Apparently today is the Day of Finnish Literature in Finland, of course, which should make Amy very happy. Perhaps we should challenge her to read a Finnish book or something. Anyway, we are busy moving house (again) but here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Another Aside with Joe show went up in the early hours of the morning yesterday, as Mr C somehow finds it easier to edit when his eyes are being held open by matchsticks. It's a good one, although I do say that about most of them, with lots of questions answered from the comments.
- We are all still wondering what on earth is going on with Nico Rosberg and his helmet, and who thought it was a good idea to spam Twitter with such nonsense. We have celebrated the story over on F1 Big Picture today.
- Sebastien Loeb has had a go in a GP2 car but he says it is not a warm up for a transition to Formula 1, despite the fact he wants it to be. He would like to have a go in the car for Abu Dhabi, but says that nothing has changed and there are no plans for that to happen.
That's all for now, I reckon. Let us know if there is news throughout the day that we miss. We'll do our best to stay in contact throughout the day. Also, remember to let us know what you're up to, because we're nosy like that. I'll see you in the comments.
It can't be midnight
Its suddenly crept up on us.
I'm about three hours behind where I wanted to be.
Auto-ping's working tonight
Hello Saturday
Hello all, am here this time. Have had pink wine & pizza & put the world to rights with girl friends. How are we all?
I'm quite frustrated by this. I'm staying sane because I'm getting my keys at 11!
hey
Hi Janna. We are all a bit befuddled about how it can possibly be midnight
I know, there I was tidying up for my friends to come around, and a bottle of wine later it's tomorrow ;)
Hi Janna
Am good
Tried and failed to get some non-SPC people out tomorrow and failed
Didn't even tell them what and who, they just sensed it I think ;)
It's a bit difficult for me.
But if anyone wants to go to Tivoli Gardens tomorrow... ;)
We'll just have to drink extra to make up for them
Is that where the rollercoasters are? (Not obsessed with them or anything, much)
Would love to but can't really
Oh, alright then. If you insist
With you there!
*opens Xth can*
Good luck with the move and everything Pat
It is ;)
Halloween party tomorrow :D
ah, I'm doing that next week. but ta. :-)
yes, I know, Brazil weekend...
hehe, too scary!
Mr C seemed tempted earlier, they must be really busy at the moment, but did they say anything further?
Bit early?
That's near our birthday
Thanks for the invite, will see how tomorrow goes I think
I gave him the location
At least it's a late race
Haven't listened to Thom Yorke's album in ages, forgot how good it is
Yeah, weather's a bit nicer ;)
Hello. Just in from work now :( I'm going to die by the end of the week :( :(
Question, when does the Abu Dhabi qualifying start?
Father in law is on the 27th, Grandma was on 31st!
Mornign All.
Ah Saturday, love it.
Watching "Rage" (TV music show). They are doing "big hair". Cindy Lauper followed by Billy-Ray Cyrus
I designed my own a while ago, this is the one I would like to have built, in the back garden, once I've convinced my Wife, and the Neighbours, and the Council.
Hey Alison, wassup?
They're working you hard
5pm local time i belive ;)
Is that the latest one?
Yep. Tomorrow is all about checking the supplied inventory list, checking gas/elec/water actually work, setting up some essential supplies so I can start moving stuff across Sunday.. unless I go to golf with Dad which is likely!
What kind of hours are you working?
very good
ouch
Rage was always good
Ok, they had bad nights, but on the whole...
Yeah boooo! I'm getting overtime at least but still. I'd rather have time in bed. I start again at 9am :( I think getting off at midnight and being in at 9am is mean!
Eraser, is the new one out yet?
F1 website says 13:00 UK time
Not sure about this - now watching Bon Jovi !
ooh that looks fun, I will download and give it a go ;)
Okay, 1pm our time.
Same time as Arsenal v Tottenham. Great.
It's tough when you have to do that
I thought that was illegal. I thought there was a rule about minimum time between finishing and starting again. Maybe that was just factories.
I've got 59 hours on the rota this week little erm nasty people. I've got a big project to do. Not enough hours in the day to get it done.
59 isn't too bad
I saw this and literally LOL'd
Silvio Berlusconi has described himself as the most persecuted person "in the entire history of the world".
I've seen cover shots that's all. A single came out last week. "FeelingPulledApartByHorses"
10am UK, I've got
It's very strict if you're under 18. Not so much when you're not. I'm lucky enough to be opted out of the working time directive ;)
With his grasp on reality he should be the new Renault team principal
I thought 48 hours was the maximum allowed in a week?
It gets worse. Def Leppard on now.
I went on one of those motion simulators and it did a futuristic rollercoaster. Very cool!
You can sign a waiver.
I'll do more than that though. I had 12 on the rota today and I've had to do 15.5 I'm pretty much in dawn till dusk.
The "immunity" thing would work for him
Without the opt out it is
You don't even need to sign
Management grades are exempt
night guys!
There's no excuse for that
[sorry Mr C]
Booooo to Waivers.
Night Gavin.
Remind me what you do so I never do it?
night!
More than Nelsinho?
11 hour rule
Night Gavin
Night
One arm drummer - how does he hit the cymbals?
His face?
Hehe, he could fit right into fq with quotes like these
In an impassioned statement, he then mistakenly told reporters he had spent millions of euros on "judges", before correcting himself to say "lawyers".
Some places have a 12 hour rule, others have 8
Night!
:D
I manage a shop. Nothing glamourous. I just have a lot of promotional stuff need doing. I'm leaving my shop in about 3 weeks though and a trainee's getting it so I have a lot of stuff to prepare for them too.
I thought EU decided it should be 11 minimum
We actually subscribe to that one
Computers I think?
Never heard of a rule like that
Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's just the law if you're under 18.
That's the one I heard about.
Used to be a 10 hour rule, was upped a few years ago
At least you get a long holiday.
Realised I've done nothing but complain tonight. So Saturday will be a productive day. And that starts with catching up on podcasts and playing on FIFA10 till about 3am. So lotsa love and bye.
So you don't have this mystical "work-life-balance" in the UK?
Directgov website will probably tell you. It told me my holiday entitlement.
See ya RG, mind those thumbs
Bye RG
They decided you shouldn't be able to work shifts like I'm doing basically. That you should have a minimum of 11 hours between one shift ending and the next one beginning.
Stop you getting all exploited.
Night RG.
No, we have pubs instead :)
Night!
We do in a lot of companies' sales blurb but not so much in reality
Sounds like a plan. If I'm around on Sunday I'm planning a big podcast catchup. Night.
It's sort of balanced. As long as you accept your work is your life ;)
I am compensating for a lot of people
hehe. Yep. pretty much what I thought.
Amy Winehouse has a big spot on he lip
*her
But you're trying to fix that, right? ;)
I work, then forget about it, but it gets interrupted with work the following day. Grrrrrr
That's a sort-of Work-Life balance?
