Here we are then, it is Friday, it is Monza, and it is Free Practice day. The racing action gets underway once more, and as ever, we'll be live commenting every session. I hope you can join us throughout the day. Meanwhile, here are some of the things that have caught our attention:
- Twitpic is providing some real insight into what life is like at Monza right now, with Barrichello walking the track and taking pictures as he goes. Radio 5live have given us a peek inside the commentary box - which for now is nice and dry. Last year they were washed out!
- A bit of humour to lighten up your day, Grand Prix Diary presents the F1 Lonely Hearts Column. It's a lonely business, travelling the world and giving it your all at the circuit every fortnight. Takes a special kind of partner to put up with that.
- Finally, Renault have been talking about their Thursday in Magical Monza. It's funny if only because they just aren't talking about it. On that subject, Stuart had a couple of good insights from the paddock itself, about the Alonso interview, and the general feeling in the paddock.
That'll do it for now. Remember to keep your Sidepodradio submissions coming in (it's the deadline today, assuming the voicemail is still working). I'll see you in the comments.
It's Friday already?
Twitpic is providing some real insight into what life is like at Monza right now, with Barrichello walking the track and taking pictures as he goes
yeah what I mentioned earlier...those curbs are freakin giant. 1) suspension failure 2) double-decker F1 cars.
odds on one of the other this weekend? about 3-1
ohh audio alerts too. Nice.
Def. going to have to set up my other PC for this weekend. Got my streams in order, my live timing sites (all 3 of them) and spc. media. overload.
On the Pk in singapore thing... even if he did suggest it, Doesn't Flavs decision to not only keep him on for the rest of the season, but to renew his deal shows a certain level of approval of his actions?
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If only I had a simple mic at my disposal. I guess I could record on my cheap cell phone, send it to my email, re-record onto audaciy, and then fire it off...
umm, maybe not.
or you could phone 012128 87225 ?
You will end up buy a headset. We all did. Once the next series of sidepodpanel starts you are going to want to be on a show. They are too much fun not to be involved.
I'm on a very limited plan in the US. would probably cost me an arm...
I know, I've been listening to the back shows and its killing me. aside from my sometimes...
I turns out my laptop has an inbuilt mic. If next week is not too late, I will try to contribute a bit more.
Unless you can get access to skype it is going to be too expensive to call from there.
The official deadline is today Friday but I am sure we can take a few late voicemails.
We also have a show slot available if anyone has any good ideas. Otherwise the current plan is you get more of me and no-one wants that
I know, I'm only making excuses. lame! Soon enough, though, I finally managed to snag a decent job so I can upgrade my woefully outdated hardware.
And get my own net. this wireless fails at every absolute worst moment.
Is that the same for phone calls re the questions to bloggers?
As usual I have left things far too late. Work today, then off for the weekend. I'll see where things stand when I get back.
So what's the hottest topic around here for the weekend? I've been trying to drop in every couple of hours and catch up but...well, that isnt very enlightening.
Fisi for the win? Taking bets, odds are 20-1
mmmm k. I suppose it'll get a bit more lively around here in about 6 hours. I'm gonna see if I can conjure up a decent idea for a show. and a mic.
:( Thw one night I'm up late and wide awake, everyone's gone to bed. Oh well, c'est la vie
night jackie.
I'm here, just not really!
Ciao!
Ello
sorry! was watching classic F1 on the BBC site. very interesting.
how come your up late?
My daughter phoned me to taxi her home from work so I'm wide awake now
ahh man. well, i can send you to sleep. i'm working on pubsubhubbub rss syndication.
What are everyone's plans for Friday, just the usual?
You been on the energy drink?
is that actually when its called? i hope so, that would make me happy.
i need sleep. ciao all
I hope so too!
Night.
Night Jon
hehe. am guessing you use an rss reader to keep up with latest blog posts, right?
well pubsubhubbub is like rss combined with twitter. it's blog entires, but faster. or in real-time publishing if you prefer.
fact: http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/
I like the name, kinda catchy:)
im going to sleep a happy chappy
hehe!
Hola, Sidepodcasters.
shortened, it's PuSH. but how boring is that?
Morning
*waves to joe*
evening
Sorry my computer decided to lock up after my last comment.
I think the deadline is the same but I am sure the odd one can be a day or two late.
You saying I'm odd?!?
I am going to look at a flat in town straight after work. I'm excited because it looks quite big for the money, in a good location, and I can afford it.
I'm currently in a little place arranged as a favour to my stepdad, it means going through somebody's house to get to it and it is out in the suburbs which is boring and dead. On the plus side it enabled me to clear all my debts and upgrade my car. Time to move on.
I have already started scouting the Ikea website :-)
Seems to be the Renault nonsense. Stuart left a comment from the Monza press room. Alonso was in a group interview and let slip that his plans for next year would not change even if Renault are not in F1. Unfortunately someone who wasn't listening properly interrupted before he could say any more
yay!
*beckons jeremy over to todays thread*
over 'ere!
Erm. No?
Dont do it!
There are other options!
ah... looks like i fell asleep when i should have been working :( am going to regret that tomorrow... i suppose i should sleep now anyways... night all x
Yikes, Just looked at the date on the active thread. 343
I was kidding :D
I've never bought anything from Ikea. I've never even been in one.
I did once have a really nice computer desk I got second-hand, I had to leave it behind in Scotland because the van wasn't big enough :-(
worries. I changed threads to answer Paul and forgot to change back. TGIF!
hehe. no probs. how are ya?
Night.. you need the sleep..
goodnight lou.
#sidepodspace update
There will be no space shuttle landing tonight due to dodgy weather.
They are looking at two landing windows at Kennedy Space Center tomorrow and have also activated Edwards Air Force Base in California which creates another two windows.
goodnight Lou
Night Lou
I know
Hoping for a return to KSC, the sonic booms are very cool.
oops! Sorries gets changed to worries on the iPhone and I wasn't paying attention. Again.
They do have an amazing shop, and sell really nice stuff... but!
But! Everyone ends up having the same furniture and living in identikit homes!
Y'see I wan't Mav to do the phone in but if he doesn't I will, if that makes sense
night Lou
I live in Dorset. Everyone here has second hand stuff or stuff from local shops.
Looking at the map.. they built the Southampton one on the Pirelli factory?
That makes sense. You could both do it
Character ;)
Ikea is a long way away, i almost got roped in to going once from Darsette
coulda been worse, they could've been commenting :)
We could, but isn't it better with just one?
Depends how much difference there would be between you interviews
hahaha, brilliant!
One photo... 2 careers.
But seriously... that is gaming fail :( anything else would have been more respectable!
By the time Lukeh gets his hands on it they will have been
one of them is reading an ESPN story about baseball
hehe.
both together, combined Skype?
Hand-me-downs! Mum wants me to use Freecycle. Might investigate it.
I used to live in Southampton. 1h30 isn't too bad from here. PB is 1h10 at 2am but I never said that.
I'll phone in some stuff and if Mav does too you can mix and match bits .. howzat?
excellent! As I said earlier, new Nano in a few hours. I've been feeling a bit left out not having a 3GS but now I will be able to post the odd qik video. I'm about to lose 3G signal :(
have good sleeps people
Sounds good to me.
The more stuff we get phoned in or sent in the better the day will be.
I'll try and comment now on the right day...
My head ping must have been well fried... I wasn't on the M6 I was on the M40! Tsk!
you just scared the life outta me. i though the sun had come up already. why aren't you asleep?
(hi btw)
Can I ask where in the country you are going?
county!
One goes north/south and the other goes east/west how can you confuse them?
Yup down to Verwood, i have some family there...
I also
was exiled towent to boarding school up between blanford and shaftsbury...I am well acquainted with the shire ;)
i thought you lived in dubai? you get around!
ahhh, the East... or middle.. or something.
The West is better.
Anyone who missed my tempting invite yesterday i have a ticket to the cricket to give away! yes free!
At Lords! the home of cricket!
England vs Australia! The oldest Rivalry!
I used to have rugby away matches every weekend so i have driven across a fair bit of it in a coach!
you make a good pitch but you're selling a shiny, sparkling turd my friend
When?
Not that I can go.
LOL
I grew up there, but then i was spending to much time messing about in the city and on the beach so i got sent to the absoloute opposite to calm me down...i used to fly back for the school holidays though which was awesome!
not that I'd turn down the offer, if I was somewhere but Florida
I assume they sell beverages at cricket games?
Saturday... the ticket is in row 8 and is worth £75
It is the opportunity of a lifetime :D
Leo says these sound better than the $150 set he normally uses. You can get them for $20
http://ifrogz.com/proddetail.php?prod=EP-WB
Do they tailgate?
yup, its about 8 hours long so plenty of time to consume them too ;)
sounds good apart from having to play rugby
Hmm F1 or cricket .. no contest really
The beauty of cricket is that the sport is so long there is no need to!
You're making my 10hr sessions on Mario Kart look bad.
Cricket give away free tickets... Am i begining to sense people being tempted?
:D
well Imma hop on my private jet. I'll be over in...8 hours? whats a transcon flight take these days?
The most depressing thing i have ever discovered is that it gets dark mid afternnon in this county in the winter.
The concept of days being different lengths never occurred to me untill that point... :(
If I were in or close to London I would be tempted. I've never seen cricket live and quali can be watched in the evening/morning.
Dont worry its not till saturday...
Its about 8hrs to NY so i guess 9-10 to florida
I should say that was only a couple of times when I was truly hooked on completing every class to Gold. And there was a lot of Mario World thrown in, and my neighbour and/or sister were heavily involved.
I'm actually looking forward to the practice session this week. Should be some good stuff going on.
well, I hope so any ways
Even better i can have the f1 on my phone so we can watch both!
Its a huge match! when are you going to get the chance again!
Sucks doesn't it. I could even put up with the cold, just, if wasn't dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home.
okay this is really too much. Two sports at once? One of them live? I really must get a new phone
although I'd rather see the F1 live...
I wasn't sure I was aware iplayer is available on a phone
Night guys and any gals lurking. It's time for bed.
MONZA MONZA MONZA!
If ever there was a track where a spectator might impact the race, it would be Monza.
unfortunately the cricket is on Pay tv, and although i do have an online subscription Silverlight doesnt work on android (yet) so this way round is the only option ;)
Night Jackie - same for me.
Last night's early one means I feel like staying up but I had better not, I've been cutting it close on turning up on time all week.
night
Man its about time for me to ditch my $10 phone. does the job but...meh
It sure is.... although bizarrely i can watch the f1 on bbc 1, i cant listen to 5live in case there is a sporting event on which they dont have the rights to broadcast to phones?
Sure beats an f1 app anyway :P
Good night. Hope to see everyone this weekend eh?
Night Jackie
Yup fp1 in just a few hours...
Just realised the NFL season is starting so i really should watch!
Night Pat
how strange.
Night Pat, are you tempted by the cricket?
If you are you better speak up because steven is itching to come down to watch the game! :D
Not you too? If some city decided to spend half as much as they spend on supporting an NFL team we'd have no shortage of willing venues for an American F1 race. Sad, really.
yeah but can't, too far and i'd need hotel
No worries,
Anyone else i can rope in?
Cricket? Not for me.
So steven whens the next possible landing window for the shuttle? Think I'll be able to watch in person if its down at Kennedy
Are you sure you cant be tempted?
I just find the way American sports are set up very odd. Clubs having their stadium paid for by the city and sharing merchandise sales equally with other clubs an the communist draft process. Very odd for what is supposed to be the most capitalist country in the world.
surely you could find a cute lady friend to offer to? I mean, its cricket, after all, who wouldnt want to go?
Hello! I'm so excited about my lego adventure. I can't sleep, i'm so excited
No times yet but they say Friday looks good. There are two windows at Kennedy and 2 at Edwards.
Keep an eye on http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html as it will have the first notification of the time
dont get me started. capitalism has nothing to do with it, unless you count money as a direct result of capitalism
Not if I was hit over the head with a cricket racquet
You are still with us? Have you been to see the lego yet?
