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Mod, can have a thread on 2014 Commonwealth Games? Think starting next week 27 Jul 14 and held in Glasgow, Scotland.

 

Can talk anything about it and post pictures. I like women sprinter photos, haha

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Part of the games village . . . haha, after the games these will be sold as public housing.


Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle will be featured in Games Opening

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The people of Glasgow are known to be direct but have a sense of humour ... here is a local humour:

 

Glasgow teachers are known to use the following translations for the remarks they make on pupils' report cards:

"A born leader" - Runs a protection racket
"Easy-going" - Bone idle
"Good progress" - You should have seen him a year ago
"Friendly" - Never shuts up
"Helpful" - A creep
"Reliable" - Informs on his friends
"Expresses himself confidently" - Impertinent
"Enjoys physical education" - A bully
"Does not accept authority easily" - Dad is in prison
"Often appears tired" - Stays up all night watching television
"A rather solitary child" - He smells
"Popular in the playground" - Sells pornography

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How can a national team be so clueless:

 

Avoiding long-haul truckers, slow-moving caravans and tractors is not many people’s idea of the ideal warm-up for a Commonwealth Games time trial.

 

But that is exactly what the four members of Sri Lanka’s cycling team were confronted with on Wednesday when they decided to go on a training ride down one of Scotland’s busiest motorways.

 

Jeevan Jayasinghe, Buddhika Warnakulasooriya, Dinesha Adikari Mudiyanselage and Sriyalatha Wicramasinghe were spotted on their bikes travelling on the inside lane of the M74 before police stopped them and told them they were breaking the law.

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The commonwealth is a relic from a bygone era. The sun has set on the empire. Why it even still exist is a very strange thing I never understand. The hamster is dead and the wheel has stopped spinning.

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At least, we won our 1st Gold thru' shooting in this 2014 CG :)

Jiayou to our fellow singaporeans who are representing our Nation :))

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The commonwealth is a relic from a bygone era. The sun has set on the empire. Why it even still exist is a very strange thing I never understand. The hamster is dead and the wheel has stopped spinning.

 

hehe, The hamster games for 2018 already lined up:

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At least, we won our 1st Gold thru' shooting in this 2014 CG :)

Jiayou to our fellow singaporeans who are representing our Nation :))

 

hehe, she jumped 14 spots to hit gold. Hehe, Gold and Silver medallist look alike,

 

 

Report: Shooter Teo Shun Xie delivered a sparkling performance to top a 28-strong field at the women's 10m air pistol. The research officer, who finished 14th in the same event four years ago in New Delhi, notched a Games record score of 198.6 points, ahead of India's Malaika Goel (197.1) and Canada's Dorothy Ludwig (177.2).

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Scottish girls chio or not?

 

Sponsor me a ticket to Glasgow and i will report back!

 

Hehe, varieties to suit all: sportsgirl is Eilidh Child - 400m Scot hurdler.

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The commonwealth is a relic from a bygone era. The sun has set on the empire. Why it even still exist is a very strange thing I never understand. The hamster is dead and the wheel has stopped spinning.

 

Eh, the queen is still around, how can you say that? Respect, Respect! [laugh]

 

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Eh, the queen is still around, how can you say that? Respect, Respect! [laugh]

 

But serously, are we still contributing anything to her majesty's coffer?

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The queen was actually quite a decent looking woman when she was young.

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Commonwealth Games: Malaysian shooting gold medallist forced to quit Glasgow after losing jacket Devastated Malaysian Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul Halim won in Delhi but without her shooting jacket cannot take part in Glasgow

(her shooting jacket lost in flight baggage mix-up)

 

- The news triggered a thought: On the surface, some sports are shooting themselves on being overly technical - shooting and archery are full of 'accesories'?

 

am just comparing to football: 1950 and 2014, only the shorts shorter?

 

 

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I heard the story, but I think its totally crazy. It was reported that she could get a new jacket, but she refuse to wear it as she said it took 2 months to get used to it.

 

 

I totally understand that customize gears are critical, in certain sports, & you lose competitive edge if you do not used the gears you are accustomed to, but that is NOT a reason for you to quit competing due to that. Its pretty unprofessional if you ask me.

 

Her nation pay a huge sum of money for her to compete in Scotland, & she just refused to compete because she wasn't wearing her favorite jacket!

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Scottish girls chio or not?

I honestly never been to Scottish, but the most beautiful girl I met in my life is a scottish girl in Berlin on New years eve a few years ago. Good memories. Sometime I still mad at myself when she asked if I was free & in Berlin for the next days , but I told her I need to go back to work.( must be have too much beers)...Only reminder of her was a sticker of some music band she gave me, as a souvenir which is still pinned on my office wall.

 

But anyway, fun fact. Scotland have more Gingers(Red haired person by %) than anywhere else in the world. Typically Ginger often genetically have pale skin & freckles

 

Which is why Merida (of Brave cartoon), is read haired, playing with the ginger & scottish.

 

Rose Leslie who played Ygritte in Game of Throne series.

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MY MY ..... her jacket did not get loaded in KL!

 

GLASGOW - Commonwealth Games shooting gold medallist Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul Halim has been given a late reprieve to compete in Glasgow after her missing competition jacket was found and sent to her in Scotland. Malaysian Ayuni, who won gold with Nur Suryani Taibi in the 10 metre air rifle pairs in New Delhi four years ago, had been scratched from the 10 metre air rifle and 50m rifle prone events after the garment was lost en route and failed to arrive before Monday's registration for competition.

 

A borrowed jacket did not fit and Ayuni said a new one would take two months to get used to.

 

 

The luggage containing her tailored jacket was thought to be in London but was finally located in Kuala Lumpur airport's Lost and Found and flown to Scotland on Wednesday ahead of Friday's start of the shooting competition.

 

 

Malaysian team manager Musa Omar said an appeal to Games organisers had failed but they discovered a loophole where changes to the line-up could be lodged before Thursday's pre-tournament technical meeting. - See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/malaysian-gets-commonwealth-reprieve-after-jacket-found#sthash.iYJn7Izv.dpuf

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