Race day once more, and at Sidepodcast Towers that means nachos, plus the diet Coke I sent Mr C out for yesterday. What will you be enjoying today? Here are some of the things we're talking about:
- The Brawn cars look to be in a pretty strong position for the race, particularly compared to their nearest rivals Red Bull. Button certainly seems happier than at the last few GPs, and Barrichello, well, he's missing his friends - as this awesomely titled F1 Big Pic tells.
- The rumour is out there that McLaren will be retaining their sponsorship deal with Santander, or at least Hamilton will. The bank likes his profile in the UK, so will cough up for that alongside their Ferrari deal for next year. Seems a bit odd, but whatever works!
- Twitter came into its own again yesterday, as the paddock worried that Barrichello may have to have a gearbox change and therefore suffer a grid penalty. He tweeted that it was all fine and there should be no problems for the race. Communication WIN!
That'll do it for now. Please join us in the live comment for the race, and the Parade Lap beforehand, which should start about 11am UK time. I'll see you in the comments.
Reminds me of the time both Ferrari and McLaren had sponsorship money from Philip morris c/o Marlboro. It can be done.
That said, are banks the new tobacco for F1?
In the early 80s both McLaren abd Alfa-Romeo had full red and white Marlboro livery. The Alfas had red noses so you could tell the difference
Indeed. Still rather confusing, though...
Or.... Hamilton to Ferrari!
It may be that Santander haven't put
anyenough effort into their rebranding of Abbey and B&B and have lost quite a few customers...(I am not here)
I don't understand why everyone is asking about this multi-team sponsorship - has no one spotted the similarity between Red Bull and Torro Rosso?
Right guys, Qualifying analysis from Monza (and finished before the end of MOTD ;) )
Tried to write it while watching 'Gran Torino' but that film was just too good!
But that's because they own both teams. Kinda different, if you ask me...
They have a spare seat if they are allowed to enter 8 cars
:D I wonder what Neil will think of all this...
:D
I can't believe you included mine :D
But it was cool!
Have we heard from Bassano? If not, this is a good thing!
And true :P
where'd he go?
he has a date ;)
its a woman and everything
and he's not live commenting it?
he said that if he started live commenting it then it wasnt going well....
He must really like her.
There are many responses to this... but I won't go there ;)
Right, sleepy times for me.
I shant see y'all for the race as im busy aaaall day!! Will probably miss most of the debrief too (boo-hiss)
Ciao all
Night Jon.
oops... wrong thread
night Jon.
Lukeh is your review not a blog post?
It is?
I have a facebook note but it doesn't link to a post?
Oh, yeah. I did it like that too.
Rob Panda!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rbpanda-jpg
Excellent work Lukeh :)
:D hahahahaha love it!
Haha :-)
stunned. she's updated the wiki :)
and now we must sleep. night all.
How do you do it?
night!
See youse in the morning :)
Night!
night Mr and Mrs C! :)
night guys! :D
Now, off to watch Rock and Roll - at Richmond. Chase time! :D
Goodnight
I thought it was going to be a Fiat Panda
Strange choice of track to decide the Chase...
Good night
When was the last time NASCAR made any sense to you?
Well, it's always been here, though, right?
Too true. :D Well, JPM is looking good to make it in.
Really? So they haven't found a way to kick the foreign giy out yet?
ummm
Actually, JPM is one of the more popular guys in the field, thanks to his no-nonsense style.
Weird, but good to hear!
Basically, he's loved in NASCAR for the same reasons we loved him in F1 (minus the overtaking in unusual places).
Yup, good to hear indeed. :D
Night guys! See you for the prade lap :)
Night.
You've GOT to see this:
http://twitpic.com/hijl4
via @Hinchtown (James Hinchcliffe, Indy Lights driver and the pitlane reporter for A1GP)
omg!! i have to do chocolate strawberries tomorrow!
I added a poll to my post too ;)
Evening everyone. Hope all is well in Sidepodland :)
evening Alex :)
Evening
Voted
ola! finally managed to drag myself out of bed for the...well, night I guess. too much beer last night, heh.
evening Lou. Have you prepared a good giggles'll fix it for tomorrow?
Hey. You stopping liking being called Jeff?
i'm sure i can think of one... i was going to ask for hair dye.. but i managed to sort that out myself :D
well all my accounts everywhere else are gravit8 so I might as well keep tending the online persona
o0o0o0o gotta find some advil...
I don't think I've ever been so drunk as to sleep until 7pm :-)
so what colour have you gone for? White with yellow highlights?
ahaha nooo... a dark brown with a little red... (my hair was waaaayyy to fair). there is a photo in the drop..
Re: James Allen not being at the Grand Prix due to illness in the family:
I thought about sending a tweet but it's too public - so I made a comment on his blog wishing that person will get well soon...
I note that this is called after.jpg where is before?
Anyway... Bed time for me... Night all!
It looks really good!
oh.. sorry. my hair before.. was a it lighter than it is here.
night Alex
thank you :D i love having dark hair :D
anyways i'm off to sleep now.. night! x
Night!
Night too!
Night Lou, Pat and everyone else ... I will retire after the football league show!
You're happy you found a BBC thing then :-)
night
I am also leaving. Hopefully I will wake in time for the parade lap.
dang...neighbor bugged me about computer stuff. Its like explaining string theory to a 5 yr-old
ok well then I guess I hope to be up in time for the parade lap tomorrow. TIll then spc'ers
Woo hoo for Sat night not spent at home. drop.io night bus pic loaded. How are the night owls?
Not present it seems, I'll just sweep up the the tumbleweeds
Amy's not... Having a life, is she?
Hey, hey, hey...
Oh, still quiet then
[tumbleweeds]
This, was the night bus home, about half an hour ago
Darker and redder never fails, as the pic proves
Nice one Lou
Word on the street is that you had a date? I haven't been around so I may missed a whole conversation...
Morning Bassano :)
Sadly, I'm not home this late because of it. Just met a friend over from Dublin, afterwards
[Those Irish guys and their beers, I'm not a bad influence AT ALL ;)]
Hey Kathi, are you just rising?
Has this been a topic of conversation? The tales of the Orange Drill?
[Am thinking I give too much away at this place]
Haven't quite decided yet. Weather doesn't look nice. Maybe I'll just go back to bed for another round
For the record it was good fun. We stumbled upon the end of the night of the Thames Festival. Didn't know that was on, the South Bank SO rocks!
[Someone please remind me about the beatbox fella tonight, thanks]
I'll take that as a semi yes, rather than 'I haven't slept yet', like me
Ahh shucks, it's nice to know you guys cared
It went quite well, there may be another [who knows]
Alex, for the record, blind installation with Orange Drills never came up in conversation. [though i had it on standby ;) ]
nah, she's probably still asleep. :D
just woke up! 4pm is a good time.
started practicing for jet lag already?
I don't reckon I'll get any, I seem to already operate on European time ;)
hey, the one time I get up early (for European time) on Sunday and it seems there is nobody here... ;-)
the secret to avoid jet-lag is to sleep just a couple of hours the night before because you're making the luggage, and then sleep really badly during the flight. your body ends up so confused after that it doesn't matter the change of time zone :-)
(at least, it works for me...)
Have you found a place to watch the race already?
*waves*
yay.
yeah, the TV signal cable in the dorms was unplugged.. :P (who unplugs the signal cable but not the power one?)
*waves back*
Anyone know if GP2 race has been on yet? Also if not where to find a live stream not listed on p2pstation today!!
You're up early!
Morning everyone :)
Morning Alex
hey :)
setting up, not time previously.
Well, in my opinion (and not speaking officially at all!) Santander are pleased to drop the Abbey and B&B brands, Abbey has a history of terrible customer service, and B&B is a failed bank - Two things the company is sure to want to move away from I am sure!
Will be interesting if they do duel sponsorship, if Mclaren wins we get congratulations messages on email and intranet at work (bizarre as it may sound!), but what if Lewis beat Ferrari for instance, or worse still he took a Ferrari out the race, I wonder how they would deal with that?
Anyway, Morning all!!!
I have the benefit of having traveled 5 hours in front of my usual time zone. actually, now is later in the morning for me than for you ;-)
morning alex
Morning! I listened to your podcasts yesterday, they randomly popped up on my player while I was out for a walk in the sun! Love the joke....
In the nicest possible way I meant :)
I wondered if there was time for a quick test as I haven't really been able to test things... I'm using the laptop for the first time, the wifi network... and possibly the car ;)
ca certainly do that, give us 10-15mins.
