- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
rowing? arguing? 
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rowing? arguing?
I think I've been out in the sun without my hat on for a bit too long today.
Now, if you want an argument, I can give it a try but I know I don't have as much practice as others on here.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
You want an argument? No good asking me then. I don't do arguing, just the sort of silence and raising the eyebrows in quizzical stylee, whereby you will know you are living dangerously. I do not think there is a smiley (?) for that. 
I know the look. MaybeI do not think there is a smiley (?) for that.
or 
and, if I was brave, I'd suggest this, but I'm not, so I won't. 
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Very wise not to be brave!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Did anybody else spot DSK in the beach volleyball audience?
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
or just lapping?
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
I don't like those cameras in the middle of the archery target: those wannabe Robin Hoods are too close for comfort..
They'd look brilliant in 3D though
OP
OP
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Women's Basketball. In time out, both coaches were brandishing wipe-clean clipboards with diagrams of the court, on which to draw tactics.
Both coaches seemed to simply be drawing emphatic arrows pointing at the hoop.
I think I could have told them that!
Both coaches seemed to simply be drawing emphatic arrows pointing at the hoop.
I think I could have told them that!
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Twice so far I have heard reporters use the word "atherletes". I have kept my eyes open and have spotted a great many athletes, but up until now not a single atherlete.
OP
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
In the swimming, it often seems like the swimmers form an arrow shape, with the leaders tending to be in the middle lanes. Is this just coincidence, or is there some advantage to the middle lanes? I can't imagine there is, because then the lane placings would be unfair.
When geese fly in that sort of formation, it's partly because the trailing birds get an aerodynamic advantage from the leading ones. Of course, they take turns to even the effort out. Does the same apply in the water, or are the dynamics different? Do the lane dividers do anything to dissipate any differences in pressure?
Oh, and we've been watching the rowing again, and saw the backwards forks again, possibly on more than one bike - there are some similar white bikes, and they are the ones that look wrong.
When geese fly in that sort of formation, it's partly because the trailing birds get an aerodynamic advantage from the leading ones. Of course, they take turns to even the effort out. Does the same apply in the water, or are the dynamics different? Do the lane dividers do anything to dissipate any differences in pressure?
Oh, and we've been watching the rowing again, and saw the backwards forks again, possibly on more than one bike - there are some similar white bikes, and they are the ones that look wrong.
