Today is Saint Valentine's Day, which is traditionally a time for celebrating love and stuff. As the Sidepodcast Daily Post is well into its second year, it means last years random act of kindness has come back to haunt me in the shape of "an annual tradition". So here I am writing another one.
According to the official Sidepodcast Calendar, today is also Milkybar Day. A day when I offer the gift of Milkybar in place of anything requiring much more thought, effort or expense. I'm a nice guy like that.
While I nip out to buy one, here are some things that have caught my eye this weekend.
Yesterday we spent the evening watching the very lovely Danica Patrick take part in her first NASCAR Nationwide Cup race. Unfortunately the poor girl managed just 69 laps before getting caught up in another racing incident ahead of her, and that saw the end of her day's running. It also marked the end of our interest in the race. Did I mention how lovely she is?
In Jerez on Saturday afternoon, Claire Williams said goodbye to the Twitter masses, as she boarded a plane for England. Boo for less tweeting next week, but at least she'll be able to poke the people running the teams website into action. Did I mention how lovely she is?
Jenson Button's girlfriend Jessica Michibata appears to be dropping our favourite World Champion a hint or three with this tweet yesterday. She points out that "a guy has to ask a girl what she wants and be willing to give it to her". Clearly Jessica's got her sights set on a Milkybar too. Did I mention how lovely she is?
I think tradition states at this point in the daily post, I say I'll see you in the comments. Unless there was anything else?
I guess I should mention Christine too.
Of course, I cannot pass up the opportunity to show my love for Ms. Christine Blachford. I get to spend heaps of my free time, day in day out, working closely with her on all sorts of fun projects, including this one, and she is a fantastic girl to be around. I cannot imagine writing or recording or working on things alone ever again, because everything we do and have done for the past three (and a bit) years has been a joint effort in every way and the results really do speak for themselves.
Everything that Sidepodcast has become is a direct result of Christine's amazing personality, she is gorgeous, and fabulous and brilliant all at once, and I really hope she understands that nothing I buy her today can show just how important she is to me - so a 49p chocolate bar will just have to do. I still have no idea why she agreed to marry me, but I'm so very glad she did. Did I mention how lovely she is?
Happy Milkybar Day, Christine x
Happy Milky Bar day to all
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! :-)
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I have no girlfriend
So I hate you, Cupid
--
Happy VD everyone
Reminds me of the Dire Straits song Industrial Disease :p
awwww Mr C that's a beautifully written, very sweet blog post :) Happy Valentines/ Milkybar day to you all :) ♥
awww
hello sidepodpeople, and happy milkybar day!
RG, I completely agree with you
(except for the hate part, of course... Cupid: you know, I like you, can you make something for me? in the next 24hs, maybe? thanks ;-) )
Actually, Mr Cupid, can I retract my previous statement and concur with the comment written by guille?
Hey sir and its cheerio from me, early start in the morning nd i shoulda been in bed by now. Night and lotsa love.
night rg :)
night RG
Whilst my iPod plays up, just wanted to quuickly say hope everyone has a lovely valentines day and if not, just totally ignore it and buy yourself a milky bar :o win win!
Froma personal point of view, it goes without saying how much I [ hearts] my lovely lou :) but also all of sidepodcast for being so lovely as well *group hug*
awww! well aren't you just adorable ;) i (heart) you too :P
time for me to sleep. night to all still around xx
There was a major wreak at the Daytona truck race... Piquet Jr wasn't involved for one. Did I mention how distasteful he is?
Oh Happy Milkbar Day everyone. (*waves*)
A lot of bump draft casualties tonight in the NASCAR truck race. Bumpers of different heights + bump drafting = a whole lot of crashes.
How the heck is Piquet Jr still in it?
i regret not checking the weather before i left the house. Now i am dying in far too many clothes for this heat.
Missed Nascar
Did you go out for beers?
#sidepodspace
They have just started the second spacewalk of the mission. What time zone are these people in? Don't they know the winter Olympics is on?
i ended up not going out because everyone else decided not to go. Perfect. Now I am on my way to the adidas outlet shop in a hunt for an ugly tennis dress.
Boo everyone else. After you making the effort.
Why do you want something ugly?
tennis dress? like those sharapova wear?
morning all.
@mr. c, you are SO cheesy. :P
Hi Journeyer
we are having a theme day at work tomorrow and I want to go as a tennis player because its easy and last time i was at adidas they had ivanovics 2009 dress. Its ugly but i kind of like it. And its purple! I havent been for months though so they probably wont have it anymore.
Won't you get hypothermia?
oh no they have the purple but they have her white wimbledon one as well. I cant decide which i like more!
You like the purple.
no way! gotta be white wimbledon. :D
i went with the white. Its more wearable after dress up day is over. Sadly. I want both!
oh plus the white came with hair ties! And i got the matching visor too
w00t! :D
You like Journeyer more than me :(
dont worry steven odds are ill go back for the purple one day. It also came down to the smallest size they had it in was a 12 which was a bit too big :(
No good trying to make me feel better
It took me till line 8 to realise who wrote this post but by the end, I was almost wanting milky bars myself.
Happy Valentine's Day people
If you're not busy, we'll raise a glass in the comments later on
@Mr. C
I am surprised that you didn't work this song into the post.
I am confused, what I thought were hair ties are actually a headband. But google image searching I have learned that Ms Ivanovic wore the same visor I bought.