Thank you very much...
You mean these one's http://goforodd.com ? ;)
Okay I will try and make myself more alive :)
who is rodd? ;)
We don't know that's why we have to keep going at him
As it's parade lap morning... we really want to see those predictions...
What's going to happen this morning?
Clearly Heikki is going to win.
oh and the rest of the podium will be Kimi and Rubens for the official Podium Of Awesome.
Serena Williams - I didn't think she could be any less likable. I am amazed
Brought to you in association with the official Podium of Awesome - other podiums are available
A-Rodd?
That is an out there prediction Paul.
What car is she driving?
Good morning, you lovely lovely people :D
I am so happy for Clijsters because I LOVE her, but the way her win went I feel sorry for her. She was clearly going to win anyway, but she didn't get to celebrate because Serena went nuts.
The naughty car, if you saw her performance
Morning Scott... ready with a ready prediction?
Oooh, what have I missed?
Morning all.
Indeed. She seemed a bit bemosed by the whole thing
A tantrum
she gave away match point in her semi by threatening a line judge who foot-faulted her (incorrectly, as it was)
I believe her words were "I swear to God I will shove this ****ing ball down your ****ing throat"
Can I possibly tip Heikki again? It hasn't worked the last two times
Crikey!
if its you jinxing him then no, no you can't :D
Certainly :) Let's see, erm:
Button
Hamilton
Barrichello
Sutil
Raikkonen
Kovalainen
Vettel
Liuzzi
Howzat? :P
Righty ho. I will get on with tipping others for the loss then
Like this tweet from Mr Noble:
F1 track commentator Bob Constanduros is promising to break his 'Champagne!' record on the podium after today's grand prix. Look out for it
Stopwatches at the ready then?
Since I am not RG, I will tip 1 to 3, with an unlucky fourth:
1. Button (he's back baby)
2. Sutil (haha Fisi)
3. Kimi ( he will be invisible again, but still podium)
4. Heikki (will you ever live up to potenial?)
Is Nick here yet? I want to gloat about Cricket
kimi wins on a three stops strategy and LAUGHS at the press conference
rubens climbs up to second and reduces the championship distance to jenson by 5 points
heikki comes third, ahead of lewis, to please amy and says so in the press conference
luzzi up to fourth (everybody is happy)
Morning gang :)
Perfect thanks
:D I wish to see that
now that would be awesome!
morning lukeh
Awesome!
Did we think he was away in Spa somehow
Start prediction: Lewis will get the best start, Kimi will jump Sutil using the KERS, Kovi will try to follow but get held up behind Sutil, the Renaults will make up a few places using their KERS too, Vettel will bog down and fall back and Button will jump Rubens and get his nose up the inside of Kovi into Turn 1. :P
But will Rubens go forward?
morning
He'll stay roughly where he is.
So he'll forget to put it in first again?
:D
No I mean his start will be fine but he won't really make up any places. I'll say he might have a look at Kovi too while Button's hustling him into Turn 1.
Poor Kovi. How will he end up fourth from that sort of start?
KERS.
christine, I've just sent you by mail my sidepodtravel contribution
Do we have any Giggle'll fix it requests in the house?
Received, thanks. Will take a listen later :)
ok
It was 31 degrees here today. I'm not quite ready for the middle of summer yet!
the trick is to sleep all day and miss it. Yesterday when I woke up in the late afternoon my facebook was covered in peoples status updates along the lines of 'Summer has arrived in Melbourne! It's 30 degrees!'
I missed it all. Sleep rules.
Why can't the day just have more hours?
A parade lap trailer - that's new.
Is Giggles a roving reporter now? :D
#giggles
Zoe would like me to ask you to fix it so that she can find a maxi dress that she likes at the right price. I'll tack a +1 onto that as well seeing as I'm paying.
She would also like it fixed so that the sales assistants in the store stop telling her that every single one she tries on looks fantastic in that pushy way that they do.
Maui didn't try hard enough when he caught the sun in his net.
I have done a few... this was the most ambitious
I like your car more than your tractor.
That was Maui? You know I spent weeks on that island, and he never told me
did he tell you of how he fished up the north island of new zealand with his magic fish hook?
Not that either. My pacific history is sadly lacking. All I heard about were the hawaiian royalty
Hurrah! Courtesy of Jake, Coulthard is about to eat an unsuspecting EJ... http://twitpic.com/hkj66
Although that photo is wayyy too close up for my liking.
With a nice Chianti?
my blog has its first post. Hooray!
Morning all!
morning
Live thread: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/13/live-jump-in-my-car/
:D :D
congratulations!
Morning all!
Oooo. Ted Mulry Gang
may i plug on twitter?
Don't tell me you have given in to twitter?!
Awesome!
2nd post? :P
if you want to. I am sure the current content is interesting to all and sundry! ;)
As I was leaving a comment, I was interrupted. So my one liner doesn't make much sense. It is in moderation so maybe you can kill it or just remove the word 'now'.
I would like to thank you for making me realise all my comments were being moderated. That is now turned off :D
Stupid weather. 18 degrees tomorrow.
I am watching Australian Idol and someone is singing Muse. Can only think of Lukeh.
No!
They are not allowed to sing good music on those awful shows :(
I hate it when they sing songs I like :(
The guy who is doing it is the guy I want to win though :D
You might want to turn it back on - when you approve someone, their subsequent comments are free...
Hey Nick, how was the cricket! :D
I belive i drank too much..
...then went to the pub for 3 hours...
My head is painfull... hoff music really doesnt help.
Who won? hehehehehe.
err.... I thought it was the taking part that counted.... :P
:D
I'm not looking forward to this. For the second week in a row I don't have all of the top3 in my team
That must be awful for you. I had 4 out of the top 5 till Lewis had his little booboo
#FR team El Switcheroo with no strategy other than 'pick who does well in FP2' moved up to 13th, although I cannot remember where I was last week. I am on the front page, and that was my only aim. Team Amy Racing, originally my main team, is 395th, the fourth ranked of my five teams. The only team doing worse is my team of Finns and Italians, which is not surprising considering Fisi, Trulli and Heikki haven't done much all year.
B-b-b-b-back to the daily?
right, rather than muck around like I normally do after the forum I am going straight to bed. Attempting to be back in 3 hours.
*sits in the land of daily*
night amy.
SPC dropped offline for me there
Stoopid interwebz
:D
See ya Amy
It was the british part getting upset b/c none of you have any national pride :P
No tennis? Night Amy. :D
JUST KIDDING!
I'm not British, I just happened to be born here
See, I'm thinking of it from the perspective that usF1 will actually generate interest in the sport over here. right now we've got nobody to cheer for right out of the box
Not that I personally care that much...I mean, once they announce who they've signed for drivers I might make a choice to root for him(/her?) but it's like...I dunno...I've got to pick a driver from someplace I've never been. ANd from the outside, F1 is all about nationality (hence the whole italian driving a ferrari in italy thing)
The Americans are probably a bit more patriotic in their sporting heroes than the Brits
montoya made the chase?
It will to some extent, but nothing like an American driver running well would. The USGP also needs to get back onto the calendar.
I think it's different in markets where F1 isn't a sport that people watch. The national thing becomes a selling point. We're so used to F1 here that we don't need that extra incentive to watch/support any particular team or driver
yes he did. :D oddly enough, he's been NASCAR's Mr. Consistency - which is the complete opposite of his F1 stance.
This is true. Look at when Tim henman was in wimbledon for example, the expectations of failure were always apparent!
Oh def. 100% spot on there. Nothing like a sport nobody's ever seen in this country eh? When I tell people it's the most-watched sport in the world they scoff at me
The media get more patriotic than the fans here I think
that is awesome. i can't believe he did it.
gooo montoya *cheers*
indeed. but now, he really needs to start winning if he wants any chance at the title. still, he's done good this season. :)
The chase is weird. One mistake and you are done. Consistently high finishes seem to do the job...
I never could fathom why he left F1, I mean, other than a spotty record. I always thought he was a pretty driver and should have stuck around another couple of years. He scares the crap outta the NASCAR drivers cause he's so serious about it
I am impressed with your NASCAR knowledge... sort of. Bad Mr C.
Didn't he get out of the car after a crash and try to punch another driver? I may be thinking of someone else...
oops.
He got kicked out for not being Finnish at McLaren didn't he?
