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    Posted: 22 Sep 16 at 10:16pm
Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by Cirrus

Where exactly is this thread heading now ? ... a few chips off life's general shoulders on show maybe ...  We've all heard the occasional taxi driver start with ...  'And another thing....'  while proceeding  way 'off piste' as well ....  Wink

a bit of general off topic chit chat that keeps forums and threads alive perhaps?  But i digress, Olympic investment... frankly I don't care for it anymore.   The golden era is over now anyway... isn't it?


The golden era is indeed over. Mess Bars are no longer subsidised (Not that they ever really were but even in Turnturtle's terms they no longer are).
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Originally posted by turnturtle

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Wow - so much wrong in just one post. Mess bars aren't subsidised, they just don't rip off punters with crazy inflated prices.

because they don't have rents to pay, or business rates like a regular pub or bar and I'm guessing here, but I reckon the full staffing costs don't come out of the bar profit either.... therefore they are subsidised indirectly by their institutionalised nature...  same as Uni bars.    


i suspect you will  find that unlike the old days  mess bars aren't staffed on the grey / black economy ... even in the TA as the  forced retreads  of options for change will have aged out  now (  most ofthe RP  and the Sgts messand Officers mess stewards  were 'forced retreads'   when i was  in the TA at the turn of the millenium )
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Disaster? If by disaster you mean the infiltration by crooks, money grabbers and dopers

[sarcasm]And of course non-Olympic sports are totally free of such things.[/sarcasm]

I'm not sure its appropriate to blame the Olympics for things that appear to be just a reflection of society as a whole. Look at body building competitions if you want to see spectacular steroid abuse...
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Disaster? If by disaster you mean the infiltration by crooks, money grabbers and dopers then I'd suggest the disaster has already happened. If by disaster you mean the collapse of the entire Olympic movement, well I suppose that may never happen. There's seems to be more than enough complacency around to keep it afloat for many years yet.

The 4.1 million  per meddle would have been better spent by supporting the grass roots. Promoting the lower end of sports presents potential participants with more realistic aspirations. It may not produce as many Olympians but it would produce more participants I'm sure.

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I'm not opposed to the Olympics per se but it does need a complete revamp IMO

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Predicting Olympics disaster is a fairly regular press item, and the word I hear from people who were there is that it was by no means a disaster. From what I can make out the people of Brazil deserve considerable credit for making a success out of an event when a significant number of worst case options came true in the leadup.

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Originally posted by turnturtle

  The golden era is over now anyway... isn't it?




I would say so although I don't think the link demonstrates that very well.

Here's a slightly better one.

http://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/rios-chaotic-2016-summer-games-are-the-latest-example-of-whats-wrong-with-the-olympics/

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I think sailing is in a pretty strong position to have Olympic and Paralympics regattas join into one event in the first week to ten days of an Olympics and a) it's stronger together than apart and b) it's more reflective of real life where sailors of all types, colours and abilities can compete together.

Let's get a combined sailing regatta in the program for 2024 (if not 2020) and come out of the darkness people!!
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Interesting article, if a somewhat nonsensical premis.
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Originally posted by Cirrus

Where exactly is this thread heading now ? ... a few chips off life's general shoulders on show maybe ...  We've all heard the occasional taxi driver start with ...  'And another thing....'  while proceeding  way 'off piste' as well ....  Wink

a bit of general off topic chit chat that keeps forums and threads alive perhaps?  But i digress, Olympic investment... frankly I don't care for it anymore.   The golden era is over now anyway... isn't it?
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