Hi All

Did the winter Olympics get much TV coverage in NZ?

It was simply massive here....200,000 people in the Vancouver downtown core quite a
few times during thew 17 days. The Saturday in the middle of the games they estimate
300,000 people were downtown.

It all came to a smashing end when the Canadian men's hockey team beat the USA 3-2
in overtime.

The weather for about 10-11 of the 17 days was spectacular. The American news media
raved about Vancouver loud and long.

CK

We had full-time coverage on a variety of channels. I was just watching out for the Swedish blondes.

Saw the last two quarters of the ice hockey. What a game that was!

That was a great game...mind you I saw it through "winner's eyes".

CK

I gather then that there was some tense words spoken when USA managed to score in the last minutes of the game which even the score.

Betcha you were sweating a little till the next goal...

And speaking of sweat its farking hot here in Cairns.

Oh ya!!! When they scored to tie it a coast to coast national F*CK could be heard!!!!

The USA has come a long way.....there are now more kids younger than 15 playing hockey
in the USA than in Canada. The amount of USA born player in the National Hockey League is
growing every year. I would guess 30%-35% of the players are now USA born.

As for your farking hot temps....you asked for it!

CK

Yeah,yeah I did ask for it but even the locals say it is unseasonal. At the moment it is suppose to be the wet season (no such thing as the 4 seasons here, just wet and dry) but there is a low to the south which is causing us to get all the hot air coming off the outback

If you saw the pictures of Vancouver during the Olympics you saw we have had no snow
other than the local mountains. That mountain where they had such trouble holding the
snowboarding events is one of those mountains....they had to truck and helicopter the snow
over from another mountain.

The weird thing is last year Cyprus Mountain had 13 FEET of snow at this time of the year
and about 1 foot this year.

I was just outside fixing the gutter drains and it's now 13C in beautiful sun.
Winter....what Winter?!

CK

Ah yes but Vancouver is the warmest spot for Canada in winter time so quit your moaning and clear those gutters!

Now isn't the east side of North America still snowed under?

They've had a nasty nasty winter....mega snow.....mega rain.
Couldn't happen to a nicer lot!

Gutters cleaned....new drains put in....will try washing the siding on
the front of the house today.

CK

meh i dont really watch the olympics.. but yes it was everywhere