london gets olympics

[thembuzz]

well, whoop-de-fucking-doo

[gypsy_cream]

i;m not for it and niknak is bendin my ear off callin me a cynical bitch for it...

[Lighter Thief]

Blimey, you were quick off the mark. As a matter of interest, does anybody know if it's actually beneficial economically?

[gypsy_cream]

ask niknak he seems to think it will benifit all of us...even people up here!

[phil]

YES YES YESH EYSH
A
A
WEW fUCKING DID IT!!!

IM BUZZING.

THE OLYMPICS IN LONDON. THEY ARE GONNA BUOLD A NEW M25. A NEW TRAIN FROM CHELMSFORD TO LONDON . ITS SO GOOD

[Lighter Thief]

Well, the regenereation of East London has got to be good I suppose, but I'll aski Niknak.

Niknak, as a matter of interest, do you know if London hosting the Olympics is going to be beneficial economically?

[phil]

FUCKIJNG MATE!!! THEY GONNA SORT OUT stratford. new trains, new fucking stadiums. honestly im rushing my face off

[Virus]

was watching the announcment live whilst having me lunch and though i have been completely cynical about the whole thing let out a wee squeak of excitement when it was announced.

i certainly won't be living in london in 2012 god help me, but i can only hope it provides some sort of impetus to improve public transport for keeps (i.e. after the games has ended).

whilst the idea of east end regeneration sounds good, i don't think sports centres are really the vehicle to do that, does hackney really need an olympic rowing lake? how grim will these places be 5-10 years after the event?

[decadnids]

2012 - timewave zero - its all gonna end!!!!

[thembuzz]

regeneration for the fucking olympics... if that's what it takes before local governments will consider sorting out their shitty infrastructures then we're all cunted

[Virus]

mad , now the red arrows have just flown over me roof , loads of red white and blue smoke in all

[gypsy_cream]

i feel a riot coming on

[decadnids]

there goes our taxes!

[phil]

shut up u fucking CUNT. SHUT YOUTR FUCKING MOUTH FOR ONCE U SHIT FUCKING CUNT

OLYMPICS IN EAST LONDON MATE

u stay in shity fucking manchestger

Im so haopppy, honestly.EAst london is goona wbe wicked, gonan do a Grime cut tonight with Lethal-B called Olympic MERK SIDE. fucking y3e yesh yeshhhh[., can u imagine a NEW VILLAGE.. mate we are talking about a NEW bvillage in London. loads of beds for the homeless.

SQUAT RAVE IN OLYMPIC STADIUM.. mnate fucking EWE DID IT

STOP BEING JELOUS, cus u live in out mobngolida.

[Lighter Thief]

I'm quite pleased, but I'm willing to admit I don't know the first thing about the cost / benefits etc.

[decadnids]

well - maybe they might sort out the bloody trains.... one can hope.

[gypsy_cream]

they should do that anyway!!!

[grobelaar]

I just got out some meeting and got told this - I'm buzzing - it's gonna be ace, I can't wait... :)

[gypsy_cream]

yeh id be buzzin too if i lived in south england

[Lighter Thief]

This is what I'm interested in, see. Is the money that they're spending on sorting out the trains going to be recouped from hosting the Olympics or is it just money they've suddenly found in order to get the bid through, despite the trains having been fucked for years?

[gypsy_cream]

oh yeh and its 7 years away....calm down haha

imagine if we didnt get london olympics ......would the trainsystem/stadiums/etc just stay the same? sad that it takes a big sports event to do get things moving

[gypsy_cream]

its coming from our money i think

[May Kasahara]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
This is what I'm interested in, see. Is the money that they're spending on sorting out the trains going to be recouped from hosting the Olympics or is it just money they've suddenly found in order to get the bid through, despite the trains having been fucked for years?

Dunno, but they managed to find the money to kit out loads of tube train seats in new 'Back The Bid' fuzz when I was down in London during January, which seemed like an excellent way to channel much-needed improvement funds.

[/sarcasm]

[notorious J.I.M]

It was just nice to beat the French! Well done London. :)

[Virus]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
This is what I'm interested in, see. Is the money that they're spending on sorting out the trains going to be recouped from hosting the Olympics or is it just money they've suddenly found in order to get the bid through, despite the trains having been fucked for years?

yeah fuck the people that live here (and pay taxes), but lets sort the place out for the tourists

[mr franks]

Originally posted by Virus
mad , now the red arrows have just flown over me roof , loads of red white and blue smoke in all

...just flown over were im working.

i couldnt give two shits, but if it improves the trains then fair enough. Anything to make my commute a bit more bareable.

isnt the Greece economy really fucked due to the olympics? they have loads of empty stadia that have not been paid for yet.

