Daily: 27th December 2010
27 December, 2010 at 00:06 (GMT)
By RG
Previously on The Daily: Basically Nigel killed the Wicked Driver of the West, met the Wizzard's of Aus who told him where Santa was and SENT JERMAIN DEFOE OFF DESPITE THE FACT IT CLEARLY WASN'T INTENTIONAL AND WASN'T A RED CARD. Oh sorry, the last bit didn't happen, that was Martin Atkinson, I've got over that, honest. Erm, on with the Daily.
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The three of them had reached their final destination, but we're shocked to see who was where the Wizzard's of Aus said Santa was.
"But you're... you're not Santa," moaned a disappointed Sergio.
"Yes I am, ho, ho, ho. Deal with it kiddo," replied an old, short, man, "what do you want?"
"We want... Santa," said Felipe.
"And here he is.... who do you think I am? I am the King of these lands. I am... King Bernie of the Commonwealth of Wiki."
"King Bernie? I don't know who you are, listen, I came here looking, looking brain for me, do you, you think you, you could me give it?" asked a plucky Adrian.
"Not a chance, here, have a rubik's cube, sorry, I solved it already. I am that brilliant frankly. Did it in eight seconds."
"But thats impossible," said Felipe
"No it isn't, you are just not good enough. Now if you don't mind, I'm trying to be a King here, so get lost."
Adrian stepped up confidently, "No, no, no we won't, won't get lost no, I... oh you, guards on me, goodbye Sergio and Felipe, nice, nice knowing you." And with that, Adrian was dragged by his arms and thrown into the jail.
"You know," said King Bernie, "if he'd came asking for courage he would have got away with it."
"I want courage," pleaded Felipe.
"Oh really? Go away, I don't care for you. Now... where is Lord Hermann of Tilkeland? Some chaps from Jupiter have been on the phone."
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"So how do we get home Sergio?"
"I don't know, look, there is a sign," said a slightly lucky Sergio, "we can either go via Dakar, or by NOT GIVING A GOAL DESPITE THE BALL CLEARLY NOT GOING OUT (erm, sorry about that again, er, Sergio is a big... Spurs fan you see, not happy with how it went, keep going Sergio) So what do you propose?"
"Which one is shortest?"
"Err, Dakar I guess." So they went the way of Dakar, through the impossibly hot deserts, past three men in stupid cars stuck in some sand and a stupidly big red glow. But they made it to the end in one piece, unlike an Australian batting display.
"We're home Felipe," an excited Sergio said. He ran off into the houses in the hope that James had cooked his dinner. Felipe turned and said the final, typical lines of a story.
"This makes no sense what-so-ever."
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Back in the jail, Adrian was busy drawing lines on the wall with chalk and throwing a tennis ball, when a man approached him.
"Okay-a, Mr Adrian yeah? My name is a-Jarno, and I have an offer you can't refuse. I am going to get you out of here-a. Don't worry, I got-a three Pirelli branded F1 cars outside-a to help. You in?"
To be Continued...
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The show must go on. Have a happy new year and I'll see each and every one of you again, in 2011.
Oh and Rafael van der Vaart. I love you too much.
I was 75% sure it was a Monday today, so I did one daily. Yeah.
Ooooh new day!
Hehehe RG's daily is awesomeness as always.
I loved The Goodies
Before Bill Oddie knew what Ornathology was
I don't trust Jarno in the story, he's up to wine related shenanigans I bet
Must admit I did forget to include my immense disappointment that 'Arry Redknapp didn't deck Robert Pires when he had a better chance than Harrison did against Haye.
Not that, I promote violence of course.
you were already distracted by a certain red card me thinks
That might have been the case.
Well done, once again, RG.
Off to bed now, also forgot to mention love the fact that sergio was on your christmas tree RG :) nighty night.
Night Lukeh
Night Lukeh
hullo new day :)
i love a daily that starts with 'previously...' :) :)
Steven: is there a meteor shower next week? Brian Cox is trailing a show about something coming up over 3 nights
Re-upped my World of Warcraft account. This might not end well. But at least I'm on vacation.
Last week or the week before was the Geminid shower which is the biggest of the year. Not sure about next week. I haven't heard anything
ohh i saw that! I'm totally watching it, i dont care what's going to happen it sounds amazing! :)
they're calling it live star gazing or something.. it's going to be awesome. :)
I need to see that then
From Jodrell
www.eps.mancheste…onths&id=6519
"In episode one, the appearance of Jupiter in conjunction with Uranus for the first time this decade will lead us into a discussion about the planets and their place in our Solar System."
Must watch TV. I think we could end up live commenting that
You can still see Jupiter every night. It is the brightest thing in the sky other than the moon.
Father Ted Night on New Year's Day
Yes!
Channel 4 are showing the Colts vs Raiders game in place of the game that was called off
Oh, okay. I'll switch over. I was watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN, but I'm recording it.
How luxurious to have this week off, my goodness. I love that I can watch the whole football game if I want to, and I'm so happy there IS one on tonight. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed it until the blizzard almost took it away.
The game is over already
Oh, so they're showing the replay? I didn't watch any today. Are you going to watch?
RG, as usual i love the daily :)
I am going to watch it because I have no idea of the score so it makes no difference to me that it is not live
Same with me. Yay. :)
Can you see the game though?
hm. I'll know in a couple of minutes for sure, but the usual Sunday night show is on so far.
Game just about to start here. Showing Manning and Addai
Reeses commercial
Raiders just returned the kick off 99 yards for a TD, A bit different from the standard 3 and out
0.0 What is up with these big first plays? I like the trend.
Now I'm getting The Best of Week 16. :(((
So are they just going to kill time for 3 more hours??? Stoopid.
Me too.
Shame
GRRRRRRR.
But I guess if they showed the game already today it doesn't make a lot of sense to run it again. This is what we in teaching call "winging it" right now if they have nothing planned.
Teena Marie died today. It's on twitter.
You would think people in the US would know what happened in all the other games if they were interested. All they are really doing is filling in time between the ads
Yep. BOO. I was really looking forward to staying up and watching some football.
#shockedtheworlddoesn'trevolvearoundme
It revolves round me not you
They've put the commentators out on the field now in the snow. They look so happy about it.
Oh, right. My mistake. Silly me.
Looks like the Colts are in for a tough night. TD from the kick off then they went three and out
Had to Google that one
No idea
Collinsworth is saying this is a bad precedent to set in canceling this game, and that they should have played. They canceled it because of the timing of the snow and how it was going to pile up while folks were in the stadium, and that it was called a 'snow emergency' in Philly, which means people shouldn't be out in their cars to allow snow plows to clear the road.
80's pop, but she was on tour right now. I think maybe worked with Prince? I wasn't sure either.
Mike Carlson said the same and thinks switching to Tuesday is stupid
Paul Whitehouse's Aviva commercials are second only to Go Compare in the Annoying Ads of the Year Awards
It sucks either way.
#throwsdownbatandballandpouts
I didn't know you could do a Terrell Owen impression
Now the local news gets a half hour to do special storm coverage, then some stoopid shows.
(I sound like I'm 5)
Rick James apparently, who was a bit Prince-like in the day
:D :D :D
hehe
Close.
*twiddling my thumbs*
Welp, now what do I do with no football?
(I feel for all the husbands trapped inside right now with family who were counting on the game :) )
You need an emergency proxy so you can live comment British tv when the need arises
It will be impossible to find a channel 4 stream that will let you watch this one
Sounds good. How do I do that? It would really come in handy.