Here is the one I didn't buy #sorrysteven
http://mantovani.zip.net/
New stuff! Massa, Alonso, Rosberg, and (King) Schumacher! :D
Or I just haven't seen the site for days...
At Sydney Opera House for a play. Wearing blue collared shirt
#aussiegiggles
:D
my brother just became a fan of Lotus Racing on facebook. I fell off my chair.
WHOA!
is he watching F1 again?
maybe he doesn't realise its new Lotus. I know he doesn't like Trulli or Kovy!
Maybe he likes the team? Or Gascoyne?
he likes Lotus as a company, he was very excited to drive an Elise a few weeks back.
#wrc
Kimi Raikkonen with a problem as he enters service...? Not sure if there's a puncture or suspension damage.
He shuts his window and doesn't talk to the press.
How very Kimi... but not quite like what WRC drivers typically do...
my friend is moving back to England :( now who will come to BSB with me :(
Oh no!
I'm sad she is leaving as well because she was meant to be here til November and we got on super well and had many plans for things to do and tennis to watch :(
Tell her not to go. Doesn't she know it is cold here?
heh I don't even know why she is going other than something has happened that means she has to be at home and she doesn't want to talk about it
so if anyone can make it to Melbourne in 3 weeks, I have a ticket going spare and free! ;)
From the interview he has given MTV3 it sounds as if he is totally exhausted.
From her twitter name I thought she was Finnish
she lived there for about 3 years and speaks so much Finnish that I am super jealous
Morning everyone :)
Morning!
a hoy hoy :D
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Milky bars are white
and actually violets are violet in colour and roses are mainly black with different fillings inside
So what are we all up to today?
My day is almost over.I bought a dress. Now I am straightening my hair.
I am writing some show notes at the moment.
dress + straight hair = bed? I would have thought it would be the other way round? dress + straight hair = out?
annoyingly I have to go to the supermarket this morning... tsk!
its all part of the costume for dress up day at work tomorrow and I won't have time to do it in the morning :D
You're wearing a costume to work?
yes more details please
and a picture I think
we are having a theme day and we have to dress up as a TV character from one of our channels. The only thing I watch on it is tennis and I've always wanted a reason to wear a tennis dress so I bought this one and the visor today. Now I just need the ponytail :D
Oh yes!
this is from last year. I was Tinkerbell.
excellent!
that green dress was hideous and uncomfortable. This year will be much better because I really, really like this dress and want to wear it a lot #sorrysteven
why is this a problem for Steven?
I realy have been far too busy with work I feel quite lost!
I was live commenting my trip to the adidas shop but only Steven and Journeyer were here, I was trying to chose between two dresses and he wanted me to go for the purple one which I sadly had to leave behind. I came very close to buying both :D
aha!
Awe, the daily is super sweet!
Can i say a huge, big thank you to you guys...
Without Sidepodcast i wouldn't have met Alison who is too amazing for words, so thank you so much for making it possible... :)
#MFC
Flattr is a really neat concept for microtipping. Normally microtipping is a pain because it's very expensive to make small payments on a credit card. This idea is you set up a Flattr account with say 2 euros a month going into it. Then whenever you see a Flattr button and you like the content you hit the button. At the end of the month your 2 euros is split between all of the sites you flattred. Only liked 1 thing that month they get 2 euros etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8512263.stm
Can I just say A+ work to the McLaren webmaster who set up the "Jensen Forum" thread on their fan forum to replace the "Heikki Forum" #fail
Good morning everyone :)
morning! :)
Jensen!!! i can tell it's going to be hard to be a mclaren fan... #sorryamy.
Good morning :) you feeling better today?
You should start tying it Luwis just to get your own back ;)
Morning all.
Morning.
Really lovely daily post - can we all (heart) Mr. and Mrs. C. today for all the great work on Sidepodcast?
Actually it's my wedding anniversary today, but as we have both been too busy flathunting we haven't got anything for each other. We just plan to have a nice evening together and then go out for dinner this week sometime...
ooh congratulations on that too! How many years?
Happy anniversairy to you and Mrs Gavin, Gavin :)
yeah much better thanks. Going out in a bit though so am hoping it doesn't make it worse.
If i could write Luwis without having to use all my determination not to change it to the correct spelling i would :P
Maybe i should point out that Jensen is the car (like the one we have in our garage..)... Jenson is the current world champion (eeek)
Morning Gavin and Adie.
aw congratulations!! :)
Thanks guys - six lovely years today ;)
It's brilliant that, of all the cars your family could own, you have a Jensen :) Sure it's the wrong spelling of Mr Button but I think it was just your destiny to be a Jenson fan having a car in your garage with such a name :)
oooh thats the candy year!
there is a baseball player called Jensen Lewis :D
Noted - we both love the candy and Denmark makes some good stuff!
we've had it for years.. it needs a bit of a referb though. It's also bright blue... which always looks like a similar shade of blue as on Jenson's helmet livery
maybe mclaren are secretly baseball fans? :P
Notice how Jenson's name comes first ;)
There are years?
each anniversary has a 'traditional' gift :D
Is there one for 3 months-ish and a balcony?
sadly no, here is the list
g'morning
Barometer?!!!
"To celebrate 13 years of our love, the unlucky number, have a lovely barometer to highlight my atmospheric pressure for you"
Morning mr c
Morning sir :)
:D :D
:D hehehe
There is a 12 and a halfth anniversary here where they have a big party...
