Official Olympic For and Against Thread

[88guy]

Someone had to do it.........

Me I'm for the games. But not for the extra work lol. I work for a company that is directly supporting the games. Everyone had vacation canceled, and was told to be prepared for 18 hour days!!! WTF!!!! (I work for Helijet International)....So i like that the world is coming, I'm just a slacker at heart


Anybody else care to add?



Brenden

 

[LilMissMkIII]

My sis is in Whistler at the moment and cannot wait for The Games. Both her workplaces will be busy (Hilton and a really awesome pizza place) and she will make a shitload in tips (hopefully enough that she can come back home to visit in a few months!)

 

[dumbo]

Was against them, but they're here so I'm gonna enjoy them

 

[HLVW wrecker]

i'll be up in whistler doin army things with army trucks.

hopefully get to go see some of the games.

mike

 

[Jayhall]

Too late, its here whether you like it or not.

 

[Enraged]

personally i think its a giant waste of taxpayer money (especially the olympic village condos...) and i will not be going anywhere near vancouver until its well over.

 

[arizzle]

Too late, its here whether you like it or not.

haha soo true!

just not liking the closed downtown street! its just going to make my latenight downtown cruises impossible!:cry:

 

[88guy]

personally i think its a giant waste of taxpayer money (especially the olympic village condos...) and i will not be going anywhere near vancouver until its well over.

Try the Billion,yes billion dollars spent of security alone!!! Im so glad im over here on the Island, and dont have to deal with the gong show(well most of it anyways). But hey, we all mind as well try and enjoy them while there here. And try to not get shot driving through a military check point hahaha.

 

[GrimJack]

There's positives and negatives. The wife works in the charter bus industry, and it's been going slowly downhill for years, so this will give it a much needed boost, and if we're lucky it may actually cause tourism to start on it's way back up.

On the other hand, the stupid security pisses me off, the parking problems - businesses that are getting hammered by no parking rules, traffic closures, etc, all are going to make things difficult for the next little while.

The worst thing, IMO, is that Cypress canned their mountain bike park so they could work on olympic venues. Fuckers. That was a nice bike park - close, cheap, and well built by a local trail builder who knows wtf he was doing.

 

[radiod]

I'm definitely not looking forward to the traffic and security checkpoints etc. That being said I won't have to deal with a lot of that (hopefully) seeing as I live in Abbotsford, BUT, my fiancé lives in Coquitlam...so yeah. Not looking forward to bridge traffic, that is for sure.

As for the games themselves, I'm fairly indifferent. It's kind of cool knowing that they'll be so close, but I'm not going to be able to see any of the events live and I'm not going to enjoy the chaos that will come with them.

88guy, how long have you been working for Helijet? I know a guy who used to work for Helijet and I've done the Vancouver to Victoria trip a few times.

 

[88guy]

88guy, how long have you been working for Helijet? I know a guy who used to work for Helijet and I've done the Vancouver to Victoria trip a few times.

One year as of tomorrow haha. What was your buddys name?

 

[VanSupra]

I`m all for the $42,000 a week houses for rent.

Back in the day I had the privelage of meeting the owner of Helijet, and to tip a few back with him on a couple of occasions at a well known but now defunct strip club downtown..heh..nice guy.

 

[mk3_supra]

I`m all for the $42,000 a week houses for rent.

Back in the day I had the privelage of meeting the owner of Helijet, and to tip a few back with him on a couple of occasions at a well known but now defunct strip club downtown..heh..nice guy.

They re-opened it if I'm thinking of the same one as you. I'm all for the games everyone shouldn't worry too much about traffic, chances are it's going to shit snow during the games and no ones going to be getting around by car. I agree I'm choked over some of the buisnesses going down due to all the changes that are going on. there was a nice little chinese restaurant I LOVED on cambie and king ed that is now gone because of the construction that went on for the Canada line. As much as all these protestors say they hate the olympics chances are now that they're coming this is THE MOST anyone's paid attention to or cared about what they're fighting for soo....

 

[radiod]

chances are it's going to shit snow during the games and no ones going to be getting around by car

Yeah, that's very possible. We haven't seen too much this year yet, but I'd say we definitely have lots coming. Late Jan - Feb is where we start actually seeing winter climate usually....that and right around kids spring break time .

One year as of tomorrow haha. What was your buddys name?

His name is Rob Dyck. I don't remember when he left, but I think it was before that. He's a helicopter pilot. I help him and few other guys as a small race team for SCCBC events on the street track at Mission during the summer.

 

[becauseican]

I am looking forward to it, it should be a great time. I remember how cool it was when Expo 86 was here, although I was just a small kid.

I have some family in Richmond that is renting out thier house, they are looking to make $10,000 + !!!

I cant wait to see some Olympic hockey in person, I got tickets for Sweden vs Belarus !!

 

[88guy]

I`m all for the $42,000 a week houses for rent.

Back in the day I had the privelage of meeting the owner of Helijet, and to tip a few back with him on a couple of occasions at a well known but now defunct strip club downtown..heh..nice guy.

#5 Orange i believe its called hahaha Its a well spend joke in the company. Oh ps It was our owner(now majority share holder) Who brought that establishment back to life!!! He owns it lol!

(Oh any SM as i consider u all my friends, wishing to have a guest pass PM me )

 

[VanSupra]

#5 Orange i believe its called hahaha Its a well spend joke in the company. Oh ps It was our owner(now majority share holder) Who brought that establishment back to life!!! He owns it lol!

(Oh any SM as i consider u all my friends, wishing to have a guest pass PM me )

Actually I was reffering to the Marble Arch..lol..

 

[Enraged]

whats a guest pass? free trip? haha

 

[88guy]

Actually I was reffering to the Marble Arch..lol..

Hahaha lovely spot eh hehe

 

[foreverpsycotic]

I am not liking it, because I am not there, although getting runs in will be kinda hard with the games going on.