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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:18 PM Original message |
Have the Olympics ever been held in your hometown, and if so... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Atlanta 1996 - I worked for 8 months on setting up |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wow. 8 months. Very cool. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Surprisingly no... |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. The torch came through my hometown 4 years ago |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Los Angeles, 1984 |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, but there has been some effort to |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Uh, yeah. isn't the humidity measured using scientific notation? n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. We co-hosted the cricket world cup last year |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Cricket, what a game! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The West Indies team competed |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't follow cricket, but it sounds like it's... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Not really but cricket mad India gives us a billion fans n/t |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. I worked on the l984 Olympics in L.A. and won an Emmy for all |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. An Emmy, huh? You know Stephen Colbert has a buttload of Peabody's don't you? n/t |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. LOL Yes, and he deserves every one of them. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You damn RIGHT he does! n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I remember that and |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, in 2000. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 03:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Were you ever able to attend any of the events? Did you volunteer for anything? n/t |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I was extremely busy with work at the time |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. 1984, some of the soccer games |
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