Spoiler from the Olympics. Enter at your own risk.

[gateley]

-- Injury-hit Lindsey Vonn wins first-ever U.S. women's downhill gold at Winter Olympics.

[LynneSin]

1. Mind you, I'm not watching the Olympics but I have MSNBC news alerts on my iphone

that would really piss me off if I was watching it.

NBC should really really be banned from doing the Olympics - they do a horrible job!.

[gateley]

4. I see your point, but I don't really care about watching it 'live'. Although... I

thought I WAS because it's on MSNBC now, and I got the alert via a CNN e-mail.

[ceile]

2. WooHoo!

Go Lindsey!

[gateley]

I'm so happy for her! And the U.S.A! nt

[SoCalDem]

8. I bet her sponsors are happy too

:evilgrin:

I guess the cheese-therapy works:)

[gateley]

10. No kidding! nt

[taterguy]

3. Why the need for a spoiler alert about a sporting event?

Anyone who really cared about the outcome could watch it on live TV right?

[Pirate Smile]

5. No. NBC isn't showing it live. They tape it and show it at night during prime time.

[taterguy]

7. A prime time live downhill race would be cool

Sure it would be dusk in Vancouver but give the skiers an extra challenge

[gateley]

9. I didn't even think about the hour it would have to occur to be shown live in

prime time -- you're right. This one would have been a nail biter what with her injury and all.

Maybe Apolo will be live tonight, that always gets me on the edge of my seat, too.

[gateley]

6. No -- they show different segments on TV. For example, MSNBC is currently

showing hockey (and has been for quite a while).

And I gave the spoiler because some people enjoy watching the event without knowing the outcome. I was being considerate.

[calimary]

11. Thank you! Now I can enjoy watching that and not being a nervous wreck!

Some of these things I get WAY too into.

I'm also prone to skipping directly to the end of the book to find out how it ends. Then I can relax and enjoy the story. Life already throws you too many curve balls and surprise endings. When I'm reading for enjoyment, I'd rather have a sure thing. Yeah, 'fraid I'm one of THOSE.

:hi: :hide:

[gateley]

12. I kind of felt the same way about the Apolo Ohno race when he got a silver -

It was intense and surprising enough even knowing the outcome.

With her, I would have been waiting for her to fall every second and re-injuring her leg -- not a 'fun' experience.

I stopped reading the end of books in about the third grade -- also stopped unwrapping and re-wrapping my Christmas presents. I missed the surprise and eager anticipation. But it's different when a person is involved -- and as I said, I would have been a wreck worrying about her all the way down the hill. :hi:

[virgogal]

13. Great news!