:D
Probably
Yes - umm, Watkins Glen, 2007 I think...
I remember watching his first couple of races and it was almost understood that the other drivers would try to take him out. It took a while before that stopped, but I havent been enticed to pay any attention since that first half season or so
Whoo!
The real reason Alonso left too
Nico's super licence needs to change before they let him in, that's what the hold up is
you're thinking of EVERYONE else in NASCAR. It's like a rite of passage over here.
pretty stupid if you ask me, but they've really reigned in that kind of behavior nowadays. contracts and sponsorship and all
ahhh HAH! realization dawns
Shake and bake baby
But thats what made it intresting?
I mean like, well, y'know. Combinded sport. Points for driving and more if you can box?
'dear sweet innocent baby jesus...'
ricky bobby baby. SHAKE AND BAKE! WOOO!
??
Is this a Talladega Nights thing?
yeah but now they take each other out on track. Its not as dirty as it used to be, and thus more boring, actually pretty sterile honestly. They get it done on the short tracks though, man they get rubbin fenders and stuff. 'rubbins racin' as that redneck announcer guy says.
Ohh, and boogity boogity boogity
Yep :P
It rhymes, they're both verbs...it's awesome!
He is awesome that man!
:D
yeah. you should give it a watch. decent comedy, you might like the frenchman character that comes over from what I assume is F1, much like montoya did.
Will do
Bassano, do you still want me to send you the 2009 BBC F1 playlist? Let me know if you also need any of the FOM playlists.
He's loosely based off Sebastien Bourdais I believe. Plus he comes from formula... UHH.
;)
Can you dropio it?
surely you can't be serious? whenever I hear that I duck - usually some redneck will be throwing half-empty beercans at that point
#FR The Adrenaline Junkies find its score ticking over nicely and whilst not threatening the top teams has made strong progress and find themselves 432nd despite missing the first two races of the season. The hope for the remaining races is to break into the top 300 and depending on results there is still hope that it maybe possible to catch Mr C.
It's just a great phrase! The man does not take himself too seriously!
lolz. yeah basically. The guy who plays bruno...umm.
sure, will do. :D
I always thought he was Montoya myself.
true enough.
If you couldnt tell, I'm just a bit bitter that this is what passes for motorsport over here.
Did I just see Kovi the Purple Power Ranger on drop.io?!
Cool, please
I'm just a bit bitter about what happened to Indycars myself. NASCAR is entertainment to me, not serious.
she gave away match point in her semi by threatening a line judge who foot-faulted her (incorrectly, as it was) {Comment #141}
Arguing with officialdom is best not attempted through the method of making a complete fool of oneself...
Well he isn't gonan get a drive in 2010 so... :P
It's his new guise to defeat the evil Anthony Hamilton Stare of Doom.
baby jesus:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuAUI_0knfk
and the frenchman:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuR1u0pjR3s
The captain argued with the ref today over the pen, got booked. Even though it wasn't a pen.
Maybe
Howdy all :) I am alive. Down in Firenze (Florence) and climbed the leaning tower of Pisa this morning. How are we all?
man I <3 firefox. It even remebers the spc dropio site with only three letters in the address bar. mwah technology
Courtesy of the AWESOME BAR!
Ahem.
doing great. discussing the relative merits of NASCAR and nationalism in F1. sort of
Hi Scott. I thought you had headed west by now
Ciao Scott
Get to Siena if you can, it's gorgeous
188k spams? holy...shebus. I thought my junkmail folder was bad.
:D 2009 BBC F1 playlist has been dropped as a note.
I thought that was a touchy topic in this forum! As for nationalism, were you all aware of the ultra right political party flags seen from the podium today. they were the white ones with green things in the middle.
Hi Steven - nope. still here revising my CV for the job. literally. the job is mine but for the paperwork the CV has to be in a particular format. third time lucky hopefully. visa paperwork should arrive next week - while i am still on holidays. should be US bound by the end of the month - in the meantime doing my "arriverderci" tour.
on Tuesday :) Did you see the Palio? I watch it on TV every year but never could manage the timing to see a race in person :( if anyone not sure what i am speaking of, check out youtube - essentially - three lap horse race round a town square.
I'm not a fan of the WIlliams sisters, so I quite enjoyed that, thanks!
I saw them but I had no idea what they were. It was clearly soething co-ordinated.
hasnt an american gotten through to the finals? like a teenager? (obviously I'm not a big fan of sports that don't require gasoline of some sort)
they are leading a big push at the moment. unfortunately. but politics aside, i am sure they had the desidered effect, even if they were just one group of people.
Wozniacki beat Oudin in the quaters. And I win a tenner.
ahhh so it is a big deal for some then. F1 as a political tool no doubt, but I suspect you don't see it displayed very often
nope - it's the dane wozniacki versus the belgian clijsters.
oudin the american sensation was eliminated by wozniacki in the quarters.
That Apple dude still playing, must be pretty good then
Does he have his Segway?
Yay Denmark!
I would only have had one driver to support if I was nationalist-bound - that was Jody, but as he drove for Ferrari and it was a long time ago it does not really count - he is an organic farmer now. My favourite drivers are Nick (because everyone passes him over as the Shaggy Underdog), Timo (because he is the Funny Guy), Nico (he always presents himself so well - kinda the Professional Guy) and Jenson (he is more Serious than he lets on). I sort have a soft spot for both Rubens and little Felipe - Rubens has a lot of Heart and Felipe a lot of Courage.
eh. maybe I'll pay attention to the sports page someday right? F1 ends up on the back page, behind NASCAr. Every time.
I haven't but my mate lived there for a year for uni and he said it was completely mental
Merits of NASCAR, um um um - I get back on that one!
not so much F1, just an opportunity to be political and get coverage. sadly, there have been a lot of political rallies these days by that party (and others) so we see them a fair bit. speaking of which, i saw Silvio the other day in the street. sure i was outside his office but hey, i will drop io some pics when i get back. nah maybe of something else instead.
dont they have a huge tomato fight in italy once a year too?
Ta
spain - well the one i know of - about three weeks ago.
(you see, we have this amazingly limited idea of what happens in other parts of the world here. I blame the media, heh)
How many of those were from stalker dude? :)
Apparently the film was written well over a year before he moved...
I seriously hope you guys dont take for granted the fact that you can visit so many different regions/cultures with a train ticket over there.
I dont know if Lukeh knows but there appears to be some sort of muse thing on the bbc red button channel which just has the forum on
That is the one I know - I think it is funny since the rest of Europe probably subsidised their production.
the leadup to the horse race - essentially horses and jockeys pushing each other for position at the start line can take (not joking here) more than one hour! and the tv coverage starts showing the news because they give up. the start occurs when a selected horse goes - everyone else is a free for all. so then the news stops and picks up the live horse race where its almost dark. hilariously badly thought out. gotta run. money running out and need to explore more tonight. will be on idfm monday night at 6pm paris time if anyone wants to listen again.
Ha ha, I forgot about this, last night's bus home :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/1-1241276800352
Man what I would give for a days visit to the nurburgring
Yeah I know. Has been on for the last few days and has seen me view it way too many times. :P
Is that why Internet is slow in South Wales at the moment? ;)
but the character is so outrageous it comes around the other side to spot-on in some aspects. If only I could stomach the not-really-fake-at-all nascar steroetypes in that movie
The town builds up to it for ages. Contradas (small districts) marching through the streets with flags, drums. It's really something else
Without a doubt. All 6 other internet users have had to put up with it. :P
must have something to do with your , what, 6 weeks or so of yearly vacations you get? plz correct me if I'm wrong about this stuff.
We have 6 paid weeks of Vacation in Denmark. For the first time in my life I have extra days that need using up before the end of the year!
things are so retarded in the US, you have to work at some place for literally decades before you earn more than 2 weeks of vacation. And those are the good, salaried jobs. Hourly worked get zero paid vacation.
I've been unemployed for just over a month and I'm going nutty. It was all I could do to cut the cord the last few weeks and not lurk on here, for instance, all day every day
I'm gonna have fun on my week off work - NFS Shift for a whole week, plus the Forza 3 demo comes out that Thursday. Awesomeness :D
Ms McK forgot her race boots: http://twitpic.com/hktpb
Yeah I've gotta get a 360 still for that (and, umm, a tv?) but once I do, you wont see me for months. I'm still doggin my old xbox and forza 1
Niiiiiiice. :D
We need a list of gamertags on the Wiki ;)
Oh dear, pit outfit FAIL
hehe, not sure what use a fire proof suit is when you are wearing these http://twitpic.com/hktcs (close up)
Anyone who's getting DiRT 2, it's brilliant with a wheel. Soooooo much fun! :D
thing is, I feel like if we had a transportation system over here that offered the kind of choices you all get in europe, I doubt I would spend the money on an xbox. would rather pony up a couple hundred and take a trip somewhere different.
