Garbo Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I wish I was watching it on the radio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aky208 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Oh it seems i spoke to soon... The spice girls just tipped up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Well, stap me vitals, Eric Idle stole the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Until Brian May came on. Shame about the "singer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Guess "We are the Champions" was not politically correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 want to watch, want to go bed, been good though,but too long, eric idle was brilliant, and if the spice girls formed up again, they would sell out at every venue, shame gerry didnt atempt her union jack dress again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyeruk Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Dont know about that,i thought Jessie j was HOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorer Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I thought it was brill! no longer a miserable old git!! I have rediscovered patriotism. The Spice girls were just as insipid as they used to be but you cant win them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorer Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 its just got better,the Who have just come on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Wonder if they'll do "Boris the Spider"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aky208 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 no boris on a zip line....??? gah!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony K Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Roger Daltry, one of the few old codgers who can still sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Well that was simply brilliant. The Olympics here have been great, easily the best I have ever seen. Team GB were amazing, Golds in Cycling, Rowing, Athletics, Sailing and many many more is truly an inspiration to young people like me. There were concerns about the games, I wasn't all that excited but I have loved every second of it, Britain really showed how good we are. The laughter with James Bond and the Queen, Rowan Atkinson and of course Eric Idle! The great sporting moments of which there were many, and the happiness it has brought to not just London, but all of this great Isle. London 2012 will be something I never forget, the 16 days when Britain forgot about the dull dreary news of everyday life and for once reminded the world what we can do. It has made me truly proud to be British Goodnight. Concorde Speedbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Johnston Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I've tried to accept that it was going to happen whether I objected or not. I've even tried watching some of it. But in a time of recession spending something approaching £200,000,000 per medal really does make me feel sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Very well said indeed CS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I agree...well said CSB.... I am most definitely not a sports fan but I think the whole thing has been fantastic from start to finish....a real boost to the life of the nation. Could the money have been better spent elsewhere.....? Possibly... Would it have really made much difference......? Probably not...... Lets just enjoy it for what it was.....we almost certainly won't see the like of it again in our lifetimes..... (well CSB might cos he's only a nipper.....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I can't believe we've already had 10 days...I was fairly neutral before it started - I had to drag myself away from the tele to go flying on Saturday afternoon!!! Posted by Alan Cantwell on 07/08/2012 07:36:09: Martin, i woudnt go that far!!!!!! I didn't say it stopped me flying but that was a special day... From following a link on one of the other posts, it seems the team funding cost me 80p in taxes. D'you know what? I'd have gladly paid double that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Johnston Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 If we assume 20 million tax payers, and if we assume £15 billion cost (big approximations I know), then we get approx £750 each. That includes all of the people who wanted nothing to do with it of course. Not sure where you get your 80p from... that wouldn't even cover Seb Coe's salary. Edited By Martyn Johnston on 13/08/2012 12:08:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Martyn - 2 different sets of numbers. The £15 billion is for the HOSTING costs, the 80p per tax payer is for the team training cost - this would have been similar no matter where the olympics was. I missed the closing ceremony as was knackered after a weekend of PSSing in north Wales. Either way, it isn't over yet - the para-lypmics are next up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Thanks Chris and Steve, I may see a London Olympics again, lucky me! The other people who did not like the Olympics, some fair points, but now what do we have to look forwards to from Saturday till Christmas? THIS CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Powell 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I avoided it all. My wife watched it all. We even had big Union jacks and Stars and stripes (daughter lives in the USA) on the front of the house. Same with the football flags on her yellow sports car during the World Cup a couple of years ago. ConcordeSpeedbird: Oh my imaginary Deity! I forgot THAT! Edited By Mark Powell 2 on 13/08/2012 12:32:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm woodcock 1 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I missed the Saturday and Sunday closing Ceremony as I was at the Elvington Show. Brilliant show, put on by the LMA, as usual and I can always watch the Olympics on the I-player. The English Electric Lighning, Comet and VC10 were stunning, as was the rest of the display. It's everything at once, Olympics, Elvington Show and then nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brooks Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 All those troops drafted in, and the Spice Girls still got through! I suppose we should be grateful they managed to keep Cliff Richard and Elton John away. Where were the stones and Eric Clapton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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