Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: The Olympic Learning Curve https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Shep Cheyenne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=70085#post70085 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=70085#post70085 whoops couldn't load 9-noon correctly

so here's the linky

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:35:50 +1200 Shep Cheyenne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=70084#post70084 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=70084#post70084 OMG, did anyone catch the 9-noon thearpy session for Richard (I'm a dick) Becht? It was truely insightful.

He starts as being uninterested in the Paraolympics and then goes on to say how as a child he couldn't bare to look and people with missing limbs or scars. Um..., did…

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:34:34 +1200 Just Milly https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66875#post66875 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66875#post66875 I would add another to the list – when did women hammer and discus competitors become so well ummmm errrrr slim and shapely?

They do seem to have completely changed shape in matter of couple of olympics. Or maybe that is just my remembrances playing tricks on me.

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:48:52 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66855#post66855 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66855#post66855 and to quote you from 2006-

At first glance, the China Daily – China’s most read English language mainland Chinese daily looks much like any other newspaper, except for a lack of advertising which is not needed to boost profits.

http://www.tewahanui.info/news/060901-beijingchinglish-moore.shtml

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:44:08 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66854#post66854 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66854#post66854 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:34:33 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66274#post66274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66274#post66274 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:04:42 +1200 Emma Moore https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66262#post66262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=66262#post66262 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:04:31 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65678#post65678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65678#post65678 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:40:14 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65675#post65675 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65675#post65675 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:41:35 +1200 Emma Moore https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65583#post65583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65583#post65583 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:05:55 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65565#post65565 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65565#post65565 The story link about the popularity of cosmetic surgery was interesting, but what was more interesting was the "popular stories" bit at the bottom. The stories were all stuff like "Sailing girls know how to work it" or "Sexy Javelin Girl".

Good to see that the readers of Chinadaily are…

]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:25:48 +1200 Emma Moore https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65553#post65553 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65553#post65553 Paul, I don't know you but I feel like I would enjoy seeing you in speedos glittering with diamantes and sequins cavorting with another bloke in the water.

And Anjum, thanks for the link. Interesting pics there. I hunted for beach volleyball uniform specifications and found only this on the…

]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:41:37 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65538#post65538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65538#post65538 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:15:32 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65528#post65528 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65528#post65528 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:50:40 +1200 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65495#post65495 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65495#post65495 Thr insight to protest parks was well appreciated however I can confirm

'Sold out' does not actually mean there are no empty seats in the stands

is prexactly true if NZ as well...

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:24:19 +1200 anjum rahman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65493#post65493 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65493#post65493 this blog post on the difference in male and female uniforms at the olympics. ]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:09:58 +1200 stephen walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65463#post65463 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65463#post65463 protest parks.
yeah, right.

the economic and social model pursued by china for the past 20 years is so f-ed up and doomed to collapse under the weight of its own corruption and ecological destructiveness that, well, it's hardly worth commenting on.

except that its demise is going to have…

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:49:38 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65462#post65462 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-olympic-learning-curve/?p=65462#post65462 Discussion from blog post.

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