Goodbye, Winter Olympics
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
February 25, 2018 11:56pm CST
I will miss the curling.
I will miss the hockey.
I will miss watching the skeleton competition (while wondering how the athletes keep from screaming the whole way down).
I will miss Johnny Weir's "Hunger Games" inspired hairstyles.
And I will definitely miss those amazing special effects with the drones. Technology has come a long way, hasn't it?
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@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Mar 18
That was a quick two weeks. I got to listen to it more on the radio than I got to watch on TV.
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@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Mar 18
@spiderdust - I didn't get to watch any of it. And I always watch all of it.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
6 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 You can still find some of it online, but it's kind of like watching a recording of the Super Bowl a few weeks later. You either find it frustrating or you still enjoy watching the sport.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
6 Mar 18
I'm surprised at how little I caught of the figure skating.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
26 Feb 18
I did not watch any of it and not sure as to why. Just not feeling it this time but glad you enjoyed.I miss the time when I was more enthusiastic about such things. It is a great honor for people who make it there and represent our country. I am a bit disappointed in myself now for not at least supporting that. Just felt off this time around and chose to get enlightenment from somewhere else. How did we do?
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
9 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze. Not too shabby!
Shaun White got a gold for the men's halfpipe snowboarding, the women's hockey team got a gold, and the men's curling team got a gold.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
26 Feb 18
@spiderdust Awesome, proud of them. Shaun White is a beast and a famous Californian. That I should have definitely watched. Thanks miss lady.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
@crossbones27 Here you go! 
Shaun White delivered the run of a lifetime to win gold in the men's halfpipe and the 100th Winter Olympic gold medal in United States history.
@LadyDuck (502259)
• Italy
26 Feb 18
@spiderdust I had no time to watch the TV, I watched something online using my computer, but for short time.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
I saw less of the figure skating this year, which is usual... often it's the most heavily televised Olympic sport, but we always managed to catch other sports when we watched.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
26 Feb 18
Not having a television or even home internet I watched a total of one curling match (and only part of that match) at a friend's home.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
Do you remember which teams were in that match?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Feb 18
i love watching that figure-skating competition in winter Olympics.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 18
I thought I'd see more of the figure skating than I did, but we saw a lot more curling than we usually get to watch.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
26 Feb 18
I used to enjoy watching the figure skating when I was young but we don't have cable and I rarely watch anything. I don't like wasting time and if I watch tv I accomplish nothing else.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
26 Feb 18
@spiderdust my boyfriend doesn't have cable or Hulu but he did watch it somehow online.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
We don't have cable either, I saw it on Hulu. Often I wasn't sitting down in front of the TV and watching, but had it playing while I worked in the kitchen or cleaned the family room.
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@Juliaacv (56238)
• Canada
26 Feb 18
I enjoyed the winter games also, and will miss them.
They really helped the month of February pass quickly as I was so in-tuned to watching the different events.
The events held at the winter games are my favorites, much better then the summer ones.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Feb 18
I like the winter ones best myself, although I didn't see nearly as much as I would have liked. I do enjoy the equestrian competitions in the summer Olympics though.
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