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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Tiger Wench on February 06, 2014, 01:24:45 PM
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The world is going to mock Russia forever about the shitty quaity of the infrastructure. Putin must have threatened or paid off every member of the IOC to get the games there. People were micromanaging the China Olympics, but not a word was said about the progress in Russia - I am starting to think the whole "gay athletes not welcomed" thing was a deliberate ploy to distract from the fact that the venues and accommodations are not anywhre close to finished and conditions are nasty and horrific.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/ (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/)
On the other hand, it's kind of fun to see all the "snooty" media people who expect the red carpet treatment being literally and figuratively shat upon.
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I'm sure most of you bookfacers have seen these, but my god there is some funny shit going on over there. The translations and toilets have been the funniest.
https://twitter.com/SochiProblems (https://twitter.com/SochiProblems)
also search on twitterz #sochiproblems
Public Restroom with Mirrored Ceiling
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Hallway of hotel
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Public Bathroom
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I guess no collards?
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The world is going to mock Russia forever about the shootty quaity of the infrastructure. Putin must have threatened or paid off every member of the IOC to get the games there. People were micromanaging the China Olympics, but not a word was said about the progress in Russia - I am starting to think the whole "gay athletes not welcomed" thing was a deliberate ploy to distract from the fact that the venues and accommodations are not anywhre close to finished and conditions are nasty and horrific.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/ (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/)
On the other hand, it's kind of fun to see all the "snooty" media people who expect the red carpet treatment being literally and figuratively shat upon.
I think I heard Sidney Crosby comment that the athlete accommodations were similar to what was in Vancouver so at least they got the important parts up to par.
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The world is going to mock Russia forever about the shitty quaity of the infrastructure. Putin must have threatened or paid off every member of the IOC to get the games there. People were micromanaging the China Olympics, but not a word was said about the progress in Russia - I am starting to think the whole "gay athletes not welcomed" thing was a deliberate ploy to distract from the fact that the venues and accommodations are not anywhre close to finished and conditions are nasty and horrific.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/ (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858374/)
On the other hand, it's kind of fun to see all the "snooty" media people who expect the red carpet treatment being literally and figuratively shat upon.
The no fishing in toilets is a little over the top. Everybody goes after the chocolate stick fish.
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More noteworthy than that defense, however, is the evidence that the officials are offering up to support it, via the Wall Street Journal (emphasis added):
Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister responsible for the Olympic preparations, reflected the view held among many Russian officials that some Western visitors are deliberately trying to sabotage Sochi's big debut out of bias against Russia. "We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day," he said. An aide then pulled a reporter away before Mr. Kozak could be questioned further on surveillance in hotel rooms. "We're doing a tour of the media center," the aide said.
See, no big deal. Nothing to see here. Visitors to Sochi, you can now rest easy on a tiny twin bed or sit on a doubles toilet, knowing all the while that your Russian hosts are watching and ready to help.
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I kinda like the double shitter. Anyone care to join me for a quick shit?
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Feel sorry for the person on the other 1/2 of the 1/2 toilet. Only one gets to flush when there done.
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Feel sorry for the person on the other 1/2 of the 1/2 toilet. Only one gets to flush when there done.
The others could be explained away as weird cultural differences.
But seriously, WTF was up with drywalling straight over a toilet? From what I can tell there is no way that that thing is operational, or the lid can even be opened.
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This is all true but seriously, who hasn't wanted to try ice cream in the ass at some point but just scared to admit it. Anyone? Be honest.
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The others could be explained away as weird cultural differences.
But seriously, WTF was up with drywalling straight over a toilet? From what I can tell there is no way that that thing is operational, or the lid can even be opened.
(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19ev5kma59eu3jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)
Something missing here see if you can find it (note: its not the fact that there is no wall between toilets)
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H2O
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Stains on the back of-wait never mind.
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H2O
Possibly, hard to see. Not the answer I was looking for though.
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Something missing here see if you can find it (note: its not the fact that there is no wall between toilets)
No water hooked to the toilet on the right?
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No handles to flush?
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Something missing here see if you can find it (note: its not the fact that there is no wall between toilets)
No mounting screws holding toilet's down?
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No handles to flush?
A lot of times on non-US toilets, the "handle" is actually a push button on top of the tank - if that is the case in these pictures, the toilet paper resting on the tank probably has covered them up.
Also sometimes you will see a pedal on the floor.
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No mounting screws holding toilet's down?
WINNER
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This ones a bit easier to spot the problem.
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This ones a bit easier to spot the problem.
Thank God for gravity...
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Something missing here see if you can find it (note: its not the fact that there is no wall between toilets)
VV having gay butt sex on one of the toilets with a young Russian boy?
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366712107461956 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366712107461956)
Russian Officials Fire Back at Olympic Critics
One Sochi Defender Claims Only 103 Registered Complaints; 'Surveillance Video' in Hotel Rooms
SOCHI, Russia—Rooms without doorknobs, locks or heat, dysfunctional toilets, surprise early-morning fire alarms and a Welcome Wagon of stray dogs: These are the initial images of the 2014 Winter Olympics that foreign journalists have blasted around the world from their officially assigned hotels—and the wave of criticism has rankled Russian officials.
Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister responsible for the Olympic preparations, seemed to reflect the view held among many Russian officials that some Western visitors are deliberately trying to sabotage Sochi's big debut out of bias against Russia. "We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day," he said. An aide then pulled a reporter away before Mr. Kozak could be questioned further on surveillance in hotel rooms. "We're doing a tour of the media center," the aide said.
