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forgot i'm watching this on delay :D

liked george michael ,not sure about the gay biker tache though

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he he ,thanks for the warning ,i can FF past that :D

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Octopus? I thought it was Katie Price laying on her back :shrug:

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It's got better in the last 10/15 minutes.

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Bozo and cam dancing to the spice girls LMAO

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I have to laugh, last night of the games, and they still had empty seats.

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Oh Arthur can you not just take a chill pill and enjoy it for what it is without nit picking :rolleyes:

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Eric Idle fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff Genius

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who's the singer with the ginger hair ?

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Ed Sheerian (think I spelt it correct)

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Cheers mate ,i had a brain block ,recognized pink floyd with him but couldn't think who he was

must those mind altering drugs Derek just threw my way :D

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Nice to see you joining in the spirit of things...

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it's fatboy slim who is something to do with a group called bloc party who have just released an album called octopus

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Throw some my way:D:D:D After hearing that travesty of Pink Floyd I need some:)

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They reserved a couple, just for the nay sayers like yourself. The rest of the UK have had a great party. We had a seat reserved for you Arthur, but you chose not to sit on it. Your loss in my opinion.

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Guardian sums it up

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Unfortunately, we all know the next line :D

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what a great way to close a brilliant Olympics. oh and tonight i remembered why i loved the Spice Girls growing up :D

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Is that the one which lights up? After roll on 2:confused:

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Bye Bye London 2012.

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Why are you moving now and not stopping the rest of the year:erm:

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he's going to Rio to scout ;)

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I'm gonna go where the flag goes. See ya! :D

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Right. So if you ever see a bloke stuck on a pole 10 yards up in the air, you'll know it's our Damien, and he's happy. Rescue attempts are not needed. :D

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:nworthy::nworthy::nworthy:brian may

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:waving: Brilliant Olympics. Well Done Us. :waving:



:cry::cry:

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Absobloodylutely and i must say what a good job the Beeb did with the coverage

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Bloody +1 as well:)

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-1 - the groping interviews. Michael Johnson.

+1 - everything else.

They are already planning to bring it back within 20 years.

There was a media announcement the other day about it.

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Hats off to Gary Barlow for still performing despite his very recent tragedy:clap::clap::clap::clap:

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:D
We still do some stuff right. I was worried that it would be a massive embarrassment.

OK so the rest of the world might not have understood it all - but it was different and poignant. And entertaining.

The rest of the world may not be au fait with London and GB's ways history.
As a Brit I couldn't have criticised much. Oh - hold on - some cringy moments... :D
Oh well - it's all done and dusted.

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Just got back after going to the closing ceromony it was fantastic although my fav moments were muse and the who,still too wide awake to go to sleep though.

I would have liked it better if muse had of been given an hour LOL.

and the who a few more numbers.:D

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Absolutely brilliant.:tu:

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/08/4.gif


You're welcome.

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Whereas I'd rather have had an hour of The Who. ;)

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That was some cheer Boris got when he was called to the stage last night. Any politician would kill for a public reception like that.

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Yes, fortunately he's not the black belt in the family. :D

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Yeah he is very popular at the moment.

Credit also needs to go to John Major for some part of the success of TeamGB, Tessa Jowell and Ken Livingston for London 2012 too.

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Just goes to show what can be achieved when party politics is put to one side!

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Yep, there was a blog in the Tele trying to pull all that together yesterday, pointing out that Tessa Jowell was the only one in Cabinet pushing to support the bid. She should be very proud of herself this morning, for that level of foresight and belief in what we could all achieve as a nation. IIRC the discussion was about the small decisions making a big difference over many years, which is how Major also got a name-check for bringing in the Lottery and structuring it so that it funded grassroots sport amongst other things.

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:D

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Sadly normal TV scheduling has returned.Apart from there still being no news and the Beeb don't seem to want to shift from the Olympic Park studio.

So back to the unfinished chores.....:tiptoe:

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Here here to that.:tu:

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Who can blame them ... When you've been to the ultimate festival you want to delay your departure as long as possible, just to make sure you lap up every last second. :D

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Just a reminder. World Cup 2018? Only 1 vote. Oh FIFA.....:D

I say we bid for Euro 2020! (Do Britain, if Scotland vote for independence then it becomes Britain and Scotland 2020 etc).

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Its shocking any way you look at it awarding the World Cup to Russia and Qatar.:td::(

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:D:D:D I also would have liked an hour of the who as well as muse.!

