It's Lou's birthday today! Lou has been commenting on the site since August 2007 and I know that everyone will want to wish her a happy birthday. Today is the day to do it. We're also talking about some F1 related things today, though:
- RG has spent a long time putting together an about page for his Timo Glock blog. There is so much information in there, it must have taken quite a lot of research, but as RG says - now you need never get a quiz question about Glock wrong.
- Jackie has been writing a multi-part series of posts on Pitlane Fanatic, focusing on the F1 naughty step. There are plenty of tables and pretty graphs that we love so much, illustrating who has picked up the most penalties and fines, and things like that. A really fascinating read.
- We're onto our fourth Forgotten F1 Team in the mini series so far, with another one on the way later today. Yesterday's featured team was Spyker, who admittedly weren't that long ago, but their tenure in Formula One was so brief, it's very easy to forget about them.
That'll do it for now. At Sidepodcast HQ, we are aching from all the moving about over the weekend, but hopefully things will be nice and normal for the week ahead. Fingers crossed. I'll see you in the comments.
Happy Birthday Lou!!!!
I don't want it to be Monday.
ah yeah, Happy Birthday!
One thing Christine didn't mention in her post is that today's is also the wiki's birthday
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/
Happy Birthday Lou
Happy Birthday Wiki!! We love you!!!
Happy Birthday Lou and Wiki!
the lovely DHL Courier man just dropped off my Kindle case. DHL>Auspost because Auspost never actually ring our buzzer.
it is? cool. hey all and happy birthday lou.
I'm a little alarmed that the wiki is getting all Campos on us. Why does it insist on being called META?
Says so on the front page. I assume Christine put it there. I was going to mention it earlier but I assumed it would appear in the daily post so I decided to leave it.
:P
news to me. how can it only be a year old, what did we do before-wiki?
Remembered things?
[present company excepted of course ;)]
i used to remember stuff. then the internet started throwing things at me.
That was my thought. It seems to have been around longer
and then you made a playground"!
I used to remember stuff, then I had to learn a million and one accountancy things and it pushed the rest out. That reminds me, I ought to start revising soon.
hehe. i best get back to that.
Happy Birthday Lou.
Now ask your parents to move to Canada so that every 6th year, your birthday will co-inside with the Canadian stat holiday of Thnksgiving. Beacause you would like to have the day off work/school on your birthday, right?
No surprise what I am having for dinner tonight. Turkey, (the bird.)
;)
Don't you get time off for good behaviour while moving?
did the bathurst comedy meme make it onto the wiki? i may have fallen asleep with good intentions.
So have you picked out a motor home yet?
sadly not. although i'll get back to it tomorrow night.
huh?
ooh, i've missed a lot of comments...
No. I thought about it but it was too late and too many references to dig through
i'm confused, is buzz out loud on twit now?
http://live.twit.tv/
get back to work ;)
im going to bit thee all goodnight!
see ya!
Christine mentioned that you were looking at motor homes
night jon.
ahh yes. the idea of driving one did appeal to me. many hours ago.
night
I think Molly Wood is on TWiT. I assume Leo is still away
ahh right. ta.
You have a Kindle? Awesome!
Happy Birthday Lou!
HB to you to Wiki!
Ia anyone else experiencing slower than usual internet speeds this evening?
Fine tonight but it was patchy yesterday.
Speedtest.net shows all good, maybe it's an intermittent thing with my ISP
Is the DTM series shown in English in the UK?
There was a gap for a while after Setanta collaped, I think ESPN eventually took it.
Ok, will look out for it. Thanks
Season finale should be good
It's showing now, just after I've seen the result :(
ah.. never know when those replays are on
Sleep time, see you tomorrow...
Often it appears looking at the schedule
G'night Pat
I am going to bed at a reasonable time tonight. Good night all
why oh why did i not take today off work. What is the point of working one day this week, and its super busy because there was no power for 2 hours before i got here so now we are playing catchup
Oh dear Amy :(
it is ok, i have my break in 2 hours and there is a lovely mclaren package for me at the post office! I love mclaren mail :)
what is in the mail?
greetings from america all!!!!!!!!!!!
mail is my 2009 member pack.
Happy Birthday Lou :D .. Hope you have a fantastic day
Happy Birthday Lou!
happy paris day alex!
Aw thanks Amy.
First question of the morning... Should I take a man bag or not? I say not. But Katherine thinks I'm going to end up looking like the Michelin man will all sorts of things in my jacket pockets!
Here's what I have...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-297
Map of Paris
Headphone
iPhone USB backup charger
iPhone mains charger (they have sockets on the train)
Passport
Euros
Two books to read (George Orwell and Paul Auster)
Tickets
Notebook and Pen #notMFC
Tissues for my lingering cold
And in case anyone was worried (Nick or Alison):
I have brought along 2 bookmarks: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-298
2 books, 2 bookmarks, see Nick! ;)
I went for the everything in my jacket (no manbag) option:
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Morning,
Happy Birthday Lou :D
Morning, everyone.
Happy birthday, Lou! :)
alex what you need is a fetching man bag like my new mclaren satchel which is one of the nicest team member things they have had in a few years. I am trying yo work out how i can bring it to europe so i can use it at races there.
I have a man bag (I think it's actually a laptop bag though), but it's useless when you are on a bike!
ah mine would have been a laptop bag. I'm not very good with bags. Although it is, to a certain extent a chicken and egg problem. I'm not used to carrying them so I'm paranoid I won't remember them.
I'm a backpack guy now - almost always have one with me!
I don't think I can tell from here but the location page should now be telling you I am in St Pancras International train station :)
http://www.sidepodcast.com/playground/location.php
Morning all.
sounds like a messenger bag?
Morning, Christine.
Morning :)
I'm on the train:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-300
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-301
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-302
You look slightly surprised to be on the train :)
I was! ;)
It's always tricky taking pictures of oneself. I think that must be concentration you're seeing there!
Hehehe. It is the raised eyebrow that does it.
Everyone seems to be saying on Twitter that Brazilian TV (courtesy of Luciano Burti) has confirmed Barrichello to Williams next year. But I don't think Rubens has confirmed it himself.
Haha!
And we're off Paris here we come!
So for breakfast I can have cheese omelette with bacon, sausage, tomato and mushrooms or salmon with blinis, cream cheese and lambs lettuce.
What do you guys think? (knows what Amy will say :) )
The salmon doesn't sound very breakfasty.
i say i want to be on that train.
It depends where you're from I guess. Smoked Salmon for breakfast more usual in France and New York. We have it for Christmas morning in my family.
omelette!
Awesome that you are going, have fun!
me too! I don't know how its possible to be awake early enough to catch it though?
Do you have to stay up?
i dont like that they give you two options and dont let you choose both. Im dreading my plane food decision (12 hours til check in, woohoo!)
it's a nine o'clock train! I got on a train that leaves an hour after my normal going to work train does and still had half and hour for coffee.
my flight tomorrow leaves at 8.50 and i have to be checked in by 7.20 and i like to check in early just in case. It takes 20 minutes to get to the airport on the skybus and 20-40 minutes to the skybus depot from my house depending on trams which are infrequent before 7am so i am yet to work out what time to get up in the morning. Maybe i just wont go to bed and keep you fine folk company ;)
4 AM would be a safe time to get up.
Hang on, you're usually still up at 4 AM! :P
Omelette du fromage? :)
Morning all
I am in France. The Omelette is on the drop :)
Morning Jon, how's it going?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-303
Yay for drop.io being fixed, by the way.
it's great news for today.
(desperately tries not to think about data roaming charges ;) )
Please be true! From Will Buxton's GPWeek:
I might have a happy accident if they do that :D
http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/bilder/f1/1/1/5770/index.html
I'm not sure if those are mock-ups though.
Real ;) http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/01/19/renault’s-livery-development-2002-2009/
oops
*goes away*
Is it? It never raced though?
oh my god train breakfast looks DELICIOUS
We have stopped at Lille.
i believe it was going to be used at a Renault World Series demo, but i dont think it ever happened
It didn't race (it was a special anniversary livery for display purposes only), but it gives us an idea of what the actual livery could look like.
The TOTAL red might spoil the whole thing, though.
Yeah it was done for the 30th anniversery. Maybe TOTAL will go away ;)
it was very nice. It also included croisant and a roll. Which, as is traditional for Chanel crossings I had with Orange Marmalade.
I guess you may know, but in case you don't the name Marmalde is supposedly from a time when Mary Queen of Scots was being secreted across the channel and back into Scotland. Returning from hiding in France. Supposedly she was feeling sea sick. Her French chambermaid wanted to prepare some cooked orange for her which was known to calm the stomach in France. The Scots on the boat asked her what she was making and the maid responded Madam es Malade. And there supposedly the name is from.
whats the berry thing? jam?
