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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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 Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 08:02:50 AM
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| I love the Winter Olympics. I guess, living in upstate NY, the sports appeal to me more than the Summer ones. I don't have cable, but I've been staying up too late every night to watch on NBC. Anybody catch the men's figure skating last night? I had to go to bed after the women's slalom. I know Lindsey Vonn is the big star, but isn't Julia Mancuso a riot to watch? I think my husband has a crush on her. |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
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Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 09:34:18 AM
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I am!! I love watching them! They come on at 8:00 and end at 11:00 so I can only watch about 2 hours but it is so good!! I love the skating!
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Channah
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 10:17:26 AM
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I absolutely am!!! Fell asleep during the last skate in men's figure skating competition last night, but was so glad to se Evan won the gold!
I got to see Shaun White in the half-pipe and the women's half-pipe last night. Lindsey Vonn is great and you're right, Julia Mancuso is a riot!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 10:20:57 AM
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We love the Olympics, Amie, both Winter and Summer, but I think we like Winter more. Jus is a total hockey nut, so that keeps him well glued to the set. He even watches the women's hockey! I tried to watch the men's figure skating but got really sleepy. I seemed to love it more in Turino! Been loving the snow boarding and women's skiing, though. I'm not such a fan of Julia Mancuso (must be the tiara and the hip shake). Jus thinks she's a dork, but really likes Lindsay Vonn (he says her "eyes" are pretty ;)). I got a little creeped out watching the gal from Sweden, maybe? She was actually growling when she went out of the shoot a few days ago. Then she crashed, which was a bummer. I think she silvered last night.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 12:21:03 PM
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EVERY NIGHT, ALL NIGHT!!!!
Love, love love them! Esp as an ex figure skater(50 lbs ago)
We love Evan for his work ethic & also the fact that Frank Carroll(his coach) has had several silver medalists, but never a gold. He is a class act(Evan & Frank both) & I was ecstatic for both of them. Evgeni Plushenko tired to intimidate & aside from a quad jump, the rest of his program was silly. Also love the Swiss Stephan Lambiel; his spins are centered and genius, & some of the up & coming Japanese men. Wait till the women's . Kim Ya Na of Korea is like no other.
Also love all the snowboarding & skiing, hockey, & curling. & yes, Jonni, Jus is right, Lindsey has gorgeous eyes(& looks OK in a bikini from what Sports Illustrated says!)
Ice Dancing tonight!! WooHoo! Love Charlie Whites blonde locks! |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
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Canada
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 12:55:05 PM
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i have to say I am very interested this year...being in Canada!!!
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aunt boby
True Blue Farmgirl
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toby
polo
illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 2:56:48 PM
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I have always watched the prime time coverage but the other afternoon I was flipping thru the channels and stopped on the women's biathlon. Here they were going up and down hills skiing thru the woods with rifles strapped to their backs. What the heck? I was so impressed with their talent. They would stop at the shooting ranges at various spots on the course and had four shots at the target. The target was the size of a grapefruit about a football fields length away. You could see how hard they were panting and then they would steady themselves enough to shoot. These people have to train to be endurance skiers and great shots. I give it two thumbs up.
And my boys think Shaun White is a God!
POOR IS THE MAN WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE- anonymous |
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sewsweet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
Canada
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 4:28:54 PM
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| I have been watching, too. The games are taking place in my neck of the woods. The scenery you see from Vancouver is pretty close to what it looks like where I live. Some of the best moments so far for me: Alexandre Bilodeau winning gold in the men's moguls, Lindsey Vonn in skiing, the hockey events, curling, speed skating. I really enjoyed the opening ceremonies, especially the prairie segment and KD Lang's performance of "Hallelujah." She has such a great voice. I also enjoyed watching the various snowboarding/halfpipe competitions. Those guys are crazy...and talented! |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4743 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 06:16:41 AM
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I'm hooked too! I know I'll have withdrawal symptoms when they end, but I can't stop watching.
I love Canada, it is such a beautiful country & NBC has taken some gorgeous shots of it.
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
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Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 08:07:46 AM
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Been watching some of it-been at the college a lot this week so I haven't been home as much as usual. Hoping to see bobsledding!
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 08:27:00 AM
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We've been watching off and on, I have always loved the figure skating. The skiing, luge etc are just plain impressive. DH and I got sucked into watching the curling last night, I don't think I understand it still but it was fun to watch.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 6:11:49 PM
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been watching them almost every day... DH insists we must watch them because we'll regret it if we don't. lots of nice looking foreign guys... but bode miller is one of the cutest! :)
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 05:53:25 AM
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Sorry to all the Canadian gals out there but I just have to say how proud I am of the US Men's Hockey team! It was a raucous night at our little cottage with 10 people crammed into the living room, mercilessly ringing an antique cow bell!!
Can't wait to see the gold medal game next Sunday!
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 4:37:39 PM
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Go USA! we would have watched it, since my DH loves hockey, but we didn't have the channel... but we'll definately catch the gold medal game!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 6:33:05 PM
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Oh Jonni.. we SOOOO need to get Jim & Justin together
Jim had a church council meeting(he is pres) & he was beside himself that he missed some of the game. He had me on the cell the second he got out, & while we did not have a cow bell, Jim's vocals came in a close second..GO USA!!!!!! |
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papersmiles
Farmgirl in Training
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Barbara
Bluffton
IN
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:11:21 AM
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| Yawn.....blink.....sigh.....yawn.....rub eyes.... Yeppers, been ...yawn... watching the Olympics since the start. ...shaking cobwebs from brain... Sure wish they were being held a little closer ....blink...blink... to my time zone. At my age, operating on so little sleep.......... Oops fell off 'puter chair. Uhhh, oh yeah, operating on so little sleep is fuzzing up the few active brain cells I used to haaaaaaave.......zzzzzzz...snort....zzzzzzz |
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