By: Razzle Bathbone
The only thing I look forward too are the funny signs at the strip clubs. I expect to see "4 Women Boobsled Team" on a marquee very soon.
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jacquilynne -- that's right .. any mountain west of New Jersey is the "rockies" and I'm sticking to it.
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jokeefe - dibs on your guest room the nights of the ladies figure skating event. ;) *takes note, ponders whether payment should be in cash or simple gold bullion*
View ArticleBy: NorthernLite
jokeefe - dibs on your guest room the nights of the ladies figure skating event. ;)
View ArticleBy: birdherder
congrats vancouver! i was there last month again and i am trying to figure out how to move there.
View ArticleBy: wendell
You're not the only one, timer. I'm still trying to figure out which thread this belongs to...
View ArticleBy: timeistight
Er... I'd meant to link to MetaTalk up there. Got my copied shortcuts crossed.
View ArticleBy: schmedeman
Congrats to Vancouver! On my only visit there my rental car was broken into and my camera was stolen but I still left feeling like I had a great time. Very cool place.
View ArticleBy: silusGROK
Congratulations! I worked the 2002 games with CBC... what a blast! Word at that time was that the IOC was looking at some form of rotation for future winter games, as appropriate sites were quickly...
View ArticleBy: timeistight
Call for a MeFiVan in MeTa, babe! You know Salmonberry, that's so crazy it just might work.
View ArticleBy: dejah420
I wish I lived in Vancouver. Not because of the olympics...I just want to move to British Columbia.
View ArticleBy: bonehead
As a sometime Vancouverite: good show! Traffic is going to be murder. Maybe they can find a real use for the skytrain. As long as it doesn't snow the public transport (electric buses) should be ok.
View ArticleBy: Salmonberry
I like the fact that we're getting the Olympics, but I have to agree the money could be spent elsewhere on social services, which are getting cut back heavily. And timeistight - are your fingers...
View ArticleBy: DrJohnEvans
My god! Think of the home-ice Curling advantage! All those curling fans screaming in the stands with their rally rags flying. Yep, you know the type.
View ArticleBy: Kafkaesque
My god! Think of the home-ice Curling advantage! It makes my blood run cold!
View ArticleBy: jacquilynne
And stbalbach demonstrates that deep knowledge of geography that Americans are so famous for.
View ArticleBy: GeekAnimator
Seriously, what is it with Vancouver? It can't be as cool as I've been lead to believe. One of my favorite singers lives there. One of my favorite authors lives there. He even wrote a book about it. My...
View ArticleBy: myopicman
bill: if NBC wants NYC in 2012, they'll apply the appropriate pressure enough. i bet europe will end up with those games, though. the NYC2012 bid always struck me as overkill. then again, as a...
View ArticleBy: jokeefe
Oh, and if all goes according to plan and my son eventually moves out and becomes self-supporting, I will have a guest room, which I can make available at properly exploitative rates just for my...
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
Meh. [shrug] My primary beef with us having the Olympics is that it means pouring a bijillion dollars into infrastructure that supports only the wealthy. We're going to have to replace a highway that's...
View ArticleBy: jokeefe
Holden, just be careful on the drive in between, which is notorious for its accident rate. Even with the planned upgrades, it's still going to be a difficult road. I hope lots of people in the local...
View ArticleBy: COBRA!
The only downside: isn't getting around Vancouver pretty hellish just in the normal course of things? I was there during a transit strike, maybe that made it worse, but I remember a whole lot of...
View ArticleBy: DrJohnEvans
According to the SI.com piece (which is the first I've seen that's published actual numbers), we won on the second ballot by only three votes. Ridiculously close to a major upset. Sometimes I wish the...
View ArticleBy: Holden
I'm excited. Whistler in the day, Vancouver at night. I've been to neither place, but from what I understand, both places are wonderful. Whistler has a one-mile drop! I've never been to an Olympics,...
View ArticleBy: Yogurt
CNN sure doesn't seem interested. They have this story higher on their sidebar: "Giant sea creature baffles Chilean scientists."
View ArticleBy: jacquilynne
As a native British Columbian, and a current Torontonian, I was torn between wanting the 2008 games here, and wanting the 2010 games there (knowing both games would not go to the same country). I shed...
View ArticleBy: billsaysthis
myopicman, one would think this also puts paid to the NYC2012 bid--one more thing for which we can "blame Canada"! And, oh yeah, Happy 136, you don't look a day over 69!
View ArticleBy: four panels
With the Olympics, I wonder if Vancouver will be presured more from other nations to enforce their marijuana laws.
View ArticleBy: myopicman
vancouver's 2010 win effectively kiboshes toronto's 2012 summer olympics plans. as a former torontonian, this is good, although tieing infrastructure upgrades such as a cleaned up waterfront and a...
View ArticleBy: stonerose
Better get some MeFi umbrellas made up so you can recognize each other - for those of you unfamiliar with Canadian weather, winter in Vancouver means rain. Ironically, it's The city with fewest days...
View ArticleBy: lupus_yonderboy
Congrats, Vangroovy-ites; it's a wonderful decision and y'all deserve it. Now just don't cock it up with stupidity and greed like we did in Montreal.
View ArticleWelcome to Whistler
Vancouver gets the games. 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, BC. Maybe now we can get a Mefi meetup.
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