Rule is you work to live not live to work.
Boooo. They are showing Blondie, but it's not Heart of Glass.
@Mr C
Just catching up on some old Diggnations and they have dimdim.com as a sponsor. They do free browser based web conferencing. That could be useful for shows.
Night Pat, is it a big catchup? I'm sort of caught up.
That's the theory. Trouble is, it becomes work-get home, sleep-work some more, repeat.
Startledbunny:
Have you used http://bleep.com/
Free trial although why you need a free trial of something free I don't know but the url is dimdim.com/diggnation
the one with the dodgy rap?
Night Pat
Yay. I am now watching Love Shack - B52s
Hah good luck! I think I've used all my irresponsible credits booking a 3 month trip to NZ. Now I'm just panicking about how I'm going to afford it. Makes doing all the stupid work a lot easier. I might collapse by the end of the week though :(
Nope, something I have never heard before.
Might be better to email that to Christine, they might miss it otherwise
"Love Shack Baby" :D
No but *opens link* I see names I like.
Do you get to catch up with Amy?
I'm not gone yet, was talking to RG!
I am a looong way behind, so whatever I can fit in, I will.
Is good, I get a weekly email from them
Normally he picks them up but given how busy they are e-mail is not a bad idea
I'm like that. Switch off from work as soon as I'm down the road. Feels like two days in one.
I'm not sure at all. I think I might go to the Melbourne GP. If not, I probably won't be in Oz. Getting across is pretty expensive.....
Is she only home for a short period?
Could be a few of us at that one......
You're uncovering a Guilty Pleasure here
Oh. I didn't even register that she'd be in NZ over Christmas. Silly billy.
hehe. yep. I'm over it now. "Buffalo Soldiers"
Rock Lobster comes to mind
It does. As does My Private Idaho etc...
She barely has time to visit her family when she gets home
*waves*
looks like i missed a lot.
Oh noes - "Karma Chameleon" !!
The headping is still working though even without the shout
That too.
Yeah.
Anyone heard 606-0842, or Wig?
The whole Cosmic Thing album is a masterpiece IMO.
Evening MrC
Fun evening discussing PSP vs iTouch and if they are really rivals and the merits of olympic funding
*waves back*
Remember my parent's comments:
Is that a boy or a girl?
[swearing omitted]
Oh yeah. Not that I would know.....;-)
Hello Mr C. I heart this website most days I see my company in the daily strip but the one for 9th October is so right
yes they are. yes sony will respond (unless they learned nothing from the walkman).
i think it has merit.
:D
Hopefully, it will drive the price of games down and improve quality
oooo. my faves - the Cure
Dilbert is GREAT!
Aha, bassano argued the same
From my perspective they aren't, the itouch is much closer to the DS.
Sony appear to be driving the system more towards integration with the PS3, although they have started developing an app store
Me too, which one?
Describe the video, I'll guess
Pah! ;)
Yes they are, yes sony should respond, except they learned nothing from the walkman
I have worked for at least three companies where the lifers were convinced that someone inside their company was writing Dilbert
at the moment, they're enabling IP owners to cash in on the 90's investments without creating anything original.
I have a number of the strips up around my desk at work. My favourite is one where someone asks for the conference room & it's call "The Rectangle of Futility" and is just past "Where hope goes to die"
Close to me, in the cupboard above Dover I think
The PSP Go? They have missed a chance to get existing users upgrading by not allowing them to convert their old UMDs to upload to the Go.
Original or from Mixed up?
Great video, got banned I think
That reminds me of The Smoking Room
Does the DS not have a part in all this?
No
It did? why? This is the original one.
That was really bizzare. I think the problem is the only way they could have done it would be with boots in shops, and the gaming shops hate the idea of a download only system,
It was a bad decsion, i guess it might explin why they are continuing to market the PSP-3000
apple are going after sony's business at almost every level. i don't think they're that interested in nintendo. look at the bluray debate, basically sticking every finger up at sony and waving them repeatedly.
It has to its the market leader!
(it also has 2 cameras on the DSi ;) )
Encouraging kids to get in wardobes and jump off cliffs
After the watershed only I think, could be wrong
I thought apple supported blu-ray vs HD DVD?
Not for long
Hehehehe. Crazy.
Supported Blu-Ray but don't provide hardware for it yet
The DS is cheap - big advantage.
Physical media is dead anyway
they support soft downloads via the web. mac's don't play bluray.
it's really solid. i wouldn't give an itouch or a psp to a young child. it wouldn't last, but the ds would fair better.
Janna you might like What The Duck?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/wtd-haiku-jpg
royalmail are certainly helping to bury it.
They have sold over 120 million of them, thats more than apple and sony combined!
Yeah it does depend on the market. I was going to say just that. I like the iphone platform but the little girls in the family want a DS
:lol:
And how many games?
Apple have done over 2billion apps
Not all are free
http://whattheduck.net/
I suspect a majority have been though. That would be an interesting stat. I must have downloaded over 100 free apps I have since discarded.
Another good'un
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/wtd-stare-jpg
I don't think they release that information but I'll have a look
My Sister, my Niece, and my Mum all have a DS Lite. They would never have bought or been interested in a PSP or an iPod Touch. You can play Multiplayer games with only one copy of the game.
I dont think they want people to know. The raw numbers look good, I think the real numbers might show a different story
Even free apps make a lot of ad money for developers
Oh dear I hope "the girls" to work that out. I can see an expensive Christmas coming
Have followed on twitter
Ooh, didn't know. Will do the same
I think Lukeh should get on of these t-shirts
Just happy that I didn't have to go to an actual shop to buy High School Musical 2 and 3 games, :)
completely agree. nintendo are great at what they do.
i see the the battle on the high st. between apple and sony. i've factored microsoft out of that one. they've lost the mobile market, and they have a huge amount of work to do on the desktop.
i suspect apple might forget the desktop somehow. although alex appears to not need one anymore, so maybe to doesn't matter?
Thats true, but it goes back to what i said earlier about % of worthwhile games.
In any case the fact i own so few PSP games points to a huge lack of quality on the system.
Only now they have started to do games which interact with the PS3 have i become interested again...
...and i cant find the thing!
I don't buy presents I consider to be morally objectionable
Bought my niece X Factor Live tickets only cos it was her 21st
He doesn't? Does Alex live in teh cloud now?
Walt Mosberg says 7 is pretty decent
Yes but what about when they are 11 and 12 and bug you like crazy?!
he said earlier he'd only used his iphone for 3 days or something. no idea how he does it.
it is. people won't forget vista easily though.
Teach them sign language.
:D
Will it be good for netbooks? I thing google could really do something there
Force them to listen to Jimi Hendrix & The Prodigy
[I don't have kids]
I already have.
aaahhhhh, that's better.
