why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

tim60 · 03-27-2020, 09:06 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by FantasticMrFox

Can't say Munich is affordable either, though.

In common, Melbourne 1956, Munich 1972, and Sydney 2000, all hosted the Olympics. Still paying the mortgage.

**gaweidert** · 03-27-2020, 10:21 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

In common, Melbourne 1956, Munich 1972, and Sydney 2000, all hosted the Olympics. Still paying the mortgage.

It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games.

About 10 years ago some resourceful people from the village of Avon, NY pitched a plan for the Olympics to be held in western New York State.. They had figured out that between the colleges and high schools facilities scattered between Buffalo and Rochester. NY they already had first class facilities to stage the games. Only only a few facilities needed like a bicycle racing track. Since it was summer, plenty of empty college dorm rooms to house the athletes and spectators too.

It was a pretty common sense approach with no extensive gifting of committee officials so they were not given a look. As an exercise on how to think outside the box and do it at a relatively low cost it proved that you could host the games without bankrupting your country in the process.

bertwert · 03-27-2020, 10:51 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by gaweidert

It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games.

Yes, it's very expensive.

Calgary has refused to host again, as it would be too much to upgrade the facilities.

It would make sense to have several places they could host it, and rotate through them on a schedule.

robtcorl · 03-27-2020, 01:25 PM - **4 Likes**

Today it's 80 F after several gloomy, rainy days in the 40's.
So I decided to get my weenie out and roast it.

MarkJerling · 03-27-2020, 04:57 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Today it's 80 F after several gloomy, rainy days in the 40's.
So I decided to get my weenie out and roast it.

I'm planning to roast some weenies shortly too. Fairly short weenies. Looks a bit like yours.

robtcorl · 03-27-2020, 05:06 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

I'm planning to roast some weenies shortly too. Fairly short weenies. .

Wrap them in lycra buns, it'll make 'em look bigger.

MarkJerling · 03-27-2020, 05:36 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Wrap them in lycra buns, it'll make 'em look bigger.

Lycra improves anyone's weeny!

MarkJerling · 03-27-2020, 05:43 PM - **2 Likes**

We have a bit of a storm over here. I have had to resort to indoor cooking. Sorry Bob!

robtcorl · 03-27-2020, 05:48 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

We have a bit of a storm over here. I have had to resort to indoor cooking. Sorry Bob!

You still got some nice grill marks on your little weenies.
Raining here too, but not before I got a half chicken grilled.

MarkJerling · 03-27-2020, 05:59 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

You still got some nice grill marks on your little weenies.
Raining here too, but not before I got a half chicken grilled.

Artificial grill marks. They make the sausages like that. Cheating!!!

lesmore49 · 03-27-2020, 08:50 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

We have a bit of a storm over here. I have had to resort to indoor cooking. Sorry Bob!

They sure look different than the weenies we have in Western Canada.

Liney · 03-27-2020, 09:22 PM - **1 Like**

So as a POM, what exactly is the difference between a "weenie" and a "wiener"?

They appear to be very similar to bangers or snorkers......

**rod_grant** · 03-27-2020, 09:58 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Liney

They appear to be very similar to bangers or snorkers......

and a sanger and a snag?

**clackers** · 03-28-2020, 01:33 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by CharLac

Full circle...cool to here the term cluster as I worked on the original...VAXcluster

I spent nights at my uni computer centre coding on VAXs, but they weren't clustered back then.

BTW, Windows these days is a direct ancestor of VAX VMS.

Very good book on its development - 'Showstopper' by G. Pascal Zachary.

tim60 · 03-28-2020, 05:34 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by gaweidert

It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games.

About 10 years ago some resourceful people from the village of Avon, NY pitched a plan for the Olympics to be held in western New York State.. They had figured out that between the colleges and high schools facilities scattered between Buffalo and Rochester. NY they already had first class facilities to stage the games. Only only a few facilities needed like a bicycle racing track. Since it was summer, plenty of empty college dorm rooms to house the athletes and spectators too.

It was a pretty common sense approach with no extensive gifting of committee officials so they were not given a look. As an exercise on how to think outside the box and do it at a relatively low cost it proved that you could host the games without bankrupting your country in the process.

I am finding some entertainment in how worked up some people are getting about sports cancellations and the business impact on the leagues. We really do need to get back to sports being about health and fitness and local clubs, who play in local leagues and at the end of the year the local winners have a national championship. And do it all on a financial scale that local clubs are competitive.

Quite entertaining how the soccer people here want to cancel the current season because it could not be finished. So no promotion or relegation of soccer businesses between the leagues because it would not be fair. I think it would be better to work out the winners and losers based on the current league table, still not ideal, and if they whinge about being relegated they should just answer “you should have hired a coach who would try harder to win at the beginning of the season “.

