opening

[lee celtic]

the opening of the olimpics is on now !!!

wow what an event....

so what are we going to do in 2012????

I've just seen 100 men pushing a tablow with men working pupets across the stadium .

we could have a dozen chavs pushing a transit  :lol:

anybody else have any ideas???

[Range Rover Blues]

I've just seen 100 men pushing a tablow with men working pupets across the stadium .

we could have a dozen chavs pushing a transit  :lol:

More likely 100 men pushing a transit because there's no longer any wheels on it :lol:

Boris has already said the 2012 olympics will be no-where near as lavish as the Beijing spectacle, but then we don't have as much to prove as the Chinese think they do.

Just as well, it's going to cost £9.35 Billion, more than £6 billion of which will come directly from our pockets

How much is a Billion anyway, all I know is there are less than 30 million taxpayers to foot that bill (after we've bought Northern Rock) and 6 billion is roughly the gov'ts shortfall in funding this year, or the amount of extra debt Gordon Brown will be dragging us into.
It's also roughly the amount of stamp duty they had budgeted to take off us, hence the extra public debt.

And what will the olympics do for me?

<nothing>, that's what

[V8MoneyPit]

And what will the olympics do for me?

<nothing>, that's what

What? Won't it give you a feeling of well being and pride in being British?  :P :lol:

[Silvery Thing]

And what will the olympics do for me?

<nothing>, that's what

What? Won't it give you a feeling of well being and pride in being British?  :P :lol:

No.... if people don't live in or near London then they get the raving hump about it :x

Good grief there are a lot of moaning miserable toads around.... I wonder how things would have been if cities such as Birmingham or Manchester had bid for the games and won. Only one city can win and London put forward the best bid. Be happy that the UK has the games and cheer on the British athletes in 2012.  :clap:

OK I live to the east of London and can get to the games easily in 2012 and will try hard to see as many events as possible, but I would have tried the same if it had been up north somewhere :)

[V8MoneyPit]

No.... if people don't live in or near London then they get the raving hump about it :x

Excuse me? Did I suggest I was getting 'the raving hump about it'? I don't think so. All I was doing was having a bit of banter with RRB and then I get accused of being a moaning miserable toad.

Personally, I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the London Olympics. I shall watch bits of it, just like i am watching bits if the current one. And I'll enjoy it.

[Disco Matt]

We can't have an opening ceremony, as all of it will offend someone!  :lol:

[Tommo]

im not really sure we can afford it can we? hell i didnt think we could afford anything at the moment, what with the countrys debt or whatever.

[waveydavey]

No.... if people don't live in or near London then they get the raving hump about it :x

That's because they had no say in it, no say in the bid but have to pay for it.

Would you like to buy me a brand new Range Rover, I know you don't like them but I do so can I make you pay?

[Range Rover Blues]

No.... if people don't live in or near London then they get the raving hump about it :x

Excuse me? Did I suggest I was getting 'the raving hump about it'? I don't think so. All I was doing was having a bit of banter with RRB and then I get accused of being a moaning miserable toad.

I'm getting the raving hump about it ;).  I didn't support the Manc chester bid or the Birmingham one.  I didn't support the world student games bid in Sheffield either.  I got to pay for it :x.

I'm with WaveyDavey on this one, it's a minority who wanted the olympics in the uk and managed to get the gov't on-side with a projected costing of £3billion.

Well what do you know, now that lundon has got the 2012 games, the cost has TRIPLED to £9.35BILLION.

MY money could have been better spent, how about the world "let's make homelessness a thing of the past" games? that'd make the world a better place to live wouldn't it? far better than the millenium dome MarkII.


Now, I'm fancying a bowling alley in my garage :-k  is it fair I expect tax payers to foot the bill [-X

[Spike]

will they have any new events ? The new Modern Pentathlon....Queueing, pub quiz, littering, snooker/pool and kebab eating and retaining at 2am ?

[Range Rover Blues]

will they have any new events ? The new Modern Pentathlon....Queueing, pub quiz, littering, snooker/pool and kebab eating and retaining at 2am ?

I dunno, but how many olympic sports have been made illegal in this country?  some of the ones that didn't make the telly for sure.

[davidlandy]

Im all for it.

I say this because I do travel a little for work around europe mainly and when you do seeing other countries it makes you realise what this country is really like and how downhill its going compared to others.

The olympics puts GB onto the world stage and if this serves to put good old GB back to where it should be ,then great.

RRB, understand what you are saying about not wanting to pay for it, but if you breakdown where your tax goes I reckon you will find that you are paying for many many things far more less deserving than the games.

[UKJeeper]

I'm all for 2012 as well.









Perhaps because i work AT 2012... 

[gtomo2]

2012 games should be fun instead of the olympic flame we will have a burning nicked car. Also heard they have to sort out some sort of law for the shooting events as the guns used are ileagel in this country.

