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    1st GB gold

    The Women's coxless pair just got into the history books by winning the 1st Women's Rowing Gold at the Olympics.

    Well done girls!
    If they don't become Dames, there's gonna be a LOT of very unhappy people around the UK, methinks...
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    I watched that event and they were very impressive. My congratulations to them.
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    Yes, I am very proud of those British girls. Apart from the jiggery pokery on the badminton court, I think the whole Olympic thing, including competitors from all over the world, have been marvelous---------so far.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laird_M View Post
    If they don't become Dames, there's gonna be a LOT of very unhappy people around the UK, methinks...
    That line would mean something else in non-Commonwealth countries.
    Congratulations to these young women. May they have many more years of success.
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    Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
    That line would mean something else in non-Commonwealth countries.
    Congratulations to these young women. May they have many more years of success.
    Can also mean something in Commonwealth countries too...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laird_M View Post
    The Women's coxless pair just got into the history books by winning the 1st Women's Rowing Gold at the Olympics.

    Well done girls!
    If they don't become Dames, there's gonna be a LOT of very unhappy people around the UK, methinks...
    Yes congratulations, well done. The pair is the most difficult shell to row.
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    Watching it , bit by bit, recorded. I just saw the U.K. team set a world record in bicycling trials, then break their own record in competition.

    This Olympics has been enjoyable for me to watch, there doesn't seem to be any of the nit-picking and scandal that went on in previous games (aside from the badminton).
    I wish I believed in reincarnation. Where's Charles Martel when you need him?

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    Just watched Jessica Ennis win the gold for GB in the women's 800

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    Actually, Gary, I think she won the Heptathlon, not just the 800m. The 800 just happened to be the last event.
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    Not wishing to take anything away from competitors from elsewhere in the world, but I hope I will be forgiven for mentioning the UK's 6 golds-----three in one hour----- yesterday. Super Saturday? Oh yes!
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