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I’m a terrible person. I was rooting for Moir to drop Virtue. All the talk of them being untouchable and peerless is grating.
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Already thought firgure skating had more than enough coverage, and now this team stuff. Just wall to wall blech.
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I hope someone out there compiles a summary of all the Olympic television airtime (like the "11:30 of actual game action in a three-hour football game") split along the lines of:

1. actual competition
2. discussion of actual competition/replays (like the between plays stuff in a football game)
3. human interest/profile packages
4. competition updates (such as last night's reporting/explanation of downhill skiing postponement)
5. commercials
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There is no figure skating tonight so NBC has to figure out something.

For DSafetyGuy's question above:

For moguls the final round featured 3 runs, 20 guys, then 12 then 6. 38 guys times 25 seconds per run = 15 minutes. It took 1 hour 20 of coverage time + the stuffed animal ceremony. CBC shows the event live in it's entirety. It has all 5 of the components you listed with 3,4 and 5 shown in between runs.

For figure skating last night each long program session was 5 skaters at 4 minutes each. 20 minutes shown in just less than an hour.
A friend of mine went to the men's final in Vancouver and it took over 4 hours to get through 24 guys.
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Love the curling incidents from the weekend.
the lady throwing the other team's stone and realizing it right before she starts sweeping. Also like it is not a foul, just switch the rocks.
The lady from China just moving a stone thinking it was out and having the Norway guy have to ask the crowd if they saw what happened. No ref, no video replay to get it right. Just folks competing.
Also Norways, Umbro sweater shirts are pretty nice.
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Is anyone else kinda ticked off that Germany's coats and hats say "Germany"?
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:43 pm Is anyone else kinda ticked off that Germany's coats and hats say "Germany"?
Doesn't all the American stuff say USA?
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:56 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:43 pm Is anyone else kinda ticked off that Germany's coats and hats say "Germany"?
Doesn't all the American stuff say USA?
Yes, because Americans refer to America as the USA.

Germans refer to Germany as Deutschland.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:58 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:56 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:43 pm Is anyone else kinda ticked off that Germany's coats and hats say "Germany"?
Doesn't all the American stuff say USA?
Yes, because Americans refer to America as the USA.

Germans refer to Germany as Deutschland.

When NBC germany is in charge they can change it.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
Not a dumb thought at all.

Seriously - how hard is it to say "Napoli" instead of "Naples?"

Beijing was "Peking" in the west not too long ago.

And if you are ever in the French part of Canada, score points with the hard -to-impress locals by calling it "Kay-bec"
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Pretty sure it's just "Napes."
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
Also, why can't people just say Italy?
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Because they could call it "Italia", Hampshire-Boy.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:39 pm Because they could call it "Italia", Hampshire-Boy.
Well now, by your own reckoning, Ryan is from England.
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A_B wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:03 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:58 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:56 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:43 pm Is anyone else kinda ticked off that Germany's coats and hats say "Germany"?
Doesn't all the American stuff say USA?
Yes, because Americans refer to America as the USA.

Germans refer to Germany as Deutschland.

When NBC germany is in charge they can change it.


