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August 2012

Daily Twitter Posts - 05/08/2012

23:35 Gonzalez Sepulveda should have won a gold medal for that moustache alone. #london2012 #gymnastics #chile #
23:29 another #london2012 blog post from me http://t.co/8igTQZpM #
23:24 So close. Malaysia still waiting for its first ever gold medal. All their medals have been in #badminton. #london2012 #
23:17 come on Malaysia! #london2012 #badminton #
22:56 @Bill2063 yes, and this time, they've hidden Eddie commentating on a 2.5-hour marathon #
22:50 Williams and Williams have won #tennis gold for the USA http://t.co/5eU6h5Ur #london2012 #
22:46 who needs Foxtel when I have squillions of tabs open to the http://t.co/cw2vmRBx website? #london2012 #
22:45 Frederik Loof has just won a gold medal for Sweden. No relation, I trust, to Loof Lirpa. #london2012 #sailing #
22:35 and we cut away after the first round of an historic fight to replay an interview that we screened earlier. #ch9 #london2012 #
22:30 Much as I believe #boxing shouldn't be in the Olympics, the start of the first women's competition is a historic milestone. #london2012 #
22:15 Cyprus will win its first ever Olympic medal on Monday. http://t.co/OozaTNhg #london2012 #sailing #
21:32 sports betting ads I'd like to see: that dude taps on the airplane window and Tom Waterhouse gets sucked out #
21:30 So does the Australian swimming team observe Mad Monday tomorrow? #london2012 #
20:03 @Jono he was starting the marathon "within sight of Westminster, er, Buckingham Palace" #
19:56 Eddie stuffs up London geography in the opening sentence of his ch9 commentary today. This'll be good. #
19:08 You can tell there's no women's #beachvolleyball on at the moment. #ch9 #london2012 #
18:52 A rare highlight from ch9: the studio panel of Daley Thompson, Michael Johnson, Linford Christie previewing the #mens100m. #london2012 #
08:42 In a busy #london2012 Saturday, Damien Hooper's elimination in the boxing risks being overlooked - http://t.co/Sf6VKM9G #
07:48 Never mind the traditional Anglo-Aussie sledging. I am so happy for Great Britain. Congratulations, what a day :) #london2012 #
07:41 Just watching the mens 10k on delay. Mo Farah. Wow. #london2012 #
07:36 But it looks like the #WIvNZ Test at Sabina Park, Kingston will be all over before Bolt/Blake/Powell's final tomorrow. #london2012 #cricket #
07:34 Play was interrupted in the #WIvNZ Test #cricket in Kingston for the running of the #womens100m final. #
07:28 One of those mornings where I slept in an hour longer than planned and have been playing catchup with Olympic news ever since. #london2012 #
06:58 Fraser-Pryce wins again! #london2012 #womens100m #

