It is Thursday once more, it feels like time is just flying by. Whilst these is a dislike for Thursdays on Sidepodcast it is the last day before what is a weekend full of sport with the Canadian Grand Prix, Le Mans 24 Hours and the start of the World Cup so make the most of this time.
- Ferrari has ended speculation as to who will partner Fernando Alonso next season by extending Felipe Massa's contract until 2012. It means that there will be no movement in the "top 4" teams compared to this year which saw new line-ups at Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes.
- Ross Brawn has told Mercedes to think 'long and hard' before considering supplying engines to another outfit. With the Mercedes engine considered to be the best on the grid I'm sure the last thing the Mercedes GP team need is another team beating them with the same engine.
- Luca di Montezemolo wants sweeping changes to Formula One and has once more hit out at the new teams labelling them a joke. In summary he wants shorter and tougher races, possibly two races per weekend, testing to make a comeback and you guessed it a third car.
- On the subject of third cars Martin Whitmarsh is in favour of the idea but only if there were less that 10 teams. For something that seems very unlikely to ever happen it never seems to go away.
- Ferrari have signed 11-year-old Canadian Lance Stroll for its Driver Academy programme. It will be a long while before we see him anywhere near Formula One but who knows he could be a future Ferrari driver.
- Michael Schumacher has yet to stand on the podium so far in 2010 (the only driver of the top 4 teams) but this could change this weekend as Schumacher has won the Canadian Grand Prix a record 7 times.
- Time for the weekly Doctor Who mention (you knew it was coming), whilst sport is taking over this weekend and this weeks episode doesn't seem overly great (what with James Corden), there are some clips over on BlogtorWho which may change your mind although beware there are spoilers.
- For the final bullet point I leave you with this image, a comparison of the Renault front wing a year ago and how it appeared at the Turkish Grand Prix, quite a difference.
I hope you have a good Thursday, whatever you may be up to, and I shall see you in the comments!
I've got an interview this afternoon :)
I would tell myself to go to bed at a reasonable time but I know what happened last time I tried that...
Well done :)
and good luck
Well done :)
and good luck {Comment #4}
Thank you. It's for a data entry assistant post and I'm confident I can do the job. I just need to get the panel to agree.
That said, I do have other applications going in, including one I had to get done in a great hurry because there were seven hours between me being told about the vacancy and the deadline for entries.
Two ways of looking at that... either it was tardy of them, or you were lucky to be given it..
Two ways of looking at that... either it was tardy of them, or you were lucky to be given it.. {Comment #6}
Third option (possibly combining with "lucky to be given it"): I didn't know I was eligible to apply for it until my employment advisor told me this afternoon...
Hello thursday. I like you as you are payday but i don't like you because I was sure today was friday.
will be soon
Heading to bed. I expect to not even be lurking Thursday as my boss-based-elsewhere will be hanging around our office, and he's been annoying me a bit lately..
See ya when he leaves. ;)
see ya Pat
Just reading through the Daily notes....
The report of the 11 year old Canadian boy getting signed by Ferrari....
I know of a Lawrence Stroll. They may be related. Mr. Stroll is a jeweler and clothing importer (Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors). Mr. Stroll also owns a race track, the Circuit Mont-Tremblant (Saint-Jovite, Canadian G.P. 1968-1970 IIRC). Mr. Stroll also owns Ferrari of Quebec!
I do not know that Lance Stroll is the progeny of Lawrence, but it seems suspicious to me!
I think it seems more like the biggest slam dunk in the history of time.
Confirmed: http://autos.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Autos/20100609/ferrari-kid-montreal-100609/?s_name=Autos
Morning, folks.
Interesting he is a Tony Kart driver which is the team Schumacher drove for on the occasions he went karting when he was at Ferrari
Who needs research when speculation can do? Thanks!
Good point. Although I think Tony Kart's a pretty big setup, and Schumi's at Merc now too, so I don't think there's that much of a connection there.
:D
I do hope it happens sooner rather than later, considering Kubica's already gotten a podium and he hasn't yet...
I was thinking more of the Ferrari/Tony Kart link. That may be why he is in their kart in the first place
Ahhhh. I see what you mean. Any other Ferrari drivers/proteges who drove Tony Karts? I can only think of Liuzzi off the top of my head.
