Mrs Wilbur! The worst of the many pet peeves I carry. I know nothing about typesetting, but it certainly appears that there’s enough white space left to have used Doreen instead of Mrs.
I am an Olympics fanboy. I have been my entire life. I even remember snatches of the 1960 games when I was 3 years old. Many times during my adult life I wondered if the games could survive the reality of world conflict, cheating, financial cost to stage, etc. I also remember the 1992 PPV disaster. (as I recall, there were three options available) I was not a fan, and definitely not a purchaser. I felt like the games started taking a turn back toward relevance in 2000 (with a slight cheating detour at Sochi), so I had hopes that Paris would be good. I did not expect these games to be as transcendent as they were. The ultimate signal that this was special (for me) was hearing about how all of the Parisian who left the city in disgust ahead of the games were now returning FOR the games. If you can impress Parisians, you've done something special. NBC and Peacock get flowers here too. They won a gold medal.
I was expecting disaster and instead was treated to a Summer Games, oh heck any Olympics, I haven't enjoyed so much since London. Of course the time zone is perfect, too, but still. I'm enough of a geek that I thought the Triplecast was a good idea in theory (a chance to watch more track and field) but it was ridiculously expensive. I forget what that story I linked to says, $29 a day, $67 a day by today's standards. We got it at the Register and the very early Sunday morning that Tash Kaiser ran, I think everyone who worked in the sports department was there to watch. NBC and Peacock figured it out, no easy task. Gold medal indeed.
Mrs Wilbur! The worst of the many pet peeves I carry. I know nothing about typesetting, but it certainly appears that there’s enough white space left to have used Doreen instead of Mrs.
Olympics-Paris was indeed special.
I'm surprised they managed to get HER first name in there and not the name of her husband.
I am an Olympics fanboy. I have been my entire life. I even remember snatches of the 1960 games when I was 3 years old. Many times during my adult life I wondered if the games could survive the reality of world conflict, cheating, financial cost to stage, etc. I also remember the 1992 PPV disaster. (as I recall, there were three options available) I was not a fan, and definitely not a purchaser. I felt like the games started taking a turn back toward relevance in 2000 (with a slight cheating detour at Sochi), so I had hopes that Paris would be good. I did not expect these games to be as transcendent as they were. The ultimate signal that this was special (for me) was hearing about how all of the Parisian who left the city in disgust ahead of the games were now returning FOR the games. If you can impress Parisians, you've done something special. NBC and Peacock get flowers here too. They won a gold medal.
I was expecting disaster and instead was treated to a Summer Games, oh heck any Olympics, I haven't enjoyed so much since London. Of course the time zone is perfect, too, but still. I'm enough of a geek that I thought the Triplecast was a good idea in theory (a chance to watch more track and field) but it was ridiculously expensive. I forget what that story I linked to says, $29 a day, $67 a day by today's standards. We got it at the Register and the very early Sunday morning that Tash Kaiser ran, I think everyone who worked in the sports department was there to watch. NBC and Peacock figured it out, no easy task. Gold medal indeed.