I love the NFL and MLB but the whole set up is weird. Why are the Yankees not able to fund their oen stadium with the money they make?
It's all about money and politics, really, which is odd; F1 is exactly about that, so I cant fathom why it isn't more popular over here, except that the major sports leagues here already have such a tight grip on the cash flow of most major cities...
Its sorta the same way they push for gvt funding of F1 in other countries - they say it boosts spending, gives a foundation for a stable economy, jobs, whatever. Its BS, really, when you look at it, because all this money just goes straight out of town at the first chance
They built this ginormous stadium here in Jacksonville for the Jaguars when they hosted the super bowl a few years ago, and most of the infrastructure sits idle all but two days a year now, if not all of them
Funny thing is, I've driven around the stadium a lot at...well, higher than allowed speeds, on smooth as silk service roads, and the entire area for blocks is just empty parking and really nice streets and some old warehouses right on the river that could easily be used for, I dunno, a nice paddock...
omg itunes on random stumbles onto 'feelings' by Morris Albert circa 1975.
The problem with having 21,000+ tracks is you never know what you really have until you listen.
Okay I'm really not trying to threadjack, here.
Dont your cites/gubments shell out $$ to support your local cricket/soccer teams?
No. If the clubs want a stadium they pay for it. There are things like lottery grants but only for a small percentage
Our sports are entirely capitalist. Clubs don't share merchandising rights etc. If one team sells more kit they get more money. They only get money from the kit with their name on it.
If clubs want young players they go and compete to sign them. There is nothing like the draft.
Not really... If they build something they might try to offload it to a sports team.
In manchester, the city of manchester stadium was built for the commonwealth games, but then was partialy rebuilt so a soccer team could take residence...
They are trying to offload the 2012 olympic stadium onto a sports team, but noone wants it...
The swalec stadium in cardiff was partially funded by the welsh government, but that's an exception rather than a rule...
I saw a piece on the new stadium in Barcelona the other day, the one with the lights on the top of the dome, said they paid a couple hundred million from the city for that one.
of course, thats spain...
Alianora... Do you know any details of Max's whistleblower protection programme?
hmmm.
So I guess you could say Bernie is trying to make American capitalism more popular, then, because all the teams share the money FOM rakes in based on points.
Confusing. I do like the idea that these freakin sports teams should pay their own bills, though. Last year my brother got some free tickets that would have cost roughly $200 apiece for a game against...Cleveland, I think it was.
Well since everyone knows it was p-k nobody would dare retaliate, would they? I mean, if he dies suspiciously all eyes would turn to Flabio right?
True, but they sell there own car advertising, do there own merchandising, and are free to make as much money out of that as they like.
Even over here tv money is sold collectively by the league and the profits distributed...
hehe, i meant RE: punishment from the FIA
Rangers and Celtic in Scotland are looking at doing their own TV deal.
Its not too much different over here, I mean the teams sell licenses to make 'official' merchandise, and they each get their own cut along those lines, as far as I know. It's just that they get huge tax writeoffs and massive stadiums on the american taxpayer dime. And then sell ridiculously overpriced seats in the nosebleed sections.
Okay I'm confused as its generally known the the pk familia are good friends with max, so are you asking what the punishment would be to jr or to renault?
In theory crashing deleiberatly to influence the result is against the rules... if he hadnt told the fia and they found out on there own they would punish him.
Since he confessed i asume he has a degree of protection from penalty.
I belive there is an official immunity programme for whistle blowers, i am not sure what it is, but Alianora is good at knowing this sort of stuff ;)
Yeah thats what i thought you were getting at.
p-k is done for, in the end, because he was at the wheel and ultimately made the choice (or, didn't, but he's admitted already if you believe the report floating around). So protection is nice and all, but the fine would rest on the team for something like this, because others participated in the event in one way or another
just realised i can get kfc between sessions. Phew, for a moment there i thought i might have to leave my house on a saturday.
Madness...
It will taste better on a saturday!
Don't KFC deliver?
So, uhh, do you go for that weird chicken sammich without a bun thing or do you go for the bowl'o'grease package?
Hehe, outside North America KFC do burgers instead of sammiches!
Surely they offer you the same stuff they have over here.
The bowl is potatoes, corn, some gravy, and chicken nuggets all in the same container (like a shipwreck or whatever you guys mash all together over that way).
The sammich thing is like two pieces of chicken with the contents of the bowl inbetween. You eat it like a burger. Sort of. More like a big trucker eats a small animal, really, but you've got to visit the south to know what I'm talking about.
This may blow your mind ;)
We have baked beans and everything! :P
yeah here it is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/24/kfcs-double-down-sandwich_n_266848.html
freaky goodness. Great for hangovers, I'm told.
Aha, thanks Alianora (from yesterday's daily)
Mmm... Yum!
Mostly the same menu over here, but our fast food places delight in coming up with the worst possible combinations (I'm talking healthwise, sometimes the stuff is dang tasty).
Sad thing is none of them are open really late when you're actually willing to stuff your face with it. Except Krystal (blargh)
Our chaisn are never open late, but you can bet every independent Kebabshop will be open when the clubs chuck out with some very questionable fare on offer ;)
if i could get a double down i would but australia has not stooped that low yet. They also stopped selling the bowl because sales were dismal. It wont taste better on saturday because the effort in leaving my house would make it taste bad. If they delivered my life would be complete.
The effort of leaving would make it worth while, and taste better though... and think of all the friendly AFL people you could meet on the streets! :D
Just seen a field goal blocked in the NFL...
I think that's the first time i have actually seen it happen
OMG I think I love you.
I watched in amazement the other night as the local team pitched the ball back more than a dozen times on the last play of the game. Like a car accident, I just couldn't look away.
They deliver in Dubai....
So do Hardees!
Well folks the local brewpub beckons. I'll be back for free practice, if I dont pass out like I did for quali last time.
I knew I lived in the wrong freakin country. *sigh
Have fun!
Enjoy your cricket good sir. Night everyone!
effort would make it taste better? You really underestimate just how lazy i am on saturdays.
Hehe, i am exactly the same, but i suppose jumping in a car and heading to the drive thru is less effort. Even when its freezing cold and i cant wear shorts...
I still maintain it tastes better on saturday and sunday though... they put magic weekend dust on it all! :P
Sutil has praised PKs driving ability!
..ok its crashing, but the guy made it look good!
Morning, everyone.
SCOOP! Good job, Stuart! :D That said, it doesn't really say Renault won't be around, but it seems to be pointing in that direction...
Also, the way Alonso seems to be angry about it tells me he really had no idea what happened. I could be wrong, but that's what this is telling me.
If Flav is implicated, that means he can't take over Renault himself either. It puts the entire Enstone operation at risk.
oh if i had a car id be all over it on saturday but walking, no.
Morning!
Indeed... and their are plenty of teams lining up for a go.
We could have lotus-litespeed and epsilon both in next year...not to mention prodrive, lola n-tech and somone resurecting BMW or renault...
Crazy times!
Tram?
Indeed, Epsilon could buy out Renault's spot (which would be a shame - after all, Benetton/Renault managed to win multiple championships).
Prodrive might buy out FIF1.
Lotus might buy out BMW.
Plus the 3 new teams.
All of a sudden, we have... FIVE new teams!
He could also be annoyed his team have been found ou and people think he got a win he didnt deserve.
I like alonso, but i think i like to hate him more... its dilemma-ish
I still think he must have known, maybe not the details, but that strategy was so strange...
That would be 6 :P
But yes! the times they-are-a-changing!
Oops. Hehehe. 6 out of 13 new teams - that's almost half!
They better not start collapsing...
If they can get themselves into f1 in this climate... then they should be ok...
still its a lot of new sponsors needed for next year...
nearest kfc is not reachable by tram and the 3 that are on my line are all too far away to get it home warm
ah, thats not good..
Hehe, glad you have a map of them in your head though :P
Have you considered Hungry Jacks? :P
i dont like burger king, everything always tastes burnt to me. My predictive text wanted to call that burger kimi.
Hahaha... finnish phones, or is it the user? :D
mmm... flame grilled is good though... too much salt and pepper, overdone with ketchup and mayo... nomnomnomnom
Thank goodness its shut!
well it is a nokia... But i dont think kimi was in the dictionary when i bought it!
hehe... it has given me an idea for my top 5 to phone in with though... Top 5 F1 themed foods :D
just make sure one of them is heikki koval-onion.
Standard article on the PK affair in the times...
Oh but it ends with fireworks!
=> Flav met with Renault yesterday to discuss the matter and his future is in doubt
=> PK (jnr) Told Bernie about it at Monaco..... Apparently he deny's trying to get him to do flav over... but said "either do it or stop talking about it"
There should have been a question mark there, i am not sure if it was Junior or Senior
Oh-no! I will never be able to look at him the same again!
There is an article I saw (albeit with Google Translate) suggesting that Ghosn is siding with Flav and they may jointly sue Piquet.
As for BE, he had a point - don't just talk about it, do it. And that's what he did. Mind you, from the looks of it, Bernie believes him...
The matter went no farther than a discussion of it as a possibility.........then it happened. Surely that is taking it a stage farther.
So Bernie knew about it and said nothing. Nice.
That would be difficult since Symonds seems to have said that the matter was discussed in a meeting at which Flav was present and Flav says it was never discussed. There are three witnesses to what happened in the room and two of them say the discussion took place although they don't agree about how it took place. How can Flav sue in that situation?
He wasn't gonna get involved in something that wasn't his own matter, was he? Besides, how would he know Piquet was telling the truth? I think it's right that he let Piquet blow the whistle.
That would be interesting... I guess Ghosn's possition could come under question too, but if they go after PK it will be very difficult if they lose the WMSC case... and it could end his career
I think Bernie should have asked the FIA to investigate.
Good question. But if they could prove they didn't order Piquet to crash, they could sue Piquet for implicating them...
It doesnt look good...
I assume he will be asked about it on tv this weekend... his response will be interesting!
Ghosn wasn't there. He will pull Renaut out of F1 if this decision goes against them.
Nope, I don't think anyone else will bring it up with him, to be honest...
That works too.
They didnt sack him, and they renewed his contract... that is as good as condoning what happened...
There were only three people in the discussion and therefore only three who can say what happened. 2 of them say it was discussed. Case closed
They have too... unless he hides away i am sure brundle will mention it on the gridwalk at least?
And Piquet says his engineer questioned his data which I said would have been the case.
Discussed is different from ordered, the lawyers will tell you. Thing is, doesn't the burden of proof lie with the Piquets?
Any way it is way past time I was in bed and I need to be up in 4 hours for practise.
Goo night all.
That's good not goo. Goo gets everywhere
me too... but maybe 30 mins more :P
Night Steven
Night, Steven. ;)
hehe :lol:
I didnt realise the telegraph had an f1 podcast... you can win tickets to singapore apparently
morning
well, but each of those two points the finger in different direction ....
Morning
regardless of that, it was apparently discussed.
If Renault leave though we will be left with just Ferrari and Mercedes engines from the current teams along with Toyota who have big question marks over them. Not discounting the new and apparently uncompetitive cosworths...
In any case FP3 looms over the morning... night all!
Well it would do if it was friday night, but i will content myself with FP1 in the morning :P
You have to remember this is no court of law. During the McLaren case, I saw a number of reports saying there was not a lot of actual proof of wrongdoing, although I guess McLaren pretty much admitted guilt.
Still, I wonder how much convincing needs to be done for the WMSC to act.
Another option for renault would be to rebadge the team as Nissan and bring in new management...
I believe that in McLaren case FIA and Mosley were very sure that no matter what fine they hand the team, McLaren will go on racing in F1. it is different now, guilty verdict may and likely will result in Renault pulling out. therefore I think that FIA may want to see serious evidence before coming up with guilty verdict. On the other hand they surely do not want to be seen as sweeping such a serious matter under the rug. Can they close the matter in one 2 hours long WMSC meeting like they did in McLaren case ?