I am not clued up enough on karting to know
Lawrence Stroll has a nice collection.... Among things we see during historic or Ferrari weekends at Trembalnt are:
250 GTO (with JCB stickers), Testarossa, 512 LM (Penske/Sunoco blue and yellow), 360+430 Challenge, FXX (#8 IIRC). A friend of his lends him a 333SP. He also has the BMW-Fina McLaren F1-LM. I think I have seen an F40-LM in his paddock also.
Connexions he has em!
Fancy. Very fancy. I've seen a few comments on other forums wondering if this is a publicity stunt or Ferrari just doing a favour for a friend. Still, I would think the kid has at least some potential for Ferrari to take him on.
Without knowing what the obligations are, I would venture to guess that it's more of a favour. It's easy to cut ties in 2-3-4-5-6-7 years I think this is just Ferrari publicity grabbing.
Heck, they cut their ties to Liuzzi when he was already in F1! In any case, Lance is at the bottom of the list currently headed by Bianchi. Long way to go yet.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/10/canada-2010-race-information/
good evening...
hello, i'm not here, am meant to be blogging.
I won't tell anybody, don't worry... :P
#confidential
hehe
I will though
CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tattle-tale. :P ;) :D
:D
so.
mean.
ssshhhh You will wake her repeating a headping and then I am in more trouble than Mr C is
and you repeat your own headping too. sneaky. :P
AHAHA! :D
Damn.
Could everyone sing quietly to help her sleep
Felipe Baby?
if i did that, i really would be in trouble.
*steven told me to do it*
Seems like the best option
Very very quietly for you
:D :D :D
Ogier is being promoted to the Citroen "A-team" for the next three rallies, at the expenses of Sordo (who goes down to the Junior team until the asphalt season kicks off). Two thoughts: Sordo really needs to destroy everybody in the asphalt rounds if he wants to keeps his seat for next year; and it will be a hell of a battle at the top between the two Sebs :D
I think Ogier is a certainty to be in the top team next season. Sordo really needs to perform though
He may be saved by Citroen running three cars next year. But I agree that if he doesn't step up his driving he'll look really bad at the side of the other two.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/10/an-audience-with-joe-canada-calling/
I need to sleep now. Night all.
night steven
night chappie
i (heart) lightroom 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidepodcast/4687208102/
sleep beckons. it's a bit bright outside!
night mr.c
see ya guille
Morning all.
morning
it amused me way too much that I got my train tickets today and they were addressed to Frau Amy Fulton. I've never been a Frau before!
Coool.
they came with a whole letter in German, it could be telling me I've won a million dollars and I wouldn't have a clue. #isnotkathi
apparently I'm going bowling tomorrow night. I think I will lose.
woah, rain delays have really messed up Queens. Poor Feli might have to play 3 matches today!
I haven't been bowling for ages! Fun! 'Cept for the shoes.
this is a work thing so no doubt it will be drunken bowling. I don't think I've ever tried that before. I wonder if it will make me better.
Ha! I guess it depends how very bad you are to start with :)
A Franck post: http://iheartfranck.com/2010/06/10/so-far-so-good/
I wonder if my support for Tom Kristinsen will be tolerated this weekend.....
As long as they don't take Franck out, you can support whoever you like :)
na, they'll be too far ahead.
*ducks*
Wha! That's fighting talk.
I was wondering how Ant drives one of those things. Does he use a booster seat to reach the peddles? :-)
May or may not be baby pandas: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/06/10/baby-panda-thursday-59/
How am I going to get any sleep at all this weekend?
Too much sport!
Morning.. Quiet at the moment, calm before a storm I fear
Helllo everyone.
Ooh, you survived!
I am not too sure how, but yeah.
how was it?
My French and History went well, Science not so...
I went bowling for my birthday. Many many strikes interspersed with gutter balls.
Last year tennis, this year bowling. That can only mean karting next year :)
Eatern creek?
The train pricing structure in the UK makes no sense. It costs £1.20 more to go to Nottingham on an off-peak ticket (which you can only use after 9:30am on a given day) than it does for an all-day ticket (which you can use any time of the day).
I went bowling for my birthday. Many many strikes interspersed with gutter balls.
Last year tennis, this year bowling. That can only mean karting next year :) {Comment #80}
Who knows? ;)
Some fabulous Le Mans photos from Peugeot: http://lemans.autosport.com/snaps/snaps.html?driver=davidson
Contains Ant (for Lou), Franck (for me), and Wurz (for... well he's quite fun, anyway).
