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Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« on: August 07, 2008, 09:37:47 PM »
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 08:56:06 AM »
Oh, just some pictures of the opening ceremony almost brought tears to my eyes.

http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=pet&MsgID=344682 (The words are in Chinese, but I didn't even have time yet to read them.)
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 01:39:36 PM »
Nice pics...

I will probably watch some of that this evening.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 02:09:45 PM »
More pix with caption in English: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/2008_olympics_opening_ceremony.html

I'm torn. I want to watch it, but that will set up back into the pattern again. We probably will hit the road.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2008, 02:37:23 PM »
DAM!
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2008, 05:34:28 PM »
come on over and watch....just bring some ribs and beer.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2008, 06:01:39 PM »
Leaving town right now...
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2008, 06:17:16 PM »
did anyone here jim rome's rant about the olympics today?  it bugged me, but what bugged me more than the rant was the that there was some truth to it.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2008, 11:41:59 PM »
Quote from: salad on August 08, 2008, 06:17:16 PM
did anyone here jim rome's rant about the olympics today?  it bugged me, but what bugged me more than the rant was the that there was some truth to it.

who is Jim Rome?  what was the jist of the rant?
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2008, 09:21:32 AM »
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Leaving town right now...

With my Yates harness as well. I should charge you a rental rate!
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2008, 04:02:34 PM »
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2008, 05:14:38 PM »
You can never trust them. They look just like us!

I think that was from Canaidian Beacon.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2008, 08:01:54 AM »
read the article.  My only comment is, Democracy is Dead.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2008, 09:19:43 AM »
We missed the opening ceremony broadcast. Ron tivo'ed it for us, but we never got time to watch it at his place. I'm still amazed every time I see some new pictures of the event.

http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=pet&MsgID=344926

These are just some pictures of the fireworks. Spectacular!

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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2008, 11:55:45 AM »
Too bad not all the fireworks were real. It seems they added a few in for the viewers.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2008, 12:21:24 PM »
Quote from: F4? on August 11, 2008, 11:55:45 AM
Too bad not all the fireworks were real. It seems they added a few in for the viewers.

probably a mitigation effort for the air pollution issues and yet still have a big show.
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Re: Beijing, oh and the Olympics covered here...
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2008, 01:58:02 PM »
Some of the fireworks the displays that they wanted would have caused a hazard if people were around when they went off.  So they prerecorded those and added them in digitally.

They also digitally added in the torch bearer running on top of the Coliseum.

Even with those mods it looked like an awesome event.
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