I think that is the problem with the way both Mclaren incidents were handled. They have set a serious precedent, that when something comes up they deal with it harshly. If they don't then surely there is evidence of bias and favoritism
OH MAN i GO OUT FOR A COUPLE PINTS AND ALL THE SERIOUS TALK GOES DOWN. FIGURES
and the cat has sat on the keyboard and I dont wanna retype
I should point out that, as far as I can figure, none of the information in those releases has been verified as the actual statements any of the accused may have made to officials...
MONZA!!!!
echo echo
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*sigh darn timezone differences. Why cant the US have any F1 fans who stay up late? HUH?
If you look at grandprix.com, they say they have Piquet's full statement.
(I'm not here)
Yeah I'm not sure I'm buying it though. I've been bouncing around through a bunch of sites and their comments/forums and it seems the general feeling is that this isn't the real statement.
OTOH, if it is, then theres a lot of finger pointing going down and not much else at this stage. Too bad the hearing isnt for another couple of weeks.
Oh man there is way too much going on in that report...nothing we havent already speculated about, like the day we heard that the FIA was investigating 'an incident'.
To be a fly on the wall of the Renault/ING trailer in Singapore last year eh?
Fairly decent Massa interview in the guardian. If I didn't know a family from Sao Paulo I'd have misread some of his statements - theres a strange inflection in Portuguese - but I'll be a monkeys uncle if he isnt 100% positive he'll win the title next year. That man has the biggest titanium danglies on this planet. I always did like him, even if he does drive for Ferrari.
I think everyone is happy to see him getting healthy. Whether Ferrari will be on the money next year is another question
Hey, Jeff.
I think it is - if Autosport journalists and Joe are carrying it, I say it's legit.
Too true.
That's what they have Fisichella for. That said, Alonso completely crushed Fisi the first time - would a sequel be any different?
WOW. I just read the post on axis of oversteer about the p-k/singapore crash. A defintie must read on this.
I no longer doubt the reports out are legit. The only thing left to figure out, really, seems to be the extent of Flabios (yes with a b) knowledge of the incident.
Otherwise p-k was setting up a pretty serious piece of blackmail, or whatever you'd call it. I dont think he's that...conniving, though. Then again, you'd probably learn some things in that garage...
Well Fisi might have some better backing from the Italian team, and he'll have some time to get comfortable with the car/team before FA gets in, so maybe it'll work out different this time.
And yes, I'd enjoy watching FA get his butt handed to him. Something about him ruffles my feathers. Maybe it's the man-mane.
I come back to this: If Piquet suggested the crash before the race, but it was not accepted my management, then went ahead and did it, Renault would have handed his butt to him on a platter. I know Ron Dennis or Ross Brawn sure would have, along with most of the team principals.
Morning all,
Fridays are awesome... Danish for Breakfast! :D
Thanks for the tip... I just read that and it's very interesting... although my eyes hurt after all that white text on black background! ;)
yeah I was starting to see funny purple swirls at one point, had to take a break for a minute. Word to you bloggers out there, black background w/white font is very dramatic, but makes for a dang hard read.
I agree 100%, which is where the whole thing turns right back around to it being a team-ordered crash. And the way Symonds was hedging his answers (if thats the real transcripts on axis) is really more akin to someone asserting his 5th amendment rights...
okay, 5th amendment here (US) basically says you have the right to not incriminate yourself under questioning. The bit where the investigator offers to symonds that it would be much better if he was honest is pretty telling.
*drums fingers
Aren't you people up yet? Theres F1 happening and nobody up to live comment about it!
that is a horrible picture of Alonso on the BBC F1 page. I keep going back to look for news and I think "ACK! A ZOMBIE!" every time.
Thank you, indeed, Jeff - this is explosive stuff!
If you're struggling with the text, download the PDF - the telemetry traces are there if you wanna see them.
Thanks Journeyer.
OK - if that's real telemetry data then Piquet had to have mashed the throttle to cause a crash! There seems to be no other explanation for it...
I've managed to d/l the entire race (it was from speedtv) and you can see p-k practice spin in the warm-up lap. This whole thing isn't leaving a whole lot to the imagination, and neither is the timing of the first report to the FIA and p-k subsequent badmouthing of flav.
This is going to get so very messy.
Did anone else pick up on the idea that somehow Bernie new about this? I think someone was saying something to that effect over at pitfanantic
oh, and another write-up from Adam Cooper over at speed: http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/cooper-the-singapore-2008-affair/ Seems to have gotten a heads up before spa.
Ed Gorman mentioned in his article that Nelsinho told Bernie at Monaco.
how the hell could somebody get hand on that info I wonder ... if what is there is really genuine than Renault looks doomed ...
If only half of that is true then they are f...!
Yeah I've really been wondering about that but it all seems very, very real. As a writer I've always had a hard time coming up with convincing conversations and this feels very real for some reason.
But once you've read it, it's hard to forget, right?
Just been thinking ... I wonder what will happen next time I wear my RenaultF1 T-Shirt? I mean, it is from the "Glory Days" of the mighty blue and yellows, but still...
Are you sure it hasn't self-immolated in your dresser? you'd better check
you can keep it :-)
No, I saw it on the pile last night. Bought it at Le Mans for 5 Euros ... I miss the mighty blue and yellow...
*waits patiently for the clock to count down to 0.
'cmon, hurry up already!
Indeed. In particular, the telemetry traces are hard to fake. I checked the source of the PDF, racefax.com. It's a paid site, but it's been around in print for 21 years, and online for 12. Looks legit to me.
So I guess the real question is, who much will we know by the time they have that hearing? In less than 2 weeks we've gone from rumors to some known facts with a lot of hearsay.
In 2 more weeks we could have audio recording of the conversation between pk, FB, and PS. With pictures.
....don't they have like security cameras on those haulers?
if Renault do get the guilty verdict, will we be able to claim from them back our Singapore GP expenses ? they did make the race more interesting but neveretheless, they fixed it ...
I should think so. I mean, that was several hours of my time I'll never get back, and I did feel pretty used at that point. Also, it gave my ex something to rub in, since she was an FA fan. Have I said how much I dislike the guy? Yes? Well, I really dont like FA.
grrr. stream isnt up. I have really got to find another way to watch FP
'Pleeeese Bernie will you let me pay you directly? I promise I'll watch it on TV too. Pwetty pweeze?"
It occurs to me that the ping is in the wrong thread. I thought the idea was to ping the daily so that people know new stuff has occured. The current ping is happening in the new thread itself, which is a bit weird.
ahh, fair point.
to me, just seeing a comment in doohickey is enough to let people know. but it might make sense to throw the daily conversation in the direction of a new thread too.
Don't forgot those who are sworn to the LCLT.
agreed. although in this instance, they could've been in the live thread, not daily.
what we need is proper notifications.
Oh yea. D'oh.
i think though, you're right.
from a historical point of view, if we ever look back, it would be good to read the daily and say... "a breakout story happened here".
It kinda feels like the daily is the base. When we're in the live commenting threads, at the end it's always: back to the daily.
It's like coming home, and when you get home, you want to see the post.
I've taken this analogy too far but you know what I mean.
I agree it should be in the daily - which should be the 'hub' of all conversations, right?
i do :)
Possibly. A lot has changed since then...
So, I think I have mentioned before about being told off for always wearing black. I specifically went out and boughts a few tops in various colours and have debuted a pale green one today.
Turns out, my colleague is wearing the exact same colour and it looks like we are twins.
Why did I bother??
It's hard being a girl.
Morning all, have just got a few emails back from a World Series by Renault driver and a Formula 2 driver about appearing on my show for an interview! Very exciting!
How are we all today?
This worries me. Might Bernie not be implicated in the case, and if so what exactly can the FIA do to penalise him given that he is the fulcrum of F1's finances?
Oooh, that's brilliant!
that's why I have avoided being one.
You are smart.
I'd like that too, thank you very much. We spent a LOT of money there - 5 digits worth in our local currency.
Good job! :D
Simple - he won't.
By the way, it's my Mum's birthday today. I've offered to make her dinner as a present (which is more of a present than it may initially sound because Mum knows I lack confidence in the kitchen).
What are you making?
Morning everyone, just got up to find I've missed FP1! :D
The WSR driver is the guy in 2nd place, and the F2 driver is an english guy who has good prospects!
It’s hard being a girl. {Comment #288}
There's a relatively easy (albeit time-consuming) fix for this - get a cheap sewing kit and customise your own outfits. Little stitched details at the edges of clothing will automatically guarantee you'll never have quite the same outfit as anyone else and can generate a talking point.
Morning all, have just got a few emails back from a World Series by Renault driver and a Formula 2 driver about appearing on my show for an interview! Very exciting! {Comment #289}
Sounds great :)
It's a good idea in theory, but my sewing skills are limited to replacing buttons on things.
Plus, it's hard to sew when your hands are permanently glued to a keyboard and mouse.
That is an awesome start. Remember that these guys get little publicity at that level - you've found quite the niche.
Thats what i thought :D
Also, it will guarentee my podcast is longer than 8 minutes ;)
When we started, they were 15 minutes at a time. Soon you'll be fighting to keep them under an hour, believe me :)
I reckon if i talk slower i can get it to closer to 10, and theres a few features ive thought of too, so that will push it up aswell.
The hardest bit is writing them, i find it really hard to write about races so i have to rely on press releases as much as i do the footage ive seen
If they end up in F1, especially if they become successful, you'll have quite the memorabilia. Not to mention they might actually remember you and send you a Christmas card. ;)
They used to be only 15 minutes?! I don't even remember that...
Some statistics: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Show+Stats
The longest ones are out of date, I think, but I know the shortest ones are correct.
You mean there are longer ones? Did Mr C cry when he saw they were over an hour? ;)
Have updated it. There was just one to squeeze in there.
He pretty much did, yes. That's why the next episode was over an hour on the first edit and I had to go through it again.
Wow well done dude!
I heart the first show. Mr C was suprised that it was finished :)
Noooo, don't listen to the archives!!
Why not? I have listened to some of them before anyway. :)
Nooooooooooo.
A very good point brought up at Axis - if Renault leave and Flav is convicted, what happens to GP2?
Good job! :D
Unlike Renault F1, GP2 is a series that is still growing, he'll hold onto that as long as poss
But it'll need engines...
Also, just a thought - imagine if a FOTA breakaway pushed through, and Flav was leading the commercial bit. This would've destroyed the breakaway to bits.
But its sidepodhistory :)
Have just been asked a complicated question. Which do you prefer Partidge or Mallard? I think they meant to eat.
Partridge of course! A-HA!
Duck the question
Easy reply
With those gamy meats, its all about the cooking and the sauce... (my dear boy)
Mmmmmhhh... partridge please
Ask how long they've been hung for
if anyone is fed up with politics... Jay Leno looking around Mclaren and their new road car... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjsFhxqPCd0
While things are quiet between session remember that we are still looking for contributions to sidepodradio. You can call in and leave voicemails or e-mail questions and comments to Christine either as text or as mp3 files.
Just click through the show links at http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodradio and find a show or 12 you would like to contribute to.
It's still not too late to have your own shown as you will see we have one free slot owing to a late withdrawal. If no-one comes up with a show you get more of me wittering ong about the price of eggs and no-one wants that.
How much are eggs?
They have eggs in space?
as soon as I wake up tomorrow, I promise!
they come with the pigs, no doubt
Not this stuff actually. Max being deliberately stupid earlier in the year, yes, but the usual cut and thrust of teams trying to win by fair means or foul, it's strangely compelling.
If I was still a McLaren fan I'd want that car.
Did you get chicken or are you following my exceptionally good advice and waiting for tomorrow? :P
I like green eggs and ham...
your advice sucks. chicken is digesting as we speak.
you never saw " pigs in space"?
I'm going to do the blog interview thing as I said I would last night. What can I use to record an mp3?
Yes, you never read Dr Seuss?
They certainly would be green in space.