I know Kai would love to watch the C4 coverage rather than the US ad infested version
You need to ask some of our non-Brit commenters.
Amy watches F1 coverage on the beeb sometimes. I know Pamela used to
YES. argh.
She should be awake now
AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's about half ten, she's probably munching on breakfast, reading her emails on Alistair. She'll be here soon. Unless there's tennis
Actually. Was Amy at the Cricket yesterday?
She was at the cricket so she may struggle to wake up for days
Very true
twitter.com/amyfu…18937115786092544
Thought so. Yeah, she'll be comatose for a while
I find it odd that anyone would choose to go to cricket
Fourstar stayed up late to listen to it on the radio
Maybe he was an insomniac
Must be.
www.earthcam.com/…york/timessquare/
Web cam from NYC, check out that wind
I just heard thundersnow on the news!
Thunder snow?? Never heard of such a thing
I never have either. Thunder during a blizzard. Those clouds must be exhausted. They're getting quite a workout.
It was discussed earlier. We decided it was a Thindercat. Not sure why it's on the news though. Maybe it rescued someone
*Thundercat
hehe
"Thundersnow to the rescue!" Ba-BOOM!
(It happened while a reporter was on in NYC)
:D
Christopher Biggins and Jeanette Krankie!
Not discussable but wow!
It was surprising. Especially given his preferences:)
;)
Ah, he denied it after the credits. But it was convincing for a bit
:D
So we went out for a bit of an explore today, i took my camera (naturally). Have uploaded a few of my better snaps to flickr.
www.flickr.com/ph…2157625398166899/
I think Thundersnow is a much safer topic
Naughty step must be really cold this time of year
I will look later
It is
Well, According to Italian Federal and State laws, selling or shipping Jarno's Wine across the Rubicon could be considered Bootlegging.... Not to sound all "Smokey and the Bandit" like.... :P
I'm off to sleep now, night all! xx
Night Lou
Night Lou
Hmmm, if Bassano was doing this blog, I would say that Adrain's horse was "sightly detached" right about now.... Hopefully RG has not seen the Godfather yet....
I have been there for more than a year after Christine gave me control of Sidepodland during a live broadcast and pardoned everyone else who was on the naughty step.
sidepodcastwiki.c…/The_Naughty_Step
Hello all, recuperated from Christmas yet?
Christ. Have not you tunnelled out yet?
Love this one
www.flickr.com/ph…2157625398166899/
Hi Joe
And this: www.flickr.com/ph…2157625398166899/
Your foxes are a lot more docile than the urban foxes we have
Don't you think I am in enough trouble without Christine finding a tunnel
Hola! Football's gotten boring, dying for F1 to start again
:)
Hi Joe, Jordan
Night Lou
Fortunately we are getting the Colts, Raiders game now instead of the live game that was cancelled
Alien is about to start on E4+1
It was a good game. Watched Tampa Bay crush Seattle. Fla's teams are barely in the playoff race
It is definitely a lot less interesting when your team is not doing well
And we get stoopid shows, so I am sulking. :(
Greetings Joe.
Steven, see if you can get yourself Extradition papers to Tundraland.
I need someone to run my "Free Tundraland" radio station..... :P
AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds a bit chilly there. Can you re-site the radio station to Florida, California, South of France?
Hawaii!
I bet Mr C knows about proxy servers. He is hard wired to the net.
Mr C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
Perfect. Free Tundraland radio from Hawaii.
blockquote>Sounds a bit chilly there. Can you re-site the radio station to Florida, California, South of France?Every one in a while Turks and Cacos wishes to join Tundraland.....
Probably best not discussed here. I suggest google and some friendly forum post will bound to teach you everything you know
The Minnesota Vikings may be moving to LA??????
I doubt Chrisitne is going to allow extradiction to Hawaii.....
Wha???????
Yup. Something to do with less snow....
Yup something to do with less snow....
They are in some dispute about a stadium so the rumour is that they may go to LA. Apparently the Lakers started in Minnesota too. Who knew?
And I guess it doesn't help to have the roof fall in - literally.
I didn't know the Lakers started there.
Me neither but as they said where are the lakes in LA?
The name does make a lot more sense now.
There are Lakes in L.A. but everyone calls them "Tarpits" :P
Can't see the home fans being too keen on that
Forgot how many flashing lights there were in 70's sci fi films
:D
American sports teams do this all the time. They just up and move to another part of the country
Usually to L. A. so that they can start their vacations during the season.... :P
Yeah, and it's ugly. The Patriots almost left Mass. and the owner had death threats. The Hartford Whalers hockey team left and went to South Carolina. That hurt. I went to a lot of games.
Arsenal used to be a South London team
[not quite the same but just as treacherous]
I remember Hartford. I still think they are a 2 point win for the Habs as the 'canes.
I went to their last game.
I did hear they were doing pretty well over the years, but I didn't follow them.
How's the game, Steven?
The Glee adverts are doing my head in :(
I keep getting distracted from it by the comments. Still close though Colts 10 Raiders 13
I don't like Glee. It's huge here, though.
People have no taste these days. Glamoured by all this blinkin' singing and dancing. Enough I tells ya!
Fighting has broken out. After one play the Raiders got a 15 yard penalty for thumping what looks like one of the Colts offensive line. After the next play half a dozen players were in a pile evening things up so the COlts got the penalty that time although how anyone decided who was at fault is beyond me
I don't like Glee and I don't like musicals. Just say what you have to say. You don't need to sing it.
Precisely
Third play in a row with a penalty. This time pass interference against the Raiders and on the next play Manning passes in for a TD
Wow.
Is Manning looking better than he did a few weeks ago? Or maybe it was the Colts in general not up to par.
Yes. They said pre-game that he had three games where he was awful but has since recovered. Addai is back for the first time in 8-10 weeks so that takes some of the pressure off and gives the defence something else to think about
Half time and the Colts lead 17-13 with the Raiders missing a field goal with a second on the clock.
John Hurt's about to get that sucker thing stuck to his face
#Alien
You know it's a classic movie when we know just what you mean. hehe
Good for the Colts
It's weird seeing a younger Bilbo Baggins in it though
Yeah, and how did they get a space suit to fit his feet?
:)
I think someone needs to have a word with the scriptwriter
"Full of leathery objects like eggs or something"
Run John, run now!
Just threw an interception.
Well, any one of us could have told them not to go down there. As soon as they stepped out I was like "Noooo!".
ok, shhhh. We won't discuss it anymore.
Too late
+1 face hugger now
Has Christine Film Watched this yet?
There would have been less chance of an interception if the receiver had turned and looked where the ball was coming from rather than just running away from it
hehe
Run Forrest, run!
Apparently not
I really wanna see Danny Boyle's new film. 127 Hours
That didn't work
127 Hours
It looks good, and I like James Franco. He's another actor in Freaks and Geeks. Crazy show.
Did you know James Franco is now getting his PhD from Yale in...Literature, I think?
I have seen a few people on TV discussing it
The challenge, apparently, is to keep your eyes open through the whole amputation scene.
You must love Operas, then..... :P
He starring in a Planet of the Apes prequel next year. There messing with the story. Damn lazy Hollywood producers
Do I have to be looking at the screen or can they be open and looking away?
