Thread: Commonwealth Games???

Stu <[email protected]> wrote in news:ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520uk4h@
4ax.com:

>
>
> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> bodies.
>



Ummmmmmm, the US isn't part of the Commonwealth.



--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:08:56 GMT, Aussie
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Stu <[email protected]> wrote in news:ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520uk4h@
>4ax.com:
>
>>
>>
>> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
>> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>> bodies.
>>
>
>
>
>Ummmmmmm, the US isn't part of the Commonwealth.

Are US athletes there??

Stu <[email protected]> wrote in news:v8c9a657o71jc0d00rco7et9osiajek0ml@
4ax.com:

> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:08:56 GMT, Aussie
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Stu <[email protected]> wrote in news:ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520uk4h@
>>4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
>>> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>>> bodies.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Ummmmmmm, the US isn't part of the Commonwealth.
>
> Are US athletes there??
>



Only Commonwealth countries are participating in the Commonwealth Games.

So, no.

--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

In article <[email protected]>,
Stu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> bodies.

The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
> In article<[email protected] >,
> Stu<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
>> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>> bodies.
>
> The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> Miche
>

Not since 1776 anyway.

On Sep 30, 8:35*am, Stu <s...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> bodies.

If I had athletes competing, I'd worry more about the facilities
crashing down on them, given what's happened so far....and the child
labor being used.

N.

On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>
> >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> >> bodies.
>
> > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> > Miche
>
> Not since 1776 anyway.

==
lol
==

In article <03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-42670b500495
@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
>
> On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
> >
> > > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
> >
> > >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > >> bodies.
> >
> > > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
> >
> > > Miche
> >
> > Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> ==
> lol
> ==

More US ignorance. The Commonwealth is less than 100 years old.

Janet

Roy <[email protected]> wrote in news:03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-
[email protected]:

> On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>>
>> > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
>> > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>>
>> >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they
are
>> >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>> >> bodies.
>>
>> > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>>
>> > Miche
>>
>> Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> =lol
> =



You boys need to go back to Grade school and resit your history
classes......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games

The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire
Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canaidia. The event was renamed as the British
Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in
1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended
every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canaidia, England, New Zealand,
Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for ten
games, England for seven and Canaidia for one.

--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

On Sep 30, 2:41*pm, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> In article <03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-42670b500495
> @p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, wila...@hotmail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > > On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> > > > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > > > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>
> > > >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > > >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > > >> bodies.
>
> > > > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> > > > Miche
>
> > > Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> > ==
> > lol
> > ==
>
> * More US ignorance. The Commonwealth is less than 100 years old.
>
> * Janet- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You never miss a trick, do you. Why on earth would an ordinary US
citizen know anything about the Commonwealth and the modern meaning of
it? It doesn't exactly come up in everyday conversation.

According to Wiki: "The Commonwealth of Nations — formerly the
"British Commonwealth" — is a voluntary association of 54 independent
sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies, or
dependencies of these colonies with three exceptions, Mozambique
(which was a Portuguese possession), Rwanda (which was a Belgian
mandate) and Cameroon[8] (which was partly a German territory and
partly French and British colony) plus the United Kingdom itself. The
Commonwealth's membership includes both republics and monarchies. The
head of the Commonwealth of Nations is Queen Elizabeth II. She also
reigns as monarch directly in a number of states, known as
Commonwealth realms, notably the United Kingdom, Australia, Barbados,
Canada, Jamaica, and New Zealand. The Commonwealth of Nations is
sometimes referred to as the New Commonwealth in a British context."

Given that most of us "ignorant" Americans think of Commonwealth =
British Empire, I'd say we could be excused on this one. Calling us
ignorant for thinking of Commonwealth in those terms, is no more
American-centric than you thinking every non-Commonwealth citizen
should know what it actually is, is Commonwealth-centric. No?

N.

In article
<[email protected]>,
Nancy2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sep 30, 8:35*am, Stu <s...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
> > Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > bodies.
>
> If I had athletes competing, I'd worry more about the facilities
> crashing down on them, given what's happened so far....and the child
> labor being used.

