Hi folks,
Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of
people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :)
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| Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) |
Probably the French to blame.
Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <[Email Removed]>
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| Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) |
I can get in (1328).
Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. Though perhaps that should
be south-east England, as events will be taking place around the
region. God help the British tax-payer is all I can say.
Matt
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| Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. |
It will of course it be postponed due to rain :-)
Cheers
Richard.
Matt Probert wrote:
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| Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <[Email Removed] muttered Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) I can get in (1328). Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. Though perhaps that should be south-east England, as events will be taking place around the region. God help the British tax-payer is all I can say. Matt Why? |
Greece's games cost 3.2 Billion.
3 billion of which was payed for by private enterprise.
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| Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) -- Dylan Parry http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references |
Sorry, it was me. I was that straw that broke the camel's back.
Only kidding. It was very slow just before lunch, but seems to have
recovered now.
Brian.
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| Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <[Email Removed] muttered Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) I can get in (1328). Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. Though perhaps that should be south-east England, as events will be taking place around the region. God help the British tax-payer is all I can say. Matt |
It's a give-and-take situation. Sour grapes is probably the explanation for
your remark.
Roy
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| It's a give-and-take situation. Sour grapes is probably the explanation for your remark. |
Why would Matt have "sour grapes" because his own country won the
Olympic bid? :
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Once upon a time, far far away Stefan Walker
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| Matt Probert wrote: Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <[Email Removed] muttered Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) I can get in (1328). Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. Though perhaps that should be south-east England, as events will be taking place around the region. God help the British tax-payer is all I can say. Matt Why? Greece's games cost 3.2 Billion. 3 billion of which was payed for by private enterprise. |
Since when is London in Greece?
Matt
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Answers on a post card please. But we are already looking forward to
the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually
attend an Olympic event as a spectator.
Matt
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| But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. |
If she starts saving now I think?
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Stefan Walker wrote
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| Matt Probert wrote: Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <[Email Removed] muttered Hi folks, Looks like London has got the Olympics, but has the sudden surge of people trying to find out who got it killed the BBC's servers? :) I can get in (1328). Yes, London won the Olympic bid for 2012. Though perhaps that should be south-east England, as events will be taking place around the region. God help the British tax-payer is all I can say. Matt Why? Greece's games cost 3.2 Billion. 3 billion of which was payed for by private enterprise. |
Els wrote
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| Matt Probert wrote: But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. If she starts saving now I think? |
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| Els wrote Matt Probert wrote: But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. If she starts saving now I think? Does it cost to get older? |
Are you poorer or richer than last year?
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Els wrote
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| Charles Sweeney wrote: Els wrote Matt Probert wrote: But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. If she starts saving now I think? Does it cost to get older? Are you poorer or richer than last year? |
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Does it cost to get older? |
Yes.
Seriously. When I was twenty I'd think nothing of a ten mile walk. Now I
take a bus or train for anything over five miles. By the time I'm seventy
I suspect I'll be taking a tai to get to the end of the street.
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| Els wrote Charles Sweeney wrote: Els wrote Matt Probert wrote: But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. If she starts saving now I think? Does it cost to get older? Are you poorer or richer than last year? :o) I'm always poor! |
I've written to Gotdon Brown, but apparently I'm not eligible for debt
relief or grant aid since I can't prove good governance. So that's no more
AK47s this year then, and I may not be able to torture more than one
dissident a week.
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Once upon a time, far far away Eric Jarvis <[Email Removed]>
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| Charles Sweeney [Email Removed] wrote in <[email protected]>: Els wrote Charles Sweeney wrote: Els wrote Matt Probert wrote: But we are already looking forward to the fact that my daughter will be 14 then and perhaps able to actually attend an Olympic event as a spectator. If she starts saving now I think? Does it cost to get older? Are you poorer or richer than last year? :o) I'm always poor! I've written to Gotdon Brown, but apparently I'm not eligible for debt relief or grant aid since I can't prove good governance. So that's no more AK47s this year then, and I may not be able to torture more than one dissident a week. |
We didn't get to be the world's second largest exporter of military
equipment (I shan't say 'arms' it would be too easy for you <g>)
without giving third-world governments the money to pay for them!
Perhaps if I applied for an aid grant, and dropped subtle hints about
wishing to embark on some ethnic cleansing, water privatisation and
oil reserves I am willing to allow foreign companies to exploit, I
might get some cash?
Cynical aint I?
Matt
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