China is 14 hours ahead of EST, so it's almost 1pm there. So, nights we can expect live coverage of morning events.
ETA: Nope, Barb is right, it's 12 hours ahead. Which means someone on television is WRONG!
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Aug 09, 2008 5:44:39 pm PDT #2207 of 10003
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SailAweigh - Aug 09, 2008 5:44:53 pm PDT #2208 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
NBC is live right now. There'a a 12 hour time difference from Beijing to the east coast. So, if it's 10pm in NYC, it's 10am in Beijing. Anything you watch earlier in the day, starting at 9 or 10am, is delayed from the afternoon/evening before.
Jesse - Aug 09, 2008 5:44:59 pm PDT #2209 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's 8:41 am in China, no?
10 -- they're 12 hours off Eastern US time.
I'd say that's a bad assumption. I don't want to know until I see it happen.
Then I am glad I whitefonted!
Jesse - Aug 09, 2008 5:46:37 pm PDT #2210 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is brilliant: Current time in China.
msbelle - Aug 09, 2008 5:57:29 pm PDT #2211 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am trying hard to catch up on the night nbc coverage, but I am about 2 hours behind.
Does anyone else think that Bob Costas' hair looks like a piece? Or is that common knowledge?
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 6:12:31 pm PDT #2212 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I love the Olympics. Seriously. Just all the little stories, like Justin Spring, Olympic gymnast, son of an astronaut--talk about interesting family careers. And I love the feeling of the whole world focusing on something at the same time. It just feels very immediate, and community-like, and awesome.
ETA: Sorry, msbelle, I didn't notice Bob's hair. But the next time I see him, I will certainly check it out.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 6:12:40 pm PDT #2213 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
yeah, whitefont! I find it whacky that we are watching tomorrow right now on NBC.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 6:13:43 pm PDT #2214 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am alibelle. Makes me happy to watch the olympics. I just realized that I would never want N to be a gymnast. A diver, yes. A swimmer, absolutely. A field hockey player, sure. But not a gymnast.
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 6:14:29 pm PDT #2215 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I know, right? But after Nilly's story, I really want to see sunrise/sunset.
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 6:17:32 pm PDT #2216 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I wouldn't want to be a swimmer because, shallowly, the girl swimmers usually have funky-looking shoulders and not always the best hair. And there's many reasons why I sucked at gymnastics, but I still love it and think it's the most interesting sport. And didn't you do gymnastics too, Kat? Or did you just do tumbling stuff for cheering? I don't remember. Why wouldn't you want to be a gymnast?