Yogart.
your breakfast just gets better! It appears to be strawberry which is the only flavour I eat. I WANT TO GET THAT TRAIN WHEN I AM OVER THERE.
I believe it was although I must admit I did not eat it. I am not a fan of yogart.
blasphemy. I am only a fan if it is strawberry.
I don't mind sponsors choosing the colours although it would be better if they were a bit more cohesive like the black and gold JPS-liveried Lotus F1 cars!
A fuel-less Renault would be useless, no? ;)
Indeed.
*waves at people from the land of uni*
Hi Lukeh, how is your day going?
Not too bad... got the dreaded C++ 3 hour lecture at 1 though so that's when it all starts going pear shaped :(
Plus this computer I'm using is slower than Luca badoer. In a 3 wheeler. *shakes fist at slowputer*
Jake Humphrey took part in his first race yesterday.
His results:
- Qualified 41st, but started 31st in race 1, as those who were competing in the M and 211 classes didn't take part in the first race.
- Lap 1: 2:26s - 33 seconds slower than the leader.
- Lap 2: 2:03s - 17 seconds slower.
- Lap 5: Under 2 minutes - but was last.
- Lap 6: 1:51s - 8 seconds slower.
- Lap 7: one lap down.
With the absentees returning for Races 2 and 3, and with the grid restricted to the top 38, that ended Jake's weekend.
And this might be why he was slow to begin with:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/4001069769-dd0dc20f59-jpg
You never know, he might be fast in a 3 wheeler... there are less wheels to think about.
true! I feel he should be given a go on Top Gear to redeem himself :)
How is everyone elses monday been so far?
Not really the debut he was hoping for then?
Mine is good, although my back is killing me. I would advise people never to live on the top floor of a building without a lift, or if you do live somewhere like that, don't move out.
Are you all moved out now then? Probably been asked that a million times so apologies if so...
My back hurts from just sitting on the rubbish uni bus. Moving out would probably make me melt so kudos to the both of you :P
Hehe. We are basically moved out. Still a little bit left to sort out but all the big stuff is done.
I have been asked directions now twice. Both times in French.
How odd. Must investigate if there are any famous people in France who look similar to you.. or maybe you just have a large French following!
Wait, you're in Paris today aren't you? I assumed you meant in London... d'oh. :(
Your approachableness is a worldwide phenomenon!
There should be two new pictures on the drop. You can see the tower in the background of one of them :)
heh
I didn't even have my map out which might have made sense.
I think the second time I may have been being asked when the bus was or where the bus is? I am learning that I am not very good at understanding French!
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Any sign of Franck?
not yet. Soz.
:D
That's a good thing - you don't look like a tourist. :D
last day at work in italy today!
Yay! WIll you get cake?
:P
love it.
no cake:( there's the strange tradition at my work (maybe all of italy i have no idea) that if it's your event - farewell/birthday etc - you bring your own cake. seems kind of dumb to me but hey. we just had lunch and that's enough for me. There is talk of beer later in the week. beer beats cake everytime ;)
you need one of those travel books that just have pictures in it. it's called the multilanguage travel companion - you can construct phrases easily by pointing and the last page is a erasable mini white board thing so people can draw a map of where you need to go. it's awesome. but you should just learn french ;) Have a great time in paris
isn't that normal?
Ah yes. For birthdays we buy our own cakes.
we buy our own too
buy!?!?!
I am okay ish at understanding French. But these people think I am French and are going fast!
I have zero time for baking.
i guess not where i was in australia - but we do things different down there because we're upside down, where it's kind of expected you bring a plate to share at some things but if you do that to a european person that get offended. different places different cultures.
you should do the next sidepodcast radio before your birthday.
by the way, the new Editors CD is out today. Pretty good.
I am in a restaurant. It's like a characature.
I am having some Champagne to celebrate (only a glass)
I spoke too fast for an italian last night!
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make sure it's the real stuff ;)
yummy!
It's a German thing, the only cake you're allowed to buy is the wedding cake.
This makes me sad :(
RealBrawnGP Stories coming out of Brazil suggest the Barrichello/Williams deal will be announced this week. #F1
I am setting my PVR to record what I want while I am away, qualifying and the race have been bumped off the sports channel onto the normal channel because German football is on.
True story: Some English friends had just moved to NZ and were invited to a Barbeque. They were told to "Bring a Plate" which they took quite literally - except in NZ it means "please help by bringing some food or snacks along too" :D
Why before the end of the championship?
They say it's far from confirmed though, so who knows. Concerning your question, the correct answer would be because they are silly.
my mum gets angry if I don't take a plate unless I'm asked to because its rude to turn up with nothing, apparently.
Happy Birthday to You and Me
I was born on the 12th of October 1966.
happy birthday!
hello, hello
happy Birthday!
are you back in Paris?
I am in Paris!
guille should be able to find you, seeing as everyone seems to be asking you for directions :P
:)
yeap. just a weekend in London, now back to work (but a nice weekend!)
:-)
job or vacations? for how long?
vacation. Today only!
I'm in Monmatre!
Paris is a small place, I know too many stories of people finding other people by chance here... And if not, you just go to Place Saint Michel, it's Paris meeting point ;-)
Joe says it was Bernd Rosemeyer's birthdate 100 years ago today too.
Lucky you guys who have a birthday - I share mine with Tiff Needell, sadly!
mmm... too bad
at what time do you leave? I have a long work day, but maybe we can cross at some point
Happy birthday! Same birthday as Lou, then. :)
maybe we should try and meet up? Even just for a handshake and a photo?
I'm willing to travel to you.
I share mine with Tiger Woods and LeBron James. :D
nice place, and in a sunny day! :-)
look for the small streets going down in the back
Hannibal lecter and Alex ferguson for me!
two fictional characters. What are the chances? ;)
i'm pretty sure dave gorman started out like that.
alex, we challenge you to meet 50 sidepodcasters...
Meanwhile, Williams-Cosworth. Poor Rubens and Nico H, they're pretty much doomed.
That said, it might allow one of the new teams to duck out of their Cosworth deal and get a new set of engines. (i.e. the Toyota engines that Williams will free up, or maybe even the Renault engines that RBR will free up if they're allowed to use Mercs next year)
50 sidepodcasters in 100 days?
It makes me sad, to me at least, that their careers depend on engines rather than talent :(
Sure rubens has a year or so left but still a top driver...
excellent!
alex?
that would be great (maybe a signing book session :P)
don't worry. I can travel to you, you are the tourist ;-)
if you leave late in the night, we can meet for a drink somewhere in the Quartier Latin.
how many have I met so far? Quite a few!
I might be at 25 already. How many were stthe Science Museum?
Welcome to F1 - where some engines are more equal than others...
oh yeah!
This inspires me to do some blogging later me thinks
I don't leave that late sadly 8pm. Is that too early?
did i miss something. what happened to renault?
in that case, make it 25 by the Christmas party. :D
RealBrawnGP is saying Cosworth are now the frontrunners instead of Renault. In fact, they're saying a deal may have already been signed at Monza.
oh. i know they're a reliable source for brawn news... but for williams?
Joe has mentioned it too:
Globo announces Barrichello at Williams
Done deal then?
they may have gotten wind of it because of rubens. but joe's mentioned it.
:(
ahh, booo :(
i wanted williams-renault.
So did everyone except cosworth, I think :(
depends on how the work day develops. thing is that if a leave the lab after 6pm I'm not allowed to enter again (I'm a 'visitor' here). so if it's a good day, I may stay late.
but if I leave early I'll let you know (comments or DM?). in any case, I'm near Parc Citroën, so if you happen to come down here tell me.
doesn't frank remember the reason why 2006 was their worst season in recent memory? goodness me.
williams-renault had tons of marketing AND racing value. alas, frank's anti-manufacturer stance as of late may have meant that he hasn't been seeing things as objectively as he should be...
good point.
i know when we met frank at the end of 2008, he was very disparaging about the cossie, but he also pointed out they have masses of data about it.
they were the last ones to use it after all. and i think this current iteration may still be based on that 2006 lump.
his words we're something like "it won't be competitive", and that was back when there was a two-tier suggestion and cossie users could have a different rear wing.