Apparently
Also noted that upgrade from Vista - not too bad
From XP - horrendous
haven't tried it, but i believe so.
I could do that
did you hear that it takes longer to start Win7 than Vista on Buzz Out Loud? Can't believe that, my work laptop takes at least 3 or 4 mins to become usable (Vista)
Neither do I. Apparently that makes me fair game for any relative.
Ha ha ha
Sorry
Total rubish. It is quicker on 4 different systems (including VMs) that I have tried.
Tweetie 2 just released on the App store
Like it's the second coming or something, massive buzz around it
Oh my god. WHY is my downstairs neighbour having a party :( :(
The house I'm in has been converted into flats. Mine is split level with my bedroom in the attic and I can still hear the banging going on two floors down :(
I have it ready to play to the Niece & Nephew when they get older.
I have faith, my sister loved Kylie & Jason in her early years, but grew up and got into Radiohead, Wonder Stuff, and James.
scoble was raving about a preview. that's as much as i know.
at 1:30am?
Don't be, It is a rubbish OS.
After pub parties can be annoying when they're neighbours
Great if they're not
Any good chunes? :P
If you can't beat them, there's always the police. (joking)
Nearby Tweets seems to be liked, not sure why
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/tweetie-2-jpg
Or get a bottle, go down and turn the volume up so someone else complains
could be handy at a grand prix?
I see why Alex was getting so stressed now
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-295
Yeah. I'm only half laughing. I only have 6.5 hours before I have to leave for work. I'd prefer not to spend it awake....
Ah ha!
Will try it out
Was Amy looking to buy a chicken?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/09102009-002
That's just wrong :(
My OCD is getting jittery at that. *reaches to undo laces*
Like:
Link Twitter contacts to Address Book contacts
Translate tweets
Safari bookmarklet support for easily sharing links
Saved searches sync with Twitter.com and the upcoming Tweetie 2 for Mac
TextExpander integration
Hehe, that is a bit odd, maybe he should secretly rewire them!
I thought it was some funky new-age wiring already?
Tweeite actually shows you where the people are? Isn't that a bit dodgy?
You can opt out of location dependancy
Lots of apps do it
Last App Store Plug:
Limited time 10 free apps here
http://chillix.wordpress.com/our-apps/
He he
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rough-time-jpg
i neeeeeed that!
Sidepodtime, in an app
Free too
:D
It's all gone quiet here. Have washed up, got the bins ready to take out & sorted out the washing ready for the morning. Off to sleep now, 'night
night janna.
Night Janna
G'night Janna
See ya tomorrow
Night Janna.
I should listen to more Viva Voce. They are so good.
Night, hopefully see you at the coalhole :D
Bathurst telecast has started. What a track.
is it streamed anywhere, paul?
I doubt it. Maybe some of the race tomorrow.
Today is all the quali, sports cars, utes etc.
http://www.justin.tv/trueracing
is that live?
Is the race now?
Has anyone heard Star Trek's Brent Spiner's album - Ol Yellow Eyes Is Back?
Sounds like it could be fun, in a William Shatner kinda way
Quali today, race tomorrow
I follow him on twitter.
The man is nuts
So I've heard
Might give it a whirl
Seriously
Nope, that is yesterday
Thanks
ahh. boo.
Yup
Cheese is good sometimes
I listen to rubbish like this when I'm hungover
William Shatner's "Has Been" LP is great
1.1M followers!!
He he
It is time to verify my account. Apparently the Nobel committee thought I was an imposter and I came in 2nd to Pres. Obama. Next time I win.
must be on the SUL.
?
How did Obama win that? I have no idea. Sometimes that peace prize really makes me wonder
Flav was in the running, then...
Suggested Users List
suggested user list.
when you create a twitter account, the system recommends people you may like to follow. anyone over 1mil is likely on there.
Oh, like Smiley Virus must've been
Until today
He was in the running for the Peace Poor Prize ;)
Oprah, sidepodcast,.......
ahh gotcha
Aren't you on there yet ;)
How long does Bathurst quali last?
That makes me 'appy
It's on later in the day. Firsts quali was yesterday, today they have the top 10 for about 45 mins. Today is mostly other series racing
:)
Whoooa! They have BIG crashes here.
exactly that.
bed is calling
night all
Hmmm. It seems there is 45 mins of quali on right now. Some BTCC drivers out there....
G'night Mr Bunny
see ya sir.
Thanks Paul. I am not at all clued up on this
Goof night
So, the 24 cans per day maximum?
Spectators or drivers?
It's very much a 1 off event. They do things different
night!
:lol:
Quite a few of the drivers have raced over here. I remember Russell Ingall doing Formula Ford.
24 per day? Ahahahahaha! Each per hour maybe?
No-one noticed shhh
Just been looking though all the Aussie circuits on wikiped, there are some quite strange ones!
And that's just the names
Ben Collins? Ooops just hit the wall
Which ones are strange?
The Stig?
That's the guy, I think
Just did a search for live stream bathurst. Number three answer - sidepodcast
They have one shaped like a paperclip
One light on corners
one with a massive straight
And one like a box
I do like the look of this one though
But this one is just crazy :P
I guess i am used to the over technical f1 circuits so these look slightly simple
Is there a link to it at all or are you on the tv?
On the TV, sorry
Oran Park is fantastic, but shutting down this year. I got to race there earlier this year - so much fun. I don't think I got one lap right.
Awe, i miss the Harvey norman ads!
Grrrr. I dont
Go Harvey Norman, Go!
I miss the yokel ads, bob's cars - that sorta stuff
Think of all the deals you could miss unless you watch them though!
hehe. Yeah, some of those adds in the country......
Doesn't have to be too far outa the city either
Nope, not at all
I love the fact there adds havent changed apart from the products! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-MeXxrzZw 1987
Must.save.money.for.gp.ticket.
Ooo. Troy Baylis is driving too
Are there not a couple too many wheels for him?
You would think. He seems to be trying to get the car up on two though.
For itouch this looks cool http://kotaku.com/5378260/command--conquer-red-alert-on-your-iphone
Oh dear. Troy Baylis car seems to have burst into flames. Goodbye engine
That is not a good thing
I'm guessing it's not a Honda ;)
hehe. no. I guess they have overnight to replace it
or a Ducati - the guy is still wearing Ducatti overalls :D
Right, practice is over. I am going "outside". Wish me luck
Luck
See ya Paul
Take care out there
Don't bother, tongue not in cheek
I think he means it
I wonder whats happened to Donnington... wasnt their final final deadline Thursday,
still no news...
That was their 4th or 5th final deadline. The race will be at Silverstone. It was never going to be anywhere else
I got that from Dieter Rencken's column (paywall)
It also seems BMW's sale to Quadbike is dependent on them getting a grid slot for next year...
That's is to be expected. No-one is going to spend a load of money and end up with a team that has no entry
I thought it was a done deal.