Pah. I was gutted when I found out Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd was a musical
hehe
If you really want that t-shirt, "I kept my eyes open for 127 Hours" then, well, I don't see a stipulation about looking AT the screen....
I didn't know that.
John Hurt's awake. He must be hungry
Do I need to add that I didn't see it, even with Johnny Depp?
Is he on a full or empty stomach right now? Is this before we find out about the little critter?
Oh God no! Not a re-boot of either "Escape from", "Conquest of", or "Battle of" ...The Planet of the Apes Please.....
Especially when there is awesome books, like "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" that are begging to be made into a moive....
I know, let us have a moive of a bunch of silly annoying hikers get eaten by bears or something..... please.
Sort of reminds me of that Bar scene in Spaceballs......
I haven't seen Spaceballs in years. I need to see it again
Morgan Freeman bought the rights to Rendezvous With Rama years ago. David Fincher supposedly to direct but got tired that the project never got off the ground. One day it'll be made, it has to. Needs to have the right team though
Chrisitine has it on her film Watch, so hopefully it be a film which all of Sidepodland will gather around to see.
The Raiders are throwing this game away. Too many penalties. Manning caught them offside with a hard count 7 yards from their own line and on the next possession caught them again.
End of the third Colts by 8 points
Well it's pretty empty now ;)
I do not know now, the obvious people are a little bit too old now, althought Mark Hamill would not make a great Yoda without any make-up needed....
Should add in a bunch of Mel Brooks films. The Producers, Blazing Saddles etc
Young Frankenstein's my fave
Men in Tights ? Although I do not think that Chrisitne has not see either the Errol Flynn or Kevin Coaster version of Robin Hood for it to be funnny enough.
You'd think they'd catch on.
They are making so many mistakes. The Raiders QB had 20 yards clear field in front of him and instead of running for the first down he threw a terrible pass then on 3rd and 9 he got sacked. You can't give away 1st downs when you are 8 points down in the 4th
They are only 5 points down. I missed a Field Goal somewhere
Right.
TD Colts. Game over. Raiders tried an all out blitz and Manning read it and changed the play. Then on the scoring pass he was changing the play and didn't get the snap until there was only a second on the play clock.
12 points up with 7 minutes to go
Those Manning audibles you like? :)
Yep. It's almost an unfair advantage. The commentators are pointing out that the Raiders are giving away there intentions as soon as Manning gets behind the center where the Colts divisional rivals know that he has no intention of taking the snap then so hide their intentions better. I find it hard to believe there is a single person in the game who doesn;t know how he operates
Yeah, if even I know what he does... :)
#sidepodspace
India is planning a manned space mission in the next few years and a mission to Mars by 2030.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/…_asia/8483787.stm
I hope it goes better than today's satellite launch
uk.news.yahoo.com…te-41f21e0_1.html
Raiders got the Colts one yard line. False start and a 5 yard penalty. They like making it hard for themselves. Fortunately for them they got the TD on the next down.
So there 5 points in it and 1:51 to go
Nice. Colts called a time out just as the Raiders were about to kick off to see if there was going to be an onside kick
Colts recover the onside kick.
I don't like time outs but I do admire how cleverly some people use them
Oh god, the suspense in watching it knowing it's gonna blow up. Nerve wracking. Then the silence in mission control. Yikes.
ooh, I love that sneaky stuff.
What gets me is they are going from that to manned missions in 5 years where NASA wanted 7 to go from the shuttle to an updated Apollo
"Lofty" goals.
Good luck with that
Peyton Manning just rushed for about 35 yards on 3rd and 2 and got within 3 yards of a TD and gave himself up because he knew he should not risk being tackled.
Game over
Colts by 5
Wow. Dramatic, and smart. He is so smart.
Sigourney's got 5 mins of the self destruct left and she's walking round with a flame thrower
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=m7_aDs1lm10
Thanks for keeping me up to date. Sorry I couldn't watch with you.
#stoopidthundersnow
Ooh, good part.
Made it to the escape pod. 30 secs to self destruct
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=m7_aDs1lm10
I was just going to search for that. Thanks
It's a real shame that the first time we can both watch the whole game and not worry about Monday morning is the one day there is no game.
I know. :(
Hopefully next week will be better but they have not decided what game will be on Sunday night yet
Oh dear. It followed her in
Again?
Not good
We're getting close to knowing who is in the playoffs. Do you guys get playoff games?
Out the hatch! That's how you do it. Harpoon gun FTW
Yes. Not sure who is covering them this year. In recent years for reasons I don't understand the BBC has shown the playoffs but not the regular season.
Aliens tomorrow night. 01:25 GMT
Night folks
Phew.
Night Bassano
Night Bassano
And when are they on? I suppose the chances of us being able to watch at the same time are slim (shady).
As soon as I know times I will let you know
okay. I'll have to see what the schedule is here, too. Our games tend to be on 1:00 EST or 4:00 EST on Sundays, but playoff games can be on Saturdays.
Did I tell you I booked my hotel in Prague today?
No. I knew about the flights but not the hotel
I'm so excited. It's in a great spot - quiet but close to stuff and the trams/metro, and it's got a kitchen so I can cook, which is easier with the food allergies. And it's big enough that I can go and chill in the comments when I have had too much of Outside. Free wifi, a balcony and airport transfer, so someone will meet me at the airport! aww.
And a view of the castle!
Sounds perfect. I guess food allergies in a foreign language are a big problem
Nice
Yeah, but they have cards you can print out in every language - I have to look that up, actually. I know I had one in Spanish when I went to Costa Rica. That made it easy. My high school Spanish didn't cover "gluten free"
That must make it easier.
If you want to go I don't want to keep you, it's getting early there, and I am on vacation, so I'm in no rush.
I am nocturnal at the best of times. Just started another game of www.miniclip.com/…-nfl-football/en/
Don't go there. It is addictive
It alwyas happens that the only language that you do not have "help me" written in is the only language that teh person speaks. Who knew that I had to resort to Zulu in London. (Cockney, actually)
Then again, it could have been their so called version of English....
Which assures I will look.
I am looking at Picasa as a place to post pics you guys can see. Have you used it? I can just copy a link in the comments and you guys could see it, right? No account needed?
And I want to see what are out there for reasonable cameras. My little point and shoot now isn't good enough.
I have never used it. I have no pics online anywhere
You need Lou for that
I like that there is an in-between control on who sees. I don't want to post photos publicly, but it would be nice to share some pics of Prague and stuff sometimes.
You're right. I'll catch her tomorrow.
It would be interesting to see them. I have heard good things about Prague but I have not seen a great deal of it
See? It's sidepod public service. :)
I just think it's really cool to share our travels with each other, like little mini-vacations.
:D
So many experiences people have had have been made better because the community can share them
Luckily we can all read the panic in someone's eyes if they are in trouble in some way, no words needed.
There's still some headhunters in The Southwest Pacific who might look forward to that look of panic in a person's eyes.....
Maybe I'll play with Picasa tomorrow and see if I can get some blizzard pics.
It's worth putting one up just so you can get some feedback on what people can see before you put too much effort into it
Why on earth do you want to take pictures of a DQ frozen treat ?
:)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. And I don't want to be trying out new software in the Czech Republic, I want to be familiar with it by then. A trial run could be fun.
Agreed
Try taking pictures of a map of Prague, then. You get to take pictures of Prague as a trial run, you get a picture sized map of the city and you get your trial run all at the same time.
Very efficient.
Clever.
