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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:05 PM Original message |
Beijing putting on the final touches for Olympics. Amazing set of photos. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Still not watching the Olympics - Beijing should have never been selected |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, okay. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Where would you have held the Olympics? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. The runner up city for the 2008 games was Toronto... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Well, the world offshores everything else to them. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can see why it's called 'grey'jing /nt |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. The pollution situation |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. the comments section here |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember when we used to have great architecture in the US. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Indeed |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. . |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Their architecture is amazing |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. It was designed by a Swiss firm and a Chinese artist who hates the Olympics. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Not sure what the quotation marks are for |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hmm, I forgot the number... |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's the other side... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. All things aside, I really dig those street lamps. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I agree - they are cool. Stylish, artsy, and purposeful. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's the interior of the Velodrome |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I can't believe they even bother to still build velodromes |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. In my town we have nearly that many participants. It's still a |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. And check THIS out: |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. signs up too |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No car bombs? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I think the sign means no smoking in cars, but they ended up with something else |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. No ejection seats in the city limits! |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I will not watch a minute of it. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. How do we classify China. Fascist? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Fascist works for me. nt |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. There are some excellent photos |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. My husband took this one in Shinzen China a few years ago on his first trip. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Those 2 look like airline pilots. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Frightening |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. the Beijing Olympic Topiary Gardens are amazing! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Wonderful! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Those buildings are amazing. Thank you for posting. k+r n/t |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Amazing Photos |
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