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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2022 12:32:51 GMT -5
The Men's Downhill - Silver at 41 - Wow!! I am into it -  |
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2022 12:51:27 GMT -5
We don’t have TV (broadcast or cable) so we don’t see the games live. Still the NBC footage of Kamila Valieva‘s figure skating was truly astonishing. Such grace, agility, timing, planning, has rarely if ever been seen. It was like seeing Baryshnikov dance with the Bolshoi, totally amazing.
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Post by epaul on Feb 7, 2022 13:09:34 GMT -5
I watched some yesterday afternoon, some cross country and some small hill ski jumping (it seems odd to have small hill jumps in the Olympics when the big hill, the one everyone cares about, is sitting right next it in the camera frame. Is there a skill set differential between small hill jumps and big hill jumps that keeps the small one in the games) ((small is relative. No way in hell would I go anywhere near it, not even in a cushioned and spring-equipped toboggan)) I also watched the final holes of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Tom Hoge, the winner, is from Fargo. Still lives there. Two friends of mine were there cheering him on. He is the kind of guy you want to cheer for. Nice Story! |
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Post by epaul on Feb 7, 2022 13:16:23 GMT -5
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2022 13:42:21 GMT -5
Wow! I got to play Pebble just before the 1982 Open. The one Tom Watson won on 17 chipping in. I had close to that same shot on 8 but on the edge of the fairway. I remember I hit a 4 iron and made the fringe. The guy playing with me said I’d never forget that shot and I didn’t. The other thing I remember was that the rough was pretty much the way it was going to be for the Open. I was in the second cut more than I would like to admit and usually had to hit a wedge or take a drop to get out. I thought of that when Tiger won there for the first time and hit an uphill 200yd 7 iron out of the second cut in the right rough on 7 to make the green for an eagle putt. I am amazed he didn’t break his wrist. It was a public course then and actually quite reasonable to play. I think it was $50 for 18 and half a cart. |
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Post by billhammond on Feb 7, 2022 14:14:08 GMT -5
Pebble still is a public course, but I'm sure it's not cheap to play there.
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2022 14:44:08 GMT -5
I had the opportunity to play at Pebble Beach while on a business trip in the ‘90s. As I recall, the greens fees were $300. I didn’t think that would look good on my expense account. I opted to treat the young, attractive IBM rep I was traveling with to dinner at the mighty fine restaurant overlooking the 18th hole. Got by for half of what the greens fees would have been and had a much better time in the bargain.
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Post by james on Feb 7, 2022 14:46:51 GMT -5
I haven't watched much of the Olympics. I like the curling most and have enjoyed a bit of that.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Feb 7, 2022 15:19:14 GMT -5
While I admire the skill and dedication of the athletes, I don't watch much of it. The year(s)-long NBC hype machine wears on me.
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2022 15:54:30 GMT -5
While I admire the skill and dedication of the athletes, I don't watch much of it. The year(s)-long NBC hype machine wears on me. That’s one reason we don’t have TV. No hype. |
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Post by theevan on Feb 7, 2022 16:14:08 GMT -5
The Men's Downhill - Silver at 41 - Wow!! I am into it - He looks kinda old for 41. |
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Post by coachdoc on Feb 7, 2022 16:22:33 GMT -5
I am enamored of the 15 y.o. Russian figure skater. Such grace. She’s at another whole level than I have seen before.
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 7, 2022 16:42:05 GMT -5
The Men's Downhill - Silver at 41 - Wow!! I am into it - Any details available about the bike pic on the wall? |
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Post by epaul on Feb 7, 2022 17:00:14 GMT -5
I went to the Calgary Olympics in 1988. I drove up to Winnipeg and took the train the rest of the way.
I saw Eddie the Eagle and The Jamaican Bobsled Team. And the U.S. Hockey Team had a bad run, which meant really good seats for their last couple games. I was right behind the players' bench for the game against Switzerland, and I mean right behind, first row. I could of jumped in on a line shift (if I had been drunk and so inclined). Dave Radke would have loved being at that game. The Swiss fans behind me were equipped with cowbells of every size and color. Amazing. Wore funny hats, as well. Good bunch.
I came home with about a hundred pins and an Eddie the Eagle sweatshirt. Still have them, somewhere.
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2022 17:44:15 GMT -5
I am enamored of the 15 y.o. Russian figure skater. Such grace. She’s at another whole level than I have seen before. Kamila Valieva. Phenomenal! |
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2022 18:12:56 GMT -5
Any details available about the bike pic on the wall? Yes! Some time ago when Greg LeMond was with Trek and of course living in a Minneapolis burb, he visited some dealers to promote his bikes and came to Alexandria. He was learning to fly and came up with his instructor in a Cirrus he bought. I was assigned to meet him at the airport and be his escort so it was a great day. He was a very nice person. He had a bunch of pictures of his amazing sprint finish in the rain beating Sean Kelly and Dimitri Konyshev in the 1989 worlds at Chambery France. He autographed one for me and I framed it. |
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 7, 2022 18:51:11 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Feb 7, 2022 19:12:38 GMT -5
I saw a skater fall down. Is that it?
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2022 19:48:08 GMT -5
Women's Hockey USA vs Canada tonight at 11:00PM EST on NBC. Should be a great game.
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 7, 2022 21:17:23 GMT -5
I saw a skater fall down. Is that it? Watch the (edit: chinese, already losing) skater on the outside. They reach down in front of the third skater's legs and flick the marker forward and into the second place skater's skates, making them fall. Not something invented on the fly, on the spur of the moment, so smoothly done that maybe it had been practiced? How did anyone think that that would go unnoticed when everything is so heavily/thoroughly recorded? |
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