I get 26 days plus lieu days for Bank Holidays (which we generally work)
dont know what she does, but she LOOK GOOD DOING IT amiright?
I will probably get it eventually. I just really like the first one and the demo annoyed me so damn much, I don't think I'm ready to make the jump
They are truly horrid
Got it for the PSP. Its a bit, hmmm. I'll probably review it on my blog in the next week.
What was it about the demo that put you off?
She does a bit of fluffy feature work for the BBC F1 crew
Oh yeah, and lots of Schmoozing. Lots
I've worked xmas, thanksgiving, the fourth of july, labor and memorial day, easter, etc. for as long as I could rememeber. and none of those job paid overtime/holiday bonus pay either. Its pretty much insulting, and I'm not at all the only one.
You should work in Europe :)
I think it was the fact that DiRT was quite down to earth. True it wasn't a complete sim but it felt like it gave you a lot of options in terms of rallying events and types of ralying but it still felt like a rally sim at heart and I just loved everything about that.
With DiRT 2, the whole culture of X Games and a more arcadey presence is easily evident and I really don't like that :( The actual gameplay felt a little off to me too, visually it looks simply incredible but playing it felt... wrong? It just didn't feel like what makes DiRT just a good game to me.
if only I could afford to GET there I'd think about it. I moved to florida thinking I'd be getting away from small-town hickdom, and moved straight into redneck central. With a bunch of very poorly behaved...minorities.
He he, forgot all about this
My presedential campaign for last year
Just realised Motorstorm and NFS: Shift are both out on the 18th and Gran Turismo is out on the 1st.
I'm running out of money.
where I come from, you dont shout at each other in the street in lieu of regular, more conservative interlocution
You should have some SidepodBeers with Joe in Fla
Personally, I don't really mind it. I just find the game a LOT of fun to play with the wheel. The way you can be nice and smooth at times does help. I just think the cars aren't really able to properly powerslide unless there's a lot of power. You try and swing it into a corner and power on and you either get understeer, oversteer, a loss of revs or a combination of those 3. There's no real in-between.
Brixton was like that, tis why I don't live there anymore :)
I just d/l burnout paradise myself, havent gotten around to installing it on my pc. I like the free-roaming concept, but the game play is pretty thin for my tastes. Much prefer real-ish sims.
Wishing FOM would get around to licensing a real, decent F1 sim. I would be lost forever. You'd never hear from me again. ever.
It's coming next year :D
F1 2010 will be on the PC ;) Codemasters have promised it will be a full sim. :D
Or in 2009 for PSP and Wii.
One question, will 2010 also be out on PSP and Wii?
he's a couple hours south, and I havent got much reason to go towards miami. I'd like to see a shuttle launch before they mothball it, for sure, but its hard to find people here who give a crap - they take it for granted. As well as the beaches, and the parks.
I'm a havin' to buy a PS3 for that soon, methinks
Gran Turismo, that is
I'm sure they will.
I think they should include the 2009 season as a bonus in F1 2010.
I can't see why not? Although if F1 2010 for PS3/360/PC comes out in March or so like some places are suggesting, I wouldn't be surprised if the Wii/PSP ones are November still like this year.
looking forward to this very much. will probably have to upgrade the pc - was having trouble streaming the race and live commenting today.
Meh, I've lost patience with Gran Turismo. For me, Forza surpasses it now as there's more to do.
I went to Montreal!
Find a reason ;)
that's not a flattering look, is it?
Plus Turn 10 don't feel the need to include 35 different Skylines, 40 different Lancer Evos and about 20 different Imprezas. There's no need for that many!
Not really
In the slightest
I think i will buy this for PC...
I've read middling reviews of gt5 myself, and I never did really like the way it was implimented on the ps/ps2. just never got me hooked.
Claire (Cheeekymonkey84) met EJ!
:lol:
Brilliant fanboism! comparing games before they come out!
see also : unemployed, see also: broke as sh... see also: hourly wage jobs of the past have left me with a 91 mazda hatchback with close to, or above, 300k miles. I love my sparky but he's getting on.
Did this happen today?
F1 track commentator Bob Constanduros is promising to break his 'Champagne!' record on the podium after today's grand prix. Look out for it
And Webber and Alonso!
we listened. heard nothing.
Ah, good point
Did she chin him?
OMG!
I complely forgot!
that is fantastic :)
Lucky she escaped the clutches of DC, she'd never leave ;)
Sounds like she got Jenson's autograph - check out her twitpic feed - she got some good shots!
GT Prologue is though, isn't it?
yeah really liking the idea of a decent public transportation system. I love to drive but cant afford something that makes it that much fun. I've lowered my car w/adjustable shocks and the like, stripped the interior to cut about 200lbs and done some minor upgrades to the engine but the windshield is cracked and the paint is peeling and someone hit my right front fender/headlight, etc.
used sparky for delivery of pizza for three years, still reliable as hell but showing the beatings I've given. :(
well I thought she was cute until I realized she was touching EJ. now she's ruined to me
Does she do any journo work or is she just a fan who goes to a lot of races?
I'm not being a fanboy, all I'm saying is that so far Forza 3 has impressed me more than GT5 simply because there's more of a community aspect to it, it has features, cars and tracks that I like, plus the fact that I've had Forza 2 since it came out and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The guys at Turn 10 actually listen to the community and give them what they want. PD are now just about how many cars they can get into one game. I'm sorry but GT just doesn't impress me anymore. I look at it and know it could be and have been so much more.
umm...mediawh...re?
I don't think she's a journo unless her Physics PhD allows her to get a paddock pass!
didnt know how else to put that exactly. was a question too
well dress me up and call me lucy! physics phd huh? never would have guessed
GT for the PSP though. Looks like it will be brilliant.
scott: totally on the forza.
again it was sorta question. there are scores of these people who live off celebs and make it their 'thing'. you never know anymore
Ok, Lucy
It's just GT4 with a few extra cars. Apart from fairly impressive graphics, it doesn't appeal to me.
I wasnt talking about her like that, i was putting forth the question as delicately as I knew how.
If she looks like that and has a Northern Irish accent, I can't say I mind much :)
lucy is much easier to say than gravit8ed.
*fitted onto a smaller disc
already deleted. stop quoting it!
Which is Five Pints... squared!
Another nickname is born at SPC :)
See that's hard to tell in the doohickey :(
Surely you know the kind of people I'm talking of here. The guys who roam the paddok looking to get into the live shots "HEY MOM!" and mug for the camera, the ladies who...well, they've got loose morals. I was just speculating here.
Its on the PSP. Thats why it doesn't appeal to you. Just cos it isn't new, well looking at screenshots it looks like a totally different game.
GT5 Pints of Awesome?
I have played Prologue and it feels pretty good!
sorry to offend. none meant
Perhaps, but i dont think you can say what GT5 will be like, it hasnt really been shown off at all.. I have played a bit of prolouge and i realy enjoyed it, it is just an early (nealy 2 years pre-release) tech demo, so i dont think you can judge that so much.
We know what you mean but I don't think she's one of 'em
She quite liked in these parts. Just saying
No probs
Anyways, homework to do, see yas all for the debrief. Hopefully.
i know. as fast as i delete a copy appears.
Nice! :D
sorry.
*stands in corner
Consider it closed Lucy :)
my theory is 'if it clearly breaks the house rules I won't quote it in the first place because it'll be deleted'
(is not sleeping)
Apology accepted if we can call you Lucy? :D
THE BORG RETURNS!!!
There's a naughty step
I've been there many times, it's actually quite comfy
[Don't tell Christine that]
I'll just go there now, shall I?
youve got to buy me a dress first
perfect.
wassup?
It's really been a case of losing patience too. PD just can't stick to a release date. They just keep pushing it back and back and back. No wonder people are converting to Forza. It's taken PD 5 years. It's only taken 2 years for Turn 10 to make FM3 and yet it looks just as impressive and has everything GT has feature wise and more.
I forgot I'd set my TV to turn on at 2am :D
Morning!