Are there any sidepodders I have met that you haven't Mr C? Janna? Nick?
haven't met either of those. no sidepodder has ever installed a set of blinds for us either.
do you have me on twitter? If not I'm sure I'll be able to enlist help to find your comment.
i really think now that he's become too anti-manufacturer for his own good. the only positive i can see here is if Frank can position Williams as the numero one Cossie team (i.e. dictates direction of development), which will be crucial next year. i don't think Cosworth is included in next year's engine freeze, is that right?
almost certainly.
they must be?
that's true but Rockall is quite inacessible!
i heard something about Cosworth being able to catch up or something. lemme see if i can find anything about it.
possibly before the season begins.
yes, I have you
ahhh. they can only catch up in the sense that they can update their 2006 lump before getting it homoglomated. that makes sense.
yup, that's the one.
sounds right. the issue is, they won't have chance to run it on track before homologation.
unless that's what williams are doing at kemble today...
speaking of London: thanks to Bassano, Nick and Jenna for a lovely evening :D
i missed how that went, was it fun?
really fun. I think we stayed there up to 11pm (from 7pm)
sorry we missed it. glad you had a good time though :)
don't worry, I know you were busy with the moving. there will be other times (I hope...)
BTW, I really liked London, and thanks again to those that recommended me places to go (F1 in the Science Museum is still there, I loved the car in the roof but besides that...)
:)
hmmm... Rob? :D
Mind you, if they WERE running Cossies, wouldn't it have leaked out by now?
You simply cannot forget the legendary Security Man
I wonder how Jumpy McGrumpy is these days?
Wait, is he still there actually when you was there guille? He is very hard to miss.
I didn't approach anything, but in the 10min I was in that exhibition the alarm tripped at least five times :D
did anyone see the projected drawing that Derrin Brown did? It heavily featured a Science museum security guard. A different one however.
he said he'd let us know if they were there.
i'm 99.999% sure they are though, given there are no publicity events requiring x2 trucks to attend, and so far as i know, little for an f1 team to do in wales.
the top right pic here: http://www.kemblecam.co.uk/ shows some action where the transporters normally hang out.
though how you'd tell the difference between a toyota and a cossie purely by ear is anyone's guess.
did you have a security guard man going nuts?
*rob that is. quoted wrong bit of comment.
nop, there was one, but only one time approached the offender...
:(
That's a shame.
Although, based on our experiences, the security guard we had has probably exploded by now.
:P
Sadly these days, you can't tell any difference. That is something I miss from F1 as a kid - Ferrari and Honda V12's, Renault's V10 and Ford's V8 were all very different!
He reminded me of the really crazy doctor with the extendable wand from 'Green Wing' :D
i'm guessing they're using up their remaining straight-line days before the season ends. maybe to give nico more seat time?
Watching the onboards from last year's F1 DVD, there IS still a distinct difference between the different engines, but it's probably harder to spot now.
I know!!
unless I've misunderstood the rules, the thing is that this year you can't do that kind of test in secret. if they're running an engine, someone of the FIA should be there to enforce the engine limit (and we know how secure is FIA with secrets...).
I agree with the onboards - although they are very small.
from a fan perspective, when they zoom by they sound the same...
I didn't check for explosion marks... :P
exactly. when i sat down in singapore and sepang, they all sounded the same to me.
That;s one of the reasons why Goodwood is so awesome personally, especially for a first time, hearing older engines sounding so lovely!
It was also a great highlight of Le Mans - the purr of the diesels, the shriek of the Astons, the roar of the corvettes :D
Good afternoon! I have returned home, long walk this morning and 1K swim after lunch... i feel active!
Feels great doesn't it?
Hey Guile was good to see you!
Sorry i had to leave early, i hope they kept you entertained :D
wow. that's the recovering from Saturday? :P
Bah!
my legs are already seizing up!
don't worry. It was nice to meet you. we stayed up to 11pm, more or less...
Saturday didn't end until 5am Sunday, and Sunday began at 9:45am
Long weekend! :D
Stretch them out!
But the endorphin kick is nice isn't it?
so I guess you made it to your party... :D
I dont think they are allowed to. I think i read somewhere that they have an allocation of 2 engines which are specified for only straight line testing.
hehe, lovely, i am not sure it is quite working yet, might need a couple more days exercise before it kicks in properly ;)
Any ideas how one asks for the bill in France? C'est combien is all I know and that means how much does it come to like at a shop. Any ideas?
Le bill?
have a bannana
Dude, all you have to do is hold your palm out and use your other hand to pretend to scribble on it - the international signal for "cheque please!" ;)
l'adition, s'il vous plâit
the second part is very important :P
Say it english... LOUDLY!
I have a kiwi, or an orange?
*Kiwi fruit
It's not cool to kidnap New Zealanders or Irish People you know!
the banana has potassium, good for your muscles after exercise (prevents cramps)
Big excitement. A pigeon just flew into the restaurant.
ah it's just like italian. amq
uh oh. Dont let it steal your blog ideas, I fell for that mischievous trap
Notts County have sacked their manager
Ned Flanders seen looking worried...
that's what I did.
ohhhhhh I wonder who willl replace him!! ;)
Did you say: "sacre bleu!" ?
Heidfeld? ;)
As a fan of Notts County I am worried by recent events - but this is no surprise I guess...
I know sil vous plait. I'm good At je voudrais and sil vous plait.
it's potasium in banananas that stops the aching.
:D
me too. those words open you all the world...
ah see we independently agree!
and F1 drivers also do in TV, so it must be true
Aparently so. But i only have a kiwifruit and an orange!
Well then you will ache. Fruity fail, my friend!
There is a lesson to be learnt.
Always have a banana spare.
better than nothing...
you shouldn't start exercising without a decent provision of bananas ;-)
What if you don't like bananas?
Right now I have 5 in my desk cupboard!
Then you get sore when you exercise I guess?
then you will live in pain... :-(
you even have your 5 fruit or veg a day sorted :P
ooh 1am, time to say goodnight. I shall see you all in 4-5 hours!
Night!
We may have discussed this before, i remembered my solution from last time ;)
I may not have 1 banana, but i have 3.5 ;) http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0067
Thats early! Night!
I see. There's an advert not to exercise if ever I saw one :)
It's five different foo'! :P
I have had an apple and some grapes ... salad with lunch and there will be mixed veggies for dinner...
actually, before I go, someone tell me what I haven't packed because I have that 'somethings missing' feeling.
night amy
Ka kite ano Amy ;)
Heikki
doesn't fit under the 20kg weight limit sadly
Phone charger? I always forget that.
passport?
keys?
Tickets?
Money?
Toiletries?
Damn these regulations... :P
I probably will forget that, I packed it but then I got it out again because I decided it would be a nice idea to charge my phone overnight otherwise it won't make it round the F1 exhibit tomorrow!
camera, money, tickets and passport. anything else is secondary...
looks like I am all set then! Goodnight :)
Happy Birthday! have a great day!
:P How prepared! but what if the corners of the bookmarks get damaged?!
You are now in ruminghem?
Looks tasty!
We can only hope! They might save it for next year though...
Oh... Dear...
goodnight and have a nice trip!
Driving licence?
Sorry for the uber catchup... might have gotten a bit carried away ;)
I don't drive, I don't have that problem ;-)
hasn't left my wallet since I moved 16 months ago and I haven't used it since! #sleeping,nothere
Hehe, have a good trip if you dont make it back to the comments ;)
Dont forget to brink back a kakapo
Alex apparently BFF Grosjean is in Paris! Get Looking!
Have you been to the FIA yet?
Yay! Hometime!
Afternoon all...
For lunch...Gnocci and Waffles ;)
You survived the lecture then?
Carbtastic!
mmmmm
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1320207
Yeeyyy, i is happy now
hmm. i think it's just as wrong when schumi did it. but there ya go.
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1320196
oh no, i agree totally, its a complete shambles of the rules, im just happy to see that helmet again, i think its too early and shouldnt be allowed, but it makes me smile none the less
I think if he isnt competing again this season its fair enough. but it shouldnt be allowed for race prep
Although i was talking to someone yesterday and they pointed out that it isnt all that different from Bourdais running at Le Mans as he reckoned the 908 was pretty close to an f1 car
They are close but they are no *that* close
nonsense. peugoet weren't feeding the data back to STR. ferrari will be feeding ferrari.
and was just thinking......they are definitely different because bourdais is an awesome lmp driver...not so good at f1....so the cars must be different
I'm getting battered for suggesting that in other fora - this from people who cry foul when every rule is broken too!
Similar - but then so is a SuperLeague car ;)
from a two years old car fitted with gp2 tyres?
Oh for technical data for next years car? I dont know how much they can get. that car has probably run so much i dont know how much they could learn.
The aero concept is quite different, the chassis will have to be bigger next year, and the powertrain will have to run on a Mclaren ECU rather than a Ferrari one, so it may be limited.
and he's good in those...
I would appear to be on a double decker underground train called Sara (not Sarah)
those double decker trains are the coolest thing ever
There's no doubt he is a good driver - but I was trying to say that it's not going around the testing rules like massa might be.
definitely
:)
you can't let him off just cause he's a nice chap.
Apparently you can, according to some people. To me, the rule is dumb, but there must be no exceptions until it is repealed!
you have no idea what they've fitted to it. no-one does.
if you keep to the letter of the rule, he's OK. You can do that, he's in a car at least two years old and he's not using F1 2009 tyres.
