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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:37 am
by seanandruby
The opening ceremony spot on. Those rings being forged and then coming together was a fete of engineering. fell asleep watching the parade and missed firework display. Very proud, well done Danny Boyle and everyone involved. Now let's win some medals.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:52 am
by Dave_L
Yes, I thought the same, very good indeed.
Slightly too much going on for the TV cameras to pick up imo
Didn't enjoy the parade, went on too long but thats one of them things.
Was a nice touch to see the "suits" (any proper tradesmen there??) lining the tunnel as the torch came into the stadium.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:40 am
by lutonlagerlout
saw bits of it through a drunken haze in the pub but made me proud to be British
fair play to danny boyle
where would you start with a project like that?
Olympic road race today at 10 AM
you can stick your house on alexandre vinokourov @50/1
come on Great Britain
LLL 
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:47 am
by mickg
I did not get the idea behind the NHS theme but it was very well rehearsed and executed, the rest of the opening ceremony was very good and I fell asleep at letter G of the parade and missed the ending
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:24 am
by Carberry
lutonlagerlout wrote:saw bits of it through a drunken haze in the pub but made me proud to be British
fair play to danny boyle
where would you start with a project like that?
Olympic road race today at 10 AM
you can stick your house on mark cavendish @4/5
come on Great Britain
LLL
I would have started with giving Phil the Greek a microphone and having every nation parade past him, a representative from each meeting him.
In fact if I was in charge that would have been the whole ceremony.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:52 am
by lutonlagerlout
i reckon phil could upset every single nation without even trying
i like phil,hes an honorary brit in my mind
LLL
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:37 pm
by Bob_A
mickg wrote:I did not get the idea behind the NHS theme but it was very well rehearsed and executed, the rest of the opening ceremony was very good and I fell asleep at letter G of the parade and missed the ending
I got to letter H before dropping off and missing the ending.
Most of the first bit was good though.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:39 pm
by local patios and driveway
What a crock of shite! Just on m25 for an hour because of a few pushbikes. Great for you northerners, rubbish for us who now have road closures on our doorsteps...
On a positive note uk kept our AAA gold international credit rating. Thats good for spending publics confidence, they reckon we are on our way up due to the way government has handled spending
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:25 pm
by seanandruby
o dear! i suppose Abe Lincoln was right about pleasing people.....
???
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its a great thing to showcase britain
even some of the biggest cynics i know are enjoying it
shame the aussies didnt want to help in the road race
old rivalries eh?
LLL
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:39 pm
by rab1
haven't seen any off it yet but it can only be good thing. i`m waiting for the beach volleyball.
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:07 pm
by Dave_L
rab1 wrote:i`m waiting for the mens beach volleyball.
Really?? Interestin'!
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:42 pm
by rab1
where did that come from dave, i know i was pissed last night but not that badly ???
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:28 pm
by dig dug dan
I did not get the idea behind the NHS theme
that was danny boyle airing some political views
I have a crusher down in dorking that i cannot collect as all the roads are closed, Shall i send a bill to locog?
I don't like how the comittee have bullied people into things like telling florists on the torch route not to show olympic rings, and telling a cafe owner he cannot be called the olympic cafe.
they tried to tell little chef they couldn't have the olympic breakfast on their menu, but they did not bow down to them!
The ticket fiasco is a joke, telling us all they have sold out, and now loads of empty seats.
i'll be glad when its all over. we will be paying for these games for years
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:28 pm
by seanandruby
Rab don't bow down to 'em m8, Giles did the same to me about drag. Mindless children ??? :p