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Anti Olympics people...

AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
edited August 2012 in Other Football and Sports
"The stadium won't be ready on time","Transport will be chaos", "The opening ceremony will be embarrassing", We won't win many medals", "The stadiums will be empty", "We won't win any medals in the athletics, which is all that counts"... You boys took a hell of a beating...
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  • grumpyaddickgrumpyaddick
    Put my hand up and say yes..it was me.

    It has been a huge success (so far). Well done to all concerned.

    Still say its a lot of money for two weeks of minor sports and fast food marketing and UK only really excels in the so called "posh sports". There are not many elite rowers, sailors and show jumpers in Kenya.

    More than half of our medals are won by private school kids and the coverage overseas is censored / restricted to approved media outlets. Can't see them introducing shooting into the curriculum in inner city schools in Manchester any time soon. United kingdom??? ....sorry I don't think so

    But yeah..I admit..it has been well delivered.
  • Stu_of_KunmingStu_of_Kunming
    I'd imagine China censores it media more than most countries in the world and Olympic coverage is HUGE here, it's all my students want to talk about, they all sit up till 4/5am watching stuff and turn up to class at 9 like zombies, they love it all speak very highly of the job London is doing.
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    grumpyaddick said:

    Can't see them introducing shooting into the curriculum in inner city schools in Manchester any time soon.

    They could bring their own guns in.
  • addick1965addick1965
    I will admit to thinking the transport system would let us down.....but glad to be wrong on that one :)
  • Kap10Kap10
    edited August 2012
    Central line has been crap, but overall the infra structure has held up well.

    I have really enjoyed so far, but was surprised when I was talking about the Olympics to my students who are unemployed and I am training in Retail Knowledge, very cynical about the Olympics and the amount of investment for a three / five week meeting, see no prospect of long term jobs coming out of it. Hope they are wrong, these are the peoepl that are trying to get a job rather than the reluctant attenders to my course.
  • razilrazil
    Have the jams around greenwich calmed or are there more equestrian events?
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    razil said:

    Have the jams around greenwich calmed or are there more equestrian events?

    Show jumping today, I think.
  • JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    Kap10 said:

    Central line has been crap, but overall the infra structure has held up well.

    South Eastern have been running all their services with 10 carriages.
    First day after the Olympics, they'll go back to running them with 6 again. If they can do it for 2 weeks, surely they can do it permanently.
  • razilrazil
    Is there any more cycling left?
  • AlfreddaviesAlfreddavies
    http://addicktedcharlton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/my-olympic-roller-coaster.html
    My feelings on the Olympics.
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  • northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    I think it has been amazing, but speaking to a customer who is a black cab driver, said it has been awful, no business what so ever.
  • suzisausagesuzisausage
    I think its been amazing. however I still stand by the fact that our travel plan of asking people to 'avoid a station' is simply not good enough, and those that hail the travel as a success are slightly misguided. There have been 7 years to improve the infrastructure and come up with a better plan than asking commuters to work from home, take holiday, change hours or travel a different way. I think there have been issues with trains but thankfully not enough to cause anyone major troubles, but I think that is more luck than judgement.
  • shirty5shirty5
    addick1965 said:

    I will admit to thinking the transport system would let us down.....but glad to be wrong on that one :)

    So far, so good.

  • shirty5shirty5
    northstandsteve said:

    I think it has been amazing, but speaking to a customer who is a black cab driver, said it has been awful, no business what so ever.


    Was around Oxford Street/Regent Street friday afternoon, and i have never seen it so quiet.
  • creepyaddickcreepyaddick
    grumpyaddick said:



    More than half of our medals are won by private school kids

    Like the girl rower that answered a newspaper ad?
  • northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    Shirty heks words to me were this is going to cause a deeper recession for London's traders.
  • razilrazil
    suzisausage said:

    I think its been amazing. however I still stand by the fact that our travel plan of asking people to 'avoid a station' is simply not good enough, and those that hail the travel as a success are slightly misguided. There have been 7 years to improve the infrastructure and come up with a better plan than asking commuters to work from home, take holiday, change hours or travel a different way. I think there have been issues with trains but thankfully not enough to cause anyone major troubles, but I think that is more luck than judgement.

    I kind of agree but on the other hand the investment needed to really sort it out would have been enormous, e.g. The bottle neck at LB
  • BDLBDL
    edited August 2012
    The pay back will be in years to come, people will have seen London on TV, heard how great the Olympics have been and will want to visit London. Expect Tourism to leap up.

  • razilrazil
    grumpyaddick said:

    Put my hand up and say yes..it was me.

    It has been a huge success (so far). Well done to all concerned.

    Still say its a lot of money for two weeks of minor sports and fast food marketing and UK only really excels in the so called "posh sports". There are not many elite rowers, sailors and show jumpers in Kenya.

    More than half of our medals are won by private school kids and the coverage overseas is censored / restricted to approved media outlets. Can't see them introducing shooting into the curriculum in inner city schools in Manchester any time soon. United kingdom??? ....sorry I don't think so

    But yeah..I admit..it has been well delivered.

    There was a shooting club in Bexley where i took the nipper to cubs, not exactly inner city but hey

    Just imagine what we could achieve with some investment, we should encourage our kids to compete, it makes them healthier and fitter which can make them smarter too apparently.