I'm not sure about Franck's green shoes, to be honest.
I got France!! Woooooo.
Fine with me ;)
I wrote a post about football: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/06/10/everybodys-talking-about-it/
Hi all, just saw all the bowling talk. I'm going bowling Friday night too! Work social club thingy...
Gosh. Bowling is having quite the resurgance at the moment!
Is Amy around?
This is apparently worth £16:
http://webr.emv2.com/mclaren/fathersday_final_header_2.jpg
Really McLaren? Really?
AHAHAHA! More like PHP 16 (around 0.25 GBP), if you ask me.
Speaking of items, why not take a look at the USF1 auction?
Link courtesy of Adam C.
Why would you want a flammable cabinet?
Surely a bad place to keep stuff in?
tell me there's a toaster in there. just one, even if it's from the kitchen i'll be happy.
That is not exactly the most high tech lot list I have ever seen. No wonder they failed.
Not on the list
one wheel? were they entering f1-unicycling?
The cabinet isn't flammable. THe stuff you keep in it is
I beg to differ http://www.bidspotter.com/forms/photo.php?photo=8612445
Oooh, that sounds exciting!
w00t!!
The only thing related to an F1 car they have is one monocoque. Not another single piece. How?
Yeah. Forgot the ;) didn't I!
i reckon webber would lead that, until vettel punted him off.
I looked and missed it. They should have had a toaster as a single lot. People wold bid just to say they had the USF1 toaster
:D
Niiiice! Does the carbon-fibre toaster exist? Or is it an urban legend?
we were talking yesterday about media passes with photographs on them, joe's updated his profile pic: http://joesaward.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/joe-new-header1.jpg?w=180&h=260
#lurker
:)
I am quite suprised how much advertising there is on the roads for the F1 here.
bilboards on every lampost, banners across flyovers, and this isnt even Abu Dhabi.
Almost inspiring me to start a blog here. almost
do iiiiit!
I have some ideas, maybe next month.
F1 is quite popular, it even has a terrible radio show!
Yes!!
I was tempted to email them and tell them to syndicate your shows before the downshift!
Tyre news: http://twitter.com/JRobertsF1/status/15851776859
Reports are emerging that Pirelli will be confirmed as the new F1 tyre supplier soon.
There is no Bibendum for Pirelli, is there?
Nice feeling when your desk gradually empties
You should do one! F1 as viewed in the Middle East.
Nope. They have nothing
Rrrubbish.
that would be the plan
might even try to make some money out of it :D
what's your take on safari reader btw?
Umm, hello! Pirelli calendar anyone? ;-)
You could hang one from your mike stand
#arty
Hmm.
Mike the microphone? Tell me you name your microphone. Please.
i name our mixing desk. i call it all the names under the sun.
Hehehe.
Armenia?
Practicing for when you have kids? :P
Must sleep now :)
#F1news
Driver's rep on the stewards panel for Canada is double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. He is so old he has never raced against Schumacher
http://twitter.com/autosportnews/status/15851010568
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84275
FOTA/Autosport fan survey results are out. People want HD.
There's a PDF linked for those who have time to look now..
F1 Racing survey, even.
From the survey, more than 70 per cent of fans said they were very interested in see F1 broadcast in HD, with 44 per cent saying they would like to watch races streamed on the Internet.
Furthermore, 44 per cent of fans say they would like the ability to download races for watching after the event. There is also a big interest in fans becoming part of online communities and using F1 Apps on Mobile Phones.
full results?
wow.
oh wow.
Sweet Jesus. Whoever made those graphs should be shot!
we asked for 'em, we got 'em :)
anyone fancy a guest post or three??
:D
interesting that it's a fota/f1racing thing, but the results are hosted on autosport.
More people would read Autosport I guess.
36 pages!! I'd forgotten about the number of questions there were in that thing.
People want to see more onboard cameras and pit-car radio..
and more onscreen graphics/data
survey page not updated though: http://www.lgf1racingfansurvey.com/
I spy delicious: http://yfrog.com/j722ocj
agreed. we've known these things for years though. will the "evidence" finally mean things might happen?
the press conference is in an awning? how small is the media center in canda?
Nope.
figures.
I think it is better / more open evidence than before, and we have a new FIA Prez now. But this stuff rests with Berne's lot I guess.
