Friday at last and we have survived another week. It was quite a busy day on Sidepodcast yesterday as we told you some of our plans for the off season, and then came up with a brand new plan as well. It's all go here, I tell ya! Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- We had our first breakout thread for a while yesterday as the FIA kicked off about the leaking of yet more information regarding Briatore. This isn't the first time they've said that leaking is bad, but what are they actually doing about it?
- Joe reported on his blog that the FIA would be looking at overtaking (perhaps instead of leaking?) and they were assembling a crack team of consultants including Michael Schumacher and Hermann Tilke. Oh dear.
- F1 Wolf has a post looking at the new Brawn merchandise now that they can scrawl Champions all over everything. I don't quite understand why Button's hat is completely different to the rest of the stuff, but if I had to have anything, I'd have that. Less highlighter, more blue. Good stuff.
That'll do it for now. As ever, let us know what you have planned for this weekend, particularly if it is exciting, but even if it isn't. We always like to know! I will see you in the comments.
Friday the 13th!
Time for sleepies. See you guys tomorrow, night!
byeeeeee
Night...
Night
Just watching the post AD BBC forum.
I wish we had another race... is giving AD 2 races 2 weeks apart too much?
see ya.
as long as they aren't F1 races
Booo...
Speaking of which... UAE national championships get underway tomorrow http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/general/index.aspx
I will hopefully make it to the next 2 rounds...
ARRRGHHH!!!!
I hate computers
That sounds like Ubuntu?
XP. For some reason my computer decided it had had enough of the internet so refused to talk to it. Tried kicking assorted items to no avail. Switched it off and back on again (IT training 101) and all is well again
#jealous
I would never stay awake for another race there this soon
Sounds like fun, glad they have growing regional series.
Amazingly, I have posted three blog posts in as many hours.
I doubt anyone will turn up, but this could be interesting... http://www.yasmarinacircuit.com/en/press-releases/85/yas-marina-circuit-announces-the-first-ever-histor.html
They also have Aussie V8's racing in Feb
WOW. they run bike and cars at the same meeting. i wish they did that here
It is still pretty new... luckily the title sponsor is...Total!
This seems to be the main news section: http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/tracktalk/
Is it normal to have bikes and cars on the same bill?
good man. more of the same tomorrow?
You should go to that, you think they'd take it easy in these historic cars but they don't! The only classics race I've been to was a sports/touring meeting at Castle Coombe, it was fun, the most relaxed race meeting I've ever attended. It was like a BTCC atmosphere without the competitive pressure.
No. The safety requirements are very diffrent usually
Im also wondering if they use the skycrane for the national meet, or have more regular ones...
Interesting
I'm going to resume my Catch-Up series, which is something I did last year. I have no idea if that's a good idea or not. Basically writing short bits on all the other racing I've been watching. Problem is I've barely started writing them and I still don't know whether to do notes or summaries.
I've only ever seen the 2 people bikes (the ones where one sits and one leans, name escapes me) at a car meaning before. it was either DTM, A1GP or WTCC, i forget
sidecars
thats the one!
Normally any barrier that a bike can reach will have a soft cover on it to minimise the effects of a rider hitting it whereas with cars if they hit a hard barrier its no big deal
The closest I have seen was karts at a car meeting at Ingliston many years ago and I think one of the kart drivers was seriously injured despite hundreds of hay bales appearing before the karts tok to the track.
I agree with that in theory, but theres no reason why they can't run bikes on car meetings from a safety point of view, they dont change the barriers at brands etc for diff meetings
Blogger is being slow and annoying
i'll add it to the list ;)
can you fix it so when you edit the publish date/time and save it as a draft without publishing, it actually remembers...
That sorted out... more plugging?
- Thursday Thoughts
- Weekend Preview (not big)
- Karting plug
I'm not sure that's true. As Steven says, I'm sure they put something softer in strategic places for bikes
Couldnt they have that in place all the time/ whilst the cars are running on the day?
There is a chance they could be damaged, but would they pose problems for the cars?
If you have something like an inflatable barrier a car hitting it could damage it and anything that is soft enough to cushion 70kg of bike rider is going to have no effect on half a ton of race car.
I'm not sure of the design. There's a danger cars could hit head on and flip over whereas a hard barrier would deflect them.
I've finally had a productive evening and it feels good, so I think that's a good time to call it a night :-)
Night Pat
Night...
Morning morning :)
Someones happy!
Alison. Michel is cooking live in London this weekend and there are tickets left
Its winter dontchaknow... cold, dark....dreary!
http://www.londonbbcgoodfoodshow.com/
You trully are the ultimate michel monitor! I'm busy tomorrow. I wonder when he's doing his live cooking demo thingy.
Glad to see you're in a good mood then...
hehe... Im sleepy...
It'1s on for 3 days. I would love to take the credit but someone else posted it a day or two ago and I have just plugged it a couple of times
There doesnt seem to be a mark webber tasmania challenge event this year... http://www.markwebberchallenge.com/
I think he said that he was not having it this year
I think horner is trying to distract him from the dangerous stuff by starting a Formula GP3 team with him!
He will probably crash his GP3 car and break his other leg
Formula GP3? thats a new one on me ;)
It's a new one on everyone :D
lack of money, i believe.
And you've not gone to bed because...? Are you packing?? It's 1am, I'm not sure you can expect anything but dark.
From back in may ;)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75443
Webber has no money?
id have thought red bull would have supported it in some way or another, its well up their street
sidepodsearch says:
No Mark Webber Challenge this year - apparently due to economic reasons.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/10/daily-10th-march-2009/#comment-210306
so Webber and Horner are one of hte new teams too? And a GP3 team?
wow, they're going to have a busier off season that Mr and Mrs C
The origanal! http://www.ferrari.com/English/News/Pages/090520_F1_Formula_1.aspx
i can't tell you. the link goes to dank's site and he killed it.
OI!
My bodyclock is all over the place...
and im trying to watch the end of a show ;)
I shall leave this mindless bickering ;) and sleep. I have to be up in 5 hours and 17 minutes. wooop woooop. i am going to be so much fun to be around tomorrow. ohwell, everyone else will have a hangover to contend with
Night Jon
Have fun at your budget meeting
Theres no bickering! Night though ;)
more than is legal
you can call it what you want :P
Right, time to head to bed before i pass out... night guys!
Night Nick
Morning all.
It was Thursday on my train today. Shall I share or are you guys not in the mood for a rant?
Good morning, everybody and everything!
Weekend soon!.
morning
go on hit us with it :)
I'm ready...
You'll regret this!
You wouldn’t believe what happened to me on the train this morning.
After waiting patiently to take my seat because the trolley lady was serving someone (how’s that for bad timing?), I chose a window seat where this guy who I have sat next to a lot was sitting in the aisle (there was no-one else in there). The Danish trains arrange a block of four seats facing each other, so a Window and aisle both sides. I think I clipped his feet or something because they were stretched over to the other side. But it was only a small contact and he was asleep, so I didn’t say anything.
Anyway, when we got close to arriving in Copenhagen, I started to get ready etc. I definitely made sure not to clip his feet again, yet when I sat down with my jacket on he started talking quite excitedly at me – so much so I had to get him to repeat what he said three times. He accused me of treading on his toes three times and not apologising – which even when I said sorry, he didn’t seem to accept that I meant it. So I got very cross and told him that I sat where I did because he was the only one in the seats and that he shouldn’t have his feet under the other seat with his shoes off because people have to sit down. My Danish was awful because I was mad and people were looking. Of course no-one wanted to help resolve the situation. I’m not too sure how it ended, although I did try to apologise again. I think he backed down a bit but maybe only because I got annoyed.
GRRR!!!
Morning everyone!
Thursday - that's the explanation.
Oh dear. It does seem that you have put your foot in it there! (sorry I couldn't help myself)
whoops - missed off a bit! The bad vibes from the end of Thursday leaked on to Friday...
Not funny - I should put the boot into you for that comment :P
Do you get this on your train Alex?
Ironically I knew something like this would happen because I had such good luck catching the train home last night!
blame Thursday for everything (on a Wednesday or a Friday)
Goooood Morning!
Its reading week starting Monday and i really fancy going home, problem is that i will really struggle to come back. What do y'all think?
How are we all this morning?
Or tell me to shoe
Nobody would take their shoes off I don't think. I used to get more stuff like this when I was on a long service. In the old days I would be traveling two stops on a train that went from London to the coast. Not only would they not take their shoes off but they also probably wouldn't lean their legs out etc. It's far more cramped and functional than that on these local trains.
I am already regretting my decision to go into work for overtime on Sunday.
See you later - off to school....mmmm
But it's Friday?
Personally I hate the idea of the four seats facing each other as this always causes problems. This country does not like sharing or invading personal space in any way either.
The other end of the train has rubbish seats but they are in the standard 2x2 format.
See ya Lews. Have a good day! woo its friday!
Guys, XKCD is brilliant today!
*Lewis. I can spell your name. Promise
it's coming up to Saturday in Australia....
yep. I haven't worked a weekend in over a year though so I'm already thinking I will hate it.
:D
hehe...I shall see you later...drama today...hopefully our curse doesn't dampen us today...(we never have everybody for rehearsal....)
And people wonder why so many of us drive to work (although I might add that I need to drive there because that's part of my job) my office is a 20 minute walk down a greenway, so i'd walk if i didn't drive. anything but public transport.
I used to loooooooooooove drama.
I prefer public transport. It's so much harder to type when you're driving ;)
and theres that law thing
Someone needs to visit the train seating designer, knock on their door, walk in, slap him/her across the face lightly, say "thats for the four facing seats you idiot" and walk out. No rants, no nothing, just slap, reason, & leave.
Unfortunately the trip is quickest on the train. But yes, I agree, public transport brings out the worst in all of us. Especially Danes, who are just plain rude anyway.
Actually I blogged about this a few months ago - sorry for the blug but it's entirely relevant!
Ironically there's a big campaign centred around being nice to people on the trains at the moment!
a blug?
is that a blog plug?
Yes, it's in the SPC dictionary. Lukeh invented the word!
blug: verb
Definition: To plug one's or another's blog post
Usage: That's why I rarely blug my own posts
As typoed by Lukeh, defined by Gavi
ah, so it is
I can't stand people who deliberately sit on the aisle because they don't want to sit next to someone. I make a big effort of climbing over them and sitting in the window seat because it's just not fair to make other people stand up unnecessarily.
Stupid isn't it.
I put my bag in the aisle seat so people take other free seats first - but as soon as someone asks, they get the seat. People get in such a huff when you ask them to move their stuff even though there's a parcel shelf and space under and behind the seats!