And use google maps or mapquest for the source so that you do not have to buy an actual map of Prague.
But if you want to buy an actual map of Prague, use a cheque.....
Can anyone confirm that typing in "Sidepodcast HQ" in Google Maps gives you the location of Renault F1 in England?
I wonder if that a front for Chrisitne's and mr. C present location ?
They want that bunker
I think Christine's Marmot obession is starting to get the better of her.... It is one thing to want a marmot, it is another thing all together to burrow into teh ground and live like one....
:D
Well, on that last wise crack, I shall not bide you all good night.
Night Jordan
Night Jordan
Sleep time for me.
Good night Steven
Good night. I have about ten minutes left in my game then I am going to bed too
Who are you playing as and against?
I am playing as the Colts but the opposition are a mix of real and made up teams. I have started a second account as the Dolphins so I can find out what stupid mistakes I made in the first one
Sounds like fun. Good luck, Eli. Call those audibles.
Night
Good night
It is way past time I was in bed. Since I appear to be the last one here I will switch the lights out.
Good night sidepodworld
I feel I'm wasting my day off work, I got out of bed at 1.30 to lie on the couch where I dozed on and off and now it's 6pm and I'm considering going back to bed soon :D
Morning all, apparently i am the only person in my office who decided to go to work today, I was locked out!
Now hididng in a coffee shop with WiFi & a Chai
Morning.
Quiet here today.
(as in where I am sitting)
This is just the oddest pic!
I have had waaaay too much sleep in the last few days and now I feel groggy and odd. I feel fluy without having the flu :(
Morning peoples
I approve of mark's beard
Same here. And the morning hair :)
Morning lovelies.
hiya christine. Not a good nights sleep?
Terrible.
New TV? :)
Omg yes! I just got in and wondered where mum was, then she came home 5 minutes later with a massive box when I looked in the garden, I was like... ok then... then she walked in and went 'Look what weeeeeeee've got'. I thought it was going to be in their room but she said it's for the living room and my jaw dropped. I want to set it up!
Mmmmm, HD TV.
My mum was so sweet though. 'I can see Coronation Street better now!'
Well, they knocked half of Coronation Street down and rebuilt it, so it's nice she's making the effort too :)
Heheheh :)
My parents don't want to get a HD TV so they can wait to get a 3D one in a couple of years (when the prices aren't quite so obscene). Though by then there will probably be something else new which my Dad wants to wait for...
Basically we will keep the current one until its totally obsolete, or it breaks.
I really want a 3D one, but my current one is so new i cant really justify it
I am thinking maybe if i move house it would be ok...
Morning all
I used to sell hi-fi's and TV's. It was very funny to see how the relationship dynamic affected which one was often chosen!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess not then?
Maybe he will move closer to you
No 3D tv!!!
Pirelli concluded a five-day test - reviews
www.formula1onliv…test-of-this.html
I was thinking of the tower next door, technicaly it is north so i guess it would be closer....
See
:)
Also, if i get a higher floor, that would be closer too i think?
Only if the tower is at an angle
Leaning tower!
But even if it isnt, wouldnt the curvature of the earth mean it is a closer?
Im not that good at calculus though!
No. It is further away
Unless it is at an angle
What you really need, then, is a bunker!
:D
But isnt the length of a curve is longer than the length of an angle?
I doubt it
Actualy, no i think your right... bunker it is then!
Wooo!
Aww Boo!
Working for international viewers though which is good
Indeed. I still would prefer to podcast it though, but I'll take it ;)
I didn't know there was a Top Gear iPad game too.
Oh?
Mm, iPod as well: itunes.apple.com/…/id407951439?mt=8
Sounds good.
Here's some mega lists for you.
Best iPod Games for 2010: toucharcade.com/2…010-buyers-guide/
Best iPad: toucharcade.com/2…010-buyers-guide/
Loads of Holiday sales: toucharcade.com/2…ops-and-freebies/
Ooooh, brillo!
Brillo has an app?
No but that would be the best app ever.
Does World of Goo work on the iPhone?
No, sadly
bummer
My oldest brother wants me to go phone shopping next week as he has no idea, oh how I wish it was for myself though
Wow it's wild and woolly out there. The East Coast appears to be....shut.
Morning folks.
Hiya Kai
Hi Lukeh, congrats on the new TV!!
The only downside is mum won't let us set it up until they get rid of the rubbish TV downstairs, boo! But yay for it just being there in the box :)
Hi Kai.
Hi Christine :)
Blizzard warning still up here, wind howling, state of emergency in New Jersey, NY and CT airports closed.
How is the Day after Tomorrow style weather today kai?
Indeed, I saw the pics!
Aww, that's awful!
oh, good analogy. -8/16 degrees here, 30-40 mph wind, lots of snow.
Mmmm, disaster movies.
Looks likeyourstor radar was correct
Kai needs a bruce :)
I thought he just did space rocks?
hehe
No, it's pretty and I am snug as a bug in a rug (as soon as my heat comes us). So save the Bruce for someone needier. Actually, he may be out helping people who had to abandon their cars last night along the East Coast.
*up
He specialises in space rocks, but I bet he could help with a tidal wave or two.
space rocks, airports, taxi drivers, he saves everyone
Steven, how did you do as the Colts last night? Did you win?
Damn these adaptable people
Yep. Won 23 games straight and just lost my first in ages to a team that is exactly twice as good as mine
I'm trying to get Mrs. Goat to watch the Towering Inferno - it keeps getting vetoed though!
Christine,
Did you see the late night sidepodspace comments? India is planning a manned space program in 5 years time with a Mars mission by 2030 and Brian Cox has a superb sounding space program on BBC next week I think
Oh my word.......................
great film
afternoon everybody,
how are we all today?
That's a Manning-worthy record, fo sho.
That sounds exciting :)
Fine, thank you. Having a nice mellow day, relaxing and playing on the computer.
Blizzarded and loving it. About to go outside and explore a bit. I'm part Finnish, what can I say?
Definitely
Not bad cheers leigh
Hopefully a few of the other space agencies will put together similar prograams and we will finally get the number of launches we always thought we would have by now
ooh-err
that sounds perfectly acceptable
:)
Lookingspiffy has gotten me listening to Thunderstruck by AC/Dc, which in turn has now made me miss F1 because of how I associate it with David Croft's LOUD AND EXCITED BUILD UP accompanying it
good stuff
:)
If you are part Finnish a little snow should not bother you. You should be out there sliding your car around
Is that the one Jonathan Ross is coming back to the Beeb for?
*runs to get keys
No idea. I hadn't heard about it till someone mentioned it last night
We need video
www.bbc.co.uk/pre…/25/science.shtml
THUNDER!!!!
*Loves a bit of AC/DC...*
Thundersnow?
And back to Thundercats we go :)
:)
That looks even better than I expected
I wonder how many particle pshysicist are sitting at home reading that thinkiong 'but I want to be the BBC's favourite particle thingy'
Steven Roy isn't ;)
Thunderstruck! Excellent choice. I'll have some, please! *turns up the volume*
Well they should have been musicians first
It doesn't sound like the worst job in the world
I have been watching a lot of "the big bang theory"
my view of physasists may have been slightly warped by that, but it must be awesome that they all get to live their lives like a sit com :D
It is if you are this guy: en.wikipedia.org/…_%28video_game%29
I love that show
Me too.
*knock knock* penny
*knock knock* penny
*knock knock* penny
It's good innit.