If no-one takes the spare show you will have chapter and verse on the price of eggs but no graphs as that could make it interesting
Audacity
Yep
9pm then?
but of corse. I shal get back in my box now.
hehe... soooo nice about it too :D
but you need to download the mp3 convertor part too
:-D
I think he may just buy one
Looks like I will actaully be doing this then :D
audacity. Search yesterday's daily thread and I even tell you how to downlaod it
He went and got a 722 Stirling Moss aftergood wood so i expect he got himself a deal on one then...
:D my house would have to be on fire for me to go outside tomorrow, seriously :D
I haven't used audacity in years, I wonder what version I have
You did? I feel bad I wasn't paying attention.
why aren't I him?
not enough chin?
You've not seen Alien?
you need to download the lame mp3 convertor too (thats what its called :D)
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
It was late last night after 9 attempts at leaving a voicemail failed. I ended up downloading audacity and the LAME mp3 exporter thingy and recording my voicemails and e-mailed them off to Christine that way.
Inside greater then KFC? Impossible! :P
You can take the comments with you!
I need to venture outside in a minute to get some diet coke before FP3
We all ask that
noo, its the bit between 'inside' and 'kfc' that sucks. If there was one on my street I'd consider going on a Saturday, but its further away than that so no deal.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/daily-11th-september-2009/#comment-480764
Ah ok :) Do I need to read the questions out or just say the questions number?
You just need to make it clear to me where the question comes in so I can edit accordingly. :)
Ok ;) First time my voice will be heard on sidepodcast and probably the last :P
What is needed is someone to go for you... ;)
At uni we used to sit around hungover all of Saturday until about 6pm,n when it became clear noone was going to do the Mcdonalds run (it was about a 2 min walk away) so some sort of compromise was needed to avoid starvation...Then we would all go down there in dressing gowns and slippers...
Indeed. That said, it won't do the sport any good...
I have uploaded some food festival pictures to the drop :)
delivery?
or someone to buy me a car. Drive through I can handle.
A lot of people have said that. Most of them haven't shut up since. Just wait till the new series of sidepodpanel shows start an we are going to have a whole load of new voices on there if I have to volunteer them all myself.
I know there are a few people who have turned up sonce we last did some panel shows so you should have a listen at http://www.sidepodcast.com/category/sidepodpanel/ and see what they are like.
talk to Jay Leno
Does sidepodradio have a charity selected yet?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-237
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-238
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Ooh... whaere are you...
Clearly some hippy event... they think its spring the poor people ;)
its not spring? ;)
Snoggable Garlic! I [heart] that name!
It is for you because you live upside down
is that why things keep falling tonthe roof here?
For daily post posterity: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/live-italy-free-practice-2/
Does this mean we have to sit up straight?
and fold your arms lad.
I'm just like a bat, really.
:lol: hehehe
I think you don't want to go outside in case you fall off the planet
Croftie! Awesome!
Hehe Ferrari driving 101 with Rob ;)
This is a great opinion piece. I nearly missed it because I keep rallying at arms-length but it is well worth the read (and is funny!): why Rally Australia is in the wrong place
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2372
(sub req)
New breakout thread: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/final-2010-grid-slot-choice-of-three/
I think my local news website has been surfing SPC to come up with a picture like this
(yes, I know the story, but I think my explanation is better)
Wow! i have no idea about the story, but that is spooky!
Here we go then: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/fantasy-racers-reminder-italy/
Thanks Amy.
Its all go go go today!
Results post coming soon as well!
Max is again warning that more manufacturers could leave...
(From AlanBaldwin- Reuters)
Here it is: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/italy-free-practice-times/
Phew.
Are you sure this sidepodcast thing isnt a full time job ;)
Hehe. I wish :)
I have made my Monza decision. I think.
This grandstand
For this view 1 2
Now who wants to come with me :D :D :D
Well you make it sound like such a democracy... :P
constant questioning. for a year. someone will give in.
although it won't be the full year because once tickets go on sale BAM I'm purchasing.
BAM! :D
I am tempted! Cant really say now though as i dont know what i am doing with my life at the moment ;)
for all those who cannot spend 2 weeks away from home, go to Belgium, go home, go to Italy, go home. Easyjet! (I am ignoring that the "Milan" airport they use is a 1.5 hour drive away because I shall be arriving into Milan by train)
I think I've fixed my laptops wireless problem and all I've done so far is open the bottom of the laptop and move the wires on the mini-card. I love it when things are simple :D
Max is again warning that more manufacturers could leave… {Comment #400}
Hardly surprising considering Max's behaviour and also the current scandal.
Mclarens sportscar is just stunning... the more i look at it, the more i love it...
they have a website
I wonder if they will race it?
F1 may be ridled with scandel, but at least it generaly only ends up with a lawsuit...
A south african minister just threatened a 'World War' If their athlete is banned..
*searches for flights to switzerland*
Isn't that where they did the tests? Might be the first country on his list.
*Looks for train tickets to Liechenstein*
IAAF headquarters are in Monaco before you get any ideas
Phew, Liechenstein appears to be safe then.
Thats pretty near by!
Does anyone have a wikiipedia account, the IAAF page has been vandalised, i would fix it but dont feel like displaying my IP address to the world...
oh my!
*For flights to Fiji*
Surely they're sexist, not racist?
*chuckles*
What do you expect? It's Wikipedia!
Yea I showed it to my students and they all said "is that the new Ferrari?"
heh I know. I wonder why they specifially blame white Australians though :D
Who cares? It's fun to blame Australians ;)
No, it's actually good looking ;)
I really hate doors that open like that, but I understand its very "sportscar"
Spoken like true Kiwis.... :P ...
Why? Do you plan to go to the supermarket in it? They are cool!
Amy, any questions for Heikki? He will answer questions Monday 16:00 (GMT+3) but you can post your questions here already.
So with the McLaren Supercar thing.... they say it's a bespoke engine - is it designed by Ilmor?
I can't explain it, to me they seem very 80s and that makes them feel tacky. A guy I went to high school with had them on his Honda Civic which probably doesn't help, that was an embarrassing car.
I can never think of questions for people! Thats why I have never responded to any of those F1 Racing requests :D
I hate anything like that on a Ricer. In fact, I just hate Boy Racer cars in general :(
stupid touchpad, sorry!
#sidepodradio
Christine I've sent you my mp3 for the Interviews with Bloggers show :D
Hehe, they actualy serve a purpose on this car though!
Yes as good looking as a Ferrari - actually the new Ferrari has more design flair. I find it a bit boring on the styling part - been there done it lets do something else. I am sure it is nice car but the ground-breaking design the F1 was. This time they did not have access to the brilliance of Gordon Murray.
Marvellous, thank you :)
to let you in and out?
I think I rambled a bit on one question and didn't really answer it but I its done :D
:P
Apparently they make the sills lower and reduce "leg swing"
Did ron write this?
On our campus a Nissan 350Z has them - just looks stupid and cliched!
you mean you don't judge all cars on your amount of leg swing?
:D
I expected something more, much much more - I find it hugely lacking in originality and design purpose.
Ilmor doesn't exist anymore. Mercedes bought it.
Well done James.
Who wants to be next to contribute to sidepodradio
Ilmor still exists - they were the ones behind the aborted MotoGP project. But their F1 engine unit has indeed been taken over by Mercedes.
I thought it was going to be a engine designed and built specifically for the car but by Mercedes.
Got to practice my speaking voice before i do my top 5 :P
Where was that site on how to pronounce drivers names?
http://www.namethatdriver.com/
Thanks :D
If you are not happy with your speaking voice you can sing it
A south african minister just threatened a ‘World War’ If their athlete is banned.. {Comment #412}
That would come under the heading of "excessive".
Where's name that team.com? Larrouse is hard to say. Or comes out like La Roux from me
Theres an idea right there ;)
hehehe i am just working out how to pizzonia
Pit zonia?
ooh when I go visit the F1 exhibit I can see Black Beauty too!
Black cars are so hot.
Literally. Have you ever leaned on one on a hot day?
yep
:D
You know, I have a real soft spot for those cars. Miss them lots :(
My car is black - yes it gets hot in summer, but I still like it!
Love this line...
it isn’t often you’d see a top level race car beside a life-sized model of a blue whale heart, but hey – that’s Te Papa for ya
I liked them more than the new A1GP cars
Oh. My. Just Wow.
Kimi was doing a Badoer
http://fialive.fiacommunications.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/ita09_document_10.pdf
Imagine how much bigger the fine could be if he had motivation.
Were I to go to NZ I would have to pay homage to the greatest motorcycle ever built.
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Education/OnlineResources/SGR/Pages/BrittenBike.aspx
I'll take a photo for you if I'm nearby :D
That would be awesome - I love that bike!
I read a book about John Britten - very revealing. I don't wanna say more as I'll spoil the legend I reckon...
I'm not sure they have the military capacity to pull that off... He better learn when to keep his mouth closed...
I have also read the book, have the video documentary - a quite incredible story. I like the bike, since it is a complete re-think of the motorcycle, virtually every aspect is original and surprisingly I even like the paint job and lines.
So the Britten is the greatest motorcycle ever built and I consider the McLaren F1 the greatest car ever built - it was complete re-think in design and was a performance icon that took more than a decade to beat.
Indeed. It's an awesome bike :D
You don't know we are very serious about our military - we even invaded Lesotho not so long ago!
Yeah but you sold off your awesome helicopters... Oooh scary you invaded Lesotho!
Actually apparently it was not that bad! Otherwise I am not sure anyone would take us very seriously.
Does anyone have this weeks Autosport and if so can they look on the page about the Autosport Mclaren Young Driver Award thingy, and tell me who it's got listed as potential drivers. I know any young driver could win it, but i want to know who it says are potential people, and by that i mean the ones it has pictures of.
TA
Hello people
How are we all?
Today is the anniversary of the start date of my current employment (yes, really - Sep 11th)
hi!
great! I have chosen my Monza grand stand :D
I completly forgot that was today untll about an hour ago.
Was it the actual day?
Kimi was doing a Badoer {Comment #468}
That's not even a small amount over the limit. It's almost as if he forgot he was still practising...
Actually, it was my 10 year anniversary on that day
I'm no no spring chicken but I'm not that old ;)
For next year?
yep. You coming? :D
you had your 10 year anniversary in 2001? so you've worked for the same employer for 18 years?
yaaay semi finals means tennis is finally on free to air tv. It's just starting and goes until 7am. Bye bye sleep.
I'd like to say yes but it's too early to say
I'm not sure I'd be able to get that much leave from work, tbh
After Spa, that is
I take that back it is POURING in New York. No matches :(
Yup, today
Next year, it will be over half my life....
[gulp!]
yes, thats the problem :(
Just pull a sicky for the Friday :D
well, it's the last major for the year. rafa's playing later - match last night got cut short by rain. i wonder if the break has allowed gonzalez to get a look in again...
There's not a lot of movement in the aviation engineering business between companies.
Luckily, I've worked my way up a bit ;)
I was watching Rafa/Gonzo at work this morning and was hoping to see the end. They have gone back to regular programming and have said they'll be back at 4am because thats the new scheduled start. The way the pictures look though I'd say it will still be raining then.
WOW! thats impressive, that dosent happen very much any more!
There's two people in our control office that do what I do... I'm one of them
Besides, I'd likely be on earlies on Monday :(
If you'd like me to break your arms in Spa so you can't work, just yell
One guy last week, who is very near retirement, reached 45 years!!!
Most of us start as apprentices
Can't they give them umbrella's?
oh wow! thats a good story, i like that!
awesome!
Considering I'm driving home, I'll pass thanks
Besides, how would I drink all that Guinness with broken arms
Priorities Amy, priorities!
the US Open feed is showing Fed-Murray from last year. Easy to forget Andy Murray was only 6th a year ago - he's moved up pretty quick...
and to think they had that roof at Wimbledon they didn't need...
They put a photo up of him in the meeting room from the 70's - very amusing
Wasnt he injured quite a lot last year?
my dad retired last month at the age of 60 (and is turning 61 today, I should ring him when its not 4.30am NZ time)
He started there when he left school at 16.
I wish I could've done that, I hate job interviews :D
I really like that museum
We'd happily pour it down your gullet! That would be amusing
just break your non drinking arm?