Could have replaced the spice spice girls and madness ect ect.

Ray Davies was good as well.

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Anyway anyone wanting to know how Ch 4 is approaching the Paralympics.

http://paralympics.channel4.com/insi...%20Paralympics

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Someone needs to do some spell checking for the Basketball (Baketball) link. ;)

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I'm already in enough trouble for red marking forum posts..;)

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BTW how many people played with the Olympic Google Doodles?:)

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Not to mention "Why does Britain does dominate dressage?" . "Why does Britain does"?

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In our most successful Olympics we allowed anyone from the Empire to compete for us, most were British or Irish admittedly but at least one was South African and those games went on for six months...

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In terms of value for money they're right, it was a complete waste of cash

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I miss it... :(

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I sincerely doubt you're in a position to make that claim on any sort of evidence base - not least because the added value assessments will need years to come through as we discover what impact it had on the generation that was meant to be inspired to take up sport and what becomes of the various permanent venues created for the games.

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Agree 100% :tu:

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Whatever becomes of the buildings they wont add up to thirteen thousand million pounds plus and counting and if you could quantify inspiration in pounds it wont make up the shortfall either.

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As I said - you do not, and cannot, possibly know that. You may assert at will. ;)

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You'd be a bit disappointed if you found yourself in Stanmore ;)

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Depends how you value worth doesn't it? One of the most peculiar aspects of the criticism directed at the cost is that people seem to think it's a waste of money if it doesn't generate enough to pay for itself though tourism and so on.
There was considerable benefit and 'worth' to be had from the experience itself the enhanced image of the UK, the idea of more kids taking up sport and the increased confidence that we can do something as big as the Olympics well. That last one is huge.

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You know what you're right, as we speak there are probably armies of economists, lawyers and bankers producing reports on how the games will turn out to be profitable in time, completely ignoring that they could've been more profitable if we hadn't been taken for such a ride at the start.

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The last one would've been huge but I fear the opportunity has gone for that, sure Dave is making noise now but it's to late, every day that passes the bounce decreases.

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The 'value' of London 2012 can be measured in all sorts of ways and over all sorts of timescales. Trying to reduce it to some sort of annual balance sheet might be politically convenient for some but that doesn't reflect the true 'value' to GB - the economy, our society, our future, our perceptions, our aspirations etc etc....

FGS naysayers, either just admit you're wrong or continue in denial but let's make something positive out of what you feel is a negative!!! Continuing to talk down an amazing, once in a lifetime event serves no positive purpose and if positives (i.e. jobs, growth etc) are what you're about (as opposed to petty party political point scoring) why not accept that the money's been spent and we need to get the best return from it? Pre games worries aside, why continue to talk down what's been globally perceived as a wonderful event? Who does that mentality serve? :confused? Or would you sleep better having snatched defeat from the jaws of success???
If even the Aussies are saying stuff like this isn't time you took note of the positives in all of this???

http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/news-...813-2448t.html

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Source for this figure please. I can only find £9.4bn and £24bn (though that wasn't a very thorough search :))

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To be honest I never thought that the point of hosting the Olympics was to make money.Or to even break even.

I have been reading the Austerity Olympics during these last two weeks..and the attitude in 1948 was pretty much that of today's naysayers.
However once it was awarded to London there was a truly fantastic transformation by the end..the attitude of all the athletes,volunteers,public and the world was how well war damaged and cash strapped GB managed to put on a creditable Olympics under the circumstances and how much camaraderie was achieved and shown by all.

It was a make do affair over all and there was very little left standing afterwards apart from the buildings that had been in place before the event.No housing or new stadia or parks.No improved transport and only a very modest profit made.Nothing was left to show that there had been an Olympics.

So in contrast the Olympics 2012 have actually left a permanent legacy and we can look at all the new stadia and housing and remind ourselves what was achieved.

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The British House of Commons Public Accounts Committee puts the figure around 11 billion Pounds ($17.31 billion); Games Monitor calculates costs at 13 billion Pounds ($20.45 billion); but a Sky Sports investigative report estimates that, including public transport upgrades, the price tag will be closer to 24 billion Pounds ($37.76 billion)]

http://youxie.ca/sports-scholar-how-...-west/?lang=zh

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Neither do I, I'd have just preferred it if we hadn't been screwed over so royally...

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And you think the fact that all the road and transport upgrades weren't worth doing?That getting new stadia is wasted?

