Do you think the 6-9 hours time zone diff. from the US to Italy ruins the suspense of the Winter Olympics? Y?
98735
For some people I can see how it would spoil the results.  But if you're a true fan of the Olympics then it doesn't matter.  It's unfortunate that they can't be held on our continent every time but there are other people in the world besides Americans. (That may shock some of you to learn!)  But we can all look forward to the next winter olympics that will be held in Canada.
33795
Well, the next XX Winter Olympics are going to be held at Torino, Italy From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010\n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012
997196
it's disappointing coz Czech Rep lost to Ghana\nBut Italy will surely defeat USA
6756
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558947
There's a 3 hour time dif. 8pmest would be 5pmp pst.
134492
I think the winter olympics were pretty good, not the best I've seen, but still very interesting seeing new countries winning medals. What I was a little disappointed about was the performance of Bode Miller. He was portrayed to be very good by the media, but then screwed up in most of his events.
123119
I'll probably not watch it at all.  Most of the coverage I'm just not interested in.  Skiing?  Nah.  Cross country?  Nah.  Now, the speed-skating is interesting and could hold my attention for a bit, but other than that... hockey would be the only one, as I like to watch hockey, but I'd probably end up doing other things.\n\nThat isn't to say that I wouldn't read about the Olympic coverage and root for Team USA!
467810
I think that when you first sign up to Yahoo! it asks you what time zone you are in. If you got it wrong or if you are at the edge of that time zone that would explain the time difference. Mine does it too. Its a real pain.
18374
One would think from looking at a map that Austira would, being further east but in fact, both France and Austria are GMT+1 with no daylight savings on Dec 31 so they are in the same time zone and celebrate it at the same time.\n\n(Checked using Brest, France - one of the most western cities against Wien/Vienna, Austria)
1074419
Team 1E plays team 2F on Monday U.S. time.\nTeam 1F and 2E (Brazil/Ghana) plays on Tuesday, which means that Italy will be playing on Monday, not Tuesday as they are 1E.\nThey will be defeating Australia on Monday.
247483
my understanding is that this is a universal ENGLISH yahoo answers, you will find more than just Americans on here, just change the time of day you are on and you will notice the difference.
132470
I AGREE 100% ... NBC's coverage was pathetic to say the least.  I am boycotting any Olympic coverage that NBC does until they get their act together.  I used Yahoo News to keep up on all the events.
1035598
you mean 7 hours earlier?\nthat's the mountain time zone of the US, mexico, and canada, i believe.
386892
Germany is central European time and Atlanta is Estaern time. They are both on day light savng time. So when it is 8 PM in Germany it is 6 hours earlier in Atlanta, meaning 2 PM.\n\nWhich team do you support other than the US?
549074
A meridian is an arbitrary line, it is straight and goes through anything in it's path.  Can you envision a world where time zones did that.  It is bad enough that a country can have multiple time zones but what about states.  Half of the state on one time and the other half on another time setting.  Now let's get really serious.  How about a city.  can you imagine having to cross a time zone to go to work or to go to the market.  City agencies would be snarled all the time.  And we could be as silly as having you home split with two clocks on the same wall displaying different times and both being correct.\n\nThe time zones are established to be a bit more user friendly than that.\n\nI hope that gives you a bit of the rational.
170883
Well, speaking as an avid fan of the Olympics (but someone who likes to see all the events), I would have to opt for Salzburg (Austria) (as it's not that far off GMT)
622857
I'm going with \n\n25 Standard/Separate Regions of International Time\n\n...+12/-12 GMT is one time zone split in half