So it's been cloudy all day, yet I get on the train and the sun comes out - shining right onto my glossy netbook screen. Bah!
the point is f1 testing during the season is banned. there should be no loopholes or get-outs. massa is driving an f1 and he is not running demonstration tyres.
that's stretching the suspicious too far. (and last time FIA checked the tyres, I guess they always do. not that that means much, but...). the tyres are numbered and counted for each weekend due to the limit on new sets each driver has, you can't steal a couple to do a test.
in any case, running this year tyres on a 2007 car will give you little information as the aerodynamics and the mechanical grip are completely different
Afternoon all.
Happy birthday Lou.
Having a vaguely grotty day editing the reports and results for the IRC book. Anyone else out there doing something they'd rather not be doing?
Reading a 70 page report about the nightclub industry
well, that's another problem. testing in a car less than 2 years old is banned, not what massa is doing. fix the loop hole, but don't pretend that an F1 team stops doing what they do best, finding loopholes (ask Brawn, Williams and Toyota)
I have put a slightly closer picture of me and the tower on the drop :)
Heya, happy birthday lou and cheers for the plug in the daily.
Bad day for me though, I think the calf has gone again.
fair point.
you are quite close :)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-307
oh, too bad you're not staying at night. with the lights on she's beautiful...
i'd like to be driving a williams transporter. i suspect it'd get boring quite quickly though.
or maybe quite slowly.
Any photographs of inebriated ladies in stilettos swinging each other around by the hair and trying to scratch eyes out, etc? And does it confirm that Nottingham is the most violent city in the UK?
Right there. They're allocated and barcoded before they leave the factory so the FIA can keep track.
boo. what did ya do?
It confirms that their is...infact....a recession out there....
Decent excuse this time, playing football and it just went. Which is annoying.
Boo :( Have had that happen when I was in school via football. That and a broken arm I didn't realise was broken but thats another story...
Hope you feel better soon!
sits down comfortably... in your own time lukeh.
Anyone like to join me over on qik. Goingthere right now.
ow.
Though to be fair, I did attempt an oportunistic lunge for the ball.
http://qik.com/alexandronov
Doh...
We had a game of football on lunch, and I fell very awkwardly onto my arm. It was numb but I thought it was OK so I carried on for another 30 mins of lunch. Lesson after lunch my arm was all funny writing and stuff, so I went to the school office. They thought I'd better go home because 'I was concussed' so I did so... although I felt fine still...
...at 7pm, when my mum got in, she asked what was wrong when I was watching TV and i had my elbow all swollen. I said it was a bit bruised, and with her having medical stuff behind her, revealed that it was in fact broken, henceforth a 5 hour wait in a hospital to get that confirmed and a sling!
psh. arms are overrated.
ehehehe. bless ya.
awww, up till 11pm in a walk in room of a hospital. How did you survive?
Orange France much faster than O2UK
Lou and Lukeh might be interested (but not sure if anyone else would be interested)
Pre-order F1 2009 Season Review DVD
isn't that going to cost you a fortune?
shhhhh
Hehe, the sound was fine.. then you mentioned it and it went windy!!! You shouldn't have told it, it would never of known!
Are you going to the FIA?
At least they are going back to one disc.
hehe. i have no audio, but it looks very sunny there.
I actually liked the two-disc setup. Allowed them to put more content in. You can skip the parts you don't like anyway.
I like watching it in one big chunk. So it kinda ruined the flow of it.
greeting from america all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey there Edgar.
hi edgar
how's it goin
Good point. Anyway, that's a Region 2 disc, so I'll wait until the US site allows the pre-order of Region 1 discs.
Afternoon... It sounds exciting...
I think I'll just get it for the continuity of it.
I dunno, I really can't remember it being painful!
Oooooooooooh. Although I could wait till we find it for £1 again :P
Although I prefer buying the big massive hardback Formula One Season recap books, have had them every year at christmas for like, 15 years! Love them :D
I have all F1 Season Review DVDs this decade (and the 2002 VHS-only Review on my HD). So I'm definitely getting this one too. :D
Given how this season has gone, it'll probably happen.
besides 1994 this is a pretty wild season.
oddly enough, it shares a key characteristic with 1994 - 1 driver dominates the start of the season by winning 6 of the first 7 races, but has had trouble scoring consistently in the 2nd half of the season.
Huh?
Probably related to the calf.
Edgar, you might want to quote the comments you're replying to, so we know what you're referring to. Just click the comment you wish to quote while in reply mode.
before anyone suggests it... no.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8300124.stm
whilst the whole rules-related argument behind it is dodgy... that is a lovely picture :)
i thought you meant the Scottish Grand Prix. :D
he's in civvies though, so no testing that day?
I was trying to pursuede people to get one all weekend... I think they are awesome!
Also double as a handy shoe cleaner by the front door ;)
:)
Aww!! I like the white one with his head stuck in the cup :D
oops i'm multitasking put in wrong place
oooh. i'll just delete that comment then.
This is my favourite picture of one... http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/hedgehogsMNS_450x350.jpg
thanks journeyer
mini-Sonic! :D
I think that it's really lovely that Mr C is buying Christine a mini hedgehog :)
black and white, like a panda
Really bored
Whats your day job?
nooooooooooooooo.
no.
i have off for columbus day and classified.
oh yeah, happy columbus day! what i don't get is why Canadian Thanksgiving Day is different from US Thanksgiving Day...
classified?
assuming she likes it, of course.
he's definitely a spy ;)
did I get that wrong ;)
by the way how u do quote thing.
Ah, your buying a Buemi?
And on that poor note, off to the dentists (another poor note), so see ya in a bit.
jon,i'm not a spy i just like using military jargon.
are you using doohickey? or lclt?
/realtime or /livecommenting as your url?
no jon
The date of Thanksgiving is based on an old english festival called Harvest Festival. It celebrates the completion of the growing season. Because the original Colonies in the US were further south this was much later than the UK, canada being north was earlier
whats your url?
Are you sure... might be easier than most animals!
Could also be usefull for pulling cables though small gaps?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/12/daily-12th-october-2009/#comment-541226 and i didn't know the UK celebrates columbus day.
use
www.sidepodcast.com/realtime
Edgar, this might be of some help too
SPC Quick Start Guide
now what
Huh, we dont? We dont celebrate thanksgiving either. There are special church services on Harvest Sunday i remember though
Select the thread you want from the drop down box, the click reply to the comment, then click on what you want to quote
hehe i completely forgot about that!
You have GOT to be kidding me.
From eddstrawF1:
hey everyone - last few minutes at my work! hurrah. the whole reason Scott In italy existed here (SPC) is because I had no idea what was going on with anything, let alone F1. i still remember making jokes with Christine about SPC paying for language classes so I could tell everyone what italian tv was reporting. but hey, i now understand...sometimes. thanks to one and all for turning this into a great site to drop in and out off and while I may post the odd message from italy over the next week, the next time you hear from me, it will be with a new name....Boston here I come!
RT @eddstrawF1: Donington Park has been given yet another deadline -now has 2 weeks to prove it has the funding in place for 2010 British GP
yeyyy :)
good luck!!
Deadline-ton Park.
Beat ya by a minute, Nick.
grrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Looks like silverstone said No. Bernie must be in a panic!
Street race around tesco's carpark anyone?
Bernie must be desperate NOT to give it to Silverstone unless he absolutely needs to.
You must have twitter!
What is your name now!
2 weeks! The race is in months and they want it ready now?!!!!
And yet I bet in a week or so Canada won't have a GP again
It should've been ready months and months and months ago
oooooh, that failed.
Scott in Red Sox Country? :D
See ya Scott.
He probably cant, after saying they could take the year off. Silverstone wont sign a 1 year deal.
Massa in chusetts ;)
Which brings me back to my point - he could give Silverstone a multiyear deal if Donington can't pull this off (contract clauses and all that). But he doesn't want to do it unless he needs to do it.
Brilliant. :D
:) I know nothing except that I know nothing! If you listen to sidepodpanel 2 you'll see that most of my answers are jokes or just silence for a joke :) no wonder we lost....
arriverderci!
meaning they have to race at either brands hatch or some other track like snetterton.
your spelling is better this time! ;)
Silverstone. You can't race f1 at any other tracks
they can't - those tracks aren't up to F1 standards - not even Brands.
Silverstone is the only F1 standard track at the moment. they want to upgrade donnington and move the race there, but the problem is they signed a deal, but dont have the cash...
especially brands!!
:P (I googled, shhhh)
well, other than Silverstone and Donington, it's the only other British circuit in the last 50 years to host an F1 race...
What about aintree?
Although it looked a bit horsey last time i had a look!
