The £$%^ the Summer Olympics Thread

[Somniloquism]

M5 North today at the Tewkesbury exit, the sign electronic said something like "Olympic Events. Make sure you leave plenty of time for your journey"

WTF ?  The Olympics are three months away and in any case, heading north on the M5 in Gloucestershire is just about as far away from any of the events as you can get.

A lot of the Matrixes have them all around the country. Three of the four Billboards next to the Bartons now has posters stating that some London roads will be closed during the Olympics.

[D.boy]

I hope they don't want me to get involved in the arrival of the Olympic flame when it lands at a well known airbase on my patch. The traffic is going to be a nightmare and my crew mate has booked leave for the date it arrives so I will be on my own. I expect all the PCSO's will be roped in to deal with it. I plan on doing some foot patrol on Lizard point on that date.

[ACVilla]

I am incredibly excited. I haven't been ths excited fr a sporting event since my first visit to Wembley for the FA Cup semi v Bolton 13 years ago.

I've got tickets for the men's 200m final which Is the same evenings the men's triple jump final.

A once in a lifetime opportunity which I am oing to make the most of.

[UK Redsox]

I am incredibly excited. I haven't been ths excited fr a sporting event since my first visit to Wembley for the FA Cup semi v Bolton 13 years ago.

I've got tickets for the men's 200m final which Is the same evenings the men's triple jump final.

A once in a lifetime opportunity which I am oing to make the most of.

Excuse me, we'll have none of of that Olympic positiveness on this thread.

[UK Redsox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17884897

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, Guns of Stratford

[Louzie0]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18042528#TWEET142293

the article - well a bit of it:

'Sonic weapon' deployed in London during Olympics

By Gavin Thomas
BBC News
 
 Royal Marines will be operating in patrol craft on the Thames.The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a device which can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed in London during the Olympics.

The American-made Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) can be used to send verbal warnings over a long distance or emit a beam of pain-inducing tones.

The equipment was spotted fixed to a landing craft on the Thames at Westminster this week.

An MoD spokesman said it would be used "primarily in the loud hailer mode".


My first thought was,  'That's a gig for Noddy Holder.'
My second, '...or Alan Carr.'

[UK Redsox]

They could save the expense and just bring in......................... Hawkwind !

Do not waste time blocking your ears
do not waste time seeking a soundproof shelter
Try to get as far away from the sonic sources as possible
Do not panic............... do not panic

[Louzie0]

Good call!

[ozzjim]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143053/Dad-champion-I-believe-hell-poolside-Olympic-hopeful-Tom-Daley-tells-losing-cancer-greatest-cheerleader--father.html


I know he is obnoxious at times, but this moved me a lot reading it. Maybe because I am really close to my little boy who is 4 and can't imagine what it would be like to say goodbye to him before time, but I really hope Daley can get a medal this summer for his old man. It would be a fitting moment for both.

[ACVilla]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143053/Dad-champion-I-believe-hell-poolside-Olympic-hopeful-Tom-Daley-tells-losing-cancer-greatest-cheerleader--father.html


I know he is obnoxious at times, but this moved me a lot reading it. Maybe because I am really close to my little boy who is 4 and can't imagine what it would be like to say goodbye to him before time, but I really hope Daley can get a medal this summer for his old man. It would be a fitting moment for both.

I've never seen him as obnoxious, just a little kid who had grown up in the limelight.

But bloody hell, yeah, that was a bit choking wasn't it.

[Newquay_AVFC]

The torch will pass the end of our road later at about 330pm. Now i can't decide if i should have a stroll up and take a look or not. I have just worked a 12 hour shift and am doing the same tonight, got house to my self which means a massive sleep is also up for grabs. Oh and the play off final is on too.

[UK Redsox]

The torch will pass the end of our road later at about 330pm. Now i can't decide if i should have a stroll up and take a look or not. I have just worked a 12 hour shift and am doing the same tonight, got house to my self which means a massive sleep is also up for grabs. Oh and the play off final is on too.

Take a stroll and take a bucket of water to throw over the torch

[TopDeck113]

Well I've watched the torch go through the centre of Bury this afternoon - a fortnight after failing to see it in Glencoe. Cynics might weep, but there was a real positive vibe in the town.

[Jon Crofts]

I got lucky in the ticket ballot and ended up with 4 tickets to 3 different events.  Eventually we as a family decided we would only go to 1 event and gave back the tickets for the other events via the official website, although the ballot system was a bit strange we did well out of it and ticket despatch and pack was very good.

We kept tickets for the men's 70 kg Judo at Excel.

Now we have the tickets in hand the full extent of what we actually bought is there to see.

Scamming bastards.

£45 each for a maximum of 2.5 hours in the afternoon.  Didn't say that when we actually bought the tickets, we were buying tickets for a day not an afternoon.

[UK Redsox]

Blimey, how dull were the other "sports" if you kept the tickets to an event involving blokes rolling around on a carpet in their bathrobes ?