fbhjr: (Hippo)
I have to admit that I like watching the Olympics, but some of the things the commentators say seem very strange or less than intelligent to me.
Like:
You get out front and you stay in front. That’s how to win. (Do people need to be told that?)
This is really hard unless you practice a lot. (You think?)
You guys at home are really excited about this. (How do they know?)

I wish there was some way just to watch the feed without them.
fbhjr: (Hippo)
No, it wasn’t getting the AARP card in the mail. It wasn’t baggers at the supermarket asking if I needed help carrying things to my car.

What’s really making me feel old is this Slopestyle skiing at the Olympics.
Skiing on railings? Skiing down the hill backwards?
That’s not how we did it when I was a kid.

Maybe I shouldn’t have given up skiing back in 78.
But, when your instructor is run over by a train while skiing, it makes you think.
And, he wasn’t even going backwards…
fbhjr: (splash)
I only bring it up because my wife says it is unusual for men to like ice dancing.
But, given my weekend activities, I don't think it is strange to have an appreciation of paired choreography...
And, some of them were very good. I think better then the figure skating.
fbhjr: (Flaming F)
Last night we stayed up and watched the opening ceremonies. It was very impressive. I can tell it got into my dreams last night, but not in the way I had expected.
Despite the great show, beautiful visuals, etc, what I dreamed about was gear reducers, drive shafts and bevel gears. I realized I was dreaming about the torch support that did not deploy.
Ah well, I’ve had worse dreams.

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