I don't think I'm one of them. (bet I'm the barfly!) :)
Slough day. Adios
I like four facing seats...
As long as I have them to myself.....
I have absolutely no idea what you mean ;)
I'm being tracked now though, so if I was to do that, I would be correctly be punished for typing/driving.
I don't even answer the phone unless I'm parked up, which makes for frustrating motorway journeys when it rings (which it always does when I can't stop quickly).
I have one of those FM Transmitter thingies that plays my ipod through the radio, and when the phone rings, the interference is so bad i have to switch off the radio until the ringing stops, adding to the frustration/desire to hurl phone through window.
If someone could work out what I appear to be having an allergic reaction to, that would be great. I didn't think I was allergic to anything.
Webber will also be out testing a GP3 car on Nov 17 to help bring some publicity to the series.
Morning.
What the duce?
Oh I mean morning :)
I have been listening to The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest (read by a certain Christine Blachford) http://librivox.org/the-grell-mystery-by-frank-froest/
Anyway I am going to make all of my salient remarks to some deviled Kidneys from now on :)
Uh oh :)
What's Mussolini doing here on a Friday?
Today I have remembered to open Google wave. Go me!
It's really good and I recommend it to anyone. I was a bit weirded out near the beginning because I expected you to start talking about Good Week Bad Week. But soon enough I got swept along by the story.
I was going to mention that I had a problem with the podcast subscription that I made to it in that it put all of the tracks backwards somehow on my iPhone which would have been really annoying for playback. But I fixed it by making a playlist of the tracks. Weird though.
Woohoo!
Ah yes. It really bugs me with regular podcast subscriptions too. I am always so far behind and I want to listen in order, but I have to manually select each one, or else let it play through them backwards.
Just got my Wave account today. :) How do I find you guys?
Ummm... It doesn't for me on the iPhone since 3.0 that was fixed I think. But because all of yours have the same release date I think it's sorted by title.
Mine is my initial and my surname.
Ah. Perils of having ye olde ipod.
I will have a look round the forums, see if anyone else has mentioned it.
mine is my first name and my surname with a dot in between.
That feature being fixed was my single favorite feature fix for ages. Because I love just whacking on a podcast I'm in the mood for a leaving it running and catching up.
Eh-hem. MR C!!?
I needs a present.
Mr C is the one who likes the archives right?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/21/daily-21st-october-2009/#comment-556845
;)
Is it wrong that someone was coming round to tell everyone she was having twins and my first reaction was:
"Gosh, that's a lot of babies."
?
I'll send you some contacts...
:D
No I don't think so. It is a lot of babies!
Journeyer and Andy, I added you to the SPC Wave...
There's an SPC Wave?
It is a public wave... Which I'm not sure about as it has resulted in me getting at least one spam wave... But if you are added people can find them and therefore you...
Spam Waves already? Oh dear.
So, (and I am on top form in my analogies now) kinda like a chat room rather than an IM.
Yes. I have added you to it :)
There is one now. w00t! :D
Did Mr C set that up and not tell me about it?
Well... I didn't know I was being invited to a public wave by you guys. But I guess I'm there now. I was slightly annoyed actually as there is a high and obvious correlation between wave user names and g-mail accounts. And the related gmail account is my private e-mail that I don't put out anywhere.
Can you remove yourself?
I'm not sure I'd be excited at an oncoming wave of processed canned meat. ;)
Sorry - I thought you'd want to be added so you can see the SPC Wavers...
Perhaps we can set up a non public one.
You can... I'm not sure I mind that much... It was just that I kind of thought about it and thought... Oooh in the future that's going to be annoying... Just like I use [email protected] or a gamboling one on all my public places. I would, if I had any wave invites have set up one like that for this.
But I'm not sure it matters that much.
That's okay. I'm not sure it's that much of an issue yet :)
what is wave ? other than somnething that I can't get unless somebody invites me ?
I see. I think I am in the same position as you then. Although I only just learned of public waves.
It's a new way of communicating with people from Google. Kind of like a cross between email and chat and IM and collaborative documents.
Exactly. Hence me mentioning it now.
I like it when you do my thinking for me! :)
Right, so sorry about that then. For those who get invited from now on I won't add you to the SPC public wave.
Well I hadn't known who had added me before I had guessed it was Mr C. And I had thought that's why he hadn't added you.
But as I say I wasn't so excited to have mentioned it even. But thought I would before you were added.
I'll set up a non-public one and that way everyone is happy. We'll tell Mr C off later.
Really not winning today. I want to go home :(
Oh, OK, then it is not something that a tired brain can comprehend on Friday evening :-)
What's up?
No, but read up on it and if you want an invite please contact me with your email address...
Can you add me to that one too? Thanks.
What do we do with the public wave, though?
Ah it's a 'death by a thousand cuts' kinda day! Can't wait to finish off the week and sleeeeep!
Techie question for you:
If I want to install Windows XP onto a second computer, what do I have to do to de-activate the first copy?
Done.
Morning all.
Morning Lukeh.
Do you have invites?!
Yes I do. You want one? Send me your email address either publicly or privately and I'll give you one!
Woohoo... I will be taking part in the Sidepodfilmclub tomorrow :) Yay :)
Morning
Ah cheers :D Have DM'd you ;)
Morning all
will read over the weekend !
#sameperson
I'd offer to go for a pint with ya, but it's just too far!
Grr. Muse aren't doing Wales again next year it seems :( They can do Wembley Stadium but not the Millenium Stadium?
#Gimmeabreakmuseicantgospendingthatmuchtoseeyouyouyouyouyoudamnawesomebandyou
...that is quite a long tag.
Like I said, get a cheap flight to Copenhagen - maybe we can meetup and go to it?
I am back. Not dead yet but perhaps close. Who gets sick on Friday evening? Thats just cruel.
They're still yet to properly confirm dates but we'll see what happens... leats they'll be releasing tickets sporadically over the year this time!
#MFC news:
The BBC iPlayer is relaunching on the Nintendo Wii in the form of a dedicated Wii channel on 18 November.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8357777.stm
It's own channel! Fancy. The PS3 one just links to the website but a specific one for the Wii should be good.
UK only?
#FeederSeries Renaultsport launching new Formula 2.0 car
Looks fast!
I can assume so, sorry sir :(
Only consoles with a broadband connection in the UK will be able to run the channel.
I need a pint or six.
No worries!
I'd go along with the six.
funny how there are reports about Prague targeting F1 race everywhere but no word on that in Czech media ... where has that come from .... ain't gonna happen ...
Awesome!
Isn't it ironic that the console which encourages you to be active is promoting a couch potato service? :D
What's with JA tweeting random hash tags and nothing else?
MR C!!!!!
My car has a flat tyre. Boo.
boo!
Pit box this lap.
you didn't use the audiobooks iphone app?
MrC's fault?
Will he fix it?
FIA to haul Mr C over the coals for releasing you with the car in a dangerous condition?
i can maybe stretch to an itouch later this month (which does the same), but it's a bit close to xmas to be giving presents isn't it?
people will talk.
No? Should I? I use the built in ipod app. My guess is that at least half the time I want to be using my iPhone for something else at the same time... Unless it has background audio still plays then I guess not.
I like to think it wasn't flat when I was driving it.
This reminds me of a story i heard in Dubai.
Apparently in Dheli the tyre garages spread nails and other sharp bits of petal all over the road about 500 meters away after they finish work.
...when they get in in the morning they have a line of customers already waiting...
Sadly, Mr C is not in the vicinity. I will have to get some real men in.
Sharp bits of petal? The local flora sounds pretty dangerous!
#sorrymrc
:lol: Zing!
i was using it to point out some flaws in google wave. and it has many.
you can easily be in the middle of a private conversation and accidentally make it public without even knowing it.
i can see a lot of wave pain coming. you've highlighted but one additional issue i hadn't thought of.
Awwwwwww
Might be metal, but then again palm petals might do it!
It's weird that you can just add people and suddenly they are in it whether they want to be or not.
I have it and I don't get it so I haven't used it.
I thought about that... But there is similarly nothing to stop me from doing a mass e-mail to all my contacts and leaving you all in the to rather than bcc box. Which happens I guess.
hi. wassup?
oh no!
yup. if alex removes himself, i can just add him again.
i don't think he can stop me, even if he wanted to?
I'll put your real name in there to ram home the flaw ;) (this is a joke)
sounds like MSN Messenger when someone adds you to a convo..
hehe.
I was hoping for a miraculous occurance of Headping, but it didn't quite work. As I had just seen you tweet so I figured you were about to appear in the doohicky.
roooooar!
Grrr... the Tremayne book I want for Christmas is temporarily out of stock. #stupidamazon
hehe. sorry.
was comment trawling.
It's no good roaring if you're not about to help me.
Your roooooar is important to us... Please hold.
thinking about it, that's another flaw. i could remove it if you did, but the timeline slider will always reveal it again.
i'm going off wave...
oooh. not quite andrew, but the next best thing.
I'm going off public wave
sadly there is no distinction. you can't have one without the other.
Joe's also replied to that comment a bit further on. Makes a good argument to stand up for his point.
I'm sure Benson's reply would be pretty rubbish. His reply to people questioning the decisions made about some choices for the Classic F1 I remember a few weeks ago was almost really self absorbed despite the complaints people were making. I'd love to see what he makes of the GMM-related complaints though
Yes there is. I don't have to tell you my wave address and I can only share it with who I like and would keep it private. Just like I wouldn't expect you to post my personal e-mail address on the doohicky I wouldn't expect you to add Public to a private wave
Just like its previous SPC equivalent, this thread has attracted a LOT of attention. Not quite a firestorm in the comments yet, but it's a fine balance.
I'm rather annoyed that he hasn't posted on his blog since starting actively promoting GMM so we can tell him where to stick it. Hasn't dared allow anyone to comment on the the rumours page itself.
i best jump on in then...
Like Joe I am shocked at how many people think the F1 circus is a life of luxury!
Perhaps Joe should post something talking about how a journalistic life is following F1 is not the luxury people think...
I think he understands Auntie wouldn't be too pleased if she had to apologize AGAIN before the year is out.
He already did... in the comments. That's how big this thread has become. He didn't need a Dutch experiment, he only needed a GMM experiment.
They have to fly easy jet and stuff for starters.
Aww. No Wave in SPC's immediate future then?
Yeah I've seen the responses and people seem to continue questioning his logic when he seems to have a 'luxury life'. It's odd!
Nowadays, so do most other people. Even Brawn and Red Bull have been doing it this season.
i just don't like what i see at the moment.
