Alexander L 80 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Weeds sprout in the remains of what was once the playing field at the abandoned Olympic softball venue in southern Athens, 2012. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Beijing Olympics venue for the beach volleyball competition lies deserted and unmaintained. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Beach volleyball.....a fine sport http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/15573-ancient-olympic-events-including-revelations-about-beach-volleyball Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 That's a joke.....why not somewhere else in Japan like Osaka, Hiroshima or Nagasaki? Why Tokyo again? Perhaps because those cities weren't silly enough to thrown their hats in the ring. I don't literally mean why not those cities NOW...I mean why did they put Tokyo forward in the first place?! If it was for a other city perhaps I wouldn't mind so much, but Tokyo has already hosted them. Also the fact that the north east of the country needs major investment for rebuilding.....they are raising our taxes as a result....can the Olympics and use the money to offset the tax increase Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 That's a joke.....why not somewhere else in Japan like Osaka, Hiroshima or Nagasaki? Why Tokyo again? Perhaps because those cities weren't silly enough to thrown their hats in the ring. I don't literally mean why not those cities NOW...I mean why did they put Tokyo forward in the first place?! If it was for a other city perhaps I wouldn't mind so much, but Tokyo has already hosted them. Also the fact that the north east of the country needs major investment for rebuilding.....they are raising our taxes as a result....can the Olympics and use the money to offset the tax increase I seem to remember Osaka was in the running for a while. Don't remember what other cities may also have been in contention, but Tokyo won the domestic competition, and hence was then submitted to the IOC. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I wonder how these things work in Japan?! Oh yeah....big fat envelope to the judges Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I want to be a judge. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I want to be a judge. Another big fat envelope needed Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 You're not trying to imply that there might be some kind of of corruption involved are you, Tubby?! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 No, no, of course not! These envelopes are simply full of cash that the recipient had asked the donor to hold for them.....they are simply returning the envelopes to their rightful owner Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 That's a relief! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I agree, it's a relief. Anyway, Abe is on the plane to Argentina and so Tokyo is as good as jolly well sealed I reckon! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 ( Though perhaps not quite sealed well from radiation! ) Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Needs DOME for that ^ Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The example above with West Ham is possibly a good example. Let West Ham use the facility rather than be all elitist about its prospective use and bring awesome into the community. It may be the opposite Mama because the stadium is far too big for West Ham and has a running track which pushes fans away from the action and make it unsuitable for football. Basically the stadium needs a massive rebuild. I'm normally against that kind of thing, but with so much football on tv, clubs really need to focus on the match day experience and a half empty stadium with seats miles from the play is not much of an experience. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Abe going to promise that Fukushima is safe. With all that has happened, why should people believe him? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Well yes. Why not. 2 and a half years is a hell of a lot of experience. Go go Tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 New fun dipstick quote from Ishihara 東京の五輪招致を打ち出した前都知事で日本維新の会の石原共同代表は7日、福島第一原発の汚染水問題がクローズアップされていることについて報道陣に対し、「被曝ひばく体験のない外国人は放射能について非常にナーバス(神経質)になっている。ハンディキャップになっている」と語った。 Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Princess Takamado's French is pretty good. Her English, too. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 "The 7th , to the press , Ishihara co- representative of the Society of Japan Restoration foreign no " exposure -bomb experiences about the contaminated water problem at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is closed up in front governor who launched the Olympic bid of Tokyo told the people " have become . handicap is nervous to ( nervous ) very radioactivity " Ishihara talking complete sense again I see Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Crystal managed to smile, which elicited a comment from 7 Days Newscaster. But they wouldn't let us listen to her speech. Abe up now. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Crystal managed to smile, which elicited a comment from 7 Days Newscaster. That must have been quite traumatic for her. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 If Abe is up now, the other cities might as well just jolly well pack their bags and go home. There's no faffing about with Abe! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 That was...not impressive. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 He should have talked about Abenomics instead. That would have been a surefire crowd pleaser. Link to post Share on other sites
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