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04-08-2008, 08:45 PM
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not here much anymore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sthn NSW
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This damned thing hasnt even started yet and already I am rather pee-o'd about missing all the decent television (whats left of it) in favour of Bruce "the Lunchbox" McAvaney telling me about how every athlete on the screen has "run the race of his life".
Thought I'd be safe with Top Gear being on SBS but no, even then I will miss it and get all the boring non-commercially usable sports like cycling and synchronised swimming. Bugger the Olympics, I know the Chinese locked their people out of the internet but why is Australia locking us out of something better to watch?
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04-08-2008, 08:48 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hmm...I might just be spaz, but I feel you're pushing an agenda here...
Nice work
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04-08-2008, 08:48 PM
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Yep, fed up with it yesterday already when Channel 7 was promoting it instead of showing the car racing after the commercial breaks.
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04-08-2008, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I am sick to death of hearing about it too.
And when I just heard of Top Gear copping a 2 week break for them, well I spat it.... Its gunna be flogged to death on channel 7, it dont need to be on all the other channels as well. All we will hear on the news after the doom n gloom is olympics this n that. All I can say is the house DVD player and Limewire downloading whatever I want to watch are my best friends and free to air TV can go take a running jump in the lake without any of my viewing time or ratings support. And they wonder and cry poverty when people download tv shows. I am over it all.
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04-08-2008, 08:51 PM
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04-08-2008, 08:52 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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It's 2 weeks out of every 4 years so I don't really care. I like to watch it a bit
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04-08-2008, 08:56 PM
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OMG, Top Gear not showing the next two weeks? I have the telly to myself as the missus is away for two weeks and I can't watch my Top Gear???
Now I'm really, really, really, really, really, really, really fed up with the Olympics. |
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04-08-2008, 08:58 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Bring it on! how can anyone be sick of it when they havent even started yet!! Go the Boomers and Opals!
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04-08-2008, 08:59 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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cant wait for the womens gymnastics
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04-08-2008, 09:01 PM
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As long as there is still porn on the net and porn still means naked women then i think i'll be just fine.
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04-08-2008, 09:02 PM
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Can't wait for the terrorist bombers to ruin it. Can't stand it.
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04-08-2008, 09:03 PM
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Bloody Olympics seem to be stopping ever good show on TV.
I was so glad when the last Olympics were on I was in the wilds of Alaska and heard zip about it and was very grateful. My only wish was that I was back there. |
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04-08-2008, 09:05 PM
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04-08-2008, 09:06 PM
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04-08-2008, 09:09 PM
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anything that is not related to the Olympics.....LOL
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04-08-2008, 09:11 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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Location: Western Australia
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Bring on the Greco Roman wrestling!!!!!
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04-08-2008, 09:13 PM
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Oh no something that happens for 2 weeks out of 208 is going to ruin my life...
...It should be fun BMX this time round, swimming is always good...The Opening ceromony should be good too!
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04-08-2008, 09:16 PM
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Got to be honest, I might watch 2hrs of coverage in 2 weeks, and I hardly watch TV anymore anyway, so I didn’t even know they had started, but why they need a lead up broadcast is beyond me.
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04-08-2008, 09:17 PM
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i was over it several weeks ago when mcdonalds first started advertising their olympic inspired food choices.
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04-08-2008, 09:20 PM
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i was sick of it when i heard the V8s will be taking a 6 week break, now Top Gear as well?
i bloody hope Austar doesn't get flooded with the olympics. |
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04-08-2008, 09:21 PM
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04-08-2008, 09:33 PM
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thats the third time this week i read that. plenty of bandwidth to burn huh 
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04-08-2008, 09:34 PM
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soon to be a McDonald :D
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Once is enough for me.Same thing every time, just different people in it, same s*** different place.
and you can breath in most other places to.
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04-08-2008, 09:34 PM
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I can see my home's internet usage doubling over the course of the olympics... Torrents and Youtube ftw.
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04-08-2008, 09:35 PM
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Are Roy and HG doing The Dream this year?
Don't watch any Australian FTA TV so no idea if they'll be covering it. Hope so, I might have to find my aerial! |
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04-08-2008, 09:36 PM
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Yeah, methinks I'll be surfing the intertron a bit more while it's on, except for maybe the womens gymnastics.... Ed 
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04-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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fully legal and has link to 64,000 tv network's
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm __________________ probably all olympics
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04-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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04-08-2008, 09:43 PM
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04-08-2008, 09:47 PM
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these athletes train for years, sacrifice many things,some even devote their entire lives to a chosen sport and a handful of armchair Internet d|cks that get puffed walking to the fridge are already over the pinnacle of their sport before it has even started... Show some respect and patriotism ffs. If that is too hard, man up; open your wallet and get pay TV..
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