>>So how did you like it David?
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>>To us here it was truly awesome, but since there was a fair amount of cultural stuff I didn't know how it might go over in other countries.
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>It was absolutely fabulous! Even though the television commentators talked too much, they did explain some of the cultural things that I would have missed which made the show even better. I started out comparing shows; you know, they have horses -- we had pickup trucks ;-) but got over that pretty quickly and got into the show.
>And so far, the games have continued the high level set by the opening. Wow.
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>I wish I were there!

I'm glad you liked it and are enjoying the coverage, most of us are "proud as punch" about it. Our TV crews too, are quite good really.

All we need now is for our Aussie dollar to recover. It's quickly becoming the "Pacific Peso"