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Post by theshrews81 on Jul 24, 2014 14:46:39 GMT 1
Got a hotel in Ayr, closest we could get that was reasonably priced. Means I can go to the beach. In Scotland. Sure it'll be fine. Similar story to me. Had a hotel booked in Ayr until I saw a b&b in Hamilton with two rooms left this morning and quickly snapped it up. Still paying way way over the odds for it though. Good work. Hopefully the park and ride system they are offering works better than the booking system! It may have to be a STFC selfie competition to see who can get the best!
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Post by buryshrew on Jul 24, 2014 15:10:59 GMT 1
So on what day will England have collected enough medals to beat the rest of the home nations entire tally? I'd have thought England would need to win about 7 times the medals of the collected other home nations to avoid under-achieving when populations are compared. No grounds for anyone to be triumphalist till we pass that mark. I say that as a predominantly, but not wholly, English person. As an English person, half the people I mix with on a daily basis seem to be Irish, Scottish, Welsh or from elsewhere around the world so I'm not sure your figures are particularly accurate!
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Post by shrewed46 on Jul 25, 2014 7:38:03 GMT 1
So on what day will England have collected enough medals to beat the rest of the home nations entire tally? Maybe the question you should be asking is what day will England have 5 times the number of medals of the home nations entire tally. England population 53.01m Scotland population 5.25m Wales population 3.01m N Ireland population 1.81m So when will England have more than 10 times the Scottish medal tally - NEVER
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Post by mattmw on Jul 25, 2014 9:13:26 GMT 1
Having been slightly sniffy about the Opening Ceremony have to say the first day of events was great. Some new world class swimmers coming through in the pool; Brownlee brothers in the triathlon and great atmosphere in the velodrome
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Post by mrbunny on Jul 25, 2014 10:34:39 GMT 1
So on what day will England have collected enough medals to beat the rest of the home nations entire tally? Maybe the question you should be asking is what day will England have 5 times the number of medals of the home nations entire tally. England population 53.01m Scotland population 5.25m Wales population 3.01m N Ireland population 1.81m So when will England have more than 10 times the Scottish medal tally - NEVER By your reckoning then India should win every gold.
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Post by timgallon on Jul 25, 2014 12:54:03 GMT 1
Drove up last night and got a whole week of it with the Mrs and her family.
Two days of Rugby 7s at ibrox coming up this weekend. Then athletics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and some badminton chucked in on Tuesday. Think i will knackered just watching all that!
Not sure where this weather has come from it's roasting.
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Post by buryshrew on Jul 25, 2014 13:51:25 GMT 1
So on what day will England have collected enough medals to beat the rest of the home nations entire tally? Maybe the question you should be asking is what day will England have 5 times the number of medals of the home nations entire tally. England population 53.01m Scotland population 5.25m Wales population 3.01m N Ireland population 1.81m So when will England have more than 10 times the Scottish medal tally - NEVER Maybe the question you should be asking is how many people living in England are English, as opposed to Scottish, Welsh, Irish and every other nation on earth. Once that is taken into account I would suggest the percentage differences are far less.
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Post by shrewed46 on Jul 25, 2014 14:47:28 GMT 1
Maybe the question you should be asking is what day will England have 5 times the number of medals of the home nations entire tally. England population 53.01m Scotland population 5.25m Wales population 3.01m N Ireland population 1.81m So when will England have more than 10 times the Scottish medal tally - NEVER By your reckoning then India should win every gold. I guess to do a realistic comparison you would have to include the wealth of the country. BTW Buryshrew I haven't noticed any of the home nations being particularly choosey about the birthplace of a selected competitor.
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Post by venceremos on Jul 25, 2014 15:59:54 GMT 1
Maybe the question you should be asking is what day will England have 5 times the number of medals of the home nations entire tally. England population 53.01m Scotland population 5.25m Wales population 3.01m N Ireland population 1.81m So when will England have more than 10 times the Scottish medal tally - NEVER Maybe the question you should be asking is how many people living in England are English, as opposed to Scottish, Welsh, Irish and every other nation on earth. Once that is taken into account I would suggest the percentage differences are far less. Just shows how it's becoming increasingly hard to settle on one nationality. Not many "English" people will be 100% English, a point I made to some chap from the English Democrats during the Euro election campaign - at which point he left the conversation. I'm mainly English but there's also Irish and Welsh in the mix for certain and my children have a lot more Irish and some Scottish as well. That's probably one of the reasons why I don't feel any great rivalry with the other home nations. I like to see athletes from all the home nations winning medals at the Commonwealth Games.
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Post by theriverside on Jul 25, 2014 19:01:38 GMT 1
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Post by QuorndonShrew on Jul 28, 2014 17:25:37 GMT 1
Just back.
The cycling on Friday, although feels like weeks ago now, was fantastic. Managed to bag front row seats on the opposite side of the start/finish line, and from where Billy Connolly was sitting. Saw Joanna Rowsell win gold and Jason Kenny silver in the sprint finals, but I must admit the tandem time trial which Scotland won was probably the one I enjoyed the most. Great atmosphere inside the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome but they could really do with getting the air con sorted.
A couple of squash semi-finals on Friday which was probably the event I was most pleasantly surprised about. Having played squash myself I was quite looking forward to it anyway but hesitant as to how it would play out as a live spectator sport, but I needn't have worried. Squash should be an Olympic sport. Saw a 5 set game between a Kiwi and a chap from India. Was totally worth the ball-ache of getting up to Scoutstoun and the mission from the train station up to the campus.
The other event I went to was hockey, saw a couple of mens games and one of the womens. I wasn't expecting too much as the preliminary matches are generally one-sided affairs anyway. Saw India win 6-2 against Scotland, Aussies win 7-1 against Wales and two equally as dominant performances by the Australian and English womens the next day. The only outside event of the weekend and it absolutely hammered it down.
All in all a good weekend. Decent transport links in and around Glasgow, friendly locals and a well organised event. Hope everyone else who has gone up there has had a good time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 20:54:53 GMT 1
5 hours of athletics yesterday - the morning session.
Some fantastic performances and great sport.
Highlights for me were David weir in the wheelchair 1500m, David radisha looking totally world class, the total entertainment of the men's decathlon pole vault, and Greg Rutherford I'm the long jump.
Organisation spot on and the city was responding brilliantly - staff and volunteers just wanting everyone to have a great time.
Ticket cost £20 by the way........
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Post by atcham jack on Jul 31, 2014 11:02:05 GMT 1
the 1 thing 1 am enjoying is bbc coverage of lawn bowls. bbc have starved enthusiasts of this popular sport. i remember bbc covering crown green bowling from blackpool, called the waterloo cup. i recall such commentators commemts as "frying tonight" "he has got a panfull".
i miss lawn bowls on tv. bbc also used to cover eastbourne lawn bowls festival. come on bbc it does not cost you much to show us more lawn bowls!
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Post by atcham jack on Jul 31, 2014 11:11:17 GMT 1
now watching disabled bowlers, brilliant.
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