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I do wonder if Germany does that because if they said "Deutschland," stupid Americans would think they were Dutch.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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I'm guessing that the decisionmakers (Adidas) are thinking that they will sell more merchandise in Asia by using English.
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Definitely agree that should be in the home language. Does create some problems with non-letters. Whats China?
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:13 am Love the curling incidents from the weekend.
the lady throwing the other team's stone and realizing it right before she starts sweeping. Also like it is not a foul, just switch the rocks.
The lady from China just moving a stone thinking it was out and having the Norway guy have to ask the crowd if they saw what happened. No ref, no video replay to get it right. Just folks competing.
Also Norways, Umbro sweater shirts are pretty nice.
Yeah, the guy asking the crowd for help was part hilarious, part clown car/shit show. Really weird for the Chinese woman to do that, btw... It wasn't even close to hitting the sideboard (whatever that's called... there are a crazy amount of terms for this sport, but I can't seem to remember or find what that is... rail?)
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It's what some chick wanted to snort off of Johnnie's dick.
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A snowblower?
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:13 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:13 am Love the curling incidents from the weekend.
the lady throwing the other team's stone and realizing it right before she starts sweeping. Also like it is not a foul, just switch the rocks.
The lady from China just moving a stone thinking it was out and having the Norway guy have to ask the crowd if they saw what happened. No ref, no video replay to get it right. Just folks competing.
Also Norways, Umbro sweater shirts are pretty nice.
Yeah, the guy asking the crowd for help was part hilarious, part clown car/shit show. Really weird for the Chinese woman to do that, btw... It wasn't even close to hitting the sideboard (whatever that's called... there are a crazy amount of terms for this sport, but I can't seem to remember or find what that is... rail?)
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But the Hellas invented the Olympics!

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The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:50 pm
Rex wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:50 pm the olympics have barely begun and I am really into the female curler from OAR.

This one? She could be Amanda Peet's younger sister. Yeah, sexy as fuck.

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And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:20 pm
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:50 pm
Rex wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:50 pm the olympics have barely begun and I am really into the female curler from OAR.

This one? She could be Amanda Peet's younger sister. Yeah, sexy as fuck.

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Ryan wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:07 pm Tanith Belbin ith awethome
Time to earn my keep.

She was living in the town where I work for the po-po back before the 2006? Olympics, in a quality suburban apartment complex. She got a little wasted with some friends and they were being loud, so a neighbor called. The officer, upon arrival, discovered a very intoxicated Tanith, skinny dipping in the complex pool. When asked to put her clothes back on, she opted for just teeny tiny panties and stood there talking to the officer for quite some time before he got her back to her apartment.
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Fantastic!
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My girl won a medal!

Bad news is, so did her husband.
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Some giant balls on Chloe Kim. I would have just snowboarded down the middle on my last run if I'd already wrapped up the gold.
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Moreta wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:32 pm
Ryan wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:07 pm Tanith Belbin ith awethome
Time to earn my keep.

She was living in the town where I work for the po-po back before the 2006? Olympics, in a quality suburban apartment complex. She got a little wasted with some friends and they were being loud, so a neighbor called. The officer, upon arrival, discovered a very intoxicated Tanith, skinny dipping in the complex pool. When asked to put her clothes back on, she opted for just teeny tiny panties and stood there talking to the officer for quite some time before he got her back to her apartment.
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Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?


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Pruitt wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:21 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
Not a dumb thought at all.

Seriously - how hard is it to say "Napoli" instead of "Naples?"

Beijing was "Peking" in the west not too long ago.

And if you are ever in the French part of Canada, score points with the hard -to-impress locals by calling it "Kay-bec"
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Anyways, one of my favorite things in the world was watching HNIC (not howard's acronym) and hearing the announcer say Goal! The Kay-bec Nordicks. Like, he was splitting the difference between saying it right and then butchering Nordiques on purpose.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:16 pm It's what some chick wanted to snort off of Johnnie's dick.
Oh man, I forgot about her. She never actually got around to doing it, unfortunately. We hooked up one more time and then she messaged saying she just wanted to be friends. (Ok, cool. Thanks for the sex!) I guess that's a good thing overall though because she has kids.

She had Tanith Belbin's hair and complexion.
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Americans are ridiculous. No one is unifying over chicken lettuce wraps.

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howard wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:37 pm Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?


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Moreta wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:32 pm
Ryan wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:07 pm Tanith Belbin ith awethome
Time to earn my keep.

She was living in the town where I work for the po-po back before the 2006? Olympics, in a quality suburban apartment complex. She got a little wasted with some friends and they were being loud, so a neighbor called. The officer, upon arrival, discovered a very intoxicated Tanith, skinny dipping in the complex pool. When asked to put her clothes back on, she opted for just teeny tiny panties and stood there talking to the officer for quite some time before he got her back to her apartment.
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