Like I'd not find a good way anyway!
Homer beer-hat anyone?
You've not been drinking with me yet, sometimes you need both ;)
aha :D
awesome
I firmly believe in the 'two hands two drinks' rule. People always laugh at me when I come back from the bar but hey, they're the fools who have twice the walking time.
I just thought.. i'll have a look at my qik vids from that night, but then i realised i really dont want to ;)
Happy Birthday Amy's Dad!!!
Or
Kia huritau ki a koe!
In manchester there is an indy club called 5th ave... If you order anything less than 3-4 drinks for yourself they look at you like you are mad...
ka pai!
I have a friend who often wears a shirt with a pocket for this purpose
He gesticulates a fair bit, maybe he needs to keep it free.
Pint, Vodka & Orange in pocket and a spare hand ;)
I reminded Giggles of the need for drinks soon, unfortunately he's in Shropshire tonight
Who does this man think he is!
They have clubs up there for yankee racing events?
Oh, indie... ;)
speaking of/to London folk, how hard is it to get to Woking? I think I need a photo of me by the McLaren sign ;)
Dr Giggles the Plugmeister on tour... book signing?
It's not that far
I'll add it to my list of 'must do that'
24mins from London Waterloo
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/pj/tt
Not far, but its quite a walk from the station.
If you need a lift i am nearby...
Are you going to do a tour? I am thinking of joining next year so i can do it... maybe we could so a sidepodcast trip if we can get enough people... i dont know what they are like with dates though...
I’m not sure they have the military capacity to pull that off… He better learn when to keep his mouth closed… {Comment #473}
Even more so considering that what will make the decision is an abstract entity that, technically speaking, doesn't need any geographic base whatsoever. It would be literally South Africa against the world.
A friend at work did a visist during the spa weekend, he knows someone who's involved with the road car project
Said it was five pints of...
probably not, you have to put your name down ages in advance and they only do a couple per year. Plus they only do them on weekends and I'm not planning on being in London for any of those :D
That will limit your oppertuities for sidepodpubbing... the race weekend will have to be twice as alcoholic!
Is that an order? ;)
I have never drank at a race before. It'll be a whole new world.
More a premonition/statement of the inevitable ;)
Does anyone have this weeks Autosport and if so can they look on the page about the Autosport Mclaren Young Driver Award thingy, and tell me who it’s got listed as potential drivers. {Comment #479}
The ones with photos are James Calado, Jack Harvey and Harry Ticknell. Haven't heard of any of them, though I have heard of several others in the list.
Practice this weekend :D
You might need to practice at Melbourne ;)
I predict a weekend of happy hangovers
[sorry RG]
Can you tell me the others please?
What? I'm half-lurking.
What now?
Can i convince you to go to the cricket Bassano... you seem like the type who could be tempted by an event which requires you to sit and drink for 8 hours... its like a big pub beer garden!
Stealing your predictive thunder, as it were
You coming to Spa next year on the road trip, btw?
I really don't get cricket plus I'm supposed to be on a date tomorrow
[Oooooh!]
Maybe wait till qualifying and then the race
From rubens
I think I have enough tyres..lol http://twitpic.com/hbp53 :D
Probably not, Cardiff again. Maybe Nurburgring in 2011 (ie, big maybe, or, 2013, if F1 even exists by then)
Is this your man date?
I'm watching The Nanny, I might have to drink to get through it.
It will all be over by 6 ;)
Get yourself some dutch courage (and then some)! :D
Provisional date is not the bank holiday weekend next year
Cardiff a ritual thing?
Evening everyone... Hope you've all been having a nice day!
TV show with the epic laugh?
Hey Doc
Not to bad, are you still in Shropshire tomorrow?
woooah!
Speedway GP at the Millenium Stadium.
thats the one. They pull out the oddest shows to fill in time when tennis is on rain delay at 3am :D
All weekend!
Can you tell me the others please? {Comment #540}
Here they are (* signifies the ones I've heard of before):
Ben Barker
Daniel Cammish
James Cole*
Garry Findlay
Adam Foster*
Daniel McKenzie
Chrissy Palmer*
Richard Plant
Adrian Quiffe-Hobbs*
Dean Smith*
Dean Stoneman
Rupert Svendsen-Cook*
Oli Webb
It'll be a relatively early one
Turning up steamed probably not a good idea
[cos that would happen, we both know it]
Parade Lap?
Cool, ok
I cant belive i am having so much trouble offloading this ticket...
curse my sick friend!
Well, it is cricket ;)
Oooh indeed!
"So Bassano... what do you get up to in your spare time?"
"Well the other week I took an orange drill round to somebody's house and put up some blinds for them - because they asked me to on the internet"
It was on every day in my youth... crazy theme tune.
I havent even heard it and the theme song is stuck in my head!
#MWM Cosworth is struggling to find staff to build its engine
Oh yes not a problem.
Is he only sick so he doesn't have to watch England get beat again?
Apart from Dean Smith i havent heard of the ones you have
iPhone Skype App?
No!
The most annoying thing are the people who get annoyed at the fact they want to go but can't...
*points at self*
I have my laptop here now and I am on wifi... It's all good!
Yeah, how can it fail
Actually, I think I'll try it and see what the reaction's like :)
I'll report back
When, what & where?
I might be able to ask a few people tonight
Report back? We want a qik stream of the date!
hehe, you have a valid excuse...
...but if you left now :P
I don't care about either team but going to Lords would be amazing.
Lords 10:15am tomorrow.. 4th ODI England vs australia.
I cant belive there aren't even lurkers swooping at the chance!
I might need to add
"It's ok, I do know him. He wrote The Book With The Missing First Page... which is available at Amazon"
Cricket Amy?
speaking of which, I plugged the book to the 15 people who can see my livejournal :D
Hahahaha!
How would you go about embedding the link into the conversation (in case you are wondering this is the link that I mean: http://www.thebookwiththemissingfirstpage.co.uk )
I like ODIs!
He he
Fat Chance!
Cool :)
Thanks!
Yes! Lords! Row 8!
What's an ODI?
One Day Int'l?
Yes!
Roll up! Roll up!
bingo
With my phone of course
I want commision if she buys one ;)
Bigging up free apps didn't work out for me, financially
They have, One Day International Bingo? :P
New blog post: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/sidepodradio-whose-start-line-is-it-anyway/
Whoo!
Limited over cards?
if they did I would so be there.
Right I must go and dress for dinner - This is a joke.
Have fun you crazy cats :)
Nick: Random question, how long has it been since you joined SPC?
See you soon Doc
Shorts and a shirt?
Ciao
Dress, like smart? for dinner. Ja what?
Last plug... I did have a few seconds to prime up the SofaF1 Championship post: http://www.sofaf1.com/2009/09/italian-pole-poll.html
See bold
It's a thing people do when they are in large country estates... usually in detective programs before they get murdered.
I'll drop.io in 5
From Joe Sewards' blog :
"In any case whoever is leaking is taking some serious risks, although they may not be too worried as some members of the World Council will not be there once the elections have occurred – and thus they have very little to lose."
Am I right to assume he's fingering MM as the leaker of the reports then?
Ahhh.
Whatever you do, don't go in the basement with a dagger.
oops, wrong thread
Nick, how much for ticket?
And listen out for cellists
i belive a lot of the members will be replaced when the new preidents team moves in...
Probably
I don't think so - looks like it's MM and the FIA trying to figure out who it is. He also said as much in the same post.
I am trying to get someone to go with me, as long as they ply me with beer i will be happy ;)
Ok
ooh i have an email saying there is a10-20% chance somone might be coming.
*holds breath*
Fair enough but it wouldnt be too much of a stretch of the imagination (or reality for that matter) considering the history between MM and FB
but yes fins somone as long as they are sane and friendly.... even flavs ugly twin will do!
that could get pretty expensive though, couldnt it? 8 hours of plying of beer?
A non-news new story on next years Aus GP
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/worlds-top-acts-deal-to-halt-numbers-decline-at-melbourne-grand-prix/story-e6frf7jo-1225772050046
Of course
Well, relatively sane anyhow
They're airing the F1 Rocks Singapore concert here on Tuesday. I'll watch and see if it's any good...
speaking of which, I see his wife is pregnant.
Those genes need to stop!
I really doubt that the 2010 Aus one would have the same artists as Singapore 2009 so I think that reporting is a bit shoddy :D
But im not married!
..oh... flav!
Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, ZZ Top and Simple Minds
Wow, that's ear-plugs AND ear defenders
Can remove for ZZ Top I s'pose
Photos of me dressed for dinner should be on the drop.
they'd be the only ones I'd wanna see!
Bring back Kiss and The Who, they were great :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-241
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-3-62
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-241
putting a smart coat over your normal clothes doesn't make you "dressed" :P
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-240
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-4-67
Jacket is a nice touch!
Who said he was dressed before?
Just saying
tsk!
hahahaha :D
He should be a model!
Reminder indise F1 is on BBC N24 in 10 mins...
I could put trousers on for the evening.
What's the vote?
Shorts
Ta
Trousers
Trousers
Who's hand is this?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-237
An Alex in trousers is not the Alex we know.
Shorts!
Be a man!
:D That said, I say trousers.
The BBC News channel is available in the UK only. Don't forget, to watch TV online as it's being broadcast, you still need a TV Licence .
How would they know?
BBC News: Tennis hoping to start on the hour looking 'unlikely'
Is Amy still awake?
zing, the Nanny has finished though, I'm watching some sort of travel show.
I read about the Renault legal action against the Piquets earlier
I thought it was GMM :)
I love that smart means add a jacket!
Thats my kinda smart!!
Hi. I might be making an out of character snap decision.
They do, they are quite hot on those things.
Harry Tincknell is Allan McNish's protegé
Do tell
Phil Collins obviously isn't coming
that's just because it's been summer. I remember when Christine did the whole wardrobe thing on me and she was amazed to discover that I owned shorts!
Its on now.. they just had an interview with flav..
IP Address?
And jeans!
I just went to view a flat I can afford in a place where such things are very rare.
Was it nice, if so
Snap it up
Max interview...
If it felt like home when you walked in, you should go for it
well I would have said an Alex in pants is not the Alex we know, but that means something different in your part of the world.
Any T-shirts?
true. I was amazed by that discovery too
Not a clue
Jake askes about why he didnt use proper channels....
PKS knew max, Pk still quite young.
Whiting used to be PKS engineer at brabham
Second or Third viewing is essential
Bring someone who can be impartial
It did... at least, the living room and bedroom did, the kitchen and bathroom are tiny but I can live with that (I do now). It does come with a treacherous outdoor metal staircase.
Usually I take days to decide things and but this time I can't!
If you are buying, don't be rushed into it
Would you have to bring the shopping in via those stairs, in the rain?
Max doesnt want to be to critical... Flav could put more pressure on him as manager as well as boss.
Hard to say know when you are young and trying to make a name for himself.
Not damaging if sporting body acts decicivly and fairly..
Doesnt want to become world wrestling federation...
I want to but there may not be time.
hullo :) quick thing whil on way home for Scott, if hes around. Theres gonna be a Forza 3 demo for download on sept 24th :) also served a guy today in a brawn cap. What a dude.
Alonso interview...
Video of audio we heard yesterday
I'm renting.
Yes. And the furniture. I think i can live with that.
At least a second viewing, even if it's in the morning
Go for it then
Heswont say whether he'd want to win a race if it was manurfactured like that.
Haven't seen him here, try Twitter
Benson thinks PKj will be seen as 'trouble' by other teams
He is
He was when he was driving
Except for the lads doing overtime at the composites workshop
Alex, why are you wearing trousers? Are you off to a wedding or something?
I think the trouser pictures are up now.
I like it, much smarter
Brundle called him 'little pk' hehehe
Brundle is jealous of Fisi...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-4-68
He'll only spill his dinner on them! ;)
ARGH!!! MY EYES!!!!
Good oh!
Aye, am with ya.
it was what the commets decided.
Hehehehehehe.
No!