[phil]

Mate if your happy paying for the trident missles.

you should be fine with olympic village acid

[Lighter Thief]

Ho-hum. Well it's better than spending it on weapons innit?

Civic and national pride can be a good thing.

[Lighter Thief]

Originally posted by Virus


yeah fuck the people that live here (and pay taxes), but lets sort the place out for the tourists

...but maybe it's the tourists who'll indirectly help raise the money to pay for it?

I dunno....

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by decadnids
2012 - timewave zero - its all gonna end!!!!

Watch out for the moment where they light the torch, and Tony Blair spouts 2 extra mouths and sings an inverted 3 note version of the forbidden chord.

[decadnids]

you know it steev - i am gonna be waiting for cthulhu rising.

[Yer_Maw]

the greeks had to increse vat and tax on alcohol to pay for the 4billion they went over budget.

wast of time and money. What happened to barcelona was a one off.

[mr franks]

at least matthew pinsent will be alright when the big flood comes.


http://www.matthewpinsent.com/

[gypsy_cream]

i'm not totally against this but i'm hoping that something that were all going to pay for benifits all of us...not just people down south..

scotland can barely afford to train its best athletes, help/sponser budding athletes in schools or build new stadiums/gyms/parks/etc therefor we dont have the best athletes compared to england...now im just thinking we better get help with that in the seven years up to it or its not very fair is it?

[gypsy_cream]

and i'm sure that applies to alot of other areas/countries in the uk

[Lighter Thief]

Edit

[Hagbard]

I can't believe how cynical you lot are, the olympics is one of the few things left that brings the world together for a good reason.. i.e. not war

Naturally I jest, it's a load of fucking bollocks.

[Lighter Thief]

Well, one thing's for sure. The news has received a fairly typical No-Future Board reception. ie:

DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING!

[Yer_Maw]

the olympics is a big gay bum-fest anyway.

get it to fuck.

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
Well, one thing's for sure. The news has received a fairly typical No-Future Board reception. ie:

DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING!

hehe.

I hate to come across as one of those people that seems to think everything is a load of bollocks, but actually.. when you think about it, it is.

[gypsy_cream]

i'm not one of those types either..infact im pretty positive most of the time... i'm trying to find the optimistic view of having the olympics in london

[decadnids]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
Well, one thing's for sure. The news has received a fairly typical No-Future Board reception. ie:

DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING!

hehe, - well we have you here to make us take notice, and be more positive.

the it will be great i am sure, but i must remember to book a long holiday some-place else while it is on.

[gypsy_cream]

if we have to raise taxes for this thing then i'm moving out of uk for a while ...fuck payin for london to have a new city centre

[phil]

you could start your own Caber records label in the highland mountains and sheer sheep. Thats what i would do, if i was from Scotlund

[Lighter Thief]

I like it. I am the self-appointed voice of blind and foolishly misguided optimism!

[seawolf]

Originally posted by gypsy_cream
if we have to raise taxes for this thing then i'm moving out of uk for a while ...fuck payin for london to have a new city centre

people in london are having their council tax increased to pay for some of it.

i am against this for the most part. imagine how many millenium domes will be lying around in a decades time.

[joe pinapples]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
I like it. I am the self-appointed voice of blind and foolishly misguided optimism!

as rare as this creature:




http://www.fototime.com/495E61115ABF891/orig.jpg

[gypsy_cream]

ok so the raise isnt nationwide?

[joe pinapples]

Originally posted by gypsy_cream
ok so the raise isnt nationwide?

they'll find a way fo making the rest of us pay for it no worries there - perhaps a 2nd poll tax just fro us north of the border?

[gypsy_cream]

yeh just to "test it out" and see if it works!?

[phil]

your jelouuus, JELOUSS, jeliuss of our olympicss. u wanna do the syncronised swiming but u cannt. wacka wacka wacka

[joe pinapples]

we've got the best woman curlers ON THE PLANET!!!!

[Hagbard]

I want to see whats kicking off at the G8, BBC news 24 are just showing shitty slo mo films of athletes with fucking coldplay on fucking top.

