any thoughts that this might be to allow people to forget their Olympics 'cock up' are obviously cynical.

18 Jul 2012

Those in the know about such things were saying on a tv debate that Gcrap4S will probably get the full amount of the contract and not have to pay the extra police/army costs of the cock up as the government are scared of upsetting them in the other areas of security that they provide ie in prisons etc at the very least they will lose a certain % of the contract just to appease the public so that the government can be seen to be penalising them.
I would like to see the standard of training these people are getting and the new recruits going to get prior to being deployed, especially since thier task has already started with athletes and administrative staff already arriving by the multitude.
Glad I couldn't get any tickets now, I don't think I would feel safe in thier hands.

18 Jul 2012

Quote by MidsCouple24
Glad I couldn't get any tickets now, I don't think I would feel safe in thier hands.

how naive of you mids.:doh:
you really think that a terrorist would risk anything around the Olympic village? peeple just like on 7/7, should be more fearful of getting there, than the actual being there. G4 or the troops will not be able to stop more bombs going off on the one thing that causes damage and destruction and death,,,,,the underground.
if i know that, don't you think the muslim fanatics will as well mids? will the G4 A level students, or the peeple from the job centre, or the soldier in his uniform be able to stop that then mids? like many things that happen in this country, the word joke is always at the front of things. the money that has and is still being spent on this monster, and yet they scrimp on the most important thing,,,peeples safety. either getting there or getting home those that are being paid to protect others are ill trained and under paid. the UK governments now and in the past care only and crave only the spotlight of the worlds media. Ms May has already stated there is nothing wrong, as a minister she would do. this is a national scandal and a national disgrace of the highest level, i just hope that the terrorists do not make the ordinary members of the public pay for there ineptitudes.
because the Tory toffs and there ilk will not have to worry about underground journeys or bus journeys, as they fly to the village down the Olympic lanes that have been created for them.

19 Jul 2012

Locog's chief executive Paul Deighton told MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last December that security guards would be paid at the market rate of between £9 and £12 an hour.
In April this year Jonathan Stephens, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Culture Media and Sport - the official in overall charge of the Olympic budget - said wages would start at "approximately £10 an hour".
But G4S chief executive Nick Buckles told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday that staff were being paid an hour.
Another factor which may have prevented G4S from meeting its contractual obligation to supply 10,400 security guards ?
Given that G4S has been forced into picking up the costs for the 3,500 extra armed forces personnel drafted in, sounds like 'false economy' some what
:doh:.

19 Jul 2012

Quote by HnS

But G4S chief executive Nick Buckles told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday that staff were being paid an hour.
Another factor which may have prevented G4S from meeting its contractual obligation to supply 10,400 security guards ?

possibly HNS, but even at an hour that is still way above the minimum wage, of which many security guards work for. also A level students could not get a job in the open market as a norm for an hour, so why there was a lack of those kinds of peeple i cannot guess.

Quote by HnS
Given that G4S has been forced into picking up the costs for the 3,500 extra armed forces personnel drafted in, sounds like 'false economy' some what
:doh:.

like many peeple who make mistakes HNS, peeple and huge organisations spend vast amounts of time covering there mistakes up, and are experts at passing the buck. unfortunately in this day and age, with the information available to the media, things like this just cannot be covered up anymore. G4s has had enough time to sort these problems out, yet they allowed a situation to fester until as such time that the army had to be called in, at the 11th hour. why so fecking late in the day so as to surely put peeples safety at risk?
any future contracts with this company should be put under huge scrutiny, and investigated. i am sure HNS that even with these idiots having to pay the soldiers wages, that the profit on this contract will still be massive, and the muppets at the top of this company will still take there dividends at the end of the financial year, for what they will say is a job well done. they will spend hours patting each other on the back and laughing all the way to those other fleecing organisations,,,,, the banks!
they should be charged with negligence and be made to pay there bonuses as compensation, and then maybe they will learn from there mistakes. somehow i do not think that will ever happen, as the heads of these big companies are already in league with ministers and MP's already.
:banghead: indeed HNS

