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The olympics
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:31:27 -0400, wrote:
First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls.
,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and
why they were so compelling for us.
I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the
world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No
war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald.
This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing
impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it
is over.
It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were
not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You
have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly
Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-)
We had the Olympics on the whole time we were at Gettysburg. Most of the time we were at the stage,
but when at the trailer the Olympics were on. Enjoyed almost all of them, but there were a bunch of
disappointments also.
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