I will admit to being one of the many who, 2 months ago, didn't give a flying f**k about the olympics. Today I apologise for this. From watching the opening ceremony, I WAS HOOKED. My biggest regret is not applying for any tickets.
The whole thing has been a huge success, so I tip my hat to all those involved, from the main organisers, right down to the thousands of volunteers, and not forgetting the magnificent efforts from team GB. It has really put the GREAT back into britain, and it's great that we, as a nation, have re-claimed our union jack and are once more proud to fly it. For too long this nation has been afraid to fly the flag, due to right-wing fascist movements who adopted it under false claims.
I was in London yesterday to attend the gig in Hyde park. As we got there nice and early, we went round to buck house/St james' park to take in the atmosphere of the marathon, before wandering around and just "feeling the vibe".
National pride is something we, as a nation should embrace, not shun.
So again, I apologise for being such a pessimist about it all.
It feels GREAT
to live in BRITAIN.
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The cynicism and lack of patriotism among the British in recent years has been a little embarrassing. It is fantastic to have the country showing some real pride in itself for a change.
I wont/dont watch any of the sports in the Olympics live, except a bit of boxing and obviously football, so I would not have bought tickets anyway.
Thick white band top left....NOT thin!!!
I was the same. I thought it was too much money, too much inconvenience and not worth it. Sadly I didn't get into it that much either. I work from home and have had my son during the holiday so I could have had it on all day. I didn't. Towards the end it dawned on me that I have missed out on a lot of it. I even managed to miss the big races - and I run both 5k and 10k, so I should have watched Mo's two Golds, but I missed them.
On the whole, even though I didn't watch much, of it I think it has been a good thing and the medal haul has lifted spirits across the country and we all forgot that we are in such a tough spot for a couple of weeks.
but let that be a lesson to you and don't do it again.
Apart from Millwall, I think I'm going to try & skip any other football on the box and do something different instead.
I'm going to find it a real shame that after the last 2 weeks we'll all tune in to MOTD next weekend and see the same players crowd the ref, argue, whinge, moan, scream abuse, players & managers lie and the soap opera of football returns.
Two different things.
Most of the anti brigade have just gone very, very quiet.
Whilst I won't stop watching football ( its part of my job, anyway ), I agree with SLL's sentiments regarding footballers.
It takes a real man to name himself after a combo of a teeth-rotting fizzy drink and multi-purpose household cleaner, but to add a picture of morph into the bargain is proper hero territory.
I salute you sir!
;o)
Martin Tyler even referenced it in commentary that now was the perfect time for football to 'do right'......fat chance of that happening.
When to me, watching these athletes will stick in my memory for a bit longer as all that should be good about sport which some footballers don't even attempt to replicate.
I was under the impression my business was going to suffer for the whole of August.
Parking restrictions, Olympic lanes, security checks and the horrendous traffic jams.
In the lead up to the games I was getting increasingly agitated at the thought of trade being strangled.
To top it all we were involved in the refurbishment of the building that was to be used as the temporary morgue if terrorists
attacked one of the stadiums, With the army on standby to erect bubble tents for accomodating 1000 bodies within hours
on the grounds outside and a plan in place to shut down the road network to facilitate the vehicles tranporting the
corpses. Opinion appeared that not if an attack would happen but when. The thought of attending an event felt like
playing russian roulette. This contingency plan had to be put in place and to a few of us didn't instill confidence as to the progression of the games.
I must say the parking hasn't been a problem, the olympic lanes haven't been used and there was less traffic on the
roads during the olympics than there is on Christmas day and best of all the refurbished building never needed to be used.
I enjoyed every minute of the games and now wished it had lasted longer.