[gypsy_cream]

yeh but we shouldnt have something to be jealous over cos it's for the whole of britain maaaan

[seawolf]

some of everyone's council tax will help fund it, but only london's will be increased. But we are helping fund it and money will be taken away from our councils...I wonder what we are going to get back from it??

a lot of funding will come from national lottery money too.

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by Steev
I want to see whats kicking off at the G8, BBC news 24 are just showing shitty slo mo films of athletes with fucking coldplay on fucking top.

how conveniant

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by seawolf
some of everyone's council tax will help fund it, but only london's will be increased. But we are helping fund it and money will be taken away from our councils...I wonder what we are going to get back from it??

a lot of funding will come from national lottery money too.

exactly....what will we get for it??? its basically for south england isnt it?

[joe pinapples]

everything that new labour do is forthe south of england

[gypsy_cream]

arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by joe pinapples
everything that new labour do is forthe south of england

We get pasteurised iraqi child blood delivered with the milk.

[phil]

och, ya wee turn pike ye!

[kams]

Edinburgh had the Commonwealth games in 86, Manchester had them in 2002.

Southern England's turn I reckon.

[joe pinapples]

Originally posted by Steev


We get pasteurised iraqi child blood delivered with the milk.

See!?!?! All we get here in Glasgow is undistilled Romanian Peasant blood!

[Lighter Thief]

.

[joe pinapples]

Originally posted by kams
Edinburgh had the Commonwealth games in 86, Manchester had them in 2002.

Southern England's turn I reckon.


come now you cannot compaire the commonwealth to the olympics, everyone knows that

[kams]

:)

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by kams
Edinburgh had the Commonwealth games in 86, Manchester had them in 2002.

Southern England's turn I reckon.

a wee bit different

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

It's like comparing the world cup to the euro championships

[kams]

Its like comparing the world cup to Inter Toto cup more like.... :)

[Lighter Thief]

Not even that, really. It;s like comparing white bread to that awful brown stuff with bits in it.

[Hagbard]

It's like comparing a load of fucking bollocks.

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

It's like comparing Transformers to Gobots

[kams]

Originally posted by kams
Its like comparing the world cup to the Inter Toto cup more like.... :)

[kams]

I ended up quoting myself there??? not sure how that happened?

[Hagbard]

It's like comparing England to Scotland.

[kams]

:)

[gypsy_cream]

it's like comparing Scotland to england

[Hagbard]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/health_enl_1120562876/img/laun.jpg

[gypsy_cream]

thats really funny steev

[gypsy_cream]

:-p

[phil]

face the facts. England is WICKED.

Scotland is COLD

YA GET ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gypsy_cream]

yore gonna be cold when i ice you ya get miiiiii

[dom_90]

the english are wicked, the scottish are nice. ya get me!

[Hagbard]

It's ok, with my diet I reckon theres a big solid black pixel that follows me around on that map.

[phil]

your cold. bururururururu..

burrururu

u shiver.

GUESS WOT????




im hot. I need ice lollys on my willy ALL DAY LONG just to keep my dick soft nah mean. Sheeeit, u better recognise.

[gypsy_cream]

that statistics map looks so wrong... how can people living in london be healthier in general than people in the highlands?

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by phil
im hot. I need ice lollys on my willy ALL DAY LONG just to keep my dick soft nah mean. Sheeeit, u better recognise.

Come one, we all know your mum has to piss in your mouth for you to even get a semi.

[Lighter Thief]

Oh god, not this again.

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by gypsy_cream
that statistics map looks so wrong... how can people living in london be healthier in general than people in the highlands?

They must cane it in the highlands.

[phil]

Originally posted by Steev


Come one, we all know your mum has to piss in your mouth for you to even get a semi.

how horrid.

































your mum eats little Chef Olympic Breakfasts on the regular.

YA GET ME

[Lady E]

Originally posted by Yer_Maw
the greeks had to increse vat and tax on alcohol to pay for the 4billion they went over budget.

wast of time and money. What happened to barcelona was a one off.

Well in terms of the regeneration of a city that was in the doldrums, placing it on the worldwide map as a tourist destination after years of government by a dictator - maybe you are right. But then Barcelona's circumstances were unique and could only be rivalled now by the Olympics going to an Eastern European country.

But the Sydney olympics were REALLY successful for the city and Australia.

