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Commonwealth Games Open In Manchester With A Barge That Has To Be Wheeled Into PlaceJULY 14, 2002 · 08:19
The opening ceremony moved 2,000 competitors up the River Irwell on a barge which, three days before, was still being assembled in a warehouse approximately eleven miles away. This is standard practice in the host city and is not normally considered remarkable.
THE BARGE.
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THE BARGE.
MANCHESTER, July 14 -- The Commonwealth Games opened this evening with a ceremony on the River Irwell in which 2,000 competitors were carried past the city on a barge that had to be floated up the canal under its own power three days ago, having been built in a warehouse.
Nineteen nations and four territories are competing. Fiji, at this competition, won more golds per head of population than any other country on earth.
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BATHTUBINGFAIL
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· Bath (yes) · 2 minutes later
the umpires were blind and everybody in that stadium knows it, write to your congressperson
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BuffaloWildWingsFan87
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· Buffalo, NY · an hour later
i have been a season ticket holder since 1991 and i am not going to say it in here because of the children reading this thread
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· Reno, NV · same afternoon
Illegitimate_Squirrel wrote:
i would like it on the record that i read this entire article while eating a sandwich and that the sandwich wa... unrelated but has anyone else's bird learned the emergency broadcast tone? because mine has and i would like to talk about it
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· caturday · that evening
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Commonwealth Games Open In Manchester With A Barge That Has To Be Wheeled Into Place i would like it on the record that i read this entire article while eating a sandwich and that the sandwich was excellent
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· Birmingham, AL · the next morning
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