Bye Bazzer 
you too.
Yes Aimee 
its fantastic.
Originally Posted by suzybean:
Went to watch men's goalball yesterday at the Copperbox. Quite a surreal experience having to stay completely silent during play (and quite difficult to do with my excitable 4 year old twins). Was a great atmosphere anyway and we saw GB draw with Sweden; and Brazil trounce Lithuania.
Looks like a really fun game as well, like dodgeball. Was a good lesson in curbing enthusiasm and having to stay as quiet as possible because we're going to have to do it all again next week at the 5 a side football.
Suzy C4 just showed a quick report on goalball with GB's win over Brazil. I see what you mean about having to stay quiet. They compared it to the silence just before a tennis player serves ie theres tension / excitement even without the crowd noise.
I really feel these paralympics will do a great deal to change some people's perspectives of disabled people 
I've thoroughly enjoyed watching these games more than any others - just too bad about the adverts 
Originally Posted by Baz:
Oh dear ... 5th
they tried their best
Originally Posted by Baz:
Is in unpatriotic to say I quite like the Russian national anthem
no I love the South African one and the New Zealand national anthem
Originally Posted by suzybean:
I remember a thread on here about London 2012 about a year, could have been two years, ago. It was all blah blah blah bah humbug, blah blah cost, blah blah That London, blah blah bread and circuses blah blah moan whinge moan.
My mature response to all the nay sayers and doom mongers is 
Same here Went to see the Athletics this morning - amazing! It was non stop sport for the whole (almost) 4 hours we were there, at times I didn't know what to watch! We saw Stef Reid get silver in the long jump, and saw her medal ceremony Also saw Aled Davies get gold in the discus, it was brilliant and the whole stadium went mental Unfortunately didn't see him get his medal, but did watch it on TV tonight
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
Originally Posted by suzybean:
I remember a thread on here about London 2012 about a year, could have been two years, ago. It was all blah blah blah bah humbug, blah blah cost, blah blah That London, blah blah bread and circuses blah blah moan whinge moan.
My mature response to all the nay sayers and doom mongers is
Same here Went to see the Athletics this morning - amazing! It was non stop sport for the whole (almost) 4 hours we were there, at times I didn't know what to watch! We saw Stef Reid get silver in the long jump, and saw her medal ceremony Also saw Aled Davies get gold in the discus, it was brilliant and the whole stadium went mental Unfortunately didn't see him get his medal, but did watch it on TV tonight
Nice one Saz! My biggest regret was not getting stadium tickets for the track and field. Still, I got see some Olympic centre court tennis and table tennis at the ExCeL when I was still pregnant....and had the baby in time to see some Paralympic stuff too. It's been so exciting just having it on home turf.
Originally Posted by noseyrosie:
Originally Posted by suzybean:
Went to watch men's goalball yesterday at the Copperbox. Quite a surreal experience having to stay completely silent during play (and quite difficult to do with my excitable 4 year old twins). Was a great atmosphere anyway and we saw GB draw with Sweden; and Brazil trounce Lithuania.
Looks like a really fun game as well, like dodgeball. Was a good lesson in curbing enthusiasm and having to stay as quiet as possible because we're going to have to do it all again next week at the 5 a side football.
Suzy C4 just showed a quick report on goalball with GB's win over Brazil. I see what you mean about having to stay quiet. They compared it to the silence just before a tennis player serves ie theres tension / excitement even without the crowd noise.
That's fab Rosie. I've been out this afternoon and evening so didn't watch any coverage. Good win for GB because we were told that the Brazilians were one of the fancied teams in goalball.
Originally Posted by suzybean:
Nice one Saz! My biggest regret was not getting stadium tickets for the track and field. Still, I got see some Olympic centre court tennis and table tennis at the ExCeL when I was still pregnant....and had the baby in time to see some Paralympic stuff too. It's been so exciting just having it on home turf.
Good timing baby Bean! I couldn't get tickets to any Olympic events even though I applied each time they went on sale 
I'm still a bit disappointed, but am so pleased I got to go to the Paralympics Going to swimming on Wednesday evening which I'm really excited about, should see lots of finals
Baz, a Stalinist!
I didn't see that one coming.
Some good swimming coming up including Ellie Simmonds 200m final at 5.35pm. Her last race was brilliant, I hope she gets another gold!
Originally Posted by Baz:
Well done ... Silver 
well done on silver
Hiya Baz
Originally Posted by Baz:
Hi Rosie I shouldn't be here but I had to sign in to watch Ellie
I shouldn't be here but I had to sign in to watch EllieShe's brill. Here we go...
Yaaaaaaaaay! Gold
She's a machine
Originally Posted by Baz:
By a county mile
C'mon you British chappies
Originally Posted by Baz:
Yayyyyy Ellie
She can't half shift
Originally Posted by Baz:
Sorry to have left so abruptly Rosie ... My son phoned
no probs
Gold for Ireland, Michael McKillop in the 1500m
I get the feeling George Osborne won't be back again any time soon
Hahaha. That's fab! My cousin is in the stadium and he was booing his head off as well
Originally Posted by suzybean:
Hahaha. That's fab! My cousin is in the stadium and he was booing his head off as well
Maaaahaha. Good.
Osbourne had a nerve showing up
Originally Posted by Baz:
The swimming has been fantastic again this evening
Yup sure has Baz