Results 1 to 7 of 7
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
02-14-2010, 02:43 PM #1Registered User
- Join Date
- Sep 2006
- Location
- Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Age
- 53
- Posts
- 855
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Rep Power
- 10
Did anyone see the Olympic 5000 m skating on Sat?
Our guy - the gorgeous Sven Kramer - won a gold medal for Holland.
After winning he jumped over the fences and ran to his parents, sister and girlfriend.
There has been such a hype about him here.
Our hopes are very high and he knows it.
Everyone has been saying that HE was the one to bring home the medals.
Such a pressure for such a really nice young lad.
I don't know if you saw a blond haired family there with their 3 young girls - all kitted out in orange (as are all the Dutch folks there). Well that is our crown prince and his family - they are there to cheer on the team.
Also our prime minister was there watching and cheering the Dutch team on.*Avril*
Mom to Laurens (30), Timothy (26), Dimmen (24), Lloyd (23) and Fiori (21).
May - no spend days 8/15
May - hanging laundry loads 3
May - no eat out 13/15
May - baking 1/1
-
02-14-2010, 02:54 PM #2Moderator
- Join Date
- Oct 2006
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Posts
- 3,864
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Blog Entries
- 9
- Rep Power
- 24
Lol, I was thinking of you when I watched, wondering if you were watching too. I know speed skating is so huge there.
It was so sweet when he ran up into the stands to his family. And he is definitely gorgeous isn't he.
-
02-14-2010, 03:16 PM #3Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Cold pacific northwest.
- Posts
- 11,723
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Rep Power
- 57
Oh ! I was so mad when I missed them............DARN!
I love all the speed skating events and want to see what Ohno does.
Congrats to your country D!
-
02-14-2010, 03:24 PM #4Moderator
- Join Date
- Apr 2007
- Location
- Baltimore, Md
- Posts
- 3,608
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Blog Entries
- 2
- Rep Power
- 26
That was so great that he won! It was reported here that all hopes were pinned to this young man and anything less than a medal would be a disappointment. I can't imagine the pressure he felt by that. Congratulations!
The Free Spirit Saver who walks the path with Greebo.
Onboard with a modified Dave Ramsey Plan
Budget: "Every month! On paper, on purpose!"
Gardening somewhere between Zone 6b and 7a.
-
02-14-2010, 10:18 PM #5Registered User
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Texas
- Age
- 43
- Posts
- 2,616
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Rep Power
- 16
How cool! I didn't watch, but now I wish I had.
~ Michelle
Wife to DH--
Mom to DS--
and DD--
Avatar picture--Taken at Comanche Lookout Park, San Antonio,Tx. April,2010
Mortgage -- $53,077.24
March Emergency Fund Challenge-- $100 /$200
----------------------
"The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got." --Will Rogers
-
02-14-2010, 11:56 PM #6Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Posts
- 10,395
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Rep Power
- 46
Congrats!! I only saw a little yesterday.
-
02-15-2010, 07:40 AM #7Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Location
- Groningen, The Netherlands
- Posts
- 721
- Post Thanks / WTG / Hug
- Rep Power
- 8
It's great that he won, because now Dutch people can have: cheaper health insurance, cheaper electricity, cheaper whatever. Many firms made the promise that if he won, and the time he made, would make for discounts on their services! (Sorry about the crooked English, I'm still in Dutch mode)
Reply With QuoteSimilar Threads
-
Skating Lesson for Inline Beginners - 5/12/07
By luvdietcoke in forum FreebiesReplies: 0Last Post: 05-11-2007, 04:37 PM -
Ice skating
By ubumartin in forum General ChatReplies: 3Last Post: 01-29-2007, 04:17 PM -
Anyone sew skating dresses?
By FarmerSue in forum SewingReplies: 2Last Post: 12-20-2006, 12:13 AM -
Skating for Celebrities
By daddys3chicks in forum Leisure & Media ArtsReplies: 3Last Post: 01-06-2006, 08:14 PM
Bookmarks