There are problems being reported:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Globa...wealth-Games-a
-comedy-of-errors-for-India

"I would like to tell you very categorically that these minor glitches
and hitches do come around ... but to make out as the whole thing is
collapsing * I am sorry, we do not agree with that," said Delhi chief
minister Sheila Dik**** on Wednesday.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

In article <[email protected]> ,
[email protected] says...
>
> Roy <[email protected]> wrote in news:03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-
> [email protected]:
>
> > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >> On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
> >>
> >> > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> >> > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they
> are
> >> >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> >> >> bodies.
> >>
> >> > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
> >>
> >> > Miche
> >>
> >> Not since 1776 anyway.
> >
> > =lol
> > =
>
>
>
> You boys need to go back to Grade school and resit your history
> classes......
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games
>
> The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire
> Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canaidia. The event was renamed as the British
> Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in
> 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended
> every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canaidia, England, New Zealand,
> Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for ten
> games, England for seven and Canaidia for one.

Are all Tasmanians as humor-challenged as you?

Next you're going to find it necessary to point out that Tasmanian
Devils don't whirl like tornadoes, destroying everything in sight.

In article
<[email protected]>,
Nancy2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sep 30, 2:41*pm, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> > In article <03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-42670b500495
> > @p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, wila...@hotmail.com says...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > > > On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
> >
> > > > > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > > > > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
> >
> > > > >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > > > >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > > > >> bodies.
> >
> > > > > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
> >
> > > > > Miche
> >
> > > > Not since 1776 anyway.
> >
> > > ==
> > > lol
> > > ==
> >
> > * More US ignorance. The Commonwealth is less than 100 years old.
> >
> > * Janet- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> You never miss a trick, do you. Why on earth would an ordinary US
> citizen know anything about the Commonwealth and the modern meaning of
> it? It doesn't exactly come up in everyday conversation.

Because it's sometimes nice to know about things that happen outside
your borders?

> Given that most of us "ignorant" Americans think of Commonwealth =
> British Empire, I'd say we could be excused on this one. Calling us
> ignorant for thinking of Commonwealth in those terms, is no more
> American-centric than you thinking every non-Commonwealth citizen
> should know what it actually is, is Commonwealth-centric. No?

I don't think it's unfair for citizens of what amounts to the only
superpower in the world to have _some_ idea about organisations like the
Commonwealth.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:45:39 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]> ,
>[email protected] says...
>>
>> Roy <[email protected]> wrote in news:03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-
>> [email protected]:
>>
>> > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> >> On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
>> >> > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they
>> are
>> >> >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>> >> >> bodies.
>> >>
>> >> > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>> >>
>> >> > Miche
>> >>
>> >> Not since 1776 anyway.
>> >
>> > =lol
>> > =
>>
>>
>>
>> You boys need to go back to Grade school and resit your history
>> classes......
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games
>>
>> The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire
>> Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canaidia. The event was renamed as the British
>> Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in
>> 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended
>> every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canaidia, England, New Zealand,
>> Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for ten
>> games, England for seven and Canaidia for one.
>
>Are all Tasmanians as humor-challenged as you?
>
>Next you're going to find it necessary to point out that Tasmanian
>Devils don't whirl like tornadoes, destroying everything in sight.
>

No, but do have your sense of humor

On Sep 30, 1:48*pm, Aussie <Aus...@home.upstairs.in.brissie.aus>
wrote:
> Roy <wila...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-
> 42670b500...@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >> On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> >> > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> >> > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>
> >> >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they
> are
> >> >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> >> >> bodies.
>
> >> > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> >> > Miche
>
> >> Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> > =lol
> > =
>
> You boys need to go back to Grade school and resit your history
> classes......
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games
>
> The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire
> Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canaidia. The event was renamed as the British
> Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in
> 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended
> every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canaidia, England, New Zealand,
> Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for ten
> games, England for seven and Canaidia for one.
>
> --
> Peter Lucas * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Hobart
> Tasmania
>
> The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
> whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
> but only when done with love.