I jumped
Well, quite. I think he's been a model of restraint. If you're paying your own way in F1 then you have to be very inventive to keep the costs down. To have someone who hasn't even bothered to try and do it carp on about "not having the luxury" to go to grand prix is a bit rich if you ask me...
Awww. Well, there is a reason why they call it a preview. This is a long way yet from the finished product.
In fairness if you saw the side of F1 i did, it isnt too hard to imagine... :P
But i guess they dont see where the journos (normally) stay, and the fees they have to pay, and the genuine work they do. It is a dream job, but that doesnt mean it is easy
I guess the costs of going to F1 have increaced so much in F1, that the press pass with paddock access is seen as a luxuary item. Paddock club tickets to AD were on sale for $5000 that doesnt even get you in the paddock. I guess people would pay double that to get in the paddock propper
So i guess some people see the privlages and equate luxuary. Its too easy to ignore the fact a journo is working...
My trip to the Italian GP this year cost me hundreds of quid, even though I flew Ryanair and took the cheapest hotel possible. It was about £100 for the car, £400-odd for the hotel, over £200 for the flight (yes, even Ryanair!) and £35 to park my car at Stansted. And that's before getting into any misc exes.
BOO YAH!!! I got me 2 paddock passes for Autosport 2010 for Saturday!!! :D
oooh, me too
nothing brings me more joy than the inflated hotel prices at F1 time :(
Nice one.
That's why I always recommend Turkey - it's book one hotel room get another one free
hehe :)
the Singapore people have not responded to my email, I am most annoyed.
You know I said they were all seemingly sold out? Not if you go here!!!
https://tickets.hmv.com/tickets/slink.buy/e.MDF/birmingham/the-nec-birmingham/autosport-international-2010.html
:D
And because I got the paddock passes in the HMV exclusive offer, we get front row seats for the Live Action show :D
of course. i'm not in any rush. it's just not as good as i thought it would be.
What's a space saver tyre?
A small spare tyre that takes up less room in the boot but is only really to get you to the nearest tyre place
tis thinner and lighter. but you can't go far, or fast on it.
why?
it's a spare tyre that is not the full size to get you home if you get a flat.
BE WARNED: These tyres offer little grip and are very dangerous!
they're small and evil
What a ridiculous idea.
It's that extra roll of fat that some men have to reserve space for extra beer and pasties
It would be nice if it was optional actually
They are very dangerous and get people killed. I think they got banned in NZ because people were driving around on them thinking they were normal tyres!
I may be heading to Kwik Fit later then.
Well, for most people, if it's black and it's round, it's a tyre. No matter how wide or narrow it is...
They're normally painted a ridiculous colour in an attempt to embarrass you into getting it changed as quickly as possible.
It doesn't look that much smaller than a normal tyre. I don't get what the point is.
Its an absoloute saviour if you get a flat in a remote mountain pass in the rockies in a small car...
still, a regular spare would be better....
Mine is red!
Why not just have a normal spare tyre?
Phew, my everyday commute to work should be OK then
It's a trade off between being able to get you to a garage and maximising boot space.
you have a small car. also, they're lighter. they offer a small amount of fuel saving.
that's less v-power per mile to you.
no wait.
more v-power per mile.
They trade off giving you a safe car to drive so you can fit more golf clubs in the back? Ridiculous.
I must blog this later.
i'm confused.
I guess its the size... also the cost of fuel for carrying the weight...
Some cars only offer foam now, so i guess it is better than that
Only because I can't drive as fast as I'd like.
Oh you mean carrying it around.
I still stick by it not looking any different to a regular tyre.
hehe.
There is also the fact that if people use there spare they rarely replace it, so i guess you are more likely to have a working tyre ready to go in an older car.
My brother in law drives a Skoda Fabia Greenline. They remove the spare tyre for you and put something called 'run flat gel' in the tyres so that you can make it to the garage if you get a puncture.
tyre sealant and inflator packs are replacing them now - even more golf clubs
It makes me very angry.
Has he used it yet? A space saviour tyre might be a good christmas present :D
Golf can do that to you :D
It's annoying because if you have a full tyre as the spare you can use a part worn main tyre as the spare
Saviour? Saver!
I would say groceries rather than golf clubs, but yeah, it's the same thing.
Tiger Woods is causing traffic chaos in Melbourne at the moment!
Well we normally buy him crap like a spade or a tool so you're not far off!
I don't need space in my boot, though, what I need is to not have to go to the garage until tomorrow.
I thought he was a good driver (bad a dum tish!)
:D
ohohoh.
a tyre lever!
gosh I just realised my earlobes are swollen #howodd
Yeah probably. Or a rake or something.
Wha?
Cold bath to cool you off?
my wife and I got a garden fork for a wedding present
its tempting, but apart from my face I'm rather cold, and my muscles hurt so a warm one would be nice. Stupid flu-like symptoms.
Did you beat whoever gave that to you?
Just put some ice or frozen peas in a teatowel and put it on your forehead...
Im am looking at appartments to rent in Dubai...
Unsure if i need a sea view, and also very puzzeled as to why an entirely metric country measures floorspace in Square feet...
They even wrapped it! Like you couldn't tell what it was!
She's never even used it.
*sneaks out of comments to head to the land of sausage rolls*
How do you even realise that?
Because it sounds bigger?
I have a bad habit of spinning my earrings around when I'm bored :D
The best part is because it hurts when I swallow I've been spending a lot of time drooling on my pillow. So hot right now.
I hope they have some!
It's the classic carpet measured in feet but sold by the metre
But it makes no sense!
Who says it has to?
lovely...
Have you thought about taking the earings out! :P
stay away from me. flu vaccination tomorrow. must get through today...
I have no idea how big these places are!
Also amused by the fact they call studio apartments 0Bed (as opposed to 1Bed and 2Bed)
You are one attractive woman.....
Morning folks.
Have you considered that spinning the earrings might have caused the swelling?
but then what would I do when bored?
I've done it for about 10 years and the swelling has occured today at the same time as all my other symptoms so I think its the cold/flu virus playing tricks on me :(
Umm...
Win arguments against Alison? :PYou need a new hobby!
Now I am at my local Kwik Fit. The tyre doesn't feel any different to drive on either. Stoopid thing.
Someones up early! :P
That's exactly why they are dangerous!
Cheers Gavin I now have //ave!
(Wave)
Bloody hell that was quick!
Wha...? Brawn sponsor news?
Bwin and Becks Beer to appear on the BGP002 for 25 million euros next season.
No sauce on the saussage roll?
What an absurd idea ;)
Google think im important :D
Source?
Source?
I think this is bwin's first foray into team sponsorship, while Becks was previously with Jaguar (on the bargeboard section).
Any word if either of them (bwin in particular) will be a title sponsor?
None on the sausage roll... http://twitter.com/ledug
Hasn't Bwin been mentioned since before the 2009 season even started?
Just popped up off Twitter from someone who used to work at Brawn, also saying Brawn and McLaren are to share a Mobil1 investment...
Yeah. Also been rumours recently of a beer being involved too with the sponsorship so it'd make sense...
It's starting to look like like Brawn-Mercedes-McLaren are going to have a comfortable threesome rather than Merc dropping McLaren.
Mobil1 will follow Mercedes, it muc more important to them than F1
Amy, are we the #sameperson? My ears are swollen and burning!
Now, taking into context what I thought of yesterday, does this make it more or less likely that McLaren, Mercedes, and Brawn can agree on a deal for the Merc move before the year is out?
I think somebody is just talking about you
have you taken out your jewelry?
Just doing some research... rasin revels are the best!
Well, I don't have pierced ears and I left my wedding ring at home...
Ah... so its Karma :P
Why? Are you about to say something which requires a punching for?
It's psychosomatic - Gavin has been so busy feeling his ear lobes to see if they are hot and swollen that they're now hot and swollen from rubbing them.
I'm surprised you're not already working on a PS of what the 2010 car could look like with those sponsors on ;)
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing the Brawn in black and flourescent yellow just like their merchandise. That would look pretty awesome :D
But I haven't rubbed them?
You guys are confusing me now!
You forgot to wear your wedding ring... The universe is punishing you...
No need to punch me :D
I'm awful at photoshopping cars. The end result would look disastrous. Steven said about a month ago how he'd like to see a livery similar to what you said though, it'd look interesting. :)
Wasn't that the entire basis of the original Bwin rumour - The black white and yellow livery happened to match Bwin's
That has the potential to be the best F1 livery EVER.
green and fluro yello?
That always puzzled me about Brawn. They had a licence to paint whatever they wanted on a blank canvas and they went for something so stark and minimalist. Shame really.
As much as the green would tie in with Becks, it just wouldn't look right im my opinion.
Classic "fill this space with your company's logo" livery
They are repairing the original and proper tyre. Woohoo!
Green and Yellow look good together I reckon!
Is it a front or rear?
They did say the blank car was a sign that they were pretty much using it as advertising space for potential sponsors. After their success I'm not expecting it to be so blank in 2010. :P
Something like the top of this? http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/
Rear driver side.
At F1 speeds?
Are they applying a green stripe?
I have a mug like that ;)
Okay, I always prefer repaired tyres to put on the back so I usually have them swapped, I think it's more a superstition than anything really though
if you don't get it fixed today, it'll mean i might have to help.
yay for spacesavers.
Well yes, but more like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2941008081_f16ec4e924_b.jpg
ahh. you didn't shred yours then?
That looks like a giant pack of Fruit Pastilles though
mmmm... fruit pastilles :-)
As far as I know I didn't drive on a flat tyre.
That car obviously cant race at night...
...it has no headlight stickers!
BOO! :P
Well you look like a sausage roll! ;)
*eats self*
Nom nom.
that'll be it.
Lukeh, where's your FOrza car painted in a Gregg's logo?
oooh I might do that now
Someone has just been quoted for x4 top price Michelins at £1000!!
*faints*
There you go. After Thursday Thoughts comes 'Friday Forza' :D
Did he ask if they were suitable for Indianapolis?
For what car though?
run flats?
It's not Bernie looking for a replacement for Bridgestone is it?
If we're going by alliteration I don't think it'd be sensible for me to post on a family site what I expect of Saturday then ;)
Hurrah for Forza Friday!
M3.
I shall drive it in a few hours :P
She did not.
*think of Lotus* Actually, you have a point.
oops
Mmmmmmm Lotus!
Wow, I must say I love that car!
Hehe. She was asking on behalf of her boyfriend though, so I'll let you off. She was also quite confused by the concept of camber.
Was she being ripped off?
