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callyman
2,612 posts
81 months
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y2blade said: Unlike the Typical PHer  I'm actually Really looking forward to the Olympics   +1 Considering booking some time off to watch some of it. 
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Zaxxon
4,057 posts
29 months
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RosscoPCole
1,659 posts
43 months
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I am also strange as I am looking forward to the Olympics.
I didn't manage to get any tickets for the able bodied games but got tickets for the Paralympics. Am taking the OH and my daughter to watch some athletics, wheelchair basketball, 7-aside football and some other sports I've not seen before like goalball.
Before you post saying 'I bet it cost a fortune' it worked out at £110 including transport into London and 2 nights accomodation for the three of us.
Will be a great weekend away and we will never have the opportunity again to attend an event like this.
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LukeSi
5,068 posts
30 months
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Zaxxon said: FENTON!!! you mean  In other news my Health and Safety teacher has tickets to womens football, Sweeden vs Japan and another one I forgot.
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YeahYeahWhatever
618 posts
75 months
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mblade123 said: Well, as the title says, thats it. " The LONDON 2012 Olympics". Thats what it's being promoted as. Nothing what so ever to do with the rest of the UK. Being a resident of these fair Isle from birth I would have thought it might have been the British Olympics but no. As far as the rest of world is concernd LONDONshire is England. Well sod them. England is a bigger place, and in my my view, a better place than London alone. I do apologise for the lack of swear words for a true RANT, but one has standards.  True I have no idea why we're bothering with Glasgow/Newcastle/Manchester/Coventry/Cardiff/Weymouth. Keep it in London I say
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tight5
1,026 posts
28 months
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sjg said: It's the LONDON Olympics because, despite many other fine cities in the UK, that's the city that's hosting the 2012 Games. very true ! But , it's all the UK tax payers that get to pay for it ! I live just north of Newcastle and get to pay for something I'm not allowed to get a ticket for ! Super !
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Hackney
1,737 posts
77 months
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sjg said: You don't seem to get it. Olympic Games (Summer, Winter and now Youth versions) are hosted by a CITY. Not a country. The organisers are required to host as many of the events in the host CITY as possible, with the obvious exceptions for things like sailing. It's the LONDON Olympics because, despite many other fine cities in the UK, that's the city that's hosting the 2012 Games. Why the massive chip on the shoulder about London though? I love the UK but I love living in London too. Have you spent any significant time down here, or just nipped down for a weekend, did a couple of touristy things, moaned about crowds on Oxford St, ate at an Angus Steak House and went home again? Yep, all tower blocks down here      But you know, don't come again - you really wouldn't like the desperately grim inner city. Got any pics of Proper London rather than Surrey? I presume the dear are in Richmond Park 
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ExChrispy Porker
10,476 posts
97 months
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I have tickets for the athletics and am looking for ward to it greatly. Chance of a lifetime I think!
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crmcatee
3,952 posts
96 months
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I see Vince and the cast from Mongrols have been getting their own back. Foxes attach shooting venueAnyone else see the irony with having that many shooters there and not one of them shot the fox
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obob
2,986 posts
63 months
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ExChrispy Porker said: I have tickets for the athletics and am looking for ward to it greatly. Chance of a lifetime I think! Me too, tickets for the athletics and can't wait.
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E38Ross
10,508 posts
81 months
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just spotted this thread and found it ridiculous.
OP clearly has no knowledge on the previous Olympics. As others have mentioned, they've ALWAYS been named after the city that hosted it. 2004 wasn't the Greek Olympics, it was Athens 2004, for instance.
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tertius
4,687 posts
99 months
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Hackney said: sjg said: You don't seem to get it. Olympic Games (Summer, Winter and now Youth versions) are hosted by a CITY. Not a country. The organisers are required to host as many of the events in the host CITY as possible, with the obvious exceptions for things like sailing. It's the LONDON Olympics because, despite many other fine cities in the UK, that's the city that's hosting the 2012 Games. Why the massive chip on the shoulder about London though? I love the UK but I love living in London too. Have you spent any significant time down here, or just nipped down for a weekend, did a couple of touristy things, moaned about crowds on Oxford St, ate at an Angus Steak House and went home again? Yep, all tower blocks down here  But you know, don't come again - you really wouldn't like the desperately grim inner city. Got any pics of Proper London rather than Surrey? I presume the dear are in Richmond Park That would be "deer" ... Richmond Park is in London, it's in the Lomdon Borough Richmond upon Thames, as is Barnes, which is where the pond picture was taken. I live in London, work in Canary Wharf, have to deal with the chaos it will undoubtedly bring, and I am looking forward to the games immensely. I hope it will be a resounding success.
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Matt..
1,726 posts
58 months
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Just had an email about my tickets. Apparently i have to pick them up in person! from London. Annoying when i'm not very close to London!
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wobert
1,124 posts
91 months
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After two attempts I've managed to get Canoe Slalom tickets for the K1 and C1 men's heats at Lee Valley today. Both children are avid paddlers, with my lad competing nationally in the lower divisions.
Have to say both of them are excited and I'm glad my persistence has paid off to give them a once in a life time experience.
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m444ttb
1,362 posts
98 months
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I'm looking forward to the games, although the fact it's in the country feels largely irrelevant as it will still just be on tv. I was offered some tickets, which I doubt I'd have been if it was elsewhere. Sadly it was for the sort of event that only the competitors and their immediate family would be interested in! Like everyone else I wanted mens 100m finals etc! Being serious it would take something like that to get me inside the M25, which I avoid at all costs. London is a bit scary for us West Country folk.
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MX7
6,543 posts
43 months
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m444ttb said: I'm looking forward to the games, although the fact it's in the country feels largely irrelevant as it will still just be on tv. Well boo f  king hoo. Do you think Londoners felt engaged in the Manchester games? I think the only difference is that southerners didn't whinge as much when it was in Manchester, in fact I can't remember any bitterness from the south. Personally, I wished Manchester all the best. It's a shame that so much of the country can't do the same for London. BTW, nice one wobert, enjoy!
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MiniMan64
7,531 posts
59 months
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The BBC coverage of a "flame" landing is rather scary!
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Lost soul
5,246 posts
51 months
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MiniMan64 said: The BBC coverage of a "flame" landing is rather scary! Scary how ?
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MiniMan64
7,531 posts
59 months
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Lost soul said: MiniMan64 said: The BBC coverage of a "flame" landing is rather scary! Scary how ? Scary in the fact that so much time and effort is being dedicated to a plane landing. Between Radio 1, BBC News and the One Show half the BBC must be down in the South West this weekend.
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pablo
10,261 posts
142 months
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any remaining tickets go on sale on wednesday, no idea what they are, when or for how much...
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