Then take it off the schedule and replace with US Grand Prix.
last hosted an F1 race 52 years ago. ;)
indeed. :D not the car-type of racetrack...
I dont think there is anywhere up to standard in the US if Indy isnt an option. Even that might need to be resurfaced...
and then Silverstone will say him that it's too late, and the teams and F1 sponsors will kill Bernie because there won't be British GP next year...
Well if Brands Hatch is not under standards for the Henry Surtees fiasco then fix it.
That'd be like cutting off your nose to spite your face, I think... Replacing a bad problem with a worse one.
Besides, knowing Bernie, he'd replace Britain with India or someother Asian country.
47 years ago according to wikipedia :P
Damon Hill mentioned over the weekend (and many times before then) that Silverstone is ready, but will only agree to a multi-year deal.
Then take it to Watkins Glen or Mid Ohio.
It hasn't been up to F1 standard long before that - ever since the late 90s, I'd think.
Nice to see you're starting to get the hang of quoting, too.
I dont know about mid ohio, but watkins glen is a long way from F1 standard!
thanks
after they put the new surface in the oval, certainly yes
Now those are pretty cool places to go to. The Glen has also been witness to lots of F1 history. But again, are they willing to spend money to upgrade the track? And is Bernie willing to bring F1 to upstate New York?
The Glen has actually been the longest-running host of the USGP, but last hosted an F1 race in the late 70s or early 80s.
Well I'd be able to go if so because i live in north carolina that would be nice
there is not circuit in the US up to F1 standards, except for the Indy infield. any circuit would need to be upgraded or built from scratch, and it will be in the same position as Donington now (actually, worse because at least they have plans)
then take it to like one of those street circuits like san jose or denver.
two answers for the price of one: no
Edgar there are no other F1 circuits other than Indy
ok then Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
they must convert a CART track into an F1 Valencia-like circuit. It will cost a lot of money...
Ok I'll compromise what about Canada.
they're going next year, hopefully...
It's already got a GP
if not maybe at mosport.
Joe's mentioned Long Beach more than once. But again, would Bernie ever want to host a modern-day F1 race on the US West Coast?
I didn't think any of you knew anything about CART and why can''t they be CART is very similar to Formula 1.
Nth Donington Extension on AUTOSPORT:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79404
Gillett:
Read as: "We didn't see the recession coming, we're hoping for a miracle, but we're probably screwed."
same problem, not up to F1 standard. right now, for next year there are only three circuits in the whole continent up to F1 standards. two have races already, the third won't speak to bernie...
They're similar and yet not similar. F1 is a lot more fussy about safety and everyone involved wants to ensure sufficient runoff areas and the like. There's also the marketability factor. F1 street circuits are now being measured against Singapore, Valencia, and to a certain extent, Abu Dhabi.
What's the third circuit?
Indy.
Then what's the third circuit?
leaving aside the technical side of the things, the security standards required for F1 are much more restrictive than for CART. the cars are faster in cornering, harder on the asphalt and much more sensitive to imperfection in the surface
Still no FOM Japan race edit. What on earth is going on there?
Anyhoo, off to bed for me. Sleep beckons.
Night all!
Ok Indy,Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,and...
Night Mr Journeyer
sao pablo
that's in South America, but I get your point.
night journeyer
oh ok
I am not here
Rough Gillet translation
I am a moron. Bernie clearly spotted I am a moron as soon as we met. What kind of moron would sign a 17 year contract with a huge penalty clause? The more extensions I can get the longer before I have to pay the penalty clause. I am a moron.
I think that is as close as I can get to an accurate translation except of course to say there will be a 2010 British GP at Silverstone which I have said since the day Donington was announced.
I said 'continent' ;-)
Yeah I know that.
agreed.
seconded (although you may have said the same thing about alonso/ferrari, but i wasn't looking, honest).
aww i get a mention in the daily! :D yay! thanks for the birthday wishes guys :)
and hey :)
Bernie is an idiot and you know it would be easier to take the British GP off the schedule.
Hey you - how's the day going?
hey lou!
happy birthday! :D
Happy B day
I said the Alonso to Ferrari rumours had been around for ages and there was nothing new in them that made me convinced that this year's version was any more acurate than previous years then Blabbermarsh put some new stuff out.
it's gone great.. apart from me falling down the stairs :) my friends are just amazing people they've been so lovely to me all day, my history teacher even bought us drinks from the cafe at school today to :)
Hey! Happy birthday :D
Bernie gets paid a fortune by Gillet to get out of his contract and gives Silverstone a scare into improving their act exactly the same as he did when he gave Brands the contact a few years ago when there was no chance that circuit could be made up to F1 standard.
Certain traditional races on the calendar are protected and even Bernie can't remove them without a lot of problems.
my thoughts
didn't see nothing.
i still think you're right about donny though.
yay! loved the cake lou.
and mine.
heh Emily is an amazing cook :) she is such a sidepodcaster at heart :P
Hehe, sidepodcast... where what you say can and will be taken down in evidence... :P
That cake was amazing! Bassano might even let you off for not sidepodpubbing!
hahah :D
hehe lol well as i'm now 18 and will hopefully be driving soon i'll be able to come to more sidepodmeet ups ;) (plus i don't live that far from london anywa)
Awesome, we said something about doing one next month.
Maybe the homepage will be done by then so we can rope Mr&MrsC into coming ;)
The new mclaren mobile 1 site... http://www.willyoubethe1.com
The circuit memory game is good a couple of times. Driving and reaction things were rubbish.
Its a bit like the Gran turismo site but requires loads of registration and is nowhere near as good.
Quote of the week!
hehe well if it's afte my half term i'll only be able to come on weekends or friday evenings :) but if it happens i'll try and come. wasn't there talk about maybe going to the brands night race thing.. or was that just jon...
catching up with comments
yep i made cup cakes for everyone today :P
i'd never heard of Bernd Rosemayer before this so that's pretty cool :)
ah noo! :( sad news :( booo!
hehehe i had something similar when i broke my wrist, only i only thought it was sprained, one sleepless and painful night later i was dragged to the hospital and found that i had in fact fractured my wrist in two places (one from falling over, and one from fainting with pain) hehe :)
haha this is a must purchase :) no matter what happens. will have to bookmark that and remember to put it on my christmas list :D
this reminds me, over the last few days i think i may have become christine, i keep asking my parents for a kitten, they say no. :(
happens to the best of us ;)
just me 8-)
but everyone should come too, they'll be quite a crowd i should imagine
ooooo, i've just noticed the 2010 goodwood dates have been annonced! :D yay! - 3-5th July! and i've finished exams and school AND hopefully be driving by then! wohoo! ;)
Ooooh, they are actually good dates for me as well.
Jakehumphreyf1: WOW! Just logged on to see LOADS of messages wishing me luck with my Lotus race. Really, really touched! Cant reveal too much but I loved it
Just found out where he came, bless him
Took a while but i Found it!
oh yeah!! I've just noticed that now you mention it in my email....
...Excellent. *plans*
Too Soon!
Hmmm, Goodwood 3-5th, Cardiff 10th. Might be too close.
I wonder if amy remembered to wake up? :P
I live in perpetual fear i will oversleep a flight one day...
ohh no... tis too soon to plan! but it's not soon enough to make sure i try and keep that day free by putting it in my calender :D
If you have to choose between the 2 and go for cardiff...
Its for the speedway.
I'll wait and see I suppose, if Glock's there, I'm there.
i lie... it's 2nd - 4th... and not official official (cause not all motorsport calenders are official yet) - but that should be the dates :)
Still not here but shocked that Mr C outed me now Lou is denying my existence.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/26/bernd-rosemeyer/
:D :D
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/26/bernd-rosemeyer/#comment-202428
*coughs*
I thought I had read about Rosemeyer before and I didn't remembered where! Nice writing :-)
oooops!! i did read it i promise! i just forgot :( a lot has happened since February.... like AS exams... erm....
*offers last cupcake* #sorrysteven
oh great... well.. *sigh* there is nothing i can say, my memory is shocking... can i blame it on my age? :
I love Christin'e comment following Lou's when you see it in isolation. Christine the Nazi killer?
only if i can too ;)
I'll let you off this time sine I have unopened cupcakes
It happens when you turn 18. I don't even remember where my glasses are.
Thanks
:P :P
if it gets me out of this hole then sure! :)
Twitter Fail whale for you guys too?
dead website for me.
All good for me..
Almost time for hometime :(
just came back here.
have you had a good time?
Boo... you should steal a berret off one of those bicyle galic men before you go though ;)
Did you get to the Place d'la Concorde?
very nice thank you :)
the only people i have seen wearing berrets have been men holding machine guns! I didn't even dare take a picture.
I'm afriad not although mr and mrs c have some very nice pics on their flicrk. So check those out!
Plugging whilst in another country.
