On Aug 16, 3:32=A0pm, anira...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Aug 16, 1:58=A0pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > You're not like the others, Dan S.
> > <danUNDERscoreGOEShereSLAUGH...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>... you like the same
> > things I do! Wax paper! Boiled football leather! Dog breath!
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> > >Canuck57 presented the following explanation :
> > >> "Claude" <Cla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > >>news:0qvpk.28775$IK1.2034@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>> "J.C. Watts Enslin" <jonens...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>news:2766bba5-af9a-41e8-9da4-7fa3207e7a6f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>> Honestly, as a Canadian I would rather skip the Olympics entirely
> > >>>> rather than witness the embarrassment that this has become.
=A0One=
week
> > >>>> in and we have yet to win a single medal.
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> > >>> It would only really be an embarrassment if the Government had
been=
pouring
> > >>> megabucks into s****t in Canada =A0- that's what the successful
coun=
tries do.
> > >>> Just watch the UK walk over the rest of them in the cycling.
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> > >> Yes it would. =A0As it is, I bet China spends less per athlete than
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does
> > >> Canada, but their management style gets results. =A0Don't think
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a money
> > >> issue.
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> > >Adjusted for cost-of-living and dollar/yuan rate?
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> > Aubrun: 11 medals (two gold)
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> > Canuckia: zero
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> > John Rogers
> > AU Class of 1985
> > The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
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> > "If someone says they're a true Auburn fan, but also says they'll
> > pull for Alabama except when they play Auburn, then they'll lie
> > about other things too." =A0(Unknown)
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> I can feel the trouble that is felt by Canadian's athletes. It shows a
> country under great stress.... and most likely from acts of their
> closest neighbour. Imagine that you are a kid in the block and your
> neighbourhood are dominated by bullies. You will always feel the
> stress in every moves. =A0Look at Australia.... far away from the Union
> Jack's influence or anyone else for that matter. They seem to have
> more freedom and are doing very well. Bottom line, you cannot split
> between the state of your well-beings from any dependencies and
> political/economical implications.
Really! F*ckin' Merkins.....the world would be a better
place without 'em!
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