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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message news:Q3mIf.1554
See the interview with the American gold medal winners?

"Like wow man! It was awesome! Totally tubular! Dude!"

Really? I wasn't aware any of them were that coherent. The Flying Tomato
was attempting to be too kewl and avoid looking touched by winning a gold,
but he broke down on the stand during the US National Anthem. The *fringe
dude* routine is just that: an act. And it's really insipid to watch.

Goes to show how few manly men are left.

Some of the women must be manly, too, 'cause that downhill is a sonuvabitch.
And it's icy as hell.

Every NRA member knows what the biathalon is!

Amen. Love to watch it. I love those .22s with the straight action bolts.
Not sure how they can be so accurate when their chests are heaving from
skiing hard for several miles before stopping to shoot. Some manly women
there, too.

And the problem is...?

Okay, okay--that's why we all go X-C skiing: to be in the wilderness. But
this is THE Olympics, where people watch. So where are they?


Proves there are more manly women than manly men. Who wouldn't want to see
women fight?

Proves, actually, that no one cares to see reorganized NHL teams, any more
than they care to see the organized NHL teams. NHL sucks. College hockey
rules !

Manly, yes, but they're all waiting for disaster!

Doesn't happen much anymore. I miss that "ecstacy of victory, agony of
defeat" clip.

On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep professionalism
out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and it's damaged the
games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro sports, such as
Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold my interest any
longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard, freestyle skiing, alpine,
men's hockey, and the other pro-based events. Many of us remember the
"miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US amateur hockey
team beat the highly-pro Russians and went on to win the gold. That event
will never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max

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"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max
Just don't clip anyone in the head coming off the half pipe...

You're hardly likely to see me anywhere near a half pipe. I'm doing okay on
sweeping, carving turns and I can usually stay up in bumps, but that aerial
stuff is not for someone my age, thenn kyew.

Max

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"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max
When they set up the luge run at Hoffmaster I was really tempted...

THEY HAVE A LUGE RUN THERE???????

Oh, jeeze . . . I shouldn't have been told that.

Max

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"katy" wrote in message
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Curling is a Canadian sport.

Curb your tongue, woman. Lake Superior State University, at The Soo, has
two varsity sports: men's hockey and curling.


Max

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
nk.net...
We should give Michigan back to Canada!

No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max

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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max

When they set up the luge run at Hoffmaster I was really tempted...


THEY HAVE A LUGE RUN THERE???????

Oh, jeeze . . . I shouldn't have been told that.

Max


hehehe...yeah, they do..and it's Olympic caliber....your life
insurance carrier will cancel you, however...

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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Curling is a Canadian sport.


Curb your tongue, woman. Lake Superior State University, at The Soo, has
two varsity sports: men's hockey and curling.


Max


Yeah...and what did I say about native Michiganders? They're just
canadians waving an American flag....

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Maxprop wrote:
"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
nk.net...

We should give Michigan back to Canada!


No, no, no. I'm about to move to Michigan.

No way do I want to be a . . . . (gulp) cannuck.

Max


You weren't born there so you don't qualify...

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"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
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Snowboarding is a Michigan sport. Boarding in half-pipes is dangerous.
We taught out kids to ski, but refrained from the whole board business,
not wanting to deal with the broken bones issues in the learning
process.


Oh, thanks, Katy. I just took it up last year.

Max

When they set up the luge run at Hoffmaster I was really tempted...


THEY HAVE A LUGE RUN THERE???????

Oh, jeeze . . . I shouldn't have been told that.

Max
hehehe...yeah, they do..and it's Olympic caliber....your life insurance
carrier will cancel you, however...

What do I need life insurance for at my age? My wife and the dogs will do
just fine if I fly off the run at 80mph and do an Englemann Stop.

Max

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"katy" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Curling is a Canadian sport.


Curb your tongue, woman. Lake Superior State University, at The Soo, has
two varsity sports: men's hockey and curling.


Max
Yeah...and what did I say about native Michiganders? They're just
canadians waving an American flag....

I'd have to agree with that, if applied to yoopers. But the lower P. folks
are more like Hoosiers and Ill-annoyans.

Max