SteveslaterF1: F1 fan survey comments that '70% of fans want to see F1 in hi-def TV'. Call me cynic, but survey sponsored by LG, who make... hi def TVs! :)
i am a cynic. now that is out of the way...
on wednesday, march 18th 2009:
The Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) announced earlier this month that it wanted the sport's broadcasters, Formula One Management (FOM), to make use of extra graphics and more information than it was offering.
This included fuel strategy graphics, racing line details, pit stop predictors and total access to the teams' radio channels.
did we ever see any of those promises? aside from as one-off experiments? i don't believe this was a "lack of knowledge or understanding" thing. i just do not believe they give a stuff. not really.
more: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73763
worth a retweet :)
My mate from Trinidad is gutted he will not be seeing the World Cup in HD. I think it makes a difference to some people...
FOM? I don't think they do. FOTA may or may not but they have no control over it.
from manipe:
FOTA has a 'weighted sample' in their survey report. So in other words they cocked it all up. Weighted sample' is a buzz-word for: "We didn't do the survey right, but if we did these are what the results would have looked like"
http://twitter.com/ManipeF1/statuses/15854732977
What is a weighted sample?
Can he in a pub?
I agree. A weighting is completely arbitrary and basically used to skew the results the way you want.
Remember when I asked about weightings for my driver summary post? http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/2009-driver-rankings-summary/
What I discovered was that by applying different weightings, you got completely different results...
Yes he can (see it)...
if you don't correctly collect data fairly, you need to have a means of fudging it so that things are balanced out.
not quite sure how you balls up an online survey in that way, unless you're accounting for those without the internet?
like the SHOUTY rankings
It's a way of giving more or less importance to a certain category. For instance, you might think that the opinion of people from the UK might be worth more than say, people from Denmark, so you'd add a multilplier to those answers when figuring out the average score...
what a shocking coincidence? ;)
Oh yes, of course, like weighted averages.
*engages brain*
That's the one.
Am I the only person having trouble reading the PDF, or am I just too tired to take it in?
in what sense? tis fine here.
As in the content is so poorly laid out and there's too many tables and bad graphs...
in that case... i know just the man to make sense of it all.
I'm going to write about this... but I want to finish my Turkey post first...
I think i will stick with google reader as it syncs across devices which is really handy.
From a profesional point of view, i dont really buy off the content network, so it doesnt really effect me!
following f1 for less than 1 year:
- weighted sample: 16.4%
- unweighted sample: 2%
does sample mean percentages doesn't include all of the votes? how big is the sample size?
was just thinking that all advertising must be affected. it just wipes it all out, while the stats still say ads are being downloaded. unlike say an adblocker.
last thought on the survey results. you can't tell me companies paid something like £5,000 for a pdf like that last year?
if so, why did it come on a usb key?
If they paid £5000 then I am in the wrong business!
It really depends how you buy. i could make it work as a niche market engine, but most of the stuff i do s for really mass market stuff.
Problems will arise if & when they put iads onto safari reader,
Many people seem to think RSS's days are numbered, this could speed that up.
All that and they STILL can't convince Bernie to go HD.
Well, let's try to break it down:
in a no-refuelling era? not applicable.
we saw overlays more than a few times last year, but they haven't come back this year, have they?
FOTA didn't provide it, but everyone else in the media did...
there has been a lot more progress here than i think people give them credit for. case in point, the mclaren exchange with lewis in turkey as we heard on the race edit vid. i guess the only issue is that FOM take so long to figure out what to play, the moment's passed by the time they've decided.
That's ALWAYS a mistake.
i think its more of a case of wanting to get a better balance between the different types of fans.
Hardcore fans are more likely to take the survey so they have a greater bias on the results. they have attempted to adjust for that
...i said i was a newbie for this reason!
Can somebody give Bernie a big bag of money to produce the world HD feed please?!
I think 3D is the big cherry.
Separate subscription, e.t.c.....
HD to the existing providers could be a byproduct
Sure, we all want to see those ugly cars stand out from the screen......
3D onboards would be amazing though...
Imagine F1's greatest corners... Eau Rouge, Turn 8, under the bridge at Yas*
*:P
Only when they crash. :D
to me it's not the same thing at all. it doesn't tell me when there's new stuff to read, it just makes stuff that i am reading more bearable.
but did we see them last year?
nope.
i assumed this was during the race. eg. car stopped for 8 seconds = 56 laps of running, or whatever. again, not applicable this year, but adds weight to the argument they are simply full of it.
makes sense.
