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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: Sorry, Pyeongchang... |
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| Apparently Russia's warmest city has won the bid. |
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Chicoloco
Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Location: In the ring.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Now let's wait for the conspiracy theories to start....... |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Just finished watching the live coverage on KBS. Needless to say, after the winner was announced the silence from the presenters was deafening. The people of Pyeongchang looked absolutely gutted. A lot were crying. They had a couple of suits on afterwards for a post mortem and there was a lot of teeth sucking and head shaking. Poor bastards. |
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Just watched a CNN special on PyeongChang today, it showed the city getting ready with bulldozers and tons of equipment. The city actually believed they would win (no doubt) and Roh even promised the country they would win. The samsung ceo was at the vote and I am sure he brought tons of hidden cash for bribes.
sorry PyeongChang, maybe you can build a massive English winter camp for the kiddies!  |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| mercury wrote: |
| The samsung ceo was at the vote and I am sure he brought tons of hidden cash for bribes. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really disappointed. My son will be almost 8 by then and I wanted to take him to some events. =( I was really looking forward to watching some curling matches... Te he~
Maybe next time. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Chicoloco wrote: |
| Now let's wait for the conspiracy theories to start....... |
Pyeongchang lost the vote because Kim Jong il secretly changed the voting ballots from Pyeongchang to Pyeongyang. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans shouldn't be blasted for expressing disappointment that Pyongchang didn't win. If the UK lost out in a comparable situation British people would be upset too. I was in the car with two colleagues when the announcement was made and the only thing which slightly annoyed me was their strong criticism of Sochi for not already having the facilities in place. |
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
| Chicoloco wrote: |
| Now let's wait for the conspiracy theories to start....... |
Pyeongchang lost the vote because Kim Jong il secretly changed the voting ballots from Pyeongchang to Pyeongyang. |
What actually happened was that the korean voter got mixed up and thought that SOCHI actually meant SOJU. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I am a little suprised that the Russian city won. As long as Korea deals with losing gracefully (unlike World Cup 2006) then we can leave it at that. Try again next time and perhaps develop the place first. Build some facilities anyway that can be used for training future Korean winter Olympians. That way next time they will be sure to win. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| What I found sorta amusing is that Putin went ahead and did his presentation in English. Roh did his...in Korean. I dunno, just seems that if you're addressing the world you might wanna give English a go, especially when the person speaking before you does. |
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BuHaoChi
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| We surely wont be getting international ATM cards now. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't the Korean president speak English?
Speaking only in Korean when you're in a tight race with a country whose president gives his first-ever speech in English (with French and Spanish included as well) is... foolhardy.
Roh Mu Hyun's legacy |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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"It's almost like being stabbed in the back," Pyeongchang development director Jeon Yong-kwan said.
"I don't get it. We have worked for years to improve our previous bid. We did everything the IOC asked of us. It wasn't just a show." |
This is when Koreans annoy me; when they can take their reaction beyond feelings of dissapointment to the the blame game. This decision calls for introspection not casting aspertions on others.
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| "I don't think they can build all the venues in the time they have though they say they can," he said. |
Russia's economy is booming. It's also worth noting that the Koreans had to build largely from scratch when they were awarded the olympics. It's hardly a decision without precedent. |
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