That's because at that time the barometer is approaching!
heheheheeh!
sorry.
:)
:)
oooooo i have just checked twitter... the Mclaren shop and a few others like my hoody design :)
You did a design? I must've missed it... :(
i liked it too!
lol i only did it to fell like i'd done something as they kept going on and on about it. http://twitpic.com/12zsnf
yay! :)
Oooh nice!!
seconded.
I sent the eshop a tweet saying that I liked it...
That was yours? Should have read who did it!!
haha, nice one.
Lukeh.. you're good with photoshop, you should have a go too! :P
hehe thank you. Am not expecting it to win, but it was a nice way to spend 5 mins yesterday.
I could, although it won't be anywhere near as good as yours!
hush you, yours would probably be much nicer. I nearly submitted a pic of the jenson hoody from brawn but thought that wouldn't help Mclaren like me.
"Mclaren your merc is lovely and all, but clearly F1 needs more Brawn..." ;)
Of course, I cannot pass up the opportunity to show my love for Ms. Christine Blachford. I get to spend heaps of my free time, day in day out, working closely with her on all sorts of fun projects, including this one, and she is a fantastic girl to be around. I cannot imagine writing or recording or working on things alone ever again {Original entry}
Awwww. That's very kind of you. And both of you are fantastic to know :)
:D hehehe while rocket red is lovely.. florescent yellow is 'where it's at' ;)
A lot of bump draft casualties tonight in the NASCAR truck race. Bumpers of different heights + bump drafting = a whole lot of crashes.
How the heck is Piquet Jr still in it? {Comment #16}
He's had practise at crashing?
Are GP tickets personal or can you sell them on? #notforAmy'seyes
They had the rocket red top in that f1 shop i mentioned in cardiff the other day. I have never seen something so bright in person, I was tempted to go buy sunglasses just in case.
WHAT? #didntseethat
Can I just say A+ work to the McLaren webmaster who set up the "Jensen Forum" thread on their fan forum to replace the "Heikki Forum" #fail {Comment #81}
McLaren doesn't think they hired a vintage car to replace their Flying Finn, do they?
Actually it's my wedding anniversary today {Comment #87}
Happy anniversary, RG!
*rubbergoat*
;)
Nothing is decided yet. I hope it will work out. #thankGod
woohoo! :D
morning, folks. well, morning over in the UK, anyway...
epic fail, that one.
it feels like everyone I know who has ever lived in Finland is abandoning me today :D
Happy anniv, Gavin! ;)
:D
:D hehehehehe!
Morning all! :)
mind you, you managed to sneak an SI swimsuit link there. not so cheesy, after all! :D
#confidential
doh!
an #mfc thought for the day. i like having breakfast and watching comments come in and catching up with overnight comments. kinda like a living newspaper... only cheaper.
The only reason he said nice things is to make up for THAT.
awww. i hope everything's ok with your friend though. looks like a personal thing.
:D
indeed, its ok though, i will see her at the olympics in two years :D
right i'm off out to go take pics of my run down stupid town so that i stand 1/2 a chance at getting into Falmouth Uni- the pressure!! :(
while i'm out i may buy myself a milkybar.. seeing as it's milkybar day.
catch you all later!! xx
yes!
Sorry :(
I can offer a very short Heikki clip. I missed the start, he said: I have to work for Finnish TV now because I'm paid so few money.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/heikki-mpg
Buy yourself a milky bar on my behalf, please ;)
You'll be fine, your photos are always amazing. Have a good day lou :)
all is forgiven <3
the last stage of rally Sweden starts now: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=409&season=2010&rally_id=S&stage=21
rally radio: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=250
Yay Heikki is smiling :)
despite only monitoring progress on a web timing screen, and catching an hours 'highlights' each evening on MotorsTV, I think I'm starting to enjoy following this rallying malarky.
I do suspect it has a little to do with the lack of any more familiar racing at the moment - but hey-ho. We have to start somewhere.
i watched nearly two whole nascar races and enjoyed them both.
Wait till you see a race without restrictor plates!
i think i did that 2007 didn't i? haven't really watched much since then though.
Yeah, it's not so good since the Car of Tomorrow sadly.
But they've changed the rear wings so that's due to help in the draft etc...
We'll see. I'm a bit worried that they have allowed 'Bump Drafting' again - I didn't like what I saw of Junior's crash last night...
Day 1 of the year of the tiger today.
I've not seen that yet :S
eh? i thought it was done already? the last splits and stage times were up an hour ago...
ahh... there's one more SS!
...which is new done. :D
apparently, they run last to first on the last stage now?
Very good stage for Kimi. He beat his teammate for the very first time. #sorryRG
They started with the leader of the S2000 then Kimi and Marcus and then the top9 in reverse order.
yehaw!
Hello all, I heart all the Sidepodlove and want to join in saying how fantastic both Christine & Mr C are.
On Milkybar Day, spare a thought for those women who have been looking forward to a romantic weekend in Rome, only to find out that England play Italy this afternoon in the 6 Nations ;)
Oh no!
Good afternoon :)
Happy Milkybar Day
That's true romance that is!
Christine....did you get my mail yesterday?
I has been plugging about the awesomeness that is Pixar: http://toata.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/64-pixar-perfection/
Oops, blogging I mean. Nevermind, still works... kinda.