I suppose nothing less than wall to wall council housing will suit your agenda.:dozey:

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Funny you mention the housing, I wonder how affordable the affordable housing is actually going to be.

What's my agenda then, or what do you think/ assumed it is?

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Fair enough. You could have written £13bn.

That said....

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Well you can ask for your taxes back if you like..you'll be in the minority..and I'm sorry you hate anyone feeling good about their taxes being put to showcasing how terrific GB really is.

I'm feeling really proud to be British and I'm going to be shouting our Paralympians onwards and up in two weeks time.No one especially beancounters are going to make me stop feeling that life isn't all doom and gloom.

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What I'm not a fan of is people trying to tell me we got value for money from these games, that's all I've said all along and you in particular seem to have taken exception that and for the record I'll be shouting the papalympians on as well except unlike most people here I'll actually be there, just like I was at the Olympics and I suspect/ hope just like the Olympics it'll be a fantastic day out and something for my children to remember.

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Me in particular has taken exception??
I rather think it has been you in particular who has taken exception to anyone saying that it was value for money.;)

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I don't remember putting words in peoples mouths or accusing them of having agendas...

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I think the olympics was fantastic value for money mind you i had supported the idea of the uk hosting it from day 1.:)

A real greatest show on earth.

Not too keen though on the person who really wanted it to also get that area of London re-invigorated Ken Livingsone not getting a look in,whilst Boris hogged the limelight but thats politics i guess,as Ken said on his LBC radio show when this was bought up,when one dictator takes over from another,the old dictator gets airbrushed out.:D

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Boris did acknowledge and thank Ken in the big Press Conference the other day.

Just thought I'd mention it :)

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Thanks Carl thought he had mentioned Ken,just i would have liked to have seen Ken have a prominent position in the seating.

But Ken has said in the past he is not really a sports fan,he just wanted to get the olympics to get that area of London regenerated, so probably was not that diappointed anyway,he was quite honest and open about that,objective acheived.:)

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Heard earlier on the radio how affordable it'll be, the maximum anyone will pay for a flat will be £300k, mind you that's the maximum, sure the rest will be very reasonable...

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Its what the olympic spirit is really all about imo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19271094

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http://summergames.ap.org/lubbockonl...uring-olympics

some interesting stats info come from over the pond about the effect london olympics have had.

Tourism was down by 10-30% all over the country which disapointing to hear. London net yet known if they was down likely difficult to judge.

some of the reasons was worry has olympics gone tooo comercial for its own good become counter productive to those hosting it now.

another sad problem was another

I think rio will have to address these issues. Balance tourism with olympics.

Visa had massive boom wonder if many used there credit cards for tickets.

looking these early indicators aint looking good for total effect of the olympics financial side.

looking at this you would not be shocked if the country made a loss.

Sad visitors did little sight seeing athletes can understand but shame to hear all the same.

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Although, to be fair, if you've spent all that money to come here, and on tickets, then I would have thought you'd spend as much time as possible actually at the games

I think any extra money might come in now; ie after the games, with those people coming back to do other stuff.

Of course, I could be completely wrong :D

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Of course the country will have made a loss. That's not the sole metric to judge if it was a success.

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Whether the games helped local business depends who you ask. I work in Greenwich, next to the park, so although I didn't go to the games, I got to see the impact on local business. Greenwich Market (which had been told by both LOCOG and the council) that it would do well was nearly empty every day (actually had a fraction of the customers it normally does). The shops apprently did well (all reporting increased takings), but there might be a good reason for that..

They put barriers up everywhere in Greenwich, to direct pedestrians between the station and the Park.

The route they chose goes past pretty much every shop in the Maritime area of Greenwich (the area between Greenwich station and the Cutty Sark), but they didn't seem to allow Greenwich Market to advertise along that route, and while the market was still accessible, the people going there had to know where exactly to cross the road, and the holes in the barriers don't directly line up with the Market entrances or exits.

Of course, that had nothing to do with the fact that Greenwich Market sells food, and at the officially approved stalls near the entrance to the arena, they were selling Sandwiches for £7.50.

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I had a delivery down to Stratford today and went past the Olympic villiage ,last time i was down that way was just before the games and now it's sad to see the area being torn apart ,necessary but sad

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Arsenal honour Olympian Arsenal fans...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/18.jpg

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dumbass news reporter in the US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVIyq...e_gdata_player

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It seems they have their very own version of Lorraine.. :D