A spokesman for Mr. Kozak later on Thursday said there is absolutely no surveillance in hotel rooms or bathrooms occupied by guests. He said there was surveillance on premises during construction and cleaning of Sochi's venues and hotels and that is likely what Mr. Kozak was referencing. A senior official at a company that built a number of the hotels also said there is no such surveillance in rooms occupied by guests.
Mr. Kozak toured the giant, gleaming new media center Thursday morning, marveling at the huge workspace built specially for the thousands of journalists who have come from around the world to cover the Games.
Asked about the widely reported problems with hotel rooms not being ready for guests, he was dismissive. "We've put 100,000 guests in rooms and only gotten 103 registered complaints and every one of those is being taken care of," he said. (It wasn't clear what Mr. Kozak was counting as a registered complaint.)
In a news conference, Mr. Kozak said he had no "claims against Western or Russian journalists who are doing their jobs." Most of the critical views of the accommodations or preparations amount to "small imperfections in the Olympic facilities and tourist infrastructure," Mr. Kozak said, noting that it wasn't long ago that the entire Olympic area was an "open field."
"The realization of such a project is an enormous victory for the entire country," he said. "As we say in Russia, victors don't get blamed."
Vladimir Yakunin, president of the national rail operator Russian Railways, which built much of the infrastructure for the Games, including subcontracting on some accommodations that weren't completed on time, attacked Western coverage as biased in a blog Thursday.
"I'm very offended that the closer we get to the opening of the Olympics, the more hysteria around Russia becomes inflamed in the Western media," he wrote. "There's not a word about the quality of the Olympic facilities, about the fact that the level of readiness of the Olympic infrastructure has no analogues in the world."
To build the facilities for the roughly $50 billion Sochi Olympics, Russia has built nearly an entire city from scratch. Organizers completed all the sporting venues, including the hockey and figure skating arenas, well ahead of time, as well as two villages for the Olympic competitors—one in the mountains and one by the sea.
Indeed, some American athletes have been pleasantly surprised after all the reports of the problematic hotels. U.S. short-track speed skater Sugar Todd said she had heard the horror stories about accommodations, but she could barely muster a complaint about her own Olympic digs. When she arrived here last week for her first trip to the Games, she only noticed that her shared room was so spacious that it looked almost as if it were missing furniture.
"The doors all have doorknobs. The lights all have light bulbs," she said. "The water is hot and running and doesn't come out a strange color. So I'm feeling pretty good."
WSJ's Anton Troianovski was in Sochi in 2008 to write about the city's Olympics-inspired real estate bomb. More than five years later, he's back in town to cover the Winter Olympics.
Her long-track compatriot Brian Hansen only noticed a couple of small things that, he said, were never issues in Vancouver four years ago. "When we got here, there was no soap and no trash cans," he said. "One other thing, there's no place to put our luggage." Needing far more than the single closet Hansen and Joey Mantia share, four bags of clothes and gear are strewed over the floor.
But while Sochi's organizers completed the accommodations reserved for Olympic competitors and top Olympic officials well in advance, much of the housing and hotels for the media fell by the wayside, particularly in the mountain media village, one of the most problematic sites in the Olympic project. A number of hotels were simply not fully completed, with workers furiously painting and constructing bits of buildings in recent days.
Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, responded to the outpouring of criticism in an interview with the Russian radio station Kommersant FM on Wednesday. He said that stray dogs were indeed a problem in Sochi but characterized the complaints about the hotels as a matter of taste.
"In fairness, I would ask everyone to recall the reports from international and our domestic media about various Olympics," Mr. Peskov said. "Everywhere someone doesn't like the food, someone doesn't like the hotel, someone thinks the mattress is too hard, etc. That is, such complaints accompany all Olympics. But the guest is always right and the organizer is obliged to listen to these complaints." He said he is sure Sochi's organizers are working around the clock to fix the "flaws."
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WINNER
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The others could be explained away as weird cultural differences.
But seriously, WTF was up with drywalling straight over a toilet? From what I can tell there is no way that that thing is operational, or the lid can even be opened.
It's a half bath - you really do suck at fractions
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It's a half bath - you really do suck at fractions
I chortled!
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This ones a bit easier to spot the problem.
Given the lack of a water supply, the cheap bastards could have tossed a tuscaloosa breath mint in there to knock down the stench of piss.
Fucking savages.
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366712107461956 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366712107461956)
Water still wet.
http://www.tigersx.com/forum/index.php?topic=23270.msg350874#msg350874 (http://www.tigersx.com/forum/index.php?topic=23270.msg350874#msg350874)
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Sorry Folks Parks closed....moose out front shoulda toly ya.
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Someone please to be explaining why a shower head needs power!
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Someone please to be explaining why a shower head needs power!
My only guess is heat/hot water, but there is no way that whatever that contraption is would be able to heat water fast enough coming through a shower head.
So that is probably for the Camera.
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Someone please to be explaining why a shower head needs power!
I like powerful shower heads...
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Not getting any better:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/sochi-opening-ceremony-glitch--only-four-of-five-rings-light-up-164831946.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/sochi-opening-ceremony-glitch--only-four-of-five-rings-light-up-164831946.html)
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Simba done growed up!
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Simba done growed up!
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VV having gay butt sex on one of the toilets with a young Russian boy?
It's not gay unless our balls touch, we kiss, we make eye contact, or we fall in love.
But let's be honest, probably three of those four things will happen, so it's gay.