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847badgerfan

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #140 on: February 11, 2022, 11:45:26 AM »
Just gonna venture to guess that the home team is eating very well.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #141 on: February 11, 2022, 11:48:34 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 11, 2022, 11:42:22 AM
I suspect the folks responsible for meals just didn't get the message and don't much care.  Thinks of how many minor details are needed "to shine", everything has to be near perfect.  They might have some son of some apparatchik doing this stuff and he doesn't care.
I think youre selling them short 
Everything they do is calculated
They are not stupid

Maybe they think it gives them a competitive advantage

Wonder what their folks are eating
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #142 on: February 11, 2022, 11:50:46 AM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on February 11, 2022, 11:48:34 AM
I think youre selling them short
Everything they do is calculated
They are not stupid

Maybe they think it gives them a competitive advantage

Wonder what their folks are eating
Egg foo young
Fried Rice
General Tso's chicken
Kung Pau beef


Stuff like that.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #143 on: February 11, 2022, 11:52:37 AM »
In any centrally planned operation, some parts of it will go awry.  There is no check and balance, no competition, no alternative.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #144 on: February 11, 2022, 12:10:56 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 11, 2022, 11:52:37 AM
In any centrally planned operation, some parts of it will go awry.  There is no check and balance, no competition, no alternative.
what to feed the athletes is a pretty big deal
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #145 on: February 11, 2022, 12:13:36 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on February 11, 2022, 12:10:56 PM
what to feed the athletes is a pretty big deal
So is what not to feed them.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #146 on: February 11, 2022, 12:20:07 PM »
To the Chinese officials, it could well have received little attention.

To us, it seems important. 

Beijing Olympics Food: Athletes Share an Inside Look at Dining Hall (today.com)

Maybe some of it is pretty good.  Hard to tell reality.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #147 on: February 11, 2022, 12:41:09 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 11, 2022, 12:20:07 PM
To the Chinese officials, it could well have received little attention.

To us, it seems important.

Beijing Olympics Food: Athletes Share an Inside Look at Dining Hall (today.com)

Maybe some of it is pretty good.  Hard to tell reality.
ok that shows a completely different picture

China isnt stupid after all

makes me hungry for Chinese food
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #148 on: February 11, 2022, 12:52:18 PM »
I notice a certain group of "media outlets" will run with some story because it's "good/bad" for a certain political party, and often as not, there is "another side to the story".  Any "news" outlet that is constantly featuring bad news on a politician is unlikely to be providing much accuracy.  Take the free crack pipe story, here is "another side".

Fox News' 'Biden crack pipe' freakout is going to kill people (msnbc.com)
Fox News' 'Biden crack pipe' freakout is going to kill people (msnbc.com)

Now, like the Olympic food story, I don't know what is really true.  One side whitewashes and the other side darkens it.  Maybe truth often is in the middle.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #149 on: February 11, 2022, 01:29:21 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on February 11, 2022, 11:50:46 AM
Egg foo young
Fried Rice
General Tso's chicken
Kung Pau beef


Stuff like that.
The Pu Pu Platter?
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #150 on: February 11, 2022, 01:52:21 PM »
Lack of food, information at Beijing's quarantine hotels: Olympic athletes | TheHill
Lack of food, information at Beijing's quarantine hotels: Olympic athletes | TheHill
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #151 on: February 12, 2022, 12:26:43 PM »
From the youtube videos I've seen about this Olympics, it seems a lot like NASCAR to me.  A boring money-grab with some sick crashes every so often.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #152 on: February 12, 2022, 07:43:33 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on February 11, 2022, 01:29:21 PM
The Pu Pu Platter?
My favorite thing to order at King Wu in Jacksonville Beach, FL as a child.

It came on a small grill tower thing, so I could "cook" the contents further...just something fun for a kid to do.  Loved the variety and most especially the fried crab pieces.  Long, real crab meat lengths.


*imitation crab is sad and gross....the fact that it's become a thing and even gets its own spelling (krab) is a sign of the end times
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #153 on: February 12, 2022, 09:15:09 PM »
Congrats to Nick Baumgartner.  I've met the guy a couple times- my wife knows him and his family well.. Iron River MI is her home town. 

I recently sold a chalet up there at the foot of ski brule.  A bunch of the stuff hanging on the walls there was signed by him.  I dont know why- wasn't my idea- likely a drunken decision by my sister in law who is good friends with nicks sister and they often sit around campfires and load up on booze.  The stuff went with the chalet...now, it may be I regret that! Heheheee- but seriously, it was good to see the guy finally win gold.  He deserves it.  
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