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JQ wrote:
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... Provide a reference to a video in which Bode Miller said, "I skied drunk." Do it. I've already provided _you_ with a reference in which Miller clarified that he was _not_ talking about speaking drunk. Why do you ignore that? I heard an interview with him saying he raced with a hang over, I think that is the same interview that Jeff is speaking about. Right. Help me out with this. "Drunk". "Hangover". "Drunk". "Hangover". No matter how many times I look at them, they're still not the same word. Can you clarify for me? |
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Chuck wrote:
lal_truckee wrote: Chuck wrote: *are* exercising the level of discipline demanded by Olympic competition. Are you under the impression that the Olympics are more demanding than the World Cup? Not more demanding, but more important to Bode. That's my read on his statement that he wasn't racing (in Garmisch I think) in order to "focus on the Olympics". That wouldn't be my exact interpretation. He had the record for most consecutive WC races -- he hadn't missed one since, I think, 2001 when he got hurt, right? My read between the lines, and I could be wrong, was that a lot of people said to him, "You need to take some time off." IOW, you need to either choose your time to take a break, or the time is gonna choose you, and it won't be pretty. The Olympics are _not_ more demanding than the World Cup. It takes much, much more to win a discipline WC than to win a single Olympic gold medal. But if you try to consider the Olympics as if it were just another big race week with races in every discipline, that doesn't work either, because there's so much more brouhaha, more difficult logistics, more obligations outside the race and the preparation for the race, etc. It's the overhead that makes the Olympics stand out, from a difficulty perspective. |
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Chuck wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: Chuck, that you know very little about ski racing, the World Cup, or Bode Miller's record is apparent. An assumption on your part, and an incorrect one at that. So what was that about the downhill being Bode's "best chance" for a medal? I was probably watching alpine racing before you were born, and yes that's an assumption on my part. I've followed alpine racing since the 1964 Olympics when Billy Kidd and Jimmie Huega medaled for the US and with the exception of a few years in the 1980s I've followed the sport since. The state of ski racing has changed quite a bit since then, Chuck. There _was_ no World Cup back then and certainly no Bode Miller. Look, I'm not trying to slam you here, but you _have_ made some assertions and a few "I don't get its" that indicate that your knowledge of the current state of the sport is not that extensive. That's no sin -- until you make statements that are just plain wrong, and then what? Should everyone sit on their hands because you were watching ski racing (perhaps) before some of us were born? Usenet doesn't work that way. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
JQ wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... Provide a reference to a video in which Bode Miller said, "I skied drunk." Do it. I've already provided _you_ with a reference in which Miller clarified that he was _not_ talking about speaking drunk. Why do you ignore that? I heard an interview with him saying he raced with a hang over, I think that is the same interview that Jeff is speaking about. Right. Help me out with this. "Drunk". "Hangover". "Drunk". "Hangover". No matter how many times I look at them, they're still not the same word. Can you clarify for me? IIRC he never used the word "hangover," either. These guys should find another dog to kick. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: JQ wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... Provide a reference to a video in which Bode Miller said, "I skied drunk." Do it. I've already provided _you_ with a reference in which Miller clarified that he was _not_ talking about speaking drunk. Why do you ignore that? I heard an interview with him saying he raced with a hang over, I think that is the same interview that Jeff is speaking about. Right. Help me out with this. "Drunk". "Hangover". "Drunk". "Hangover". No matter how many times I look at them, they're still not the same word. Can you clarify for me? IIRC he never used the word "hangover," either. These guys should find another dog to kick. Right you are. He said "wasted", which these guys insist must mean "drunk". I gotta go find my tiger balm now. The same little kid ran into me twice today, at full speed (into the same part of my body even, giving me a Lindsay Kildow wannabee bruise on my right hip), and I'm really wasted. |
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Mary Malmros wrote: Provide a reference to a video in which Bode Miller said, "I skied drunk." Do it. I've already provided _you_ with a reference in which Miller clarified that he was _not_ talking about speaking drunk. Why do you ignore that? I said, "If that's not what you want to say, then don't say that." You made the statement that editing could contort meaning. If you don't say *that*, whatever *that* is, then there exists no video to contort into being misconstrued as saying *that*. I figured out television interviews by the time I was 18. I've done a network affiliate interview peaking on 1500 ug's of LSD. Never slurred a word. In fact, I came off quite cogent and coherent. I've done a documentary interview on backcountry skiing for the Discovery Channel. I've been doing the occasional broadcast media interview for 33 years. How many TV interviews have you done? I hear it snowed back there in the Eastern Seaboard wasteland. Why are you wasting time typing dreck instead of skiing? Why? God! Why? -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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Mary Malmros wrote: Right. Help me out with this. "Drunk". "Hangover". "Drunk". "Hangover". No matter how many times I look at them, they're still not the same word. Can you clarify for me? Before I quit drinking, I used to get the "slows." One morning I was headed to the bathroom to ****. I was ****ing my little ass off, and noticed it sounded really funny. I looked down. I'd made it halfway to the bathroom. I was ****ing in a trash can. Slows. Hangover. Still drunk from the night before. Like your broadcast media interview experience, you are obviously light on the partying with the rock stars experience as well. Mindlessly defend Bode. I think he's a big boy and can fend for himself. I like guys who can ski balls out all the time. I know a bunch of them that never got a TV camera stuck in their face. And they've done a lot for skiing in spite of their anonymity. Jump in somebody elses ****. You're talking beyond your experience. I'm calling you on it. Live with it. And get off the internet and get some turns. Jesus. -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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Jeff Davis wrote:
In article , Mary Malmros wrote: Provide a reference to a video in which Bode Miller said, "I skied drunk." Do it. I've already provided _you_ with a reference in which Miller clarified that he was _not_ talking about speaking drunk. Why do you ignore that? I said, "If that's not what you want to say, then don't say that." If _what's_ not what you want to say, Jeff? What's the actual _statement_ that you're objecting to? Let's deal in facts, please. Your advice on how to give TV interviews is all well and good...unless, of course, it should turn out that the actual "that" isn't what you think it is. |
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Chuck wrote: Mary Malmros wrote: Chuck, that you know very little about ski racing, the World Cup, or Bode Miller's record is apparent. An assumption on your part, and an incorrect one at that. I was probably watching alpine racing before you were born, and yes that's an assumption on my part. I've followed alpine racing since the 1964 Olympics when Billy Kidd and Jimmie Huega medaled for the US and with the exception of a few years in the 1980s I've followed the sport since. Watch out Chuck. She races in the Master's Class. That doesn't necessarily mean they're good, just old. It'll be a sad day when Tommy Moe races in the Master's Class. Tommy likes me. He always treats me well when we run in to each other socially. I think Tommy knows a **** of a lot more about ski racing than Mary does... -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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Mary Malmros wrote: a few "I don't get its" that indicate that your knowledge of the current state of the sport is not that extensive. That's no sin -- until you make statements that are just plain wrong, and then what? Should everyone sit on their hands because you were watching ski racing (perhaps) before some of us were born? Usenet doesn't work that way. What's up with your Mary? PMS? What? Now you're the officail net cop? ****. Remember the underwear police that gave me **** 7 years ago for wearing duofold union suits? Lighten up. Go ski. It snowed didn't it. Jesus. -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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