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[Maryjane]

zainhasan15, on Jul 3 2008, 02:38 PM, said:

Today is my 20th birthday, God, Allah almighty gave me life, gave me existence and presence. I was nothing before my birth and I will be nothing after my death, we humans have a short lifetime and we should never worry about bad creatures around us. Our life has no comparison, nothing is alternate of it and we should enjoy every moment of it because past can never come back.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

EMBRACE YOU~ WE'RE THE SAME AGE, YAY~

[LA84]

I must say, those beautiful blue skys in all these pictures of the stadium just help make it look like such a welcoming place

Obviously Bejing has nipped that air quality problem in the bud!

Now to the big question:

With all these pictures of the stadium why hasn't anyone gone into the restrooms to find out if the squatter toilet problem has been fixed and taken pictures?

[NY20??]

There are pictures of the bathrooms some pages back.

[LA84]

NY20??, on Jul 3 2008, 04:35 PM, said:

There are pictures of the bathrooms some pages back.

Well I see the ones of the restroom doors but nothing inside the stalls!

The squatter toilets could be the difference between a successful games and an international incident!

[Torchbearer AA]

I just saw at gettyimages.com a few pictures made in the olympic green.
It shows sculptures and a very Chinese arch. Never seen before, realy very nice.

I still don't know how to show the gettyimages.com pictures here, maybe somebody could help me?

[baron-pierreIV]

Torchbearer AA, on Jul 4 2008, 05:38 PM, said:

I just saw at gettyimages.com a few pictures made in the olympic green.
It shows sculptures and a very Chinese arch. Never seen before, realy very nice.

I still don't know how to show the gettyimages.com pictures here, maybe somebody could help me?

Because those are 'dynamic' images, I think you will first have to copy them onto YOUR network; save it in your folders; then maybe load them onto 'photobucket' or 'snapfish'; AND THEN copy - paste the URLs here. Kind of a long, laborious process.

Edited by baron-pierreIV, 04 July 2008 - 12:18 PM.

[mr.x]

[jiejie]

LA84, on Jul 4 2008, 07:18 AM, said:

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Now to the big question:

With all these pictures of the stadium why hasn't anyone gone into the restrooms to find out if the squatter toilet problem has been fixed and taken pictures?

I'd like to put this to rest once and for all. I've attended 5 different events in the Birds Nest this year, on both the first and second floors (tiers). And believe you me, peed plenty of times all over the stadium....uh, in the Ladies Toilet facilities of course. Each toilet area is huge, with maybe 40-50 stalls each. And most of those are WESTERN toilets--I'd say maybe only 1/3 are squatters. For those of you unfamiliar with Asia, squatters are frankly, more hygienic to use in a public facility, and I personally prefer them even though I'm a westerner. What's not to like? I don't know about the mens, as you guys need fewer toilets to begin with. Wall urinals are wall urinals for taking care of that business. The most offputting thing about the restrooms is that the walls are completely painted in black, except for the inside of the toilet stalls themselves, which are painted bright red-orange like the red you see on the outside of the stadium. In close quarters, this effect is quite off-putting. It really does make you want to hurry up and get out of there.

I think this entire toilet issue at the major venues (Nest, Cube, NIS) has been caused by a bit of irresponsible journalism a few months back. I suspect said journalist saw a squatter or two, and didn't bother to do a good check of the entire restroom and other restrooms, to see all the western toilets. Must have been a male journalist.

[Maryjane]

jiejie, on Jul 5 2008, 07:34 AM, said:

I'd like to put this to rest once and for all. I've attended 5 different events in the Birds Nest this year, on both the first and second floors (tiers). And believe you me, peed plenty of times all over the stadium....uh, in the Ladies Toilet facilities of course. Each toilet area is huge, with maybe 40-50 stalls each. And most of those are WESTERN toilets--I'd say maybe only 1/3 are squatters. For those of you unfamiliar with Asia, squatters are frankly, more hygienic to use in a public facility, and I personally prefer them even though I'm a westerner. What's not to like? I don't know about the mens, as you guys need fewer toilets to begin with. Wall urinals are wall urinals for taking care of that business. The most offputting thing about the restrooms is that the walls are completely painted in black, except for the inside of the toilet stalls themselves, which are painted bright red-orange like the red you see on the outside of the stadium. In close quarters, this effect is quite off-putting. It really does make you want to hurry up and get out of there.

I think this entire toilet issue at the major venues (Nest, Cube, NIS) has been caused by a bit of irresponsible journalism a few months back. I suspect said journalist saw a squatter or two, and didn't bother to do a good check of the entire restroom and other restrooms, to see all the western toilets. Must have been a male journalist.

squatters are frankly, more hygienic to use in a public facility, I agree with you

[daveypod-less]

Olympian2004, on Jun 27 2008, 04:41 PM, said:

Sorry, here's the big one:

I have been away for a week and just seen this pic, not sure if someone has suggested this as I cant be arsed to read all the way back but this is my thought. The actual cauldron is the bit nearest the edge of the roof this will in my opinion pivot until its upright on a hinge and overhang the stadium roof edge. But I think there is a secondary bit up there that will be lit from somewhere then move forward on a track, maybe this will look like a pheonix, this will travel forward and light the cauldron then move back to be removed leaving the actual cauldron burning. Has someone suggested this? Sorry if so, does it make sense?