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03-01-2010, 06:23 AM
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After the last 2 weeks, I'm barely alive, way too much partying and drinking, kinda glad its all over lol. It was so rough getting up at 5am today for work, especially when I started drinking at about 10:30am ish yesterday.
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03-01-2010, 06:34 AM
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#3027 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic  Haven't heard much about drug testing. I guess these games were clean in that aspect. | Was listening to a bit on CBC Radio One on Sunday morning, they stated that there had been no doping violations reported to that point. Pretty good, since everyone is tested immediately after competing... either they know they're not gonna get away with it, so they don't even try... or they've gotten REALLY good at beating the testing.
They were starting to say something about Dick Pound, and I lost reception...
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03-01-2010, 06:43 AM
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#3028 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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03-01-2010, 07:51 AM
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#3029 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by fliptuner Were you at Yaletown, watching the closing ceremonies? | nope, i was downtown the whole time
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03-01-2010, 07:57 AM
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#3030 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by 7seven After the last 2 weeks, I'm barely alive, way too much partying and drinking, kinda glad its all over lol. It was so rough getting up at 5am today for work, especially when I started drinking at about 10:30am ish yesterday. | lol.. same here..
I am litterally partied out.
Practically every night... partying, drinking, screaming, sleep.. friends passing out on my couch.. wake up...go to work... almost every night for 2 weeks.
Good times.... good times..
Vancouver sure surprised me, that was one sweet olympic setup.
Crosby is god...
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03-01-2010, 08:01 AM
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#3031 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Ch28 Neil Young is the shit.
Don't diss. | The good thing about being famous for your crappy singing, is that nobody notices when your voice starts going (did you see Trooper the other night? Ra's voice is TOAST!)
Most classic Neil Young line:
Foster: “Sounds a bit flat, Neil”
Young: “That’s my sound, man.”
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03-01-2010, 08:04 AM
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#3032 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Wow. Time really flew. I'm either getting old or it seem just like yesterday we just won the Winter Olympic Bid and RS was arguing the pro and against it.
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03-01-2010, 08:17 AM
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#3033 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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RS MEMBERS WERE IN THE SUIT?
SHIT DUDE, I WOULDA GAVE YOU GUYS A BIG HUG
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03-01-2010, 08:32 AM
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#3034 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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The adrenaline rush from yesterday's game was too much and by the end of the closing ceremonies, I had to go home and get some rest. Waiting in line for a couple of hours to get into a bar, then drinking shots on an empty stomach, and then "Whoooing" and high fiving everyone in sight from Gastown to Robson afterwards takes a toll on the body, I guess.
I will say that the morning commute sure looked pretty sullen this morning. I wore my Canada jersey on the Skytrain just to see if I would get any reaction, but it seems that we have already gone into Post-Olympic-Depression mode.
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03-01-2010, 08:50 AM
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#3035 | | Ubereem Mod
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it's the withdrawl, we're all in withdrawl mode.
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03-01-2010, 08:55 AM
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#3036 | | Head of HR....have a seat on that couch
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Originally Posted by Grandmaster TSE nope, i was downtown the whole time | Lucky, lucky...... I have a pic of a guy that looks similar. He was singing along with Avril, like he was totally into it.........with his eyes closed. 
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fliptuner, I am gonna grab ur dick and pee in your face, then rub shit all over my face...:lol
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haha i can taste the cum in my mouth
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03-01-2010, 09:45 AM
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#3037 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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goddamn
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03-01-2010, 09:52 AM
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#3038 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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plenty of people out there look like me, based on facts
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03-01-2010, 10:11 AM
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#3039 | | Ubereem Mod
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International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge commended VANOC Sunday for recovering from early "teething pains" to stage a successful Winter Olympics.
In particular, Dr. Rogge referred to the "extraordinary embrace of the Games by the entire city of Vancouver. That is something I have never seen on this scale before. This is something really unique, and given a great atmosphere to these Games."
City streets have been thronged almost from the day the Olympics began, with people wearing all manners of patriotic colours in a virtual non-stop party mood.
Dr. Rogge advised future Olympic hosts to take note of Vancouver's people success and create more areas, such as the city's packed "Live Sites", where non-ticket holders can celebrate. "It has created an ambience that is really a major lesson for other hosts."
He made his remarks at a closing press conference on the Olympics' final day, with the host country gripped in the drama of its gold medal hockey showdown with the United States.
While promising to elaborate on his view of the 2010 Olympics during the closing ceremonies later in the day, Dr. Rogge said stakeholders have been "absolutely thrilled" by the Olympic Villages and "delighted" by Games venues.
"Broadcasters have also been delighted by sky-high ratings, better than Turin and Salt Lake City."
On a more somber note, however, the IOC head also noted the "very bad conditions" under which the 2010 Olympics began, with the death of young Georgian luger Nordas Komaritashvili in the hours before the opening ceremonies.
"That is something the Olympic movement will not forget for sure," said Dr. Rogge, who mentioned that he couldn't sleep for the next two nights after Mr. Komaritashvili's fatal accident. "It hit me very strongly. It hurt."
Without being more specific, Dr. Rogge said that the Games suffered from early "teething pains", but gave VANOC credit for responding well. "From that moment on, things went extremely well."
He also praised the atmosphere at Games venues, pointing to the fairness and enthusiasm with which the home-town crowds responded to all athletes.
"The behaviour of the fans was outstanding, and that was a real credit to Canadians."
He attributed much of VANOC's success to "testing, testing, testing. They have confirmed that you have to test everything [ahead of the Games], and VANOC has really done a good job on that."