Final result Rally Sweden:
1 Mikko HIRVONEN 3:09:30.4 0.0
2 Sébastien LOEB 3:10:12.7 +42.3
3 Jari-Matti LATVALA 3:10:45.8 +1:15.4
4 Dani SORDO 3:12:12.0 +2:41.6
5 Sébastien OGIER 3:13:45.7 +4:15.3
6 Henning SOLBERG 3:14:53.8 +5:23.4
7 Matthew WILSON 3:17:24.3 +7:53.9
8 Mads ÖSTBERG 3:18:52.6 +9:22.2
9 Petter SOLBERG 3:19:47.9 +10:17.5
10 P-G ANDERSSON 3:21:39.3 +12:08.9
xx Marcus GRÖNHOLM 3:33:01.2 +23:30.8
xx Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN 3:47:17.6 +37:47.2
Too late - your subconcious gives you away!!
Actually, this is true romance - comment from Nick earlier
Without Sidepodcast i wouldn't have met Alison who is too amazing for words, so thank you so much for making it possible... :)
Awwww
VERY awww indeed. :D
oooh yay. I heart Pixar. Up was the bestest movie I saw last year.
I really want dogs to get collars that talk :(
Ooooooh UP!!!
I already own a copy courtesy of Dubai :D
I cried like 3 times. I also cried 3 times during the Olympics opening ceremony. And twice today during The Biggest Loser. Everything makes me cry.
Cripes!
Yup.
I cried during Up too, but oddly enough near the start rather than later on in the film. Obviously without spoiling anything of course, but it just seemed odd to have a quick blubber that early!
#sameperson
I cried then too haha.
I agree - that was the most moving start to a movie I've ever seen - cartoon or not!
:D
:cry:
Ah thankyou....did it make any sense?
Well, I've managed to look at today a different way - Happy Daytona 500 day! :P
Happy Chinese New Year works too. ;)
Boogity Boogity Boogity!
:D
What time is that?
And for folks born in 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950, and so forth, it's your year! It's the Year of the Tiger.
I found out its live on TV here, but its at 4am #nothankyou
1 PM EST. So that should be 6 PM GMT.
RARR!
Yup, all good. Will reply soon :)
oooh thats meeee! I always forget what year is mine. So far I don't like this one though.
Is there a year of the Rubens?
Thank you! I wasn't chasing...that account's been a bit...shall we say 'erratic' in the past.
Folks born in 1986 (like you and me) should be in for an extra-lucky year, they say. Among the tigers, the prediction is our type (Fire Tigers) will have the most good luck. :D
Unless he's an animal... no. ;)
I shall take that to mean I will enjoy my holiday, and I will find someone to give my spare BSB ticket to :D
What kind of rooster was born in 81?
Absolutely! :D
BTW, my sister (who was a baby at the height of BSB-mania) wants to watch them when they perform here. How she got interested in their music, I have no idea.
Should be a fire rooster.
Corrected. ;)
Foghorn Leghorn.
And me!
Metal Rooster? That sounds like a bad Japanese Cartoon!
Because the Jonas Brothers Suck?
The worst thing about these Chinese new year days is the fact that one has to go through lots of unavoidable seriously boring stuff. On positive side, 9 days off :-)
Not a fan of the dragon dance, then? ;)
She likes them, too...
well whatever :-) but I wish this day of family duties is over soon :-)
you have to feel sorry for the silly children behind pitpass.com: http://j.mp/cYqDTA
it's a tradition thing. just be thankful your wife's family has welcomed you. i have many a friend who has run into... difficult Chinese tradition.
Hey thats funny!!! Really rea... ah, no, it's not. I can't even pretend.
the numatic is actually pretty cute!
i fail to see the resemblance, tho.
The sticker that said Fabrications Department raised half a smile.....
They must have decided to jump on the F1 Humour bandwagon, much like they jumped on all the other bandwagons like News and opinions...
At least they didn't jump on the GMM bandwagon.
Only because it would have cost them money!
yet.
I would've thought that if they were going to, they'd have done so by now?
true enough.
True.
they have that editor guy who knows everething there is about money, dont't they ?
Boo GMM. Boo.
'sup peeps! Happy Valentines to those with somebody they care about. Unfortunately I just have you guys!!!
By that, I didn't mean that you're anything less, just that it'd be nice to share the day with someone.
I'm back, with average shots (booo).. and a milkybar ;)
At least you don't have to go to work! :P
No, but I have a fair amount of stuff to do anyway. :)
Afternoon all. I am knackered too say the least.
Milkybar's on the menu!!!!
Woo, milkybar! I want to buy a milkybar for you know though :( is it possible to email chocolate yet?
Despite the fact I hate Nestlé and despise them as a company (they killed kids in Africa donchaknow) a Milkybar it'll have to be.
haha you can buy a milkybar for me next sunday if you really want to...
Woohoo! :P
Also, anybody who played Sonic should listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDYXjwNpqI
woooooooooooow!! I want to play sonic 3 now...
Do you guys live that far apart?
Lukeh's in South Wales, and I'm in SE Kent so.. sadly yes. :(
it will be much easier when i can drive though :)
Remember Lou's usually in school, and I'm usually working weekends, so it's finding the best time for the best of us. Tis always worth the wait though if there's a bit of time in between we meet :)
*blames school, exams and snow*
Oh blimey yeah. Public transport is useless for anywhere vaguely remote. Or snowy I guess.....
