davjohns 1 #1 January 21, 2014 1) How many turns can one headline take? 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. She is lovely. She has been a world-class violinist since she was 13. She's competing in the Olympics at the age of 35 in the giant slolom. That was just the first paragraph of the article.I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet.. But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #2 January 21, 2014 Somehow I don't think there are a lot of alpine skiers in Thailand. In fact I doubt 90% of the population of that country has ever seen snow ever.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #3 January 21, 2014 Here she is, Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, born in Singapore and raised in the UK, she has been skiing since the age of 4. At first I was skeptical. But it's legit. According to the FIS she is qualified to compete at Sochi. She'll probably finish many many seconds off of the pace. But if she meets the minimum standards set out by the FIS, who are we to say she should not be there. Qualifications to compete in skiing at Sochi Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #4 January 21, 2014 CanuckInUSAHere she is, Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, born in Singaporean, raised in the UK, she has been skiing since the age of 4. At first I was skeptical. But it's legit. According to the FIS she is qualified to compete at Sochi. She'll probably finish many many seconds off of the pace. But if she meets the minimum standards set out by the FIS, who are we to say she should not be there. That's interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about her representing a country she wasn't born in and apparently hasn't lived in, though. Then again, the Olympics aren't where people look for integrity or logic, I guess.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #5 January 21, 2014 Quote That's interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about her representing a country she wasn't born in and apparently hasn't lived in, though. Then again, the Olympics aren't where people look for integrity or logic, I guess. Her father is a British Hotelier with Thai ancestry. When you come from well off families, the authorities tend to look the other way with these sorts of things. But the FIS is strict when it comes to minimum talent required to race. So we know she is more than just some British violinist with rich parents. She has enough skiing skills for the FIS to allow her to compete. PS: there is a bloke from Zimbabwe who is qualified to compete. The difference here is that he was born in Zimbabwe. But he left at age 2 and has been living in Switzerland ever since. He is however the first athlete to ever represent Zimbabwe at the Winter Games. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #6 January 21, 2014 CanuckInUSA Her father is a British Hotelier with Thai ancestry. Personally I think the country she lives in, or is a citizen of (is she?) , should be a bigger factor than where daddy was born.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #7 January 21, 2014 Quoteor is a citizen of You have to be a citizen to represent that country. I'm pretty sure she would be, through whatever requirements Thailand has.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #8 January 22, 2014 grue***Here she is, Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, born in Singaporean, raised in the UK, she has been skiing since the age of 4. At first I was skeptical. But it's legit. According to the FIS she is qualified to compete at Sochi. She'll probably finish many many seconds off of the pace. But if she meets the minimum standards set out by the FIS, who are we to say she should not be there. That's interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about her representing a country she wasn't born in and apparently hasn't lived in, though. Then again, the Olympics aren't where people look for integrity or logic, I guess. Kinda like a canuckian singing the Star Spangled Banner . . .I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #9 January 22, 2014 davjohns 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. Absolutely. I'll never be a world class anything. . .To excel at so many things is amazing. Wonder if she'd like to take the AFF Class? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #10 January 22, 2014 JohnMitchell *** 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. Absolutely. I'll never be a world class anything. . .To excel at so many things is amazing. Wonder if she'd like to take the AFF Class?Does that mean you are all healed up? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #11 January 22, 2014 grue*** Her father is a British Hotelier with Thai ancestry. Personally I think the country she lives in, or is a citizen of (is she?) , should be a bigger factor than where daddy was born. International sport and nationalism increasingly makes less and less sense...the boundaries are just too porous."What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #12 January 22, 2014 oldwomanc6 ****** 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. Absolutely. I'll never be a world class anything. . .To excel at so many things is amazing. Wonder if she'd like to take the AFF Class?Does that mean you are all healed up? I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure he took a dock on my wife last weekend! Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #13 January 22, 2014 Remster ********* 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. Absolutely. I'll never be a world class anything. . .To excel at so many things is amazing. Wonder if she'd like to take the AFF Class?Does that mean you are all healed up? I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure he took a dock on my wife last weekend! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #14 January 22, 2014 Remster ********* 2) Some people make me feel like a comparative failure in life. Absolutely. I'll never be a world class anything. . .To excel at so many things is amazing. Wonder if she'd like to take the AFF Class?Does that mean you are all healed up? I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure he took a dock on my wife last weekend! the weirdo even tried to get me on my bellyYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #15 January 22, 2014 RemsterQuoteor is a citizen of You have to be a citizen to represent that country. I'm pretty sure she would be, through whatever requirements Thailand has. I'm pretty sure the process in every country goes about like this, person: I'd like to represent your country in the Olympics in sports that you've never had athletes competing in before. country: Sign here and you'll have your citizenship.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #16 January 22, 2014 turtlespeed Kinda like a canuckian singing the Star Spangled Banner . . . It's just a song .. get over it (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #17 January 22, 2014 shropshire ***Kinda like a canuckian singing the Star Spangled Banner . . . It's just a song .. get over it It's sung to the tune of an English gentlemans club afterall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #18 January 22, 2014 mr2mk1g ******Kinda like a canuckian singing the Star Spangled Banner . . . It's just a song .. get over it It's sung to the tune of an English gentlemans club afterall. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #19 January 22, 2014 Remster Does that mean you are all healed up? I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure he took a dock on my wife last weekend! And that was so much fun. I'm one x ray away from being unrestricted. They even told me I could jump. I'm just not going to do AFF until I can really rock and roll. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,445 #20 January 23, 2014 Hi Arv, Quoteperson: I'd like to represent your country in the Olympics in sports that you've never had athletes competing in before. country: Sign here and you'll have your citizenship. For the trivia folks: Four US of A jumpers represented Lichenstein at the '64 World Championships. Nothing new here, JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #21 February 18, 2014 Please don't take this the wrong way. I am really not trying to slam someone's efforts in the Olympics. But maybe Vanessa Vanakorn should have stuck to being a World Class violinist because she isn't that good of a skier when it comes to competing on the world stage. She finished in last place out of all the people who completed both runs in the Women's Giant Slalom event today, 50 seconds off of the combine two run pace of the race winner Tina Maze and 11 seconds slower than the 2nd to last place finisher. Now I am aware of the challenges of Alpine Ski racing, the courses do get chewed up especially for the late starters and Vanessa had the 87th of 90 start position on the first run of the Women's Giant Slalom and started 67th of 67 skiers on the 2nd run (race winner Maze started 1st on the 1st run and started 30th on the 2nd run). But you only need to watch the video of all the racers to see that Vanessa is a pretty tentative and cautious. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #22 February 18, 2014 QuoteI am really not trying to slam someone's efforts in the Olympics. Well Steve, you just did.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #23 February 18, 2014 RemsterQuoteI am really not trying to slam someone's efforts in the Olympics. Well Steve, you just did. Fair play to her I say, at least she got out there and did it. Haters will hate.Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davjohns 1 #24 February 18, 2014 You know what you call the person who comes in last in the Olympic Downhill Ski event? An Olympic Downhill Skier. Wish I could claim I was in the Olympics.I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet.. But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #25 February 18, 2014 QuoteAn Olympic Downhill Skier. Actually she's NOT a Downhill skier. She competed in the Women's Giant Slalom Alpine Skiing event. There is no way they would have let her ski in the Downhill event. There are thousands of club level Giant Slalom skiers who would have come down the course faster than she did if only they too had been allowed to compete. But each country is only allowed to enter 4 competitors per event. Watch the footage of the race. She's easy to find. She is the 3rd last competitor to come down the course in the 1st run and the last competitor to come down in the 2nd run. 50 seconds slower than the winner of the race and 11 seconds slower than the 2nd to last place competitor. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
