The ***OFFICIAL*** Friday/Saturday Night Singles' Thread Feb. 17 and 18, 2006

All of us SUPER SINGLES | February 17, 2006 | dollycali;

[DollyCali]

Singles Weekend at
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17 February 2006 ~~ In the Men's Speed Skating Team Pursuit event Matteo Anesi, Enrico Fabris, and Ippolito Sanfratello of Italy won the gold to the cheers of the Olympic host country crowd

The Olympics are “big stuff“ . There is something for anyone‘s taste. One must respect the sacrifice & work the athletes have endured to get where they are now.

What are your favorite events, athletes. Post Pix from present or past Olympics. Share you favorite memories.

Olympic Links


US Olympic Team Official Site

Olympic Movement Official Page

Ancient Olympics

And what are you doing for the weekend? What are your plans for spring? Summer?

Pull up a comfy chair, your favorite beverage & visit with us between watching the Olympics.

[ozarkgirl]

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ok, it appears it's not going to work. Today I will learn how to post a picture!

[DollyCali]

Apolo Anton Ohno






Height: 5'8
Born: 5/22/1982
Hometown: Seattle, Wash.
Resides: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sport: Short Track
Event: Short Track Speed Skating> -Apolo Anton Ohno is an Olympic champion in short track speedskating. Ohno won the 1,500-meters at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and a silver medal in the 1,000-meters, after crashing to the boards. Ohno is a three-time overall World Cup champion as well.

Apolo Anton Ohno

The Short List

• 2002 Olympic champion in the 1500m; silver medalist in 1000m
• Two-time Olympian: 2002, 2006
• Three-time World Cup overall champion (2001, 2003, 2005)
• Seven-time World Cup event champion, including the 500m, 1000m and 1500m in 2001 and 2005; and the 1000m in 2003
• Seven-time U.S. short track overall champion (1997, 1999, 2001-2005)

Did You Know?

• Won 3000m gold, 1000m silver at 2002 World Championships, 3000m silver at 2003 World Championships
• Won 23 individual World Cup medals in 2005 (11 golds, 11 silvers, one bronze)
• Youngest American at age 17 to win a World Cup event
• Began speed skating in 1995 at age 13 after switching over from skating inline when he decided he "wanted to try something new"
• Earned a state championship as a swimmer in the breaststroke, was a national champion and record-holder in indoor inline skating
• His unique first name was given to him by his father, Yuki, who combined the Greek words "Apo," meaning "away," and "lo," meaning "look out"
• His father raised him by himself, leaving a strong impression on the teen-ager. "I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths."
• Has a spiritual side…firm believer in the books, “Flow” and “The Way of the Peaceful Warrior”
• Wrote an autobiography called "A Journey"
• Enjoys cars, real estate, electronics, music, dancing

[DollyCali]

remove the [img] and replace with "

[DollyCali]

I have had a lot of different ones but really like the technology in the FujiFilm cameras. You can get a nice entry level one for 100 at Sams Club etc. I have one of those that I use for kick around. I have a much better Fuji that I use for most of my pitures.

[ozarkgirl]

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It still doesn't look like it's going to work.

[ozarkgirl]

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[DollyCali]

Shaun White





Height: 5’ 8”
Born: 9/3/1986
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Resides: Carlsbad, Calif.
Sport: Snowboarding
Event: Halfpipe, Slopestyle

The Short List

• 2006 Olympic champion in halfpipe
• First man to win the same event (slopestyle) four times at the X Games
• First athlete to compete in the Winter and Summer X Games in two different sports (skateboarding, snowboarding)

Did You Know?

• Became the youngest U.S. Open Slopestyle champion in 2003
• Received the ESPY award for Best Action Sports Athlete for 2003
• Started snowboarding at age 6 after watching his older brother, Jesse, try it and after winning virtually every competition he entered he became sponsored by Burton at the age of 13
• Nicknames: The Egg, Future Boy, The Flying Tomato
• Released a snowboarding movie called “The White Album” in 2004
• Has his own snowboarding gear line called “The White Collection” and even developed a skate/snowboarding helmet with R.E.D.
• Owns three houses and a couple of cars
• Enjoys participating in other sports – “I love to potato sack race, go Grunion hunting, long distance roller-skating and dancing to the indigenous sounds of whales mating,” said White
• Favorite movies, music, books, authors – “Totally, I would have to say Page, Zeppelin, Cream, C.S. Lewis, Sin City, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Metallica, River’s Edge, the Grudge, Miss Kitten and the Hacker, Vonnegut, the list is long,” said White

[ozarkgirl]

Arrggghh, I'm hopeless. Please look again for me. What am I doing wrong?

