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@40 Demon Tree Pls refer to your below question posted under # 27 regarding the subject “Argentina Supreme Court….”, which I am unable to reply to on the same thread, due to the fact that at the moment...
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#53 “This is evidence of what must be rescued of what has been a close alliance relation with England, ......taken from the current article about HMS Protector at Punto Arenas ..Shackleton was Irish.
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@ 52 Clyde I don't think its possible to be more Scottish than you, I suspect if they cut you in half they would find a Saltire running through you like a stick of rock - no bad thing. You are right I...
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#50 We both have different experiences. I have had English colleagues who were compulsory transferred to Scotland and came here screaming and kicking. They told me that since their arrival they had...
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http://en.mercopress.com/2016/08/22/despite-all-odds-rio-the-marvelous-city-earned-its-olympian-record#comment447761: And it now appears that RJ state is going to formally declare bankruptcy.
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Clyde I deliberately capitalised the "we" to emphasise inclusion. My Great Grand Father served in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in WW1. He was born, lived & died in Cowley in England. An...
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#48 Well, our experiences differ. Yes everyone in the UK refers to the RAF but not necessarily historians. For decades I have been watching programs on the military and reading books and magazines on...
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@ 33 The “English” in a supercilious manner use the term England for the UK when they mean Gt. Britain and N.Ireland. Just listen to the BBC or even history programs. It's the English navy POST 1707,...
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@42 Hippy "And the facilities built for the Olympics will serve the Cariocas for generations to come"...... D'you really believe that ? if the deteriorated condition of many of the sporting facilities...
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“the marvelous city” earned its Olympian record: Do these records also include: - Record spending? - Record losses? - Record stealing? - Record money laundering?
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Toby the tit, Nostrils, Off the Trolley. How can you possibly say what Argentinians are saying when you dont live there. The way you speak, your phrasing, and the lack of American spelling makes it...
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Maybe some day foreigners will speak about Argentina after they had made the least of effort to actually know a thing or two. In the way EUians and NorthAmoans use alcohol to distend their normally...
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And the facilities built for the Olympics will serve the Cariocas for generations to come: https://twitter.com/domphillips/status/766629285041934336
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@37 Trolley "We don't care about 95% of the sports played in the Olympics, why can't you accept not everyone has to like what First Worlders like? Why does the UK drive on the left? " You haven't...
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@39 But Capi, the Olympics is always a novelty. If it's held in your country or a nearby one it probably won't be again in your lifetime. 'First Worlders' don't follow all those different sports...
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@39 What part of novelty do you fail to grasp? American Football games in London... Once a year, novelty, stadium fills. 16 times a year? It was tried some years back and failed miserably. People don't...
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@37 Hahaha Who is 'we'? The voices in your head? Argentines would not have spent so much travelling to something they didn't care about. Unless you are claiming all Argentines are thick. Of course they...
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@5 We don't care about the Olympics. You can't get it through your thick skull apparently. The so-called great fans just went because the whole thing was a novelty. This is like saying "well, in 1994...
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@35 ElaineB Yr "@31 Thanks, I didn't see that before.".....don't mention it. Adding to your (and previous) comments on how one is called or identified -British, English or Scottish - to most...
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@31 Thanks, I didn't see that before. You know, it took a while for the properties to be converted and sold in London but I think they are 90% leased/rented now. Part of the reason they won the bid was...
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@ 33 Clyde15 Excellent reply, thank you. I had thought you posted the surgeon was your son (understandably - we do not differentiate with our daughter in law) and it was that that 'threw' me. When I am...
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#29 The "English" in a supercilious manner use the term England for the UK when they mean Gt. Britain and N.Ireland. Just listen to the BBC or even history programs. It's the English navy POST 1707,...
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http://en.mercopress.com/2016/08/22/despite-all-odds-rio-the-marvelous-city-earned-its-olympian-record#comment447228: And, it appears, some Brazilian attorneys believe that a robbery occurred:...
