English My Lotters , are you ready for the Olympics?

United States
July 19, 2012 11:15pm CST
In a week the world will come to visit! Are you excited or anxious? Has any of the preparations altered your routine?
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GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11834)
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21 Jul 12
I really couldn't care less.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
21 Jul 12
Wow! May I ask? Are you in London? Is all this a huge pain?
sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
23 Jul 12
That is a shame. The locals Should be the ones who benefit from the increase in tourist traffic. And I assume many Want to see the Real London , not some made up version! I'm glad you can still get around. I have visions of roads being closed and rush hour being worse because of all the extra people taking the Underground and the buses. Hailing All the cabs!
GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11834)
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22 Jul 12
They won't really affect me other than the cost and availability of flights. I'm not convinced that they'll be a good thing for local people. Any extra income made from Olympic tourists will almost certainly be spirited away by the large corporations running things rather than filtering down to the local communities who have to put up with the disruption and mess.
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jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
20 Jul 12
I would usually be more excited then I am especially since on vacation I got to see where an olympics has been held....but my life is in turmoil right now. Hopefully I will get to see a few of the events.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
21 Jul 12
I hope everything works out. If you ever need to talk, write me.
danishcanadian
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
20 Jul 12
I can't speak for the English, but my husband lived in Atlanta Georgia during the 1996 Olympics. He made sure to get out of town for the duration. While he thought the games would be good for the city, he was not interesed in being there in the crowd, with all the people, and all the hubbub.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
20 Jul 12
Atlanta was the first Summer Olympics I ever saw. I started watching thr winter Olympics 20 years before in 1976! I do not blame Hubby The crowds would get to me after a while!
JenInTN
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Jul 12
We are excited about them coming up. Not really any preparations to my routine, but I do expect to try and watch as much as I can of them.
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LetranKnight25
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
20 Jul 12
Hello Sarah, unfortunately I can't go to UK and watch but probably watch TV and see who takes most of the gold there. i hope they make good use of the stadium even after the olympics. I wonder why china didn't use much of the stage after the olympics
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jricky1
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
20 Jul 12
Hi friend.I just so want to go there,but what makes me sad is that i can not go there since i don't have money go travel that far to England.But i can see that on tv,maybe not excited as in there.Hope we can share during Olympics.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
20 Jul 12
Sure Thing. It is going to be great to see things live ,mostly. I'm in the East Of the U.S. so England is only 5 hours away.