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07:38:12 on Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Mizter T remarked:
I think that most of the spectators would be better off sitting at home,
but that's another story.

'Being there' is different to watching it on television. But I think
we have fundamentally differing opinions on the whole matter, and
we're never going to agree on it so perhaps i's best left at that!

I don't mind the athlete's family and friends going along to watch in
person, but is there really a need for everyone else to, as well?

I understand broadly where you're coming from but I there'll be plenty
of stuff going on in London during those two weeks that will be
attracting the crowds, both Olympic events and associated happenings -
people will be coming into and travelling around London to get to
these places.

Lemmings.

Killjoy.

I've been to too many "big events", and all you end up doing is
submitting yourself to extreme discomfort in order to see something
happening far too far away.

A day trip means large hotel bills can be avoided

Depends where you are going to and from, I suppose. Somewhere like
Sheffield is the "middle" of the country, and I wouldn't recommend
commuting to Stratford from there.

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Roland Perry