But you only like the Maltesers!!
But it has to be the right green and yellow. Lotus' was fine. Lime green and flourescent yellow would just look horrid.
I think I need to go to the shop in a bit. I have an urge for Jaffa Cakes.
Dark green and yellow is cool!
Yeah that's what I meant. Lotus' is alright.
Not at all. He told her repeatedly they could negotiate the price and if she found it cheaper elsewhere he would match it.
He also gave me a discount on my repair for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Hearts Kwik Fit.
Good stuff then!
It's always good to find a place like that!
Looks like tomorrow I'm gonna see both 2012 and Harry Brown. :P
Also, I finished the campaign on Modern Warfare 2 and for how it ends - yeah, there's gotta be a Modren Warfare 3 :D
Seriously? Like, how many game hours is that???
2012 looks cool!
The campaign only lasts 5 or 6 hours.
For £45? RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRubbish!
Sadly the case with a load of games these days. This is why I refuse to rush through campaigns/story modes/etc, paying that much for such little value at times. I have games I've owned for over a year and still not completed!!
A lot of my more 'gamer orientated' friends find it stupid I have games for such a long time without completing them but I enjoy it much more...
I thought the trailer looked terrible.
I am sorry but even with a large multiplayer component that is poor - You can make a great online-based game for next to nothing these days!
But it's a disaster movie!
Gary Anderson to GP3:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80147
But the Multiplayer more than makes up for it as does the Spec Ops mode, which is kinda like a Scenario mode or something. I agree, the campaign could have been longer but it does leave you wanting more and I think that Modern Warfare 3 has the potential to be bigger than MW2.
I know it's a different genre, but I haven't finished GRID yet (the final $10M challenge on Le Mans)
I always lose speed in the final twisty sector.
Activision are RRP'ing MW2 at £55 by the way.
Speaking of Le Mans there's an event over at the Race Shop World Series forums taking place in December - the Speed Chills Le Mans 2.4. Basically - 2h 24mins race at Le Mans on Forza 3, winners of LMP and GT classes each get 2 tickets to Le Mans 2010. :P
The Greggs car is done...
Greggs Logo
Om nom nom.
Back view
That's brilliant!!
Sorry I disagree. Even if you play that for a year you're paying £4.50. That's more than the monthly cost of iRacing and that's a high tech simulation!
Well done sir! Love the 'Om Nom Nom'!!!
The rubbish thing about doing cars on there is wishing they were real :(
Hmm. I reckon GP3 will take a lot from the talent pool of RIP-GP
I am so tempted to get a respray right now.
Although I still think they should do home deliveries in said car ;)
:D
Excellent idea!
You should send it to them and say that.
number plate is great!
well I'm glad they are going somewhere... i'm more concerned about diluting F3 even more
F3 is already diluted anyway!
Pressdog has posted a link to the podcast he was on last night. Apparently he talked about F1, though I haven't heard it yet.
http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2009/11/trackside-invaded-by-blogger-hooligans.html
I think the rasins are secret... they are small so they hide at the bottom of the bag, i think they are for people who can get past all the Orange and coffe ones which are rrrrrubish!
ive put it on... at 100mins it might scare off mrc!
just tell what they said about f1 :)
Exactly.
They said it was a sport with ugly cars that drive on weird tracks with no overtaking and bad TV coverage ... oh wait, that's Indycars ;)
I hope you like IRL
I *heart* american sports coverage... they could be talking about anything :P
hehe... mmmmmaybe :P
Pleeeease do, otherwise he'll make me listen to it instead :)
Just get Amy to transcribe it!
hehe I will try. i am washing, unpacking/packing/house searching/car searching/ tidying house at the same time...
But im not multitasking!
ooh, new comments published on this thread:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/thieving-from-the-thieves/#comment-6256
(hearts) nick's comment.
Where have the 'in reply to' links gone on Twitter?
I give up with that stupid thing, I really do.
You're kidding? The threading is useful so that the tweets make sense!
I think this is going to cause unnecessary trouble again.
It amuses me how Twitter are struggling to do Retweeting on their website. Surely is basically every twitter app and program has retweeting in it it can't be that hard for Twitter themselves to implement!
Unless suddenly everyone has decided to give up replying and start fresh tweets. Which seems unlikely.
They should close the web interface and help develop the clients!
you've lost me?
hehe, i do feel slightly hypocritical, but the guy was a fool.
He wont ditch Gmm now he has been pinned though, so i guess the best that can be helped is that other sites get embarresed and ditch it too.
Im sure a lot of people with such sites read joes blog.
why not?
All the naming and shaming of sites that use GMM content. It only ends in tears and every time it seems like no ground is won or lost on that front. In fact the usage of that aggregator seems to be increasing.
i see no tears?
doesn't surprise me in the slightest. it's cheap tat. most people don't know any difference.
To embarresed, if i was him it would make me more determined to persevere with it.
But then again, i am a tad stubburn when people take me on....
That could point to the fact the resistance against it has forced down its prices...
You can't give up a battle just because it's difficult.
also true.
am thinking of knocking up a quick f1 news site and seeing what the price is now. i believe it was £50 GBP back in 2007.
that was per month, btw.
True, but you can give up a battle if the odds are too great, even if you are right and they are wrong...
Did you borrow that one off Gordon Brown?
Not yet. I am surprised Joe has taken this approach actually.
What!?
Thats madness!
i don't see it as a battle? i don't see winners or losers?
we're simply highlighting good journalism and bad journalism, aren't we?
I could do it for so much cheaper!
*develops evil ideas*
i have a poor memory. but it was around that mark.
for 20 original and highly researched f1 articles a day, that's a bargain.
no?
My fault. I said battle.
am confused sir. what are you talking about?
Right... Sidepodbookclub mandatory reading: Sun Tzu- The art of warl :P
For what he is doing i could do it for less than 10 sites and still charge less than he is without doing more than 30 mins work per day
Do you need help? I can translate stuff. And I know how to use google. *needs money for Spa trip*
IRL podcast-maggigy guys will wear bloggers t-shirts if you send them to them
It was about that.
Can i pay you less than 15 euros a day?
How much less? *adds Bild to feedreader*
Can you both copy, and paste?
Every time we have criticised stuff like GMM here, things have got nasty. Now that will spread to Joe's blog because he had a dig too. I just don't think it's wise because all the sniping makes people tired of it and might put the wrong people off...
I know the keyboard short-cuts. That must be at least intermediate level.
PING ALEX
When one uses the word 'campaign', is it not the same as 'battle'.
I guess I don't want to see Joe's blog ruined by some nasty comments as that might kill his desire to continue it, which would be a great shame...
If i had 2 people doing it for 11 euros a day each i think i could easily have a product of the same quality and charge 8-9 euros per site, making a small profit
you must have read something i haven't.
fair enough. seems harmless to me.
Somebody defended GMM? (other than GMM and who listens to anything they say except apparently the BBC?)
I think it would take a bit more than some rowdy GMM fans to kill Joe's blog.
shouldn't the aim to be, to make something of better quality?
Well Maybe I just didn't like the way the discussions went. Nothing wrong with calling them out or making fun of them, but their responses are when it started to get nasty...
Would need to be about 12 euros per month per site to start of with. If it got as big as Gmm i could probably do it for 5
Can you? It's the theory behind it that's wrong, not the quality of the writing.
But this is an Evil plan!
i didn't see it as nasty.
made-up lawyers aren't very scary. we deleted some comments, which is the correct response to a complaint. it's all good.
hmm.
true.
We don't want to shun Nick too. :(
Fair enough then.
Dont worry... ;)
It could be worse... imagine if they stopped putting GMM on the end!
It's interesting that you feel this way on this topic, but when the guy from Freecaster was defending himself, you were almost giddy with excitement at the idea of a rebuttal from Mr C.
They're naming and shaming the wrong ones. It's one thing when it is some small operation that wants a low-cost news feed to fill the void, it's a whole different ball game when the BBC are legitimising it.
agreed.
That's because GMM played nasty and Ray from Freecast didn't. I saw that there was ample room for a constructive discussion which doesn't happen with GMM...
ray didn't come back though.
Dear Sidepodcast land....
*Clears throat*
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That is all.
Sidepodlove, Jon
You'll never convince Mr GMM that his business model sucks, but if each discussion raises awareness of the pitfalls, then I think it's worth it. Joe has quite the platform for doing such a thing.
seconded.
oh.
Um, do share?
Are you just listening to Blur or is there more to it? :-D
OK, fair enough. There's nothing wrong with a bit of Fighting Talk now and again, so long as you know the other side plays fair too.
1. FINALLY finished my stoopid nightclub report
2. ITS READING WEEK!!!! I am going home for a week :D yeyyy
As in you're going to Reading the place, or as in you have to read for a whole week?
Is reading week the same as study week?
Reading Week is basically unispeak for half term/get drunk and do no work for a week.
reading week can also be renamed the following...
1.Sleeping week
2.Drinking week
3.Hangover week
4. Lonely week
5. I hate where i live and am escaping for a week-week
i also quite like discussing the subject, weirdly.
Indeed, and theres absolutely nothing going on, and most people arent around so im going home to get some well earned kip
oooh whadidimiss?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80144
Add them to the list
hahahahahaha
*spis coke across the room*
For my course it was the worst week of the term!
in terms of what exactly?!
I agree, it's important to the future of journalism on the internet, and needs a sensible and constructive forum.
The irony in all this is that if the real journos like Joe stop, there will be nothing for the bottom-feeders to use!
Workload!
Here ya go... instead of a chapeter, read this book.
Oh and you will need to read 6 of these articles to understand what you have read too...
they'll just make stuff up. what's the difference?
There'll be nothing to verify from and we will basically have no news - just tabloid and paparazzi rubbish!
which is what we have now unless you realise that gmm-esq sites exist
thats not you and in you by the wayl, thats people
it won't stop them though.
it'll make our lives more tricky.
Did ray from freecast post here? the search cant seem to find im?
I know - you used the plural 'you' which has no distinction in English ;)
ah ok. mines not forced like that, but seeing as i havent read any books this year i should start. especially as i have a presentation on driver psychology when i come back
I can;t say I've read any proper books in 2 years so far...
Oops...
That sounds like my week tbh. Apart from the lonely bit, and escaping for a week. I do hate where I live though.
indeed. my point being, if you are just a casual fan and dont realise that news agencies are as they are, then you (did it again, ooops) will think that it is genuine news. i used to before spc arrived on my radar
Bridgestone have the proposed dimensions for their space saving front tyres:
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/430765/bridgestone-reveals-narrow-f1-2010-tyre.html
*puts hand up like a small child and waves it about*
ooooh, me too, me too!!
dude!
sidpodsearch. i refuse to do that for you.
