Mrs Redboots wrote:
umpston wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

And it was bloody brilliant!! Bring it on!

AMEN!! I, for one, am utterly delighted. Whether we actually enjoy
living here while it's happening is one thing - but I do think it will,
overall, be an excellent thing for London, and contribute enormously to
quality of life in that part of the capital after the event.
--

I'm also jubilant that London will host the Olympics. And I look
forward to enjoying the summer of 2012, getting involved in the
numerous events that'll happen and being a spectator at as many of the
events as I can.

The games will not make London crumble, they will make London stronger.

In message . com,
Mizter T writes

I'm also jubilant that London will host the Olympics. And I look
forward to enjoying the summer of 2012,

How much are you willing to pay?

getting involved in the numerous events that'll happen and being a
spectator at as many of the events as I can.

Spectating costs extra.

The games will not make London crumble, they will make London stronger.

What do you mean? The games will make London popular but uncomfortable
for 28 days. I cannot get my head around what you mean by London being
"stronger".

London is full, and even the Olympic bid acknowledged that the only way
the capital will be able to house the visitors to the 2012 Olympics is
by turning away 60% of the tourists who would normally come that summer.
OK - bad luck for them, but how does this make London "stronger"?

--
Paul Terry

Paul Terry said:

London is full

No London is not. I'm sure you've seen the figures that show that even
during the summer Olympics fewer people will be using public transport
per day than during the average winter weekday. London frequently
absorbs tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and even somtimes
millions of people for short periods. We do this at short notice and
with ease.

In message .com, Matt
Ashby writes

Paul Terry said:

London is full

No London is not. I'm sure you've seen the figures that show that even
during the summer Olympics fewer people will be using public transport
per day than during the average winter weekday.

I was referring to accommodation rather than transport. I've read the
Costs and Benefits Analysis done by Arup. In section 5.4 they say ...

taking into account the typically lower number of London
tourists in August, the displacement of normal hotel visitors to
London will not exceed 60%.

So, yes, of course everyone can be accommodated - but at the expense of
a large slice of London's normal tourist trade for that period.

--
Paul Terry

Mizter T wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

Mrs Redboots wrote:
umpston wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

And it was bloody brilliant!! Bring it on!

AMEN!! I, for one, am utterly delighted. Whether we actually enjoy
living here while it's happening is one thing - but I do think it will,
overall, be an excellent thing for London, and contribute enormously to
quality of life in that part of the capital after the event.
--

I'm also jubilant that London will host the Olympics. And I look
forward to enjoying the summer of 2012, getting involved in the
numerous events that'll happen and being a spectator at as many of the
events as I can.

The games will not make London crumble, they will make London stronger.

Absolutely! Anyway, it's a long way away, all these grumpy old men
might be living somewhere else by then....
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 23 May 2005

"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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Mizter T wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

Mrs Redboots wrote:
umpston wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

And it was bloody brilliant!! Bring it on!

AMEN!! I, for one, am utterly delighted. Whether we actually enjoy
living here while it's happening is one thing - but I do think it will,
overall, be an excellent thing for London, and contribute enormously to
quality of life in that part of the capital after the event.
--

I'm also jubilant that London will host the Olympics. And I look
forward to enjoying the summer of 2012, getting involved in the
numerous events that'll happen and being a spectator at as many of the
events as I can.

The games will not make London crumble, they will make London stronger.

Absolutely! Anyway, it's a long way away, all these grumpy old men
might be living somewhere else by then....
--
"Mrs Redboots"

This one most certainly will!
Dave G

In message , Mrs Redboots
writes
Absolutely! Anyway, it's a long way away, all these grumpy old men
might be living somewhere else by then....
As a grumpy old man, I already live somewhere else, I don't do the
lottery so are you happy to fund it?
--
Clive

Clive wrote to uk.transport.london on Fri, 8 Jul 2005:

In message , Mrs
Redboots writes
Absolutely! Anyway, it's a long way away, all these grumpy old men
might be living somewhere else by then....
As a grumpy old man, I already live somewhere else, I don't do the
lottery so are you happy to fund it?

If you live somewhere else, what does it matter to you *where* the
Olympics are held? You won't be affected one way or the other.
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 23 May 2005