BMW seem to have the worst exit strategy i have ever seen. The first thing you write in a business plan is exit strategies. you would think someone there would know what one looks like!
Prank Pizza Calls [bleeped]
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=122_1254961391
Slightly riled!
You would think signing the Concorde Agreement would be a no brainer but apparently not.
I really didn't get that bit
I cant really see any of the other teams not making it. Manor supposedly are financed though Virgin, USF1 have major backing who has gone on tv with the team, and noone seems worried about Campos because they are owned by a really rich guy. I think they will be there next year...
Any reasons they wont?
Toyota seem to be the most at risk
Must get some sleep before sunrise I guess
Nighty night
No-one did. A team without an entry is worthless so BMW are left with a bill to close it down. Insanity
Time I was in bed too.
Night all
This is correct, at Christmas time I arrive on Thursday night and leave on Sunday morning.
10/10/09 - only one year to go until world binary day (I just made that up)
the tenth of October is quite a popular day for famous people to die on:
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/diedtoday
Morning. By some miracle, I seem to have been able to get up :P
and early too!
Morning everyone!
Just to clarify over the conversation that was happening last night. I had only used my iPhone at home not any personal machines hence no chance to test that Flash thing Bassano was mentioning. I was still doing 90% of my commenting from my work desktop machine. So while I may do mobile commenting more than most. It wasn't 100% for 3 days. I just hadn't used any machine at home for 3 days.
Secret reason that Lukeh bought the ipod Touch... Photoshop is now available on the iPhone!
http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/
Sadly not in the UK yet... WHY? WHY?
Why? Because it's a crazy thing to have on such a small device?
But they have released it in the states though...
To be fair while it is crazy it is a cut down version with only certain things present.
I wonder if they push the platform too hard with this sort of application
I'm not sure... I mean this thing really isn't Photoshop at all but rather a neat way to be able to crop pictures you've taken on the camera, fix light and colour balance, etc. Things which are all really handy to do and can be great to have on the go. Cropping a picture before you send it on is pretty neat. A lot of people are not waiting to get back to their computer to upload to flickr and facebook anymore. So this is a handy app.
true, and fair enough i guess. Shame the camera is only 2MP on the 3G
I had so much to do today but about 4 hours ago I looked up something on Wikipedia and now I have 14 tabs open and I'm scared I'll never get off that site.
Ahoy there. Quiet round these parts on an early morning non-race weekend innit.
Hey RG.
The iPhone is GLORIOUS.
it happens. :D
Oven cleaner is all kinds of evil.
really? Why so?
It's impossible not to breath it in and it hurts.
Ah. Nothing you can do about it I guess. How often do you need to clean it?
Only when we're moving :)
just got here. what am i supposed to be cleaning ;) Literally now making a CD of all the sidepodradio shows to take with me on the plane in 12 days when i move. I am so old school. at least it's an mp3 cd but still old school. This mark the end of Scott In Italy.
Greetings from the Apple Store in Chapelfield!!!
Hehe. Please buy me an iphone ;)
I had great fun with it last weekend, everytime I have opened my oven since it has actually made me happy. Although if you are cleaning the oven to move out I guess you don't get that 'ooh everything is so CLEAN' joy in the future.
Hahahahahahahahahaha no. :P
:( Don't worry I plan on getting my own in a month or so.
Are you going to change your name? And what are you going to change your name too?
Like a caterpillar, I will undergo metamorphosis and become .... something else. I have some ideas but we'll see after I get there.
music selection for the morning - old school and new school. Link
Scott who used to be Italy but has now moved?
you never know. well you will just not yet. This is in danger of becoming overhyped...
I say we have a page on the wiki for people to suggest ;)
stop hyping the change. I'm going to be without regular net access for the next 2 weeks or so (after monday) and then the new name will be revealed. assuming i think of something
scott in cognito?
would have been a great name for when i was here ;)
I know you are all fascinated so I thought i'd update and say I do like the bathroom spray smell. Much better than the oven cleaner.
ooh Andy Murray is back to number 4 and all is right in the world.
does it smell like purple? When I buy household cleaners I always buy the purple one.
Also worth noting, the g1 touch screen works through rubber gloves! The things you learn.
Bathroom cleaner ap? :P
Everyone having a good Saturday? I just caught the last 10 secs of F1 Rocks
I want to know when it got to be 10.50pm, I swear it feels like about 6pm.
it's only 2pm ;) i have purchased myself a cooked chicken and some bread and need to find something to watch while I make a mess.
The tme difference seems a lot bigger... Abu Dhabi is going to be pretty late for you...
I think your team is playing cricket... they are not doing all that great though...
I wish it was 2pm here, I'd still have time to achieve something. All I have done today is do some planning for my trip and some transcribing, neither of which were on my list of things I actually have to do.
race will be at midnight, same as Singapore. It's Brazil thats the hardest usually, and being in NZ for it this year won't help, I don't think I'll make any of the practice sessions.
That's what a weekend is for - completely wrong priorities. as for planning the trip, when i lived in Oz I planned every overseas trip really carefully. since i've been here I've become notorious for booking my holidays on the work calendar and having no definitive plans until the day before. "Where you going Scott?". "Not sure".... but where you're coming from - think carefully and make sure you know how to get from the train station/airport to the accommodation - a part of the trip i sometimes forgot to plan ahead
still no race highlight video from the f1 people. but there is a trulli qualy video. link is here
I really, reallly don't want to travel with a pack because I don't want to be a "backpacker" but I'm thinking I will have to buy one because I don't fancy wheeling my suitcase any sort of distance. I'm trying to get places to stay that are close to stations but I might still have to walk 1-2 km and thats not far, but its too far for a suitcase.
If you dont want to get a backpack you could something like this http://www.surfstitch.com/images/catalog/live/imageLibrary/BTREXZBLKF1600L.jpg
I got one when i got fed up of my backpack. the whole bag opens in 2 halves which is really usefull, the whels are designed for roads and not airports which is also a bonus
a back pack *is* easier. I've done both methods. if you ever have to connect flights/trains etc - wheeling a suitcase is tough through lots of people - unless you don't care about their ankles in which case you'll be fine - although one sideways knock to the suitcase will knock it off the axis - take your suitcase out for a test drive and see how it handles to a sudden change of direction.
also be careful that sometimes the areas around train stations are not the best places, but they are the cheapest...
this suitcase you're thinking of, does it have wheels? if not, don't even think about it. if your suitcase has a pull out handle so you can wheel it easily, see how you'll lift it without that handle - they get broken sometimes.
I wheeled it from one end of the Melbourne CBD to the other with 20kg of stuff in it when I moved into my flat, and that was far enough for me :D I know I need a pack, I just need to find one I like :D
looks cool. did you ever fly with it Nick? My concern with all bags is the people that carry them - most of my handles are ripped off (the equiv of 3 laps around the world does that) and I know how to fix the retractable handle myself now. my tip for bag like this is find a brand where most of the wheel is covered with tough stuff so it can't be snapped off.
