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Posted by cutta about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Walking along the Regent’s Canal the other day we started talking about how cool it would be to use it to get people to and from the Olympics. Our plan was that it could serve Paddington and King’s Cross, possibly with other stops at the zoo, Camden, Angel and Hackney.
On the plus side, I can’t imagine it would c...
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Posted by freedapeople about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Now I couldn’t really give a toss about the ‘lympics apart from the thought of male gymnasts in lycra, but what I am concerned about is the fact that Londoners are footing the bill via council tax payments. So I was wondering how much we actually pay – say for example annual council tax of £1200 &...
olympics council tax daylight bloody robbery i hate that sebastian coe
Posted by Knid about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Obviously with the Olympics coming up they want to include something with a local flavour – at which obviously British athletes would be able to excel. I’m thinking either darts, or the 200 meter mountain bike pavement dash and mobile phone snatch. Anyone else think of a sport that is definitively London?
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Posted by Keef about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I’m against the whole idea myself. And I’ve yet to hear any really convincing arguments to persuade me otherwise. So please, Fridaycitizens, tell me, why are the bloody Olympics such a Good Thing?
If the east end is worth investing in (and it is) then it’s worth investing in regardless of runnin...
olympics 2012 bad idea good idea debate east end chasndave madness
Posted by margorah about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I’m on the TFL email list and they sent through this today. I know what an opinionated lot we all are, especially when it comes to London and how it should be run, so thought others would appreciate it.
‘Every year, the State of London Debate brings Londoners together to discuss key issues affecting t...
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Posted by plum about 1 year ago
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Last active 7 months ago
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Someone posted about this ages ago but I’m redoing it with an event tag so it can go in the Calendar. Be there or be….. well…. whatever the opposite of square is I should think. Looks like fun though.
http://www.thechap.net/olympics.html
chaps olympics tally ho gin pimms summer fun
Posted by unknown about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I know it is ages away, but I am already excited…. am I the only one on FCL up for this MedalFest?
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Posted by logomomo about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Seeing as we’re going to end up paying such a high price in oh so many ways during the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, has anybody got any smart ideas that they’re willing to share for making a pile of money during the event?
I might do a bit of B&B for rich tourists but there must be other options&#...
olympics piles of cash bowler hats fucked transport system
Posted by iainaitch about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I don’t usually do petitions, but I did sign this one today, which is against Lottery money being sucked from the arts and small organisatons and being used to bridge the gap in lottery funding. Sign, discuss etc.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/lotteryolympics/
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Posted by pottytime about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I’ve heard tell (not that I necessarily believe it) that the 2012 Olympic Committee have decided not to have a Red Arrows fly-past as part of the 2012 Olympics celebrations because “it’s too militaristic”. Now, I’m sure that this is The Sun and The Mail getting their knickers unnecessar...
olympics red arrows
Posted 9 months ago 1 response
The Olympic Torch Relay is all over the news this morning for the wrong reasons as far as the organisers and host country are concerned. Was the police presence over egged or was security not tight enough? Were the pro-Tibetan demonstrators treated unfairly and corralled into tight corners when pro-Chinese people were allowed to freely line the streets and wave their flags? Can you separate Olympic values from that of its host country? Did anyone actually see the Olympic flame anyway? And did the Sugababes get all girlie and bottle it at the last minute? Read More
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Posted 7 months ago 0 responses
Just a week after we were all taken aback that work on the Olympic stadium had begun ahead of schedule, its fate is being discussed with potential hosts of the next Games and the idea mooted to recycle its seats for reuse in 2016. Read More
radar londonist olympics seats recycling
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Asked by Londonist 6 months ago for 1 kudos
Best answer by LizC
Last active 6 months ago
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At the close of the Beijing Olympics, there will be 8 minutes of bewonderment which will see Becks kicking children balls, Bozza waving a flag and Leona Lewis singing about the mean streets of Hackney while popping out of a double decker bus. At the cost of a cool £2 million. GO TEAM LONDON!
Back at the ranch, th...
olympics terrible party free stuff
Posted 5 months ago 0 responses
In today’s tale of Olympic overspend: it seems a clutch of consultants, hired to wrestle the budgetary reigns and keep costs under control, have trousered some £87 million in the process. Read More
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Posted 5 months ago 1 response
A tedious survey from a government department we’d barely heard of has concluded that kids in the UK know little to nothing about the 2012 Olympic Games coming their way.
The Olympic bad news yawnarama continues. Read More
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Posted 4 months ago 5 responses
We may not have a freaky medal machine like Michael Phelps up our sleeves, but there is one activity the English will never be bettered at: moaning. While China explodes in a really quite over-the-top performance of national pride, a new survey shows that Brits aren’t that bothered about the 2012 Olympics taking place right here in the capital. Read More
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Asked by willster 4 months ago for 1 kudos
Best answer by My_Left_Foot
Last active 4 months ago
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Apart from moaning, if the forthcoming festival of short shorts and sweating was to reflect the less sporty aspects of modern London life, what would the events be? The 100 metre dash for the bus? Shopping bag lifting? Mugging? One metre snorting? Boozing? Egging Boris?
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Posted 2 months ago 0 responses
The main athletics stadium for the 2012 Games is years away from completion, yet the project’s post-2012 fate has suffered more slings and arrows of outrageous rumour than your average Fawlty Towers cast member’s granddaughter. Stories that it could become West Ham’s new home, see its seats shipped to the 2016 host city, or even be demolished, have all been given a thorough airing and then sent back to the dry cleaners. Read More
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