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thelmadatter
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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Olympic Opening Ceremonies teacher get-together? |
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According to Wikipedia, the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Games is going to happen on Aug 8 (a Fri) at 8 pm CST.n (the 8's are probably no coincidence - its considered a lucky number in Chinese culture).
I think we should have a get-together to watch it. I volunteer my house unless you all can think of a better venue. Im assuming it will be shown live on Mexican TV though I dont know what channel(s).
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Guy Courchesne
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thelmadatter
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: TV |
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uy! Dont encourage Alex and Freddy to pester me more about buying a flat screen for their enjoyment!  |
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dixie
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Somebody needs to be changing their location info...I cannot believe you would want to still have the Toluca association!   |
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thelmadatter
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: done |
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| done! Cant believe I overlooked that! |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| According to Wikipedia, the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Games is going to happen on Aug 8 (a Fri) at 8 pm CST.n (the 8's are probably no coincidence - its considered a lucky number in Chinese culture). |
It is indeed no coincidence - 08/08/08 at 8.00, but as I don't know what CST means, are you aware that if you want to see it live, we are talking 6.30am Mexican time on a Friday? Could be a bit difficult for many people. |
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thelmadatter
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject: CST |
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Ethnocentric person I am.. I interpreted CST as Central Standard Time, which would be time zone for Chicago and Mexico City. I clicked the link on Wikipedia and found that there it means China Standard Time, which is 8 hours ahead of GMT. So the opening ceremonies start at noon for Londoners....Guess that makes it 6 am our time?...
Dang... so much for that idea. |
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dixie
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I do actually have the day free...however if you think I am getting up for 6am (and on a free day at that!) you are crazy (and I know you know better than to request such a thing from me )
What sports are the Mexicans participating in?? |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| What sports are the Mexicans participating in?? |
Tortilla Toss and Wall Scaling (oops...how un-pc of me)
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| I interpreted CST as Central Standard Time |
I was wondering about that...8 AM our time? You'd think all those tv ad dollars coming from the US could have influenced the Chinese on that. |
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