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03-27-2020, 09:06 AM - 2 Likes	#76486
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	Originally posted by FantasticMrFox Can't say Munich is affordable either, though. In common, Melbourne 1956, Munich 1972, and Sydney 2000, all hosted the Olympics. Still paying the mortgage.

03-27-2020, 10:21 AM - 1 Like	#76487
gaweidert Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,325	Originally posted by tim60 In common, Melbourne 1956, Munich 1972, and Sydney 2000, all hosted the Olympics. Still paying the mortgage. It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games. About 10 years ago some resourceful people from the village of Avon, NY pitched a plan for the Olympics to be held in western New York State.. They had figured out that between the colleges and high schools facilities scattered between Buffalo and Rochester. NY they already had first class facilities to stage the games. Only only a few facilities needed like a bicycle racing track. Since it was summer, plenty of empty college dorm rooms to house the athletes and spectators too. It was a pretty common sense approach with no extensive gifting of committee officials so they were not given a look. As an exercise on how to think outside the box and do it at a relatively low cost it proved that you could host the games without bankrupting your country in the process.

03-27-2020, 10:51 AM - 1 Like	#76488
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by gaweidert It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games. Yes, it's very expensive. Calgary has refused to host again, as it would be too much to upgrade the facilities. It would make sense to have several places they could host it, and rotate through them on a schedule.

03-27-2020, 01:25 PM - 4 Likes	#76489
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Today it's 80 F after several gloomy, rainy days in the 40's. So I decided to get my weenie out and roast it.

03-27-2020, 04:57 PM - 2 Likes	#76490
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by robtcorl Today it's 80 F after several gloomy, rainy days in the 40's. So I decided to get my weenie out and roast it. I'm planning to roast some weenies shortly too. Fairly short weenies. Looks a bit like yours.

03-27-2020, 05:06 PM - 3 Likes	#76491
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by MarkJerling I'm planning to roast some weenies shortly too. Fairly short weenies. . Wrap them in lycra buns, it'll make 'em look bigger.

03-27-2020, 05:36 PM - 2 Likes	#76492
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by robtcorl Wrap them in lycra buns, it'll make 'em look bigger. Lycra improves anyone's weeny!

03-27-2020, 05:48 PM - 1 Like	#76494
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by MarkJerling We have a bit of a storm over here. I have had to resort to indoor cooking. Sorry Bob! You still got some nice grill marks on your little weenies. Raining here too, but not before I got a half chicken grilled.

03-27-2020, 05:59 PM - 2 Likes	#76495
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by robtcorl You still got some nice grill marks on your little weenies. Raining here too, but not before I got a half chicken grilled. Artificial grill marks. They make the sausages like that. Cheating!!!

03-27-2020, 08:50 PM - 1 Like	#76496
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,344	Originally posted by MarkJerling We have a bit of a storm over here. I have had to resort to indoor cooking. Sorry Bob! They sure look different than the weenies we have in Western Canada.

03-27-2020, 09:22 PM - 1 Like	#76497
Liney Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,237	So as a POM, what exactly is the difference between a "weenie" and a "wiener"? They appear to be very similar to bangers or snorkers......

03-27-2020, 09:58 PM - 2 Likes	#76498
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by Liney They appear to be very similar to bangers or snorkers...... and a sanger and a snag?

03-28-2020, 01:33 AM - 1 Like	#76499
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	Originally posted by CharLac Full circle...cool to here the term cluster as I worked on the original...VAXcluster I spent nights at my uni computer centre coding on VAXs, but they weren't clustered back then. BTW, Windows these days is a direct ancestor of VAX VMS. Very good book on its development - 'Showstopper' by G. Pascal Zachary.

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tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	Originally posted by gaweidert It really is time to have a few strategically placed Olympic parks around the world. Brazil may never recover from their Olympics. There are several places on the web where you can see the deterioration of the venues. Some only six months after the games. About 10 years ago some resourceful people from the village of Avon, NY pitched a plan for the Olympics to be held in western New York State.. They had figured out that between the colleges and high schools facilities scattered between Buffalo and Rochester. NY they already had first class facilities to stage the games. Only only a few facilities needed like a bicycle racing track. Since it was summer, plenty of empty college dorm rooms to house the athletes and spectators too. It was a pretty common sense approach with no extensive gifting of committee officials so they were not given a look. As an exercise on how to think outside the box and do it at a relatively low cost it proved that you could host the games without bankrupting your country in the process. I am finding some entertainment in how worked up some people are getting about sports cancellations and the business impact on the leagues. We really do need to get back to sports being about health and fitness and local clubs, who play in local leagues and at the end of the year the local winners have a national championship. And do it all on a financial scale that local clubs are competitive. Quite entertaining how the soccer people here want to cancel the current season because it could not be finished. So no promotion or relegation of soccer businesses between the leagues because it would not be fair. I think it would be better to work out the winners and losers based on the current league table, still not ideal, and if they whinge about being relegated they should just answer “you should have hired a coach who would try harder to win at the beginning of the season “.