Comments on: US Might Base Olympic Team in Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jodi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105748 jodi Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:27:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105748 Avoiding the effects of Beijing's air pollution is one thing...they just better be prepared to deal with Korea's high TB rate! (Just kidding! Er, sort of...I just moved back to the US from Korea and found out I have tested positive for TB. No booze for half a year now. Glorious.) Avoiding the effects of Beijing’s air pollution is one thing…they just better be prepared to deal with Korea’s high TB rate!

(Just kidding! Er, sort of…I just moved back to the US from Korea and found out I have tested positive for TB. No booze for half a year now. Glorious.)

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105659 dda Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:39:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105659 <blockquote>The Brits are going to base their team out of Macao.</blockquote>Not HK? :-) Macao <--> Beijing is a 3.5 hours flight each way. Could be a bit tough. But if the planes are comfy, they could catch up on sleep... However, I am sure the "athletes" participating in the equestrian events will rejoice [they're held in HK].

The Brits are going to base their team out of Macao.

Not HK? :-)

Macao < --> Beijing is a 3.5 hours flight each way. Could be a bit tough. But if the planes are comfy, they could catch up on sleep…

However, I am sure the “athletes” participating in the equestrian events will rejoice [they're held in HK].

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105655 Andy Jackson Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:30:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105655 "researching" Oh, never mind. “researching”

Oh, never mind.

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105653 Andy Jackson Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:28:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105653 "payback" “payback”

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105652 dda Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:26:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105652 <blockquote>Hmm, wouldn’t the whole transportation issue unnecessarily exhaust the athletes?</blockquote> 75 minutes flight, which is probably less travel than if they were shacked in the outer rings of Beijing, considering the traffic... And I am sure they'll have accommodations regarding immigration on both sides. Besides, they're athletes, they don't tire easy :D

Hmm, wouldn’t the whole transportation issue unnecessarily exhaust the athletes?

75 minutes flight, which is probably less travel than if they were shacked in the outer rings of Beijing, considering the traffic… And I am sure they’ll have accommodations regarding immigration on both sides.

Besides, they’re athletes, they don’t tire easy :D

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105649 Andy Jackson Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:20:04 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105649 The Brits are going to base their team out of Macao. Other teams are bringing is Asthma specialist to help deal with the pollution. I'm searching this for an article. I read a piece (sorry, don't know the link now) in which one doctor said that a few weeks of training in Beijing could cost an athlete up to 10% of his or her lung efficiency (athletes being fine-tuned machines and all) so you have to pick you poison: fatigue from flying or messed-up lungs for staying around. If the Chinese wanted backpack for the insult, redirecting a flight of American or UK athletes to an airport in another city and making them take a 4-hour bus ride to Beijing might do the trick. The Brits are going to base their team out of Macao. Other teams are bringing is Asthma specialist to help deal with the pollution.

I’m searching this for an article. I read a piece (sorry, don’t know the link now) in which one doctor said that a few weeks of training in Beijing could cost an athlete up to 10% of his or her lung efficiency (athletes being fine-tuned machines and all) so you have to pick you poison: fatigue from flying or messed-up lungs for staying around.

If the Chinese wanted backpack for the insult, redirecting a flight of American or UK athletes to an airport in another city and making them take a 4-hour bus ride to Beijing might do the trick.

]]> By: mateomiguel http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105640 mateomiguel Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:45:33 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105640 Isn't this the definition of being between a rock and a hard place? Seoul isn't so easy on the lungs you know. Isn’t this the definition of being between a rock and a hard place? Seoul isn’t so easy on the lungs you know.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105638 R. Elgin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:28:06 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105638 Here is to the fools who thought that giving the Olympics to China would somehow help China develop. The CCP has paved over many historic buildings to build olympic spaces, giving the owners a little money and, when the games are over, the same Communist Party stooges will turn around and build commercial buildings, apartments, etc. potentially raking in big money. It is an abject lesson on how to steal from the average person, destroy one's history and make money in a single stroke. It is as if one were to make a Frankenstein monster out of American Capitalism and a one-party system, resulting in in all the worst excesses of America's past, minus the few virtues. No wonder the CCP is so worried about internal dissent! Here is to the fools who thought that giving the Olympics to China would somehow help China develop. The CCP has paved over many historic buildings to build olympic spaces, giving the owners a little money and, when the games are over, the same Communist Party stooges will turn around and build commercial buildings, apartments, etc. potentially raking in big money. It is an abject lesson on how to steal from the average person, destroy one’s history and make money in a single stroke. It is as if one were to make a Frankenstein monster out of American Capitalism and a one-party system, resulting in in all the worst excesses of America’s past, minus the few virtues.

No wonder the CCP is so worried about internal dissent!

]]> By: mins0306 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105635 mins0306 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:14:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105635 Korea, the Sports Hub of Asia. Korea, the Sports Hub of Asia.

]]> By: bumfromkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105627 bumfromkorea Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:47:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/06/us-might-base-olympic-team-in-korea/#comment-105627 Hmm, wouldn't the whole transportation issue unnecessarily exhaust the athletes? Hmm, wouldn’t the whole transportation issue unnecessarily exhaust the athletes?

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