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[Deleted member 20920]

Yep. Although it can look drab and dreary if the lighting is poor or the cement was poured unevenly in the building casts. What I do know is that it's got a great echo factor and very poor heat retention.

Poor heat retention does make sense in my country with its eternal summer. Most apartments come painted or get painted anyways so the greyness is not a distraction. Perhaps older houses have fake ceilings (I think my ex's house had them) but in general apartment housing built in the last 30 or 40 years here have concrete ceilings. Probably helps with building stability and soundness since we keep building them higher and higher.

 

[quin]

Yep. Although it can look drab and dreary if the lighting is poor or the cement was poured unevenly in the building casts. What I do know is that it's got a great echo factor and very poor heat retention.

2 years living in this place and i have yet to hear my neighbors. That's definitely one of my favorite things about this place. And, yes! winters are cold and summers are hot. It feels as if it's the same temp as outside.

Anyway, some of those rooms look more inviting than this place did when i moved in.

 

[AlucarD.eq]

There is not one single person with a positive opinion on the whole Sochi 2014 story in my social circle, I can tell you that much. A lot of people are still going to be excited for the games, because they only listen to the TV and the TV says that everything is all right. It's the same with everything in this country: there are those in the know, those who are being fooled constantly, and finally there are those in denial.

Thanks for the input. I think it will happen in every major even during the next years ... the 1% will be always happy?

 

[weekend_warrior]

It's apparent Russia is the greatest troll country in the world.

Most expensive Olympics ever. No expense spared.

 

[Replicant]

Mmmm, delicious, expensive corruption.

And don't be gay.

I dunno. I may catch the gay if I have to sit next to a hot guy in a toilet like this:

 

[kick51]

No doing heroin. Specifically.

Sorry, no heroin, only krokodil. Just as good!

 

[Alchemy]

I dunno. I may catch the gay if I have to sit next to a hot guy in a toilet like this:

Something tells me the sounds and smells of taking a dump would shield you from the gay.

 

[Tiktaalik]

Those look like twin size beds though. I'd be shocked if they didn't have at least queen size beds in Vancouver.

Edit: Couldn't find any pictures, but a few articles like this:
Some teams did have three athletes to a room, hence the 'dorm' phrasing from Crosby.

also he said bergeron slept in a closet??

http://nesn.com/2014/02/sidney-cros...ouver-where-patrice-bergeron-slept-in-closet/

 

[Replicant]

Something tells me the sounds and smells of taking a dump would shield you from the gay.

God blessed those crafty Russians! They've thought of everything to protect us from the gays.

 

[lednerg]

Are the Russian athletes also staying in these places?

 

[WarrenMax007]

Combined with the broken English, this is really hilarious.

Oh I'm sorry, sir. How many posts can you write in Russian? None? That's a shame.

Are the Russian athletes also staying in these places?

All of the rooms are pretty much the same. So, yes.

 

[soundscream]

Something tells me the sounds and smells of taking a dump would shield you from the gay.

Clearly you have never eaten the poo-poo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euXQbZDwV0w&app=desktop

 

[kick51]

Oh I'm sorry, sir. How many posts can you write in Russian? None? That's a shame.

lol

it is a shame when people stoop to "OLOLOL bad english." though stuff like the signs in bad english is just kind of funny on its own, even without context.

the truth is probably somewhere in the middle

Like the aluminum foil middle finger pic...staged and dumb.

 

[Dr.Acula]

http://olympics.cbc.ca/

I don't know whether that's content blocked outside of Canada, but the CBC does seem to plan on having the most extensive coverage according to a chart I saw on Reddit. Although that 1,500 hour figure might be a bit skewed by broadcasting in two languages.

CBC Beijing coverage was fantastic.

Even if they didn't have commentary, they streamed so many smaller events, so you could check out target shooting, fencing, water polo, and all the other "smaller" events. Really cool to watch.

I'm gonna watch a fuck ton of curling!

 

[Zombie James]

Is there an official Olympics thread? Starts in five minutes.

 

[WorldStar]

Is there an official Olympics thread? Starts in five minutes.

sum1 needs 2 make 1 asap

 

[BigJonsson]

How is there no official thread? lol

CBC stream is down =/

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

I dunno. I may catch the gay if I have to sit next to a hot guy in a toilet like this:

A nice big bin full of shitty toilet paper in between you. Be hard to resist.

 

[thezerofire]

can't get the CBC stream to work either

 

[Brinbe]

http://www.sportlemon.tv/20140206/vv52f31d04bdc6e9.17111305-741725.html in Russian since CBC is shitting the bed

 

[BigJonsson]

CBC is up

 

[gutter_trash]

 

[lednerg]

...
All of the rooms are pretty much the same. So, yes.

That's a shame. It would have been an awesome troll if the Russian athletes were in luxurious apartments.

 

[Smiley90]

CBC is up

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

that web player is pretty amazing with all the overlays oO

 

[Dr.Acula]

http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/men-snowboarding-slopestyle-webcast.html

Really great stream!

Only issue is that the commentary is a little low in the mix.

 

[Dr.Acula]

lol, did you see that dude pop!?