I should have thought of that...
watching Rafa-delPo now, aren't we? :P
Hey, theres a few of us here, its less lonely than the corner.
(I am doing homework)
It's Amy
That's normal
Isnt that really scary when it does?
have to make sure my prediction comes true :D
*scratches initials in the wall...
no, it comes on really dull and quiet and slowly brightens and loudens. Peaceful really :D
Wakes me up for Free Practice too
Love that feature
will watch it once GP2 Race 2 wraps up here. :D
Lucy!
Put that penknife down! ;)
creepy. it's like it's trying to suck you in with mellow sweetness. The five hours later you realize you've wasted half the day. EVIL!
oooh its clever!
No spoilers please. Will watch it later on. Not live here anymore. Need to watch yesterday's too
Bit like this place :)
I can't believe how many empty seats there are. It's a semi final!
I'm still waiting on a copy of qualifying. seems kind of pointless now, doesnt it?
Also watching it on a delayed basis - this happened earlier this morning.
Still, I'm happy we get GP2 here after F1 - perfect Sunday evening of racing. :)
wrong quote. :P well, everyone's schedule got screwed up...
yeah the suns gone down and come again as I've been here. Took a couple of hours to stream my friends live dj sets from Iowa tho. And read up on the scene drama I've missed in the year I've been gone.
*sigh
but they started on time today, no reason for not everyone to be there :D
see they only play them before F1 here, so you;ve got to get up extra early to catch them.
Hmm, need to eat soon
Any ideas of the rough time of the debrief? 6ish or later?
7pm, wasn't it?
umm, check the race thread, was near the last comments
I'm having a curry, and I thought debrief was at 7pm GMT?
Yep, 7pm. Sidepodtime of course ;)
Anyhoo, off to bed for me.
Enjoy the debrief, folks. Good night! :D
mmm curry. wish I could find somma that around here.
night
It is
Thanks guys, can relax a bit then
Night Journeyer
night journeyer, night lucy.
Is Lucy going or saying g'night to Journeyer?
If so, see ya Lucy
ohh man anytime I need a laugh I just check my junkmail box. I posted a singles ad on craigslist nearly a month ago and the scammers are still sending me junk.
Yeah i might be desperate enough to post on craigslist but really?
Night Guys
Send us a pic, Lukeh will photoshop one for you ;)
#FR Right… Have you all taken a deep breath? Because that was a FANTASTIC Italian Grand Prix – loads of overtaking and a return to the good old days of a strategy race-off between a fast car on a one-stopper and a fast car on a two-stopper.
Here are the Fantasy Racers Scores... How did your teams do?
gravit8ed, we've moderated you. i can only be bothered to delete so many comments in one day.
when did managing sidepodcast get so hard?
Aww *Hugs Mr. C*
Hello, .. you having a bad day?
Popularity has it's perils
sometimes popularity is not a good thing!
But we love that you do.
Hi everyone.
They don't give lessons in managing a community. We signed up to be podcasters!!
Too much post deletion required today
i want to be unpopular.
Blame Lou ;)
Hi Nikki
No you dont :(
aww. hullo nikki.
Oh dear. You'd think by now folks would've got the message that it's a familiy friendly site.
hey jackie/chile ;)
What's with the chile, have I gotten a new nickname apart fron tinklebelle?
ahh, you missed steven's comment. one second...
Media Temple need a talking to tomorrow when they come into the office
Shoddy buggers ;)
Curry time! - see you for the show ;)
See ya dude
his one:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/12/daily-12th-september-2009/#comment-484788
and this one:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/12/daily-12th-september-2009/#comment-484795
Hire someone to do the work...
Only don't tell them its an unpaid position ;)
they've screwed us over somewhat. apparently updated the servers to be faster/better. but they're not, they're slower and worse.
will implement more fixes before singapore.
Call the person an "Intern". Much more prestige that way.
Can I just also point out that when Mr C types a comment about Media Temple, his poor keyboard bears the brunt of it.
LOL at least it wasn't cause I did something naughty
Ooh, technical report is out. Must go update the engine stats, see you in time for the show
:D
I bet :lol:
That's how his keys break then ;)
hehehehehe :D
his slightly pink tinged keys :D
:)
OI!
It were me
Have just seen a clip of Serena Williams tearing into a line judge
Did she get penalised for that behaviour?
Definitely not safe for work
Someone said she got a penalty that cist her the game
cost
Good, she deserved it
Not professional at all
she was at 15-30, the foot fault put her at 15-40 and the code violation for her outburst lost the match.
Good. Karma wins again
It cost he the match? I didn't realise that
she was going to lose anyway, Clijsters was playing amazing. I was gutted when she retired so I'm so pleased she is back and doing well.
"Asked whether she thought the official deserved an apology, Williams said: "From me? How many people yell at linespeople? Players, athletes get frustrated. I don't know how many times I've seen that happen"
No regrets even now, terrible
hehe.
the things shes been saying about Safina are pretty off as well. If you think you should be "the real number one" maybe you should care about more than just grand slams.
She sounds like a nasty piece of work
Oh der.. do i eat the food i have in my fridge or order in pizza hut?
Should be the fridge but it won't, you know it already :)
I meant dominos... hut dont deliver, but my friend in dubai just ordered some...
I saw this guy last night, stumbled into The Thames Festival - didn't even know it was on.
He was SO good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdGxBPyQG0&NR=1
Sonic the Hedgehog makes me sad... I keep losing all my lives and rings on the first level or so!! I feel old :(
Patrick Head says Piquet jr told a journalist thathe crashed deiberately 15 minutes after the race and the journalist told Head soon after. Is it any wonder that Stuart says it was a topic of discussion at the next race if admission had been made. Why didn't any journalist publish?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78580
Best one of the lot
http://twitpic.com/h7qj2
Wonder if Ms Monkey is up for SidepodDrinks? ;)
Amazing! cant belive he sings whilst he does it!
If she comes to Monza next year will you come too? :D
He tore it up, it was great
Am tempted now! ;)
tony dodgins did. we linked to it last week. but i assume he heard it second hand?
Amy, how far in advance do tickets generally go on sale?
i just tweeted her about that. i'm so gutted, i (heart) renault garage :(
I don't remember reading anything round that time.
I have nooooo idea. Melbourne went on sale in July for next March, but I don't know how early other races do it.
I am assuming she got into the paddock yesterday with Renault and this morning from 5Live?
To be fair, you don't look as nice as the monkey - no offence ;)
Montoya tweeted this article about himself...
He should have a decent chance...
here's the article (sub req.): http://www.autosport.com/journal/article.php/id/1824
"Nobody at Fuji wanted to say so on the record, but many teams thought that Renault had carefully plotted Alonso's Singapore win and were very suspicious that Nelson Piquet had crashed at precisely the right moment to trigger the safety car which swung the race towards Alonso."
published: oct 15th 2008
Anyone?
Am wondering when Spa tickets go on offer
its hard to look nice when you are invisible
ooh really? what did i miss?
5live can get people in?!
*orders a oil tanker of booze for Abu Dhabi
Plus that panda fur is high maintenance
I wonder this myself. Who is going to purchase the sidepodtickets? I can send money to anyone who requires it for that reason :D
Hej!
How are you all? Is there a live show this evening?
You are buying us all tickets? ...thats very generous! :P
on twitter yesterday she said to someone "A Renault mechanic wanted a photo of of me so after he took them I waved him over and asked about how the autograph sessions were going to work. Then we chatted and I jokingly asked him if I could come into the garage. ;) He went and asked and in I went with a wee Renault pass! :D Glad he Renault fans cheered about it cos didn't want them to throw things. :P"
but in her twitpics from this morning she is wearing different clothes so obviously got into the paddock a second time, and tweeted this before "Thank you to @5LiveF1 for an amazing morning! :D Sorry if I was a rambling idiot but brain is sleep deprived. ;)"
At the cost, I think folk should sort there own out. Amy, as an exception for you only. I can sort yours out if you like
Roadtrip buddies an'all
I came in at the right time.
Hej! :D
7ish i belive
Hi Alison, 7 ish - SidepodTime
we need a secret handshake.
aww. i (megaheart) renault and 5live :)
We do, good idea
If you don't ask...
Good girl!
I heart that 5Live gave her a tip on a good restaurant to go to to spot paddock folk. I shall be booking a table there next year ;)
I will megaheart them when they let someone who looks like me in :P
I read it this week but I didn't realise it had been published then
Send your money to me and I will look after it for you for a small charge. The more yousend the lower the percentage charge so it is in your interest to send lots
Yep. 7pm
What a shame Bassano answered first. No money for the rest of you!
