On 8/27/2008 12:10:37 AM, Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Aug 26, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
You have a weird perspective. It
isn't that America is moving down,
it is
that so many are moving up into our realm.
Beg to differ. In the last three or so decades we've
William T Goodall wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics? And why the innuendo about Usain Bolt as long as he's
clean? And the manufactured fuss about miming during the opening
ceremony when everybody does it during these kind of events
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I bow down to the Chinese volleyball girls,
Err... They were blasted 3 x 0 by the Brazilian volleyball girls :-P
Alberto Monteiro
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On 27/08/2008, at 12:27 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Because if you assign 3 points for gold, 2 for silver and 1 point
for bronze, then the crybaby yanks lost to china, and that is
unacceptable to the American chauvinist, patriotic, jingoist,
dogmatic, nationalistic media. Americans can
On 27/08/2008, at 3:26 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jon wrote:
They whine because they can't prove the Chinese gymnists lied about
their
age. Who cares what age they are; that is an arbitrary rule that
should be
eliminated.
I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something to do
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: Sore losers
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics?
Before the games started there were some
On 8/27/2008 6:11:29 AM, Alberto Monteiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics? And why the innuendo about Usain Bolt
as long as he's
clean? And the manufactured fuss about miming
during
The age of the gymnasts is not an arbitrary rule that should be eliminated. My
daughter was in gymnastics for a while. Training at Olympic level is very hard
on growing bones and muscles, and it is easy for a youngster still growing to
do permanent damage to his or her body. My other daughter
xponent wrote:
You should see
what's happening here. We failed miserably where
we were expected to win gold medals: soccer (both genders), beach
volleyball (both genders) and volleyball (male). Of these, only
the female volleyball team got a gold medal. Let's
blame Beijing's polluted air!
On 8/27/2008 7:21:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
xponent wrote:
You should see
what's happening here. We failed miserably where
we were expected to win gold medals: soccer (both genders), beach
volleyball (both genders) and volleyball (male). Of these, only
the
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics?
Who is doing this counting? I just searched Google News and what I see are
headlines like US pleased with Olympic medal count. I
Jeez dude, did you not get a hug today? As an average 'Yank' I can say with all
honesty most of us could give a ** about our medals. G Dub is an A-Hole. We get
it. Didn't we join this forum because we're interested in science fiction?
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:27:15 -0700 From: [EMAIL
You realize of course the Killer Bs have only one British inductee? I don't
hate on Britannia. God save the Queen and all that. I love every minute I've
spent in GB. However, I hate to point out the painfully obvious again but you
are registered and trading quips in a discussion group based in
On 27 Aug 2008, at 16:35, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics?
Who is doing this counting? I just searched Google News and what I
see are
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:49 PM, William T Goodall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On 27 Aug 2008, at 16:35, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM, William T Goodall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics?
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over nine
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of regulars over
On 28/08/2008, at 1:35 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for
the olympics?
Who is doing this counting? I just searched Google News and what I
see are
The age of the gymnasts is not an arbitrary rule that should
be eliminated. My daughter was in gymnastics for a while.
Training at Olympic level is very hard on growing bones and
muscles, and it is easy for a youngster still growing to do
permanent damage to his or her body. My other
I bow down to the Chinese volleyball girls,
Err... They were blasted 3 x 0 by the Brazilian volleyball
girls :-P
Alberto Monteiro
missed that, congrats to brazil!~) did you happen to see the joke on letterman
about the chinese volleyball girl?
jon
Training is fine; competition at the Olympic level and the training necessary
for *that* is too much for growing bodies. Vault and beam are fine - kids do
that sort of thing for fun, in fact,and always have. But still, the Games
should be for adults.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
They whine because they can't prove the Chinese
gymnasts lied about their
age. Who cares what age they are; that is an
arbitrary rule that should be
eliminated.
Jon
I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something
to do with the adverse
effect of the extreme amount of stress on
---Pat Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Training is fine; competition at the Olympic level and the
training necessary for *that* is too much for growing
bodies. Vault and beam are fine - kids do that sort of thing
for fun, in fact,and always have. But still, the Games
should be for adults.
I was going to respond to this in detail, but decided
not to. I just
wonder, if William has posted something with the same
tone about a
religious group, how many people would be all over him
right now. The
irony is, that I probably agree with some of what
you're
saying, but as
Ah. Gotcha. Yeah - we played sports, but today? Play? What's that? Something
you make a playdate for. Don't get me started; I think my grandbabies are
hideously overprotected.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:07:30 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sore
You have a weird perspective. It isn't that America is
moving down, it is
that so many are moving up into our realm. And yes there
are many who see
this and react with paranoid insecurity, but they do not
make up anything
like a majority. Most people really don't care all that
much,
From: Tom F [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You realize of course the Killer Bs have only one British
inductee? I don't hate on Britannia. God save the Queen
and all that. I love every minute I've spent in GB.
However, I hate to point out the painfully obvious again but
you are registered and trading
Jeez dude, did you not get a hug today? As an average
'Yank' I can say with all honesty most of us could
give a ** about our medals. G Dub is an A-Hole. We get it.
Didn't we join this forum because we're interested
in science fiction?
From: Tom F [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sorry to offend you, tom,
Ah. Gotcha. Yeah - we played sports, but today? Play?
What's that? Something you make a playdate for.
Don't get me started; I think my grandbabies are
hideously overprotected.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
my older son had pop warner. i did play little league, but i had more fun
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I bow down to the Chinese volleyball girls,
Err... They were blasted 3 x 0 by the Brazilian volleyball
girls :-P
missed that, congrats to brazil!~)
It was the first time the girls won the gold medal. They didn't
even win it at the Pan american games, here in Rio -
At 03:13 PM Wednesday 8/27/2008, Pat Mathews wrote:
Ah. Gotcha. Yeah - we played sports, but today? Play? What's that?
Something you make a playdate for. Don't get me started; I think my
grandbabies are hideously overprotected.
What do you do when several times each year in your town kids
On 28 Aug 2008, at 00:43, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I bow down to the Chinese volleyball girls,
Err... They were blasted 3 x 0 by the Brazilian volleyball
girls :-P
missed that, congrats to brazil!~)
did you happen to see the joke on
letterman
On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:27 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
On 8/27/2008 12:10:37 AM, Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On Aug 26, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
You have a weird perspective. It
isn't that America is moving down,
it is
that so many are moving up into our realm.
Beg
Bummer! Where were you living? Because my daughters escaped that, and this town
is a lot quieter now than it was then.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:16:40 -0500
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Sore losers
At 03:13 PM
At 08:41 PM Wednesday 8/27/2008, Pat Mathews wrote:
Bummer! Where were you living? Because my daughters escaped that,
and this town is a lot quieter now than it was then.
Just recent events on the local news in Birmingham, AL.
And I'm not counting things like the discovery about a week or so
Charlie wrote:
I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something to do with the
adverse
effect of the extreme amount of stress on a young, developing body?
If the
rule was arbitrary, why don't they have it for other sports?
They do. Divers, 14. Fencers, 17. And so on.
That's
Ronn! wrote:
What do you do when several times each year in your town kids get
shot dead in the park, walking down the street, standing on the
balcony outside their apartment door, or when a bullet comes through
the window or wall (all of them being collateral damage rather than
the target
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