Ya know... alcohol isn't "needed" to have fun.
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There are plenty of other drugs you could use to enhance your time! |
If there are no gigantic rings on Grouse it will be a travesty. I'm sure they could put them where it'd be virtually impossible to reach.
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seeing as the rings are on a barge, in the middle of the harbour, it certainly opens up the possibility of having a fireworks show...
celebration of light should sponsor a nightly display of sorts. i remember the fireworks going off the rings on the sydney bridge in 2000. that was awesome. they could do something similar here. |
^ albeit, it's a pretty small barge...though they could have a dozen small barges for a major but short fireworks display like Sydney and Beijing or even the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealths.
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PS removing pilings is very difficult... wonder what they will use the pilings for post olympics? :tup: |
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I love the fact that the police take away beer and write you a ticket. Yet, there is a guy shooting up a block away and nobody cares. Or someone walking around spazzing and smoking crack. Of course we all know people who consume alcohol are violent and deserve to be thrown in jail..especially considering most alcoholics break into cars to steal 5 cents in order to get their next hit of Bud light Also, not to mention they are supporting organized crime when they buy their next hit at the BC Liquour Store. Lock them up! :rolleyes: |
Haha I've ranted about that exact issue many times before! Unfortunately no one aside from me really seems interested...
Its pretty damn rediculious though if you ask me. |
The rings were unveiled earlier this evening, they look awesome!
But it's a real shame this is all we're doing in terms of lit Olympic rings. |
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i can see the rings from my apartment in east van, they look great. very bright and pretty easy to make out
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i got down there just as they were moving the rings - they are closer to stanley park now
on the news they were very close to the convention centre - either way they look good |
some pics - and the last one is really blurry since i had no tripod or flat thing to put the camera on but if someone wanders out there its an awesome vantage point with the city behind...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...9/DSC06373.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...9/DSC06377.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...9/DSC06390.jpg |
They better get their act together quickly, there's only 99 days.
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Damn - so they ARE on a BARGE!
Guess the piling were just to secure the barge? |
yes they are moveable - in the one pic you can see the tugboats that were moving them
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Olympic rings light up Vancouver's inner harbour
VANCOUVER - A set of 14-metre tall Olympic Rings floating in Coal Harbour that will shine throughout the Games were lit today by Premier Gordon Campbell to mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. "The Olympic Rings are one of the iconic symbols of these Games and this inner harbour showpiece will be a visual focal point for billions of people watching 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games worldwide and for visitors and residents to our province during the Games," Campbell said in a press release. "When Canadian athletes win medals, these rings will put on a programmable light show that will spread the excitement of their success across the city, throughout British Columbia and across Canada. These rings were also designed and built by B.C. firms and showcase the kind of green-technology innovation taking place in our province." The rings have thousands of individual LED lights that can be programmed for complex light show displays and will be visible from around the harbour, the premier's office said. They measure 13.7 metres (45 feet) high by 29.3 metres (96 feet) wide. As part of B.C.'s commitment to a green games the lights in the display use energy efficient bulbs that consume approximately eight per cent of the electricity of equivalent incandescent bulbs. "As we kick off the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Games and as we celebrate the first days of the Olympic Torch Relay, the excitement is building in every corner of the province," Campbell said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our communities, our province and our nation, and we will all share in the pride when those Olympic Rings light up in celebration of Canada's first medal of the 2010 Games." There are now two sets of LED Olympic rings in the lower mainland. The other is near Vancouver International Airport. The inner harbour rings are moored at Brockton Point and will be moved for lightshow events. :tup: http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 The Olympic Rings are lit up in the water off Coal Harbour on the waterfront in Vancouver November 4, 2009. Photograph by: Andy Clark, Reuters http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 A set of Olympic rings light-up Vancouver's Coal harbour, November 4th, in preparation of the upcoming 2010 winter Olympics. Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400 Premier Gordon Campbell and Vanoc CEO John Furlong light-up Vancouver's Coal harbour, November 4, with a set of floating Olympic rings. Today marked one hundred days until the 2010 winter Olympics. Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun there is some video of what they can do at the link/source |
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