==
Well maybe this time Canada can whip your ass for a change...if the
Canadians can live amongst the dog ****, flies and rivers in flood.
Seems like India bit off more than it can chew in their construction
of the facilities.
==

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:29:55 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sep 30, 8:35*am, Stu <s...@foodforu.ca> wrote:
>> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
>> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
>> bodies.
>
>If I had athletes competing, I'd worry more about the facilities
>crashing down on them, given what's happened so far....and the child
>labor being used.
>
>N.

Actually, you're right.

The terrorist factor can't be discounted but every major world
sporting event faces that these days. The real danger is the very poor
quality of rushed construction.

I visited Delhi, Agra and Jaipur and places between in 2008.The most
common sign in English in India at that time was "Work in Progress" on
temporary fences and hoardings all over the place, beginning in the
airport. But I never saw an actual worker near any of those signs.

I hope that at least the airport has improved. The only airport I have
ever seen in a worse shambles was Darwin airport when I flew in via
C130 as part of the Cyclone Tracy damage assessment team.

If anyone is interested I wrote more here:
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008...ort-delhi.html



Cheers, Alan, Australia.
--
Type 2 Food: http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/recipes.html
Travel: http://loraltravel.blogspot.com (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:46:36 -0700, Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:

>>
>> If I had athletes competing, I'd worry more about the facilities
>> crashing down on them, given what's happened so far....and the child
>> labor being used.
>
>There are problems being reported:
>
>http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Globa...wealth-Games-a
>-comedy-of-errors-for-India
>
>"I would like to tell you very categorically that these minor glitches
>and hitches do come around ... but to make out as the whole thing is
>collapsing * I am sorry, we do not agree with that," said Delhi chief
>minister Sheila Dik**** on Wednesday.

Talking of whole things collapsing, this was a footbridge for the
athletes. Luckily, the collapse occurred before they arrived:

http://www.tawakilagi.com/wp-content...footbridge.jpg

Cheers, Alan, Australia.
--
Type 2 Food: http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/recipes.html
Travel: http://loraltravel.blogspot.com (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

On Sep 30, 12:41*pm, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> In article <03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-42670b500495
> @p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, wila...@hotmail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > > On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> > > > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > > > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>
> > > >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > > >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > > >> bodies.
>
> > > > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> > > > Miche
>
> > > Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> > ==
> > lol
> > ==
>
> * More US ignorance. The Commonwealth is less than 100 years old.
>

I'm pretty sure that was a joke.

On Sep 30, 3:03*pm, Miche <michei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article
> <88c895bc-209e-4a5b-a86d-463d67924...@w19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Nancy2 <nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> > On Sep 30, 2:41*pm, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> > > In article <03509c3e-5209-4bef-8250-42670b500495
> > > @p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, wila...@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > > On Sep 30, 1:26*pm, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > > > > On 9/30/2010 2:17 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> > > > > > In article<ne49a6dqa3dn405eorv0rvg8j2f520u...@4ax.com >,
> > > > > > * Stu<s...@foodforu.ca> *wrote:
>
> > > > > >> Anyone in the US worried about your athletes in India? Seems they are
> > > > > >> expecting riots and have ramped their police presence to 100,000
> > > > > >> bodies.
>
> > > > > > The USA doesn't compete in the Commonwealth Games.
>
> > > > > > Miche
>
> > > > > Not since 1776 anyway.
>
> > > > ==
> > > > lol
> > > > ==
>
> > > * More US ignorance. The Commonwealth is less than 100 years old.
>
> > > * Janet- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > You never miss a trick, do you. *Why on earth would an ordinary US
> > citizen know anything about the Commonwealth and the modern meaning of
> > it? *It doesn't exactly come up in everyday conversation.
>
> Because it's sometimes nice to know about things that happen outside
> your borders? *
>
> > Given that most of us "ignorant" Americans think of Commonwealth =
> > British Empire, I'd say we could be excused on this one. *Calling us
> > ignorant for thinking of Commonwealth in those terms, is no more
> > American-centric than you thinking every non-Commonwealth citizen
> > should know what it actually is, is Commonwealth-centric. *No?
>
> I don't think it's unfair for citizens of what amounts to the only
> superpower in the world to have _some_ idea about organisations like the
> Commonwealth.
>

Tell us everything you know about Guam, the Aleutians, and the
Philippines.