There truly is no stopping this man.
So the big question is is my latitude working?
I am the pluggatron ;)
it is!
http://sidepodcast.com/playground/location.php
Found it!
Hello all, what a lovely day. Natal felicitations for lou. Just come back from a long walk by Brighton beach & a glass of wine in the sunshine. Now have fish supper. I love annual leave :lol:
there literally is nothing to see there but a door.
I have to find a way through it then!
that's literally why I didn't go ;)
sounds lovely.
hehe, i dont think i have hears anyone put Happy Birthday quite so....
Good seeing you on Saturday though :D Sorry i had to run!
It was but you went to Paris! Benn loving the photos
thank you ;) sounds like you had a lovely time!
That was ok, I see from the comments you had an exhausting weekend. Was great to see everyone on Saturday - we'll have to do it again
Shame we can't zoom in but looks like you are around Chatelet. That's a fun area
Sounds like fun
I'm supposed to be moving all my furniture and washing my floors this week but the weather's been too nice. This was a much better option
is it on local mode?
I am in garre nord. On the train no less.
It is showing a very large area so you could be almost anywhere in Paris
I'll try and change the setting again hold on.
ooh I think that's done it.
To prove I'm on the train there is a picture on the drop :)
yeah, now it's better. but you are just outside gare du nord. are you sure you're in the train ;-)
Evening all.
We're moving!
cf picture on drop ;)
Evening Adie :)
latitude is much better now.
and you are on a train: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-308
;)
howdy.
sorry, I believe google more than my own eyes! :P
hi adie
How is everyone?
Great news about Donny.
Again. *facepalm*
Hi Adie. I'm actually now sick of donington. I hope it fails miserably after this stupid saga.
Yet it'll carry on and I'm sure Canada will be treated like nothing again.
We have you now
I thought this comment from Steven Roy earlier said it all
Heh. True beyond belief.
Even if they do sort it, will anyone actually want to go there?
It has failed miserably. Gillet just hasn't figured it out yet
phew
So did you have a fun day?
I didn't want it too, but I can't see how it won't.
What concerns me is that ordinary fans like you, me and everyone else on here who looks forward to going to the British Grand Prix each year are the ones that truly suffer.
It's not as if we can pop to European races instead as the market's moving ever further eastwards towards government backed scheme and empty race tracks.
Boo!
should be moving now. I normally revert back to city view for when I am at home. I thought I had changed my settings this morning and so did the google settings page. But only switching back and forth fixed it.
Hello, doing my usual pop in before Monday night poker.
How is everyone today?
I'm tempted to ask if I can push my assignment deadline back too seeing as it's alright for Donginton!
lovely thanks!
Thats a good homework excuse actually.
'Sorry Miss that I didn't do my maths homework, but since I saw Donington get a lot more extended deadlines, I thought you'd be the same'
There will be a British GP at Silverstone and not just next year but for the long term future
Hi Neil. Are you aware of the sidepodpoker tournament?
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodcast+Poker+Tournament
I bear good news – looks like A1GP is going to happen as the court case went in favour of Tony Teixeira…
The cars have been released by the freight company, they are on the way to the Gold Coast and he has promised to pay back the money owed to him – it’s a “…mad rush to get everything sorted now…” apparently.
Sounds great, I just hope it does happen – and that NZ and the USA turn up too
The link to the story is here: http://a1.gpgrid.com/2009/10/12/a1gp-guarantee-at-laast-17-teams-for-gold-coast/ and it was sent via Declan Brennan via Twitter – so I would say it’s quite reliable!
Listening to how the park and ride schemes are planned to work, NO!
S'Stone used to get berated by Bernie for things like this in the past, but now he's walking into the same situation with open arms.
Going to stop live updating my location until I return to Britain. Soz.
I hope so, I really do!
I had missed that, I have not played online for ages, but put me down as interested!
Open question I'm curious about, what does people think of the new Silverstone layout for 2010 and onwards?
Is it going to be on SKY in the UK this season?
No idea - but we can watch it online I think?
In all honesty I'm not aware of the changes - what are they going to be?
I heard the plans mooted to move the pits and paddock to the straight between Club and Abbey? Has that happened now?
It's a great way of saving money - just link up all three circuits and you only have to build one corner! ;)
It looks like Giggles is standing on the train line just now
They have given me more champagne pictures on the drop. I may have been concerned in one of them ;)
It's the raised eyebrow again!!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-300
Dinner options are:
poached egg with peppers, onion & tomato basquaise salad and tomato and mild curry vinagrette
or
sauteed turkey with Chablis cream sauce, garden pea mousse, basmatti rice and carmargue red rice
or
salmon fillet with garlic and parsley butter, spinach with cream and steamed potatoes
any opinions?
All of it!!!
Yums!
personally i'd have the salmon, sounds lovely!
Gotta be the turkey.
I saw it and I thought. Christine will comment! ;)
It would be turkey for me but the salmon would win of the parsley was replaced
I love it! It's like suspicious and curious and surprised all in one.
I think the Salmon would go best with the Champagne if they'll keep going with that.
I like the turkey best but it all sounds lovely
I gots to get it all going on at once :)
I wonder if they have any Chablis to drink with the turkey. It's all about the very difficult decisions over here ;)
no Chablis, no champagne. Am going for Turkey (seemed to be the popular vote) and some Corbieres.
Pictures on arrival :)
its still dark outside! Too early!
Are you nearly there yet?
picture there now. Pea mouse is good!
morning!
not nearly there, i have a few more tram stops then a 2 minute walk. Hoping to make the 6.30 skybus which gets to the airport at 6.50
Am really hoping that's a typo
(early) morning amy!
MMM looks tasty, cood choice!
Hope the mouse tail isn't too chewy!
hehe, so many people travelling... this is exciting!
ooops!
Do you loose the ability to comment under the channel or does the train have wifi?
Will Amy's plane have it?
Evening
made it with 7 minutes to spare!
Good stuff!
Hello Pat
ooh, is Alex on the Eurostar?
hey Janna
He's on his way back from Paris & eating a really good meal from the picture
Oh good... be sure to photograph all in-flight champagne & meals ;)
& feel free to qik your meanderings though the airport :D
i am on the bus. Picture on drop to prove it! The skybus would be way cooler if it actually flew
Since Alex dropio'd his dinner, i thought i would do mine to ;)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0068
Its Dark!
Have just had a text from Vodafone saying Sky Sports is reporting Rubens has signed for Williams and will leave Brawn at the end of this season. I can't find any verification on the net except for this from the Sydney Morning Herald Has anyone else heard anything?
Jo blogged about it. It was orignaly reported on brazilian tv yesterday. Rubens has denied it i belive
food pictures and I'm starving with no possibility to get something to eat in the next hour or two.... it's not a good combination :-(
Joe mentioned it on his website :(
As much as it pains me to say it... although... it's definitely not 100% yet...
1. The Rumour:
2. The Denial.
3. The Confirmation.
....
oh no, roadworks!
evening all!
we should panic?
Right, need to dash gang.
See you later!
that was for amy :P
hi chris
Hi Chris and bye Adie..
Hello Chris, Bye Adie
bye adie
Bye!
I think I'm back in Britain :)
i keep feeling like i have forgotten my bag but Ive already checked it in.
phew
Flash Forward is about to start on Five..
Look around. Can you see a big tower? If the answer is yes you're still in Paris...or Blackpool. One of the two!
yup!
Ah, ignore my previous comment then!
Is it good? The food looks nice.
I think i am going to give it a miss this week 'Life' on the BBC looks amazing
is it any good?
This is the 3rd episode, could be the one that decides whether I stick with it. First ep was good, 2nd ok..
Since it has gone quiet I have a little game for you all. I am eating something that I have never eaten before and didn't know existed until a couple of days ago. What is it?
tofu?
Golden Grahams
Lou's birthday cake?
Not Haggis?
No
Carrots. Broccoli. Cabbage. Spinach.
Wispa Gold
No but if Emily wants to make one and send it to me
milk sweet
there is no birthday cake left :( everyone ate a bit... i ate the sidepod though :D
Kitkat chunky caramel (I'm going down the same road at pat!)
I have had that a few times
You can ask yes/no questions if that helps
Me first!
Do you like what you're eating?
Is it sweet?
hehe she has already been commissioned by someone to make a cake for them (on a non f1 theme though)
Is it crunchy? Is it cooked?
I heard of most of those a while ago. This is something I had never seen until a couple of days ago
no
no
no
Is it green?
Yes
have ya tried turning it off and on again?
Great question. Yes
Yeah, i was thinking it was something simple.
Yes to crunchy
No-ish to cooked.
No
Food?
Crunchies?
ants?
Does it involve caramelised sugar?
no
no
no
is it pop tarts?
Does it contain nuts?