Ah, a nice journey home in crummy weather. Later dudes and dudettes!
i'm not buying it. consumer demand currently doesn't stack up. the problem with 3d is the glasses stuff up everything else. so if you watch f1 in 3d, the iphone app is unreadable, and you can't comment, except in blue and green.
its true, but people will want to make money, and if rss kills that they will stop it. inoovation is key, attracting people with rss then adding value with site content could be the way forward.
This site does that brilliantly by the way :D
..You may be the model for the future web!
not yet, but i think it will grow, pushed though games & films.
.....I always wanted colour coded comments ;)
except we don't have an advertisements.
Stupid Ubuntu! *kicks it*
grr. if someone can come up with a sensible implementation, and not "bbc homepage random-colour" madness, it will be done.
even the new one?
... do you want them?
no. but it's hardly a model for the future, no-one would ever make any money.
I can't use the latest one because it doesn't support GMA500 (the graphics thingie)
hold on... she hasn't done a podcast in months!
http://twitter.com/IndyRacingNut/status/15814846656
Good evening
they removed functionality? wonderful.
chap
the code wasn't pretty enough or something :)
It depends how you do it,
its easy to make next to nothing off adsense, i had an idea the other day, about monetising podcasts. ill dig a little deeper and send you an email next week if its a workable solution
ha!
*tips hat
i guess it come back to this mornings argument. time to upgrade kathi.
Hello weekend!
please do. i think you could make money charging for podcast subscriptions. i'm not convinced that in shows advertising works, because it dates with the show, and eventually become irrelevant, but is still baked into the conversation.
damn you
Yeah, I didn't hear you say that when I was getting up at 5am last Sat & Sun ;)
i doubt i'd even gone to bed.
No thank you. I love my netbook and all its faults
Sometimes ignorance is better than planning. Just turned up in time for quali 2. Could never have done that by planning
now nick has a proper reason to blog: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/british-gp-fans-a-chance-to-talk-to-joe/#comment-17336
make it happen sir!
crikey, i'd forgotten. are we using yesterday's thread?
there must be a more shiny one now?
I assume so
It only has 365 comments on it so it will be fine
None wirth SSDs, remember?
I sent you something, not much yet
but even our old netbook has an ssd. only a small partition though.
cheers. shall read it after qually and get back to ya.
Hehe, im working on it with Emma :D
and I just bought this one. No new netbook for me for at least a year
ahh, boo.
*waves from weekend*
:D
Bassano, you really really want to get up very early on Monday (in Spa) to drive me to the closest train station, right?
I think I may have a bit of a sore head so I'm guessing it's a no. Sorry
I am sure he said he would.
Depends where it is and what time
verviers (45Min by bus) 5 am *huge grin*
5am? They have a 5am in the morning?
She must have meant 5am at night?
...Surely?
I'm not even sure I'll be sober by then.
Why in the world did you choose to fly back early
#BadPlanning
I didn't. I'm flying Tuesday. I just can't/don't want to afford the afternoon trains.
Can't I drop you off in Brussels on Mon afternoon?
If wherever the train is going is on our route, there is an Amy-sized seat in the car on the return journey...
How much is that Amy-sized seat?
how many pints can you carry from the bar? ;)
I'm dropping Amy [and Pamela?] in Brussels I think
No charge
Oh yeah, that's it ;)
In that case surely Amy is using the Amy sized seat.
Who else is camping?
Is anyone getting the train?
You do know that I'm flying from London, right?
Just for the Brussels leg, I can do 5
Wanted to keep it at 4 for the longest part of the drive, for comfort
No, I didn't
Well, as I'm dropping Amy off, there's a seat to London
Share of the Eurotunnel fare and fuel then
I can probably guestimate...
had no idea
RG: how were the exams?
more than 70 GBP?
they mostly went alright thanks, so very nearly finished them now
Rough guess using google maps mileage is £15 for fuel each plus 1/4 of the train fare. Not sure how much that is but I'd say under £50 total, probably
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/08/29/daily-29th-august-2009/comments/#comment-460564 ;)
Good stuff. Roll on summer
August???
*shrugs* Amy's fault
Anticipating the train is £38 per person (I haven't checked prices for a while), put a bit in for fuel. Fuel (for me, maybe) is 20 each maybe? Not sure. But you and Amy can split those in half.