About to do my first online event in DiRT 2 :D
:D
they let me in.
If hulkenberg comes into F1 next year there will be at least 6 german drivers...
There is hope! Awesome!
How did they know it was you? :P
Nico Rosberg will be Finnish next year if he's at McLaren
How many pandas would there have been? Who else could it be ;)
recognised me voice i think.
But I imagine Mr C to be a (very) tall, handsome (to the ladies) kinda man.
I answered first! Arent you buying me my ticket? ;)
Hahahahaha.
hmmm... I need an mp3 player, a conceled speaker and miming lessons...
I am willing to give someone money to buy my ticket. The rest of you are out of luck. But the less people that go, the more beer for me and Bassano ;)
That sounded less sarcastic than it shoulda been :D
F1 Big Picture - headline not a patch on yesterday, sadly.
Now you are stealing away my beer :(
Stick with me kid, you'll go far :D
oh my, what a tidy beard!
hehehe.
Look at poor Nick, having to keep such a watchful eye on that mischievous beard of his.
Nick Heidfeld - Retirements are scared of him.
Awwwww poor Mr C :(
he has finished more races than I've had hot dinners.
If he shaves it off, do you think he'll have a DNF
[That's Did Not Finish, for the Legard fans]
If Alonso goes to Ferrari I think Raikkonen will be in a McLaren
What's the point in 41 consecutive finishes if most people can't remember you being in most of 'em
That's my hope too
"United Colours of Barrichello" is a classic
I have all my fingers crossed. I even consider going into my flatmates room and crossing her fingers while she sleeps (I don't really, thats creepy)
Awesome! On online rallies, you have to wait in the queue as other cars in front go before you, just like in real life! :D
Once he fails to finish a race they are going to make a huge thing of the record and make presentations to him. Until then he will be ignored
:D
Nick who?
Agreed
Cross her toes. That's a lot less creepy. If she wakes say you saw a huge spider
Oooh. Nice.
Do we think Force India's good spell will come to an end when we return to higher downforce tracks?
If you hide around the first corner can you mess up the people behind you's times?
Live post: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/13/live-hoping-for-heidfelds-consistency/
Other cars become transparent on rally events so thankfully not :)
Jumps into daily
Hurrah for the daily!
Daily love! I have missed the daily.
mmm nice in here!
Let's try this
STEVEN!!!!!
I am staying live to practise for next week
We should probably be in the Daily
I was trying to say :)
Btw, Mrs C, you do now have my skype contact thingy for the radio thingy next week, thingy?
Bugger! Missed it, was 7:15
Was there MotoGP today?
Missed that too :(
Kimi has impressed me a lot recently. I used to hate him but there's definitely less active hate atm....
No Moto GP according to Pat
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/
Must be re-showing the last race then
The power of the mullet
You could put kimi and Nico together and have two mullets
Noooo he's definitely got uglier and greasier recently. But I don't spend my time wishing he'd fly into the wall so I figure that must mean I like him more :P
Nico's is just long, it's not a mullet
Why did you not like Kimi, cos he drives the prancing donkey?
*sits in the daily*
It has potential
Right, turning this thing off. Mainly to finish this bloomin English homework. I hate sidepodcast at times, stupid addictivity.
Lotsa love.
We have chairs?
Or are you on the step? :)
bye RG :)
Later RG
i'm on the floor... it's much more comfy.. i'll buy a bean bag if you like? i need to buy some for the room in school i am redecorating...
It's all about the balls round here.
Hugs RG...
I SO wished you said that on air :D
Ooh er ;)
No. I don't have Ferrari hatred. That's a bit before my time ;)
I just never got that attached to him and found him really irritating for a nondescript reason. I'm quite fickle about drivers I like though.
For sure
Who's your fave at the mo then?
I don't like his attitude and the fact he always sounds like he is asleep and doesn't care. Even Finns think he's weird.
Thing is, he's not half bad as a driver though which is why I hope he gets a good car next year...
Hmmmm I've gone off the fluffy one a bit.... I like Lewis right now or I'm also really rooting for Fisi.
Quick heads up:
Fri 25th Sep is "Celebrate Arthur's Day"
Be there or be Badoer
Copying Leo Laporte then?
That would sound very funny for our Australian commenters
Also does anyone know if the race is on iplayer yet? Everyone is talking about the best lap ever and I errrrm missed it!
Absolutely.
Because Drop.io is being rubbish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWxLBt77BQ
And there's another one which weirdly has no sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2-wS92ClM
always.
Sidepodcast worships almighty Leo
Awwwwwwww, poor panda!
Ha ha, quality!
yes it's on iplayer. i saw it earlier.
No Russian accents though, Please, no accents :)
Does the RSPCA know you do that?
It could be said that both are similiar in that by using them, you are just burning away your money... :P
hahaha see... now i'm thinking you shouldn't get a panda
(THIS IS A JOKE DON'T PUT ME ON THE NAUGHTY STEP :) )
Nit even the Swedish one?
Is that the same fan that almost blew the hair off your head?
I got a good swedish one! ;)
We are coming to a sudden realisation why the panda is grumpy all the time.
Or the Finnish one! :)
http://woodwiss.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/first-impressions-colin-mcrae-dirt-2/ :P
I miss Bibendum
What's he up to these days?
Will we hear it next week?
i'd hate to see what the fan would do to bibendum...lol
Resisting giant fans with strength
Busy filling in one of those "had an accident that wasn't your fault" claim forms based on that last video.
What about a cat that has panda colourings?
(Not that I'm obsessed with cats or anything)
Maybe on "Whose start line is it anyway?"
Somebody please give me a chance to do a Kimi and a Tiff Needell impression!
:lol:
Bibendum has a new best friend: http://qik.com/video/2556505
in the same sketch? now that's a big ask!
Not for this place
Hmmm I could easily go back to supporting Jenson like I used to. I think I'm a bit scared that he won't get the championship though..... My little heart couldn't handle that.
Aww teddy!
Teddy bears are evil though :(
oooopss... i may have just found Jenson on facebook.. as in his actual account... *realises the poor guy needs privacy*... *closes window...* phew...
Erm... I meant two separate ones.
Although...
TED!
awww!!
That teddy is moving in just like the panda did. You are going to end u with a wide angled camera to get the menagerie in
A breakthrough moment, well done Lou ;)
Easy
it was tough.. i found his mum too... see... procrastination = BADDD!
Sounds more like a break in moment
It's Teddy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys3gp-RMwdA
:lol:
I remember that
No, he's a behind the scenes animal.
Night everybody - thanks for such an awesome day :D
Milky milky
See ya Gavin
I loved that show. I have/had some audiotapes with the radio shows on them somewhere.
night!
I've just remembered what happens to Teddy in that video clip. Please don't watch it if you find mistreatment of soft toys disturbing.
See that tree, the one with all it's branches missing? That's you that is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMapqiDsqs
Hearing Supernanny's voice in the distance. What's she saying?
The professors were great
I've got the lot, Radio, TV, Baddiel and Newman, Punt and Dennis....
Bye Gavin
so bibendum is behind the scenes now?
Night Gavin
i've found Jules on facebook too... oh goodness my psychology is never going to be complete...
Turn the internet off Lou
Just yours, not everyone's :)
He's moved into an advisory role.
but i'm listening to stuff on the iplayer...
i'm too tired to work... :( i feel that maybe i need to be kicked off spc till it gets done...
well that's one way to get hold of her.
Right, am off to make a huge burger to ease my hangover
I just love some of the people who go on Dragons Den. So clueless it is incredible. One just said that anyone looking at our forecasts will see that we were not far out with the numbers. It was just the times that were wrong.
ahh. like andi peters?
i would love her to accept me on twitter first :P
Oh No, maths!
Poor Jules is going to be getting messages asking why she has not replied yet
He has retyred
:)
no no.. i'll wait. and if i don't get a message by christmas i'll write again :D
Groan!
she's on twitter??
Sidepodcast is for life, not just for Christmas
Amy found her. her tweets are protected though :(
Looking by the qik video, surely he's the quality control assistant?
Awe hahahaha
I am an attention seeker a groan is as good as a :D
it's very cool you've asked her to be friends though :)
With all the computer geius on sidepodcast no-one can hack their way in?