[lee celtic]

They are spending 8 million on a perpose built shooting range then demolishing it after the games :roll:

And hasn't banning guns done a lot ,,, still now at least it's only criminals that have them so it's not as dangerous

Though the british team will be shooting from a moving car ;)

[UKJeeper]

I will tell you that we are working our round objects off to make this happen. I started 4 months ago and have worked 6 and 7 day weeks since then, almost every week.

The atmosphere in the various offices seems to be one of 'lets get this done, and done right'. No-one there thinks we can't do it, and the push to make it happen is incredible. The amount of work involved is absolutely immense. You have NO idea of whats involved.

The stadium's already going up, as is the aquatics centre, the village, the infrastructure, Weymouth, etc.

Honestly, if i was on the outside, i'd doubt their ability to pull it off. I am the first to wee on the British 'work ethic' (i'm hoping that Chicago gets the next one so i can go 'home') But i'm here and i'm convinced.

[discowoman]

As long as it doesnt turn into another  A)- Milleninum dome or B)- Wembley type fiasco.
This country should be great at the hurdles and gymnastics - anyone whos ever tried to get something of th government knows exactly how many hurdles we have in our way and how many hoops we have to jump though!
and we have plenty of  RED tape - so maybe they should use that instead of the typical white :x

[UKJeeper]

As long as it doesnt turn into another  A)- Milleninum dome or B)- Wembley type fiasco.

2012 is very aware of the mistakes made before (from what i've seen), and hopefully have learned from it and won't repeat it. A huge part of what they're (we're?) doing is to plan ahead for whats going to happen afterward (the 'Legacy' part of 2012 games)


BTW, both the Dome and Wembley are 2012 venues. Football (duh!) at Wembley. And Gymnastics/Basketball at the dome (it'll be called 'North Greenwich Arena 1')


http://www.london2012.com/sports-and-venues.php




BTW, If anyone wants to see whats going on, there is an open weekend the 20/21st Sept:

http://www.london2012.com/news/events/general-events/open-house.php

[datalas]

The stadium's already going up, as is the aquatics centre, the village, the infrastructure, Weymouth, etc.

Surely Weymouth is already built ?!  I could have sworn I saw it last time I was over that way :?

I'm really not sure what I think of it to be honest with you,  there is a spark of pride involved, even if I think the opening ceremony will be three people touring round the half built stadium handing out asbos, but there's £9billion being pumped into infrastructure and buildings which aren't (to my knowledge) going to get a lot of use outside of the games.  Granted, they're using the millenium dome, which is a nice touch since the only thing which the vast majority of britain has gained from it's construction is seeing it on the opening shots of eastenders.

Oh well,  time will tell ...

I do like the "we're getting everyone in the country involved, so we'll have an open day where everyone in the country can pop in and see how great it is, we'll hold it in central london which is easy to get to wherever you live",  there (currently) doesn't seem to be much of an effort to make the games appeal to anyone outside of London.   The Bejing Olympics were "the chinese olympics" primarily, they just happened to be in Bejing and a number of other supporting cities.   From the way it's being portrayed at present, you get the impression that it's the London olympics, hosted by London I don't feel that anyone outside of the m25 has much of a personal investment,  although, maybe that's just me.

[UKJeeper]

They are spending 8 million on a perpose built shooting range then demolishing it after the games :roll:

Nope, they're not. Several of the venues, including Woolwich Barracks and Greenwich Park are looking at being scrapped because of cost, size (too small), logistics and Legacy issues. Basically it looks like they're veering away from temporary sites.

http://mediagen.co.uk/action/auto-login?user=tdaniels&hash=98135176&url=/action/clip?id=2507706

http://mediagen.co.uk/action/auto-login?user=tdaniels&hash=98142c42&url=/action/clip?id=2509391

http://mediagen.co.uk/action/auto-login?user=tdaniels&hash=98143e4c&url=/action/clip?id=2509830

[simdeb]

i would be more interested in the sporting events if i didnt have to pay through the nose to teach my kids to swim, they took the swimming lessons off school children put more effort into football cricket ect but if they fall into water they would have no chance, only if the football would float!  when the gov does put things in place i.e every year 6 pupil to obtain 25 metres before they leave junior school mine miss out because we paid for swimming lessons for them and they can swim!!! 

the other thing that gets me is they only praise the 'winners' but what about everybody who took part??????

thats my moan about it over,  its not everybodys cup of tea, not really mine but i do think about them taking part and how proud their family must be.

[MuddyMike]

I think the opening ceremony should be no more than a parade of athletes with all the money that would have been spent on Fireworks or whatever sent to the Chinese earthquake fund.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2631163/Sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home.html

Mike

[Hangover]

Is the congestion charge going to be waived for two weeks,are train tickets prices to London going to be halved to see this spectacle.
Yours,
Miserable moaner