[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Sorting hat / Nick's Death date / Husband quiz pictures / Olympics

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

> Carol:
> it was probably "individual medley," meaning that the stroke the
> swimmers are using changes with each 100 meters (two laps) of the
> pool. I'm not an expert, so I may get the order or the strokes wrong,
> but I think the strokes are breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and
> freestyle. There's also a medldy relay (tonight, the big one, with
> Michael Phelps's chance for, I think, an eighth gold medal in this
> Olympics) features the same four strokes but four different swimmers
> for each team (one per stroke).

Ali:
Yuppers.  That's the individual medley, and yes, that's the correct
stroke order.  I guess everyone is getting into this Olympics
reporting thing if things like "individual relay" is appearing.

Phelps is indeed going for his 8th gold medal (and hopefully also in
record breaking fashion) tonight, and it's going to be a whopper if he
gets it since he'll probably have the title of "greatest Olympian of
all time" follow him until someone breaks that record (which sounds
humanly impossible).


Carol:
> I'm actually most interested in the women's gymnastics, particularly
> the brave thirty-three-year-old that I haven't seen perform yet.

Ali:
Bah.  Oksana Chusovitina (qualifying in individual vault if you want
to watch for her) is pretty good, but if I want inspirational, Dara
Torres is where that's at.  She's going for her, I believe, 11th medal
(and first individual) in this Olympics, and she's 41 yrs old (with
the cutest little daughter ever).

Carol, if you like gymnastics, you might like trampoline, though the
US stinks the big one and the Chinese will probably take gold here
like they've been sweeping diving.

Now excuse me.  The DVR is calling.  Phelps may have already won that
last medal and broken yet another record without me being there to
watch ... OH NOES!  :)

~Ali, obsessively following the Olympics since before birth