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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2014, 22:56:36 PM »
Oh I see - you said two burger rolls, I wondered how much for what goes in them  ;)



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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2014, 22:44:16 PM »
Either side of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, take a huge bow Glasgow you have done Scotland proud.

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2014, 22:53:10 PM »
I thought the opening & closing ceremonies weren't bad relatively - in as much as they are generally a fairly rubbish disjointed set of things. The London 2012 opening ceremony gave us the entire history of the country whether we wanted it or not - and Glasgow if anything failed to show enough of Scotland's amazing attributes.

As for the event itself, I thought it was brilliant, and showed the World the Glasgow we know, not the Rab C Nesbitt one many believe they know.

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2014, 22:57:04 PM »
I thought the emphasis of the Closing Ceremony should have been on the superb achievement of Glasgow rather than on some Aussie bimbo

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2014, 22:58:56 PM »
Superb coverage by the beeb.

Quality presenters (apart from Inverdale of course) and pundits.

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2014, 23:04:37 PM »
Rip off catering :(

Certainly was.  £4.50 for a 330ml bottle of Heineken, the same for Magners (330ml) and a small bottle (18.75cl) of wine around a fiver.  I seem to recall (bit hazy...) at London 2012 they also had extortionate prices for bottles but sold draft beer at around a fiver a pint and a 70cl bottle of wine for £15.

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2014, 08:17:58 AM »
The catering prices seem it was run by Dalaman Airport?

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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #27 on: August 04, 2014, 22:21:14 PM »
Well, we're done and dusted.

I have to confess that I thought that the Glasgow Games would be a non-event.

How wrong could I have been.

The Commonwealth Games 2014 was a spectacular success with the host nation, it's athlete's, it's Clydesiders and most of all the people of Glasgow (on behalf of the whole of Scotland I trust) providing what is being universal described as "The Best Games ever".

Prince Imran summed it up for me when he described Glesga as " Pure, dead, brilliant"
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Re: The Commonwealth Games
« Reply #28 on: August 07, 2014, 07:11:48 AM »
And well done England, for topping the medal table.and all the athletes that took part,




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