Mike Conway is out of hospital but stuck in a wheelchair:
@DRRIndyCar Mike came to see the guys.... http://twitpic.com/1vl3m6
Good to see
yeah, about £20 each one way for Eurotunnel
ohhh I found a bus that goes early enough. Yes!
You don't want a lift to London?
Probably not. I will talk to Emma and let you know as soon as possible.
No hurry
Emma?
I've got the job I interviewed for this afternoon :)
Well done, what will you be doing?
Congrats!
Brilliant stuff Alia!
Amy and my lj friend who is also a master stalker.
Congratulations :)
Congratulations. That is good news.
Well done! :)
Woo hoo, well done you
Hellooooo
I want more days off please :(
evening folks
:)
Just been looking at a very lovely cupcake site. If anyone wants to buy me a gift one of these would be very nice. http://www.cupcakebouquet.co.uk/products/sweetie-jars Thanks ;)
Oooooh congrats Alia on getting that job :D
Timo responds, the cooking challenge is on: http://twitpic.com/1vmlc3 (It helps to read the full caption). The German flag, and a possible trip to a nearby supermarket in the morning.
...aaaand over to rob!
I've submitted my Tag Heuer JB questions:
1. If you could design your own Tag Heuer watch, what would it look like and what would you call it?
2. How does driver input affect development of the car at McLaren compared to other teams you have raced for?
3. If you could go back in time and speak to yourself when you first began in Formula 1, what advice would you give to your younger self?
4. Are there any other forms of motorsport you would consider taking up at the end of your F1 career?
Am thinking about going to the Silverstone Joe Audience but need a teetotal to drive back? Any takers? :)
I woke up at 7.15 when I was due to start work at 7.30. I had to run! Running sucks! But I made it at 7.32, I am awesome
Nice :)
I did that once. Let's just say I was buzzing a little bit when I arrived at the station #LovesBikingToWork
Couldn't you have phoned to say you'd be late and walk?
Because there is no challenge in that?
The challenge is getting in to work without any grief cos you're late :)
Hah.
Am guessing accommodation is quite expensive for that weekend
I don't have holiday time to go more than about 10 miles from my home. I'm also a very grumpy designated driver.
Can't say I blame you
I do my fair share. Thing is I don't drink a huge amount so people assume I'm happy to do it all the time. It makes me angry.
Cabs. Great invention
My work gave me a free minibus to manchester on monday for a night out. It took me right home to my door. Best thing ever :D
I want one!
And drinks vouchers :D
I like your employer
Team building thing?
Yeah something like that. They have them every 3 months. It's good times.
Nice!
Ooooh I saw you got your job earlier. Congratulations Alianora :D
It's my job! Hands off!!!
Eurgh, I have cravings for chips. I might have to go out and get some... I can't help it!
Right, sleep time - goodnight!
Just seen the Warburton's ad with Barber's 'Adaggio For Strings'
Very good :D
It'd be a killer commute for me, I'll leave it for you
We are having an intra team competition at the moment to cut down on lates and the winning team gets shouted drinks and dinner. So even if I call I get grief, its better to run and almost be on time to the point no one noticed I was 2 min late :D
Night
Night mate.
Night
Well, you didn't say booze was involved. Good effort then
I would have noticed. Slapped wrist!!
What?????
You are supposed to be a bad influence. How can you do that and start talking about adaggios?
From Jake Humphrey :)
Montreal...a 2010 city with 1970 carpets...! http://twitpic.com/1vn15o
Okay my mouth ulcer is now too sore to ignore. What a perfect excuse to get chips while I'm out getting something for it....
That's how I do it, lull them in with the proverbial
I do love that track though
Bassano'd. :D
Get some bonjella
I'm going I'm going! I want supermarkets to do drive through so I can go in dodgy tracksuit bottoms!!
In creepy coincidence news, pamelas work and my work are going to the same bowling alley at the same time
Got any bicarb in the cupboards? Bicarb paste is really helpful on mouth ulcers :-)
Amy, have you spoken with Kathi today?
She's wondering about Spa transport
how very LOST. you were clearly meant to meet one day.
Hello LPG, long time no see.
How's you, and of course, how's Andy's eye?
TM: Am thinking about a July meet-up
Andy's eye apparently OK... my elbow not so (but as Andy is currently in hosp I think he's worse off!)
I've been here, just not 'here'....
