August 11, 20241 yr Well, they're over. I must say I quite enjoyed them. The last game, the women's basketball game for the gold, was an official nail biter. To win by one point is the very slimmest of margins. To my mind both teams should have won gold but, of course, only one can win. A stellar performance by both teams. The closing ceremonies show was one of the most amazing displays I've ever seen. Quite a performance and light show. I don't pretend to know all of the symbolism but I was quite mesmerized by it all. Then I lost interest when the rock bands began to play and and 10,000 athletes in the middle of the stadium started bobbing up and down like they were at a pogo stick convention. When the rap performance began I switched channels to something more of my genre...Gunsmoke! Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
August 11, 20241 yr Administrators And Matt Dillon drew his six-shooter from his holster and promptly blew his foot off and went hopping down the street in time to the rap music! Gotta keep you entertained, Noel! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
August 12, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, charliearon said: in time to the rap music! In Dillon's time it would be closer to hopping to square dancing, Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
August 12, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, birdguy said: Then I lost interest when the rock bands began to play and and 10,000 athletes in the middle of the stadium started bobbing up and down like they were at a pogo stick convention. Even though the music wasn’t to my taste either, it made it easier for me to tolerate to think that it was a tribute to the athletes themselves and to have some fun after they provided the world such a great show the past two weeks.
August 12, 20241 yr Administrators 12 hours ago, birdguy said: In Dillon's time it would be closer to hopping to square dancing, Noel More likely Montezuma's revenge quickstep! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
August 12, 20241 yr New Zealand did really well this year coming in 11th place, and beating Canada that came in 12th, not bad for a country with less people then the city of Toronto 😀 Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
August 12, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, Matthew Kane said: New Zealand did really well this year coming in 11th place, and beating Canada that came in 12th, not bad for a country with less people then the city of Toronto You deserve to be proud of your country Matthew! Noel Edited August 12, 20241 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
August 13, 20241 yr Yes there was, and Chester broke his leg in the 50 meter hurdles, he jumped up and down instead of forward. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 13, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, Fielder said: Yes there was, and Chester broke his leg in the 50 meter hurdles, he jumped up and down instead of forward. Matt Dillon won the who can survive with the most bullet wound finals with 56 confirmed. He won gold for killing 138 in the quick draw contest. The count still isn't in for the number he wounded. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
August 14, 20241 yr be interesting to see what happens with that algerian boxer. they must be short of a few quid and looking for some settlement.
August 14, 20241 yr On 8/11/2024 at 5:20 PM, birdguy said: Well, they're over. I must say I quite enjoyed them. The last game, the women's basketball game for the gold, was an official nail biter. To win by one point is the very slimmest of margins. To my mind both teams should have won gold but, of course, only one can win. A stellar performance by both teams. The closing ceremonies show was one of the most amazing displays I've ever seen. Quite a performance and light show. I don't pretend to know all of the symbolism but I was quite mesmerized by it all. Then I lost interest when the rock bands began to play and and 10,000 athletes in the middle of the stadium started bobbing up and down like they were at a pogo stick convention. When the rap performance began I switched channels to something more of my genre...Gunsmoke! Noel The main character of those closing ceremonies, the dancer dressed as ``the Golden Traveller``, was a metaphor for the two identical golden records onboard the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes. They contain images from Earth, a variety of natural sounds, musical selections and spoken greetings from Earth-people and scientific data. The instruments on both probes taught us much about our solar system and about interstellar space. But their messages about us are more meaningful according to me. The Voyager Space Probes were first imagined in the concept of JPL`s Grand Tour Program in 1964, 60 years ago. The breakdancer wearing the costume of ``The Golden Traveller`` conceived the whole closing ceremony as much as the dance of the planets of the Solar System made those voyages possible. bc Edited August 14, 20241 yr by CYXR
August 15, 20241 yr Advertising our presence and information about ourselves into the universe, however peaceful and friendly it was done, was in my opinion dangerous. However powerfully armed a people consider themselves, if they are sounding out a harmless antelope call into a dark jungle, they are taking a risk. Especially if by reason, the jungle is likely to contain lions. Spoiler alert below about the first Star Trek movie. The movie illustrated a different, but vaguely similar danger of a later fictional probe in the NASA Voyager series. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 17, 20241 yr Pole dancing as Olympic sport? Strip-club roots complicate effort to take ‘next step’
August 17, 20241 yr A few decades ago, National Lampoon magazine had an article on the Sleep Olympics. I miss National Lampoon. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
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