Don't you worry about that. We have plenty of athletes who have the TES mins in each discipline. I'm sure we'll be able to field a C19-free team, regardless of how competitive that team may or may not be. But, I'm sure the Canucks in this thread are hoping for the worst possible outcome so that they have a shot at that team bronze after all.
Yes, Phil is just as bad as Christine. Sometimes even worse. They have been two peas in a pod since the Tonya & Nancy days.
Is that the general public?
Anytime. I would be happy to pontificate on the talent-less hack PHILIP Hersh, but honestly I thought they put him out to pasture years ago after the Chicago Tribune dumped his sorry butt. I didn't realize that PHILIP even remained relevant in figure skating.
I am with BittyBug on this. Take your griping to another thread. Please!
pathetic is that you feel putting a mask on is a bif deal.
i agree christine will say anything to get attention and shake things up and the people in that room were eating!
I'm not muting it. I enjoyed some of the old, late 90s/early country they've played.
I dont mind some of them, but Taylor, Kellie and Miley have been overplayed.
Is it the general public though .. people staying in the hotel? Or a skaters room reserved for them?
A room reserved for credentialed people to eat food.
LOL. I'm complaining about everyone harping on masks - whether for or against. It's tiresome and talking about it here does nothing to change what's happening in the arena or the hotel.
The lounge is open to Marriot Platinum members so general public. It was not a room reserved for skaters.
I'm not a Phil Hersh fan, but for the record, he wasn't "dumped", he took a buyout, which the Tribune Co (which also owns my city's main paper), along with other journalism orgs, has been doing since the 90s. It's usually a year's worth of salary, I think benefits during that time too, in exchange for resignation/retirement, offered to employees with a certain number of years of service. It's a way to reduce payroll by attrition rather than layoffs. Presumably Phil was thinking about retirement or doing other projects and thought the buyout was a good opportunity.
I wear a mask everywhere. There are other threads to debate this.
Hope you feel better! I had it in January 2020 and felt terrible for a few days, gamut of fever up to 103 and fatigue. This is a chest cold (with my lungs, worse for me than my husband but I'm fine, I don't even need inhalers which I usually do with bronchitis and whatnot and DEFINITELY did with OG panini bug). My vaccine wore off probably summer 2021 so this is clearly heck of a lot milder. We were convinced it was just your average run of the mill cold.
Ummm yeah .. I should be getting this snow in MY city not there .. it[s gone missing here that’s for sure. Last time it snowed was a week before Christmas. Americans should stop stealing my snow.
Empty water bottles are explicitly allowed. Food and beverages are forbidden, but many people have carried snacks into the arena. Bags are being X-rayed, so I think beverages would probably be noticed. Food is best carried into the arena in your pockets. The arena would have the right to confiscate food or drink found in your bag, and I have certainly seen that done at some earlier Nationals.
My husband travels for work and has access to the lounges — many of them are still closed across the country. So of course the one hosting potential olympians is not.
Is there a live chat or Twitter thread somewhere for those of us who are supposed to be there? 
(half serious). I need to talk about skating & since I won’t have seat mates … luckily husband will be away so I can watch in peace but I’m 
Update... negative test and no fever today. Getting on a flight at 5AM tomorrow!!I have the weekend package and was planning to leave Thursday early AM... but now I'm running a slight fever and have a sore throat which has me concerned. One negative test so far, took another and waiting on the results. Will go if my test is negative and if my fever is gone tomorrow.