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03-01-2010, 10:15 AM
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#3040 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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we rock
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03-01-2010, 10:33 AM
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#3041 | | Blood tests positive for LOL mod
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I'll put PVD as side this morning to make some wallpapers for you guys lol
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03-01-2010, 10:52 AM
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#3042 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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man, had such an awesome time downtown after the gold medal game
high fived almost everyone i saw
even those in cars
high fived a possible rs member...? lowered red s2k, with dual exhaust, i THINK burnt tip, iunno, i was pretty drunk haha
i agree with roach, gonna miss the carefree party atmosphere, no posh attitude and mean mugging wannabes
just FUN FUN
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03-01-2010, 11:33 AM
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#3043 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
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Im still out of word. So epic.
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03-01-2010, 11:44 AM
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03-01-2010, 12:58 PM
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is the olympics over?
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03-01-2010, 01:01 PM
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#3046 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
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I just read on another forum that Canada had 24 4th and 5th place finishes. Like I've said a few times, if those finishes would have been one position higher, we would have been right there with the USA in the mid 30s for medals.
I would say the games were very very successfull
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03-01-2010, 01:02 PM
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Pretty good article which about sums up the general consensus of every one of my friends and clients that came in from the US for the Olympics, while there where some disasters relating to venues and transportation, the people made the Olympics awesome. Quote:
There was a lot to like about these Olympics, but nothing more than the Canadian people.
By Bill Plaschke
February 28, 2010
From Vancouver, Canada
It was after midnight, a week ago, the U.S. had earlier defeated Canada in a preliminary-round Olympic hockey game, the emptying streets wet, the mood soggy.
I was returning from our nightly visit to the giant four-pronged Olympic flame with my 15-year-old daughter, Mary Clare, who was wearing an American flag like a cape, and a smile like a necklace.
It was one of the first times she wore something that didn't represent her high school or favorite sports team. It was one of the first moments she may have realized the pride in being an American.
And here came the Canadian.
He appeared to be in his late 20s. He was wearing a scruffy beard, a pale bandanna, and wild stare. He jumped in front of Mary Clare on a darkened patch of sidewalk and started shouting.
"Eh, eh, eh!" he said.
She froze. Her brave and resourceful father also, um, froze.
At which point the man stuck out his hand.
"High-five, eh?" he said. "Great game, America. You won fair and square. We'll see you in the finals."
Before disappearing into the shadows, the man looked back at me with what appeared to be a wink.
"I know what you were thinking, but that's not how we do it here," he said. "We're Canadian."
I thought of this incident later when, spying on Mary Clare's Facebook page as all brave and resourceful fathers should do, I came across a line about her Olympic experience that stunned me in its simple honesty.
"I love Canada," she wrote.
Come to think of it, so do I. Forget the medal counts and podium ceremonies, there was only one true winner here, the beauty and breadth of its land equaled only by the daily kindness of its people.
Canada, you were gold. For two weeks, you lived your anthem, your hearts glowing like that moon that hung nightly over the Burrard Inlet, a light on the front porch of a house that felt like a home.
There was tragedy here in the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, embarrassment in the opening ceremony torch malfunction, carelessness in the ice resurfacing machines that broke during long-track speedskating, crassness of a gold-medal- winning Canadian women's hockey team celebrating on the ice with booze and cigars.
None of it was the fault of the Canadian people, who turned the Winter Olympics into the Warmer Olympics, filling the city with friendliness, filling the stands with good cheer even while booing the USA hockey team, sharing not only their streets but themselves.
There were women giving me directions as if they were my mother reading me a recipe, hand on my back, walking me toward my destination -- "OK, now, you go down here a little ways, pass that cute little syrup store, make a left at that fountain."
There were guys who, standing in one of the endless lines here that the Canadians accepted with such good humor, would ask me if I'm having fun, and did I need anything, and oh, here, let me explain curling, everyone a cousin, every gathering a family reunion.
Then there was the Canadian who literally gave me the shirt off her back. She was a manager at a local bakery that properly boasted of Vancouver's best cheesecake. After a couple of memorable visits there, I wondered whether they sold T-shirts featuring the name of the shop.
The manager went into the back and came out with red shirt that looked similar to the one she had been wearing. Take it, she said. No charge. Thanks for coming.
Finally, there was the ski lift.
I may be the first person in Winter Olympics history to admit this, but I'm terrified of ski lifts. A horrible experience on a long and rickety Alaskan lift 25 years ago made me swear to avoid them forever. Imagine, then, my nerves upon learning that in order to cover the Alpine ski events here, I had to take a ski lift up to the media center.
Sitting next to unsuspecting colleague Chris Dufresne, I held my breath going up and survived. The problem was coming down. It was late, and there was nobody working the lift. Just riding that sucker was hard enough without figuring out how to climb aboard and pull down the bar and actually get off.
That is when she appeared, a local volunteer returning to her family. As she prepared to board the lift, I shouted for her to wait for me. She did.
I told her my problem. She understood.
She helped me board with my giant briefcase, asked about my family as we rode down through the tops of the trees, then carefully instructed me how to climb off at the bottom without falling on my face, drawing a few deserving snickers from some nearby teenagers.
"Hey, he doesn't do this much, OK?" she said, scolding.
Canada, you were gold.
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03-01-2010, 01:03 PM
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#3048 | | RS Operative (G)
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Originally Posted by simsimi1004 is the olympics over? | no, there is still 5 more weeks
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03-01-2010, 01:15 PM
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Does the Olympic Flame stay lit for the Para-olympics?
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03-01-2010, 01:24 PM
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#3050 | | hoppity HOP HOP
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo Does the Olympic Flame stay lit for the Para-olympics? | The cauldron will be re-lit for the Paralympics on the 12th, then extinguished on the 21st.
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