I think when I've done my big trips I have always taken a suitcase because I usually had to have clothes for different seasons. It's only the two week trips where I get away with a backpack. I recommend Berghaus - I've had one of their backpack for years but you're right - find one that works for you - go hang out near the backpack hostel and see what people have when they check in - if you're feeling sociable go and ask them what they like and don't like about that brand. it will be the best advice and they'll think of things that you'll never have thought of.
the advice I've got from all my backpacking friends is get one you can unzip rather than one you can only access from the top, because what you need is always at the bottom.
Yeah its realy tough. Flown with it several times still no damage.
It was pretty expensive but i have been though so many bags that i thought it would be cheaper to get a decent one.
Great advice - provided thieves can't get in easily.
stupid thieves, having anything stolen overseas would be my worst nightmare.
Totally agree with this concept. pay more and it's better in the long run.
Also - lots of straps on the outside (like mine has) can be ways for the bag to get caught on other things (I'm talking about what happens after you check it in). That being said, my backpack (gets checked in usually in the special luggage section - eg surfboards, skiis - has survived better than my suitcase.
I used one of these on my backpack when i was travelling though dodgy places in asia http://www.pacsafe.com/media/product/product_image/normal/1960_11_1567_11_1147_anti-theft.jpg
I didnt use it travelling in Aus or the US as i didnt want it to stand out, but its an option
it does happen (hopefully won't). have two copies of things and don't leave your bag with people - backpackers have an honour code of not ripping off a fellow 'packer. sadly, they are more "like guidelines".
if you pay things online etc before you go - send yourself emails with pdfs of everything for each place. so you have an email like "Milano/Monza" etc that you can just go to an internet cafe and know where you have to be. Divide your money - never all in the one place. Buy those socks with little zip pockets and keep some cash in there. Write down the address of the NZ or australian or UK consulate too. hopefully you'll never need it but know what to do.
at least you didn't take the kevlar option....
off to go watch my last game of american football in italy. I wonder if they play this game in the USA....
no, but i did hear about someone who had there straps slashed from behind them in India so i was always sure to use the waist belt too ;)
hehe have fun!
I wonder if bernie was reading the comments last night.. he seems to have remembered Donnington had a deadline.. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79368
bag slashing also in ecuador, around quito. idea - put the important stuff at the bottom because thieves cannot get to it. so they just go straight for the bottom of the bag with a knife. check your travel advice sights about how not to let this happen.
ciao.
Hello all, just getting ready for trip to London. Has anyone seen this? Not sure I approve of the bell ;)
Hehe awesome! Bell is essential if you want to cure the disease i am afraid ;)
Secret BBC F1 stash... Loads of Jenson for Lou
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/formula1/
Leaving to catch 15:02 to Vic. Should be there 16:27. See those who are going in the Coal Hole.
Cool, keep in touch... hopefully Bassano will wake up soon ;)
Hello, Have been up for a while but have been staying warm in bed. Today's expected return to full health has not arrived yet. :(
Am assessing my options, am bored with sickness
hi again. We are sharing a device. Mr C is very happy as he has rented himself a van. he says he just wants to drive it around for fun. He is being very Giggles like and yammering away whilst i do all the packing/cleaning.
how many more hours of work ahead of you?
quite a lot. Mr C says it depends how many punctures we get :)
I'd say the chances are small of another one if he doesn't drive around for fun too much :D
I'm getting the impression of Mr C driving flat our around the block.
Maybe he's just clearing the track?
I guess it is important to lay down rubber for more grip later.
Oi!
Stop being such a wuss!
hehe, have fun!
I bet he is king of the road!
I haven't decided on my wuss setting yet. I'm attempting a re-boot
[formerly known as a hot bath]
Take 2 shots, stat
Proceed to pub
You know you need to:
a) take on lots of fluids
b) take on something that kills germs (eg. Alcohol)
c) drink something that has been advertised as "Good for you".
Ah I can imagine it now.
ps. this may not be actual factual medical advice.
On the other hand it could well be...
sounds to me like it would cure what ales you ;)
Hey guys :)
So yeah, I passed my theory :D
:)
well done!
Hey, well done!
You didnt fall for the roundabout sign meaning do a doughnut then?
woohoo!
Congrats sir.
I'm going to the pharmacy, it's near
Are you coming to the pub?
That's probably what he calls it.
"Luv I'm just going down the "pharmacy"" ;)
This is recon
He hasnt called me 'Luv' yet :P
Let's hope not, eh? :P
Damn, busted :)
Otago lost in the cricket #sorryamy
The button fans will be pleased to know that Somerset aren't doing too badly
thats ok, I think they always do.
They got to the champions league, cant say i have ever heard of them let alone seen them before but they do have one of the worlds best hitters
oh its Twenty20? Yeah we're good at that, we won the NZ champs last season :D
I'm unshaven, I look like the yeti but yes, I'll be there
I need to eat first, will let you know when I leave
I reckon I'll be there for about 6:30... ish
cool, i should be there about then too.
Hehe, dont worry, i am not updating you on the domestic 4 day New Zealand leauge :P
I like cricket... but maybe not quite that much ;)
heheh if I had known they were in that Champions thing I might have watched it, are they playing again? I've seen it come up on my EPG but I didn't know what it was :D
Amy, I know you'll have lots of stuff to bring over next year but would it be too much trouble to get me some Redback Boots? Unless postage is fairly cheap, that is
shoes? If I can fit them in!
They have 1 more match on monday, if they win that they go to the knockout round
Or if you can estimate what postage would be like, send some over and deduct it from the price of the tickets. Would that be too much hassle? I'm not in any kind of rush
You could wear them :P
no that'd be fine, let me know a size and whatever style it is you're after and I'll see if I can find somewhere that stocks them because their website doesn't tell me! I shall investigate postage costs...
I'm pretty sure Walmart used to. Will look into it when you return from the homeland
this place has free UK shipping
Ooh, will investigate later. Ta
Those are the fellas. They shouldn't be $200 though
Now we are at the household recycling place, otherwise known as the tip. It freaks me out so it is my turn to yammer while Mr C does all the work.
What's freaky about the tip? The disorganisation? Or the Hi-Vis vests?
Tabards are SO stylish, don't knock 'em
I reckon it's the scavengers that surround your van to see if there's anything they'll deem worthy to take off your hands
Right, I'm outa here
To the bus stop!
On my relaxation plan for this afternoon I have done pretty well. Have been playing Beatles Rock Band. Just managed to get 5 stars on a particular song. I guess you could say I was getting better.
Just got on the train, almost missed it but the driver let me in the back of the cab! Pic on drop
Now THAT, is just in time delivery
Are you staying there the whole journey?