:D
Hehehehe you're still taking me on with you? Cheers thanks :D
Not id you are going to say something like that
Cos that's not stalker-ish at all, oh no
That's a no then, because we don't do stalkerish.
Damn, beefburgers have been in the freezer a little too long
Spicy bean burger it is then
[Parp!]
One's enough round here ;)
:( :( :(
Steven how could you.....
what's her id?
haha she probably just thinks i'm some random stalker person.. :D
this weekend has made me think even more about wanting to get into f1 though, it just seemed so amazing this weekend, and just seeing the paddock made me feel kinda sad that i wasn't there. plus seeing those camera angles that included the photographers, plus seeing darren heath yesterday... it just makes me all sad :(
:D
If I ever decide in my lifetime to do Pikes Peak, I want a Colin McRae R4 exactly like the Trailblazer version in DiRT 2. This thing is the equivalent of a modern day Group B rally car! Unbelievable acceleration! :D
Just making sure. We still need a product and a business model.
As long as you're cool about being away from home so much, it'd be fantastic
So what are you going to do about it?
Not to appear on Dragon's Den you don't, judging on what they let in.
Just thinking about Grosjean possibly being a listner...
How about asking on a live show for feedback from youn up and coming racing drivers who listen and think they are good enough to make it to F1?
It could be interesting to see if anyone emails in then we can follow their progress through the lower formulee...
Just an idea...
well another positive was that while i was away on holiday i didn't feel homesick once. i was all caught up in the moment and stuff, even though i got some hideous AS results and it made me sooo upset, i didn't feel homesick, which is real progress :D almost 2 weeks away and everything :)
If I am going on that program it is to get an investment or another benefit not to make a complete prat of myself
good idea, but jon's sort of doing that i think?
i have no idea! :( i have no idea what i want to do at uni..or how i would get to f1.... i've emailed some f1 photographers but no reply as of yet.
Hmmmm maybe it's not me you need to bring with you then :P
Nice idea. We could get guest posts from them
Cool
Ah right, i thought he was just the leval below f1?
Maybe he can ask then?
How about asking if Mr C can ask Joe next time about how to get into F1 photography? He does seem know a lot.
I ned to listen to his show tomorrow, it's waiting on the iPod
Good idea and he does have his own [e-]magazine
sounds like a plan. we're not the best people to talk to young drivers, we have no interest in anything beneath f1 unless franck's driving.
i haven't watched a gp2 race for two years and likely never will again.
I was going to say the same. You'd need some practice at other motorsport events (there are a couple of locations not far from you) as well.
You have to pester people. Have you sent any pictures to any of them? Send them a dozen motor sport related pics and ask for advice. Go to a club race meeting take pics and pickthe best of them. Then send them off and ask how you could improve and what you should do after school.
GP2, F2, Renault World Series
Loads of stuff I think
Your sales pitch is losing me. You need to say something good to recover from that
Listen to Steven, you know he's right
yeah thats what i meant
yeah i know.. the moment i'm able to drive i'll gain the freedom to take myself to those kinda things, atm i have to wait on mum and dad, who golf most weekends
dank's other half takes pictures at feeder series races and has been published in the redbulletin. might be worth doing something like that too.
Steven, you're always so sensible :) thank you
I know we can make money with our business. We might not make it in the time predicted but I know we'll make our budgets in the end.
That should be the new sidepodcast tag line. I think it is the best one yet
Burgers nearly done, see you guys in a bit
om nom nom
ah yeah :) Lady Laney's photos are awesome!
Why thank you
That;s the kind of pitch we need
Link?
Dont use your phone! It almost killed me on the train!
I like that! I'll put it in the suggestions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladylaney/
when you say show, do you mean he has a podcast out there? or am i missing the point?(wouldn't be the first time)
Ta
Catch you guys in a bit
http://www.feederseries.tk/
http://www.feederseries.tk
I think so. With a plan like that I'm confident we can get our investment of £300000 in return for 12% of our business (obviously not from Peter Jones, he's too tall to understand)
Thank You. I've subscribed through iTunes, he's in the search if you look for "The Feeder Series"
Add it to my long long backlog of podcasts.
You have to think of all the photos you need to pose for. No point being in them with someone that tall
So you've valued your business at 2.5 million ? Why should I give you £300000 of my children's inheritance?
Because we deserve it. So there
We're Scottish. That deserves investment.
It's not a business, I'm out. (cue dum dum dudum music and Evan says something)
Just rejigged my Podcast playlist. Got TWiT from last week playing, then it's my Backlog of SPC content, then it's Jon's podcast. Then last week's Buzz Out Louds
Podcasts have replaced radio for me. For 4 years now.
I want to go on one of those cooking programmes. Looks like a good cookery course, which I'd love, without actually having to pay for it.
offer that for 95% of the business, slip some voting covenant's into the contract, transfer the money to a separate account then liquidate the company. Easy.
I'm hoping to get lots of tips from Mr C on SPC's answer to Saturday kitchen though!
!!
okay i neeeeeeed to disappear and get this work done. i may be back later i'm not sure...
Ssssshhhh! Not so loud! I don't want to have to treat her for ego inflation!
ok, good luck, see you lou.
hehe well tell her from me they are awesome :P
I was worried how good it was going to be but now he is going to have ingredients I am more confident
between you and me then... seriously awesome.
First time I hav seen her work and it is really good
It's not going to be like an episode of Big Cook, Little Cook
Hehehehe surely there's now more that can go wrong!
i have no idea what that is?
For all the Ej fans out there
Mind you - "Mr C's adventures in the big world" could be a goer.
Have you seen the episode where he made a cupcake?
You'll find it on cebeebies.
.....no!
I'm sorry. Maybe I'm putting Mr C and his cooking ability down too much. He might surprise us all.... :D
You're putting Mr C and cooking ability in the same sentence. Error! :)
In the Parade Lap before the Brazilian GP last year he made a cupcake and I mean one
:D
What could possibly go wrong. This cooking lark is easy. Just slap a few ingredients together, and boom.
Literally, boom!
You can find it here http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/11/02/live-so-what-are-you-baking-for-the-race/
Apparently the best way to learn how to cook is to buy cookery books and cook everything in there at least once, even if you don't like the end product you will learn techniques and see ideas which work.
That's the trippy one right? In the Night Garden springs to mind.
I don't think I'm really the one to judge! I pretend I can cook but really no, I can cook 2 items for show.... I let my bf do all the cooking. It doesn't matter when he's away, there's no-one to fool.
That had me LOL for real. Pure genius.
I'll pass the compliment on to her. Maybe. :-)
It takes toooooo long! I'm so slow at chopping and stuff. So to make simple recipes it takes like 3 hours!! I don't really have the willpower to persist.
It's ok, I heard.
Thanks for the kind words! :-)
Most things can be bought pre-chopped, to save time. And pre-cooked, to save time.
This is on GP diary too, a lonely hearts ad:
"Irish TV commentator, 61, seeks attention every two weeks. I say what I like and like what I say. I have an aversion to battery based energy recovery systems and tall Scottish men. Want to run your fingers through my hair? Let me put it on then. Photo’s to PO Box 37, Dublin, Ireland."
Ah. I'm not really a fan of pre-prepared veg. Seems ridiculous to me. I think I just see my dad's face in my head. He'd actually cry if he spied pre-cut veg.
Keep away from turnip. You need an axe to get through them.
oops!
seriously though, there are plenty of budding photographers around here, if you ever fancy imparting some of your tips and secrets, just yell, we're all ears.
(sorry dank)
Eveeeeeening :D
Goood Eeeevening Jon
hehehhe
I have an odd cooking background. I'm not like most awful cooks in that I have a good idea about what things are and how you cook them etc. It's just that I have no practical skill.
My dad is an awesome cook and I wasn't really ever allowed to practice without ridicule at home! Then I left to go start studying and I don't think student budget was really the best way to be starting out as a cook. I began to realise how expensive all the stuff I enjoyed at home really was to cook!
I'm also the sort of person that buys soya milk and owns a juicer :P
Are you anti milk?
And by that i clearly mean proper milk
Do you have a dehydrator too? :)
peoples, we love you, now we must sleep.
thanks for an excellent weekend, for breaking 400,000 comments, for putting up with all the technical issues and especially for making the parade lap so wonderful.
see ya tomorrow.
*honks*
In like an ethical sense? NO
or a stream decider?
have i missed something?
in a body-like sense?
Love you too. Night night.
bye Mr & Mrs C
ciao
Night Mr C... Thanks for your efforts sir!
