Olympics 2012

[rosebud]

All the moaners and killjoys and miserable critics should go on holiday for a month and come back when its all over.

[rosebud]

[Zippy Seale]

Me and the wife have book 5 weeks in China, 3 for travelling around and 2 for the games in 2008.

Idea for new olympic sport,
digging over unused plots!.  each competitor starts at on end and is giving a same size area.  lots draw, so if you get a bad bit tough.   pre games the site would be cut back to the ground and rubbish cleared, and then after the games see how many plots go then....lol
I even might take another on...lol
rounds could be held around the country taken the sport out to the people.
Mr CG

[adam04]

nice idea celtic.  thye can start on mine if they wish. thats almost at that state!!!

another rule, thye have to get all the stones and the perennial weed roots out...

[Amazin]

Just a thought - when the Docklands area (Canary Wharf; etc) was rebuilt, it was touted as a Godsend for the regeneration of a poor, run-down area. How many of the indiginous population even got a sniff at the exclusive riverside apartments? About as many as could scale all the security gates, I suspect.

And this isn't sour grapes, moaning or whingeing - hello again, Rosebud - it's cynicism borne out of seeing over and over again the promise of something being offered to people in an area in desperate need of something to hope for, only to be left high and dry - and paying - every time.

By the way, it's been estimated that all Londoners will pay for the Olympics through increases in their Council Tax for up to ten years and possibly more. Any bid supporters willing to contribute to mine? (Or, for the more philanthropically-minded, my elderly neighbours'?)
All donations gratefully received.

[Tulipa]

People who are keen to support the olympics can buy the olympics lottery tickets to help.  The Government are funding a lot too which will come from everyone's taxes and the IOC are funding some of it, so Londoners are not paying for it all.  I just heard this on radio 4 news.

[Amazin]

No, dear, I didn't say Londoners are paying for it all.
I said all Londoners will pay increased Council Tax for it.

Oh what the hell, if nobody else cares about the cynical manipulation of people's hopes, why don't I just rent out my flat to some big American firm for their corporate hospitality... say, five grand a week? Ten?

[rosebud]

Now now Amazin, ;D ;D ;D, i certainly agree with you about the Docklands area
i have 2 sisters and a brother nieces & nephews who have always lived on the ISLE OF DOGS, now renamed and rebuilt beyond anything we all knew,I only lived there a very very short time spent my time in beloved Yorkshire ( i digress),
Yes you are right they were promised so much and received so little, not even the work was shared out with the locals, all the nice homes behind gates and the shops and cafes are priced for a particular clientele`,  But you cannot put the blame all on one persons shoulders can you now?.

PS Adam are you the same person i shared the board with on the BBC gardening?? me thinks you are  ???.

[busy_lizzie]

I was very pleased to hear the news.  I think it will be a good thing all round for Britain to have the Olympics here. There are bound to be winners and losers but I hope in the long term it will be great for the area that is being developed. So well done London.   ;D busy_lizzie

[giantseye]

Fantastic :D :D

W'eve finally got a good goal for our kids and young athletes to aim for.

London 2012, will be the best Olympics ever

[adam04]

Well said, Amazon. im with you! i studied the dockland area as a case study in geography, it showed that the only people who really benefited were the wealthy FOREIGN business men! as i was saying earlier, all some things bring is trouble!

Rosebud...im on the beeb, what thread are we on about here?