:P
OOOPS
I missed the er ;)
Poor Sid being searched all the time.
grrr.
hahaha :D
even with "ray", it was the 2nd entry.
I saw the first result was blueray and abandoned it...
EndUserFAIL
that is very impressive though
Might make him quit Eastenders
Along with Patsy please
I just realised it's Friday 13th.
#iamslow
Sort of true. After all, when most of the F1 press closed up shop for a breather a month or two back, even GMM's feed went quiet because there were no quotes to cherry-pick.
If I were Bernie I would have my own official press agency. Most of the mainstream media are teetering on the brink of not sending full-time F1 correspondents any more. As soon as Button and Hamilton go – or if they start tugging – that will be that.
Oh yeah!
Agreed. Ended up watching the last 10 mins of the show last night because Mrs C wanted to watch the Hugh F-W programme that was on C4 immediately afterwards.
I once held a door open for Patsy Palmer and she didn't say thank you. #nomanners
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/11/13/daily-13th-november-2009/#comment-587460
#iamslowjonissmart
ahhhhh yeah.
#mrscisawesome
Beckham held a door open for me in manchester once. i mumbled thanks. #ihadnomanners
Friday 13th would explain why everyone is having Thursdays again today.
that beats having Jason Voorhees running around SPC
It must be so. I have a parental visit, beginning tonight, which means the cats will definitely scarper. Have you seen the weather forecast? #soggymoggies
I've done an entry on internet honesty, in response to Joe Saward's piece on F1-Daily scraping GP-Update.
My ipod has wiped itself..... Tres annoying!
I'm having an interview at the fire station a week on Monday at 10am. So I'm not complaining about Friday 13th...
#Nick or #Alex
is there any tube works on today? or really big delays? am coming through london tonight
My ipod has wiped itself..... Tres annoying! {Comment #571}
Wierd... ...and yes, annoying. Sorry to hear that.
#notalexornick But no. Everythings moving around pretty merrily as far as I can see.
Commendably thorough, as always. I particularly liked your pay-off:
"It's when we pretend to be what we're not that the troubles begin..."
cooooool ta
your problems are when you get off it though :P
Lies.
Ummm ;)
Hello...
There is a good service running on all London underground lines (as they say)
My story is poor directions and I'm sticking to it.
I think that's fair. Nick didn't mention that there were two exits.
#notnearabalconythankfully ;)
Would be even worse at Bank...
Well errrrrrm.... Now you mention it. Erm maybe he did?
haha SHE can't use that one.. I did!
:D
Somehow I think he won't mind.. given he now has details of Aussie law..
Excuse me?
No. You can have a campaign to raise money for cancer research.
Battle against apathy?
Did you recommend a podcast for her to listen to?
I should have done but she had very intimidating boots on so I didn't talk to her.
One infamous site that used GMM stopped using GMM because of the last backlash. And I think it's worthwhile to say the truth.
Comment #122:
Don't worry think that either the Granddaughter or Great-Granddaughter of il Duce...She's proabably trying to get Mad Max back into his old family Business, although, so you Brits might have something to worry about...
It's similar. But of course depends on context.
Campaign can be used in a purely positive sense light an advertising campaign.
Battles usually refer to a single incident.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANQc1WwlOws
heeeeeeeehehehehe
ah
:)
hehe :D
But... Exhibit A:
:P
yes!
Murrary Walker called me 'sir' and I turned to jelly
could be..
It's the weekend! I'm outta here (not that I've done much work today)
The Battle of who could care less is a track by Ben Folds Five if that helps?
Bleh. Friend told me Glocky was all set for Manor, and then find it was a GMM link. He needs to learn.
Afternoon all.
That is not the same at all. Stop being nasty and do something productive!
JA mentioned it too - http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/11/glock-a-contender-for-manor-seat/
#balcony
Hmmm. But we all knew Manor had spoken to him in Abu Dhabi anyway?
Im not nasty! You pushed me off a chair!
#productivedayalmostover!
You chose the seats! :P
Hey now. Don't blame Alex. If you'd been on time, you could have chosen....
HA.
If you'd been on time (and not got lost) you could have chosen :P
I ran across a bridge!
I think it's been well established that I can't be trusted with decisions!
His manager said yesterday they are currently talking to three teams and he's hoping they will make the final decision at the beginning of next week. #KathI'sGMM
now it is very windy and very wet and very dark
Now I don't know if I've been seeing things, but I remember something whcih said he had been speaking to three teams, Renault, Manor aand someone else about a drive just after Abu Dhabi.
Yeah I know. And his manager had said before that they will decide within the next few days. But maybe this time it's true :)
Would you prefer Manor or Renault?
because you were late?
He wanted a drive after Abu Dhabi? maybe his plane broke, or his car broke down and was going to hitch a lift with one of ^^ thoses
clearly me and Andy aren't that special, because he didn't run across a bridge to get to us!! ;)
I was suggesting you were getting close to needing to be thrown off one ;)
Woman in distress and all.....
:D :D
:)
hmmmmm
when aren't you?
Manor have been speaking to all sorts of people. When I gave the team boss a lift in to Monza – on the day it took two hours to get in – he was arranging lots of meetings with lots of drivers. I've never mentioned names because I thought it would be bad etiquette, us being stuck in traffic 'n' all.
Excuse me? I am now confused.
Alex in distress?
me-ow ;)
#balcony ?
when aren't you a woman in distress?
;)
i have a bean bag. i'll live.
erm...
#blamelinux
I got the tube!
Plus you guys knew where you were! :D
Mr C is cruising for a bruising...
#balcony ?
There may be trouble ahead...
I was in a pub i'd never been too with a man (i'd never met) who had the smallest bike in the world ;)
i was scared ;) :P you never ran to mee
story of my life.
I'm not a violent person! I'm not sure where this came from. Nick nearly fell off is own chair. That wasn't my fault.
Isn't Nick another man you had never met?
Busted.
umm...but....ummm....ummm.
#blamealison
#blamebeer
I know! It's outrageous Alison only threatened to throw Nick off the balcony to his death. She never actually did, and anyone who says she did is a liar ;)
I vote for Adam Carroll. He is cute. #asgoodareasonasany
i read that: asgoodareasonasamy
either works.
Would love to stay and chat, but i have to be off...
Have fun guys! :D
But Timo Glock is also cu....racking of a driver.
*cough* *cough* *cough*
Hasn't F1 got enough boring Germans as is?
*runs and hides*
You were off...?
hehe. He's German. I don't like Germans. But he can have the second seat.
.... Oh big mistake.
You don't like Germans? That's unfortunate...
RUN! RUN! RUN!
True story.
Well Nick Heidfeld himself did say there is no fun in Germany... :P
Anyone else think Sponge is a funny word?
Spooonge
heheheh
I know. And they are everywhere! :)
I blame the TV coverage I was subjected to as an impressable little girl. RTL is baaaaaaaaaaaaad.
Nearly home time. My head hurts from all the numbers.
Riiiight, you lovely people.
I've got a meeting and then a 2.5 hour journey back to Essex-shire
Adios mon amie's
Blah. I need to go buy some food. It's freezing!
don't drown
In the tube?
Warmer here than it has been all week... but that's 'cos it is raining very heavily
Yeah I just can't really be bothered #imissalphonso
Time go. Will go straight home I think..
I've got training, gonna be really cold, I just don't want to get up.
sidepodspace
NASA have found water on the moon apparently
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasas-lcross-impacts-confirm-water-in-lunar-crater-69977192.html
I hope this can lead to us living on the moon and, by the Year 3000, see a Theme Park being opened on the surface of the mono to prove that Matt Groening was onto something with Futurama
Oops, hastag fail.
Spelling fail. I give up. :(
That time has come. Boo, bye.
Byee, take a snorkel just in case.
Its not raining, just cold.
Snorkel was two weeks ago.
Did you check to see that anyone had previous employment as the Renault Pit Crew?
23 minutes, not bad
That was inspired because that's just what the moon will end up being once science realises there's nothing there
You've got me singing "We're whalers on the moon, we come with a big harpoon" in my head now
There you go. You did not have a flat tyre at all and you got charge at the full (minutley) rate of them looking at your tyre to tell you that...
She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes,
She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes--
I'll kill you Amy!
That's Amy off Futurama, not Amy Amy. Unless she has recently gotten Bender magnetically stuck to something causing him to sing.
Shame the guy who drive into him didn't
Imagine a roller coaster with only 16% of Earth's gravity. That would need a really long drop to get some speed up
Evening one and all....
You're gonna need a submarine to get around town tonight...
would be a lot of fun flying in a rollercoaster cart....
:D
it's a bit wet!
just a tad...
Hello all, nice to be home in the dry. Just wanted to say thanks to Mr C for darkening the quote box in the comments, it's much easier to read on my phone now :)
This wind and rain reminds me of a lovely summer's day in Wales :P
yay. still working on t'other fixes.
What is this?? Bully Alison day..... :P
It's the law. If someone supplies a feed line you have to add the punchline. Nothing I could do about it. It's all your own fault.
i think SPC might hit half a million published comments this weekend:
http://twitpic.com/pdc37
Are we having fireworks?
hehe.
my bet it happens in the middle of filmwatch, and we'll all miss it.
Now I'll be honest, I was asked to promote this as much as possible, but it's good spam! Honest!
Red Bull Racing are doing a 'Fan Awards' feature on their website. It's one of those survey things that takes a couple of minutes and for your troubles you get the chance of winning some F1-related prizes.
More details here: http://www.redbullracing.com/Team/Team-Profile/News/Vote-in-Our-First-Fan-Awards--And-Win-Yourself-Prizes/
The chances of anyone winning anything are probably quite high, but you didn't hear that from me... :-)
Ooh looking forward to Cars...must remember the popcorn when I get F1 Racing...
hehe, any time. should we do a post about it / would you like to guest post about it?
a cake?
ooh. i think we should.
we do have marshmallows, but not sure that's quite the same.
I would like to just say one thing:
I want a speaking tube.
Thank you.
huh?
Filmwatch?
Hmm... my PR skills are severely lacking unfortunately!
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/10/get-ready-for-cars/
doh. will put one together shortly.
you are useless to me ;)
I am listening to The Grell Mystery read by Christine.
One of the main characters has a speaking tube.
oh. never listened...
what is it?
You read it her first. Mr C is going to bake a cake for the 500,000th comment
no.more.cooking.
i may go outside and buy one though.