I am dozing in front of the NFL... might head off soon myself
@ Mr + Mrs C
Why would you put soya milk in a juicer?
Night Mr and Mrs C
Not forgetting mrs c ...
i should really sleep
Steven! I think you just came up with our business plan. Also, for the record, you can put soya beans into a juicer.....
You might put the beans in one.
Nah. I used to when I was a kid. Bad allergy issues. I got over it but now it's just habit. I'm properly veggie and basically have very little egg/dairy just because I don't really like it.
We are going to make a soya milk juicer or are we just going to sell soya milk juice?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/funhouse-jpg-2
I feel wronged
I always assumed soya milk was just a white version of soya sauce...
I heard someone the other day say that when they first heard of vegans he thought they were people from Vegas
Whatever it is, call it SidePodSoya
And again..
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/power-jpg
Please tell me you didn't just say that :(
helloooo - have been dragged out of sidepodlurk (and baby is asleep....for now.... )
You sound like you need a mandolin :-) Or a nice Kitchen Aid processor with the slicing blade (and yes they will cope with turnips) just to add to the gadget cupboard :-)
Hmmm - is this the point where I admit to a (not-often-added-to-and-not-about-F1-or-space) blog???
Surely if we do a show it would be a soyapodcast
By always, i mean untill i was about 16 and discovered otherwise
hehehe your apparent despair amuses me though ;)
You can't fool me like that. A mandolin is a 500 year old guitar
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rbpanda-jpg
i loves this
Mr C just went to bed and you announce a blog.
I <3 soya
rofl... no, the other sort (the one with a v.v. sharp blade and not a piece of kit that I would ever sanction being used by children and any one called Mr C or who values their fingers - so not anyone who plays a mandolin then...)
Is this what the people at "will it blend?" use?
I've had it for ageessss... hang on... u.... well, given that I deleted a load of stuff once, about um, 4 or 5 years (and a couple longer than that that are no longer on line...)
Hehe.. i have a V-gan step sister so i have learnt all about this mystical food...
(although being an adorable step brother my diet switches to 90% meat in her presence)
No.
That is a vitamix - which costs half a thousand to buy new and is something that I will only dream of... besides, its not actually a lot better than a KA blender just that it has a tougher motor...
http://www.eqonline.co.nz/shop/catalog/images/Mandoline Slicer.jpg
Blimey are you a QVC blender salesman?? Why do you know so much about chopping?? :P
You mean Mandoline?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandoline
Have you seen their "do try this at home" videos?
Nope... I just like kitchen toys :-) (and dabbling in non-traditional food forms, like raw....)
This is a dangerous utensil and food preparers may choose to wear a metal glove on the pushing hand.
What!? where would you even get one without robbing a passing knight?
Raw?
Raw meat? And blenders?
Are you Jeremy Clarksons alter-ago?
V8 Powered blender anyone?
That's the one. Note: "This is a dangerous utensil and food preparers may choose to wear a metal glove on the pushing hand."
Mr C will not be expected to use one of these on Saturday
If it was a proper decent one it would take the glove and the fingers anyway...
Ah raw! Now that's something I can do. I do soup, I do juice, I do stir fry. That is basically all I eat.
Careful.
Ah yes....you being her husband....umm...er....how do i get out of this...ummm..
*runs*
:D
My parents had a grater once, that you turned a handle, and the vegetable (or block of cheese in my case) came out grated. Wanted one, but couldn't find one for years. Then in Matalan, I found one. No idea what it's called, but it's the best thing for grating without removing the tips of your fingers.
Hows Mini Purple Goth doing?
I'm never going to find someone to marry me :(
Unless they really like stir fry.
and eating out :)
If you mean the baby, he's doing just fine thanks.
hehe, its the easiest thing to cook... fortunatly there are quite a lot of things you can cook with that technique ;)
Yeah, if LPG is little, then baby must be MPG ;)
:-D
Curry, ricenbeans, seitan, dahl, lots of 'end of the veg box' stews here
Although I do a mean line in cake.
And biscuits.
And cake (especially chocolate) http://ajtaylor.smugmug.com/photos/394231338_mwXr6-M.jpg
I had a really nice tea tonight tbh! It was stirfry based however. But there were rice noodles and I marinaded my own tofu!
You can do mexican food, most chineese dishes, stroganoff... quite a few currys... it is genius..
woo....
Hmmm - wonder if the C's have a portable gas ring? I wasn't planning on making him do vegetables, but now you mention it.....
(big evil grin)
I can make good soups!! I don't think people like to live off soup though :P
Mmmm, Caaaaaake! *drools*
You can make it chunky and chuck in pasta and call it 'xxx' minestrone :-)
Or thicken it and call it stew
Add pataks curry paste and call it curry.
Plus peanut butter soup is quite nice (although nicer if you use cashew butter instead)
I cook good soups too. I always have trouble with the tin opener though, being left handed and all. :)
Ah - you need one of those ones from JML then.
Currently on the go is celery soup which sounds gross but is actually awesome when you make it nice and peppery :D
is it not just slightly green water?
:P :lol:
You need to make him work hard. He had too easy a time with the cupcake. He needs something good and complicated
My Wife likes making Casseroles.
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I refuse to believe celery is edible. I think some famous cook mentioned it once as a joke and everyone took it seriously.
In half an hour without prep time? Wouldn't that be mean? And besides, I thought that he was not to appear on camera....
Some people are allergic.
I seem to have problems with the share image interface on LCLT.
http://drop.io/startledbunny/asset/obj0028-jpg
how can you be allergic to something that barely exists?
His hands and arms can. When he made the cupcake we saw hands
Is that not like being allergic to plates?
Spaghetti bolognaise could be amusing... :lol:
rofl....
Although many italians (or their cook books) seem to suggest that a proper ragu sauce takes at least 3 hours....
i had a cup of coffee before i left the house and i have just arrived at work and got 2 more and a bottle of coke. My plan is to get so jittery on caffeine i dont even realise im tired.
Don't mock my celery soup!!! It's amazing!!!!
Go go go go go!!!!!
My Mum made me a cool Birthday Cake one time.
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Do you put tahini in it?
DID YOU SLEEP?
(sorry for shouting, but its for your own good)
Opps forgot to quote - that was in the celery soup, not the cake!!
OOh yum, but it always seems such a shame to eat cakes like that...
Errr no. The only thing I'd use tahini for is humous.
Are you sure you dont mean celery tea?
I cant see it being thick enough to be soup :P
Its not the jittery that's the sod though - its the paranoia as the jittery wears off.... then you will care that you are tired as the monsters jump out of the shadows behind you and the sock monster dares to come out from under the bed.....
It has other ingredients.
Tahini is very nice with chocolate stirred through it in a swirl....
I tend to use tahini in Houmous as well, though its good for a quick sesame mylk if there is no mylk maker to hand :-S
Meh. It's not really! I kinda blend celery up to thicken it, it's supposed to be strained and then served as one of those clear soups but that freaks me out too much.
What is mylk wikipedia tells me its a gene?
but celery and cucumber juice are rather nice :-0
Hmm - what else is in this celery soup then (no I'm not going to get Mr C to make it)
You are awake again already?
Mr C could make Pancakes!
Lol
Veg*n usage to denote not-dairy suspension based drinks (soya, hemp, sesame, qunioa, rice, oat, white pea, etc etc etc)
Could he? That poor poor panda... (shakes head)
eeek!
There is a good reason i havent heard of them then!
Rofl...
What about Seitan. Have you heard of that?
Erm..... lots of pepper?
Nope... although if it is a planet in star trek... maybe ;)
Close....
I have heard of Satan. He is a veggie
It appears to be vegetarian food... It scares me...
If i have nightmares tonight.... this is why!
I aim to please :-D
I am going to bed, so enjoy yourselves, and good night to you all :)
Night,
i will be going in 1min 53 secs nfl time...
Is there a game on somewhere tonight?
Lots, i think they all just finished, but their should be a late game at some point.
I am all for sleeping, night¬!
But thi go and discover my GP+
Surfice it to say Joe doesnt seem to hold out too much hope for Flav
The Bears and the Packers are on 5 in 25 minutes.
Hire him back and so you can call him, a retread! :P .
Exactly. BOOM is what could go wrong. Admittedly you have to break it down into its component aparts, but the Hydrogen in water makes a pretty decent boom!
That's it. Get Mr. C to make Pandacakes! :P .