  • cfgscfgs
    I sat through he opening ceremony, thinking what a waste of time and money this whole thing will be. But as time has gone by I have caught the bug, I am definitely enjoying the party now
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  • se9addickse9addick
    suzisausage said:

    I think its been amazing. however I still stand by the fact that our travel plan of asking people to 'avoid a station' is simply not good enough, and those that hail the travel as a success are slightly misguided. There have been 7 years to improve the infrastructure and come up with a better plan than asking commuters to work from home, take holiday, change hours or travel a different way. I think there have been issues with trains but thankfully not enough to cause anyone major troubles, but I think that is more luck than judgement.

    Don't you think there has been investment in Londons transport infrastructure ?

    They couldn't write a blank cheque to cover sufficeint transport all the people who will descend on the city for these two weeks which would then be under utilised after the games finished, but they were sensible with their investment which will leave a lasting legacy for our city after the games.
  • MattDMattD
    Missing most of it because of work. Saw first full event (Ennis last run).

    I was more hyped about Euros tbh
  • stop_shoutingstop_shouting
    grumpyaddick said:

    Put my hand up and say yes..it was me.

    It has been a huge success (so far). Well done to all concerned.

    Still say its a lot of money for two weeks of minor sports and fast food marketing and UK only really excels in the so called "posh sports". There are not many elite rowers, sailors and show jumpers in Kenya.

    More than half of our medals are won by private school kids and the coverage overseas is censored / restricted to approved media outlets. Can't see them introducing shooting into the curriculum in inner city schools in Manchester any time soon. United kingdom??? ....sorry I don't think so

    But yeah..I admit..it has been well delivered.

    Read you post out aloud and see how ridiculous you sound. How do you know that more than half these kids went to private school and what relevance does it have anyway. Do you not think that inner city kids like Mo and Perry Shakes-Drayton have not received funding.

  • WSSWSS
    edited August 2012
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  • suzisausagesuzisausage
    se9addick said:

    suzisausage said:

    I think its been amazing. however I still stand by the fact that our travel plan of asking people to 'avoid a station' is simply not good enough, and those that hail the travel as a success are slightly misguided. There have been 7 years to improve the infrastructure and come up with a better plan than asking commuters to work from home, take holiday, change hours or travel a different way. I think there have been issues with trains but thankfully not enough to cause anyone major troubles, but I think that is more luck than judgement.

    Don't you think there has been investment in Londons transport infrastructure ?

    They couldn't write a blank cheque to cover sufficeint transport all the people who will descend on the city for these two weeks which would then be under utilised after the games finished, but they were sensible with their investment which will leave a lasting legacy for our city after the games.
    Yep, I think there has been investment in the transport, extra platform space on DLR and longer trains, I just think there could have been more.
    The outside of London Bridge looks awesome, but the inside is leaking with buckets everywhere collecting from the leaking roof. They've put white plastic on the ceiling as a short term fix. Our transport system struggles to cope with daily commuters so was bound to struggle with the extra visitors without investment. Fortunately, everything seems to have gone well so far and that's great. I hope it carries on flowing so well with or without points failure/signal failure.
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Truth is that as soon as London was chosen it was going to cause some people some problems. Any major infrastructure development always will. Piss poor and problematic for those affected adversely but for every loser there will be a winner. Stratford has been transformed into a transport hub bringing jobs and housing to what was once well quite frankly a dump. London is one of THE great three or four cities in the world and should be proud of its multiculturalism and it's heritage. What better way to showcase this than host the greatest show on earth. London deserves it and has delivered. What sort of message would London have sent out if we admitted it was just too difficult. The 2012 Olympics have done more for Londons world profile in a few short weeks than anything else has for decades. We will reap the benefits of this lift for years in so many ways.
  • suzisausagesuzisausage
    absolutely. it really has been amazing, and even those Britons who don't agree with London hosting or are anti-olympics, or even not lovers of sport must be proud of what is going on - even if they're not watching it?!
  • O-Randy-HuntO-Randy-Hunt
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Kap10 said:

    Central line has been crap, but overall the infra structure has held up well.

    South Eastern have been running all their services with 10 carriages.
    First day after the Olympics, they'll go back to running them with 6 again. If they can do it for 2 weeks, surely they can do it permanently.
    Thinking exactly the same thing. Can't argue with the service they have put on so far, so why can't they do it for the rest of the year
  • RothkoRothko
    the transport gripes, are real minor gripes, London Bridge is going through a massive redevelopment, so a few leaks in the roof are going to happen. The major investment that's already happened, and the way the games have forced legacy investment like Crossrail will benefit London for generations.

    No one will remember buckets, they'll remember last night, the roars at Hampton and Eton Dorney, Pendleton, Hoy, Wiggins and Ennis.
  • suzisausagesuzisausage
    I'll remember the buckets and bins and the drips thanks. nothing to do with the olympics, but weeks of people tripping up, they'll remember them too.

    hoorah for cross rail for those that can get it in a few years time after the olympics and the fast javelin train from kent to london (through following some on twitter that get it - it is late more often than not).

    anyway, i'm not being negative about the olympics, just pointing out that 'stay away from london bridge' was not a great plan for the process. don't suppose those that have stayed away get a refund on their travel cards?
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