Never watched it but i've been told lots of times I'd enjoy it
:D
Awesome
I like Big Bang Theory but the latest season hasn't been so good.
First 3, especially the 2nd, are great though once you get past the sitcommy set and laughter track.
:D
They are very good with their references, i guess they know that their viewership will jump on the slightest thing they get wrong!
You have to watch it. You would love it
It reminds me of my mates at Uni ;)
I should have asked for the 3rd season boxset for Xmas but I forgot :(
You should definitely give it a try Lukeh. It takes a few episodes to get going in the 1st series, but its really funny once it does.
heh, that's one of the "presents" my wife "received" this Christmas (ie, she bought it for herself) :)
I especially love that one guy..um...the skinny taller one with dark hair with deadpan delivery... don't know his name.
One of the guys even wears a doppler effect costume,
i must get one for next halloween!
Sheldon!
Dr Sheldon Cooper :D
OMG, best Dr Who thing ever!!
http://twitpic.com/3k3tdx
I saw something on the show and they do have a physicist on staff to consult on real stuff.
Sheldon
Agreed
oh yes. :)
Woooow!
It better be good, considering how long my damn laptop is taking to load it (We have dial-up level bad internet at home)
Oh it is!
Ok, those are quite excellent. Though I have to admit that i fell out of love with Doctor Who after a few episodes of Season 5 :(
Awwwwwww.
I'm heading outside to take pictures. If I don't return I'm sure you can find me this weekend 'cause it's going to be 50 degrees and the snow will melt.
Plus I'm just gonna walk around a bit, I won't be in the car.
Oh yeah, I'm gonna edit and upload mine tonight too.
Be careful out there. You are only part Finnish
I couldn't warm to Amy Pond and it was the Weeping Angels episodes that did it for me. That story ruined everything for me that made them so amazing in Blink :(
I don't like Amy very much, and I definitely sulked after those episodes. It got better and better though.
Pleeeeeease try and watch the Da Vinci episode. I reckon it could turn the opinion of anyone whos' fallen out of love with the show
ohhh it's not da vinci, damnit. I only watched it last week and I've already forgot his name.
hehe
And when I come back can I share with you some of the best 'tips' that the news is giving us in the storm? Like "wear boots or your feet will get cold"
#duh
Interesting bit about that song, he can play the opening part with just his left hand:
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=RukUetw0hAM
Hehehehe! Van Gogh.
I was going to continue watching but for some reason I never got round to watching them on iPlayer, think I lost motivation with it. Maybe I'll watch them sometime when I have some free time and a non-prehistoric internet connection.
That's it, thanks. I always say da vinci, it's really annoying.
People need to know
I hope the Van Gogh one is historically accurate. I did History of Art at school and I do nitpick.
I get my room back tonight and the internet is slightly better in there. So I'll see if I can get one to load.
He is ginger. and has a beard. Isnt that enough?
Probably :D
Well.. the Doctor turns up and talks to him, so it's probably not completely accurate.
Hehe, obviously not. The context stuff I meant though.
You'll have to let us know. I don't know much about Van Gogh. There were some daffodils about though, so it seemed quite accurate to me :)
Sunflowers, I mean.
Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Daffodils, Sunflowers. We're a knowledgable bunch :)
It's all dead painters and flowers. No-one really cares which one had which flowers
:)
That is amazing
Ok, I'm back. I survived because the news lady told me to wear boots.
I can verify:
It is cold.
Three Film Watch pings:
mrschristine.com/…ch-102-severance/
mrschristine.com/…erfly-on-a-wheel/
mrschristine.com/…before-christmas/
More to do but that's enough for now.
Phew!
Afternoon all. I hope you're all well.
New York ambulance guy is saying "people are callin' us with stomach aches, sprains, strains. That can wait." It's the way he said it, not that people are sick and ambulances can't get to them. He's talking to them like no nonsense, "don't be stupid!' hehe
Anyone come across Peter Serafinowicz's non-joke joke yesterday? A nice idea, well executed
It seemed a bit...self-important (for want of a better word) to me but fairly amusing.
Just as well you listened
And they reminded me not to wear my heels, too. Good thing, 'cause I was all set with my Minolo's.
Alonso agree to take on Vettel at Ferrari
www.formula1onliv…on-vettel-at.html
It caused mayhem worldwide!
:D
Made me laugh a little
:D
Lukeh, turn your game on!!
Autosport has the same story
Alonso suggests he has comfortably dealt with all his team mates so has no-one to fear. I wonder if he would agree to Lewis as a team mate
www.autosport.com…port.php/id/88774
oooh he wants a challenge.
Alonso and Vettel would be very entertaining as teammates. If only for the inevitable tantrums. A lot of people seem to think Alonso will be the problem, but Vettel is perfectly capable of a good sulk when he gets beaten by his teammate too.
I agree. For entertainment value, I am all for them as teammates.
it'd be a right good sulkathon
Followed by that inevitable WMSC hearing that seems to trail Alonso wherever he goes.
if he were a transformer, he'd be Starscream
Anyone fancy chess..?
morning all, i love christmas :)
Hey Mr C
morning mr c
Later
What brought this on?
grand job
i get to wake up when i'm ready. not when bernie decrees :)
morning Mr C :)
Lou,
Kai needs you expert advice on cameras
oh?
Thank you, yes. I've been playing with Picasa and I'm almost ready to post a few little pics, but my camera is very subpar and I'm wondering about budget friendly cameras for an upgrade.
what kinda camera do you want? Dslr? or another compact?.. what is your budget?
hm. I don't know yet. How much are the DSLR's?
PING about a very odd game that's really annoying me! toata.wordpress.c…ious-premonition/
Silly question. I just googled them and I don't think I can spend that much right now. What are some other options, maybe for compacts?
imo Canon compacts are better than Nikon versions. Nikons are great, but for your money you get a better camera from Canon.
I have this camera;
- www.jessops.com/o…s/77155/show.html
I nearly bought the Panasonic Lumix, which is an awesome little camera;
www.jessops.com/o…s/77400/show.html
but for a slightly cheaper model this is also great (my friend has it and loves it)
- www.jessops.com/o…s/77134/show.html
i hope this helps :)
Steven, this is amusing. "Football player Rodney Harrison had no idea he was playing a sport"
www.onionsportsne…y-harrison,18690/
oh, I just found this as recommended.
Very helpful!! Thank you! :)
Love the Onion
I have the Kodak Easyshare, and I want something better. Thanks for your help.
if you need anymore help then don't hesitate to ask. people in camera shops are often so helpful, remember to try it out before you buy it, just in case it's not what you want :)
My new practice is to "just ask". It's brought me lots of help so far, in all kinds of different things. :)
Hello. I'm home again, for a short while. Testing out my other toys. :)
Hi Pat
Evening
Here is my first try with my little camera on Picasa. Happy snow day.
picasaweb.google.…gCJn5zI7b3NP0qAE#
wow!
Nice. That is definitely lots of snow
A covering!
Fun, huh? I love it. It's hard to get a total snowfall amount because the wind whipped it all around so much. Not all the blowing snow showed up in the pictures.
The first thing I notice with Picasa is that unlik Flickr it stays where you put it on the screen. With Flickr every new picture loads in the same place even if you have moved the prvious 10 higher or lower to get a better view. Picasa keeps the position you set with the first one.