People behind that successful olympics have been advising the London bid, so I think it could be ok.

I listened to a programme about it all on Radio 4 a few weeks ago. The Greeks made some terrible planning decisions and left it all to the last minute, thus spending much more than they needed to, and lots of the stuff they built is now totally derelict and unused. It doesnt have to be that way.

PLUS as with all Olympics, different events will be taking place in different parts of the country, they wont only be in London. The sailing will be at Southhampton, for example. I'm sure there will be events in the North although maybe not as far as Scotland. But if Edinburgh or Glasgow or Cardiff were to get the Olympics, I wouldn't be carping about it, I'd be happy for those cities.

Personally I'm relatively pleased that the UK has got it - handled well the wealth cumulative causation can be really excellent for years to come before and after the event.

[phil]

that was a balanced, intelligent and thoughtful post.

Alas with one crucial flaw:

The absence of an IDENT mindset

speak to tony:





http://f2.org/icon/comic/bunbun.gif

[gypsy_cream]

emma i totally agree those are my main thoughts on the good side....lets just wait and see though

i just saw on the news that there is going to be events held in glasgow (and maybe edinburgh) so it's not as bound to england as i thought it was gonna be

[joe pinapples]

what events are gonna be held here is glasgow?


100 metre jakie avoidance race?

[gypsy_cream]

they didnt say.....,,,

maybe womens tossin the caber

[phil]

100 m Ready Break stirring.



im well funy.

[Lighter Thief]

The Smack Dealer Dash.

[joe pinapples]

international 'geese 10 pence for the bus' patter - best one from around the world gets an almost full bottle of buckie from behind a bus shelter.

and of course The 500 metre Chib

[gypsy_cream]

and in edinburgh we will have "throw the javelin into the crustie student toff yah's heid"

[Hagbard]

International drinking and smoking.

[thembuzz]

Originally posted by Lighter Thief
Not even that, really. It;s like comparing white bread to that awful brown stuff with bits in it.

i like that awful brown stuff with bits in it

[gypsy_cream]

can that not be done down south like?

[gypsy_cream]

leave us to the shootin up ;)

[Lighter Thief]

Originally posted by thembuzz


i like that awful brown stuff with bits in it*

Worthy bread?

Fuck that. What are you a hippy?


*I like it too, as it goes.

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

http://www.djsteved.co.uk/jpg/2012.jpg

[gypsy_cream]

haha

[joe pinapples]

SHES GONNA NEED TO MAKE IT 75 % OFF

[Tec]

Well chuffed by all this, not the old woman's t-shirt misery but the fact that i've bought a flat in Hackney Central and in 5 years the price will go through the roof..

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

or steamrollered for redevelopment

[Lighter Thief]

/filthy capitalist dog.

;)

[decadnids]

Originally posted by Tec
Well chuffed by all this, not the old woman's t-shirt misery but the fact that i've bought a flat in Hackney Central and in 5 years the price will go through the roof..

sweet!

[phil]

Yeah its good in that respect. But you have to live in Hackney.

[Tec]

lol! Better that than the chav mecca of Chelmsford ;)

[phil]

Hackney is one of the most disgusting places on earth and thats probably not an exagerattion. Chelmsford has the Fresh air, the pastures, the hills. And in 30 minutes I can be ON DMT on my back in JD Wetherspoons slap bang opposite St Pauls.

Glamour life mate.

[decadnids]

phil - chelmsford does not have hills!

[Tec]

You have to 'feel' the vibe in Hackney Phil, embrace it and enjoy it. London Fields on a sunny day is a great place to be..its like a crusty festival with no music.

All my friends live here so its a good place for me to be. I've done suburbia/outer London blandness..i just want harsh living from now on.

[phil]

Hackney was wicked 10 years ago. Then it got gentrified by a load of students and has lost its vibe completely. Now it feels like im on an internet forum when i walk about there.

[Tec]

Isn't/Wasn't everyone a student once though? Internet forum? Unplug mate, lots of lovely hippy girls running around looking for 6ft 6" of essex hype. I'll hook you up.

[phil]

nah hackneys alright really, your right sitting in Victoria park is well good on a sunday sometimes.

[Tec]

;)

You know this, green space happy clapper vibe.

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by Tec
Well chuffed by all this, not the old woman's t-shirt misery but the fact that i've bought a flat in Hackney Central and in 5 years the price will go through the roof..

