tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post1599786207532853500..comments2024-01-10T00:22:30.681+00:00Comments on PLATTITUDE: Build the revolution, not muscle!Steve Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04258173355418446390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-81204996203809156222008-08-24T16:05:00.000+01:002008-08-24T16:05:00.000+01:00Oops, maybe that explains why I'm not an Olympian ...Oops, maybe that explains why I'm not an Olympian - went to the wrong venue ...Steve Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258173355418446390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-22914003701970751922008-08-22T19:03:00.000+01:002008-08-22T19:03:00.000+01:00I agree about the track and field events, and abou...I agree about the track and field events, and about the Socialist Worker for that matter. But any ancient Greek who went to Mount Olympus would have missed them by many miles. Mount Olympus, where the 12 chief Greek gods used to live, is in northern Greece, about 100km south-west of Thessaloniki. Ancient Olympia, where the Games were celebrated from 776 BC until 393 AD -- an astonishing eleven and a half centuries -- exists to this day in the Western Peloponnese, about 50km south of the port of Patras. There it was that the Olympic flame (which caused so much trouble around the world this summer) was lit from the rays of the sun, concentrated by a parabolic mirror, on 24 March 2008.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-8617176634086162432008-08-20T11:05:00.000+01:002008-08-20T11:05:00.000+01:00NOBODY reads SW. SW is for SELLING comrade. Red-ed...NOBODY reads SW. SW is for SELLING comrade. Red-education camp for you my boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-9198766875537756712008-08-19T19:09:00.000+01:002008-08-19T19:09:00.000+01:00You read Socialist Worker? Has your IQ evaporated?...You read Socialist Worker? Has your IQ evaporated?Paul E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15234456385928668896noreply@blogger.com