Non-motoring > This one will run and run	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Iffy	Replies: 44

New Sat 19 May 12 08:29   This one will run and run - Iffy

Live coverage of day one of the Olympic torch relay - only 69 days to go. First glimpse of one of the hundreds of BMWs behind the runner. www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day1 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 09:22   This one will run and run - Duncan

Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 10:19   This one will run and run - Dog

Some of those geezers look like they've had far too many Cornish pasties! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 10:28   This one will run and run - Dog

Eh, that video is live BTW. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 10:52   This one will run and run - FocalPoint

If it IS live, they are well behind schedule. At the mo (10:52) the torch is in the middle of Helston and needs to be in Falmouth by 10:53. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 10:53   This one will run and run - Dog

The convoy is running around 20 minutes behind schedule FP. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 12:32   This one will run and run - devonite

Chap in the pub reckons that the "runners/bearers" have the option of buying the torch when their stint is over, and that there are 8000 ish runners! - once again, profiteering at work, why not simply pass the torch on? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 12:45   This one will run and run - Bromptonaut

>> Chap in the pub reckons that the "runners/bearers" have the option of buying the torch >> when their stint is over, and that there are 8000 ish runners! - once again, >> profiteering at work, why not simply pass the torch on? Similar story on radio a few weeks ago. The torches presumably cost something to make and if people will pay. willingly or not, then some of the 'investment' can be recouped. If they're given away the headlines are likely to be about "TAXPAYER FUNDED Olympic torches being SOLD on E-bay". Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 12:54   This one will run and run - madf

BBC News lead with this all morning. Sky News lead with the Euro problems. And the BBC wonder why they are not considered as a serious broadcaster wrt news. Bread and circuses for the masses. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 12:54   This one will run and run - zookeeper

im watching the live broadcast , is it in a campervan with a bike strapped to the back? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 12:58   This one will run and run - Dog

I believe its in a bigger vehicle beekeeper, I've been watching it live for hours now :-D Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 13:07   This one will run and run - zookeeper

OIC pooch, they just running with it in dribs and drabs then? i thought they did it all on foot Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 13:14   This one will run and run - Dog

Nay lad, only the main towns it seems are on foot. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 13:20   This one will run and run - zookeeper

ah, it comes past my window on the 2nd july...wonder if they will let me light my rolly off it? that would be one to tell the grand kids Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 13:27   This one will run and run - Dog

>> it comes past my window on the 2nd july<< It'll probably be hissing down by then :( Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 14:43   This one will run and run - L'escargot

>> >> it comes past my window on the 2nd july<< >> >> It'll probably be hissing down by then :( >> ...... and dogs will be howling at the moon. tinyurl.com/bn7wstk Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 15:57   This one will run and run - Dog

>>and dogs will be howling at the moon. tinyurl.com/bn7wstk<< You may find this site of interest L'es, I use it for Cyprus but scroll down for some good info. cyprus-storms.webs.com/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 07:34   This one will run and run - L'escargot

>> cyprus-storms.webs.com/ >> Good site. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 15:01   This one will run and run - Armel Coussine

Are you near enough to Bodmin, and interested enough, to nip out and bark encouragement as it jogs past Perro? On the map at the moment it seems to be diverging from its intended route at Newquay as if intending to bypass Snorstell... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 15:21   This one will run and run - Armel Coussine

>> seems to be diverging from its intended route But it didn't. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:00   This one will run and run - Dog

I 'followed' it from Marazion to Newquay via Falmouth and Truro Sire, then got fed up with so went n' cut the grass. I could never be a fly catcher though :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 14:31   This one will run and run - L'escargot

>> ......... it comes past my window on the 2nd July ............ Day 45, Coventry to Leicester. tinyurl.com/cvxcdfj Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 15:55   This one will run and run - Ted

I enjoy the Olympics as an armchair athlete but for gawd's sake, it's only a flame. How many hundreds of thousands will that have cost before it gets to the stadium. I'd have come down to London and lent them me Zippo for half the amount. What a load of bulldust ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:05   This one will run and run - zookeeper

they must be recharging the change over torches with butane gas bulbs every time.....theres an official geezer who supervises the swap with his gas key . maybe they only have two torches and are using a leap frog system ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:15   This one will run and run - Dog

Can you imagine the fun they would have on a windy day! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:22   This one will run and run - zookeeper

if the flame goes out do they have to go back to greece for a relight? or do they keep a Ronson ( lights first time) in reserve? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:29   This one will run and run - Dog

If they'd kept the old flame in the Davy lamp it would never have gorn out! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:38   This one will run and run - zookeeper

to be honest shep, the olympic torch does resemble a davy lamp.... all brass and holes dont you think? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 16:46   This one will run and run - Dog

The old flame did start orf in a Davy lamp, beeboy, I thought 'they' would have made more of that being Sir Humph was bjorn in Penzance! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 17:25   This one will run and run - borasport

>> The old flame did start orf in a Davy lamp, beeboy, I thought 'they' would >> have made more of that being Sir Humph was bjorn in Penzance! >> I would have made much of the fact that was a Davy Lamp, what an opportunity missed to explain the impact of his safety lamp on mining, and the fact it was a British invention, but then my family has a mining background. To some beeb journo this morning, it was a 'hurricane lantern'... hmmmm Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 18:32   This one will run and run - Iffy

...The old flame did start off in a Davy lamp... A colleague of mine was known for getting all the information for her stories over the telephone. We called her the Davy lamp - never goes out. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 18:34   This one will run and run - R.P.

I had a colleague like that - he was known as the Olympic Torch appropriately enough. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 18:34   This one will run and run - Dog

Maybe because it is a British event bora, although watching the old flame go through Cornwall today did make me wonder :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 19 May 12 18:59   This one will run and run - Runfer D'Hills

Bit dated now but I do remember a description of the 3 fastest means of communication known to mankind as - Telephone Telefax Tellawoman... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 22:26   This one will run and run - Dog

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330735828718&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 22:34   This one will run and run - swiss tony

That sold for....... ....£153,100.00 !!!!!!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 22:35   This one will run and run - Dog

I believe its a hoax but, I stand to be corrected? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 22:36   This one will run and run - smokie

I see it finished at £153,100. Is that for real??? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 20 May 12 22:38   This one will run and run - smokie

There is one for "a picture of an Olympic torch" currently at £4100 tinyurl.com/7mopllu. I think there is some humour going on here... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 May 12 09:23   This one will run and run - Cliff Pope

Please God, make the Olympics go away. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 May 12 10:17   This one will run and run - VxFan

>> Please God, make the Olympics go away. +1 I pop down to weymouth a couple of times during the summer. Not this year though. The only good that's come out of it is the new road leading into Weymouth from Dorchester. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 May 12 17:26   This one will run and run - Iffy

...The only good that's come out of it is the new road leading into Weymouth from Dorchester... Not sure that's what Lord Coe means when he talks - often - of the Olympic legacy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 21 May 12 17:29   This one will run and run - R.P.

or "legacy" as it has become known with no definite article... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 May 12 07:55   This one will run and run - Focusless

Great 'encouraging' speech from 'head of deliverance' (Hugh Bonneville) from spoof documentary '2012' on The One Show last night; starts at 26:45 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01j2lg3/The_One_Show_21_05_2012/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 22 May 12 10:51   This one will run and run - Roger.

Is that the Huge Bonneville of super-injunction fame? ;-) Reply to this message | Report message