*shakes fist at all mentioned* :P
BARROWMAN!!!!!
We are so organised, we're about to record a show. Unbelievable.
WOAH! Hold the phones, call the papers!
Four words I never expected to see on here.
wow!! at 2:30?? that's awesome :) i miss the live streaming though ;)
I know. Me too. Although there are benefits to offline shows too.
You could tell last week how... polished everything was ;) not to say the live show edits aren't... oh my... this hole I'm digging is getting deeper...
but yeah, I can't wait for live live to return!
*live shows, not live live. That's beyond the realms of reality.
benefits being mr c not getting distracted by the comments? ;)
I think I am now. Oops :)
hehehe :) be sure to capture any outtakes for us.. i miss hearing who mr c has killed next :P
Right gang....I'm offski too.
Got a little project I'm working on that I need to focus on for the rest of the afternoon.
Laters!
see ya! have fun :)
Bye Adie
I decided to try out a hoody design like Lou suggested this morning, but I don't think it's anywhere near as good as lou's. It's something though so no point in sharing :) http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/jensonhelmet-jpg
wow!! that's awesome! you should send it to mclaren, see what they think too! :) loving that you put Jenson's name on it too.
Have done so :)
#americascup
2nd (and maybe last) race of the America's Cup is about to start (9min)
Why the last?
Why last? Best of 3?
best of 3, and judging by Friday's it looks like it will end today...
Afternoon all. Happy Milkybar day!
this used to be a best-of-9! what happened?
the old rules are like that, sadly.
ugh. they couldn't even agree on that?!
no, they won't agree on anything. they deeply hate each other...
understatement of the century, that.
and AL has already a penalty for entering late... what's happening to these guys? they're supposed to be the best crew on America's Cup!
and there they go...
Well, there might be an outtake or two in that.
Woohoo! :P
Always good to hear! Who made the mistakes?
I think we were both as useless as each other this week :)
Good to see equality in Sidepodcast!
Recording so early means I can edit this afternoon. Very odd.
Wow. When was the last time a podcast was released on a sunday?
Milky Bars do the most amazing things
Note: ITV if you are reading, this is not a TV show idea
this race is awesome :D
who blinks first?
I want a whole season of this, not 2 races!
but on shorter courses, please. 3hs are too much
it would be interesting to see more designs
I wonder how much these boats cost vs an f1 car?
in normal cups, the top syndicates were spending around 100-150 million per cup, every 3-4 years. this time the numbers are more or less the same, but for boats that will only race two or three races and were designed in the last year!
they're really flying, 30 knots!
Things you never thought you'd hear Mr C say:
http://sidepodcast.com/episodes/media/misc/episode134outtake.mp3
oh no! where's the rest?
was there no rest?
Hehe, you changed your mind and rephrased the sentence :)
:D heheh :)
:D
:D hehehe! he will be waving at him next!
Love the new player, is it a new player?
A new player? It's just a link to an mp3.
new browser maybe?
I love these outakes. Especially since they're taken out of context!
ooh, chrome played it for me, it hasnt done that before :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/chromeplayer-jpg
It never used to do this i dont think?
mac version does the same, but it might be new.
mine (linux) just shows the page, but doesn't play it. I had to go to FF to hear it
Speaking is hard:
http://sidepodcast.com/episodes/media/misc/episode134outtake2.mp3
:D
I get 7 seconds. Is that normal?
Yep, that's what I got. I think it's meant to finish there.
He's definitely as big as billing.
:)
di Resta is di best though...
No kidding. :D
For anyone who's watching Daytona and wants to know how they'll line up, I'd recommend taking a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQweX_mT1M
:P
(hearts) christine for giving us outtakes :)
Not bad that. :)
I like the fact that all the drivers get nicknames :P Especially Carl Edwards:
"It's black, it quacks, it is sponsored by Aflac - the 99 of Catchfence Carl Edwards!" :D
That's an awesome nickname!!! :D
did you see danica asking for one on twitter? not pretty.
Maybe that's what we should do for Friday Fun - come up with nicknames for the F1 drivers like the NASCAR ones have. :P
I expect too much:
http://sidepodcast.com/episodes/media/misc/episode134outtake3.mp3
Careful....
?
ehehehehehe i love mr c's 'don't you ever learn??' :D hehe
Christine's frustrated groan makes the clip :)
I heard it and thought "no matter how many times you explain it he'll probably not get it".
But that makes the anticipation for the final article all the more exciting. :)
Hi all
afternoon Steven :)
hi steven
Hello Mr Steven
Fntasy Rallt scores have been updated. I prefered the old scores
Looks like this week's CNET Reporters' Roundtable is about HTMLv5 vs. Flash: http://feeds.feedburner.com/cnet/roundtablepodcast
It's a very good podcast and well worth checking out - however I have not listened to this episode yet...
I'm having a really stupid day today. I just spilt a cup of tea. :(
Fantasy Rally
So do I. 24th yet have everyone in the top 10. Boo.
definitely agree with you. I'm going down like a rock...
#americascup
And it's over... BMW-Oracle wins the 33rd America's Cup over Alinghi by 2-0. The Cup returns to the USA after 15 years
Oh wow I was 4th and now I'm 31st :(
Not bad. 14th. The top 5 is way ahead, tho...
What happened?
I was first now I am fourth.