#Picasa win
You can tell how strong the wind was and what direction by the snow on the branches.
this is my favourite :)
picasaweb.google.…55400428752668482
I never thought of that, but now that you mention that I do like that about Picasa. Guille recommended it, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
Thanks, I like the way that came out, too. I haven't had the training you've had, so mine are pure luck if they come out any good. :)
i think i am definitely hungover still...
A couple more pics
picasaweb.google.…E&feat=email#
Christmas takes it toll...
http://twitpic.com/3k9bqk
hehe
well-pickled?
pickled and cooked - i am currently post-dinner left overs
I'm having a reasonable detox day, tea excepted. Lots of food and drink over the weekend.
I need a fat, greasy burger
:)
What I needed was a fairly light lunch with healthy stuff on it, which is what I had at about 2.30 :) Tomato, lettuce, cheese, er, pork pie..
sounds too good
that's more like it
;D
That's what I call a balanced diet
Sod it, I'm breaking open the freezer and switching on the grill
:)
Ping: sidepodcast.com/p…alendar-has-grown
I couldn't be bothered to cook tonight so i went for a pizza takeout. At first i thought 'Ooh I shouldn't really, won't somebody think of the
childrenwallet?!' but once it arrived it was worth it ;)THis one looks like the tree is leaning forward to start walking and holding its hand out for a child. I am stone cold sober and just have an over-active imagination
picasaweb.google.…55411633944939746
I wouldn't mind a treasure trove of pepperoni too
I say, if you have a few spare pennies, treat yourself ;)
I love it! So true. The glare was so bright I couldn't quite see what I was getting in this second set. They came out okay for blind pointing and shooting. Is it bad that they came out better than when I was trying? :s
hehe
I wanted to say something like, 'hang in there, buddy!'
picasaweb.google.…55411531851108162
These reminded me of sentries or soldiers
picasaweb.google.…55411847685321858
At least you got some good photos. I am the worst photographer in the world. I gave up taking photos because I couldn't justify to myself wasting the time involved.
I can see marching there
Evening all
Just a quick note to say there's a Father Ted Christmas Special, free on the iTunes store, today only
[UK only?]
itunes.apple.com/…0215&s=143444
Does the U.S. have a 12 Days of iTunes giveaway?
hi bassano
I dunno. I'll have to check. The Father Ted show is UK only.
Stalag 13 in Hogan s Hero's has better anti-tunnelling methods in place, Steven....
They had tunnels all over the place
blogs.suntimes.co…ecember-2010.html
@ebertchicago
If you're not affected by it, here is all you need to know about the Blizzard in 24.7 seconds
The time lapse on the bottom of the page is cool.
It is sort of a shame that neither China or Pakistan has a Brillant Space Designer that is code named "Functional" that routinely sends satilies ten times heavier than India into 40 lap orbits, or docks spacecrafts and otehr cool stuff right now or a political leadership that mocks India's Orange carrying exploding cigars..... Sort of history repeating itself...
Just... wow
I couldn't believe that snow. I kept thinking it would stop, and it didn't!
What a genius idea to put a clock on the table
China has a space program and has sent several men into space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7637818.stm
Yusss!!
That burger went down very well
:D
The whole thing was so cool.
Feeling any better?
Good grief!
very much so
:)
hi all...
38ºC in the shadow!
Hello person from Opposite Land! :)
How much snow do you have then?
-6 and wind gusts up to 60 mph
much less than what I'd like to... :-(
sweet winter...
I prefer cold to heat for one simple reason: you can keep putting cloths on and blankets in your bed if it's too cold, but the opposite is not true...
Yes, yes. I feel very much the same way.
I took your advice and tried out Picasa today, Guille.
picasaweb.google.…gCJn5zI7b3NP0qAE#
picasaweb.google.…E&feat=email#
nice!
Question for you. Once I upload an album can I then add more pics to it or does it need to be a separate album?
yes, you can keep adding pictures to it (there is a limit of 1000 pics per album)
on the webpage, when you select 'upload' it should give you the option to chose the album were you want to put the new pics
Christine, are you there?
Hello.
So you have no problems escaping. I mean, Schutz was eventually promoted a few times to the rank of Sargeant....... mr. C is still a civilian...... :P
hi :)
the second dakar post it's getting longer than the first. would you prefer a very long post or two smaller pieces?
Two more is absolutely fine :)
great. I'll send you the second in the next couple of hours then
Fabulous, thank you!
Yeah, I guess they would be making fun of the Indian Space Program on their Chinese State run News channels.....
doctor Who PING!
http://wp.me/pKD9X-9Z
YAY!
I had to delete a paragraph about Russel T davies because it turned into a proper rant, but it wasn't the right time to go into that.
not that I saved said paragraph or anything, ahem.
Gracias
Hehehehe, there's a time and a place for Russell Ranting :)
You'll probably see what point it was supposed to go in but i read back through it all and thought 'Goodness me, I'll leave this for another time'
Home sweet home :)
Evening
I don't think I fully appreciated how early it gets dark until today....
I had the lights on at 2pm
I really should have left earlier but I spent about 3 hours sorting out anti virus with my dad..... At least I missed HUUUUGE accident on M6 though....
My 12 days of Christmas app is broken :(
I'm also gearing myself up for 10000 comments about my black eye at work tomorrow.... It's bad enough from strangers in the street let alone people who know me :P
Are you going back to work already? Have you recovered enough?
I'm fine. Black and blue but good as new :)
I'm definitely planning on taking it easy though!! No more falling over!!
That is a good plan
I can see a benefit. A few nights ago, some idiot around the corner from me decided to wash the snow off his car and out of his drive way with a hose; thereby turning the pathway and part of the road into a full on ice rink
Nearly creased myself on it last night.
I'm just starting to get nervous about my uni stuff again though :( I think work will do me good.
By the way, happy birthday to Jerome d'Ambrosio
:D
Delete and re-install
If you want today's, just search Father Ted Christmas in iTunes
Oooh Father Ted :D
Happy Birthday Devon ;)
Christine, I've just sent you the second Dakar guest post. I expect to finish third (and last) before tomorrow night.
How long do you think it's reasonable to leave my referee to complete a reference before I start pestering? Obviously it's Christmas at the moment... It's all very inconvenient.
Lewis is going to call his car Cool Running. Bet no-one ever called their car Star Wars
twitter.com/IamLe…14300331110301696
Depends when they said it would be done
it will make F1 easier to explain ;-)
Normally I'd suggest a week. Two might be more appropriate due to the holidays...
Probably because of the jokes that would be made if it blew up like a Death Star...
"Peace be da journey"?
I think he's living in a parody
he's only quoting cool runnings there though?
They agreed to do it on the 13th Dec and had a full working week before Christmas. If I send them a reminder email on the 3rd saying the absolute deadline is the 15th that isn't rude is it?
:D
Who's playing john candy's part? Whitmarsh??
Probably best not to use words like absolute
They are doing you a favour after all.
Dunno, never seen it
Having seen Star Wars already, I never felt the need
Not if they are late
Written politely, that could help. Though a disclaimer in case they've written and posted it during the last few days would smooth things over if it turns out they actually sent it on Christmas Eve and whoever's receiving the reference hasn't told you yet.
Norbert, of course
Ahh fair eno..
....wait.
Wait.
....wait.
.......wait, wait. Wait.
