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Old 07-07-2015, 12:08 PM   #61
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Why not let an additional 25% arrive by 9, or 10?
I used to work for a team based out of Toronto. It seemed very few people worked 8-5.

Some came in crazy early,

Others showed up at 930.

All left at 4.
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Old 07-11-2015, 01:51 PM   #62
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This is funny:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07..._and_well_sue/

Apparently putting a link to the Pan Am games website requires permission form the organizers. Somebody doesn't understand the internet...
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Old 07-11-2015, 06:56 PM   #63
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A little closer to home today, in the Alberta Southern Summer games, my five year old took the Gold in Flutterboard. F---ing awesome!
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A little closer to home today, in the Alberta Southern Summer games, my five year old took the Gold in Flutterboard. F---ing awesome!
Nice. At these games as well. Other than whining soccer parents it has been a great 4 days for all
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Old 07-11-2015, 08:09 PM   #65
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you are talking about world cups and olympics, at least those tickets get sold. Nobody is going to the Pan Am Games.

Torontonians say they would attend an Olympic event but not a Pan Am Games event? Really? If you've always wanted to see beach volleyball, go see it. Is Canada vs Brazil any different than Canada vs Italy? Nobody can name a beach volleyball athlete from any country anyways.
If it's beach volleyball Brazil is definitely the team you wanna see anyway.
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Old 07-11-2015, 10:02 PM   #66
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Nice. At these games as well. Other than whining soccer parents it has been a great 4 days for all
4 days? You are a trooper. We rolled in for a half day thinking it would be over by noon, but nope, he put the hammer down and qualified for the medal round. Had till stay till five. Was a long day.
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Old 07-14-2015, 09:18 PM   #67
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I don't know how attendance is going but Canada is doing pretty good in the events in leading the games with 25 gold and 64 medals overall.

http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/e...edal-count.htm
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Old 07-14-2015, 10:25 PM   #68
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I used to work for a team based out of Toronto. It seemed very few people worked 8-5.

Some came in crazy early,

Others showed up at 930.

All left at 4.
And all blamed it on traffic, been there, done it and used it.
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Old 07-15-2015, 06:54 AM   #69
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I used to work for a team based out of Toronto. It seemed very few people worked 8-5.

Some came in crazy early,

Others showed up at 930.

All left at 4.
I find at our office it's the people who come in early that are sneakier. There are a few that say they are there at 7am or 8am and leave at 3 or 4pm, but every time I am the first one in, they are usually getting there just before the rest of the herd at like 8:50am and still claim they were there earlier. They seem to think that if they get there before the boss, they can say they were in as early at they want. It's funny to see the look of disappointment when they see other people are there earlier and can catch them on it.

Personally, I find that no matter what time I come in, I can never leave before 6pm, so unless I really need to, I never come in before 9am.
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Old 07-15-2015, 04:05 PM   #70
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Chalk another one up for complaining to the CBC! It definitely works.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/cbc-adds-more-tv-coverage-of-pan-am-games-following-fan-complaints/article25518455/
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Old 07-15-2015, 04:38 PM   #71
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How about some coverage of something interesting? I'll I've really seen so far is diving and soccer.
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Old 07-15-2015, 06:26 PM   #72
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CBC has had swimming and beach volleyball on the past two days.
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Old 07-15-2015, 06:56 PM   #73
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How about some coverage of something interesting? I'll I've really seen so far is diving and soccer.
Those are two separate sports?
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Old 07-20-2015, 12:21 PM   #74
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People still complaining about this? Or actually enjoying the games instead?
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Old 07-20-2015, 12:27 PM   #75
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Seems everyone is too busy ignoring it.
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Old 07-20-2015, 01:55 PM   #76
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Actually, like most Torontonians, it quickly became cool to like the Panama games because everyone else was trashing it, so I caught a game this weekend. Now it is hard to get tickets to the entertaining events. I managed to get Columbia vs Argentina indoor volleyball prelim tickets, and the venue was packed.
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Old 07-20-2015, 02:10 PM   #77
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Actually, like most Torontonians, it quickly became cool to like the Panama games because everyone else was trashing it, so I caught a game this weekend. Now it is hard to get tickets to the entertaining events. I managed to get Columbia vs Argentina indoor volleyball prelim tickets, and the venue was packed.
LOL, is there a rash rate of broken ankles jumping on and off bandwagons then eh?

Good to hear Canadian athletes getting live in person support!
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Actually, like most Torontonians, it quickly became cool to like the Panama games because everyone else was trashing it, so I caught a game this weekend. Now it is hard to get tickets to the entertaining events. I managed to get Columbia vs Argentina indoor volleyball prelim tickets, and the venue was packed.
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Old 07-20-2015, 10:21 PM   #79
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I'm here right now. Every event I've been to has been pretty criwded, people are cheering like crazy, buying merchandise and having a good time.

It's no Vancouver but still a fun place to be.
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