19 Jul 2012

Star,
Re " an hour that is still way above the minimum wage", currently the main rate for workers aged 21 and over which will rise to on 1st October this year, however Locog last year advised the Public Accounts Committee that security guards would be paid at the market rate of between £9 and £12 an hour, seemingly inline with the approximate £10 an hour quoted by the Department for Culture Media and Sport.
No doubt G4S are like many huge organisations and spend vast amounts of time and money 'managing their public image'. Shame they left if so late in the day to tell their boss and the Home Secretary that they'd 'cocked up' and once again the State would have to cover for another private company in trouble, like RBS, Northern Crock, etc. As for dividends, thats for shareholders, it'll be much more interesting to see what bonuses and other remuneration enhancements that G4S pays it's staff and Executives.
Suppose we should be thankful that the Defence Secretary didn't make the Armed Forces 20,000 redundancies announcement earlier in the year otherwise we'd almost certainly not have the extra 3,500 people available.
To be honest can't see why the Government have decided to delay their decision on whether G4S will be given contracts to operate any more prisons until the autumn, now might be better
With reference to the Government and it's relationships with Banks to which you refer, did you mean Lord Green (Minister of State for Trade and Investment) given he was head of HSBC during the 'money laundering years', head of HSBC Switzerland during the 'tax avoidance years' and head of the British Bankers Association during the 'LIBOR years'.
Or perhaps you meant the PFI deals that recent coalition criticism suggesting that the government was going cold on the scheme, but recently published figures indicate that repayments will continue ballooning until they peak at a year by 2017-18 for the 717 PFI contracts underway with a total capital value of though the overall ultimate cost will reach £301bn by the time they have been paid off.
:small-print:
:eeek:

20 Jul 2012

Greater Manchester Police have said they have been asked to provide officers to fill gaps in security for Olympic football matches after only nine G4S recruits out of up to 140 attended a Manchester training session.
Meanwhile, Strathclyde police chief Stephen House has said his force will run security at Glasgow Olympic venues and that G4S will no longer be responsible for day-to-day security there.
Whilst London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has promised a "safe and secure Games", despite the security guards debacle.
Just gets better banghead

20 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple
any future contracts with this company should be put under huge scrutiny, and investigated.

With news that Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police Chiefs are to recommend abandoning outsourcing 'back room' work to G4S, perhaps you could share your ability to see into the future and let us all know tonight's Euro Millions numbers asap ?
lol

21 Jul 2012

Quote by HnS
any future contracts with this company should be put under huge scrutiny, and investigated.

With news that Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police Chiefs are to recommend abandoning outsourcing 'back room' work to G4S, perhaps you could share your ability to see into the future and let us all know tonight's Euro Millions numbers asap ?
lol

if only i could HNS as that would take an extreme amount of luck. my comment above was based on pure common sense and nothing else. now if you want some lessons in common sense, i charge £14 an hour and can do it a bit cheaper for block bookings.

:rotflmao:

21 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple
if only i could HNS as that would take an extreme amount of luck. my comment above was based on pure common sense and nothing else. now if you want some lessons in common sense, i charge £14 an hour and can do it a bit cheaper for block bookings. :rotflmao:

:rotflmao::rotflmao:

21 Jul 2012

On a lighter note, I will have Olympic legs by mid August!! lol

I live and work in the Olympic boroughs and will have to walk to work, and to alot of my site/property visits for the next two months as all insane parking restrictions will apply until the end of the Paralympics.
The frickin trains will be too packed with tourists/athletes to even let you in the station and the buses will all be on divert to Mars, due to all the road closures in my boroughs.
Trainers ready and high heels in a bag :sad:
I'm feeling the warmth of the Olympic torch already :P
Pam xx

21 Jul 2012

Quote by PamelaD
On a lighter note, ...........................I'm feeling the warmth of the Olympic torch already :P
Pam xx

Pam
Thought we'd told you be be careful with the Zippo and make sure the lid is closed, after use, before putting it away in your pocket
lol

H

21 Jul 2012

Quote by HnS

if only i could HNS as that would take an extreme amount of luck. my comment above was based on pure common sense and nothing else. now if you want some lessons in common sense, i charge £14 an hour and can do it a bit cheaper for block bookings. :rotflmao:

:rotflmao::rotflmao:
Well below London subsistence levels there H. I'd snap his hand off!
Where you put it thereafter, I'll leave to you :grin:

22 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple

Glad I couldn't get any tickets now, I don't think I would feel safe in thier hands.

how naive of you mids.:doh:
you really think that a terrorist would risk anything around the Olympic village? peeple just like on 7/7, should be more fearful of getting there, than the actual being there. G4 or the troops will not be able to stop more bombs going off on the one thing that causes damage and destruction and death,,,,,the underground.
if i know that, don't you think the muslim fanatics will as well mids? will the G4 A level students, or the peeple from the job centre, or the soldier in his uniform be able to stop that then mids? like many things that happen in this country, the word joke is always at the front of things. the money that has and is still being spent on this monster, and yet they scrimp on the most important thing,,,peeples safety. either getting there or getting home those that are being paid to protect others are ill trained and under paid. the UK governments now and in the past care only and crave only the spotlight of the worlds media. Ms May has already stated there is nothing wrong, as a minister she would do. this is a national scandal and a national disgrace of the highest level, i just hope that the terrorists do not make the ordinary members of the public pay for there ineptitudes.
because the Tory toffs and there ilk will not have to worry about underground journeys or bus journeys, as they fly to the village down the Olympic lanes that have been created for them.
You believe I am being naive in thinking that olympic venues could be a target, really !!
Yest terrorists have targetted and successfully attacked other supposedly "hard targets" in the past, the IRA have a long history of attacking hard targets such as military checkpoints and police stations along with some soft targets and the IRA were neither fundamentalists or Kamikaze believing the target worth dying for even using proxy bombers to deliver thier lethal load, almost all IRA members beieved they would survive the attacks they made. Most of the terrorists we encounter these days hope to die during thier attacks.
The twin towers were supposed to be secure on 9/11 after they were previously targetted with a truck bomb, hijacking a plane is not exactly a soft target, attacking US Embassies around the world, attacking military bases and so on, many of those attacks have been successfull from the attackers point of view, yet still they happen. one suicide bomber stopped at the entrance to an olympic event could cause more devastation even when "caught" and much more publicity than doing the same on a london bus or on the underground.
I think it would be more naive to believe that they would not attempt such a thing, true there is no way of stopping them trying anywhere in the UK but from thier point of view the more populat target will be Olympic events, routes, venues, villages and so on and to leave those areas devoid of security would be an open invitation.
I have no evidence but I am sure that the SAS have been preparing for thier role in the Olympics for some time and I doubt they will be studying bus routes.
Security is largely about creating a deterrent.

23 Jul 2012

Quote by MidsCouple24
You believe I am being naive in thinking that olympic venues could be a target, really !!
Yest terrorists have targetted and successfully attacked other supposedly "hard targets" in the past, the IRA have a long history of attacking hard targets such as military checkpoints and police stations along with some soft targets and the IRA were neither fundamentalists or Kamikaze believing the target worth dying for even using proxy bombers to deliver thier lethal load, almost all IRA members beieved they would survive the attacks they made. Most of the terrorists we encounter these days hope to die during thier attacks.
The twin towers were supposed to be secure on 9/11 after they were previously targetted with a truck bomb, hijacking a plane is not exactly a soft target, attacking US Embassies around the world, attacking military bases and so on, many of those attacks have been successfull from the attackers point of view, yet still they happen. one suicide bomber stopped at the entrance to an olympic event could cause more devastation even when "caught" and much more publicity than doing the same on a london bus or on the underground.
I think it would be more naive to believe that they would not attempt such a thing, true there is no way of stopping them trying anywhere in the UK but from thier point of view the more populat target will be Olympic events, routes, venues, villages and so on and to leave those areas devoid of security would be an open invitation.
I have no evidence but I am sure that the SAS have been preparing for thier role in the Olympics for some time and I doubt they will be studying bus routes.
Security is largely about creating a deterrent.

steady mids in this hot weather. you do tend to go off on one at times. :giggle:
sorry but yes your comments earlier in this thread indicate to me that you are indeed naive in the way you think. why target a place where there is going to be a massive presence of security and armed soldiers , when just up the road will be a better and easier target, with hardly a security person in sight.? I wonder 5 stops away from stratford on the underground train packed to the rafters,how many security peeple will be on that train? i pray that all the muslim extremists do not target the games as no matter how tight security is, they will find a way but an easy target is much better than a hard target, for what i would have thought mids were reasons that were obvious.:notes:
but at the end of the day mids, let us hope that the games go off without any incident eh? trouble is we have already had some nutcase trying to grab the torch shouting Allah is great in arabic. let us hope that he is the only islamic nut case out there over the next month.

