New Posts For Thread: Opening ceremony 9-12!https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12It is only today that I have bothered to look at the timing of this pointless ceremony. they have chosen a time when very few children will be able to watch. My 8 and 5 yo grandchildren are very disappointed and my normal day is from 6am to 10 pm soHad a large proportion of the crowd left before the end or was that an illusion created by the lighting?Yeah, it was just an illusion created by people still standing and obscuring the 'pixcels'. The place was rammed until the end.I thought it was ghttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522368463#522368463Had a large proportion of the crowd left before the end or was that an illusion created by the lighting?Yeah, it was just an illusion created by people still standing and obscuring the 'pixcels'. The place was rammed until the end.I thought it was gSat, 28 Jul 2012 09:00:08 -0500Had a large proportion of the crowd left before the end or was that an illusion created by the lighting?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522367263#522367263Had a large proportion of the crowd left before the end or was that an illusion created by the lighting?Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:18:38 -0500Well, yes, possibly, but I still give it 9/10https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522365865#522365865Well, yes, possibly, but I still give it 9/10Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:30:09 -0500the inclusivity and diversity was heavily handled and clumsily tooeven down to the white wife-black husband-mixed race child set upthe producers may think that represents GB but really those kinds of families are a tiny percentage of the totalI'm allhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522365543#522365543the inclusivity and diversity was heavily handled and clumsily tooeven down to the white wife-black husband-mixed race child set upthe producers may think that represents GB but really those kinds of families are a tiny percentage of the totalI'm allSat, 28 Jul 2012 07:19:34 -0500I thought it was a good representation of Britain. I loved it, that after all the endless talk about who should light the flame, the job was given to a group of young athletes. It was handled beautifully.How cool was Becks in the speed boat? I was vehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522365361#522365361I thought it was a good representation of Britain. I loved it, that after all the endless talk about who should light the flame, the job was given to a group of young athletes. It was handled beautifully.How cool was Becks in the speed boat? I was veSat, 28 Jul 2012 07:11:53 -0500well done to the brits..great opening ceremoryhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522363253#522363253well done to the brits..great opening ceremorySat, 28 Jul 2012 05:28:37 -0500Nice to see that some of you watched it.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522361155#522361155Nice to see that some of you watched it.Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:11:12 -0500Wouldnt like the gas bill for that flame thinghttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522355585#522355585Wouldnt like the gas bill for that flame thingFri, 27 Jul 2012 19:32:26 -0500agree with your first sentence there judoricki'm a bit of a liberal guardian reading lefty myself, but good lord, even to me it came off that they rammed 'diversity' down your throat a bit too muchthe Empire Windrush making an appearance i think thehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522355581#522355581agree with your first sentence there judoricki'm a bit of a liberal guardian reading lefty myself, but good lord, even to me it came off that they rammed 'diversity' down your throat a bit too muchthe Empire Windrush making an appearance i think theFri, 27 Jul 2012 19:32:20 -0500No cuts to the Duke of Edinburgh I notice...no doubt cos he nodded off hours agohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29254455/opening-ceremony-9-12?post_id=522355449#522355449No cuts to the Duke of Edinburgh I notice...no doubt cos he nodded off hours agoFri, 27 Jul 2012 19:27:20 -0500