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Topic: Welcome to Rio 2016!!!
Posted By: Atkingani
Subject: Welcome to Rio 2016!!!
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:29
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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games
Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics after Rio de Janeiro is chosen to stage the 2016 Games.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:30
Congratulations to Rio and to Brasil! 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:34
Still think Baku should have won, otherwise congratulations, it's fantastic!   It'll make me skip sleeping for three weeks, though...  ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:34
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Congrats to Brazil. I had mixed feelings about the Olympics in Chicago. Chicago is only about 5 hours away, so I think that I would have probably made an effort to go as either a spectator or as a volunteer. The Olympics is one of those once in a lifetime events that I think would be neat to be a part of. The Olympics in Rio will be watched from the confines of my family room, and I will be more than glad to save the expense that I would have incurred travelling to and staying in Chicago. ------------- 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:35
What? Springfield lost again?
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:37
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Congratulations, a worthy choice indeed!
(BTW - Glasgow in Scotland has the 2014 Commonwealth games
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 12:39
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Bob, How far are you from London for the 2012 Olympics? -------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 13:01
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About 400 miles or so (a short hop in US terms!).
For the Olympics, the team is Great Britain (oddly, not the United Kingdom). For the Commonwealth Games, the constituent countries of the UK enter enter as separate nations. The 2012 games are therefore hosted by Great Britain (The UK) while the 2014 games are hosted by Scotland.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 13:14
| Congratz! WC 2014 and 2016 Olympics in a row is awesome! It will be fun to be in Rio those years. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 13:43
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Congratulations Rio! It's long overdue that the Olympics were held in South America.
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 13:54
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Congrats to Rio!!! Let's see some beautiful sun and real passion this time..!!!
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 14:34
congrats Rio
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 15:13
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I'm quite happy about Rio getting it for a few reasons. First, this is the first time for South America. Second, I'm in the same time zone so I can watch the games live. Third, all other countries hosted an Olympic games in recent history And last but not least are the multitudes of good-looking Brazilian ladies bound to make many appearances on camera. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 15:47
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Congratulations Rio!!! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 15:47
I am looking forward to that. We need both jobs and half naked female beach volleyball players here in Glasgow. That would give the foxes something to watch......... |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 16:01
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The right decision for the right reasons - roll on Rio 2016, and maybe we could have a RIO festival there as well! ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 16:27
The Olympics are driving me crazy. 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 16:43
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The only time for South America? You guys seem in better shape than all our Euro/Euro-descended asses.
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 16:57
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------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:36
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I didn't want it in Chicago. From what I hear, it is always a nightmare for the host city, and I don't think we can afford building a whole new complex at the moment...
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/haiti_makes_bid_for_2216_olympics - Also, a little cruel. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:39
Don't imagine that Romania, for instance, will build its chance anytime sooner. -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:55
Sadly yes. What are they going to do with all those hats and t-shirts with their mascot that they had made up? |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 23:51
I thought it was going to be a futuristic RIO thread or something...  ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 00:02
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It wishes that 2016 year become a wonderful year for people in Brazil from Japan. The opinion of Tokyo might have been a little weak. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 08:16
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Sad that while we celebrate here people are a bit unhappy in Tokyo, Madrid and Chicago although I'm sure it'll be forgotten soon... worse are the areas where natural disasters hit in Southeast Asia and Oceania and the casualties and losses don't cease to grow. Not fair! ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 11:38
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Hey Guigo yesterday I thought about you, I guess you are happy with this!!
Congrats ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 11:53
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They kinda bore me. The winter olympics are so much better. |
Posted By: Pedro Henrique
Date Posted: October 25 2009 at 18:07
Hope you guys visit me and Guigo, here in Rio! 
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