some would say the UK is not a nation but a state, others call it a nation-state. Depends what you read and who you talk to. The jury is out on that one. As a foreigner I look at it as a state more than a nation, ref. the scots wants to have a referendum about independence. I ve never seen a nation divorce itself.
It is definitively not fair that suddenly its team GB in some instances but in other instances its not. IE there is no GB in UEFA and FIFA football. But suddenly in the olympics its cool? Suddenly having a vaster pool to chose from is a form of cheating me says. Mind you, the french have got a bit of the same where they draw on athletes from the old colonies I think, right? Of course you would say winter olympics are rubbish, you re shit at it. just like we re shit at summer Olympics. we re in agreement there. Just so long you realize your statement is only a relative truth. Eric On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Ian Murray <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com>wrote: > The UK is a sovereign nation mate, hardly a reinvention. > > Nobody watches the Winter Olympics, because they're rubbish! ;-) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25 Jul 2012, at 20:08, "Eric B" <barl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Check out the all time winter olympics stats old chum. One small country > on its own. We stand on our own, we dont suddenly "re-invent" ourselves for > the occasion as Scandinavia or whatever. > > It is beyond me how its OK to suddenly have a GB football team. what a > load of tosh. > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Ian Murray <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> We came fourth overall in Beijing Eric me old potato. How did Norway get >> on? >> >> ;-) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 25 Jul 2012, at 17:43, "Eric B" <barl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > The win in TDF was first one ever. Having said that UK dominated the TDF >> > this year, no doubt. Still, albeit great timing with London 2012 its >> one in >> > 109 years. >> > The triathlon podium prediction is merely that. a prediction. The past >> is >> > not an indicator of the future. >> > >> > If you add the weight of those two up the comment was maybe not so >> strange >> > after all. >> > >> > Eric >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:50 PM, <triu...@triumph-computers.co.uk> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Voice of Running spoke >> >> >> >>> (This is more to do with the complete dearth of people prepared to >> put the >> >>> training >> >>> in these days, I should say. Absolutely pitiful is the only way to >> >> describe >UK men's >> >>> distance running as we shall witness next month! Any kid with any >> inkling >> >> of >talent >> >>> could be at the next Olympics if they wanted.) >> >> >> >> A strange comment to make in the week of a briton winning the worlds >> >> toughest cycle race and a couple of weeks before in all likelyhood we >> will >> >> have 3 or 4 podium positions in the triathalon. Maybe its because the >> >> real talent thinks that running up and down a road is dull and boring? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leedslist mailing list >> >> Info and options: >> >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> >> >> >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leedslist mailing list >> > Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> > >> > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate >> > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
