Olympics 2012.

[leefer]

https://www.tickets.london2012.com/member/registration

Get registered if you are interested..think if you are registered you get entered into the ticket ballott..if you are lucky in the ballott you get to buy some tickets.
Not really into athletics etc but we wont see another olympics in our lifetime in the UK.
Wont guarantee you tickets but at least you will know the details of when they are on sale.

[Fred Elliot]

we wont see another olympics in our lifetime in the UK.

I am sure some of the younger TEFer's may beg to differ

[Talk Talk]

Meh. Over hyped and over here.

[(.)Boobies(.)]

I can't think of anything more boring tbh. Hidious looking stadium too.

[Bogus Dave]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat

I'd love to go, but wouldn't be able to aford a ticket. Any idea baout volunteering?

[Talk Talk]

Incidentally...

Olympic losses:

Montreal, 1976: >$1 billion
Calgary, 1988: $910 million
Barcelona, 1992: $1.4 billion
Sydney, 2000: £2-3 billion

"Taxpayers are legally responsible for any debt left over from the Games (IOC Charter Rule 42)"

It's a tax payer rip off. It only makes money for developers and vested interests. My children are going to have to pay for 2012 for the rest of their lives.

[Mexicano Rojo]

miserable cunt.

[pauld]

My children are going to have to pay for 2012 for the rest of their lives.

All by themselves? They must be proper pissed off you signed them up to underwrite that

[ducks]

[jonny72]

My children are going to have to pay for 2012 for the rest of their lives.

A £3 billion loss / cost works out at £50 per person in the UK. Not exactly going to break the bank is it.

Plus the French were really pissed off when we won the vote for 2012, so its worth every single penny.

[BANGKOK RED]

A £3 billion loss / cost works out at £50 per person in the UK. Not exactly going to break the bank is it.

Plus the French were really pissed off when we won the vote for 2012, so its worth every single penny.

Can't argue with that.

I'd happily pay more than 50 quid just to piss the French off.

[Talk Talk]

A £3 billion loss / cost works out at £50 per person in the UK. Not exactly going to break the bank is it.

Yes, but that isn't how it works, is it? Another £3 billion on the national debt with all of the associated interest compounded over decades. You seem to have forgotten that it is on top of the £941 billion that is currently outstanding, with £43 billion a year due in interest. That's £12,000 a year in interest for every household in the country, paid for with our taxes.

http://www.debtbombshell.com/

Ah, just another £3 billion to add then. Well why not? Madness.

[Bogus Dave]

Yeah, but there'll be people running fast and throwing things!

[reeves4england]

Yes, but that isn't how it works, is it? Another £3 billion on the national debt with all of the associated interest compounded over decades. You seem to have forgotten that it is on top of the £941 billion that is currently outstanding, with £43 billion a year due in interest. That's £12,000 a year in interest for every household in the country, paid for with our taxes.

http://www.debtbombshell.com/

Ah, just another £3 billion to add then. Well why not? Madness.

Just for comparison, what were the losses incurred in 1980, 1984, 1996, 2004 and 2008? You seem to have missed those. Dare I say because they might not support your point and may perhaps average the figures out to an insignificant mean loss or even a net profit?

[Fred Elliot]

I can't think of anything more boring tbh. Hidious looking stadium too.

Its better than your hovell of a shit hole

[Fred Elliot]

Yeah, but there'll be people running fast and throwing things!

yeah


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