That's pretty cool: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0063
Hehe wouldn't have minded, but thought I better grab a seat in the carriage
Aah, that's no fun
Bus arrived quickly, should be on target
I'm dead
http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/about-timo/
Evening.
Hey Lukeh, are you coming down with the lurgy?
Cool, will check out later. Looks quite detailed
Hello. Collapse imminent!
Nah, I'm already feeling pretty dead. :(
paper mache?
Source some echinaccea, vitamin C and Ibuprofen now
Good luck Sir
Hi Alison
Noooo :( :(
No word from guile or janna?
Guille will be there from 7. He has no phone or tinternet access
Have DM'd Janna
Has your train arrived Nick? I'm not far from Waterloo
1st one there: try to grab the same table
You're all meeting up :( BOOOO!
not there yet. Will take tube across
Lazy sod! ;)
Hehe, you should come along one day.
See what Steven's doing and arrange something with RG
this isn't Friends!
I'm still here doing nowt, yay
I'm too tired to even move! I just meant noone's commenting because you're all busy travelling :P
I want value from my ticket!
its been a quiet day. Mrc has been cruising round like BA Barakkas
Hehehe
greetings all from america well about seb loeb being in f1 i would pay to see that and see how he does.He like the Schumi of WRC (I love him,not in that way). At his age it is too late to be in F1.He what 35 years and he's taking it under consideration.Kinda like the same case as Damon Hill.
PS USMC sucks US Army ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, sorta watching the Super League.
super league you mean superleague formula
We have met!
Booooo :P
Sleepy! Must not sleep....
Ooh, it's Bathurst tonight! :D
how come when i on msg boards it always same people commenting on it?
bathurst 1000 is tonight?
What time?
Qualifying was either lastnight or early hours of the morning our time. I think it normally starts about 10pm our time? Lemme check.
Bathurst 1000 is due to start at half 11 GMT.
Gosh it is quiet on here this evening. Hi to Edgar by the way.
I;m still around....somewhere...
I really want to go out tonight. Stupid job.
Ditto.
Did you enjoy your visit to the Apple Store, Scott?
Will anybody watch and comment on the Indycar finale at Homestead tonight?
It is an amazing looking place inside. I've never seen so many Apple producets altogether at once! Plus playing Toca Race Drover 3 on a Mac Pro was fun :D
Driver*
The Sidepodsilence is creepy!
Even if it means sitting at the kids table? ;)
It is a bit. I've just had to pop out to collect my eldest from the station.
I have spent the day trying to fix my car.
Evenin' all. Very late Preview up.
Lots of Saturday action, three races are about to start: Bathurst 1000, ALMS Laguna and IRL Homestead.
Can't wait for the Indycar race tonight, Go Dario!!! this has all the makings of a tense thriller I just wish the season ended in Chicago where you are certain of an epic indycar race!
Im shaking with nerves for Dario! been a big fan since his duals with Montoya.
It should be a good one
What do you think:
will they all three go flat out for the win or will it be a strategic race?
Just stopped for diesel in the big van. Mr C has bought me a milky bar, I don't know what he's done wrong.
That was nice of him!
Awww how cute :D
Attn: Mr C
....can I have one?
Do we want a thread for Bathurst, by the way?
We can stop again but it might take a while to deliver :)
I think people are beginning to suspect that you're not really based on Rockall.
You could do that from the van?!
Ahh I'll let you off this time, I have some maltesers
No idea. I am watching IRL :-)
:D
If Mr.C was blown away by the video feeds on a road course, he should see an oval..
Yup. Depending on coverage of course. Not sure if there's much demand.
Ah I see. I was just asking in general :P
It's so quiet this evening, I'm not sure that we even need this thread ;)
All the chatty ones are drinking!
Briscoe first to pit.
Thought he saved some more fuel.
Evening all.
Never seen so few comments in a day for a very long time
Looks like I missed the first quarter of the IRL race
Urgent update of the day:
I am drinking a glass of ribena.
*cough*
So how 'bout that local sports team huh?
Anyone have a decent IRL feed? I have two and they are both buffering to a ridiculous degree
Didn't miss much Steven. No yellows yet, all three title pretenders just did their first stop.
Thanks
Look here: http://atdhe.net/
I forgot about the official coverage. Stupid
Hello Steven.
I appear to have nothing better to do now, might as well watch it.
Hi Steven anyways.
Dixon tries to get the point for most laps led.
He then only needs to finish second to win the title.
Marco managed to crash out already?
Is everyone on Mogadon tonight?
Brake failure, without a crash!!
How can brakes fail that early in a race? Still at least he didn't take someone else out
.
Temparatures were sky-high. Retired out of precaution.
I'm on that too. Takes a lot of of system resources though.
Any Ashley Judd sighting yet?
I gave up on that and switched to atdhe. I had a little buffering there but closed a couple of tabs that should have been doing nothing and the feed is perfect now.
Haven't noticed her
I am enjoying my new Core 2 Quad with 4 Gb memory.
Can't have too many tabs open.
I've closed a few things and some of the extra 'pods' in the feed, seems to have cleared it. Live timing seemed to be a culprit.
Side by side racing, gotta love it!
Getting a bit bored so flicking the 08 season review on and after that gannin to bed. So see ya's (those still awake), do check out the blog and good night.
Night RG
Night
On the racecontrol it shows Dario is in 6th gear and Dixon and Briscoe are in 5th gear.
I can't believe we have had 120 green laps
Odd. Wonder why
crazy isn't it!
Hope it stays green all the way then Dario will win
Weird that the bonus point for most laps led is sooo important.
Seems off that they seem to be running Dixon's strategy against Briscoe rather than against Dario
So if he stays where he is, it's Dario's 2nd?
If Dixon finishes ahead of Dario he is champion. Dario has to beat him to win it
Dixon's strategy seems to be: go flat out
and Dario is playing the milage card.
If things stay as they are they would tie on points and Dixon would win the tiebreak.
There is no sense in Dixon attacking. If it stays green he loses and if there is a yellow Dario closes up to him anyway. The team should be telling Dixon to forget about Briscoe and that he is racing Dario.
Ah I see why Steven hopes it stays green. With Dixon giving it the beans all the time, he'll have to come in sooner which I think would mean a splash and dash at the end? While Dario can look after his fuel, go a bit longer and leap frog him.
So Dario had the lead at the start if the race?
Dixon on!
in*
Briscoe and Dixon pit:
they need a yellow to get to the end.
Go DARIO.
Exactly. Dario is getting just over 50 laps to a tankful. The other two are getting just under 50 laps
Because Dixon is pushing Briscoe so much.
If he didn't do that, Briscoe could also be saving fuel.
(Mr Burns-style) Excellent :D
What happened to Alison? I saw her say hi while I was trying to sort a feed but not since?