What kind of plug doesn't give a link?
the 500,000 commentor should get a reward of some description...
Pizza wrapped in Plastic!
I'm not totally sure. It's just casually mentioned as though almost anyone would know what it is. I guess it is a pipe that leads between rooms and you speak into and if somebody puts their ear to the other end they can hear!
I don't like that idea. People should not get a reward for posting a random comment. You would end up with someone getting a reward for saying something totally inane.
I did the link earlier but am on the train now and it's hard. It is higher up in this thread though.
hi! I've been busy this days (I'm still are, I'm not here...).
But I don't want to miss this '500,000th comment' event.
I agree with the ideas of the 500,000 commenter geting something (a SPC mug?) and MrC. baking...
Your words rain heavy on my heart. You swine. *sniff*
we could post them a book of all of the posts ;)
aawwww
#didntmeanitsorrydank
we can do mugs. good plan sir.
true, but we're going to be giving something away for the best comment of the year too. so it should even itself out a bit, no?
you should. At one point Christine says, "you can never tell what a woman is going to do".
:D
Red Bull are giving themselves a lot of work with this Awards thing. Written answers to all the questions. Have they not considered multiple choice. So much easier to process the answers
Or we could have a best of comments special podcast (best of sidepodcomments?)
And we all know how good SPC folks are at getting prizes. :D
we're keeping track here:
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Best+Comment+of+the+Year
Ooooh I can't believe I missed sidepodnews!
A hug from Mr C via email, what with his whole reinvention of the internet ;)
Agree, unfortunately. Perhaps I should make everyone's life easier and post some stock answers up here for a quick cut-and-paste!
I guess they didn't want to write up choices for Bad Boy of the Year, lest someone get offended...
There is a very strange thing happening now. At one point in the book there is a secret code. This means Christine is now just reading out random letters and numbers. But she is doing very well :)
what about every other year and take the best three from each year and then let us vote on the best ever....
I am at Q3 and trying to think of all the best things that happened on track this season. A lot of people are going to start answering and quit before they finish it.
Nah, they'll write something, anything - I wouldn't waste a chance to win a prize.
And I'm done. Off to bed for me - very late now! ;)
Night, all. :D
Night Journeyer
night Journeyer
night journeyer
Turning some laps at TI Aida for rFactor: I see why the track was scrapped from F1.....zzzz
Evening :)
hi-di-hi
:)
Hey :) how is everyone this evening? good day/week?..
I'm t'd off it chucking it down with rain outside and yon site is down :(
Hi Lou and Jackie
Hey Steven
What site?
PF
oh no :( it's unlucky friday the 13th i suppose...
Wet, wet, wet....
Worse than Malaysia..... as it's not warm and it doesn't seem to be stopping....
good evening *is in a very happy mood because it's the weekend and she can relax a bit*
That's bad. Media temple?
oh-no don't say that
i had to walk up town today from school with no umbrella.. i would have been dryer if i had just got out of the shower.
Nope can't blame themfor ours
good for you .. I'm thinking I might go get a takeaway for tea
aaahhh take aways always help make me feel better. :)
but its too wet to go out unless you are a duck
will they not deliver to you?
Get it delivered?
Probably been mentioned already, but have we all seen this rather hilarious USF1 mickey take?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJTynvakZok
yes and no .. yes if I had cash but my daughter took it all for her driving lesson so I'd have to go over there with debit card
There are a whole batch of them
ahhhh.
That's brilliant :D
If you click on the link at the side that says More From: BrianKerramba there are more of them. Just noticed there is a new one.
The new one can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANQc1WwlOws&feature=channel. It is one of the best yet.
Wow I still dont understand Spc. That look horrible!!! I thought i was answering a post!
hi kimster
Blimey, it may be cold. But I am done for the night.
You have answered the post, that's perfect.
What looks horrible? You did answer to the Friday Fun post.
sidepodcast.com/realtime collects all comments across all posts. This way you can keep up with everything.
Not only have you answered a post but you let me know there was one that I had missed.
and managed to switch to the daily too .. I'm impressed
Ok now I get it. Us newbies should have a special tags on us so the regulars can help us round lol.
Took me a lot longer .. I did ye old commenting for about 6 months LOL
Just ask. :) Do you know already that you can quote other people by clicking reply @ their comment and then just clicking the comment's text?
Yes!!
Have you read the newbie manual?
Perfect. Create your profile on the wiki and add yourself to the listener's map if you want and you'll be a fully-fledged SPCler :D
Timo to Manor? From what I have heard the other driver will be Di Grassi.
haha what a name Di Grassi! How can they expect him to stay off the grass!!
Let's hope he doesn't like eating Baguettes then...
Possibly. Really no indication to favour any move to Renault or Manor. Just that he's talked to him.
I've done that the last couple of Fridays and was tempted again but I'd better not..
talked to them. Blah, grammar goes on a Friday night.
I settled for toast and cheese :(
Timo talking to himself?? You do know what the first sign of madness is?
Well Timo had his acting debut in Toyota's unveiling this year so maybe this is his followup starring in He, Himself and Timo, the sequel to that Jim Carrey film.
not too bad, more of a lunch though..
I have a pizza but was planning to cook it tomorrow... the other options are easy pasta (had yesterday) or do a curry, and I can't be bothered
Last night when I went to bed I had plans to get more stuff done tonight. I've done absolutely nothing and can't even remember what it was I was going to do.
I don't get it...
If I were a Spanish sponsor would I want to back Pedro....
Errr....
I think even I would choose Teflonso or actually the next big thing Andy Soucek .....
But never Pedro....
I know the feeling
I hear that F2 runner up Robert Wickens is in line for a drive next season for USF1
Hey Steven! Thanks for the link for the BrianKerramba take on US F1. That's brilliantly cruel, although I am surprized that GMM has not reportedany of this stuff yet as "facts"...
Quite a few people posted links to his videos on here before me. I think they are brilliant.
ahh, have been meaning to check those out. i look now.
5th one up today, love it
Just been going though the archives (dont shoot me yet), its been one year since the first daily post:
http://sidepodcast.com/2008/11/13/daily-13th-november-2008/
no way??
If you watch these videos, so have 37 others including one born last Tuesday..
we would totally have missed that. thank you rg.
Pants, I fancied having a go at that flying air tunnel thing in Milton Keynes but you cant do it if you have dislocated your shoulder
"It may be that there are no comments for today. That's okay, because no one feels like talking all the time, do they?"
Um, yeah.
It made such a difference too
:D :P
Honestly just flicking back through em. Came as a surprise.
And bless, it only got 240 comments. How times change.
Happy Birthday to you Daily!
You can't do it if you have dislocated your shoulder and you tell them
it really. i remember christine coming up with idea and thinking:
"you cannot think of something to say every single day of the year"
you'll go crazy trying. i was half right i guess ;)
same with scuba diving and asthma apparently :P
well I haven't but I am seeing a physio for a rotator cuff injury so it would be a no-no for a good while
and it looks like fun too
Do we know when the trial ends? :D
I think it has got past the beta stage
not less than 20 years? ;-)
You can't get asthma if you have dislocated your shoulder?
I vote 'innocent' on the charge of attempting to send mr and mrs C crazy
It does. It's like sky diving without the chance of plunging 10,000 feet to the ground
#sidepodfact
that is just brilliant :D
strong language, but fantastic stuff.
Ah, in that case it must have been guilty and that must have been the sentence.
lol .. that ought to make the wiki
From Video #1, Okay what about Danica ? {I know, I am being redic......} :P
USF1 are not the only people to be portrayed on xtranormal.com
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/2198631/
hehe. yeah, that was the first time i came across it.
this might well be the best off-season ever...
lol especially the sorry Amy
Formula one car on track today shock horror.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80151
On RG's sudden discovery...
Happy Birthday Daily Thread!
:D
Ha :-)
Woo :D
Good question, who deserves the Toro Rosso drive. Still relevant a year later.
is that under the 'young drivers days' regulations or the 'older than two seasons car' ?
How do you do that so quickly?
I assume it is the old car rule
Ferrari leading the way :P
I thought the same, but it's the 2008 car so it would be a little bit on the edge... On the other hand, wasting one of the few precious 'young drivers' tests on an old car in the wet makes no sense; it has to be that.
we love it.
apparently christine is now upset, because the date was on her calendar, which is folded up on my desk awaiting re-hanging.
thankfully rg saved me, even more grief!
Jenson was at McLaren today?
Huh?
Evening all Happy Birthday Daily!
LOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Unbelievable. I checked the date back in, like, August, and I still managed to forget.
Gutted.
If Jenson Button's visit to McLaren today results in an offer for 2010 and ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/nov/13/jenson-button-dilemma-mclaren-brawn
I just read this wrong, right?
Really?
Very much a Homer Simpson moment - "they have computers on the internet now?"
At least it was picked up on the day.
Good job by The Guardian on expanding on that...
That says he was at McLaren today. You read it correctly Kathi
True story. Medal to RG, I think.
I think I'll get myself a complimentary penguin, or three.
I wonder why I have not seen news of Jenson's visit to McLaren anywhere else. Someone get Lou a sedative just in case.
you're not helping. You're supposed to say. No Kathi, this is a peculiar quirk in the English grammar that foreigners might have problems to understand. It actually says McLaren love Kimi and will give him the car he's going to win his second championship with next season.
I wonder if it is co-incidence that the day Button visits Woking McLaren have a car running at Silverstone.
This is all negotiation. Jenson will stay at brawn and Kimi will go to McLaren
maybe.
i mean, showing a potential around your factory?
*potential rival.
On the other hand rallys are much easier to attend than F1 races...Hmm.
Maurice doesn't use his twitter correctly :)
Why not. McLaren have the most impressive set up in the sport. He is not going to learn anything he can use but if he is a few points behind Lewis in the championship he is going to think that McLaren have that inccredible set up working against him.
Besides Mercedes have been in the inside for more than a decade and they ar going to Brawn. So Button is not going to learn anything on a quick visit that Mercedes don't already know.
I wonder if Kimi will be visiting Brackley any time soon.
I am sure he will fo some of those as well.
Using fo instead of of is an unusual grammar thing that foreigners may not understand
:D
good that you pointed that out. What's the meaning behind repeated ofs?
i'm a bit late but....WHAT THE????
i may cry... Steven.. say something to make this better.
#sorryLou
I got me an idea for a video to make using Forza 3. I've got the music track already and I've just started saving replays to my storefront. What I've got in mind is something that captures the spirit of the old Nurburging. If this comes off how I want it to, I think it'll be great :P
i suddenly feel rather ill...
oh why can't they just announce where he is going. Off season SUCKS!
