London 2012

[Tigger]

Cymric wrote:
AFAIK, host cities to the Olympics never write black numbers when the overall bill is due, so congratulations to London for being the most eager of the lot to lose a gigantic sum of money.

Of the recent summer olympics, only Athens has lost money.  I am guessing that London Olympics will make money and provide years of work for alot of people.
     -Tig

[PMC]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

odin wrote:

bloodline wrote:
MUCH bigger news is the rejection of the EU software patent bill.

It got rejected!?!?

YEEHAAAAW

I really wanted to go to the FFII demonstration in Strasbourg but I had to work . Good news anyway.


Bah..who cares about sports :p.

That's my odin  :love: :lol:

[Grins]

:lol:

[Cyberus]

Tigger wrote:

Cymric wrote:
AFAIK, host cities to the Olympics never write black numbers when the overall bill is due, so congratulations to London for being the most eager of the lot to lose a gigantic sum of money.

Of the recent summer olympics, only Athens has lost money.  I am guessing that London Olympics will make money and provide years of work for alot of people.
     -Tig

Well the county I live in, Kent, is one of those bordering London - its also Britain's gateway to Europe, as we have ferry ports, including Dover, the channel tunnel and Eurostar, as well as a couple of small airports. I heard one report saying that they think the foreign media alone will spend £20 million in Kent...

Cyberus wrote:

Tigger wrote:

Cymric wrote:
AFAIK, host cities to the Olympics never write black numbers when the overall bill is due, so congratulations to London for being the most eager of the lot to lose a gigantic sum of money.

Of the recent summer olympics, only Athens has lost money.  I am guessing that London Olympics will make money and provide years of work for alot of people.
     -Tig

Well the county I live in, Kent, is one of those bordering London - its also Britain's gateway to Europe, as we have ferry ports, including Dover, the channel tunnel and Eurostar, as well as a couple of small airports. I heard one report saying that they think the foreign media alone will spend £20 million in Kent...

Having worked for a large television company, I can tell you that £20 million will mostly be spent on cocaine! ;-)

[Dan]

Tigger wrote:
Of the recent summer olympics, only Athens has lost money.  I am guessing that London Olympics will make money and provide years of work for alot of people.
     -Tig

Work, I´m sure. Money hardly, unless you meant the IOC-delegates and various builders.
Athens, Sydney and Atlanta all lost money, Beijing and London is gonna lose money on it to.
As for why London and not Paris it´s a mix of politics and economics mostly economics(just think about Paris already having a up to date Track&Field stadium, thats lots of lost money for building contractors...)

[odin]

PMC wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
That's my odin  :love: :lol:

[Grins]
:lol:

Oi! Only my honey Linchpin may touch me!

 :-P

[Speelgoedmannetje]

odin wrote:

PMC wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
That's my odin  :love: :lol:

[Grins]
:lol:

Oi! Only my honey Linchpin may touch me!

 :-P

Hey! :-o I didn't touch you! If I did, I would've used the " :knuddel: " smiley

[Cyberus]

:lol:

Well you guys DO live in the same city....

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Cyberus wrote:
:lol:

Well you guys DO live in the same city....

Okay, I guess we've reached a point here that whatever I write will be used against me :lol:

[cecilia]

i'm just glad it's not in NY - we are still recovering from 9-11 and don't need more lunatics over here who have no common sense or street smarts.

and we don't need the money drain.

I do enjoy the olympics, especially the swimmers. mmmmmm

small swim trunks.
 :-P

[Cyberus]

Ladies' beach volleyball, mmmmmmmm

:-D

Cyberus wrote:
Ladies' beach volleyball, mmmmmmmm

:-D

In London?