Let's se iff Giggles has had her headping installed.
ALISON!!!!!!!!!!!
Err, can't remember.
T-minus 24 minutes to Bathurst start.
ROOOOOAARRR!
today i feel like a proper man in my big van.
Dario pits for the last time. 49 laps for this stint.
Someone is facing the wrong way
Heeeeeehehehe.
I like that the championship contenders have white wall tyres so the fans can tell who are the ones to watch.
Postman Pat? Like the cupcake?
It's the woman!
Danica spins in the pit,
Moving house seems to have made you feel very manly. First tyre changing, now this. I'm worried it might encourage you to leave the house more often!
Is it a white van?
She had some assistance I think
Looks like Alison's headping works.
You have been quiet
:-D
Oh no, she's gonna start a fight for sure.
It is a white van. I have sent him outside to unload it because the roaring was too loud.
Oooh hahaha. I hadn't scrolled that far down.....
Wait till someone sticks a mic in front of her
Did he have to buy The Sun today?
Can you hear him over those Atlantic gales?
I have no idea how Giggles does it
You may have missed my earlier comment - this white van thing means they're not fooling anyone.
I wondered why my drink was shaking
Surely Dario can't lose another championship with the same points as the leader
There might be Milky Bars on Rockall, y'know.
I think it is really a white boat but they are calling it a van
25 to go, things look better and better for Dario.
Where are we watching? Indycar.com?
I hadn't realised that Briscoe was so close on points that Dixon had to beat him. That explains the strategy
http://www.atdhe.net/
Guille: what a jolly nice bloke, you all missed out, not to mention all the good S.American SidepodInternational info
19 laps to go and it is anyone's championship
Hey Bassano
I didn't know :s
Briscoe gets the bonus points for leading most laps.
Dixon needs to go all out now. Maximum attack.
If Nick comments in The next 10 hours, he's no fun
FYI
This race last year was held at night under the lights, looked great..
They are saying this could be the first IndyCar race without a caution.
Dario is 22 seconds back. That is a big gap for a splash and dash
Hey all, btw
I take it that he's on his way home but rather worse for wear?
Not big enough. could be lapped.
How ironic would it be if the caution was caused by Briscoe and Dixon getting together. The one thing they need works against them.
evening
Splash and dash costs a lap.
Sorry fella, didn't realise
No problem, I had a busy day anyway.
Sorry What is happening? Who will be champion?
Great strategy from Chip Ganassi.
Apparently, it's the house party to end all ...
10 to go, tension mounting.
Are you champion? Am I champion? Who's champion? How many points did you get?
I gained access to this previously unpublished race report from grandprix.com by accident...
Tiger Rips the Opposition Apart
This race wasn't about the winner or the two other drivers present on the podium - it was about Lewis Hamilton's magnificent crash which caused a round of mighty applause at McLaren's brand new Brand Centre (the most complex and amazing in the paddock I should add) and in the garage down the pit lane where his mechanics were rolling on the floor with joy. All my British colleagues were simply ecstatic; we gave each other a hug and shed a tear of happiness while bits and pieces of Hamilton's beautiful car (perhaps the only beautiful car this year) were flying around in an orgasmic symphony of never-ending glory. It took a long time for this apparent heir of Ayrton Senna - or dare I say Jim Clark - to arrive on the scene and make huge impact on the sport. Formula 1 now has an authentic character, a brilliant outspoken racer we've all been longing for. Because even when Lewis was spinning into the barriers he was living his dream with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team and driving his heart out! Unlike the man with eyebrows, you know I'm talking about Fernando Alonso who once again had a wretched race in his rather ugly underperforming Renault. I mean we all know that Mercedes is the best engine on the grid so what can you expect from a Renault-powered car when a gorgeous McLaren is storming ahead. But this time Teflonso - as all Formula 1 journalists jokingly call the morbid Spaniard these days - was also thoroughly outpaced by Force India's new boy Tonio Liuzzi. I know Tonio finished behind Teflonso but it means nothing. Obviously, Liuzzi showed his fantastic ability behind the wheel of an F1 car (and not just any F1 car but one that uses unique McLaren technology) with unequalled aplomb. Many people keep asking me how do I rate Vettel? I don't rate him at all, he's German and doesn't wear gold lamé racing boots so that's enough for me to know. I'm not entirely convinced that Sebastian's got what it takes to win in modern F1, something which Liuzzi is perfectly capable of. And Tonio's such a larger-than-life character, you can't compare him to Teflonso, no way!
Talking about personality - I will cherish forever this private conversation I've had with Lewis right before the race.
"The team told me to say that I'm a bigger Formula 1 personality than Eddie Irvine, who I know was a cook here at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team," said Hamilton and his voice was trembling emotion. "But I feel terrible because I let Nicole down and still haven't learned the lyrics of her new song. I think it's called 'Joy Hui' or something."
Oh, my God! I nearly fainted. Here was the guy who, unlike Teflonso, doesn't care about money or fame; he's racing his heart out for the most honest F1 team on the grid lead by an archangel in the form of Martin Whitmarsh who normally levitates well above the ground in one of potent and clean McLaren factory buildings. Martin is Ron's disciple, needless to say Formula 1 misses Dennis, his truly unique style and ability to express himself with clarity. But he's now able to dedicate himself to his new passion and that is creating cheap and affordable supercars for sheikhs who suffer from global crisis. Such an altruist, what a man! I'd like to get a tattoo of Ron one of these days but I'd like Kat von D to do it so maybe I'll fly all the way to California to pay tribute to Ron and engrave his holy image on my belly!
So back to race report.
Lewis blasted off in a typically well-judged and calculated style. At the back Liuzzi impressed by keeping his position and almost nailing Teflonso who was 10 places in front of him. I mean Teflonso brings the sport into disrepute only with his looks and stewards don't punish him for blocking Liuzzi? I don't know what to say, this is totally outrageous! Hopefully, the FIA will do the right thing by banning Teflonso and giving his seat back to frankly slow Nelson Piquet Jr. whom I nonetheless admire for honesty and his crusade against the monsters at Renault. But I'd rather watch a slow and honest Piquet than a fast and deceitful Teflonso. Lewis reckoned Vettel ruined his start by trying to distract him, what else can you expect from a guy who doesn't wear gold lamé racing boots? Will Vettel ever win something in Formula 1? I very much doubt it, Red Bull must urgently sack the useless German and replace him with Liuzzi whose massive talent is being wasted since 2004.
There was something going on during the race, other drivers were pretending to be Lewis and Tonio. But these two are so immensely talented that they manage to warm up their tyres by just looking at them. Something Teflonso can't work out.
After the pit stops Lewis was chasing hard the two blokes in front of him, whoever they were they didn't look as fast as Hamilton and Liuzzi, who had retired by then but was nevertheless very fast walking around paddock and displaying his shiny boots, which speaks volumes about his personality. Teflonso really has no style when it comes to racing boots, red and white? Come on!
