2012 / 2014 Olympic and Winter Olympic matters

[Yorkie]

I agree completely! Greece is still paying for it! I never saw the logic in each country paying a fortune building running tracks etc every 4 years? I think it shoud have stayed in Greece where it started,   etc.  etc.  (edited)

So you wont be watching the Beach Volleyball then?     

[Merddin Emrys]

I won't be watching any of it, I prefer watching paint dry to sport!

[1_rob_1]

Beach volleyball - Will it be on Llandudno beach?? (on the "large" pebbles) - maybe not -  HSE wouldnt allow it.
I think Ill watch paint dry too!!!!
 

[1_rob_1]

G4s - arent they the ones that "lost" some of their wards a few years ago???
Why are we sub-contracting our security out to private firms & not calling in all our army troops to take care of our security this like other countries do? They are more than able.
It would save the country loads of money, & also bring a lot of our troops back home where they  would probably  be safer than where they are currently posted. --------------------------------------------------- Or is this too heavy a subject to be posting???

[bigbadhenry]

I won't be watching any of it, I prefer watching paint dry to sport!

+1

[Yorkie]

G4s - arent they the ones that "lost" some of their wards a few years ago???
Why are we sub-contracting our security out to private firms & not calling in all our army troops to take care of our security this like other countries do? (Part edited)
 --------------------------------------------------- Or is this too heavy a subject to be posting???

Personally I would start looking for connections and wheels within wheels if you get the drift!   

Who built the first Motorway?  Ah! I remember . . . . . . .  ZXZ

[Pendragon]

This might be a stupid question but was G4S once the same company as Group 4 Security? and is it right that it's a MP or similar that owns the company?

[SDQ]

G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor) is a British multinational security services company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest security company measured by revenues and has operations in more than 125 countries. With over 657,000 employees, it is the world's third-largest private sector employer (after Wal-Mart Stores and Foxconn).
G4S has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

[Pendragon]

Thanks SDQ 

[Yorkie]

http://www.g4s.com/~/media/Files/Annual%20Reports/g4s_annualreport_2011.ashx

See Page 49

[SDQ]

Were you thinking of Lord Condon Pen?

[Fester]

Other than the major sponsors (MacDonalds, Coca Cola etc) ... and of course G4S, I can't see any businesses benefiting from the Olympic games.

After a terrible year for weather, the economy needed a busy July and August to save many tourist businesses from closure.
Instead, many millions will stay at home in front of the telly.

I know how quiet my business was during the last World Cup, and the Euro Football tournament.

On the Saturday when Andy Murray played in the Wimbledon final, I might as well have not bothered opening.
Many other local traders agreed with me.

[Bellringer]

Sorry Fester, the Wimbledon mens' final was on a Sunday, it was the Ladies' on the Saturday.

[Fester]

Sorry Fester, the Wimbledon mens' final was on a Sunday, it was the Ladies' on the Saturday.

Not sure I would have bothered pulling anyone up about that Stan, but yes, I apologise, it was indeed the Sunday.
The detail was less relevant than the point I was trying to make.

[Yorkie]

You've had your bell rung Fester, don't do it again!