24 Jul 2012

Quote by starlightcouple

You believe I am being naive in thinking that olympic venues could be a target, really !!
Yet terrorists have targetted and successfully attacked other supposedly "hard targets" in the past, the IRA have a long history of attacking hard targets such as military checkpoints and police stations along with some soft targets and the IRA were neither fundamentalists or Kamikaze believing the target worth dying for even using proxy bombers to deliver thier lethal load, almost all IRA members beieved they would survive the attacks they made. Most of the terrorists we encounter these days hope to die during thier attacks.
The twin towers were supposed to be secure on 9/11 after they were previously targetted with a truck bomb, hijacking a plane is not exactly a soft target, attacking US Embassies around the world, attacking military bases and so on, many of those attacks have been successfull from the attackers point of view, yet still they happen. one suicide bomber stopped at the entrance to an olympic event could cause more devastation even when "caught" and much more publicity than doing the same on a london bus or on the underground.
I think it would be more naive to believe that they would not attempt such a thing, true there is no way of stopping them trying anywhere in the UK but from thier point of view the more populat target will be Olympic events, routes, venues, villages and so on and to leave those areas devoid of security would be an open invitation.
I have no evidence but I am sure that the SAS have been preparing for thier role in the Olympics for some time and I doubt they will be studying bus routes.
Security is largely about creating a deterrent.

steady mids in this hot weather. you do tend to go off on one at times. :giggle:
Of course I have passion when in my humble opinion someone is advocating putting lives in danger.
sorry but yes your comments earlier in this thread indicate to me that you are indeed naive in the way you think. why target a place where there is going to be a massive presence of security and armed soldiers ,
Because I spent many years fighting terrorists in NI and Africa, my eldest daughter was born in the early 70s (when murder and bombings were a multiple daily occurence) in Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry with a Briish Army armed guard present in the delivery room (outside the room was considered too dangerous for my wife) at the time I was serving part of a 3 year tour of the province, one of many tours I served and was therefore trained not only to look at all possible targets but the reasons why they would be targets, London buses were chosen as a target because in the terrorist handbook, hitting a soft, everyday target is a tactic designed to make people realise that nobody is safe and even going shopping or to work can be dangerous, this in turn can create insecurity and disrupt everyday life in the target area, it is a target widely used in Iraq and was widely used in Northern Ireland, targeting markets, shops, travel routes and the like is something used as a long term way of creating instability in the community.
Then there are the specific targets where the attack has a specific impact, an army barracks, police station, security checkpoint, imagine the impact on the Olympics if a suicide bomber detonated himself at the entrance to a major venue where the milling crowds and queues are tigthly congregated, how many people would want to put themselves in a similar danger for all the rest of the events. One suicide bomber could have a very detrimental effect on the games, target american, israeli, Pakistani, Indian, Iraqi athletes, who are some of the most popular targets of terrorism at this time and the terrorists have achieved thier goals
when just up the road will be a better and easier target, with hardly a security person in sight.? I wonder 5 stops away from stratford on the underground train packed to the rafters,how many security peeple will be on that train? i pray that all the muslim extremists do not target the games as no matter how tight security is, they will find a way but an easy target is much better than a hard target, for what i would have thought mids were reasons that were obvious.
Muslim terrorists ? isn't it a bit naive to believe that a terrorist threat only comes from Muslim fundamentalists, thank our lucky stars that the anti terrorist organisations are not as naive as you are, the Olympic Park bombings in Atlanta were carried out by an individual in the name of anti-abortion and anti-gay ideals. The Munich Olympics were targeted by Arabs attacking Jews, there are breakaway groups of the IRA who might see the event as a way of rekindling thier aims, Indian or Pakistani terrorists who regularly commit acts of terrorism in those countries might see it as an opportunity to take thier cause more worldwide, Baader Meinhof supporters may see this as a good time to re-emerge as one of the most violent terrorist organisations the world witnessed.
What about the crazies, this weeks shootings at a movie premier have shown another aspect of anti violence security measures that need to be considered. It is very true that it is difficult to stop a determined terrorist, they are stopped on a daily basis, the international anti terrorism organisations regularly foil terrorist plans, but some will get through and some will go for easy targets, those targets are so numerous it would be impossible to guard them all, it would be a joke to think that you could guard everywhere, an easy target for me would be a pub in Stoke that is showing live Olympic events, and that means every such pub in every town in the UK is an easy target and just one of millions of examples I could give, but to think "if we stop them hitting the hard targets and popular targets like olympic events themselves means they will hit soft targets" is a crazy stratedgy, what are you saying, let them have the hard targets by making them soft targets ?
Another consideration is why hit soft targets here when the worlds attention is concentrating on the games could that not make some targets abroad more popular to take the media attention away from the games and towards your own terrorist cause ?
The only non-naive tactic is to realise that everything and everyone is a target, be real and prioritise, study the intelligence, be alert and use your resources to minimise risk as much as is possible, better a deterrent than "we caught him which was why he pulled the trigger/detonated the device where he did".
but at the end of the day mids, let us hope that the games go off without any incident eh? trouble is we have already had some nutcase trying to grab the torch shouting Allah is great in arabic. let us hope that he is the only islamic nut case out there over the next month.
On that point I wholeheartedly agree, let us hope what we have done and what we will do will allow the world over to enjoy the games without incident, of course there will be the odd peacefull/semi peacefull protest but we can put up with that in this day and age.

