I heard stories that when the Canadian men’s and women’s hockey teams were playing at the Salt Lake City, the Canadian men’s team (made up of highly-paid professional athletes) would go and cheer on the women’s team (which not every men’s team did, apparently).
ETA: I forgot, YAY CANADA!
Olympic qualifiers? That’s one heck of an accomplishment. A belated congratulations to you!
I suppose you could mount a campaign to be awarded a letter retroactively, but I expect that you would be reported to CSIS. The last I heard, the university closed down the Hart House range two or three years ago, simply because they didn’t like guns, despite the sport thriving. The folks from the University Rifle Corps would be rolling in their graves.
You were watching, weren’t you?
Why would anyone give a shit about what a loser on a couch like you has to say?
We Australians only have 3 Winter Gold medals (last I looked).
Stop complaining.
*Summer *medals on the other hand…
I think you could easily be talking about yourself. In fact, if you ask nicely, you could probably get the modes to change your username to Enraged Monkey.
that’s his whole point. Canada being a “nordic” country. We should be raking in those Winter Olympic medals. We’re rich, we’re “nordic”, we should have tons of golds, silvers, bronzes. Yet our shitty mentality that “just competing in the Olympics” is good enough for us. “You dont’ have to do us proud, all you really have to do is show up.” attitude.
I’m all for competing hard but results to me are secondary. It’s a goal but not so high up there that it’s the sole purpose of competing. Lawrence Lemieux is the epitome of Canadian competitive and sportsmanship spirit.
Meh. CSIS can know who I am easily enough–up the half-flight of stairs from the porter’s desk, and to the Committee Member’s boards. Pull the ones for Rifle Association from the early 80s, and I’m easy enought to spot. Still, as best I can spot from return trips to Toronto that always include a trip to Hart House, the University discontinued the use of the Hart House range for firearms. Yucky-poo, guns are icky, and so on. :rolleyes: I guess today’s students do not know the history of the House, and how Canadian soldiers trained there (with guns) prior to WWI. Regardless, I still believe in the Founder’s Prayer, which if interpreted correctly, might see the resurgence of firearms sports at Hart House again.
But CSIS probably knows who I am already. My college of record was Scarborough (home of Paul Bernardo and Col. Williams), my major was Russian, and I was there in the early 1980s, when cruise missile testing occured in Alberta and the USSR was deploying SS-20s throughout eastern Europe. Believe me, because of all that, I had enough trouble with the RCMP, CSIS, and other officials. Studying Russian and shooting rifles? At Scarborough? Yeah, that’ll get you a second look. In fact, I was investigated by the RCMP. 'Nuff said on that for now, but I would be happy to share info with you, Muffin, via PM.
I still just want my athletic “T.” Not much to ask, given all I went through, is it?
T
It’s all I have, but here ya’ go.
The Feds investigated you? That puts you in good company, right along side of Tommy Douglas and Rita MacNeil. Yes, I’d like to hear about what happened, although I suppose they would then have to investigate me.
Watch for a PM in the next little while.
Woot! Go Canada! Go Canada! Get yer gold medal on! 
Oh, and incidentally:
The official website of the Nordic Council. Is your country involved in these projects? No? Then sorry, you weren’t invited to the party.
It’s hard enough trying to reclaim the term “Nordic” from the white supremacist assholes without this nonsense.
Well, heck it wasn’t just stories, they made a point of showing them in the crowd shots.
As to the new gold medal, here are my thoughts on competition, which I don’t want to retype (or even bother to copy):
k.d. lang ALWAYS looks like that! If she hadn’t shown up looking like that no one would have recognized her.
Oh, please - there have been malfunctions at other Olympic opening ceremonies, like Kathy Freeman’s torch lighting at the Sydney games. Get a grip. It was a small delay, not a disaster.
You got one now, so STFU.
Or maybe you focus on other things than just sports and you’re busy with other stuff. There’s more to life than sports. Like having a reputation for being really nice, welcoming people and the best neighbors any country could have.
Anecdotal evidence that wisdom does not automatically come with age.
So, what does the medals table look like for team sinking?
And when are the Ethiopians going to start bringing home golds in the Winter Olympics? Damn losers!
Valteron, you’re getting a little too upset by all this excitement. The nurse is going to turn the TV off now, and wheel you to your room. Then we’ll bring you a nice pudding. Tonight, the scouts are going to come and have a nice sing-a-long for all the residents. That will be nice won’t it?
No, I’m not your grandson. He lives in Toronto.
I just spent a delightful morning watching what V would condsider to be losers. There was an FIS GS race where I was skiing today – mostly regional (Ontario, Minnesota, Manitoba), but also from further afield, including as far away as Australia. Those losers sure were good, giving all they had in some terrific performances.
Was there a finer moment than watching the gold medalist hug his handicapped brother, who had watched the race from the top of the hill, whom he credits as his inspiration? I couldn’t tell which one was happier. Joy embodied. Even the sportscasters were all verklempt.
Truly Awesome.