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Offline 1_rob_1

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Re: 2012 Olympic matters
« Reply #90 on: July 28, 2012, 12:03:52 am »
Team GB came out to the music: We could be heros - just for ONE day.
Hopefully not.
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« Reply #91 on: July 28, 2012, 12:46:58 am »
FANTASTIC!!
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« Reply #92 on: July 28, 2012, 02:00:04 am »
Agreed...... all involved should be very proud.  +}}{-- _))++ &well&

Its just a shame that Paul McCartney long since forgot how to sing.....
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« Reply #93 on: July 28, 2012, 06:47:49 am »
I managed to watch most of the Opening Ceremony and am surprised at my lack of knowledge and wished that I had paid more attention at UK History lessons when at school.

I must also do a bit of studying at the Geography of the World as half the Countries that are represented I have never heard of before.   Such is life!   :D

Why haven't we got an "Olympic" smilie?    $walesflag$
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« Reply #94 on: July 28, 2012, 09:35:10 am »
Brilliant show.

Was not looking forward to it but ended up enjoying it

Pity Paul McCartney tried to ruin it.
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Offline bigbadhenry

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« Reply #95 on: July 28, 2012, 09:44:16 am »
Quote from: Fester on July 28, 2012, 02:00:04 am
Agreed...... all involved should be very proud.  +}}{-- _))++ &well&

Its just a shame that Paul McCartney long since forgot how to sing.....



Hit the off switch and headed for bed when McCartney came on.

Apart from that it was not too bad.



 
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« Reply #96 on: July 28, 2012, 09:59:48 am »
Quote from: mull on July 28, 2012, 09:35:10 am

Pity Paul McCartney tried to ruin it.

Some of us 'older ones' don't know when to give up certain things! I didn't think he was very good at the Diamond Jubilee concert either.
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« Reply #97 on: July 28, 2012, 10:15:14 am »
He wasn't, and neither was Cliff R...
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Offline DaveR

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Re: 2012 Olympic matters
« Reply #98 on: July 28, 2012, 11:00:26 am »
I liked the bit where James Bond turned up at the Palace to escort the Queen to the Opening Ceremony:

James Bond escorts The Queen to the London 2012 Olympic Games - BBC
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« Reply #99 on: July 28, 2012, 11:25:25 am »
Watched it until the athletes parade and have recorded the rest.
The whole thing was excellent and the 'potted history lesson' was amazing .
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Re: 2012 Olympic matters
« Reply #100 on: July 28, 2012, 02:32:41 pm »
who said we can,t put on a show, it will take some beating in four years time , hope i,m still around for it. Come on G.B.
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Offline Ludo

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« Reply #101 on: July 28, 2012, 04:29:43 pm »
Quote from: Merddin Emrys on July 27, 2012, 09:09:39 pm
We are watching the Snowdonia programme on BBC2  $walesflag$

Ludo again - banging on about the Olympics!

Except I'm not this time. ME, I saw that the A year in the wild - Snowdonia  programme clashed with the opening ceremony, and was pleased to see there was such a good alternative for 3-towners who had no interest in the games. For myself, I resolved to watch the Snowdonia programme on BBC iPlayer when I had a chance (which turned out to be this afternoon) and I have just finished watching it.

What an amazingly moving experience it was too. For anyone who didn't see it - I would very highly recommend that you do!. The photography, atmosphere and contributions from the people involved were mesmerisingly beautiful. The choice of music was fantastic too - if there was an OST cd available would buy it. If television - especially HD television, was invented for anything, in my opinion this is it. I can quite honestly say without reservation, it is the best thing I have seen on broadcast television in the past year - yes, including the Olympics opening ceremony. The poetry, the insights of Gwyn the shepherd, Rhys the warden and Morris the poet have made a deep impact on me which I will never forget. The poem read at the end over the breathtaking views of the mountains left me dewey eyed - but Arglwydd mawr it has made me homesick....

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Re: 2012 Olympic matters
« Reply #102 on: July 28, 2012, 06:43:20 pm »
Yes we thought the Snowdonia programme was amazing, beautifully filmed, breathtaking in fact! The New Forest next week.

On the other hand I saw the first couple of minutes of the Olympics and it reminded me of Teletubbie land on crack  :o
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« Reply #103 on: July 28, 2012, 06:47:37 pm »
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« Reply #104 on: July 28, 2012, 07:30:30 pm »
We recorded the Snowdonia prog. and have just watched it. Ludo is quite right. It is mesmerising.
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