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Vote for Nathan Twaddle

August 12, 2008 – 5:07 pm

http://www.olympicoutlander.tvnz.co.nz/vote.php?athleteID=130 - Vote for Nathan Twaddle to enter the draw to win a Mitsubishi Outlander. Whichever athlete you vote for puts you in the draw, only one vote per entrant is permitted.
The current list of athletes (in alphabetical order, at time of writing) is:
BARBARA KENDALL
BEATRICE FAUMUINA
CAROLINE EVERS-SWINDELL
CATHERINE CHEATLEY
JAMES DOLPHIN
MAHE DRYSDALE
MARK […]

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Don’t ask Olympic tourists’ age or wage or . . .

July 24, 2008 – 11:15 pm

Pretty amusing “Oddly enough” from Rueters, about possible conversation topics with visitors at the Olympics:
“Don’t ask about income or expenses, don’t ask about age, don’t ask about love life or marriage, don’t ask about health, don’t ask about someone’s home or address, don’t ask about personal experience, don’t ask about religious beliefs or political views, […]

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