[DollyCali]

the sideways V (caret?) needs to be at the very beginning & very end.

remove the [img] at end

you have

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with the sideways carets around whtat I typed above

[ozarkgirl]

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[DollyCali]

I was EXACTLY where you are when the war started. I joined FR March 03 & began my HTML skills at the war thread. A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED ME. I would be honored to help you & anyone else learn to do these things.

On my profile page are some links for HTML sandbox (beginners) sites

This is a good thread to practice (for everyone).. when I am here today I can help

[ozarkgirl]

voila! But it's huge! Next lesson, sizing! Before or after you put it on tiny pic. Do you have to make it smaller and then host on tiny pic? Also, where do you all go to get those pictures instantaneously? Someone will mention something, 10 seconds later someone else has a picture posted.

[DollyCali]

Lindsey Jacobellis





Height: 5'5"
Born: 08/19/1985
Hometown: Stratton, VT
Resides: Stratton, VT & Bondville, VT
Sport: Snowboarding
Event: Bordercross & Halfpipe

The Short List

• 2005 World, U.S. National champion in snowboardcross (SBX)
• 2004 World Cup overall champion in SBX, going the entire season undefeated
• Three-time SBX Winter X Games gold medalist (2003-2005)
• Seven career World Cup wins

Did You Know?

• Two-time U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix SBX champion (2002, 2004)
• 2005 U.S. Snowboard Team member
• Nominated for “Sportswoman of the Year” by the Women’s Sports Foundation in 2004 and was selected as USAToday.com’s U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week on March 2, 2004
• Became the first American rider to win boardercross and halfpipe competitions at the same World Cup in 2004
• Won two World Junior Championships: 2003 Halfpipe and 2002 SBX
• Graduated from the Stratton Mountain School in 2003
• Nickname: Lucky
• Enjoys wakeboarding, practicing SBX moves by riding ATVs on her backyard track with her brother Ben, cutting trails behind family’s property on their ATVs, playing the piano and loves showing little kids how to ride a snowboard
• Favorite foods are steak, pizza, Smart Food popcorn, Almond Joy’s, Snickers and Reese’s Peanut Butter cups

It's Every Day

Lindsey donated 10 inches of her long, blonde curly hair to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for children who suffer from hair loss due to chemotherapy or alopecia. “[ I ]  gave a full ten inches because I have more than plenty. It was really weird at first because it was so extreme, but now I can do all sorts of different styles that I wasn’t able to do before, but I just feel fortunate that I was able to help someone else.”

[DollyCali]

OKAY!

great job.

the sizing.. okay

right click on pix & select properties.

Your pix is

Height - 864
Width - 1162

If you use a graphic's program (which I am going to assume you don't know how to do) .. it is easy.

If not you can resize in the HTML 'code' or link you post

between the IMG SCR words you insert this

IMG width=1162 height=864 SRC="etc

this is what you posted. It automatically defaults to whatever the pix size is.

YOU MUST REDUCE IT PROPORTIONALLY SO IT DOESN"T LOOK WIERD.

I use a calculator. Lets say do 50% of both

so would be

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HTML is NOT FORGIVING AT ALL.

one space to little or too many - no cigar
one wrong letter - no cigar
one wrong dot or " or anything - no cigar

[DollyCali]

[DollyCali]

Sarah Hughes





Height: 5' 3
Born: 2/5/1985
Hometown: Great Neck, N.Y.
Resides: Great Neck, N.Y.
Sport: Figure Skating

The Short List

• 2002 Olympic gold medalist
• Four-time U.S. Nationals medalist, silver in 2001, '03; bronze in '00, '02
• Two-time ISU Grand Prix Finals bronze medalist (2001-02)
• 2001 World Championships bronze medalist

Did You Know?