24 Jul 2012

Quote by MidsCouple24

..... let us hope that the games go off without any incident eh? .......

...... let us hope what we have done and what we will do will allow the world over to enjoy the games without incident, of course there will be the odd peacefull/semi peacefull protest but we can put up with that in this day and age.
I can only agree, both my daughter and my wife are down there now, a part of the security, and the catering efforts respectively. Just hoping it all gets a lot more organised, the security team (well the worthwhile bits anyway) seem to be living in a swamp, and the catering spent 6 hours earlier on today getting passes.
I'm not even sure that Kay has seen the kitchen yet, but no doubt I will be getting a detailed report in about five minutes smile

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24 Jul 2012

Quote by Robert400andKay
I can only agree, both my daughter and my wife are down there now, a part of the security, and the catering efforts respectively. Just hoping it all gets a lot more organised, the security team (well the worthwhile bits anyway) seem to be living in a swamp, and the catering spent 6 hours earlier on today getting passes.
I'm not even sure that Kay has seen the kitchen yet, but no doubt I will be getting a detailed report in about five minutes .

Hasn't she signed the Official Secrets Act? Surely she can't discuss such important issues like food preparation passing on information which might be useful to a terrorist :scared:

24 Jul 2012

Quote by GnV
Hasn't she signed the Official Secrets Act? Surely she can't discuss such important issues like food preparation passing on information which might be useful to a terrorist :scared:

Ah Kay is a free spirit at heart the OSA holds no fears, and they haven't had to sign it anyway. Just trying to think what she did say about food preparation at the Olympics. Ah yes the restaurants have darkened glass windows, and the kitchens are huge .... make that hugely huge smile

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The Olympic park is also huge.... none of the bus drivers know where they are going and if you ask them things they don't answer. She had to walk six miles to get passes, after a bit of debate at the other end that mileage was revised to ten, I suspect that it is probably nearer a couple of miles.
Not much really for a potential terrorist to be going on with ....... other stuff includes.
:-D she was interviewed by a Texan TV station I guess that isn't going to be on BBC then :)
:twisted: the younger males staying in their accommodation will be strung up by the balls if they make as much noise tonight
:mad: the local 'bab' shop serves a cold kebab with insufficient garlic mayo
:undecided: one of the younger males in the team had beef and tomato pot noodle for breakfast at 5:30 this morning
:-D the chef's at the event are probably OK.... will doubtless find out more tomorrow as they are doing 1200 covers

I think on balance it's probably going OK.

