2010 Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Super-Thread - Page 124

GeeCee · #**2461** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 12:32 AM**

Thanks Rico

closing ceremony begins at 6pm

SpongeG · #**2462** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 12:34 AM**

ooh i have time - they showed some shots on tv looks like the broken cauldron is a go! haha

GeeCee · #**2463** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 1:30 AM**

Weird, it's starting at 5:30, not 6:00... omg they are raising the last leg of the cauldron. or not.

SpongeG · #**2464** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 1:37 AM**

they did and it was so awesome! the mime lol

SpongeG · #**2465** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 1:39 AM**

and ctv pulls away and nbc shows what they didn;t show and it was pretty cool

Canadian Mind · #**2466** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

and ctv pulls away and nbc shows what they didn;t show and it was pretty cool

which was?

entheosfog · #**2467** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:34 AM**

Granville at Robson, about an hour and a half ago. More pics and video 'a comin'!

SpongeG · #**2468** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

which was?

they spelt out some words - i couldn't figure them all out - looked like Oh Canada or something

SpongeG · #**2469** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:45 AM**

jack furlongs speech is good but he can't deliver it and his french was awful

subdude · #**2470** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:55 AM**

Gold Medal Hockey Celebration on Robson (just about crushed at Robson/Granville, little sketchy there for a moment):

• Video Link

SpongeG · #**2471** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:56 AM**

"these were excellent and very friendly games"

Canadian Mind · #**2472** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

jack furlongs speech is good but he can't deliver it and his french was awful

couldn't deliver it because the croud drowned him out. not a bad thing though. The IOC president needs to learn to accentuate the sentances he wants the croud to cheer after.

twoNeurons · #**2473** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 4:20 AM**

Rogge is mono-emotional

GeeCee · #**2474** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 4:26 AM**

well, now what do we do with all this stuff?

Echoes · #**2475** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 4:41 AM**

Loved the reaction/ovation the crowd at BC Place gave after Furlong's remark that our last gold will be remembered for generations to come... or something to that effect (ie - Men's Hockey GOLD!!!)

I can't get enough of the images of crowds flooding the streets of Vancouver, Toronto, etc. in celebration.

SpongeG · #**2476** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 4:55 AM**

that was great i liked how he tied the first and the last into his speach

WarrenC12 · #**2477** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 6:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by usog

I wonder how awkward it is for the Olympic protesters right now xD

People are still and will forever bitch about the games. The $7b pricetag (drawn from thin air from what I can see), the games being for the "corporate elite", despite huge evidence to the contrary with people across the country celebrating. There's no arguing with stupid.

Yume-sama · #**2478** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 6:35 AM**

Robson / Granville about 20 minutes ago. Probably HUNDREDS of thousands of people there. Shoulder to shoulder, sidewalk and street, for BLOCKS.

And Yaletown, too! THE WHOLE CITY IS ON FIRE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/syume/4397728694/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/syume/4396962737/

Canadian Mind · #**2479** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 6:45 AM**

Would you say it's busier than the festival of lights?

Yume-sama · #**2480** Posted **Mar 1, 2010, 6:46 AM**

Puts anything I have ever seen to shame. It is not just this street, for as far as the eye can see, it is EVERY street.