• Named 2002 Sullivan Award Winner, USOC SportsWoman of the Year
• Forced to withdraw from the 2003 ISU Grand Prix because of a leg injury, however, returned to competition finishing second at the International Figure Skating Challenge
• Won her first major title at the 2001 Skate Canada where she defeated Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya for the first time
• Began skating at age 3 because her two older brothers and sister skated; she is the fourth of six children
• Has worn the same pajamas the night before a competition for four years
• Has a Peggy Fleming T-shirt she wears for good luck
• Hughes appeared in her first television special – "Sarah Hughes: A Life in Balance" – on NBC, Dec. 22, 2002
• Attends Yale University, but took a year off to tour with “Stars on Ice”
• Favorite quote is “It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.”
• Despite her demanding skating schedule up to the 2002 Olympics, she was an honor student at Great Neck North High School in Long Island
• Played the violin in her school orchestra at Great Neck North

It's Every Day

A meeting at the White House with President Bush, Hughes discussed the plight of Afghan women and children. In a broadcast worldwide on Voice of America, she stressed her view that we should make more immunizations, textbooks and school supplies available to rebuild society for these victims of Taliban oppression.

[DollyCali]

Tanith Belbin





Height: 5'6"
Born: 11/7/84
Hometown: Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
Resides: Canton, Michigan
Event: Ice Dancing

The Short List

• 2006 U.S. Olympian in ice dancing with partner Ben Agosto
• Belbin and Agosto earned the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships
• The silver medal was the highest any U.S. ice dancing team at Worlds in 30 years and the first medal the U.S. won in 20 years
• Three-time U.S. ice dancing champion with partner, Ben Agosto, in 2004-2006
• Born in Canada, she became a U.S. citizen on December 31, 2005

Did You Know?

• Two-time Four Continent champion in ice dancing with Agosto: 2004, 2005
• Three-time Smart Ones Skate America champion in ice dancing with Agosto: 2003, 2004, 2005
• Fifth place finish at the 2004 World Championships in ice dancing with Agosto
• 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy Champion in ice dancing
• 2002 World Junior champion in ice dancing
• Silver medalist in 2004 Grand Prix Final in ice dancing
• Coached by Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
• Began skating with Ben in 1998
• Started skating when she was almost three
• Enjoys competing in autocross or track races

It's Every Day

“Dance has changed a lot in the last 20 years. We feel so great that we can be seen as the front runners of a new generation, and we are going to carry it on for many, many more years."

Related Links

[DollyCali]

Chad Hedrick





Height: 5' 11"
Born: April 17, 1977
Hometown: Spring, Texas
Resides: Spring, Texas
Sport: Speedskating
Event: Long track

The Short List

• 2006 Olympic speedskating champion at 5,000-meters
• Won the 2004 World All-Around Championships in Hamar, Norway, becoming just the third American to accomplish this feat in 100 years
• 2004 Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy winner, previously won by Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden
• 2004, 2005 World Single Distance champion at 5,000-meters; 2004 bronze medalist (10,000m)
• Utilizes the innovative 'double push' technique to revolutionize skating

Did You Know?

• In the year before the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, set world records in three Olympic distances (1,500m, 5000m, 10,000m); and in a fourth, non-Olympic event, 3,000m
• "Chad Hedrick is Texan from head to toe, which means he's a good son, a faithful friend, a hard worker, a loyal teammate, patriotic, handsome, well-spoken, polite and friendly," according to the Houston Chronicle's David Barron.
• "It also means that if you rub him the wrong way, he's got a stubborn streak from here to Dalhart." -- Houston Chronicle
• Earned 50 World Inline titles from 1994-2002
• Took up speedskating in 2002 after watching former inline champion, Derek Parra and Jen Rodriguez, win medals in Salt Lake
• Earned third place in the final World Cup standing for combined 5000- and 10,000-meter event
• Named U.S. Speedskating’s 2003-04 Athlete of the Year
• Eric Heiden on Hedrick: "He has genetics, but he also has the psychological elements to be a champion. He's a tough guy."
• Nicknamed, "The Exception," by Olympic champion Derek Parra, for not cycling for cross training and his other approaches to the sport.
• Has a brand of inline skating wheels named after him called Hyper Chad Hedrick Micro.

It's Every Day

 “On ice I'm not really accustomed to any training regimen. Usually we do two and a half weeks on (hard training) followed by 4 days off. For inline skating I could train hard five or six days a week and be prepared for any event.”

[carlr]

Also, where do you all go to get those pictures instantaneously? Someone will mention something, 10 seconds later someone else has a picture posted.

I go to the Yahoo or Google home page and do an image search rather than a web search.

Just type in what you want an image of and it will start showing pictures of that request instead of web pages.

[DollyCali]

yes, but bird head? my golly if this is not true, how ridiculous. More reasons to cook from scratch as much as possible I guess