27 Jul 2012

The opening ceremony is about the start and im waiting to watch it and i am excited about it smile

come on team GB do us proud :)

28 Jul 2012

I was dreading the opening ceremony, according to the organisers it was not going to be a Beijing or Sydney, the last thing this Country needed was an embarrassing start to the biggest event we have hosted in a long long time, a budget, badly thought out opening ceremony would be shamefull to Great Britain.
They were just winding us up, the opening Ceremony was excellent, I loved every minute of it, even the star of the event doing an imitation of me was good (Rowan Atkinson who changed his name to Mr Bean so as to save my embarrassment)
Loved the thousand drummers, loved the making of the olympic rings, loved the amount of children getting a chance to perform, loved the appreciation shown to the NHS and especially GOSH, the portrayal of our History (with a big side swerve of the wars, the factory chimneys were amazing the, history of British Music, James Bond pushing his nose up at the Corgis, David Beckham being shown some appreciation of the work he has done for the games with his trip up the thames with the torch, I loved all of it.
Well done the organisers, brilliant done the performers, well done the spectators and well done the athletes. They may well have had a smaller budget but you wouldn't have thought so watching it unfold

28 Jul 2012

Quote by MidsCouple24
I was dreading the opening ceremony, according to the organisers it was not going to be a Beijing or Sydney, the last thing this Country needed was an embarrassing start to the biggest event we have hosted in a long long time, a budget, badly thought out opening ceremony would be shamefull to Great Britain.

with 27 million pounds being spent mids, it was never going to be embarrassing. it showed our brilliance, it showed when we was great with the revolution, it showed us as being the greatest country on earth, and it all worked together wonderfully.

Quote by MidsCouple24
They were just winding us up, the opening Ceremony was excellent, I loved every minute of it, even the star of the event doing an imitation of me was good (Rowan Atkinson who changed his name to Mr Bean so as to save my embarrassment)

mr bean is a stroke of comedy genius mids. whoever thought of that sketch should be knighted mids.

Quote by MidsCouple24
Loved the thousand drummers, loved the making of the olympic rings, loved the amount of children getting a chance to perform, loved the appreciation shown to the NHS and especially GOSH, the portrayal of our History (with a big side swerve of the wars, the factory chimneys were amazing the, history of British Music, James Bond pushing his nose up at the Corgis, David Beckham being shown some appreciation of the work he has done for the games with his trip up the thames with the torch, I loved all of it.

:thumbup: yes mids. it has taken a bit of a while to show the world just how good we really are. i think a lot of peeple had forgotten that. this country was once the greatest on the planet, and last nights show proved we are still right up there where we should be. i had my sound system turned up here when the drummers were drumming, amazing they were.

Quote by MidsCouple24
Well done the organisers, brilliant done the performers, well done the spectators and well done the athletes. They may well have had a smaller budget but you wouldn't have thought so watching it unfold

bravo also to the queen mids. who would ever have thought she would have partaken in the games in the way she did. wonderfully british. London is where it was in the past and is again,,,,,top of the greatest cities in the world :thumbup: i take my hat off also to boris as he was right.

28 Jul 2012

It was a fantastic opening ceremony and kept our attention for the full duration.
However, why on earth were all the announcements made in French before they were made in English? Surely the most widely spoken language in the world, and the native language of the host country should have been used first?

28 Jul 2012

Quote by Trevaunance
It was a fantastic opening ceremony and kept our attention for the full duration.
However, why on earth were all the announcements made in French before they were made in English? Surely the most widely spoken language in the world, and the native language of the host country should have been used first?

i would hope that it was a stick our finger up to France, as they were the favorites to win the bid for the 2012 olympics, and we beat them to it. i reckon it was a reminder to France that we did win it over them, and to give them a big,,,

:rotflmao:

28 Jul 2012

Quote by Trevaunance
It was a fantastic opening ceremony and kept our attention for the full duration.
However, why on earth were all the announcements made in French before they were made in English? Surely the most widely spoken language in the world, and the native language of the host country should have been used first?

French is the official language of the Olympic games.

28 Jul 2012

Quote by MartnJewl
French is the official language of the Olympic games.

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Both English and French are the official languages of the Olympics
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