Anyone can wear trousers... you need character to wear shorts ;)
Have lots of Wasabi with your grub ;)
mmm Wasabi cheddar!
it's true though
Amy, blowers are out.
Clijsters-Serena on Arthur Ashe.
Nadal-Gonzalez on Louis Armstrong.
Wickmayer-Wozniacki on the Grandstand.
All start at 2:30 PM EST - around 40mins time.
#sidepodspace update
All times are Eastern. Add 5 hours for UK. First landing slot is therefore 10:48pm UK.
It is a near certainty we will get a landing today as the weather at Edwards is almost always good.
Another great band name
Woznicaki better win, or once again that tenner is looking a waste
Did he start Apple with Steve?
I want to see the first two, boo for being on at the same time.
Maybe scott can be tempted into watching cricket?
hahahaha
Considering its a she, i doubt it.
It's their only chance to regain lost time. And to have a buffer if it rains again.
No one's replied to my text yet
Still thinking
I'd go....
If you had told me about a week ago.
Another South African athlete :)
I didnt have a spare ticket a week ago!
Its not too late. Get the 6am train and the ticket is your's
Considering she's Dan... ahh forget it.
Spontanaity rocks!
That was a bad thing to cut on, maybe better with Danis...
Easy
I have an idea...
SIDEPODCOMENTERS IN LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please respond!
Haha, you expect me to get up at 6am.
And nearby cricket fans!!!!!!!!!
No, get up at 5 for the 6 o'c train :)
I expect you to be up at 5 so you can get the 6am train ;)
hehe
That's the second time we've done that today
I don't like how both of you thought of that. And no Im not doing it.
And no, I'm not staying up all night either.
more evidence you should come to the cricket...
a) I'll be watching qualy
b) I hate watching cricket (though the beers sound good)
c) I'm meeting a lady
Ha ha, you know that one was coming next
Spoilsport
hehe.
Hmm, must do something to make this post seem worthwhile, why posting a link within the text of this to a link to one of my new blogs sounds brilliant.
I like the way you said lady there. Hahahaha.
Right drinks on the verandah now - this is also a joke!
giving up on staying awake. zzzzzzzzz
Do you have a punkah wallah bringing you gin & tonics? ;)
*googles*
Yeah, you are in a posh place aren't ya.
With less than 30 mins to go? A shame. Night. :D
Have you seen the wood beams on the drop.io pics
V nice, quite rustic
Night Amy
I dont belive you :P
although it must be pretty late, Night if you are going!
Reminds me of a village I went to in North Yorkshire.
Nighty night night amy, night.
That wasn't a joke
Do you?
I thought you said you were going to bed hours ago
a and b are taken care of with quali on my phone...
C... well there are plenty more fish in the sea!
Are the kerbs at Monza made of marshmallow?
Not at the moment there aren't! :)
all we need now is for Rubens to start eating it with an 'om nom nom' tag
Photoshop!
R5L commentary box in Monza...
I like the first comment:
Great picture but what are you going to do with the duct tape?
Tie up Legard hopefully
hey everyone
evening :)
Am off. Will watch the tennis from bed.
Night, everyone.
Evening!
... are you a fan of cricket? word is there is a free ticket... dont know who would have it though...
hi, lou.
bye, lou. :D
night1
Hi Lou,
Do you like cricket?
See ya Journeyer
erm... kinda... i mean i like cricket and i'll watch it... when is it?
night Journeyer:)
Tomorrow morning, you may need to be a fan of beer too though, so I hear
Tomorrow at lords... england vs australia...
TOMORROW??!! i would love to go, specially as it's at lords... however i spent most of the morning in the medical centre at school sleeping off a migraine and have been feeling awful all day :( i need to rest this weekend it's been so busy... plus i don't want to miss F1... sorry :(
Well if you feel up to it... i will have the f1 live on my phone, but no worries....
I am begining to feel cursed...
#sidepodradio
We still have an empty slot available if anyone has an idea for another show. You don't have to do the show just suggest something that someone else may fancy doing.
I am really keen to get something scheduled for that slot as the back up plan is that I have to do another show which no-one really wants as I am already doing 4 shows and reading the questions for the blogger interviews and have left comments and questions on a few other shows.
So you are not going to want to listen to another half hour of me especially as I have no material for the show so I will just be waffing away about whatever comes into my head at the time.
We have a lot of clever, knowledgeable and talented people here(Christibe said if I said that someone would volunteer) so one of you must have an idea for a show. I am going to keep plugging this till someone gives in so you may as well do so now.
We are also looking for contributions of questions/comments etc for a number of shows so visit the wiki and click on the show links to see where you can add something. http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodradio
That email not work out for ya?
The night is young yet
i well and truely have to recover from this week, which means home, rest, homework and sleep i'm afriad. it's been one of the busiest weeks ever :(
aw no :(
Hi Lou. Did you have a fun day at school?
Night Journeyer
Apparently a- go 'family go-karting' and b- cant get out of it :(
If Mr C reappears maybe i can rope him in ;)
Anyone want to do a cricket show on sidepodradio as analysis shows that there has been a lot of discussion of it in th comments recently?
What about a random phone-in on subjects suggested by the commenters at the time?
Someone has to host it but only to field the calls
grrrr....
During qualy
Good luck
Mostly at it's expense
But he can watch it live on a phone!
:P
.... I am all out of ideas...
We have an F1 phone in and Gavin is going to do a tech phone in but if someone can suggest some kind of categories to get it started it could work. And we need a host or two
I'll put you down as a probable
okay.. i think i need some sidepodadvice as i've just discovered i have a bit of a problem... i've just found out the coldplay gig i'm going to next saturday at wembley stadium finishes around 11pm... and that the last train from charing cross is at 11:53pm.. i don't think we can get out of Wembley, onto the underground and to charing cross in 53minutes. so here comes the question.. what would you do in this situation? there is a 50% chance dad may be able to pick us up (all the other parents are busy).. or we try and find a hotel somewhere in london for the night... i'm not sure there is much else we can do is there?...
i will do the showe if you are at Lords at 10:10 tomorrow morning ;)
The show can be about the cos of watching cricket and how can they justify the prices when clearly you can't gie the tickets away
Go clubbing untill the first train is my normal soloution ;)
no. i don't like migraines, but migraines at school are horrible... plus i've been trying to provide some support for a dear friend who has recently broken up with her boyfriend of 2 years... it's been one heck of a tough week..
I want to see this film:
The Men Who Stares at Goats with Ewan McGregor and George Clooney
Do you know what your migraine trigger is?
For some people it's a certain food
Not unless my life depended on it and everyone on the planet agreed it was necessary. I cannot imagine anything more borig than cricket. I would rather watch beige paint dying and listening to the grass growing
Be very nice to Dad
When will you know if your dad can pick you up?
not a clue.. they usually happen when i've either had a very busy day - been in london and maybe not eaten enough, or if i'm really really stressed and run down - aka this week.
when he gets home tonight....
:lol:
Remember the discussion we had about blood sugar and making sure you ate regulalrly?
I would wait until you have an answer for him before you worry about it
Getting to the station from the arena can take half an hour cos of the queues, if not more. Plus, you can't guarantee the last train won't be cancelled anyway.
I suggest getting a night bus from Charing Cross to somewhere nearer to home where your Dad can meet you or...
He picks you up frpom Wembley
I get really ratty if I don't eat
I don't know how people can do it
yeah... i've been eating lunch on the run this week during the mad five minutes between various meetings :(
No point in getting good grades and stuff if you're burnt out though
Some days I can go all day and eat nothing. Other days I eat constantly.
You have to look after your health. It is more important than any meeting
they've been prefect meetings and things :( nothing to do with grades :(
tell that to our head of sixth form who has been giving me more work than the head girl gets in a term this past week :(
Contributes to Uni offers though
Send him our way. We'll have words ;)
depends what unis, it's more important to do well in the exams then have a good 1 line on your personal statement
it's a she.. and she is evil...
Good news: the Tolkien Family have settled their legal issue over The Hobbit. Enter stage left - Guillermo del Toro
As you were, thank you
We don't discriminate. We'll whisper in her ear & fix it ;)
Everyone has someone who dumps on them. You have to prioritise. you can take all the stuff that is dumped on you or you can decide that you are going to have lunch.
When did personal statement come into being?
I keep hearing this term
I do not like it, it's sounds like a letter from my bank
hehehe if i have another week similar to this one i'll have to tell her to stop.. it's just way to much to have to do..
personal statements are evil... especially when you dont know what you want to study at uni! :(
Find a cheap Travelodge or similar somewhere nearby.
Oi, teacher. NOOOOOOO!
Book in advance, if so
Another thought... do trains go near home from anywhere other than Charing Cross?
Probably waterloo
Waterloo is SWT and I don't think they go to Kent. Victoria?
that may be an idea... money is an issue as well stupidly :( we are only sixth form students.. we have no money :( everything is going wrong in my life atm :(
They have been on CVs for more than 10 years
true story. i had to write my p/s for both business and motorsport, and then ended up having to write a new one when i started applying to people for Teaching courses
Have they always been called that?
Waterloo east, and Victoria... they have the same kinda last train times though...
Flipping a coin to make decisions is excrutiating stuff :P
It just seems like that but it is about to change. Soon you will be able to drive. This time next year you will be off to university. All will be well with the world
I was told to do one when I left school and that was 13 years ago. Didn't have a clue what to write.. Have since discovered they are supposed to be tailored to particular jobs/circumstances.
Yes as far as I know
i'd like to fast forward to uni... just so i know what i'm going to study... i think it's all happening so quickly atm i've barely had time to breath let alone sleep.
Ah, was hoping they'd be later.
I thought that was a cover letter
Is that how I should choose whether to move?
Night train timetables are a bit Piquet
You need both.
No, do it
AND a CV?
Absolutely. It was how I decided whether or not to listen to the entirity of The Resistance on Muse's website.
I feel your decision MAY be a bit more impirtant though... :P
This is why I've been with the same employer for 18 years!
Evening all. I have DiRT 2 and am just about to begin my first race in the career. This game looks awesome :D
Yes. A cover letter introduces yourself and says why you want the job. A personal statement explains who you are. A CV is just a list of jobs/employers and qualifications.
Posted a message for you on here earlier matey - Forza 2 demo on Sept 24th :)
Most jobs i have applied t recently dont want a cv, they want you to fill in a tailored form.
I dont have a statement on my CV as i keep it to 2 sides, i include the statement on the covering letter.
Lukeh, we all know that was always going to happen ;)
I thought the personal stuff should be on the CV too
It was heads, I'm moving.
Yay Pat
It used to have a short opening gambit. It got moved by the magical people who decide these things.
I missed that meeting, maybe I was hungover
having just completed year 13, i can tell you it is the hardest year so far, but once it's over, it feels so good! it's totally worth all the slog that you have to go through. i know it sucks now, but it'll be worth it, just make sure you stay healthy. that one really screwed me up big time, i did waaay too much
One thing you find is the older you get the faster time passes. My years only last two months now
actually mine is in the same .doc file and I don't have the traditional CV, I have one with a layout based on skills because i've moved around so often a list becomes irrelevant.
Naturally I won ;)
Somehow, I read that as "Ears" :lol:
Great Scott!!
You are here... interested in cricket? Its like f1 without the cars and racing...
There is a cover letter which is specific to whatever you are applying for and the first section of the CV after the name, address etc is personal statement which says you are a conscientious, professional, technician, engineer, manager, albatross hunter who always seeks to excel and has a history of setting records for killing albatrosses sort of thing.
England are awesome at it as well.
Erm...not really, why? :P
I should hope so, first event in career mode of any game should be mincemeat :-)
Anyone know about this? Ant talking us through a lap at Monza on the upcoming wii version of F1 2009...
I send them a CV and fill in as little of the form as poss. Most boxes are filled with see CV
Then it's a personal paragraph
That's what I'm calling it from now
The other one comes from your bank :)
What about beer? ;)
Now it's off to Croatia for my first Rally :D
Wii F1?
Ooooh
I want my wheel back :-(
Stay at home and do it on your 'puter/console
He said that he went with Croft to try the game and Croft used all the driver aids
In a Toyota I see. I see Jarno hasn't been confirmed yet.