#blamemarcusgronholm He has been dumped immediately
Östberg, Grönholm and Petter were rubbish on too many stages :)
I like my team though. I don't wanna dump anyone.
Kimi and Petter for me... :-(
Since he isn't in Mexico that's a very wise decision. ;)
I had Gronholm and Petter. Although I also had Hirvonen and Ogier...
http://www.justin.tv/slapnut_v5#r=IDNFIzc
Live feed for the Daytona 500 if anyone wants to watch :)
ahh, go on then.
I like Gronholm and he will do well in the rest of the season so I may regret dumping him but I can get Wilson and Ostberg for the same money
when does it start?
I am psychic or something because I had no idea what the next event is or who was involved
And like F1 it looks like there will be a stewards inquiry...
Awesome boats though, they need more races! a year off season and a one week season is no good!
5:26 was the final margin on the second race, a lot closer than Friday's but BMW proved to be too fast for the Swiss boat.
nevertheless, if you like racing politics, Alinghi seems to be protesting the race, maybe this isn't over yet... :-(
I'd say the next 30-45 minutes or so.
for a race shrouded in protest, this was the only way it was gonna end.
why the protest?
That feed is buffering like crazy for me
all good here.
nobody know yet. but Alinghi has a protest flag flying, and they'll probably file the protest as soon as they get to port. probably related to the set-up of the course and against the race committee
God, these NASCAR drivers'll advertise anything!
and... if the protest wins?
This is the polar opposite of F1, pretty much.
Hi, Im Ricky Bobby, and if you dont chew big red...
OK, unofficial word is that they will not proceed with the protest. So it's really over now. :-)
I just indulged my chocolate tooth. 1 Milkybar unfortunately doesn't compare to 3 Dairy Milk products.
We get another race on tuesday :D
they could race anyway, just for the fun... :D
oh no! you're talking nascar again *sits quietly*
I think the owners would rather go to court :(
Hopefully the next event will be run properly...
Don't worry, I havent got a clue either :)
You are welcome to start a new topic, though.
You are allowed to join in
probably. actually there is a legal protest still on court that could make these races invalid. fortunately the presenting part is BMW so one expects they'll drop the legal action now.
Wa-hey, the obligatory Danica-love-in.
Danica's not in the Daytona 500 ;)
That's why they had to mention her now.
hehehe i don't mind, it just all goes over my head :) i'm not a fan enough of Danica to both watching really. :)
lamest segue into a movie plug ever...
Hoorah! One less person for Piquet to hit.
Wait, he's not in it either! Result!
i know... but we've already established i know nothing about it whatsoever :) hehe
:D
Mr C demonstrated his NASCAR knowledge when he was playing "Who's Start-line Is It Anyway?" for Sidepodradio. The 55 year old was Mark Martin!
I need to get some food. see you later and have nice Milkybar Day!
you know montoya though.
And Scott Speed. He's in this race too.
You are not alone. It's a car race. First one to the finish wins
Bye
Good evening
nascar has gone a bit religious
i don't really remember him racing in f1 though.. (i was only just getting used to F1 when he left f1...) he's just a name i hear you talk about a lot. tbh i always seem to get him mixed up with Villeneuve, before remembering who he is.
followed by a bit nationalistic.
no, God, please say God hasn't been converted, to Nascar?
Welcome to Stateside racing.
Evening
apparently he sacrificed his kids in the name of banger racing... or something?
Indycar does this as well, tho. ;)
Right, I now have to do dinner. So laters all! :)
Americans *shakes fist*
hey
Gonna sleep to this one. Good night, folks!
night Journeyer, see ya TM
I mean, well, you know, the advertisers, you know. Yeah.
Night Journeyer and have a nice dinner mr TM
Drivers I'm supporting in the race today:
Juan Pablo Montoya
Scott Speed
Max Papis
Carl Edwards
Marcos Ambrose
Sam Hornish Jr
Michael Waltrip
"GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!" :D
If anyone has the Dave channel, there is a WRC show on now and they are about to talk to Kimi
That should be enlightening :P
http://www.tvcatchup.com/watch.html?c=14
Every Daytona stream I can find buffers horribly. Dave on tvcatchup is perfect.
#veryconfused
Blast, I forgot about that!
probably transatlantic traffic is too high
I'm guessing you have to be in the UK for that?
I think so
My Daytona stream is perfect right now.
richard petty is driving the safety car?
7 time NASCAR champion and 7 time Daytona 500 winner.
He should know how to turn left
What I'm confused about is why the field is split into two packs with 2 pace cars?
The world's strongest man has decided he wants to be a rally driver???? He is about 6 foot 6 and 25 stones.
Field should go green next time by.
BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY! LET'S GO RACIN' BOYS!
GREENGREENGREEN! :D
:)
I wonder if Mr Legard is watching ;)
much cleaner racing than in nationwide
I'm just loving the video of Kimi on his hands and knees shovelling the snow from under his car!
I hope he isn't from the sounds of it!
We don't need Waltrip in F1
papis mixed up in that.
ooh, boris said also in there. i know who he is too now.
Tell them what you just said out loud.
:)
i quite like nascar
#confidential
He speaks to you? With his voice?
Gooood evening all i return from the show with many names
The Lyrca show
The lets make you broke show
The "oh thats a nice bike" show
The "HOW MUCH?!!?!?" show
oh and some folk call it TCR, The Triathlon Show.
