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While you stitch - who's watching the Olympics
Jangchub wrote:
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:19:54 GMT, ellice wrote: It's a shame in many respects. But, also a sign of the general times in that how would these athletes even staying basically amateur be supported to train, live while preparing without allowing them some financial support. It varies from sport to sport with what the international federations allow, within the limits of the IOC. I hate having pros in hockey in the winter - it stinks. Oh, well - it's still great to watch - if you follow sports. And to appreciate all those lesser paid skilled athletes. Too bad - what paper. The papers here have the full medal counts - though depending you may have to find details inside the sports section. Ellice How was it done in the past? How much money do you think Phelps makes annually, by contract with his endorsements? Did you see some on the Chinese swim team with duct tape covering the Nike Swoosh or the Speedo logo? And in comparison (on the 'level playing field'), how much money do competitors from less wealthy countries make? Athletes from the USA, Australia, the UK, Canada, Holland etc etc have access to the finest sports medicine, training methods and psychology in the world. Others don't. Is that fair? (Just asking...) |
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Oh for Pete's sake. I'm not sure which country is worse. I adore horses and riding, but I am always so afraid if I watch a horse will somehow get injured. When Barbero broke his leg I was unconsolable. I refrained from watching till that sorrowful day when that beautiful philly broke her ankles and had to be put down right there. Yeah. A few years ago, a beautiful gelding, Triple Crown, broke both fetlocks and was clearly shown galloping across the finish line behind the winner on his broken fetlocks. It was *awful*! Can you tell I hate horse racing? Now the only horse shows I watch are on the RFD Satellite channel. Now, for those hysterically laughing at me, I adore Mules. Big, shiny, Asian eyed mules. They have special mule training shows. That's my speed. I'm partial to donkeys, meself. We have a few really good donkey rescue places nearby and it's always a pleasure to visit their Nativity plays at Christmas time. Of course, star billing goes to the Donkey, which I think is quite OK. ;-D I put something on my silly blog about Barbero a few months ago if you care. http://gotbodhicitta-wangmo.blogspot.com/ Page down to June 13th. Good to see you Trish, Victoria GEEZ, Victoria! Your garden is AMAZING! It made me laugh out loud to see yours and then think of mine! LOLOLOLOL! We've tried for years to get things going, but we have a serious drainage problem (a natural watercourse runs through our block) and so everything drowns in the winter time. This year, my DH (who likes to think he is brighter than me and, on occasion, is) suggested making garden beds built up to half a metre to avoid the water problem. To this end, our back yard looks like a wasteland as we dig and shovel and hoick dirt about. DH has built me two beds already and we're busily filling them with soil from the diggings. Once all that's done, we'll purchase some dirt from the You-Beaut Dirt Shoppe and I'll finally be able to have the garden I've dreamed of. The nice thing about it all is that everything is made of recycled materials and has cost next to nothing. My own brilliant addition to all this has been planting three casuarina trees. These are riverside trees native to Oz that are supposed to drink up water like there's no tomorrow. Hopefully, this will help with the excess winter water too. Our main aim is getting rid of the 'lawn' (Hahahahaha! Lawn! That's a joke!) so the little tree frogs will be discouraged from coming down and getting eaten by our vulgar dog. Also, the big Blue-Tongue lizards that like to bask in the middle of the grassed area. Instead, DH is devising a lizard friendly pipework system that will give them safe passage across our yard and enable them to bask among my (hopefully) veggies in the built-up beds. Since our Alice (the dog) has a bit of arthritis in her hips these days, she's unlikely to hop up the half-metre to ravage my garden. I hope. In the meantime, she's true to her terrier name and is just loving her free access to freshly dug soil. She rolls in it and then tries to beat me into the house before I can clean the black dirt off her! I'm hoping to establish a permaculture veggie garden over time. The main reasons are the cost of fresh veg in supermarkets and the much better flavour of homegrown ones. My DS has also been begging for a 'pretty flower garden' for years and so we've put in pansies and stocks and a few roses already. I've promised DS that we'll do even better next year, once we're fully organised. I love the way you've kept native features in your yard and made habitats for the small animals! So few people bother to do that and as a result the little creatures just die out without ever being missed. Such a shame! Mind you, one of the Big Things we're about to do is cut down the bothersome palm tree that's been bugging me ever since we moved here. Sadly, it'll mean no more bats of a summer evening, however I'm so sick of the blasted dates that fall from the tree (AND the bat guano), I'll be bidding it a fond goodbye. This Friday is ByeBye Palm Day: I can't wait! What makes things even nicer is that our new next-door neighbour hates her palm trees as much as we hate ours and is having hers removed on the same day. We're planning a neighborhood cuppa in celebration. LOL! Now, I have to ask you about the Brugmansia pictured on your blog. We call it 'Angel's Trumpet' and AFAIK, it's poisonous to stock. Is that right, or is your plant a different animal? There's one growing close by our place and it's *so* stunning-looking, I keep meaning to go and ask its owner about it. Another thing I *love* about your place is the way you've planted such a nice variety of trees as a screen. The different foliages really give a lovely texture to your pool surrounds! We can't afford to h ave too many trees, since our block is so narrow, it would block out any sunshine. That's why I put in casuarinas. They have an odd, dissected foliage and don't cast too much shadow. We're thinking about putting more built-up beds on the opposite side of the garden and planting some native nectar shrubs (grevilleas) that would only grow to fence-height. They'd attract the small birds and hide the ugly tin fence at the same time. I like having native birds in the garden (never mind the occasional 'signatures' on my washing) and have been encouraging a huge flock of cockatoos with bread and wheat all winter. It's funny when they land on our tin roof: they sound like bombs going off, they're so heavy! Anyway, thanks for the reference to your blog. It was great to have a look at your garden! (PS. What do you grow in the greenhouse???) |
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On 8/11/08 11:02 PM, in article ,
"Trish Brown" wrote: Jangchub wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:19:54 GMT, ellice wrote: It's a shame in many respects. But, also a sign of the general times in that how would these athletes even staying basically amateur be supported to train, live while preparing without allowing them some financial support. It varies from sport to sport with what the international federations allow, within the limits of the IOC. I hate having pros in hockey in the winter - it stinks. Oh, well - it's still great to watch - if you follow sports. And to appreciate all those lesser paid skilled athletes. Too bad - what paper. The papers here have the full medal counts - though depending you may have to find details inside the sports section. Ellice How was it done in the past? How much money do you think Phelps makes annually, by contract with his endorsements? Did you see some on the Chinese swim team with duct tape covering the Nike Swoosh or the Speedo logo? And in comparison (on the 'level playing field'), how much money do competitors from less wealthy countries make? Athletes from the USA, Australia, the UK, Canada, Holland etc etc have access to the finest sports medicine, training methods and psychology in the world. Others don't. Is that fair? (Just asking...) Lots of the serious athletes train in the USA, France and such but swim for tiny countries. Cheryl |
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