August 11, 20241 yr 20 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Outside of NBA basketball players, I'd say that professional surfers are the least concerned about missing an opportunity to partake in high quality tail. They could have flown in for the last few days had they wanted. Just spitballin here but they would enjoy the camaraderie of 10,000 athletes from 200 countries at the start of the games than just 50 fellow surfers
August 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said: Well I mean at least you got to go to Tahiti. In 2028 some of these poor sonofabitches have to segregate to Oklahoma City. LA have this? I think not…
August 11, 20241 yr On the topic of the surfers missing out, I did see that at least our gold medal winner Caroline Marks did make it to Paris for the last couple days and closing ceremonies.
August 11, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, GopherRock said: Did I miss the handover? Usually the concert is at the end. This one was all French musicians. I'm guessing there'll be a second American show after the handover. Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop are supposed to play.
August 11, 20241 yr Such recency bias. La should also have The Beach Boys, Metallica, Los Lobos, Eagles, and Al Yankovich.
August 11, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Texzilla588 said: Such recency bias. La should also have The Beach Boys, Metallica, Los Lobos, Eagles, and Al Yankovich. Chili Peppers still qualify being a LA homegrown band. What about Cypress Hill dammit? And fuck yeah to Los Lobos.
August 11, 20241 yr Tough deal for the six continental representative athletes having to stand up there for these entire speeches.
August 11, 20241 yr Yes, Jimmy, we know. “That’s how you do it.” You say it after literally every musical performance on your show. The phrase has become meaningless when you say it.
August 11, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Texzilla588 said: Tara Lipinski has grown up into a hottie. For the marathon LA could route it past sites of famous Hollywood murders. Start downtown at the Cecil Hotel and head past Bundy, Cielo Drive, Helena Drive, Bedford drive, Grandview Dr, Norton Avenue, and Holloway Dr. there’s others. I have no clue if you could route that for the marathon but maybe cycling road race. They can run through Forest Lawn. 2 hours ago, Texzilla588 said: Tara Lipinski has grown up into a hottie. For the marathon LA could route it past sites of famous Hollywood murders. Start downtown at the Cecil Hotel and head past Bundy, Cielo Drive, Helena Drive, Bedford drive, Grandview Dr, Norton Avenue, and Holloway Dr. there’s others. I have no clue if you could route that for the marathon but maybe cycling road race. They can run through Forest Lawn. 2 hours ago, Texzilla588 said: Tara Lipinski has grown up into a hottie. For the marathon LA could route it past sites of famous Hollywood murders. Start downtown at the Cecil Hotel and head past Bundy, Cielo Drive, Helena Drive, Bedford drive, Grandview Dr, Norton Avenue, and Holloway Dr. there’s others. I have no clue if you could route that for the marathon but maybe cycling road race. They can run through Forest Lawn.
August 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said: London 2012 was fantastic. Paris is a beautiful city…LA…hmmm.
August 11, 20241 yr 0 scoville bell peppers weren’t very good. I could do without ms Eilish. Dre and Dogg good. The beach set looked like Where the Action Is from 65. 40 folks. Cheap.
August 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said: The Frenchies do some cool stuff, but man they drag it out. Why not?
August 11, 20241 yr watching the closing ceremonies with my French house guest* has been awesome, getting some insight and perspective from the French pov. she's pretty pleased with France's performance and very proud of Paris. 🇫🇷 (*exchange student from 2017-18, we visited her in France in May, she had to spend last week in College Station for work 😝 poor thing lol... so she came to Denver for a pallette-cleanser visit after 😄)
August 11, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, mchookem said: watching the closing ceremonies with my French house guest* has been awesome, getting some insight and perspective from the French pov. she's pretty pleased with France's performance and very proud of Paris. 🇫🇷 (*exchange student from 2017-18, we visited her in France in May, she had to spend last week in College Station for work 😝 poor thing lol... so she came to Denver for a pallette-cleanser visit after 😄) pics not loading
August 11, 20241 yr Paris, you did great. The XXXIII Olympiad was a success. Should have sang California Love as part of the handover ceremony. See everyone in LA in ‘28!