How are we all?
Montoya stayed out with Mark Martin and Dale Jr. He's now 3rd.
Oooh you did just not...
Where does the C come from?
You wanted fewer F1 races now you are getting into Nascar which has 36 ish races a season plus nationwide plus Arca plus trucks
Evening all
Found the coca-cola live leaderboard.
Live timing here: http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/race/
It's officially called "Triathlon, Cycling Running" show, hence TCR, but i feel thats Swim-ist
Should we be persuading Danny to create Fantasy NASCAR? ;)
Maybe not. :P
bad times.
although as long as you still like f1 s'all good. :) btw... i make it 25days 12 hours till FP1.. not that i'm counting hours now or anything...
a-ha. thanking you.
Kill me.
it's okay, we're skipping the first three races.
Like USF1?
Oh yea!
No, Sidepodcast will turn up.
Ah damnit the 99's in the pits again :/
*offers milky bar*... it's good that it's not too long.. as we've learnt recently, off season can be as hectic as in season, so we may as well be watching awesome f1 races rather than nascar ;)
It is better than the reputation it has - sometimes. I don't particularly like Daytona but some others are interesting.
Ah yes, but I don't have to watch the NASCAR. Keeps him quiet.
Greengreengreen once again
Montoya leads!
Is it still 5 points if you lead a lap?
ahhhhh fair enough. at least you're going to miss the practice sessions this year (or is it just mr c?) if so, you'll gain some sleep :P
awww.
Morning everyone. Watching the 500.
I like Krista Voda. Did I mention how lovely she is?
In some ways, hooray for live F1!
In other ways, wait I'm not ready!
I don't mind race weekends, without them F1 wouldn't move forward and we would run out of things to talk about.
I just don't want to count down to them.
:) :)
you just need something that counts up in stead of down :)
aaah fair enough :) see...i need something to look forward to :)
Every day is something to look forward to at Sidepodcast Towers.
:D
Goodwood? Spa?
indeed. but the start of the f1 season is muuuuuch closer :D
I have to say it is quite nice to see a NASCAR race without them mentioning "The woman that shall not be named" every fifty seconds.
The evening sports news last night was nauseating...
but i stopped watching after she crashed.
I have no idea how you guys put up with the amount of commercials, both in the actual show and commercials themselves, have to put up with. It's just awful!
just hitting mute. i'm doing something else anyhow.
Ooh, A-Team trailer!
I start finding it humorous how ridiculous it all is.
I will give NASCAR credit, they have a field full of cars that are fully sponsored. Compare that to the F1 grid.
oh no, they haven't ruined that as well have they?
Is lou around?
No, it actually looks quite good.
And for folks born in 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950, and so forth, it's your year! It's the Year of the Tiger. {Comment #205}
Yay! ROOOOAAAARRRR!
Looks like it. What was that?! Another generic hollywood action film, boo.
Long live Mr T!
oooh thats meeee! I always forget what year is mine. So far I don't like this one though {Comment #210}
To be fair, it's only been a day long so far. Things could improve in the other 364 days...
They are making a film of the A Team??? Is it not 20 years too late for that?
Is there a year of the Rubens? {Comment #211}
In 10 years' time...
It appeared to have Liam Neeson. I mean, I like some of his films but... in the A Team?
Didn't recognise the rest of the A-team.
Folks born in 1986 (like you and me) should be in for an extra-lucky year, they say. Among the tigers, the prediction is our type (Fire Tigers) will have the most good luck. :D {Comment }
Super!
I don't get that casting.
What they needed to do is:
Clooney = Hannibal
Pitt = Face
Jim Carey = Murdock
Mr T. = B.A.
The logic of Hollywood is beyond me. Where are they going to find an audience? The original A Team audience is a bit too old for it now
I disagree - I'm in that audience. Depends how they pitch the film though.
I suppose today isa good day for Chinese horoscopes. Also for anyone who wants to find out which animal they are on the Chinese system
http://www.horoscope.co.uk/chinese_index.htm
although MyNameIsIRL (Jeff) may agree..
Looks like the same folks who ruined GI Joe have turned their attention to The A-Team. My childhood is officially declared a homicide.
hi :)
hoorah! i need some help, you may be the person to help me....
Can you list as many local papers as you know.... random I know
#notmfc
local as in my area?
http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/soupress.htm
and kent generally
ahh... yeah.. that'll be the list you're looking for Jon ;)
which ones are Kent?
Searched for- kent local papers
other than hte onse that say kent in them
No, Sidepodcast will turn up. {Comment #458}
Well, you've got to... ...how else are you going to get your 30 gear ratio pairs apiece for the season approved in time? (In case you're wondering, all the teams must do so according to the new and rather obscure Article 9.8.1 of the Technical Regulations, which I'm currently poring over).
A.J. leads. He is one of about six American drivers in NASCAR who I think could be a race winner in F1.
The list:
Tony Stewart
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Kyle Busch
Sam Hornish, Jr.
A. J. Allmendinger
Allmendinger should never have left Champ Car.
KFC trying to be healthier by offering grilled chicken in the US. Well, it's a start.
the kentish ones from there i know of are..