While all this was happening, Hamilton put the pedal to the metal like only he and Tonio can do and on the last lap of the race produced what is now seen as one of the most majestic Formula 1 crashes of all times. There was celebration everywhere in the paddock, especially on McLaren pit wall. One thing I don't understand is why Norbert Haug felt the need to point out the exact location of Hamilton's crash: 3 kms and 21 metres from the finish line. Norbert was the only person on the planet not to congratulate Lewis on his magnificent crash. This is like bringing the sport into disprepute, the FIA must come down on the fat German and ban him for life but maybe banning Teflonso would be even better.
So the situation in the championship is clear now: they must strip current championship leader of his points and award them to Lewis and McLaren, whilst promoting Tonio to second in the drivers' standings seems like a reasonable thing to do.
And will somebody please ban Teflonso!
Dixon and Brisoe need to pit for fuel. Fario doesn't. If it stays green Dario wins. 191 green laps
Dixon in!!!!
Briscoe and Dixon are pushing like crazy but need to stop ASAP. Franchitti 3rd is saving fuel to the end of the race, he will likely win the title. Top 3 in points have been CONSIDERABLY faster than the rest of the field all race.
Dixon is out of the championship.
That would be an awesome way to win. Has it been a good race?
Briscoe IN!!!
Now Dario is praying for a yellow
This is it! Last laps of the season. :D
FIFA+mobile commenting=unknown concept ;)
Dixon and Briscoe have been within a couple of seconds all day and swapping places
Ashley Judd sighting.
*FOFA
5 to go here - please don't spoil it!
Hmmm, yum
Nice and steady, Dario.
Same.
What? What even is that?
Has it been a good race or a procession?
Note i said LAPS not lap.
Dario has really backed off the pace... can he make it??
Good between Briscoe and DIxon. They ignored the rest fo the field apparently. (I'm on indycar.com leadercam anyway)
Yes
1 more lap!!!!
More of a strategic battle.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!
DARIO WIIIIIIIINNS!!!!
DARIO is the CHAMP!!!
200 green laps without a yellow
Well that just makes Dixon's championship last year look devalued doesn't it?
Well done Dario! - he even has his own THAT WOMAN! :D
Dario donuts
He has even enough fuel for donuts!!
I wonder if that's the fastest ever race on record?
2nd fastest, just said.
This didn't get it's own thread?
Not at all. Dario had no pace earlier so had to save fuel and the fact that there were no yellows worked for him. In reality there has been nothing between them all year
There was nobody here when it started.
Franck isn't involved...
The comments weren't active enough at the time.
and I mean one comment every 20 minutes
Race time was 1H 28M 44Sec
Versus announcers say second-fastest IRL race, but definitely the first without a yellow.
I did offer.
Which one was the fastest?
When does Bathurst start?
Right, now to find a feed for Bathurst...
you offered for Bathurst..
Must be Indy or some other superspeedway
IMS Radio said Fontana 2003, one caution of three laps.
Ah, okay. I don't know the difference. We are open to threads for anything, people just have to yell.
Erm, according to my clock, 2 minutes ago!!!
But they don't control that. I wasn't here but just figured
This is IRL. The American single seaters Franck drove one race in
we've just got in!
It was very quiet earlier. Seemed to get busy as soon as I turned up though.
Power to the people!
[now that is goIng back some]
Where you been?
The big move and all....
Mr C's been roaring. No, quite literally he has.
In a white van!!! He is a man today.
So have I, just wondered
How'd it go fella?
Oh right, the big move of course.
How is the other side of Rockall? Sunnier?
It's a bit late, but I've sent an email to Christine and Mr C about Bathurst which starts in about 20 minutes.
Hello All!
You won't see me much today, I'll be planted in front of the TV
Dario just has so much class. Just won a championship and he is thinking about Greg Moore
Imagining a BA Baracas Mohawk already
Great that Dario dedicated his win to Greg Moore.
we've never living on the third floor again!
but aside from the stairs, all is well.
Greg Moore apparently introduced him to Ashley Judd...
You know what's great about Dario, he had an awful year last year and he's made a brilliant comeback - really earned some respect this year!
ALMS and Le Mans now?
ace, will see what we can do.
apologies to rowley and all, for not putting up an IRL thread earlier. very soon we'll be able to delegate that task and all will be well in the world.
I remember there being a documentary which Ashley introduced and narrated, about Greg Moore. It's on YouTube somewhere in parts.
I coulda told you that. 1st floor max. Otherwise, Ocado become your besties
To be fair we didn't realise it would be needed
It wasn't until about 2 minutes before the end....
we learn together ;)
OK so feeds for the start of the great drunken Taxi race please!
Ooh
Mm, it was very quiet at the time.
He should get the family to do Le Mans. That would be a decent team
Can't find any
No problems, last 50 laps in this thread were lots of fun.
Thanks for letting us comment here.
i wanted to watch it too. totally lost in my white van man world.
Hang on! No wait, you mean...
There is a third Franchitti? Or do you mean Di Resta?
Dario, Marino, Di Resta. Di Resta's old man was a good driver as well
Did youhave a red topped tabloid on he dash?
Otherwise, it didn't happen
just checking, it's the "bathurst 1000" right?
Yes it is.
Yep
Indeed :D
ta. had a blog title clash with last year's post, needed something original :)
Exactly!
it's just over 1000 kms so yes
You know the drunken Taxi's are in Forza 3 'n all :D
If you search for stream bathurst you get a whole load of radio scanner sites
Is it still Ford vs Holden os is there an errant Daihatsu on the track?
Technically it is the "Supercheap Autos Bathurst 1000"
You could have used SuperCheap Auto Bathurst 1000. But of course, they ain't cheap.
Yeah, because they banned foreign cars after they kicked aussie butt!
Nope, still Falcon v Commodore as always.
Dixon got second in the championship.
I miss the GT-R :(
Bathurst will be broadcast on Motors TV.
Does anybody have a feed for Motors TV?
Ford looking race car versus Holden looking race car....
In fact I miss the whole Group A era of the ATCC as it was then known.
Although technically it's Australia's version of Ford v Chevy since Holden's the Australian version of Vauxhall which is part of GM.
Well there is a feed, but it costs two quid. I only want to watch the start :(
Aussie made, let's not mention who owns 'em, it upsets the locals
ace. makes a good intro for jeremy.
When's the start?
new post: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/10/live-commenting-bathurst-1000/
will update the track map on lclt in about ten mins.
In 25 minutes.
So, I'm gunning for onion rings, monster munch or wotsits
Turkish delight & a caramel chunky kit kat
In the store formerly known as 7 Eleven
Cool, almost home
Scott said it was about an hour ago. Maybe some feeds going up at the last minute to avoid problems