August 11, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, mchookem said: watching the closing ceremonies with my French house guest* has been awesome, getting some insight and perspective from the French pov. she's pretty pleased with France's performance and very proud of Paris. 🇫🇷 (*exchange student from 2017-18, we visited her in France in May, she had to spend last week in College Station for work 😝 poor thing lol... so she came to Denver for a pallette-cleanser visit after 😄) 4 minutes ago, westexhorn said: pics not loading
August 11, 20241 yr 30 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said: Paris is a beautiful city…LA…hmmm. Maybe I missed the memo where LA was deemed an ugly city. We have our shitholes, but every city does. LA will go big. I hope they don’t corny it up. But with all the entertainment minds we have here, it should be pretty awesome. May have to look for some volunteer opportunities. Edited August 11, 20241 yr by Sbbruin
August 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said: The Frenchies do some cool stuff, but man they drag it out. Nothing wrong with that.
August 11, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: Maybe I missed the memo where LA was deemed an ugly city. We have our shitholes, but every city does. LA will go big. I hope they don’t corny it up. But with all the entertainment minds we have here, it should be pretty awesome. May have to look for some volunteer opportunities. They already have… oh wait, you haven’t watched the closing ceremony yet, have you?
August 11, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, YGIFS said: London was fantastic. Tokyo did great considering the circumstances. Barcelona will always stick out in my head as well. It's like pizza, no such thing as a bad Olympics...just some that standout. For me, and this is completely subjective, it's Paris/Beijing, then a handful of others, then everybody else since 1984---when I started understanding/following the Games. Munich would like a word with you.
August 11, 20241 yr So America's military just lets Tom Cruise do whatever the fuck he wants whenever the fuck he wants, yeah?
August 11, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, aggie08 said: So America's military just lets Tom Cruise do whatever the fuck he wants whenever the fuck he wants, yeah? I imagine the Top Guns provided a nice boost to recruitment.
August 11, 20241 yr Tom Cruise is the military industrial complex. I’ve watched the Mission Impossible series
August 12, 20241 yr France and Paris knocked this one out of the park, from the opening ceremony until the very end. Perhaps my favorite overall Olympics. Bravo.
August 12, 20241 yr I just tuned into the NBC broadcast. Was it just the Athletes marching in so far? Also, as a spectator at home, I think Paris knocked it out of the park. I think some athletes and spectators in person might have a few different views though. I have heard a lot of mixed reviews about the Olympic Village as well as access to venues in the perimeter. Glad I was able to watch at home. also, they just said most US medal total since LA in 1984. Also, USA tied China in gold medals. Still think those two Chinese gold swimming medals are very questionable.
August 12, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, westexhorn said: 2 hours ago, mchookem said: watching the closing ceremonies with my French house guest* has been awesome, getting some insight and perspective from the French pov. she's pretty pleased with France's performance and very proud of Paris. 🇫🇷 (*exchange student from 2017-18, we visited her in France in May, she had to spend last week in College Station for work 😝 poor thing lol... so she came to Denver for a pallette-cleanser visit after 😄) pics not loading It took some digging but I finally found a pic of @mchookem's French exchange student.
August 12, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, randomhorn said: It was the correct amount of corny Yeah, if that’s as corny as they get in 2028 then I think we can be happy.
August 12, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said: I could really do without commercials. Should’ve watched it live.
August 12, 20241 yr The US Olympic team can also support musicians. That was pretty cool. I'm a Phoenix fan, but have never been able to see them live.
August 12, 20241 yr Author Oh yeah we’re absolutely gonna fuck up LA (and the World Cup for whoever mentioned that). Soulless corporate money grabs is all our sports-industrial complex knows how to do anymore.
August 12, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, tokamak said: Oh yeah we’re absolutely gonna fuck up LA (and the World Cup for whoever mentioned that). Soulless corporate money grabs is all our sports-industrial complex knows how to do anymore. LA has done this multiple times before. Something tells me they will be ok. Edited August 12, 20241 yr by PenelopeWitherspoon
August 12, 20241 yr France handing off to the USA is pretty fucking special given the history between the two countries.
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