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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    jms said:

    I'm really looking forward to the hockey tournament. Its going to be hard for anybody to beat Canada. Shea Weber is playing as well as any D I have ever seen and they have better F than anybody.

    I'm not too confident about Canada's chances of winning gold again. Canada and the USA are at a disadvantage with the bigger ice surface. But here's hoping!
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Sign outside bathroom in the Olympic village. How to use the toilet...

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    edited February 2014
    ^^^ That is very restrictive! (I have known someone who actually does the middle right thing imageimage )
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    PJ_Soul said:

    ^^^ That is very restrictive! (I have known someone who actually does the middle right thing imageimage )

    The upper right thing is an upper decker. Who hasn't done that? image
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    Empty Glass said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    ^^^ That is very restrictive! (I have known someone who actually does the middle right thing imageimage )

    The upper right thing is an upper decker. Who hasn't done that? image
    Even I have come close a couple times (girl version). image
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • jms
    jms Posts: 245
    PJ_Soul said:

    jms said:

    I'm really looking forward to the hockey tournament. Its going to be hard for anybody to beat Canada. Shea Weber is playing as well as any D I have ever seen and they have better F than anybody.

    I'm not too confident about Canada's chances of winning gold again. Canada and the USA are at a disadvantage with the bigger ice surface. But here's hoping!

    The only things I see slowing them down are hot goalie or a game where they take few too many dumb penalties.
    Weber Doughty
    The two St Louis guys
    Keith Vlasic
    Subban

    Put those 7 guys in any order you want no other country can match it. The forwards might not be as good as the Russians offensively but they are better two ways guys. Goalies are as good as anybody's but at least 5 countries have goalies capable of stealing a single game.

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    Well as a Canucks goalie, Luongo tends to get psyched out pretty easily. I'm always concerned about how he'll do. When he's hot he's hot, and while he held it together for the Olympic final in 2010, he has choked so many times in his NHL games because he's not exactly psychologically solid when things get tight. Most Vancouverites don't have all that much faith in him anymore, but hope for the best and cross our fingers and toes.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,887
    now they are poisoning stray dogs.


    Fuck these olympics. Im not watching
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    PJ_Soul said:

    ^^^ That is very restrictive! (I have known someone who actually does the middle right thing imageimage )

    Technically it is the proper way to 'release'. (not exactly what that dude in the middle right is doing, but similar)

    image

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYcv6odWfTM
  • jms
    jms Posts: 245
    I really thought/hoped he was going to piss his pants in the gold medal game in 2010 but he did ok. You're right I could see him falling apart vs the Russians but I really think with the D you have they should really limit the pressure on Luongo. I still think it's a better team if they find a place for St Louis and take Seabrook instead of Hamhuis but I have never been a huge Dan Hamhuis fan so I'm probably a little biased.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    MayDay10 said:

    now they are poisoning stray dogs.


    Fuck these olympics. Im not watching

    Read about that yesterday.

    "Come to Sochi: Now free of gay people and stray dogs!"

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    edited February 2014
    hedonist said:

    MayDay10 said:

    now they are poisoning stray dogs.


    Fuck these olympics. Im not watching

    Read about that yesterday.

    "Come to Sochi: Now free of gay people and stray dogs!"

    It's not like China was any better.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I didn't mention China - just shaking my head at ol' Russia.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    hedonist said:

    I didn't mention China - just shaking my head at ol' Russia.

    Lol, no, I know you didn't mention China; I wasn't meaning that as a direct reply to you. I was just saying that China wasn't any better, meaning to say that this isn't anything new. In other words, the IOC really doesn't seem to mind choosing hosts with terrible human rights records and a tendency to kill stray dogs.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,922
    For the ridiculous amount of money spent on these Olympics, you'd think they would at least be ready. They're still working on hotels??? I have a feeling these olympics are going to be a clusterfuck.
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited February 2014
    PJ_Soul said:

    jms said:

    I'm really looking forward to the hockey tournament. Its going to be hard for anybody to beat Canada. Shea Weber is playing as well as any D I have ever seen and they have better F than anybody.

    I'm not too confident about Canada's chances of winning gold again. Canada and the USA are at a disadvantage with the bigger ice surface. But here's hoping!
    But I think Sweden will take it
    \m/
    So the honor of lighting the Olympic fire will go to Putin's girlfriend? I've read so somewhere..
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    Annafalk said:



    So the honor of lighting the Olympic fire will go to Putin's girlfriend? I've read so somewhere..

    =))
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  • Empty Glass
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    Drinking at 7:30 am to watch the US Hockey team is going to be rough. It's every four years, so what the hell...
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,861
    edited February 2014
    Empty Glass said:

    Drinking at 7:30 am to watch the US Hockey team is going to be rough. It's every four years, so what the hell...

    It looks like the Men's Final will be at 4am on Sunday, Feb 23rd. That is perfect! We can drink all morning (or Saturday night and Sunday morning, depending on your stamina), have a nap, be hungover all Sunday afternoon, and be totally fine for bedtime and Monday morning work time. It's like the Hockey and Booze gods got together and came up with a plan. :-bd <:-P Of course, this will obviously only work for Canadians, since they will be playing Russia in the final. :D
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    PJ_Soul said:

    Empty Glass said:

    Drinking at 7:30 am to watch the US Hockey team is going to be rough. It's every four years, so what the hell...

    It looks like the Men's Final will be at 4am on Sunday, Feb 23rd. That is perfect! We can drink all morning (or Saturday night and Sunday morning, depending on your stamina), have a nap, be hungover all Sunday afternoon, and be totally fine for bedtime and Monday morning work time. It's like the Hockey and Booze gods got together and come up with a plan. :-bd <:-P </p>
    So glad I'm 3 hours ahead of you. I can't pull an all nighter anymore image

    Plus, Canada won't be in the Gold medal game anyway image
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