I said this 15 minutes ago
Don't worry about it. He was just spying for Brawn
but it doesn't make me feel better... :( why.. why is he there.. i thought he was in Japan having a break and being safely away from Mclaren....
No it doesn't. It wouldn't matter if it was in the middle of the season now either. They only announce things when they're ready.
Jenson wants to stay, Brawn want him to stay, there's no reason why he would say he's devoted to the team and then run off to McLaren. Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be as it should be :)
i only say it sucks cause work at school is so draining now and i have no release of lovely f1 to look forward to... plus i need to blame this on something ;)
#blamesteven?
He is just trying to get more money out of Brawn. It's only negotiation.
It's odd that in a world championship team this year, the world champion seems to have a future that causes all sorts of stress, and yet his teammate who didn't have much of a future in f1 has his season sorted...
Just find it odd. You'd imagine it'd be the other way around.
or Mercedes
it makes me feel sad tis all.
More people wanting his signature?
Yeah but... he is Honda/Brawn. It just seems odd.
Or McLaren trying to get Kimi to hurry up
You just have to take the view that nothing has happened. He has visited McLaren but nothing has changed
Pinger fail, I win!!
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/13/happy-birthday-daily-thread/
i think it's just the end of a rather bad week. :/ you're right, i just can't picture Brawn without him..
I can't picture mclaren WITH him!
YAY!
It's Friday 13th. Nothing counts today.
i knew something would happen to me, today had been too lucky..
Maurice Hamilton's point about Hamilton is short-sighted - it would be far less painful to be beaten by Hamilton (an ex-WDC) than, say, Rosberg.
But visiting McLaren doesn't mean it's a job interview.
Well, I think we gathered that last sunday...
#881 - Lukeh said: 13/11/2009 at 21:11:42It's odd that in a world championship team this year, the world champion seems to have a future that causes all sorts of stress, and yet his teammate who didn't have much of a future in f1 has his season sorted...
Just find it odd. You'd imagine it'd be the other way around.
That happened all the time back in Williams days. Frank thought you should make less money as an Champion at Williams than as a driver at Williams. After all, it was the Williams that the Champion drove that made him a driver in the first place. You did not like that idea, you where gone, simple as that. Frank had a point, too. Senna drove that Williams like a piece of crap in the two races before Imola. He even made Damon look good in the process.
:D
"you're not helping. You're supposed to say. No Kathi, this is a peculiar quirk in the English grammar that foreigners might have problems to understand. It actually says McLaren love Kimi and will give him the car he's going to win his second championship with next season"
That has to be right....
"Or McLaren trying to get Kimi to hurry up"
Hopefully....
Or Jense will get one less vote for SPOTY..... at least.....
Just a shame David Haye did what he did.
Oop, I'm not helping am I. Errr, B
Pressed enter too early, at least Button will in a good team next year.
can anyone see this ending up at the contract's recognition board?
Share comment#894 - Maverick said: 13/11/2009 at 21:22:23You just have to take the view that nothing has happened. He has visited McLaren but nothing has changed
Maurice Hamilton's point about Hamilton is short-sighted - it would be far less painful to be beaten by Hamilton (an ex-WDC) than, say, Rosberg.
But visiting McLaren doesn't mean it's a job interview.
No but as Champion I think it right that you should expect the team to win around you, now if McLaren are going to revlove around a rookie instead of a double WDC's then I am not going to be surpirzed if McLaren revolves around the same rookie who is now the ex-WDC's and frankly tell Button to stuff it and say we do things around Hamilton's way and you are just here so that we can collect all the data we need to without our driver wearing out the tyres...
Then again, I do think that Button's interested in making is wallet fatter again.(Williams/BMW contract dispute issue again)
No. Eventually they will sort it out themselves. The CRB as I understand it only get involved if there is a dispute over an existing contract.
can see jenson signing for both teams.
who says Brawn wont be a good team next year.. they may not dominate.. but they may not be last..
I didn't say that. I said will be in a good team next year, ie, Brawn and McLaren will be good next year.
Again?
aaahh :) okay
oh no.... :(
Really? He's definitely matured now and surely learnt his lesson...
he has previous.
probably. just throwing the idea out there.
Going by previous he'll probably sign for Renault :-D
It's possible...
I'm not sure what to think. I don't think it'll happen with McLaren, although I reckon Whitmarsh might be chasing him down like crazy right now...
He should have done that this season - driven the first half of the year for Brawn and the second half for McLaren
And in for the kill comes Mr Benson
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8359972.stm
i'm sure he's learnt from his mistakes..
Nahh.
The last time Jenson signed up for only two teams. He has to sign up for three teams at the very least to be a little bit different this time around. Otherwise it will look like he has not learnt his lesson....
That may be the smallest post I've ever seen on BBC.
I thought Mr Benson had gone on holiday until March and left GMM in charge?
wow. fantastic copy/paste work there andy.
See... GMM are in charge
I like how's already instantly assumed this means he's moved in on a move without none of us knowing the details.
You haven't seen the
'Port Vale have beaten Hartlepool 3-1
More details soon'
How did you manage to hold on without details?!!
I like the feeling of suspense it creates
Be fair he did his own copying and pasting. GMM won't have that story until Sunday
hehe.
I lived on the fact that, I didn't really care.
i almost feel we should have a breakout thread.
evening all and happy birthday daily threads
even though you know how it ends?
It would have been better to instead of having "More details to follow" they put...
"...or did it?"
Just found out, Notus are struggling to find sponsers. Petronas don't look to have much interest and the only backing they have is the Malaysian government
Didn't Jay Leno have a tour too - perhaps Jenson and Kimi are just a diversion?
Maybe Jenson is getting his own chat show
Perhaps Kimi is getting his own chat show! :-D
Leno does have a chin Schumacher would be proud of. Maybe the chin is the sign
about ice cream?
Kimi: Errr, hi
Guest : Hi
*Awkward silence
all hail the chin
"do you have any ice creams?"
Best.
Show.
Ever.
sidepodpanel idea there people...
I was in awe of Jay leno's chin at Goodwood
Didn't help DC. Graham Hill did alright though
I think we've found our first host of the season! ;)
:D
kimi: welcometomyshowithankyouallforcomingthenextraceisgonnabebetterandthey arestockingonstrawberryicecreamnowgoodbye...the best entertainment on primetime...
i bet it could design better than tilke and drive better than badoer
#931 - startledbunny said: 13/11/2009 at 21:53:49evening all and happy birthday daily threads
I like the feeling of suspense it creates
even though you know how it ends?
In a Great War movie like Tora!, Tora!, Tora! you know the Japanese are going to sneak attack Pearl Habour, yet there is the suspense of these movie actors trying to stop pre-destined results. In Titanic, however, you just want the Captain to put the ship at full speed ahead so that so that it will end that lame-brain love story sooner. If you hit an iceberg in the journey somewhere that helps as it ends the love story sooner than expected.
Funny how "A Night To Remember" is the better of the Titanic movies and has suspense as well.
New TV program - Role Swap - What would happen if, for a week, hermann tilke became a Ferrari driver and Luca Badoer became a circuit architect?
Channel 4 are missing out!
Can I just say that I love the name Notus.
They'll only get 10 days. Luca might have sharpened his pencils by the 8th day.
:D
They're keeping something from - maybe 8 players were sent off, Port Vale's goals were all scored by the referee and Hartlepool played in their reserve strip of pink tu-tus?
As for Titanic, you never know with Hollywood - it wouldn't have surprised me if the ship had been attacked by mutant, metal-eating sharks instead of an iceberg.
"Perhaps Kimi is getting his own chat show! :-D
Best.
Show.
Ever.
sidepodpanel idea there people..."
FOR SURE.........
Given that Luca showed the way forward to increased overtaking and higher speeds is to hold the race in the pitlane, he might be on to something about circuit design.
He's a rebel is that Luca. Throws all the rules out of the window. We'd see some crazy tracks, probably a loop the loop in there somewhere.
#don'tgiveBernieideas
Michael Mcintyre is on Jonathan Ross tonight :) just in case anyone else is a fan of his :)
similar trailer, different ending:
http://www.formula1-game.com/en_GB/
Can't wait :D
7 more days!
Why can't it be the 20th already?
whoo!
hehee that's awesome!! :D
i think i have to wait until january for ps3 version? :(
PS3/Xbox one wont be out till the summer/autumn
#954 - Maverick said: 13/11/2009 at 22:10:01
even though you know how it ends?
They're keeping something from - maybe 8 players were sent off, Port Vale's goals were all scored by the referee and Hartlepool played in their reserve strip of pink tu-tus?
As for Titanic, you never know with Hollywood - it wouldn't have surprised me if the ship had been attacked by mutant, metal-eating sharks instead of an iceberg.
Maverick, substitute "squid" for "shark" and you have the plot for "Deep Rising"....
I like the idea of leonardo dicaprio ending up as squid food
do you think hollywood could do a "24" style F1 movie, showing the action in real time? The length of the race is just about right for a film, and you could make it exciting. you've probably got to make it a little unbelievable, like overtaking happening and things like that
I said "plot" not "cast" and I guess I the subsitute from "Titanic" to "Ocean Liner" needs to be made as well.
The basic "Drift" is there though....
Doesn't leave much room for character development
Well, a minute by minute account of an race would be cool, but within the time of a movie, there's not really that many world famous races that can fit into a movie like that, and have enough of a back story for the average movie fan to be instead in it. The Indy 500 is way too long. Le Mans is out of the question. With the back storu of a typical F1 race you are pushing 2 hours or 2 30 minutes when I am shocked to see a movie last more than 90 minutes.
That's just fine if the film is going to star Kimi.
But I'd already pencilled in Dolph Lundgren for the part
Michael McIntyre on Jonathan Ross now
Why does he remind me of Alex? Am I crazy?
No :-)
I can see that.
I've thought it, just haven't said it yet.
Not long now! I still love how the theme is a remix of the FOM pre-race intro.
I've told myself I'm not allowed to buy it until I've done my exam retake on Dec 2nd. I don't see myself lasting. Annoyingly I am on a revision course all day on the 21st, followed by my sister's birthday bash.//
nope, i see what you mean, both are very funny people :D
Mrs Maverick is not happy that we're not watching him live tonight and her friends are. Some how that's my fault.
:-)
he's amazing live! :D
that sounds familiar
Theres an interview here
http://www.videogamer.com/wii/f1_2009/preview-2081-2.html
Dont know if it will last you the few weeks though
True, but by the time she mentioned it the only seats available were at telescope range.
it's not as if I made her friends go
VideoGamer.com: The game won't have online multiplayer. Why?