On the flip side - can I have the denizens thoughts on yourracingcar.co.uk I met a lovely lady in WHSmiths today who was as brazen about her co as I used to be about mine (yes it is racing, no not F1... sorry...)
peoples i must stretch me legs. appreciate the le mans company, y'all.
good to hear.
Catchya in a bit
news to me. are they racing already?
i'll leave you with this: http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/11074/
series sponsor and now team sponsor? it's all going a bit izod.
I'm sure we've got some BTCC fans here
Oh and yes she had heard of y'all :-)
Speaking of meet ups, now that Spa is mostly planned it must be time to plan the pre Spa Wednesday night meet up at the NZ pub because I would love to meet some who can't make it to Spa :D
Oh dear, meet-up on the eve of continental driving
Ah so dry for the drivers then (evil grin, not jealous of those Spa-ing, not not not! whibble)
Please tell me that you have all got your florescent tops ready (and a spare for Amy)? The tales of GB plated cars being targetted for stop and thingy are already starting again this year :-(
Well done, what will you be doing? {Comment #269}
I'm doing data entry to clear a backlog my new organisation has generated waiting for a new organisation system (Excel connecting to something else in the background) to come online. I've got 4 months to get 15000 forms (or as close to that as possible) into the system. I've set myself the personal challenge of getting them all done before my contract runs out - why not aim high?
Huh?
Congrats! {Comment #270}
Thank you very much, Janna, Pat W, RubberGoat, Kathi, Steven Roy, RG, Bassano and Alison :)
No, move the meet-up :)
You must, in several european countries, have sufficient florescent 'vests' in the car for all occupants should you be stopped unexpectedly somewhere... I forget which rule, but its fairly recent. Fines for failing to have these (as part of the 'standard' safety kit) can be up to €200
Incidentally, I had a feeling the interview had gone well (even if I wasn't sure I'd got the job as I left the building) so I celebrated with a giant ice-cream (truffle, raspberry and tropical fruit flavour) and Alex Zanardi's autobiography. A good combination.
ROFL....
Tabards, I can source ;)
Cheers
I'm a mountain and Mohammed kinda guy ;)
Heheh :)
I'm aware of a Clip Cup car with that name on it
I'm hoping for at least a drink but no more than two. Passengers on the other hand... as long as they can be ready..
And the things for the headlights, and a spare bulb kit, and a first aid kit..
Got the First Aid, the bulbs I was aware of
Do modern cars still need those, you never see them anymore?
Pretty sure they do
Just heard of two fatalities on the Isle of Man TT :(
crazy talk
Yep! I've not come accross anyone getting fined for not having them recently, except where they've been lacking the vests when suddenly there is a long list of things that they can be fined for...
are we organising the "meet amy from the plane with some big banners and party poppers event"?
There are World Cup Twitter hashtags for countries - and it shows the flags! Doesn't work in Tweetdeck though.
http://twitter.com/SpeedFreakBash/statuses/15882827875
nope, not...
I was asked which sites I read, and there was a 'oh, oo, I've heard of them'
You are not safe in the bubble anymore teehee
And I refuse to apologise for shamelessly telling people about SPC when I get the chance to (hah!)
we've failed.
very kind... i think ;)
Why do we never see them then?
And #worldcup comes up with a lovely ball next to it. 15 hours to go.... eek
i bet you any money jon will know them.
Shhhh!
She's lurking ;)
:P
yikes. what was the plan re: the first post? anything i need to be doing?
Where?
I see them in Halfords whenver I go into one
*puts klaxon down*
On cars
I really wanted to see the first game, it might be rubbish, but it is the first game! But I'll be at work and watching it after the fact seems a bit odd
Mon 23rd, about 7pm, T3
Probably because you're not in Dover or Folkestone, that's where people usually put them on
perfect.
*wanders off to find balloons*
Erm, just finishing a post off now. Going to have a think, not sure what to do about an image like.
i'll find ya one if you like. bound to be some football media sites that'll give us access.
Used to see them on cars quite frequently. Maybe they are easier to remove now. Anyway, cares. Euro regs to research next month
I think they might have clamped down on running them here, unless you're from the wrong side of the road originally. Blinds the other drivers.
To be honest I was just going to buy everything I needed on the run up to London :D
I'm still creating my Driving playlist on Spotify, want to keep it to the same kind of songs I have at the moment, any suggestions?
http://open.spotify.com/user/woodwiss/playlist/0F6Iy6UdhPosf4sw3IfHsG