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LIVE THREAD: 2006 Torino Olympics - OPENING CEREMONY
Free Republic ^ | February 10, 2006

Posted on 02/10/2006 3:24:18 PM PST by Howlin

NBC OLYMPICS HOME PAGE

Complete Olympic Schedule (Presumably updated with Results)

TV SCHEDULES

usolympicteam.com


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006olympics; itlay; olympics; sports; torino; turin
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To: John W

Snowboarding is not an Olympic sport.


301 posted on 02/10/2006 5:42:37 PM PST by fzx12345 (Three lefts don't make a right; they invent one.)
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To: alisasny
Its still the OLYMPICS, we are just older and more jaded since 88 and 92.

This is a time when I miss the Cold War, it always made the Olympics more interesting.
302 posted on 02/10/2006 5:42:52 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Q: What are the most sought after antiques? A: Anything with "Made in USA" on it, Thanks AK)
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To: fzx12345

Agreed. That's why they have the Winter X-Games.


303 posted on 02/10/2006 5:43:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: John W

Exactly. People are not happy about this.


304 posted on 02/10/2006 5:43:26 PM PST by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: silent_jonny

This is not the normal "Dancing" show. It's just a "results" show. All those people aren't always dancing - some are pro's who dance with stars who can't dance on the regular Thu night show.

"Nobody puts Baby in the corner!"


305 posted on 02/10/2006 5:43:32 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Howlin

I thought Olympic games fall on the same years the US Presidential elections fall. I remember 1976 was in Grenoble (sp?), 1980 was in Lake Placid, 1984 was in Calgary, 1988 was in Sarajevo...1994 was in Lillehammer?, 1996 was in Nogano ? -- that's two years difference!

Can anyone tell me what happened to the system of four years?


306 posted on 02/10/2006 5:44:31 PM PST by sully777 (What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: Miss Marple
NBC deserves pitchforks and torches!

For this and "Joey"! :)

307 posted on 02/10/2006 5:44:44 PM PST by silent_jonny ("I LOVE every damn one of you" -- Conservativebabe)
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To: Howlin

I love winter sports.

Please put me on the Ping List.


308 posted on 02/10/2006 5:45:11 PM PST by TheBrotherhood (Randomness does not create intelligence; only intelligence creates intelligence.)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Budweiser Shootout thread is up already.

Whoa! Thanks for the link!

309 posted on 02/10/2006 5:45:16 PM PST by Ben Hecks
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To: Miss Marple

At least I had the time to feed my 8 cats. B-) Pansy my green eyed calico cat, the oldest, I remember holding her on my lap as I watched the 1988 Calgary games, she will be 19 this year.


310 posted on 02/10/2006 5:46:04 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Q: What are the most sought after antiques? A: Anything with "Made in USA" on it, Thanks AK)
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To: sully777

They changed it a few years ago. Now they have them every 2 years. The next Olympics will be the summer Olympics in 2008.


311 posted on 02/10/2006 5:46:05 PM PST by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: sully777

They used to do winter and summer in the same year - now they alternate every two years.


312 posted on 02/10/2006 5:46:45 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: sully777

The summer olympics falls on the same years at the elections. I dont know why they changed it to like it is now, but mabe it was just too much for the stations to handle?


313 posted on 02/10/2006 5:47:04 PM PST by Lemondropkid31 (Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence.)
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To: retrokitten

No I never saw America's Top Model, but I think I saw it's bastard offspring "The Cut" on CBS last summer. No gaydar could possibly register the gayness of that show :)


314 posted on 02/10/2006 5:47:06 PM PST by silent_jonny ("I LOVE every damn one of you" -- Conservativebabe)
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To: silent_jonny; Miss Marple

LOL!!

I'm warming the boiling oil as we speak.


315 posted on 02/10/2006 5:47:26 PM PST by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: sully777

The Summer and Winter Olymics don't both take place in the same year like they used to, they are two year apart. They are still four years between.


316 posted on 02/10/2006 5:48:10 PM PST by skikvt (7th Infantry Division, Buffaloes)
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To: sully777
Can anyone tell me what happened to the system of four years?

They split up the Winter and Summer games in 1994, I think.

317 posted on 02/10/2006 5:49:21 PM PST by silent_jonny ("I LOVE every damn one of you" -- Conservativebabe)
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To: sully777

They changed this thing about the Olympics being every 4 ys a while back...dont know why they did it, but now with the winter Olympics in Torino in 2006, then the summer Olympics will be in 2008, then the next winter Olympics will be in 2010, and so on...four years between each winter Olympics, and four years between each summer Olympics, but just two years between winter and summer Olympics...


318 posted on 02/10/2006 5:49:56 PM PST by andysandmikesmom
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To: sully777

And interestingly, these games are only 80 miles to the east of Albertville, site of the 1992 games.


319 posted on 02/10/2006 5:50:08 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: fzx12345

Was that snowboarder they just interviewed a guy or a girl?


320 posted on 02/10/2006 5:50:43 PM PST by dfwgator
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