Is it associated with a partiular country?
no
Are we of likely of heard it in the first place?
no
no
You should be able to work it out eveb if you have boy hears of it
Is it tablet?
is it making you type crazy, illogical sentences?
:lol:
No
no
Is it a 'new' dish? (ie not traditional)
you're not supposed to eat that, you smoke it... ;-)
Genuine confusion in my latest drop.io pic. No more wine left :( ;)
no
it has chocolat?
Did you purchase it?
Is it a meal or a snack?
yes
Is it something you might see in a restaurant?
did you make it?
I was given it but it was purchased
no
no
i have finished my duty free shopping (perfume for me, perfume for mum, a new makeup brush) and im at my gate. Still an hour til boarding. Tempted to buy a book.
does it contain biscuit?
Do you want us to help choose one?
good to hear you've arrived on time
a chocolate panda?
no
Glad you've got everything done in plenty of time. You should definitely have a book
Does it cost less than £1?
No
peanuts with chocolat?
I don't know the price but I will gamble and say yes
does it contain any type of cereal? (am thinking rice crispy cakes or something?)
I hate peanuts so definitely no
Is it an official F1 licensed pack of Chewits?
Is it something easily available to buy?
Here is the link but it hasn't loaded for me yet:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-311
no. My mother made them all the time when I was growing up
any other fruit with chocolat?
like butter milk biscuit?
Bernie doesn't have enough business acumen for that kind of tie up
So, currently, it's sweet, chocolate & crunchy. It does not contain biscuit or nuts & it was bought rather than made
I have never seen it before
i was just thinking about chocolate and crispy and came up with those :P
hehehe, you look like you have had enough!
Crunchie bar?
yes
nothing remotely biscuity
yes
Is it a giant bar of Dairy Milk?
It was a good guess
This Bernie Ecclestone must be some sort of draft because he has no business acumen whatsoever.
no
Is it white chocolate covered strawberries (My favourite from M&S)?
does it contain cream?
no
hehe, i love them, cant eat them alone though!
That sounds awesome. Never seen those before either. I feel so chocolate-ignorant all of a sudden
no
Is it white chocolate?
but strawberries covered in chocolate is amazing :(
I have just finished and I want more and NOW
no
oh cookies right.
is it a chocolate pizza?
I have never seen white chocolate covered stawberries
No
you're missing out
they are dried strawberries
:O you must find some tomorrow! :)
Is it... Blue Ribena chocolate bars?
the chocolat is inside or outside the fruit?
I knew that as soon as Janna mentioned them
Neither have I! *Plans to go to M&S tomorrow*
no
outside
Is is made by Cadbury?
is it a chocolate covered fruit bar (i have no idea if these exist!)
It has no branding on it
no
They have strawberries, milk chocolate covered raspberries & white chocolate covered blueberries altogether in one pack
Is it made by a specific supermarket chain?
didnt get a book as i felt like i was betraying my kindle. Instead i am getting a bagel and an iced white choc
Did we establish there was fruit inside?
wow
chocolate covered honeycomb?
no
Just found the price someone asked about earlier - 49p
Is it Amy's bagel or iced white choc?
Is the fruit raisins?
You are going to read a bagel?
yes
no
oh, love raisins with chocolat....
no
Is it Welsh Cakes?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Welsh cakes....
hehe, you dont have it yet! you should get one, really helps the flight, especialy the 'waiting to take off' bit
there are welsh cakes??
me too. one of my favourites so no
Has anyone been close?
What's welsh cakes?
Yes, they're like scones but even more awesome and tastier
there have been a couple very close
I think that means no.
Welsh Cakes
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5569/images/5569_MEDIUM.jpg
Mmmmmmmmm yumyumyumyum. Greggs make lovely welsh cakes.
I need to look for those too.
that means no
Is it something which comes in a packet? or more like something which would come from a bakery?
Greggs for tea tomorrow night.
I am guessing amy sent this to dropio? http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/13102009-002
Its light!
is the fruit something nut-like or is a dried fruit?
It comes wrapped in cellophane. Nothing to do with bakeries
no
pain au chocolat? with fruit inside?
I have a feeling everyone is going to say they have been eating these for years
no
I mean, is it properly packaged? or something which was made?
Sausa.. ah chocolately. Maybe not then.
Is it Chocolate covered toffee apple?
is bigger than a nut?
hehe are you going to give us a clue?
Ferraro Rocher!!
How does Alain Robert get into any country in the world?
well that didnt help me! ;)
It is wrapped in a sheet of cellophane so no nice shiny wrapper with bright graphics
YES
Janna just got it
some people might say 7.40am is too early to have a drink with icecream in it. Those people are wrong.
Whoo!
Well done Janna! cleverest of us all!
I, haven't been eating that for years.
wow! never heard of those before..
They are clearly crazy
McDonalds milkshake? Breakfast of champions!
It's not just me then. Just like a toffe apple but wih chocolate and sprinkles on the top. I must ask my mother where she got it.
I think we shouldall buy welsh cakes to celebrate
not mcdonalds, hudsons. I have never had an iced white chocolate before but its delicious.
I've never seen one but I was trying to think of something that wasn't branded & wrapped in cellophane and thought of toffee apples
It's amazing how such a simple thing can fill half an hour on here
never heard of... :-(
Why don't Greggs do house delieveries
Little things...
You must be a natural detective. I was surprised when I twice said yes to chocolate covered fruit that people didn't guess types of fruit
missed business opportunity if you ask me...
mmm http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/13102009-003
Your bagel needs salmon and capers though ;)
I never thought about a proper 'big' fruit. I clearly need to expand my chocolat horizons....
According to http://sidepodcast.com/playground/location.php Alex is still in France or his iphone is
have successfully installed x1 copy of snow leopard.
it's exactly the same as leopard.
Chocolate covered pineapple :P
How does anyone who has twice been arrested for climbing the Petronas towers get a visa to get back into Malaysia?
and missed more fun in the comments :(
Is it
coldercooler?Hope everything is working well!
Yes.
he said he wasn't going to update it until he was in britain
How big do you think my mouth is? OK don't answer that
I thought you were banned from here
it is newer. that's as much as i can say.
what did i do?
It's best for your figure. We're all now wanting to go out & buy chocolate covered fruits ;)
actually I was thinking in chocolate covered banana... and then remembered that I love the crêpes de nutella and banana :D
Imagine the outcry if Microsoft put out a new OS that was the same as the old one.
Have you finished the homepage? ;)
Christine said if we saw you we were to shoo you
I think we're supposed to tell you to sort out the homepage rather than comment with us but it's nice to have you here
mmmm mmmmm
Banana and chocolate is a fabulous combination. I love that for dessert
That was last week. I haven't decided on the orders for this week yet.
damnit...
Note the operative word
I think there is a market for a chocolate fruit podcast
aww.. let him have a day off? it's been a long weekend for you both, what with the move and things ;)
you should try banana and milk sweet (but you need to like really sweet things....)
Well volunteered... the web thanks you!
I do.
nah, too soft.
I say no live show for him until he finishes it. Not too harsh is it ?
Yay. I will put you down to be the first guest host
ross noble on 5 is currently at mount panorama
You can drive around... speed limit of 35 mph...
They have cameras!
I'd suggest that is punishing you guys more than Mr C :)
Gah.
How about denying him the use of a certain unamed energy drink?
you think that would get the homepage finished??
Wont that slow the whole process down?
For every day he fails to finish the homepage, it is an extra £5 in the 'Panda for Christine' fund.
nooo... give him the night off and then he'll be more likely to be happy to get more done tomorrow... besides no one should be denied of the energy drink in question...
YES!
sodding hell!
rg you have no idea how much more work is involved :)
Did you see the hedgehogs?
You could have 1 for every week it isnt ready ;) #sorrymrc
Bit spikey.
But the one that got stuck in a cup!!
Aww. he melted my heart he did.
Pleased to be of great evil to you to :D
Don't you think that if Christine gets her menagerie this will mean less time to work on the homepage?
Hehe, carefull it might hurt his feelings! http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/hedgehogsMNS_450x350.jpg
How can that not be cute?
I havent been keeping up with Amy's Dropioing http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/13102009-004
She claims it's her plane... looks a bit tiny to me!
At least they're not red hedgehogs... :)
How are you supposed to eat that with a spoon?
Photoshop, you know you want to
Nooooo I don't want to confuse them awesome little critters with them big fake 'red pandas'.
They're just foxes!
...although they are mega cute. But still!
It's a bit small. I would lose it.
Ive thought about that.... you tie a helium baloon around its waist!
...on a pice of string obviously.
You would have to test it to ensure it wont take off too...
Tap the side of the head until it cracks open
awwww!!!
i still want one of these though! and maybe a lemur...
You want a TV Tropes? Well, different for some.