Why would it affect Hackney Central? I thought all the action was much further east?

[V Knid esq]

Originally posted by Steev


Why would it affect Hackney Central? I thought all the action was much further east?

Much better transport links throughout E London innit. Lots of people I know are already looking forward to renting out their flats to incomers.

[Tec]

Originally posted by Steev


Why would it affect Hackney Central? I thought all the action was much further east?

Much further east as in 'less than two miles'?

The whole area will get the nod, Hackney included from what i gather.

[Hagbard]

Well less than two miles is a long way in London :)

Edit: Actually thinking about it the reason I thought Stratford was further away was cos the transport is so terrible up there.

[Tec]

Reckon its probably only a mile 1/4 as it goes.

[gypsy_cream]

thats nothing!!

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by gypsy_cream
thats nothing!!

Probably an hour on the bus if you get on at the wrong time tho :)

[Patrick]

Originally posted by emma



PLUS as with all Olympics, different events will be taking place in different parts of the country, they wont only be in London. The sailing will be at Southhampton, for example.

The sailing is going to be in Portland harbour, not Southampton, Emma.
It will be a massive, much needed boost for the area since they lost thousands of jobs when the naval base closed down 6 or 7 years ago.

[grobelaar]

Hackney rocks, of the all the places I lived it was the best. I think it's a long way from being gentrified - sure there's a spill over from Shoreditch - I mean Tec's moved in for fuck's sakes... But it still has the vibe I reckon - I love it, and as for students and the likes most people in London think the place is just crime central. I used to get loads of shit off my workmates for living in 'the ghetto' yet, three of them get mugged walking up Kentish Town road - so whose neighbourhood is the shitest? Kentish Town is fucking bumhole of London that's for sure...

Nice turkish supermarket there though...

[JonnySpeed]

i really was not arsed but anything to piss the french off has to be worth a giggle.

[JonnySpeed]

Originally posted by Steev
Well less than two miles is a long way in London :)

Edit: Actually thinking about it the reason I thought Stratford was further away was cos the transport is so terrible up there.

Stratford is on the Central Line and the Jubilee Line! Its 10 minutes from Liverpool Street. Explain yourself, boy?

Oh Hackney is shit for transport. fair enough??

[Hagbard]

Originally posted by JonnySpeed


Stratford is on the Central Line and the Jubilee Line! Its 10 minutes from Liverpool Street. Explain yourself, boy?

Oh Hackney is shit for transport. fair enough??

I got a bus there from Hackney once, that was my point. It distorts your perception of distance rather.

[JonnySpeed]

i get you! should have got the silverlink it only takes like 10 minutes

I think its great that everybody in the UK pays £100 in extra tax for my house to go up £50K. Thanks kids.

Bit of a fucker for Hackney squat parties. Carpenters Rd is already a pile of bricks.

:illin:

[JE:5]

I haven't actually got an opinion on this, sport is shit, this country is shit...

[kams]

Sport is shit? No it isn't.

[thembuzz]

yes, it is

[kams]

Game of frisbee on the park with mates?

Game of pool in the pub on sunday?

World Cup football?

Watching behemoth 20 stone rugby players display skillful grace?

Watching your home town's under 18's Ice Hockey team?



no it isn't

[Lady E]

i dont think sport or this country is shit. i refuse to be a pessimistic cynic.

[joe pinapples]

come on now - whos saying sport is shit - thats just crazy - talk!


http://cam.derringer.co.uk/Press/Tiddlywinks/crw_15356.jpg

[Spandex]

I went to an athletics event when I was about 18.. really enjoyed it.. loads of stuff to watch and it completely changed my opinion of it all. But I still think it's incredibly dull to watch on the telly.

IMO televised sport is shit. Playing sport or watching it for real is good.. if you like that sort of thing.

[Lighter Thief]

The World Cup's fantastic. Unless you're Scottish of course.

I absolutely love it.

[mr franks]

are we entering a 'british' football team in 2012?

[Daddys Girl]

Originally posted by JonnySpeed
Carpenters Rd is already a pile of bricks.

yeah - noticed that on the 276 the other day... those car-garages - are going to be bought out or something....

[mattgloss]

Originally posted by mr franks
are we entering a 'british' football team in 2012?

no point ryan gigs ll be well gone by then:)

[Lighter Thief]

Hehehe