Daily Twitter Posts - 04/08/2012

23:41 My mid-Saturday #london2012 blog post with bonus Dong Dong - http://t.co/iyJqtbgx #
23:17 Warning warning: MENS #Beachvolleyball on ch9 following the break!! #london2012 #nedvsui #
22:31 Wow. RT @London2012: Pic: For anyone who blinked, here is the photo finish from the women’s #Triathlon earlier today http://t.co/fAxj34Dl #
22:30 Just visited a website offering "world class translation and interpreting services". Quotes Nelson Mandela but spells his name wrong. #
22:19 Dwain Chambers 10.02. #london2012 #mens100m #
21:55 10.08. Cruisin. #london2012 #mens100m #bolt #
21:52 Bailey 9.88. Now it's Bolt time. #london2012 #mens100m #
21:49 Massive win by Knapkova. Kim Crow 3rd. #london2012 #rowing #
21:43 I think we can give this gold medal to the Czech Republic now. #london2012 #rowing #
21:38 How the 2004 Olympics Triggered Greece's Decline http://t.co/z6c6cb4U via @BW #
21:08 All rise as Neil Young sings the National Anthem of Great Britain: http://t.co/9f1Rldoq #
21:03 there are times when it's too soon to do post-race interviews. I'm watching one of them. #london2012 #rowing #
20:58 And that should put GB ahead of South Korea on the gold medal count with 10. #london2012 #rowing #
20:43 Looks like the second week of Big Brother promos are going to be even more obnoxious than the first. #
20:38 that puts Australia's silver count into double figures, yes? #london2012 #
20:37 @melburnian the Paralympics will be on the ABC #
20:36 Team GB again! #london2012 #rowing #
20:00 Wow. what a close finish! #london2012 #triathlon #
19:52 All right. This looks good. #london2012 #triathlon #
19:37 Pistorius will qualify for the next round. He made it look effortless. #london2012 #mens400m #
19:33 Oscar Pistorius is on the track! #london2012 #
19:09 Looks like I'm switching ch9 off forever once the Olympics are over. #bigbrother #farmerwantsawife #howzat #
19:02 Australia 1 South Africa 0. They'll probably need for and against to qualify. Are they doing enough? #london2012 #hockey #
18:26 haha. ch9 going out of their way to show both NZ and Australia on the medals tally. #london2012 #
18:21 my latest #london2012 blog with random stuff I haven't mentioned before http://t.co/Usheojta #
18:10 I'm sorry but the Wales brothers giving a TV interview is not, in itself, news. #9newsat6 #
18:01 "A channel 9 exclusive: How much you're paying for asylum seekers." Can I be bothered hanging around for this? #9newsat6 #
16:46 GWS Giants second win. Can the Australian Olympic team match them? #london2012 #aflgiantspower #

London Day Eight early edition: Stuff from Week One

It's one whole week since the opening of the Games of the Triple-x Olympiad. As that traditional Australian saying goes: There are no winners and losers, just silver medallists. Here are a few random items from the first seven days that I haven't previously mentioned:

Daily Twitter Posts - 03/08/2012

23:28 ABC in Hoot product recall shock - http://t.co/ENNlfeUk #
23:17 so we're currently equal 3rd with Germany on the silver medal count... #london2012 #Goaussies #
22:19 The steeplechase heats. I feel like the Olympics have truly begin now. #london2012 #
22:04 Fanny Durack, Snowy Baker, a gold medal in the rugby... Australasia at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics: http://t.co/OEnPAp7e #
21:56 There was a time when Australasia sent a combined team to the Olympics... #london1908 #stockholm1912 #
21:17 Silver! Silver! Silver! #london2012 #rowing #
21:13 "Yakov Toumarkin finishes in 7th place to become most successful Israeli Olympic swimmer" Israeli #london2012 roundup - http://t.co/BXNXiq0Z #
20:58 as long as we beat, as long as we beat, as long as we beat, New Zealand... #london2012 #
20:36 Bronze! Bronze! Bronze! #london2012 #rowing #
20:09 "You want everything in the palm of your hand." Stop talking to yourself, Tom Waterhouse #
20:05 Remember that ch9 bumped the #NRL to their digital channel for this. #
20:04 Everyone must be glued to the TV screens down at the Concordia Club. #gervger #beachvolleyball #london2012 #
20:00 They kept that cross to the fat Aussie shot putter as brief as possible. #london2012 #ch9 #
19:55 In what other sport would ch9 give us a live Germany v Germany preliminary in evening prime-time? #london2012 #
19:52 In the door. Turn the TV on. There's ch9 with Live Olympic Perving. #beachvolleyball #london2012 #
19:31 Japan 11 bronze, USA 10, Russia 8. Come on Australia you've only got 2! #london2012 #
19:17 Can I have a pie please? #
17:23 @CraigEmersonMP Geoff Starling. #emmoquiz #
16:31 I'll never buy an mX again. Oh hang on #naughtynicegate #
15:43 The Liberal Party running candidates in every ward in the #Marrickville Council elections. I suppose they can dream... http://t.co/dXubawLx #
15:34 I'd still rather have Bill Shorten as a Future Prime Minister than Boris Johnson. #piegate #flyingfoxgate #

London Day Six: Great expectations

Raelene Boyle. Frank Beaurepaire. Sam Riley. John Sumegi. Kevan Gosper. Ric Charlesworth. Lauren Jackson. And many more great Australian sportspeople whose greatest honour at the Olympic Games was the silver medal. Add James Magnussen to that list. For now at least.

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