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Liggett & Sherwen
Postby avroncotton » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:44 pm
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby birdbrain » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:02 pm
There are far to many 'mile' references
Noticed that and wondered why?
Enjoyed the 1st day anyway.
Aside from that moron spectator who bought down half the pelaton
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby CommuRider » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:04 pm
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby bosvit » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:28 pm
+1CommuRider wrote:English commentator - they hate metrics
Don't forget to add "old" to that comment....
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby stevecassidy » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:17 pm
As a recovering Pom myself, it took a few years of living in NZ with road signs in Km for me to get used to the idea. I can't imagine using imperial units now, doesn't make any sense.
On L & S - it somehow doesn't feel like a proper bike race without them, although I have been enjoying the Dutch and Belgian commentaries on the spring classics via steephill.tv
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby Nate » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:49 am
Just watch it with a calculator
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby igstar » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:43 am
"He's riding like a man possessed!"
I get the impression they just remix now the recordings of all the old commentary.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby JV911 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:44 am
the irony is killing meavroncotton wrote:decimalization
we changed in 1970 yet most people in Aus quote their height in feet and inchesstevecassidy wrote:there's pretty much no penetration of metric measurement into the UK
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby Undertow » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:22 pm
irony, the most ironically used word ever.JV911 wrote:the irony is killing meavroncotton wrote:decimalization
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby sogood » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:00 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby cf73 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:23 pm
Having listened to the commentary on Europsort this year for the Giro and other events, I am so glad we have L&S. The other options are just so boring, espcially the Irish guy (is it Yates??).
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby cray- » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:25 pm
I wasn't even born in 1970 yet still quote my height in feet and inches, why? As a kid in primary school I got interested in basketball and played for a local club along with a few of my school mates, we also watched a lot of NBA and collected NBA trading cards. As we grew, we always wanted to compare our height to the stats on the cards of our favourite players, hence feet and inches. I guess it just kind of stuck, I'm not even sure what 6'2" converts too. I don't use imperial units for anything else.JV911 wrote:we changed in 1970 yet most people in Aus quote their height in feet and inches
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby avroncotton » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:25 pm
the irony is killing meJV911 wrote:avroncotton wrote:decimalization
I'm sure it is, however I have a Mac and the spell check is American and I don't know how to change it. yall!
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby sogood » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:32 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby DavidL » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:06 pm
But L&S make cycling like previously mentioned. Some of the statements made are all part of the fun and add interest to the 2 hours of a group of men riding bikes in the sprinter stages.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby Grog » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:12 pm
hmmm, knot sure about thatsogood wrote:Pilots still talk in feet and pounds.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby CommuRider » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:07 pm
i think there should be a drinking game with the TdF...everytime they talk about an abbey, grand lieu, chateau, the River Loire, birdwatching, otters, beetles, shot of cognac. Flat tyre, pissbreak, two shots.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby goof1671 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:16 pm
Talk feet for vertical, metric (metres) for horizontal seperation. Talk pounds for aircraft made in America, litres for European and Kilograms for Japanese.sogood wrote:Are they pilots? Pilots still talk in feet and pounds.
Good System eh?
Phil and Paul are old. And what exactly is wrong with that? I think some of you may be a bit "ageist".
Maybe we could get Lance to do the commentary, he's retired. Then we could get CNN involved, a couple of American sports commentators with really white teeth, some dancing girls. Budweiser could come on board as a major sponsor.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:58 am
I miss the ol' "... and he goes round and round and round..." from Walker !!!
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby Nate » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:10 am
yeah dunno what the go is now, but Military, Aero & Electronics stayed in Imperial even when we went to metric.sogood wrote:Are they pilots? Pilots still talk in feet and pounds.
We asked the US to supply everything in Metric - they said no.
Building materials - its all still imperial, they say 2200 but its an 8ft'er
they of course didnt re-do all the manufacturing machines
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby Livetoride » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:16 am
You just want to make your cocktailsCommuRider wrote:Their commentary makes the TdF really a French tourism promo travelogue with a bike race happily being incidental.
i think there should be a drinking game with the TdF...everytime they talk about an abbey, grand lieu, chateau, the River Loire, birdwatching, otters, beetles, shot of cognac. Flat tyre, pissbreak, two shots.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby CommuRider » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:25 am
I love Gabriel Gate's segment before the race: good food, good wine, good race.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
Postby sogood » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:07 am
Woman!CommuRider wrote:I love Gabriel Gate's segment before the race: good food, good wine, good race.
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Liggett & Sherwen
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