Awww noooooooo.
Photography fans my enjoy these taken by @Fieldof33 earlier in the year. Bear in mind the cars are doing anything between 160 and 210 mph.
http://bit.ly/2iiRju
http://bit.ly/NQp5a
aaahhhh....
Hello lovely people. Just thought i'd pop in to say hi and bye. Am home and exhausted so going to sleep lots!
Hope your all well. Have a good evening!
@Steven - Only 2 people turned up to the meeting, so clearly the others forgot. Booo
adios!
So apart from who's listed on the wiki, is anyone else thinking of going to Autosport next year?
#nothere, but me but not on a day that you are :P
Aww :(
It seems I have an exam on the Monday after.
You going Friday then?
That is never good
Thursday is looking more likely
i should be.
got in free this year, i want to go again. the live show was enjoyable.
It's the friday before reading week, so im not 100% surprised
how?!
So I'm just back from doing the Jonathon Ross show ;)
I am. Didn't know there was a wiki.
:D
i knew it!i mean... awesome! did you have fun :Pa mate (who was my best man) had some free tickets because some organisation he's involved in sponsors a rally.
They threw you out after your interview?
You're really World Heavyweight Champion David Haye?
oh wow *cough* recorded on a thursday *cough*
how was it?
Funnily enough I have been dogged by it. I used to get a lot of David Mitchell comparisons but now it's all Michael McIntyre. We do have quite similar senses of humour. In fact I just got a text from my brother's fiancée which reads:
So it's not just you!
what?
It's like the iPhone ads. There's a wiki for that!
:D
that must have been one heck of an aftershow party?
:)
specifically for autosport, not generally
You can live.
:-) http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Autosport+International
:headdesk:
pluggage:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/11/13/13-nov-09-czech-republic-wants-grand-prix-event/
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/11/13/czech-chopper/
we're off to sleeps now, enjoy!
Good old Wii being so useless with online multiplayer modes :(
night mr & mrs c. awesome photo though!
Me too. Night everyone!
Night Christine and Mr C
Night!!
night
Byeeee!
I'm going to...properly this time!
night Mr & Mrs C
night Jon
Is it though? They could have done the friend code thing like Mario Kart, that works
night everyone
night everyone
night Jon
So, if Christine and Mr C aren't going to Autosport or the karting this year, how are they going to cover it?
In comparison to it's rivals, the Wii online infrastructure is absurd. It works for Mario Kart but to be honest I'm not surprised F1 2009 doesn't have it :(
Still sucks though...
#nothere.
not sure they are, its not like its a big event from an f1 pov
who says they are?
*cough*volunteers*cough*
I'm not familiar with its rivals but if there is a system to be used, even a flawed one, it should use it.
Oh, I just thought they would in some way. My bad.
from what Mr and Mrs C said on Sunday, they haven't really thought about it... they don't plan things this far in advance.. and i can understand why :)
They haven't decided yet
I believe they have secretly hired 'the dream team' up to do it for them.
Yeah you're right. Such a wasted opportunity.
Anyways I'm off for the night. Night everyone!
night Lukeh
Exactly. It is basically a trade show for UK motorsport, where they let the public in to gawp at the cars.
byeeeeeee.
Night
night Lukeh
I'm feeling frustrated at a long/bad day at work and then not having done anything all evening. Maybe that's what I needed...
am actually going again, but i love it because im into everything at the show, but the f1 stuff gets worse each year
thats going as in leaving now. me = sleep
I'm going to see how it has changed in what will be 6yrs since I was last there. I expect the live show to have evolved and grown, I'm not sure about the rest.
do we need to shoo you?
night jon ;)
Goodnight and don't come back
;-) ;-)
It is ridiculously hard to leave this place. That's a good thing though.
the f1 section was just the cars in a roped off area.
DC's car collection was more interesting.
I didn't sit to listen to any of the talks. I think I would be more inclined to now though.
its not that i neeed to go....i just should maybe, but im watching jonathan ross, so will when thtat finishes
hehe i'm watching that too :)
night Jon for 2nd time
I may be going to sid watkins talk this year, which would be VERY cool
yeah im staying for a bit :P
The F1 display was cool the first year I went because that was the first time I'd ever seen F1 cars. I went back after and it was really underwhelming. I like wandering around the whole hall and finding completely random things in unexpected places, like a line of not-so-interesting displays and suddenly there's an F1 car in the middle of it all.
oooh who's doing it this year?
well then hi Jon! :)
I also like wandering the merch stalls ;-)
I'm sure I'll come away with something I don't need.
:-)
my favourite bit of random stuff like that is my (insert year here, i forget what it is) Formula Ford Anniversary poster. i love it, it was only a couple of quid
I'm yet to make my mind up about Alex Brundle...but heres what Martin says about him....
http://www.formulatwo.com/news/martin-brundle-qa.aspx
Well...that was predictable
That's a good idea. Posters. I could get some for my hallway..
I might buy a webcam tomorrow. Ostensibly to talk to my sister in Spain, but I'm sure I could find other uses for it...
i need to stop buying posters and books, i have too many at the moment, no doubt ill come back with both
Really? I thought we was going to call him useless.
I can avoid books quite easily now, because I have a pile of them sitting unread..
DVDs and t-shirts and hats are another matter
Free stuff is always welcome at the Autosport show too. Pens, keyrings, posters, stickers, anything!
Oh and caps, can never have too many caps ;)
I don't really wear them but have built up quite a collection, simply because they are a lot cheaper than tshirts and model cars!
This is my first show. I'm bringing a large bag...
I've only had 1 from Autosport...and im not sure i'll get away with the usual amount of hoarding stuff...
This year is about building relationships and letting people know who i am
They gave me 2 free shell caps on the way out. (sat gathering dust somewhere)
Who do you get them from?
Everyone, you just have to look confident and go take flyers and stuff
That's probably where I've fallen down before ;-)
#sidepodspace
The official countdown for Monday's shuttle launch started today. Everything looks good for Monday with NASA weather predicting only a 10% chance of weather affecting the launch. I have never seen such a good weather forecast. Normally 60% good is as high as they get.
I have a bag of that kind of stuff simewhere
you dont have to be confident. just blag it. the only time its shown not to be is when you get asked "are you ok?" and you go "yes" *runs*
hehe
Especially when 99.9% of them are being handed out by rather attractive, scantily clad girls ;)
you are clearly going to different stands than me hehe, cus i hardly ever see anyone like that
Then you ask yourself "Did I look mental?" and then you realise "Oh god, I did" *facepalm*
don't start with that lark :D
if you compare my pictures to my mates pictures, there are cars in mine. he was asking the girls to pose for him and everything.
It would seem so. :D
They were there last time I went.. usually they are about 17 and are surrounded by gimboids who have never seen females before.
Well I mean, you would wouldn't you? :D
umm, no actually :P seems a bit demeaning to woman to me, but that be my 2p. im actually going now (probably)
adios
Not to start an argument or nothing but that is their career choice.
shooo! i mean byee! :)
okay bed time for me :)
night all! xx
it is their career choice as there is a career in it. if it didnt make a difference from a pr-pov then they wouldnt be hired and would be out of a job. i know some will have chosen it because they genuinely want to, but some will do because they need a job. it depends what makes you tic i guess
byeeeeeee
bye lou and bye jon!
Bye
night Jon and night Lou
No of course, I agree with you on that. I wasn't being derogative of women at all when I said that, all I meant was if those women choose to be a promo girl and have pictures taken with cars and stuff like that while scantily dressed, then that's up to them, career choice or not. :P
yay. Spa ticked paid for.
ticket
I shall be using this years show to promote me and build relationships and contacts. S'just how im wired, however odd it may be, ^^ does nothing for me.
*gone*
Waldock GP taking shape?
i went to see the cars. that sort of thing does nothing for me
Nothing wrong with that, everyone goes there with their own plan. :)
v.slowly ;)
ditto
Hence the trade day.. Really good plan 'cos it is a big event in the junior category calendar, particularly for UK series.
I'll stop asking questions and let you get sleep.
Same here, I just see the girls as an added bonus, but it is all about the motorsport in the end.
In previous times I went to see the cars and hope to spot famous people, and looking at girls was a nice bonus. I've sort of grown out of the latter (it helps that they hire jail bait, I'm no longer interested in them).
This year I'm going partly to see cars and famous people, but also for the social aspect of commenters and bloggers.
ya. i just want to talk to as many people as possible, whether its in my/their interest or not. it will sound big headed, but i dont really have anyone around me (in a "actual tangible person", non-spc-er) who has a knowledge of all circuit racing, and sure my knowledge is by no means complete, but i like to be able to say "Formula Renault" or "SaxMax" and the person im talking too have an idea of what im going on about. Autosport does that, its just a massive collection of motorsport people. tis my idea of heaven. and trade day will be even better, almost no public! woop
You are moving into that industry and someone puts on a show that you can use. You would be crazy not to take advantage of it. Get some business cards printed.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of you :D they're in the post (apparently)
I went on the trade day 2 or 3 years ago and it is a totally different event.
nah its cool, i like questions, it keeps my brain active and actually reminds me what i do enjoy.
i bet. am so excited its unreal!
I'm going to try and not do anything embarrassing, like wave goodbye to DC in the live arena (why, i have no idea) *facepalm*
Even as a humble blogger, if I took blogging seriously I'd be tempted to use the trade day. Depends who's there and available I suppose. I think they'd be really interested in meeting a podcaster about feeder series.
I went in one year or another. 2004 or 2005. Can't remember. It was a lot quieter.
Another: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/4006371908_a0f4fdf3c1_b.jpg
Love the Dario pic
Wow, thats an addition to the AI FAQ's ive not seen before...
What is your policy if I should get swine-flu and cannot attend the show after I bought a ticket?
If you have swine flu and are unable to attend the show.....
Right. I'm gone this time
Then tough? It's just the same as any other illness.
#1128 - Jon Waldock said: 14/11/2009 at 00:10:28Right. I'm gone this time
Quick Lou! Board the doors and the Windows! :P
Good plan
i can hear a feint knocking sound
Steven find some shotguns and fill the slugs with fine salt between the shot pellets, Startlebunny, see if you can find some member of the church to bless the hot water heater and more specially, the water inside it. I will see if I can find some buckets....
One of these tricks has to keep Jon out....
i see no churches, only mosques. will an imaam do?
Great we are doing as well as those humans in all the ".......of the Dead" Zombie movies! Try him anyways and see if me can make our own luck here...