ok this is 'Stepford Wives'?, 'goddesses planning' or me, Sylvie & Frac' ?? lol
Thursday 23
Worked 10.00 - 6.15
It rained from 10 - 3.30
Not busy at all
Spent most of the day doing a jigsaw (ah those were the days when I got paid for doing very little)
Well the Olympics is drawing to a close. I must say I love the event, always have done.
I was a keen athlete in my teens, I trained hard and won awards for the 100 meters, 80 meters hurdles and long jump. I was selected to have trials to run for Lancashire but unfortunately my back 'went'... C5/C6 spinal prolapsed disc and that was the end of it all!! hey ho!
Have still to watch the opening ceremony at Beijing as it was on the day before I went on my holidays... managed to catch a few bits whilst in Spain (Gymnastics, canoe slalom, diving) and this morning I vegged and watched Degale win the gold in boxing, the mens and womens 4 x 400 meters relay etc ... great stuff albeit a bit of a scrappy fight for Degale!
In my life span there have been 12 Olympics.
1964 ~ Tokyo
1968 ~ Mexico
1972 ~ Munich
1976 ~ Montreal/Quebec
1980 ~ Moscow
1984 ~ Los Angeles
1988 ~ Seoul
1992 ~ Barcelona
1996 ~ Atlanta
2000 ~ Sydney
2004 ~ Athens
2008 ~ Beijing
I recall Mexico, Munich (I remember the TV footage as the tragedy unfolded there), Moscow, Seoul, Sydney and Athens. Strange that some I have no memory of? I think I had other pressing stuff going on in my life then.
Strangely enough, I was hunting for some buttons this morning and I came across this. A rubber (or eraser) from 1980 - Mishca the Russian bear.. he has not worn well in fact he has been almost erased!
21 comments:
Are those sweaters knitted out of camel hair?
Just wondering.........
'cuz they each have a couple of humps in 'em. ;)
(Sorry, very old, very terrible joke...)
They are certainly not dromedary that is for sure !! Most definitely Bactrian or is that Bra..ctrian... non the less if I was a male of any species I would be afraid!!!!
lol@olga ... I've actually never heard that joke, lol.
Those women are very stepford-ish. Or it's like they're all sneaky. Like a sneaky robot maybe.
If you were a male of any species I'd be absolutely bloody terrified!!!!
Barcelona still stands out for me when they re-wrote the book on opening ceremonies - fantastic [literally].
...... and if that really is the coven I have no fears - I'm sure I could unravel their secrets - tee hee
I have never been into sports mush, all I have done till date is paint and paint more. :p this time I watched a bit of Olympics because India created some history in fetching 3 medals for the first time otherwise I somehow don't like them. Btw I like the eraser, it used to be fun collecting such cute stuff back in school.:)
are you and DP on the same brain wave as both talking about stepford wives today.
the only olympics I've watched is the synchronised swimming. the spanish team was amazing!
I bet Dp stole that stepford thing from 70steen. Either that, or she made notes and he "dropped them on the floor" in hopes that she'd have to pick them up for him. In the process, he must've read them a bit.
Yeah.. that sounds like it could've happened.
Perhaps I discovered something whilst fossicking .........
totally out of topics here forgive me, I went to see Mama Mia the other day and I could not help but think of you 70 :)
Are you organizing a knitting wear party soon? That would be interesting...I will play along and wear any pattern you wish :)
There must be a one piece swimming costume pattern that'll shrink when wet ........ it's OK, I'll wait ....... *drums fingers*
DM ~ yes they just have 'that certain look about them'... very robotic :-)
hee hee DP you are soooo cheeky ;-P
You know the only thing I can recall about Barcelona is the song ... how weird ??
unravel... knitting ... very funny (for you) *snigger*
Yep it is great when you are at school collecting pens and rubbers etc. I have just seen my teen go through that stage but heres included key rings... she accumulated hundreds . They are now in a box in the loft
Annie ~ wash your mouth out TSK!!!
NM ~ wasn't it just soooo fantastic :-)
Frac~ he must have been snooping around again ... I refuse to believe that I am now thinking like DP .... heaven forbid that has happened to me ... eeek!!
Sylvie ~ isn't Mama Mia fabulous. I saw it in Spain ... in fact I think I may post about it tonight :-)
ooo a knitting pattern party .. I could put patterns to bloggers ... mmm interesting (I am trying to conjure up a Fanzine )
DP ~ don't you realise that knitted swimming costumes sag when wet... I suppose it has the same effect though lol
hi 70steen! wow, you have been following the olympics ever since? and you were an athlete before? that's so cool! i am not that athletic but i was once a volleyball school player for two years. and that was it! even tho' i dont have the height, but luckily i was in! :)
good to see that you are back, safe and sound!! *twirl*
WB to 70s B4by :-)
I was a keen athlete back then I would have so loved to run in the Olympics alas it never happened.
Think I may volunteer for London 2012 though!
tried to persuade my teen to take part and take up the Olympic Initiative but alas again she has her fathers genes
*t*w*i*r*l*
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