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To: RooRoobird20
Damn those Winter Olympics. They always sneak up on you. You don't know they are happening until they happen. What the hell? Never any big fanfare. They just happen. Skiers jump off high ramps. Skaters skate. Tobogganers go downhill really fast. Hockey players sling the puck around and sometimes score. People slide large discs on ice.

Anyway, it sneaks up on you and before you know it, it is gone.

Logan airport 1980. I'm working there at a restaurant. Correct? Yes, correct. Hockey players heading to Lake Placid. How was I to know that these hockey players would bring home a gold medal? But they did. Mike Eruzione and Dave Silk. Don't remember Jim Craig but he might have been there as well. I served them coffee and pastries before their flight out there. Also, I picked up their dirty dishes and brought them to the dishwasher. Crazy, right? I was just 17 years old. A few months later, I would be at Parris Island in Marine Corps boot camp.

51 posted on 02/08/2018 6:08:04 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Eric Heiden’s performance in 1980 is still the single-greatest overall performance of any Olympic athlete.


56 posted on 02/08/2018 6:11:40 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SamAdams76

Great story about the “Miracle on Ice” US hockey team.


58 posted on 02/08/2018 6:12:45 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: SamAdams76

“You don’t know they are happening until they happen.”

Boy - ain’t that the truth! I see that comcast is very proud of their system for this year. I need to do some investigating, but sounds like you can use the voice command to find events, and they will have numerous (8??) channels devoted to the Olympics.

I used to race cross-country skiing in high school and did very well. I can also shoot okay. I can’t even imagine trying to combine the two! It isn’t the most exciting sport, but I do like to watch it.


62 posted on 02/08/2018 6:17:46 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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To: SamAdams76

Its a leap year /S


71 posted on 02/08/2018 6:28:07 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
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