'Ant to Toyota 2010'
Mine runs to a couple of hundred words.
If you are having troule writing one you find someone who knows you well enough and get them to write it for you. That's what I did and I change the odd word here and there as circumstances dictate
:D
I have a £75 Ticket i literally cant give away!
I didn't.. trying to load it now, not connecting
Rally games like this are SOOOOOO much fun with a wheel :D
Oh, its all the cars.
Well thats ruined that then.
75 squid
For cricket!!
I just got the ad
Tis a rubbish website for it's videos. Sorry about that.
youtube HQ video of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6ipNnOLF0
You don't know my friends ;)
Now I've got a Baja event in a Dodge Power Truck :D
You have to carefully choose who you get to write it
I wonder if they are the commentators on it...
Coooool, thanks :-)
I think we're going to have to set up an SPC race
Ha ha
PC Innovation Lab
that would be amazing!
Just Mr. Engineer man innit?
lou, been having a look at the trains. The latest one I can find going your way is 00:48 Charing X to Orpington, arrives 01:26. Not sure if it would be easier for your dad to pick you up from there than Wembley? If you need me to I can double check when I get to work on Monday, we have a better travel system there.
I get "QuickTime required. Free Download"
err... no thanks.
Probably not the best way to sell to PC users really.
QT is pretty pants on a PC i must say
Also, I have some news on Forza 3 - a demo is coming on the 24th! :D
oooo thank you Janna, that may work.... would we need to buy another train ticket though (would our daily travel cards expire come midnight?) i've no idea if we could make it back to charing cross by 12:50... i take it it wouldn't take 2 hours to get out of the stadium and on the underground to the station?
Does me Father Lou has to stay up later before meeting Daughter Lou
At least if he goes to wembly he'll leave earlier, though it'll take longer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrENCy1g7Q4
^^ Does mean*
I'm not usre but National rail enquiries could confirm.
*sure* Can't type tonight
hehehe if i drank more coffee i could see them being usefull
That should be ok, I think the travel cards are ok except for night buses. Best to check with TFL though
I belive they expire at 4am, best to check though...
Some of the shots of these cars in light fool you into thinking they're real. Amazing.
I would allow an hour to get out of the stadium and an hour for travel, bearing in mind all Wembley tube stops will be rammed with people causing mega queuing..
i totally forgot about the fact it would be really late for him to drive us! he is home btw... and very grumpy, i asked him what i should do and all i got was 'get 2 rooms in a travel lodge and split the price' i asked my friend if that would work for her (as there are 4 of us going) and she said she doesn't have enough money to stay anywhere...
i may just curl up under my duvet and act like this isn't happening.
Think about it tomorrow, bring him a cup of tea in bed :)
What about her dad?
That is the best plan when you don't feel well. Wait until you are healthy then sort it.
Evening.
I have just come back from my parents-in-law where we had smoerrebrod for dinner... think fish fillets, pickled herrings and roast pork on rye bread with lots of schnapps and beer... mmm tasty :)
her dad is in london with her mum and sister watching a show... they only have 2 spaces in the car. :s
Or Older brother, sister, cousin, priest, etc
Or get Alex to install a headping in your dad and we will shout him 24 hours a day
Sounds odd but Schnapps & beer works! :)
Hey Gavin, want to watch live cricket tomorrow for some beers. Nick needs help
Sounds interesting
That'll definitely work
Hey Gavin. I have DiRT 2 :D
i think i will. thank you so much for your help guys :) am just going to forget about it for today, it's caused enough tension between me and nay tonight anyway. Dad says he will have a think so god knows what that means.
This idea would work, but it might get you into trouble...
Forget about all this then call for help when you get out ;)
...sometimes its the only way
I have dirt in my shoes...
I had a stone caught in the sole of my shoe today
i was wondering if it would be best for nay and her cousin to go with her parents and em and i will go get a hotel room somewhere and head back by train in the morning... no idea if that will work... i need them all to be online and not just dump this on me!
Can you be at Lords for 10:15 tomorrow? :)
I doubt you can... I have a ticket to the cricket in london tomorrow which i cant give away because i am cursed...
No. And I don't like cricket. Why are you not watching F1?
I will watch the f1 on my phone from my seat in row 8 :P
Pat check your twitter. I need assistance dude!
I just saw the email. I'm amazed that I forgot about twitter until I saw the email.
What email?
Twitter sends out emails, i get them when i recive a DM, but you can set it up for mentions, new friends etc
I get an email when I get a DM
Nick, I suggest you go to Lord's and offer to sell your spare ticket to a lovely, lone, female cricket fan at a very reasonable price
I just had a thought
Lou, I think you should call The A-Team
i fear i will have to d that and be stuck with an ugly obnoxious male kind...
that sounds like the perfect solution! :)
Free beer though
I dont know i am 50/50 not bothering and moving to angola
It's a bit 'shooty' there isn't it?
I cam cursed... it will be fine...
I've sent a few more texts to some people that do like cricket. After that I'm out if ideas
Still think the hot chick solution is the best one though
oooooh I've had one schnapps too many!
I suggest Monaco...
Never, it's 3 or 5 too many or none at all
New podcast: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/11/f1-digest-2009-italy-free-practice/
Thanks Christine
How can you tell?
Derren Brown is about to tell us how he predicte the lottery numbers next
If he is telling us how to do it. Either
a) See you from Monaco or
b) Well, the tenner was a nice gift for all six right.
I'd like to tell Derren Brown a thing or two
I wonder if he can predict them
#sidepodspace update again
NASA has decided that they can't land the shuttle in Florida today so they are going to try to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It is a near certainty that this will happen.
The landing is scheduled for 8:53pm Eastern / 1:53am UK time. The de-orbit burn will take start 1 hour and 6 minutes before the landing so that will give us plenty of notice.
Would I?
(Nostradamus Effect, 18:30BST, 20th September 2009)
Could he predict my fist towards his face if I saw him in the street?
Sorry!
Have just finished listening to Muse's new album.
P-P-P-P-PLUG TAAASTIC!
And?
Changed my mind since Wednesday, I think he's brilliant.
And people can leave voicemails with things for RG to predict on skyoe at the username sidepodcast
I'm not gonna embarrass myself to tell you how much the final 3 part symphony got to me but it's an absolute masterpiece. It truly is... especially the Exogenesis Symphony.
I honestly can't find a way to explain parts of it because i'm just blown away. It seems ridiculous I'm sure but.. I dunno. I'm absolutely stunned.
Haha you shed a man-tear didn't you? Awesome!
Shush :P
No need to be ashamed - it's nice you can like something so much it makes you react - very rare with music these days!
Sleight of hand and misdirection with a bit of slyness is not brilliance
was it on BBC and will it be on iPlayer?
I want to know what he was doing with his left hand during the draw. It was up near his face the whole time like he was doing something with it or blocking something with it
Channel 4
It'll be on 4OD on the Channel 4 website.
I reckon this is more 'mathy' ie algebraic formulae than his usual stuff. Or not.
You can't calculate a 14 million to one shot. It's impossible
Maybe more, I dunno. We'll find out.
She is going to pick 4
Pat... shall I?
I got that wrong
I'm not encouraging him by watching
He can play cards with Davis Blaine if it means I see him less
The proprietors are quiet tonight
this is the dumbest thing i have ever seen
Just followed a name (@grammargirl) on twitter and found someone really called Mignon Fogarty - what a fantastic name
Yet you're watching it
Aren't there any wildlife shows on?
Im guessing there is no knife... but still
Have replied. Send it if you like but be prepared.
I know of Grammar Girl, that is a great name though
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
If you were doing it you would be hoping to hit the knife and poct the half million
under 18
pocket
Oooh, do tell
Shouldn't there be a #Derren tag?
Cheers!
I listen to Grammar Girl.
ahh, good idea, will do
It's not worth it, really!
If you anyone is or was ever a part of the F1NGers newsgroup please DM me.
Make it up?
Better than the great samprini
can we make it #fool?
Now it is puzzling...
Either will suffice
But #Derren kinda narrows it down
We might start talking about Mr T and I'll miss it with a 'minus' filter
If any of you follow Carlos Iaconelli, do not click the link
Where's he going?
#Derren
How are we supposed to know this isnt staged?
On twitter.
All, I'll say, it is of a certain team boss who's in certain trouble.
Is this [spits] football?
Oh dear... they are all mocking him now...
In F1.
Remember that pic of Flav
Everything he does is
I've no idea which link you're talking about but now I don't need to know ;)
Thanks for the heads-up ;)
So unless he shows something from start to finnish it could all be acted out by the supposed participants?
I need friends to win this? Damn.
#derren
He's a showman, a smarmy one at that
Nothing more
#Derren
most things he does - like 'reading people's minds' is all done through the power of suggestion, i remember we went to a psychology conference last year and the very famous psychologist that taught Derren was taking a lecture, and he showed us some basics of how it can be done, it's really interesting tbh. he did say how he didn't agree that Derren uses it as a show though..
I'm going to take a snack break and will probably return later
Ciao peeps
see ya!
Ciao Bassano
Bye Bassano
Enjoy!
Marshmallow kerbs?
what was the program called that Derren was on tonight?
Derren Brown:How to win the lottery
Still going, called #Derren Brown, the Events
Derren Brown: Win the lottery. It is on now
Sorry, thats the series.
I'll watch it later then. I really cannot stand him though!
Me too, its like watching... grrr
What is wrong with him btw? I just like started watching him so like eh?
You know what, I can't put my finger on it, but TBH there's something about his presenting style that makes him come across as smug and that he knows more than you...
I would not call him a magician, that's for sure!
Clearly he does know more than us and for his act to work he has to convince his subjects that he knows more than them
He is super arrogent... he comes across as if everyone is dumber than he is and that somehow they arent as good a person as him.
Look how he walked on at the begining of the show
A lot of what he does is magic
Doies he though, everytime i have seen him i have thought he was insecure
Since none of us can do what he can do he knows more than us
Is he actually saying how he did it then?
24 people. I need 24 people.
Oh, and not to be distracted by profit.
Perhaps, but thats knowlege, he seems to think he is more intelligent, it makes him come across really badly...
He is doing all sorts of build up about the sort of things he tried. Wisdom of crowds, averaging out peoples guess, unconcious writing. All sorts of bull that has nothing to do with what he really did.
Anyone noticing the convient lottery adverts in the middle here :)
He is acting a persona to get a reaction from his subjects.
It's like the horse racing thing he did where he has a group of people convinced that there is a magic formula.
could it not have been done really easily with a green screen effect on the balls?
It is going to be something like that. On the Wednesday show he said he may only get 5 right which suggests a time delay may affect the last one
To be fair, in the 24 group had only got like 4 right beforehand???
This lot are going to be convinced that they predicted the lottery.
In the horse racing thing people were betting all their savings because he kept predicting winners. There was no system it was a complete con. Same with the religion on
I wonder if any of them have, say, a green screen shop?
Will they be meeting again tomorrow?
The way its going, thats scuppered my chance of predicting it.
The one where he played Chess against 9 chessmasters and beat them was brilliant - the problem is that he spoilt it by doing something annoying afterwards!
They have no idea they are being conned. People ant to believe
want not ant
So bleedin obvious.
Soooooo, anyone work in the lottery hq?
Well his next show is going to be interesting considering its illegal to broadcast subliminal messaging, and thats what he needs to do
how did he do it?
What was it?
I think its only going to be a clip, not the whole thing, only to the people taking part.
Not the way he claimed
He is not going to tell us. Somehow he is transferring the numbers to the ball as they come in which is a prettty standard magician's trick although I don't know how he did it. It is certainly nothing to do with crowd guesses or automatic writing.
A trick.
For the gamers:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Speedblack-Red-Black-Eletronic-Steering-Wheel-Univarsal-Stand-System
Split screens, I've heard that floating about.
forgot to say, mouseover the little blue pic to make more sense of it
He has another show in an hour and a half so presumably that is not a straight repeat
good evening from a dark dewsbury, how have you all been?