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@19 Elaine B "Do we know what is going to happen to the athlete's village?" Your question has already been answered, asper my #3 under headline "As Olympic opening day approaches....."....see below :...
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@29 ChrisR What, explaining that he's actually Scottish is denigrating the English now? What's he supposed to do, lie about it? Anyway, what do you think about the swimmers now they've admitted they...
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@ 28 Clyde15 "hopefully left a good impression of the British although I had to disabuse them of calling me English !" Did you not recently state that your surgeon son was English? Was he old enough...
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#24 Like you, I have cringed at the drunken behaviour of many British holidaymakers. I cannot understand why they carry on this way and think it is OK to do so. Mandatory jail sentences and/or heavy...
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@27 I have come across some Chinese tourists but for me the trophy for Rudeness Abroad goes to Russian tourists. Come to think of it, they get the trophy for Rudeness at Home too.
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Brazil will be returned to Portugal in the next 25 years. A lot of Chinese tourist are apparently yokel peasant farmers sent on foreign jaunts by their rich kids. They have no idea how to act with any...
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I learned the hard way and early on in my military career to behave better than when I am off US soil. However, not everyone does. Even when I travel with my wife, we have a standing joke of trying to...
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@23 He is paying a heavy price with possible sanctions from the governing body plus his sponsors are dropping him; four so far. The guy was stupid and drunk. Ugh. It got me thinking how people behave...
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While Lochte was behaving like an idiot was the security guard really asking him for cash to repair the damage? He only coughed up $30 (from memory) and it seemed more like a bribe to keep quiet about it.
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@21 But they weren't in the US, they were in Brazil. And the security guards were probably trying to do the swimmers a favour by NOT involving the police and the USOC by sorting it out at a low level...
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http://en.mercopress.com/2016/08/22/despite-all-odds-rio-the-marvelous-city-earned-its-olympian-record#comment447194: I heard from an attorney that if the events that apparently occurred in Rio...
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Lack of funds & additional financial burdening of the Brazilians not a "news" - it is just the beginning. Watch the end:...
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@18 That is not a problem unique to Brazil. Do we know what is going to happen to the athlete's village? I hope it is a similar scheme to London where it is part private and part social housing. They...
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I think the biggest problem is going to keep these stadia going as we all know that Brazil is almost all supporters of football, hardly any other sport was supported as much as the football.So most of...
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The Olympic games are over, a vast majority enjoyed themselves, Team GB won over 60 medals, so we can be proud of that, many other countries can be proud of what they achieved, Yes their was some...
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Quique....Lochte is an asshole and an exemplary malcontent. He was that way long before reaching Rio. The US Swimming body is about to put a hurting on his career, albeit meaningless at his age, but at...
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@1 Brasshole "There was never the slightest probability of failure of the Olympic Games. " Wow, after hybernating through winter , is your small peanut-sized brain still asleep ? The Brazilian Olympic...
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@10 If there were four or five rotating venues I would imagine the funding would be entirely different and not the burden of one country. For a start there would be not be the millions spent bribing in...
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Olympic Pool Tokyo 2020: No Running. No Bombing. No Heavy Petting. No lying about being robbed at gun point.
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Let's not forget about USA's Ryan Lochte's alleged robbery at a gas station that resulted to be a scuffle with security people over a damaged bathroom door. The story initially seemed to justify Rio's...
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I don't think Australia would want to pay and host the Olympics every 20 years as the only single nation continent.
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@6 I agree the backdrop of Rio was incredible. Remember the road cycling? @8 Did only one GB athlete venture out? One was mugged but I thought more went out. The environment in the village was not...
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@Brasiliero In fact the BBC was constantly talking Rio up against all evidence to the contrary. The athletes were warned not to go out at night and one that did risk it was mugged. The athletes...
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Tickets varied from 40 BRL to 1,200 BRL for the events and up to 4,600 BRL for the opening ceremony.
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I thought the games were extremely good and not just because Team GB performed so well. Rio did provide a magical backdrop for so many of the sporting events. It must be one of the most beautifully...
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