goblin
Reged: 31/03/2007
Posts: 1389
Loc: down yur me anzum
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The problem with the Olympics is that it isn't just about sport, which is a great shame. It has become a showcase with each host nation feeling that they have to go one better then the previous. At the end of the day, the sport will be exactly the same as the previous Olympics; it's only the times/scores etc that will change. So the only way to improve the games on the previous one is in the paraphernalia that goes with it, all of which is of no consequence to the sport itself.
We could save an absolute fortune if we cut out all the junk.
Just for starters we could save a fortune by getting rid of the crap that goes into the opening and closing ceremonies. Who really wants to sit through all that bollocks anyway, apart from the fat megalomaniac dignitories who want to sit there nodding their heads saying 'look what we did, aren't we clever'.
I think that what is upsetting so many of us about the cost of the Olympics is the amount of money that is going to be spent on unecessary rubbish.
Get it back to basics I say .. concentrate on the sport and cut out all the bollocks; save ourselves a fortune.
That's my rant over on the subject; the sun's out and I've got more important things to worry about - should I cycle coastwards or head inland for my evening ride?
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mamba80
Reged: 09/08/2007
Posts: 403
Loc: Cornwall
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Hi mamba, Suggest a way I can prove who I am and i`l gladly post it!..ive tried a pic but it wont take em..files are to big.
If i inspired you to ride thats great and does actually mean some thing to me. So thank You.
I'm a yr older than you and my dream was to be a pro, and you did it and that was an inspiration! (i did n't!)
As to whether your DW or not, i'll have a change of mind and say that you are! so i'm obviously not a politicain! 
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Dazzricles
Reged: 24/08/2008
Posts: 621
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Thank you mamba, as to u not making it as a pro..be consolled by the fact you still enjoy your cycling..and thats worth more than a pro licence.
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plymchick
Reged: 17/09/2007
Posts: 251
Loc: World Of My Own
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The title of this thread is "Olympics 2012...what price is to much?"
So far not a single responce has even sugested there should be a limit!.
Okay... I'll start - £1.50 
Seriously, this is an impossible question for any of us on the Forum to answer. We have no control over the Govt's spending on issues like this... take the Millenium Dome as an example. Nor do we have an insight into the costs of the buildings, wages, preparations, planning etc etc etc.
I would like to have faith in the Govt and hope that they do not waste money, but I will probably be more likely to date an alien than this happening. Their initial bid to win the Olympics was to spend £2.5bn. I can understand this rising a bit due to inflation, but to claim that it will cost £10bn plus shows yet again that they are incompetent with budgets.
Is it right that they should spend this much? Only time will tell - profits or losses will not be known until the Olympics happen and the years that follow.
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1735
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I would like to have faith in the Govt and hope that they do not waste money, but I will probably be more likely to date an alien than this happening.
Given the money they've already wasted on schools, the NHS, ID cards and their own security and expenses, to name but a few, the likelihood of them breaking their habit of a lifetime when it comes to the Olympics is low to non-existent.
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le_petit_grimpeur
Reged: 29/05/2008
Posts: 83
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...not to mention Iraq and Afghanistan..
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fizban
Reged: 15/09/2007
Posts: 922
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It would help I suppose if the LDA don't misplace up to £100million?
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Dazzricles
Reged: 24/08/2008
Posts: 621
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It would help I suppose if the LDA don't misplace up to £100million?
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 ya gotta hand it big scale money managment aint ya. The recent MP exspences fiasco is pocket money to the scale of corperate and big business fraud ....and tax evasion ( which if paid correctly The Tax Alliance has exstimated would raise more than double that required to solve global famines per annum).
Mind for out and out gobsmacking "black holes" try Donalds Rumsfelds 2. 3 TRILLION $ !!!
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_blackbudget04.htm
Announced on the eve of 9/11 ( coincedence? I doupt it) it went almost un noticed in the news at the time.
What was it some Labour minister once said " now might be a good time to slip out some bad news". 
Edited by Dazzricles (24/06/2009 23:08)
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4043
Loc: Man of Kent
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It would help I suppose if the LDA don't misplace up to £100million?
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Small beer.
It's just accounting, it makes no difference, really.
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1735
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And as for the money they've wasted, and will continue to waste, on ID cards .... 
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