[mphenterprises]

Okay...I just watched it on NBC. My bad....You meant 8th Gold medal in this Olympics. WOW is right. If I have seen everything, he should have either 11 or 12 total Gold medals.

[coastie65]

Haven't seen the soda, but the ice cream is Vanilla Ice cream with Root Beer sorbet swirled in. The Sorbet is made with A&W Root Beer Syrup.

[mjd420nova]

Coastie: I haven't seen the soda for sale yet here in Norcal. It's got to be A&W. In the old days we used to love the frostie mugs. In Hawaii we had to drive to the other side of the island for the only A&W. We'd get the float and a half gallon to take home.

[Adama]

Yeah, people would go to the ends of the world (just about) for an A&W Rootbeer float. It's that good! :^0

[Adama]

Hi Lil,
Yeah, I had the privilege to watch Michael Phelps get his 7th Gold Medal and tying the record with Mark Spitz.

Then, last night I saw the relay race where he used his gigantamous arms to help his team get a leading edge, and they went on to Win!!

I was screaming, clapping, crying, just so happy for him! (I had to do all of that quietly, because it was after 11pm and my roommate was already sleeping) but it was one of the most exciting things I've seen in a long, long time! They showed some pics of a NFL game in Baltimore, that had already finished, but people had stayed in the stadium because they were showing Michael Phelps in huge screens and people were jumping up and down, screaming, and stuff. Well, that just gave me chills right now. hehe

Hi MPH,

I think that all together he has 16 Medals, 8 of them Gold, I silver (I saw that one too) 7 WRs and I don't remember the other ones.

He's really an amazing guy.

EDIT ~ It was not at a Baseball game, it was at an NFL game.
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[lilxkid24]

you should see his diet

Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch: One pound of enriched pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. Energy drinks packing 1,000 calories.

Dinner: One pound of pasta. An entire pizza. More energy drinks.

12,000 calories a day

[Adama]

ZOMG !!!!! You gotta be kidding! How can anybody eat that much??!!!!!!!?

[mphenterprises]

Hi All. Okay, it is obvious that Michael Phelps is one of, if not the greatest, Olympic athletes in history. I want to make sure we give him his just recognition. I did some digging and found that:

- in 2004, he earned eight medals overall six gold and two bronze

- this year, he earned eight gold medals



So his grand total is 14 Gold medals and two bronze medals. My reference for the 2004 Olympics is here.

[Flashorn]

Hey MPH!!



Now , I don't want to take anything away from Michael Phelps but, he is

the greatest Olympian in the Swimming Pool and not the greatest

Overall Olympian.

There are others that have feats just as great but might not be as

publicized as Michael's was.



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[coastie65]

mjd, We had something here when I was growing up with the big frozen mugs called Twin Kiss Root Beer. I never saw an A&W until I got in the Northeast. As Far as Bottled Root Beer goes, Dad's & Hires was the Root Beer around here. I also like Ginger Beer & Birch Beer. coastie

[coastie65]

Hey lil, They actually had a crew member on Fox & Friends eat that breakfast the other morning. I know it took him a solid hour if not longer to eat it. Incidentally, the Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals, have Jade inlay on the back. coastie

[mphenterprises]

Hi Flashorn. Yes, I am not really one for labels but I think they only gave him the label as "Greatest Olympian" because he has A) the most amount of Gold medals ever and B) the most Gold medals in one Olympics.

[mjd420nova]

I usually only eat twice a day, breakfast and dinner. I found I spent too much for lunch when away from home, so I decided to skip it. My breakfast is usually three eggs over easy, two 3 inch canadian bacon slabs, two pieces of toast with cream cheese, 8 ounces of V8, 8 ounces of pineapple juice and 16 ounces of whole milk. I then fill a commuter mug with 12 ounces of coffee. That's how I can skip lunch, besides I found that I would get sleepy in the mid afternoon if I ate lunch. Dinner is most often a normal meal, a bowl of salad, red meat, a starch, either pasta or potato and a vegatable. I have no weight problems, remaiming around 175 as long as I work everyday.

[Adama]

Hi MPH, one of the American Newscasters (NBC) there in Beijing called Phelps - The Greatest Athlete in Olympic History!

[mphenterprises]

Hi Adama. Yep, I noticed that. I think a lot of that has to do with what Flashorn mentioned but then also....there is already a DVD out about Michael Phelps produced by NBC. So a lot of it has to do with marketing, promotions, and sales as well.

[lilxkid24]

lol its funny how my dad keeps saying hes either on steroids or hes cheating somehow

[mphenterprises]

Yeah, it would be an absolute disaster if he was doing something illegal but hopefully he is doing everything he can to keep on the straight.

[Flashorn]

Hey LIL & MPH!!

Believe me, we had our share of dishonest athletes in the

form of Ben Johnson losing his Gold Medal in the 100 meters

in the '88 Olympics in Seoul Korea.

What a let down!!!



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[mphenterprises]

Hi Flashorn. There was an image of the start of that 100 meter race that really showed how much he was pumping steroids. I could not find that picture, but I did find another shot that really shows his swollen shoulders:










This is not as definitive as the image I remember but, yeah, it is a shame.

[rgreen4]

There was an extensive discussion on Fox News last night about Phelps and the Speedo Razr swim suit and all the records that have been broken. Apparently the suit has no seams, so it reduced drag. Phelps physique is a key to his swimming prowess. His arms are longer than normal for someone his height, indicating a height of 6' 7", but he is in fact only 6' 4". His legs are a little shorter than normal for someone his height. I have a younger friend (his father is a long term friend of mine) whos physique is like that. Father is 6' 2 and son is 5' 10", yet when they sit side by side they are the same height.

Next, Phelps shoe size is 14, and his ankles are double jointed so he has the ability to use his feet sort of like flippers.

I think steroids would work against a swimmer not in favor. After all, the bulking up effect that is a hallmark of it's use, would increase the drag in water and slow the individual down.