I want a penguin. And I don't care if they can't live in my back garden, I'll just import some snow.
i really want a kitten atm..
hmm?? i want a kitten :( i miss my other cat so much atm.. i miss having a little social cat like her - my other cat is a little anti social..
ASBO cat?
Anyways, sleep to have. And considering I was yawning at the dentists today, I think I need it. See yas beyond the blue honda.
'Night RG and 'night to all from me too.
no.. just a shy cat that doesn't like curling up on your lap much :) and i miss that my old cat used to be able to do that for hours, she'd force herself onto your lap and stay there for ages :) she'd come and sit on my desk while i was working too :)
night RG and Janna
daft question. anyone seen ollie lately? bf1 hasn't been updated since japan qualifying.
night roland!
night RG and jenna
Night
Night Janna and RG
did I ever mention how I love when Nature cooperates and samples work as they're supposed to do in the lab? :D
he posted a few pics on flickr and tweeted me on thursday, haven't seen anything from him since though..
cheers. i shall tweet him.
Things working out for you?
night both
I was thinking over the weekend, he's been quiet on Twitter too....
okay :) i hope he is alright and not snowed under with work or anything.
yes! it's a marvelous feeling after a not so good week to see everything fitting in the right places.
I'm happy now and it's a good moment to leave (although the motto is 'if it's working, keep measuring'. but I'll die if I don't get food in the next half hour)
Evening all
hi jon.
and good night all!
oh yeah! thats how it is, is it?! ;)
night
hey Jon :)
night Guille
have you had the best day ever? apart from the stairs of course ;)
ditto
You have GOT to be kidding me.
From eddstrawF1:
Donington Park has been given yet another deadline – now has two weeks to prove it has the funding in place for the 2010 British GP {Comment #435}
I think Sidepodcast should club together and buy Bernie a better dictionary, because his definition of "last chance" doesn't seem to match anyone else's.
Otherwise he's just going to annoy Silverstone to the point when it drops out, discover he has no replacement races willing to pay for the privilege of hosting a F1 race and the calender will shrink...
hey!
Night!
Sounds good
you need to wait a couple of hours more, it's still lou's birthday ;-)
and happy birthday lou!
apart from falling down the stairs (which was actually hilarious) it's been a great day! not as good as saturday, which i suspect may have something to do with the fact there has been no pims or rose :( but it's been a good day.
haha, awesome. as long as you found it funny thats all that matters, am slowly coming round to be a bit excited for friday, but still not that bothered
2 weeks! The race is in months and they want it ready now?!!!! {Comment #446}
I think they want it ready enough that Bernie and the FIA can be confident there will be a F1 race-worthy track there by next June - and that it will have paid its fees by then too.
it's only just starting to actually dawn on me that i'm kinda an adult now... it's very scary, i feel like i need to cling onto my youth by saying i'm still a teenager :)
Just wait till next year ;)
Pimms and Rose! ? (mind you dont fall over ;) )
Any cake left?
Where are my comments going? I've typred two but they're not appearing here. Have they landed in the spam bin?
hehe they are my favourite aloholic drinks so my friends made sure there was a lot of it on saturday :)i think that may have been how i managed to get so much sleep while laying on a cold wooden floor :D
sadly not, by the time the evening had finished it was all eaten as it was so yummy.
eekk!
It's ok. At 20 you still feel a teenager!
And now you know adults don't feel any different. Bet you wish you knew that before
hahaha :) well you could have told me :P
should I add the word "like" after the word feel before the inuendo's start?
Emily will have to make more!
Perhaps an artistic piece in the image of the theoretical MrC?
:D i didnt realise but that is amusing
Martin Hines said yes!!!!
He's coming to our uni, he's just emailed me. We just have to work out a date now.
wooooo, awesome
Work has made me feel 30 onwards :(
omg she most definitely will :)
i'll ask her, but she has met mr c before, so erm.. it may be challenging not to make it realistic :P
You wouldn't have believed us, what with you being a teenager and everything ;)
:P
At 20 you feel, like, a teenager.
:)
just found a bunch of alia's comments in the spam bin. sorry alia, don't know why that happened. have rescued.
if it happens again, please do yell using livecomments (thus bypassing the daft wordpress/moderation queue issue).
Does anyone use top up tv here?
I am trying to work out which numbers form part of the supposedly obvious viewing card number...
Home now... Phew!
am glad you got home safely :)
Well done... remember to speak english!
Ca va?
Bien sur.
Tutti Frutti!
:D
12 chocolatey jaffa cakes sitting on my desk, 12 chocolatey jaffa cakes sitting on my desk and if one chocolatey jaffa cake should accidently roll into my hand as im moving it towards my mouth *breaaaaaaaathes* there'll be 11 chocolatey jaffa cakes sitting on my desk.....
All gone :D
That is how jaffa cakes go. You eat one, and then all 12 are gone.
Quite a feat actually, physicists worldwide call it an Act of Jaffa. No other item can disappear like them.
It is impossible to open a box of Jaffa Cakes and not eat every single one. You feel a bit ill but you just don't care.
Full Moon, Half Moon, Total Eclipse.
Pringle's?
Ah but i beg to differ....Mince pies disspear in exactly the same way when the are near me....
Best.
Advert.
Ever.
I still prefer the meerkats
As I'm doing an IT Support placement, I have to go for meerkats because of the "new computermabob!" ad. Simples!
You know what. It doesn't matter how old you get it never changes
Why are the better, more interesting, more technical features on the cbbc site not the main one?
Look at this one looking inside mclarens manufacturing for example... http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/formula1/wp_f1_lifeofapart
Lucky you. A proper legend. You need to sort a quick karting lesson for yourself
:-)
wow it's been a lovely birthday, but now i must sleep. night all! x
You made it.
Spanish champagne?
night!
I had forgotten about her
You can't expect to learn about motorsport properly until you've had a go.
nighty night :)
I'ma head off to sleepyland too... night
night.
Night lou
Oh i've had a go, but am rubbish, i shall accept this. I've asked him if he wants to do a talk or have an interview, and i really hope he says interview because it would be amazing to interview someone of that callibur!!
Have you visited the website?
http://www.comparethemeerkat.com/compare
Night Lou
night!
I would love to see the list of drivers he beat. I bet they have 10 world championships between them at least. Add to that he spotted Lewis Hamilton the first day he raced a kart
That has to be one of the most in-depth marketing sites ever.. hilarious too!
I am eating grapes and thinking why didn't someone dip them in chocolate
Hello. I'm so happy I made it home before midnight (just :P)
They have upgraded it since my last visit. More meerkats to compare. I just had to check when thy first metioned it. I assumed it would just open the insurance site
Hello
What hours are you working!
I started at 8 this morning and I left at half 11. It's pooey. If anything it's making me love my bed a lot more though.
I think at first it did
evening!
Thats so unfair... I have no job because people like you seem to be doing 3! :P
I'm leaving the country soon though. Two people are indeed getting it to do.
You want them peeled as well?
I did one job for four years and when I left they decided it was too much for one person.
I set up a guessing game earlier because I asked people what I was eating that I had never heard of before. It was a toffee apple but instead of toffee it had chocolate. We ended up with a whole list o fruit that people like with chocolate although Janna's M&S strawberries in white chocolate have not been beaten yet
OOh where is it? :D
All day at work and still offering to do things... ;)
Because I made it sound so appealing when I told you about my 15.5 hour day..... It's in Carlisle. I wouldn't advise it as a place to move to particularly.
Alison is very considerate
I really wouldnt mind doing that for a bit...
Wheres Carlisle? Zone 7?
Zone 737 morelike.
I have to fly!?
Slightly north of zone 7
:D
No. You could drive it in 6 hours
Do i get a fuel allowance?
Given the current state of airport security and efficiency, that might be an equal trade!
15.5hr day and a 12hr round trip.
I think you might be late for work the next day.....
Am pretty sure it's a terminal 5 jobby :D
Carlisle doesn't have a commercial airport. The closest is Newcastle.
I think the problem is the other way round. He has 8 hours to go from work home, get some sleep and get back and a 12 hour drive to fit in
T5 is awesome!
I will qik from it in a couple of weeks
.5 of an hour for sleep!*
If you are close to Newcastle i may need a translator ;)
Seems we're all in here still, hey folks
Make sure you get the retina scan done when you leave for a swifter passport control bypass on your arrival back at LHR
Not particularly. I'm like 100 miles from Newcastle.... Cumbrian accents aren't great either though.
Was there a report in the Spanish media that Lewis has a veto on Kimi joining McLaren?
Didn't see anything about it but I imagine he would neef to agree
I briefly had a girlfriend from there at uni...
It was probably just a silly Fake F1 Tweet
Is it free? Can they clone me? what if i go blind?
Yes
Probably
Unlikely