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https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/ageing/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/08/olympics.gif320147‘Amazing’; ‘Incredible’; ‘Phenomenal’. These have been three of the most often used words during the ‘extraordinary’ (here’s another) Olympic Games held in London and now in its second week. It all began with the opening ceremony which was like none other and was typically British in its mixture of sentiment, quirkiness and social comment, with a welcome absence of national jingoism peddled by some of the tabloids.. Surprise followed surprise in that long evening, the highlights (for me) being the spoof alliance between the Queen and James Bond and the ‘astonishing’ (a fifth word) ignition and elevation of the cauldron