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| Gazza |
London got the Olympics!
woo-hoo!! |
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| albert |
any change the stones will perform .... (just joking) |
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| Gazza |
well..its scheduled to start just after the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig, so why not!
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| Jumacfly |
congrats my brit friends!!
I m happy for ya, and didn t care about Paris to be honest... 
cheers
Ju |
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| Voodoo Scrounge |
Im gutted. I live in London and didnt want the Olympics. Council tax and other taxes will definately rise.
Londoners will pay for it
Bah Humbug |
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| Jumacfly |
quote:
Voodoo Scrounge wrote:
Im gutted. I live in London and didnt want the Olympics. Council tax and other taxes will definately rise.
Londoners will pay for it
Bah Humbug
Come to Paris, Madrid, Moscow or New York  |
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| Monkey Woman |
Wow! Congrats to all Brits and especially Londoners!
To be honest, I'm relieved Paris didn't get the games. As I live there, I wouldn't have liked the raise in taxes and tourist attendance! There's enough of a throng every summer already. |
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| Jumacfly |
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Monkey Woman wrote:
Wow! Congrats to all Brits and especially Londoners!
To be honest, I'm relieved Paris didn't get the games. As I live there, I wouldn't have liked the raise in taxes and tourist attendance! There's enough of a throng every summer already.
Hi Irene
I jsut come back from les eurockéennes de Belfort, and guess what: Cali is a great performer...catch him live, my advice of the day  |
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| Madafaka |
Another excuse to travel to London! Congrats! |
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| albert |
Hi Jumacfly,
just a question since you are from France:
any other suggestions for France bands that have the power to end a (Dutch) festival with a party.
two years ago I booked Les Marvellous Pig Noise (Very good swinging blues from Montpellier).
Now looking at Babylon Circus.
Suggestions are most welcome.
gr,
Albert Holland |
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| Jumacfly |
quote:
albert wrote:
Hi Jumacfly,
just a question since you are from France:
any other suggestions for France bands that have the power to end a (Dutch) festival with a party.
two years ago I booked Les Marvellous Pig Noise (Very good swinging blues from Montpellier).
Now looking at Babylon Circus.
Suggestions are most welcome.
gr,
Albert Holland
MPG! pride of Montpellier my sweet town!!!
try "ceux qui marchent debout","stevo's teen","roultaboul et les banaboos","marcel et son orchestre"....all these bands are kind of Ska Fanfare, very punchy!!
cheers
Ju
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| Gazza |
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Voodoo Scrounge wrote:
Im gutted. I live in London and didnt want the Olympics. Council tax and other taxes will definately rise.
Londoners will pay for it
Bah Humbug
I'd imagine we'll all pay for it, although I can certainly understand why locals have at best mixed feelings about it.
Look on the bright side. We might finally get a transport system thats better than that of a third world country.
From a purely personal point of view, I'm happy as Belfast is one of the cities that will be used as a football venue and this practically cements the plans for us finally getting a national stadium to replace the one we currently have and which my own club, Linfield, own the lease for international games. So, a nice pay-off for us and we can move to a new, more affordable and smaller stadium.
My own major misgiving is my complete lack of faith in our government to organise as much as a piss up in a brewery without it spiralling over budget and behind schedule
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| Voodoo Scrounge |
Dont egt me wrong. From a sporting point of view it will be a massive success. Its just the thing we need to get our fat bastard offspring into ALL types of sport.
However. I do feel that Londoners will bare the brunt of the financial implications. Thats not to say that other wont aswel. It just gives the government an excuse to raise taxes and the like.
I think that the transport system isnt really a problem. They wont need to build that much more railway or tunnel. But they will nedd to update stations and exsisting lines. Thats where there could be problems. Delays to commuters will annoy them and make them wish we never had the bloody games at all.
Tourism will go bang in the biggest way. Bigger than ever before. It will eventually cause MORE cars in the city. Thus making to congestion charge a worthless scheme. Everything will be outragously overpriced by shopkeepers and the like.
The list goes on.
WHAT THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH PARIS???? |
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| jb |
Congrats!!!! I was hoping for New York after what they have been through, but I am happy for our English friends as well. |
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| Jumacfly |
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Voodoo Scrounge wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH PARIS????
the givenchy suits especially made for this occasion may be?? |
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| jb |
lol |
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| Gazza |
quote:
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WHAT THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH PARIS????
maybe the I.O.C. reckoned our food was better. |
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| Soldatti |
Congrats to all the brits. |
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| rogerriffin |
Congratulations Gazza!!!
now we can dream on the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones in the London Games!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Mr Jimmy |
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Gazza wrote:
maybe the I.O.C. reckoned our food was better.
But he still rates Finland's cuisine above yours ! NOT. |
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| Mr Jimmy |
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Mr Jimmy wrote:
But he still rates Finland's cuisine above yours ! NOT.
I was referring to Chirac and his food comment at the G8, and not the I.O.C.
Congratulations on the games. |
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| lotsajizz |
careful what you wish for |
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| glencar |
Congrats on the Gams, Gazza. I was hoping that NYC would get them as it just seemed time although chances are I'll be living elsewhere by then anyway. Please improve the English food by 2012! |
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| Nellcote |
The tone for France was set in place by Bill O'Reilly..
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| Gazza |
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Mr Jimmy wrote:
I was referring to Chirac and his food comment at the G8, and not the I.O.C.
Chirac's little dig a couple of days ago was indeed the source for my sarcastic remark..lol |
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| Monkey Woman |
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Chirac's little dig a couple of days ago was indeed the source for my sarcastic remark..lol
Ha! Our dear president missed an occasion to keep his mouth shut. 
If you ask me, it was Johnny Hallyday's support that killed Paris!
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| Monkey Woman |
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Gazza wrote:
Look on the bright side. We might finally get a transport system thats better than that of a third world country.
Certainly a desirable outcome!
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My own major misgiving is my complete lack of faith in our government to organise as much as a piss up in a brewery without it spiralling over budget and behind schedule
Nah, don't say that. I trust the British to be able to organize even a piss up in the deep of Saudi Arabian desert.
But if you want good organizing, I'd suggest the Italians. The way they handled the arrival of multitudes at John Paul II's deathwatch and funeral at such short notice was very impressive. |
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| Honky Tonk Man |
Christ, I'll be 28 when the Olympics hit London! |
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| glencar |
That's younger than it seems! |
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| Gazza |
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Monkey Woman wrote:
But if you want good organizing, I'd suggest the Italians. The way they handled the arrival of multitudes at John Paul II's deathwatch and funeral at such short notice was very impressive.
oh we're the masters at state occasions, MW - we have enough experience of them, even the ones at short notice like Di's funeral
But give us several years to get something right, and I guarantee a fuck up to end all fuck ups |
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