Comments on: The Olympic Torch! http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/ saving generation Y Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Usher OMG Edition | youngandthrifty.ca http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/#comment-8520 Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Usher OMG Edition | youngandthrifty.ca Fri, 06 May 2011 15:11:23 +0000 http://youngandthrifty.ca/?p=854#comment-8520 [...] high school.  Love his dance moves, his washboard abs, his singing, the list goes on!  He came to Vancouver during the winter Olympics and performed in Whistler but I wasn’t able to make it up because they blocked the roads up [...] [...] high school.  Love his dance moves, his washboard abs, his singing, the list goes on!  He came to Vancouver during the winter Olympics and performed in Whistler but I wasn’t able to make it up because they blocked the roads up [...]

]]> By: Thicken My Wallet » Blog Archive » Life and finance lessons from the Vancouver Winter Olympics http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/#comment-419 Thicken My Wallet » Blog Archive » Life and finance lessons from the Vancouver Winter Olympics Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:46:04 +0000 http://youngandthrifty.ca/?p=854#comment-419 [...] very well in the metal count and most observers, even the grumpy English reporters, admitted that Vancouver threw a great party.  This seemed to shin light on the fact that some members of the media are taking the a small [...] [...] very well in the metal count and most observers, even the grumpy English reporters, admitted that Vancouver threw a great party.  This seemed to shin light on the fact that some members of the media are taking the a small [...]

]]> By: The Rat http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/#comment-294 The Rat Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:50:11 +0000 http://youngandthrifty.ca/?p=854#comment-294 The game was ridiculously close and it shows that no team is going to take the gold easily in this tournament. I had the courage to stay up for the Russia vs Slovakia game afterwords and fell asleep in the 3rd period! (ouch) Yeah, the Gretzky think kinda puzzled me. I totally agree with you on the Terry Fox thing. I was telling my friends and family that it would have been awesome to see Wayne Gretzky come up to a hologram image of Terry Fox and have Terry somehow 'subliminally' light the torch. It would have been cool for something like that while having Gretzky be a part of it. I would say it is absolute euphoria in Vancouver right now. I wish I was there for all the excitement. I love OLP! I saw them in Halifax when they toured for their debut album and again in Moncton for a Summersault concert that they organized. Great band. I bought their newest one a few months back and only liked a few songs however. Cheers The Rat .-= The Rat´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.endingtheratrace.com/2010/02/is-a-housing-bubble-imminent/" rel="nofollow">Is A Housing Bubble Imminent?</a> =-. The game was ridiculously close and it shows that no team is going to take the gold easily in this tournament. I had the courage to stay up for the Russia vs Slovakia game afterwords and fell asleep in the 3rd period! (ouch)

Yeah, the Gretzky think kinda puzzled me. I totally agree with you on the Terry Fox thing. I was telling my friends and family that it would have been awesome to see Wayne Gretzky come up to a hologram image of Terry Fox and have Terry somehow ‘subliminally’ light the torch. It would have been cool for something like that while having Gretzky be a part of it.

I would say it is absolute euphoria in Vancouver right now. I wish I was there for all the excitement. I love OLP! I saw them in Halifax when they toured for their debut album and again in Moncton for a Summersault concert that they organized. Great band. I bought their newest one a few months back and only liked a few songs however.

Cheers
The Rat
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]]> By: young http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/#comment-291 young Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:49:27 +0000 http://youngandthrifty.ca/?p=854#comment-291 The Rat, No, I didn't see the nail biter, but I heard it was really close! Thank goodness we won! I agree about the Wayne Gretzky thing- it seemed so anticlimactic and he looked kind of scared on top of that truck bed. He also didn't look like a happy camper! I thought that they would honour Terry Fox somewhere in there, but they didn't. That being said, I'm a HUGE fan of all the free stuff going down here in Vancouver! I just saw Our Lady Peace for FREE! (well minus my tax dollars, I guess!) The Rat,
No, I didn’t see the nail biter, but I heard it was really close! Thank goodness we won!
I agree about the Wayne Gretzky thing- it seemed so anticlimactic and he looked kind of scared on top of that truck bed. He also didn’t look like a happy camper! I thought that they would honour Terry Fox somewhere in there, but they didn’t.

That being said, I’m a HUGE fan of all the free stuff going down here in Vancouver! I just saw Our Lady Peace for FREE! (well minus my tax dollars, I guess!)

]]> By: The Rat http://youngandthrifty.ca/miscellaneous/the-olympic-torch/#comment-289 The Rat Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:33:50 +0000 http://youngandthrifty.ca/?p=854#comment-289 I think the Olympics have been so much fun to watch thus far. Did you see the nail-biter in the Canada vs Switzerland tonight? Crosby won it in a shootout! Wohoo! One thing I would have liked to have seen different regarding the opening ceremonies was when they had Wayne Gretzky in the back pan of a Chevy pickup truck driving for like 20 minutes before lighting the torch. He almost fell down while carrying it for heaven's sake. I realize that its hard to have him inside a vehicle with a torch in his hand, but it would have been nice to see something a little different for that part. Anyway, I almost didn't mention it because it sounds a bit cynical, its just that I found it odd a bit, especially with one of the organizers sitting on the box door. My 2 cents. GO CANADA GO! .-= The Rat´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.endingtheratrace.com/2010/02/is-a-housing-bubble-imminent/" rel="nofollow">Is A Housing Bubble Imminent?</a> =-. I think the Olympics have been so much fun to watch thus far. Did you see the nail-biter in the Canada vs Switzerland tonight? Crosby won it in a shootout! Wohoo!

One thing I would have liked to have seen different regarding the opening ceremonies was when they had Wayne Gretzky in the back pan of a Chevy pickup truck driving for like 20 minutes before lighting the torch. He almost fell down while carrying it for heaven’s sake. I realize that its hard to have him inside a vehicle with a torch in his hand, but it would have been nice to see something a little different for that part. Anyway, I almost didn’t mention it because it sounds a bit cynical, its just that I found it odd a bit, especially with one of the organizers sitting on the box door.

My 2 cents.
GO CANADA GO!
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