So since this is happening in my own town I just had to post in this thread. Without the breaking any of the rules, here's a bit of moaning about the Olympics (not the institution, the event that happens where you live) and some personal (good) Olympic experience. Basically, we've got two weeks of massive travel disruption (Transport for London even has these cute little posters up saying "During the Olympics it may be quicker to walk that take the Tube" and "Why not work from home during the Olympics"), so I'm not going to be going more than walking distance from where I live. I'll also be watching it on TV, despite the fact that I can see one of the stadiums (stadia?) from my house and it's within walking distance. Because if you actually wanted tickets to anything (let alone the good stuff that everyone wants to see, like the opening ceremony or the running) you had to be either rich and very lucky (the public lottery thingy for tickets) or have corporate connections (they got all the good tickets). Not to mention all the Olympic stuff we've been building in parts of London that are so poor they are closing schools hospitals and libraries.
That's all your fairly standard Londoner's Olympic moaning, so I'll throw in my fun personal experience. On Wednesday the Torch was coming through my area (it actually passed about 100 yards form my house) and I saw it when I went out to get cigarettes. Yay! the eternal fire of Olympus was observed by my eyes! It did take me about 40 minutes to get my smokes though, as opposed to the normal 10 (Dammit, and I said I was done complaining). Anyway, that's enough of that, I'll post again if there's anything interesting like a terror attack or riot.
Oh, and the Olympic village, while having every other mod con, lacks any form of air conditioning. And we are experiencing a "go outside and be instantly covered in sweat and pollution" heatwave.
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Topic: The 2012 London Olympics thread! (PLEASE READ RULES) (Read 32509 times)