That's ridiculously close to original transmission for a repeat.
Freeview suggests it is. But don't repeats usually like have a litte [R] next to them?
The repeat program is 5 minutes longer than the original
evening
All goood
Hey good man.
I'm guessing Derren has left people still in the dark re:lottery numbers?
And this is exactly why I do not like him. Why make a program where he promises to tell us, mess us about for an hour and then not tell us? That is just annoying and arrogant!
Nope. Thats the idea. To continue to leave us in the dark. How's it arrogant? Annoying, I could understnad.
Absolutely and totally
people will belive it though... just look at the german stig..
So glad I didn't watch it now.
Because he says "I will tell you", so you watch a load of nothing and then he says "I'm not telling you". That is just annoying and petulant!
He doesn't actually say that. He goes on saying how he (didn't) fix the machine.
I posted this during lunch but I think FP2 was on so it may have been missed:
The Russian Roulette event a while back, he did explain things, but that was the last event of his I watched, apart from the 5 min Lotto reveal thing, but we could only get a couple of TV channels this week, so we could have been watching anything that was on at that time.
We might need that sign at Donington next year, if it goes ahead!
The trees on the right are in the way! I don't want to watch slow F1 cars in a chicane, I want to watch fast F1 cars. Erm. If I were going.
But you see them braking from veryhigh speed, then navigating tight corners at an overtaking spot before accelerating as quicly as possible...
better than a blur every 5 seconds!
I've been to Monaco dontchaknow, I've seen 'em going slow and it was fascinating to see how much they move around under load, up close like that.
I want SPEEEED.
oh lordy! - http://tinyurl.com/mgffjx - i think someone needs to go sort out Kubica's wardrobe..
Wow... he looks like he should be on parole!
Can you upload vids to drop.io? such as AVI files?
That i cant help you with... but seeing massive breaking and watching them accelerate off into the distance?
Yes I think so.
Wherever you watch a race from, there's going to be some kind of compromise, and that entirely depends on what you want to see.
For Amy's choice, there's a good possibility of the race being decided at that point. I'd personally want to see them coming through that final corner.
Banking on another Mika-style break is asking a lot.
HALLELUJAH!
I have a friend who can take the ticket... the universe is once again aligned
Epic break!
It's ok, I'm uploading to my old drop.io account. It seems to be working, whether others can view it is another matter.:)
Someone wants to have a word with his optician
Yes
a quick question about f1...which brawn had a gearbox problem today in practice?
nice one :-)
I've only been to one F1 race and I drank throughout. Mornings were a drag but the lunchtime beer helps.
The brawn was worn? (sorry, not helpfull, couldnt resist)
Jenson had some problem with his engine and carbon fibre charring near his exhaust. Don't emember a gearbox problem
another question... what is the little red box on the brawn? in this pic? http://tinyurl.com/nwlo9a - the smallest and most pointless piece of advertising? or just a sticker?
I don't know, but Rubens mentioned his gearbox worry (nothing specific) in a twitter post.
oh.... i suppose i should actually check the free practice positions then.. i take it that means that jenson didn't do well..
ah okay, that explains why i can see pics of mechanics looking at a gearbox :)
This is what he posted:
the car was better then the result today.We are better than Spa...hoping the gear box will be fine tomorrow
I have blown it up as much as I can and it is impossible t read. It looks like it could say certified but I have no idea why it is there
It was a minor problem. I don't think it affected his times. He seemed to be having trouble getting heat in his tyres though
This is what I filmed of Romain last year at the Renault World Series In the 2007 F1 car. Can't remember what the corner was called, but it was after Stowe, and usually there's a TV screen where we were stood. If you can't view the film, the direct link to my drop.io is http://drop.io/startledbunny
The ticket cost me nothing.
Awesome view! the vid works fine!
It says "You should be certified crazy if you have to zoom in to view the writing on this pic" :D
I love the wobbly bit at the end too ;)
Nice work! Looks like you were at Abbey, the corner in the distance is Club.
oh...should have known.. i'd really love to see him on the podium this race... *prays for miracle :) *
Thought about cutting it out, but nah, who cares.
Yeah, I think that's about right. Sutil went off in Qualifying this year around there, they take the chicane, and go under a bridge, and turn right into the stadium section.
it's not on the body behind either... tis very strange, it looked like the red sponsor logo they have on the mini barge board thing they have originally to me
Is it sponsored by club biscuits, if it isnt they are missing out on a golden opportunity...
I wish I'd looked at the ads at Abbey corner... perfect Santander tie-in!
So are Stowells for not sponsoring Stowe. (I always explain that particular corner as the one where the Former Ferrari driver went off and broke his leg.)
Today I have discovered I can hit the note in Wake Me Up Before You Go Go but not in Take On Me.
Good times.
A productive dayw as had!
You'll have to see if it's visible tomorrow in qualifying.
Have you been karaokeing?
hehe awesome!
Karaoke night or have you got singstar? :D
that is particularly high. even morten probably has trouble these days.
Every day is a day of self discovery huh?
Ah, no karaoke. I ain't singing in front of actual people. Mr C doesn't count.
He didn't Qik?
I only do karaoke drunk in front on friends myself...
Still more brave than me. I don't sing, I mime.
So what's "Felipe Baby" then?
So when can we see the video?
I sing, in the car, with the windows shut, speeding on the motorway.
Further confirmation Mr C isn't real?
Good night all ... see you in qually!
Now we're trying out Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere. High notes are fun. Everyone should try.
night gavin
Night sir.
Night.
Heheh. Surprise, surprise, Mr C is trying to fix something he himself has broken.
I have just introduced another spider to the local paper. My spider literacy program has a 100% success rate so far.
Night Gavin
Evening
What are you signing on?
Did he buy the ps3 slim!?
can do a mean shaggy impression
Howdey!
Some of us just can't do high notes
night! ;)
Hi
Hi Cant-Col
Courtney love tweeted 214 times in 6 hours! over the whole guitarherogate thing... that may be a definition of madness!
Hello
I had a, well, very high pitched 'what?!' yesterday that even surprised myself.
Hi Steven
Just out loud. The old fashioned way :)
Finding songs on Last.fm.
yay! high notes are fun, specially when your whole school choir are doing a queen medley! :D our christmas concert this year is going to be so fun :D
Hehehe.
hey
zoinks!
Ahh... can i recommend Hazard?
Are you at the School of Rock?
good evening Cant-Col
I love oasis, try that!
We just heard Right Here Waiting. I say it confirms his guilt.
And this comes just days after you confessed to avidly watching Hannah Montana...
:P
Evening
no, but our head of music is an actual legend :D we did the beatles a while ago, that was fun too :) we'll have a band too.. with electric guitars and everything :)
hehehe nooooooooooo.......
New rule: Everything RG says, is a joke and isn't meant in anways. Excluding this one cos it is the truth, which isn't a joke but will still be intrepreted as a joke yet isn't meant to be one yet will be considered one.
*jealous*
My school did the musical of We will rock u and that was brill !
i'd say you can come to our concert... but it's a long way away to come for a concert thats only an hour..
awesome! :D we did les mis last year, and are doing sweeney todd this year :D am so excited :)
I was the Depty Technical head guy! I will was fun!
Look, there's nothing wrong with liking Hannah Montana. My 8 yr Old Niece likes it. Along with High School Musical.
Yes, 8.
managed a team of 6 techies and the show was made around a powerpoint presentation!
There was nothing there that said I liked it. Not one thing.
wow!!! that's impressive. i'm a techie too. there are usually 6-8 of us including stage hands :) tis always amazing, i love it so much, worst thing is taking everything down on the last night though.
True. remove the "liking" bit from my previous comment.
the tim burton version?
i believe so :)
woo!
Well we had a big oops moment one night, there was 2 computers at the back of the hall, one for the ppt and one showing messages to the cast on the stage. and the ppt guy when to write a message in the laptop and typed on the computer so i restarted a song, the main actor filled and made a joke it but it's like hours of work then I small thing it all goes wrong!!
I love technology, computers, making money from computers (knowledge is power and money), cars, and F1.
these days so much tech in cars they are merging
Christine i had a listen to the panel podcast on the website is there going to be any more of them I loved them!!!
Bit of a worry that somone will hack your GTR and send you flying in the wrong direction
Yup, probably more towards the season end. We're just working on some technological bits to make them even better.
friend the other day had a virus on there phone which sent a text message to everyone in there contacts every hour
things like that are always funny afterwards though :) we have a problem with the ict dept, as they make the computer in the tech box turn off at 9pm... we've asked them to stop making it do that but they wont, so if we are using the projecter (like we did slightly for les mis) it goes off at 9pm and there is a mad dash to make sure the computer is on mute and to restart it in a few mins :D always a little stressful
Hofeully whose start line is it anyway will produce half the chaos, albeit at a much lower standard...
one of the projecters in my school hall had to be turned off and left for 15 minutes to cool before it could be turn again pain!!!
Les Mis? Your school is far more adventurous than mine ever was. "was"= about 20 years ago!
:o oh that would annoy the hell out of our tech team :)
Where do we send contributions to?
Just leave suggestions in the comments of the thread and i will pick out the ones i think will work best :D
ok :)
Face it. You're infected with Smiley Virus, and there's nothing you can do.
I'm doomed aren't I. doomed.
i've left some for now. they can be your "last resort" options :)
Awesome... really good, i love the indy 05 idea, i hadnt though of that at all!
come on, don't break his heart, his achy breaky heart.
Nick, was it 5LiveF1 who said Vettel may make two engine changes in SIngapore?
Yeah, didnt give a source or anything... just rumour. although they sounded pretty confident he would make 1
Why not take another engine and have a 30 place penalty then?
I have no idea if it would work.
Taking 2 at once would appear pretty unsporting to me
That spirit of the rules thing?
Taking it to the extreme, they should have took 16x10 place penalties in Melbourne.
Exactly... not sure whats to be gained by winning like that, although the rule is pretty silly to begin with...
I'm a little confused. I presume that Vettel doesn't have 8 engines in the back to play with, but that he can't change his engine 2 more times before penalties are incurred?
The thinking goes like this...
Vettel turns up in Singapore with engine 7.
They then swap it for engine 8.
They then swap that for engine 9 and get a 10-place grid penalty for it.
They then swap that for engine 10 and get another 10-place penalty.
They then do quali and race with engine 10 and they still have engines 8 and 9 for the rest of the season. The thinking being that Brawn will struggle anyway in Singapore. (And he might get a very helpful safety car in Singapore anyway!)
I belive he will be on his 8th engine tomorrow... he will then have to re use engines or take another at singapore and take a 10 place drop.
Specualation is he will take 2 and take a 20 place drop... why not then just use as many as possible so he can have a fresh one for each remaining race?
If Red Bull and Brawn qualify down the grid tomorrow, it must be tempting to retire early in the race.
am off to sleep. night all x
Night!
Night
night :)
night lou
Night!
New blog post: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/12/daily-12th-september-2009/
I am actually still awake to plug this one :)
Awesome :D
I dont now if you checked, but if you have had a look did you get my top 5 ok?
:-)
switching to new thread
The thinking goes like this…
Vettel turns up in Singapore with engine 7.
They then swap it for engine 8.
They then swap that for engine 9 and get a 10-place grid penalty for it.
They then swap that for engine 10 and get another 10-place penalty.
They then do quali and race with engine 10 and they still have engines 8 and 9 for the rest of the season. The thinking being that Brawn will struggle anyway in Singapore. (And he might get a very helpful safety car in Singapore anyway!) {Comment #1198}
Almost. Engine 8, as far as I can tell from the Radio 5 Live commentary, is going in at Monza, so all changes to new engines at Singapore would attract a penalty. There's just time to do two changes between the start of Saturday morning and qualifying (they wouldn't want to do one after that because they'd start in the pit lane).
I just hope Mark doesn't go out of the race at a convenient-for-Vettel point because some tram made his gearbox confused. Nobody would believe him the second time, even if it was true.
Wasn't me. Don't know nothing about it