If I wasn't convinced before...

Lots of critical comments, surprises me.

Did you watch the US-CDN women's hockey? Reffing was a part of the game but they let them play and those ladies rocked some planet. Even though my country won, in an awesome game, I couldn't help but feel for the US ladies. There was going to be a great winner and a great loser. Unfortunately for the US ladies, the deciding judge happened to be a piece of iron, the goal post.

That game was decided by pure effort and emotion and one perfect play. The entire game was absolutely fantastic to watch and in my most brilliant moments playing the game, there was no way I could compete against something so raw and heartfelt.

Enough bashing the Olympics and let's get on with praising the talent and those moments where you go, "Holy Mother of our Lord, how do they do that? I wish I could!!"

And the CDN women's pair Bobsled team won gold and on a sled built in the bottom of a hotel in Calgary. Wasn't the sled that won. It was the heart.

Good game! Can't believe the US blew that lead at the end but the Canadians kept battling and our ladies were trying to protect the lead instead of continuing to attack. Didn't like some of the penalties but it was a good game nonetheless. Should be another good game tomorrow.

dieselyoda said:

a sled built in the bottom of a hotel in Calgary

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For some reason, I find that to be a really good outcome.

Positive comments are fun to read.

The US ladies didn't blow the lead. They did exactly the right thing and put five in the middle and force the blue line. I think the goal post, our new national hero and soon to be on all our money was a fortune shift. I can't describe how well both sides played and I can't describe when that puck hit the goal post, everybody in Canada puckered up.

Penalties.................man.................put yourself in the Ref's shoes. They called us on a "slight" in OT then called an "even-up" against the US and had no choice, the last one was clear.

The rumor about the sled is that it was actually built by an immigrant from India who works as a taxi driver. The hotel is pretty close to the Calgary Oly Stads and I stay there about four times a year. I can say for certain that underground parking is full of sleds ready for training. They are pretty cool animals when you look at them closely and somebody with passion explains the dynamics to you.

FYI, in the bar, after you have a few cocktails and see a group of really well built men or women and you chit chat, and they say that they are bobsledders, don't say, "oh, I thought you were all little gay folks?" Costly, very costly.