Evening all
Sorry for a moment there I thought Bassano said he's never seen cool runnings. ;)
Hi Joe
I can see how it could appear that way
hi joe
Hiya joe
It's a UCAS reference to be submitted online so I can see that they haven't done it. I'll send a polite reminder I think. Stupid inconveniently-timed Christmas holidays!!!
anybody got anything fun i can do? coronation street isnt doing it for me :P
Do you have a personal email address? If not, are they back at work yet?
i'll have some reading for you shortly if that helps (reading for everyone too mind)
:)
You ain't being subjected to Arsenal vs Chelsea, so count yourself happy.
Hi people.
Sounds like you've already given up on excitement if that's what you've resorted to
Yo RG.
Hi Joe.
anybody want a game of real racing 2 for iphone?
hi rg
Hey RG
Have you gained 3 stars everywhere on both Angry Birds editions?
Nah, me and my dad watched the Top Gear we missed so shes allowed an hour of her choice.. eastenders + Corrie = FUN!
No, dont have the seasons edition, and anyway 3 stars on all?! im struggling to get one on some!
I'd go for the opt out option and leave the room. It'll rot your brain
You should. On both counts :)
I don't no. She's a university lecturer and isn't back there until the 10th but she's also my OU tutor and they're back working from the 4th so hopefully I can get it sorted somewhere between the two dates.
I dont have 8 years spare of my life to complete angry birds.. I did the majority of it on holiday in October, me and my cousin had a race to the end.. and now theyve bought out chapter 5! madness i say
Infinity Blade is mighty good
I do have a home phone number but I think that's probably a bit extreme on the bothering front :P
Unfortunately, i dont have the OpenGL graphics thingymajiggy
Just a tad
They have been a bit tardy but if they aren't on duty for another week...
PING: Some photos of Decorations that I took over the Christmas period: www.flickr.com/ph…2157625534616270/
More of the snow are coming!
As long as it's in on-time I couldn't care less... I'm sure she was very busy getting ready for the Christmas break. I'm just worried I'll be struggling to get everything in for the 15th :(
I promised Christine I would get this done at some point over the winter, so tadaaaaaa
http://toata.wordpress.com/doctor-who/
#doctorwho
Good good good!
Next task this wek is to get all the formatting of the posts images re-done :)
I know that feeling!
Although apologise if anyone has my blog on google reader as Wordpress decided to republish loads and loads. Very annoying.
Why does Firefox not save my tabs when i close it on mac? #whilstbeingpickyifindanotherproblemwithmynewmacbook
#longesthashtagever?
Can the person who writes the daily give the readers a challenge? so we have something to do during the day
use chrome and it will ;)
A quiz sir?
yeah, or say, find something on the internet, or get a driver to leave a comment :D
Why have alonso and webber grown beards? Im sure Vettel and Jaime would love to join in but theyre still awaiting their first shave anyway
anyhoo, im going to bed. knight ool
night joe
PING 2: Some pics from the Snow on Boxing Day: www.flickr.com/ph…2157625686397356/
Part two is being uploaded as we speak ;)
Gorgeous! Those sunsets are stunning. The light is so beautiful.
This one looks like the face of a duck. Like Steven, I have an overactive imagination.
www.flickr.com/ph…2157625534616270/
This one makes me want to be in Scandinavia again soooo badly. Something about seeing daily life, people going about their business. Brings tears to my eyes.
www.flickr.com/ph…2157625534616270/
hehehehe, i see what you mean!
DUCKY :D :D :D
phew. :)
me too! I never noticed that before ;)
I get like like that with tracks thoughm they seem to appear as animals or shapes to me. Like the A1 Ring looks like a whale flipping its tail to me...
What is an A1 Ring? An onion ring with A1 Steak Sauce? I'm having trouble making the whale tail connection. :)
Here's Part 2 of the Snow Pics: www.flickr.com/ph…2157625686651254/
I agree
F1 track in Austria
Named after the greatest road in the world.
#possiblynottrue
www.trackpedia.co…A1-Ring#Track_Map
This awesome track
www.f1elites.com/…ages/f1e08/a1.jpg
Now reworked and renamed the Red Bull Ring
And previously the majestic Oesterreichring
The Red Bull Ring, formerly the A1 Ring, formerly the Oesterreichring
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=NaTqL2AWqYs
More local news:
From coastal Connecticut....(make newsie type them music)
A lady wasn't able to get out of her house to save her Mercedes from being flooded with water. Turns out, she lives right by some wetlands. What a shock that her house gets flooded.
Oh, and this is the 11th car they've lost over the years of living there.
#darwinawardcandidate
Oh, that is so obviously a whale flipping it's tail.
#highlysuggestible
No, it really is.
*theme
We get that here all the time. People buy or build houses on a flood plain then expect the government to sort things out when the flood plain floods
Yeah, she is asking the town council to 'do something!'.
I hate that all onscreen graphics are in English now. Was much better when everything was in the local language
Move house love....
Exactly. Or the town can say that they are removing those houses. That's doing something.
That track looks amazing.
It was a proper track but one year in the 80s the racehad to be started 3 times because crashes and that was theend of it
Lukeh, you really need to do research of F1 tracks. The A-1 ring is just a decent Tilke-drome. It is actually on the inside of the old legendary Oesterreichring, and was/is properly the old service road for the Oesterreichring. My Austrian facebook friend tells me that A-1 is some telecommunications giant in Austria.
Please note this trackmap. The A-1 ring is in black, the old Oesterreichring is in grey.
en.wikipedia.org/…chring-A1Ring.svg
A1 is a mobile phone network
This just in from the local news:
Christmas wrapping can be recycled!
Is this on stating the bleedin' obvious TV?
urm... not sure where you got me not knowing that from just saying it's an awesome track. I loved it, and I knew it used to be a larger track.
You would not believe the crap they say. I don't watch the news anymore and haven't for a long time. Now I remember why.
My mum spent half the day telling me off for putting the wrapping paper into the paper recycling box.....
All, man. They chicaned Hella Licht corner in that youtube footage. That used to be a blind 90 degree downhill corner, that you could not see from the pits as it was behined the crest of the ridge. Just stuff they can not do in F1 these days.
Well, she should be watching WTNH from New Haven, CT. They KNOW the deal. :)
certainly was
Haven't seen the reworked version yet - I think it's doing DTM next year or something like that
it can be done with the right run off, Tilke just just won't / can't do it. Amazing how the "best" tracks tend to be the fast and narrow ones
:)
For the insomniacs: Aliens is on E4 at 01:25
BTW, most of you missed Alien on last night. Shame on you
The one thing in its favour is that you always got good racing there. Of course it only had 10 corners and not 23
You did make me miss it a little bit, but thanks for the play by play.
That don't have geometrical corners that there is only one line through
I'm just glad Ripley got away from the beasty. She definitely should avoid those in future
Time after time she manages to get away. Good for her.
Christine needs to know there are a bunch of people from Strictly on Question of Sport in half an hour. Assuming that it is shown at the same time on Rockall
Head Ping?
CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will be on the iplayer for a week anyway
Whatever happened to it using say, actual sports people?
true
here's a onboard of the oesterreichring with regga in his ferrari - 1973
www.youtube.com/w…p;feature=related
They seem to have changed it this series but they have always done one offs like this
sorry, a brm, not a ferrari
That Ferrari is a BRM
Xmas special?
Meh, don't like it. I want my Matty Etherington's and Geraint Jones
see previous post
:)
Who?
apparently not - t'is how the new series will be done as far as i know
urm... not sure where you got me not knowing that from just saying it's an awesome track. I loved it, and I knew it used to be a larger track.
