2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies,
Vancouver, B.C.
Last night I watched the Opening Ceremonies of the
2010 Winter Olympics. The ceremony started at 6:00
P.M. Pacific Standard Time if you were actually in
the stadium watching it. It was broadcast real-time
for locations on Eastern Standard Time (9:00) and
Central Standard Time (8:00).
But people on Mountain Standard Time and Pacific
Standard Time got the tape-delay broadcast, which
in both those time zones was shown at 8:00 local
time.
So ironically, even though the Opening Ceremonies
began at 6:00 P.M., we didn't see them here in
Washington State until 2 hours later even though
we are in the same time zone as Vancouver, B.C.
and are just a few miles south.
That's technological culture for you.
One more note. They kept saying that the Opening
would have a long way to go to equal what China
did for the Summer games. I thought what Canada
did blew the Summer games out of the water. Snow,
the aurora borealis, ice flows breaking apart to
reveal Orcas and salmon — It was a beautiful
staging.
Great job, Canada!
Good neighbors. Same time zone.
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It was in 4 a.m. this morning. No way I would wake up in 4 a.m. and watch TV. I will have to find it on You Tube 😀
Now you think that is one case — and I'm sure there are many — where they would actually tape delay it. You mean they won't show it tonight, for example — a kind of next day thing? I don't get it.
It was probably on our TV early in the morning. And it will be broadcasted again this evening but I don`t want to spoil evening to my grandpa, he is watching some movie now. I will try on You tube instead 😀
Well let's see 4 hrs and 30 minutes for the Opening divided by 10 minutes for each youTube video — I think that would be about 27 videos to watch. :p :p 😆
:doh:
😆 Maybe. :pBut…I can see Vancouver from my house.:pI was barely able to stay up to the end last night. Especially through all those boring speeches at the end.Watched a bit today of the ski jump. Prime time coverage won't begin for another 1 hour 30 minutes here. Which reminds me, I need to go make myself up another batch of Kool-Aid ice cubes — my evening favorite! :yes:
If you play your cards right Angeliki I'll give you the Secret Recipe for my Kool-Aid ice cubes. 🙂
"Good neighbors. Same time zone"yes!sorry you did not see it on time! it was a night to remember!!! :heart:I am watching as I type :)"Good neighbors. Same time zone."Like Alaska and Russia :p
enjoy!:up:
😆 😆
w00t !!! :hat:
I did make the cherry ice cubes. For VD day you know. :yes:
nothing like a cherry in the mouth! very nipply! 😆
😮 receipes R me :p
Colder than a witch's… you know.:D
Wait a minute. If the ceremony didn't start until 6:00 PST, then even real-time that would make it 9:00 EST in places like New York, not 8:00. Would somebody from the East coast please fill me in on when it started last night?Thank you.
:up: I wouldn't mind seeing the show part of it again myself.
i watched the whole thing, even recorded it. i was very inspired by it all.i mean it was beautiful…
@ Scott. Yeah that was cool. It was all cool. Amazing what they can do with light and scrims, yeah?
but you're right, they talked too long at the end. :smile:i liked the way the made the mountain range come to life.
yeah, i was impressed by the artistry. what a plan. :up:they must have had a real artist on board. :happy:
@ Scott. I'll look it up tomorrow and see if I can find the technical and artistic people and post it here tomorrow if I come up with anything. Okay I just found out that the broadcast of the ceremonies was show real-time EST and CST (9:00 and 8:00) and was shown on tape delay for MST and PST. I fixed the post to reflect that.
sorry Eddie, i came back from my "Valentines dinner with the kids" late, I have no clue what time started..my TV guide on line said 7pm but I can not be sure..
Have no idea what time it started because I only watched parts of it. I did listen to the young man on the enormous podium reciting something he'd written about Canada and put on YouTube. That's where they discovered him. Very cool, I think. Last night I watched some of the skating, ski jumps and snowboarding.
Thanks everybody for the help, I've got the time thing down now (via good internet source). :up:@ Angeliki.Hope you had a good dinner. Why a day early if you don't mind me asking? @ Pam.The mogul I thought was excellent. The girl that took gold is I think the happiest girl I've come across in about 20 years. And it wasn't just that she won — she just seemed genuinely, almost stupidly happy. A joy to watch that all by itself. I wish I would see it more often.
Yeah that was Hannah Kearney. I can imagine it. My knees hurt just watching them. :p But I certainly have never learned to do it — even lightly. Didn't come from a mountain area when I was young.I have a new post about the Olympic skiing (some of it) if you are interested.
Was that Hannah from USA? The moguls, that's the word I couldn't remember. Can you imagine how strong your legs have to be? And your knees? I just remembered doing a few back in the day when I skied. Nothing like that, of course, but the trail I took was called a Black Diamond. There was a warning sign "Experienced Only". Hahaha. I was far from experienced but I was with my husband's secretary and wasn't going to chicken out. Only did it twice but I didn't fall once.
I was working after 10am today Eddie, that was the only reason,tomorrow I start at 7:30am…
You know I was over at the grocery yesterday and it seemed to me that many were celebratin on Saturday night instead. Certainly is more convenient. I'm back in the cave on the BB so I can't get you a V card right now, but I'll drop one off tonight and you can have it for early morning coffee, yeah?
"Waiting for the kids to return from their parties"Uh oh. 😆
:heart: consider it done,enjoy the rest of the evening!I am pooped but I watch the Olympics and waiting for the kids to return from their "Valentine's Day Parties" 🙂