Olympic tickets

Word Championships ?, thats a new one on me, any more rib ticklers?.:D
See, I realy DO read all you type;)
Jim.

Lincoln .7
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Have you only just heard of them?;) That shows how low the hype is!!:D

Arthur. Send me your address and I will send you a Union Flag to wave,;) There is one flying on the front of my house, since Mansel won the World F1 championships in 92. Mind you, it’d been changed a few times due to weathering.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

So do those competing in the world championship events not represent their countries. Do they not play the national anthems of the winner?
Athletes are part of their national team so I don’t see how games/sports/events like this cannot be nationalistic to some degree. It doesn’t appear to me to breed nationalism in a particularly bad way either.
I’m sure during the Olympics in London all the winners will be cheered. There may be a bigger cheer if the winner is British though.:)
Is Wimbledon overly nationalistic because we want Andy Murray to win more than a non-British competitor? If we cheer on Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button at Silverstone does that make it overly nationalistic?

Word Championships ?, thats a new one on me, any more rib ticklers?.:D
See, I realy DO read all you type;)
Jim.

Lincoln .7
:diablo:

Ah well, your comments are noted but my objections, unrelated to your comments, stand and I will continue to enjoy the Word Championships of the many sports which enjoy these far less hyped, far less expensive and far less nationalistic events and in which British sportsmen and women are often very successful.

Arthur, Now how the hell did I know you would state those very words?.:D
I have to agree lets all get together, and try and resurrect the Great British feeling that we have achieved something at long last, and at the same time throw a few parties “When” we win a medal, be it Gold, Silver, or Bronze, it’s not all about winning, it’s also about the years of hard work and training to enable one to be able to participate,win, or lose.

Good luck to all the participants, whoever and wherever you come from.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Yes, I did read all the posts, yes I am formulating my own opinion and no, I didn’t realize that in order to post a comment I had to take into account and comment on all the other posts. My mistake clearly.:rolleyes:

As far as Olympics are concerned, yes they are big business, what isn’t these days, but I thought that after the UK’s performance in Beijing, the athletes achievements were still something we could be proud of – although apparently not everyone thought so. There were many great moments in 2008 – we should be looking forward to more of these.
To compete at the highest level today requires investment of time and money from those involved. The days of the amateur athlete are long gone.
Maybe we should go back to the plucky British amateur, trailing in last. Is that what we want?

I’m not sure how anyone can judge what might happen to the venues in the future. Maybe in 10 years time you can come back tell us you were right, but until then…..
It seems to me that every time something worthwhile happens in the UK, the doom-mongers appear in force. Having said that, judging by the ticket deman, the event promises to be a great one. I, for one, certainly hope so.

Who said he was unable to formulate his own opinions?:confused: If he has read carefully all the posts, as you suggest, then he failed to take account of all the points of view expressed or indeed to comment on them. So, we might hear more from him, or not….:)

Apathy? No, reality I would suggest. And as for the “great british attitude” – I am not sure what that is/was.

Sky High. Pete, I am sure Arthur is a big enough boy to formulate his opinions on here just as you have, he had no doubt read all the threads prior to posting. I did notice he was on these pages a long time yesterday prior to his posting, so I would imagine he gave his formulation great thought.

Apathy. has taken over, what happened to the once great British Attitude?.

I for one, hate to be living in a NANNY state, and I guess there are many more who feel the same.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Arthur – see #2. My objections to the Games are rather different, and would apply wherever they are held. I am also unimpressed by the promised long term benefits – see #12.

Well said Arthur, Thats 2 of us that want to put the GREAT back into Britain, now if I am correct, that leaves just about, 59 million and…………………..
others.;)

Jim.

Lincoln .7

I have to say, and I fully respect those that disagree, that I think this is exactly the malaise that has taken over the UK. “It’ll be rubbish” , “It’s too expensive” “why do we want the games” etc.

Why not embrace the fact the Olympics are coming to the UK, treat it as an excuse to celebrate Britishness for all the right reasons and make it something that the UK can be proud of. Wouldn’t that be better than this perpetual talking down of everything?

Let’s face it, it wouldn’t have mattered how the tickets were allocated, there would have some problem with it, wouldn’t there?

Well this is what you wrote, Linc….

…“but if your honest, you would like to be on the Sunday Times rich list, even if you were at the bottom, isn’t that a reason you were a businessman yourself, to make money.?.”

To which I responded accordingly. Yes, it is only a forum, but when personal assertions like that are made they need to be corrected.

Pete.It was not a personal assertion,,it was a generalisation, that everyone would like a few more pounds in their pockets, and anyone who states they wouldn’t, would be being more than economical with the truth.P.M. recieved thanks.:)
Jim.

Lincoln .7

It is, but topping the table sadly counts for nothing these days, in the ever commercialised world of sport they decided to have some pay off system so that fourth could still win some pot. And on the big day having had our ‘b’ team beaten by sarries at home they had the mentality to win on the day.

Such is life.

Point taken………….

Sky High. Pete, Don,t take offence, I was only reiterating in MY words what you said about those who were making a packet out of the games.

And who could honestly say they couldn,t do with a few more quid, as everything these days is going through the roof?.

As you told me Pete, I aint going to fall out, it’s as you say, Just a forum.

Not a battlefield.

Jim.

Lincoln .7.

Well this is what you wrote, Linc….

…“but if your honest, you would like to be on the Sunday Times rich list, even if you were at the bottom, isn’t that a reason you were a businessman yourself, to make money.?.”

To which I responded accordingly. Yes, it is only a forum, but when personal assertions like that are made they need to be corrected.

Jetflap. It’s not our vote that got us the Olimpics, as SH says it’s Political to an extent.

Forget about the cost, if one of our Harriers can fire off two at a time smart missiles. at £750.000 per shot, and if it goes on several sorties a day, plus all the other costs we have spent over there, then the Olimpic games costs start to pale into insignificance.however pleased to hear you and littleun got your tickets,, hope you both will enjoy it.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Yes, indeed – but just briefly – I thought your club was the Tigers because of your location….

It is, but topping the table sadly counts for nothing these days, in the ever commercialised world of sport they decided to have some pay off system so that fourth could still win some pot. And on the big day having had our ‘b’ team beaten by sarries at home they had the mentality to win on the day.

Such is life.

Sky High. Pete, Don,t take offence, I was only reiterating in MY words what you said about those who were making a packet out of the games.

And who could honestly say they couldn,t do with a few more quid, as everything these days is going through the roof?.

As you told me Pete, I aint going to fall out, it’s as you say, Just a forum.

Not a battlefield.

Jim.

Lincoln .7.

I don’t think we should be hosting the Olympics – far too expensive and bound to be a farce.

However, since my son wanted to go, it being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we applied for tickets. So in reply to BB’s original post, yes we got ours. Also for the Taekwondo (Jetflap Junior and I are both keen students); I think it wasn’t too much of a lottery because it’s taking place away from the main stadium and isn’t a mainstream sport.

But I also know people at work who’ve got tickets for the athletics and for the 400m. finals.

The maths are that there are far more who want to go than there could ever be tickets for. To be fair on them, the organisers wanted to avoid tickets being snapped up and then sold on at a huge profit, which would have made things even worse for the average punter. They’ve succeeded in that aim but have still come up with an extremely poor system.

I hope it will all go well in the end, but can’t help thinking London will be paying the price for many years to come.

Yes, indeed – but just briefly – I thought your club was the Tigers because of your location….