Simple. I object your use of the word awesome to describe the A-1 circuit. If it where still in use today, I would easily rank it the 6th best circuit in F1, but then I am not calling Montreal or Melbourne "awesome" circuits? Hell no.
Now back when the A-1 was in use, there was still Imola, the older Hockenheimring, and Mangy Cours. When you look at the less number of races run, you would find the A-1 ring to be roughly the middle of the pack. Mid-point and median are not exactly the same words to use as "awesome".... is it?
My point ;) Etherington once played for Spurs and Jones was Englands wicket keeper once.
Wind chill temp is 4 little old Fahrenheit degrees (-16C).
ouch
That is crazy cold
It's still howling out there at 20-30mph.
But, this is what can come with it - great pics of previous storms from the New York Times.
lens.blogs.nytime…ws-of-yesteryear/
Whatever someone did to upset the Gulf Stream, can they please apologise so that it comes back
:)
My eye is starting to go all yellow... I didn't think it could get worse than purple but I was wrong :P
Steven, I am trying to find some video of the guys out clearing Eagles Stadium for the game tomorrow night, but I haven't found any. I saw clips on the news and it looked like they had a lot to do.
That sounds like progress though
Aw. The yellow after the purple is rough. :(
Wonder what colour it will be by tomorrow
Probably blue again after I rebash it off the floor!!
The Channel 4 presenters last night were convinced the game had no chance of happening on Tuesday
Is there a crash helmet shop near you?
32inches of snow in northern New Jersey
A subway car with people in it was stuck in between stations for 11 hours with no food and no heat. That is a nightmare. I hate getting stuck in between stations for even a few minutes. The walls start closing in.
No heat? That is ridiculous
I was hearing on the radio about one that came out a tunnel and the track was so cold the wheels froze onto it and the train was stuck for hours... At least that isn't in the tunnel though.
It definitely runs in the family. Mr Andronov Snr, with a horn
www.youtube.com/w…tch?v=9fbxW7ZLfPI
Wow. I wonder if they were colder, though, because they were outside? That's better than the rats, maybe, though?
You would never know they were related
Imagine what Grandpa was like!
Heat or A/C works in most cars, not in all of them all the time.
The video was funny enough, but then when it finished the next video up on You Tube was Miley Cyrus. That cracked me up, too, for some reason.
:D
If they were stuck, I'd imagine all systems and power were off. Maybe emergency lighting only.
Smiley Virus was funny?
:)
No, just the fact that I can see Alex's dad 'playing' a trumpet, then watch Miley Cyrus, like Alex's dad is as big as her.
In terms of experience Kai, don't say anything more.
Four letters RG
Y. M. C. A.
Gosh why don't you people ever forget things?
:lol:
Why do people think they can say they will do something and expect everyone to forget it? :)
That's Mr C's job
I was hoping... sigh.
A lesson in life on why karaoke is bad, never mind talking about it
Christine (or Mr C)
Half the pubs near me seem to be having a traffic light night on NYE
No, I didn't know what it was either until a week ago.
Badges with red, Amber or green for 'not looking', 'maybe' or 'single'
A new fad?
Not particularly new but I think it's a bit of an odd idea....
Evening all. Just settling in again after being at Mum's for the evening.
It's been around a good number of years, but I've only ever seen it at student nights or valentine's shindigs
Maybe if people wore these all the time it would save time, hassle and misunderstanding.
I first heard of it probably 10 years ago maybe more, never been to one
Hehehe all the women normally end up in orange though regardless of status....
Leigh have you seen the Bernard/Pruett Q&A? I'm just reading now.
Maybe that's just our warped social dynamic though.
hehe I thought that was the men?? Women in relationship wearing red while their men wear orange. That could lead to a 'we need to talk' evening.
Yep - wondering what will be announced on Jan 11th. Probably confirmation of the Las Vegas closer, but some finer details too.
Sounds about right.
Seems to be the most appropriate, thereby making it all a bit moot. Apart from anyone who just wants to emit a 'leave me the eff alone' vibe :)
I'm sure I went to something like this when I was at uni. All the attached women end up wearing orange to make sure people still talk to them. All the single women wear orange in case the green gives people the wrong idea....
I think it is good that they have such an event at all on the 11th, I'm looking forward to it. Maybe more on the 100th year of the 500 etc.
And then women complain that men don't understand them
If you're not single, why would you want men thinking you may not be and attempting to chat you up anyway?
There is that too
oh, I guess I was thinking it would be nice if people wore these...and we honest. Silly me.
*were
I really don't know. I don't think telling people you're unavailable tends to put people off though most of the time tbh....
Silly you #chucklebrothersmoment
Honest people? What a strange concept :)
By having a themed night like that though, does it not tend to attract singles?
Uni aside
Yeah, that is all b.s. I feel for you guys. But then being honest and open sometimes puts guys off, too.....ack.
People can't handle honesty, on the whole.
I would have thought so. If I were single and going to something like that, I'd probably drag along a friend for moral support though, attached or otherwise...
Yeah, big shock. I don't have time for lies. Not interested. ;)
If I were single (which I am), I just wouldn't go to it - not my kind of shindig's to be honest
Sounds reasonable. Am thinking it won't be predominantly couples though.
Oh definitely not! That would be a bit odd I think.
I think if people are honest with themselves they can handle honesty. Not brutal honesty. Maybe the word is more openness than honesty.
oh, whatever.
Hmmmm sometimes people tell lies for good reasons though... It's not very nice but it's the way of the world.
Me neither, but it could be fun. Go and tell us about it. Call it research.
Well, we're going cos it's my local and tends to be where we hang out we we do go for a weekend pint or two. I hate NYE fuss.
It'll be a social experiment. We tend to have the strangest encounters most times anyway, mostly innocent.
Last time we met a local women's football team on a birthday drink up. Found out they nickname themselves Milfwall :)
[Millwall is the nearest big league team here]
Yeah, and that sucks.
Yeah... You hear that Nicholas!!!
I'll pass, thanks
;)
Honesty is good. Sometimes it needs to be handled delicately but is still better than a barefaced lie
Oh, that sounds like a riot.
Ahem.
:D
(ba dum tisch)
I agree. Compassionate honesty.
:D
They were good fun though. A bit more middle class than the average Milwall fan [which they weren't]
Will do
Wait a minute is this on New Years Eve?
Today's iTunes gift is not so good
A Duran Duran EP
Are they not done yet?
Aye
Oh beggar I forgot to get my Father Ted :(
There's a Father Ted day on soon. That'll more than make up for it
Loads available on 4OD
www.channel4.com/…es/father-ted/4od
Beat me to it. I think it's this one
www.channel4.com/…es-1996/episode-1
I watched that on C4 a few days ago
Did Father Ted make it across the pond Kai?
Was it the one where they are in the department store?
Yep
New Year's Day
www.channel4.com/…es-2010/episode-1
No.
Shame. When you get the proxy sorted you need to put it on the list. Irish priests have never been funnier
:D :D :D
I saw a clip you guys shared with me a while ago. :)
We have Top Gear, of course, Dr Who, Graham Norton, Law and Order UK, The Inbetweeners. Ab Fab, Gordon Ramsey, Being Human, Torchwood, The Choir, and I'd Do Anything.
Graham Norton was in a few Father Ted episodes