 

[apocalidiot]

Do I have to have a proxy up the whole time the stream is on?

 

[speculawyer]

Wait a minute. What the fuck is going on here? I've never seen double-barreled toilets in my life before. And here are three different examples of double-barreled toilets. Is double-barreled toilets like a thing in Russia?

I'm wondering if some designer was looking through European magazines for ideas and saw a toilet and a bidet next to each other but didn't know what a bidet was and so just installed two toilets next to each other?

 

[ghostmind]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

that web player is pretty amazing with all the overlays oO

The fact that the mobile app has the same overlays (and great quality video) is also impressive.

 

[Kazerei]

Slopestyle is so cool! Makes me wish there was a proper snowboarding videogame.

 

[KAP151]

At least they are smiling. I sure as hell wouldn't be.

Its a disgrace that the worlds best have to put up with this. Sure, its pretentious to ask for 5* accommodation and amenities, but basic things like water, hygiene, privacy etc should be absolutely non-negotiable.

 

[Dagobert Duck]

2girls, 2 toilets, 1 bin

 

[BigJonsson]

w00t, a Canadian straight through to the final

 

[Archer]

CBC online video feed switches from HD to 150 kbps.

 

[GCX]

At least they are smiling. I sure as hell wouldn't be.

Its a disgrace that the worlds best have to put up with this. Sure, its pretentious to ask for 5* accommodation and amenities, but basic things like water, hygiene, privacy etc should be absolutely non-negotiable.

Tbh most of the athletes have said that all in all everything in the olympic village is in good condition. It's the journalists and media that have been put in the hotels with no floors and stuff.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

CBC online video feed switches from HD to 150 kbps.

It pisses me off to no end when websites put in variable bitrates that you can't control. Give me the fucking option and I'll find what's best.

 

[ghostmind]

CBC online video feed switches from HD to 150 kbps.

Its much more stable on the app.

 

[BigJonsson]

HD streaming is bad for my 80 GB data cap, I'm glad it went down


Also lol @ the commentator doing several takes of the intro to heat 2 (and messing up)

 

[Archer]

They keep repeating the same shit over and over.

 

[BigJonsson]

What other events are today?

Team figure skating?


Gotta get the intros/outros right for the taped version later today

 

[ghostmind]

They keep repeating the same shit over and over.

Might be trying to fix the mic levels...

 

[Dr.Acula]

lol, did you see that dude pop!?

Hey, if we all use this...

http://blog.bahraniapps.com/?page_id=21

These are gonna be the funnest games ever.

 

[Archer]

decent recovery.

hoping to see a few epic busts with zero injuries.

 

[Archer]

More than one channel are now broadcasting feed. Cool stuff, will keep 'em all windowed. Might be a fun work day/evening for the next few weeks.

 

[DrM]

Jamaican bobsled team lost their equipment somewhere between US and Sochi - they had to switch planes in New York and looks like their luggage went somewhere else.

Preparation of ski jumping hills is made by workers from Planica, Slovenia. They are in Sochi for almost two months now and they are preparing the slopes so they should be on the top level.

 

[BigJonsson]

Come on heat 2.......it's getting late lol


Retweeted by CBC Olympics
CraigMcMorris ‏@Craig_McMorris 6m

Sorry for talking so quietly guys! I'll turn up now!

 

[DarkFlow]

Iraq as well I think it's pretty common actually.

They just used there left hand, then wash it off after. Yeah, it's kinda gross. They also just shit into holes in the ground.

 

[industrian]

Russia just likely built the cheapest "hotels" possible to last a month or two before they demolish them.

That's the worst thing actually.

For the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this year, the organisers built accommodation for 6500+ athletes, and afterwards they'll be converted for housing.

Now time (and the media) will tell how quality-built these accommodations for Glasgow 2014 are, but if these accommodations in Sochi are still standing in a year's time then I'll be really surprised.

 

[PixelPeZ]

More of the sad side to offset the funny toilet pics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r6ma0aQfs4

 

[CassSept]

Ok, hold on, that's pretty bullshit. You're projecting some pretty fucking insidious shit onto a huge diverse group of people from "the west." It's baseless, tasteless, and just plain stupid if I'm being honest. I'm pretty sure the reports on social media coming out of Sochi aren't all from westerners with a hate-on for Russia, and implying that is beyond the pale.

As much as most of these reports are true, as far as hotel base goes they're completely unprepared (which is ridiculous, considering time they had to prepare and the amount of money that went into it), and Putin is terrible in regards to human rights, I can see where he is coming from. Similar things happened 2 years ago before Euro 2012, there was a ton of negativity towards Poland in western media, especially in the week leading to the opening ceremony. Complete with BBC's pseudo-docummentary (which discarded interviews with jewish football players because they were deemed useless and cut out majority of the interview with the head of anti-racism association because it was too positive) and fabricated story about racist chants at Netherlands training session (which originated from some random tabloid, later carried by majority of news outlets and repeated ad infinitum). There are incidents, I'm not trying to justify them, and they should by all means be condemned, but holy hell was the whole thing completely blown out of proprtion.

Anyway, just my 2 cents, carry on. Most of these pictures and stories are hilarious (and sad).