Kentish Express
Kentish Gazette
Folkestone Messenger
Kent Messenger
Maidstone Messenger
Medway Messenger
Tunbridge Wells Courier
Tonbridge Courier (Kent)
Thanet Extra
I hope this helps
Disappointed there isnt one called 'I Kent Believe it's Not Butter'
Along with Stewart and everyone that left CART and the IRL. The money is just too good to pass up in NASCAR. When the series divided, they lost all their financial negotiating power with everyone. Game, set, match NASCAR
Can you list as many local papers as you know.... random I know
#notmfc {Comment #500}
Derbyshire Times, Bolsover Advertiser, Sheffield Star, Nottingham Herald(?), Steel Press, SHU News(?). The question marks are because in those cases I know the title exists (because I've read it while in the locality) but can't quite remember what ending they used.
So that's 6 in my case. Albeit my geographical area is a bit complicated.
oh and
Medway Messenger
Medway Standard
Kent & Sussex Courier
Dover Messenger/East Kent Mercury
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/14/f1-debrief-i-hate-them-all/
Wow!
How the....!!!
:D
Already?
awesome!!! this gives me something to listen to :)
i meant this evening... gosh that was a stupid.. very obvious comment to make
Ouch! Caution at Daytona.
Why didn't Toyota do the same "paint your own car" contest when they were in F1? They are doing it with some of their NASCAR teams.
It's the 87 of Joe Nemechek. I think he thinks the 77 of Sam Hornish Jr tipped him around when really he just got loose all on his own.
It might have made, shock horror, the car look less business like
If anyone needed an outside influence on their livery it was Toyota
The Toyotas always looked like a hanky after a nosebleed
KGC? Nah - it'll never work.
commentator: "we'll be right back just as soon as we take a look at alice in wonderland"
what.the....
wow... and we thought itv adverts were bad...
just for the record. i cannot what this series all year :)
:D
I lasted about 40 minutes before the adverts and commercialism drove me to the point of running after toast in order to regain my sanity, and even then I was expecting to have the fridge advertise the butter to me
NASCAR is the worst for this of all the US series, though they all do it to a degree
OK... That is it. The NASCAR is going on mute.
how can anyone seriously not go completely mental?
Now I'm seeing some weird guy preaching about Jesus. Seriously, WTF?
Sorry... my bad.
the guy who always parks in front of montoya at the stops is annoying me too. why can't he just be ahead??
Because that's someone else's pitbox in front?
i know. but if he was ahead of monty on track, he'd be in and out first. whoever it is, is running about 30th :(
That would be Mark Martin in the #5 GoDaddy, Big Chew, Coca-Cola Hendricks Chevy Impala!
well, he should go faster!
:)
feed death...
looking for olympic stuff instead, BBC site has US v Canada ice hockey...
Thanks for the reminder.
BBC2 8 minutes
From the live-tweeting @tcf_live
RED FLAG - There is hole in the track! Yes, really! #NASCAR
Interesting fact. The amount of money spent on adverts in American sporting events is about the same amount ($200 billion) as Romania's total GDP.
What?! Seriously?!
sorry, USA v China
It is not that uncommon. Especially after some of the wreaks we've seen. Happens once or twice a year.
I knew what you meant.
Canada only just won yesterday...
I just had a nice strawberry cheesecake..
i'll raise you mint choc chip ice-cream?
I love the interior views of bored, bored drivers.
I'm quite happy with cheesecake :)
From the live-tweeting @tcf_live
RED FLAG - There is hole in the track! Yes, really! #NASCAR {Comment #549}
This is no time for the track to break up!
I just had a nice strawberry cheesecake..
i'll raise you mint choc chip ice-cream? {Comment #556}
I had a strawberry Eton mess cheesecake for lunch - that was really nice :)
I'm currently going through the new F1 technical regulations. Boy, do they know how to make materials lists boring...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81512
This is no time for the track to break up!
http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/81512 {Comment #562}
Last resurfaced in 1978?!? No wonder Daytona's surface has some slight glitches...
I have abandoned the Daytona 500. There's live luge on BBC2 and live speedskating on red button...
I'd watch the luge, but Being Human's just about to start. I love this show!
Me too! Although I watch it later on iPlayer!
Never heard of it. What's it about?
Hehe. I'm going to do the exact same thing :)
A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost all live together.
Tweets of the Weeks is up: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/02/14/tweets-of-the-week-14th-february-2010/
I think I will give it a miss but I am sure the rest of you will enjoy it
Hehe I just noticed that the German sites list 30 more medals for Germany in the olympics all-time standings than the BBC. Did we make some up?
Sounds like the setup of a joke.
Probably someone messed up the East German, West German numbers
The BBC has East and West Germany as separate entities and Germany as a third, does the German list?
NASCAR turned off for the time being. Doing a couple races on Need For Speed: Shift around Spa. Did I mention how lovely that track is?
The medals for East Germany are the same on both sites
hehe. i like this meme.
...except they have needles sticking out of them... ;)
It is a lovely meme
:)
Evening!
Hi Tom
ahoy
Avast, scurvy sea-dog! ;)
photo taken from approximate location of Gold 4.. :)
Scary, you're in 2 places at once. Here and Twitter! Somebody stop him!
And then to finish my plan... WORLD DOMINATION!!!! *evil laugh*
You pays ya money, you takes da view!
Purleeze, been there done that got the t-shirt. Nothing to write home about.
Dang, Racecar Engineering's twitter account beat me to the obvious gopher joke with Daytona. I won't link it because it involves a bit a blue language but all I can say is bravo.
Ahh I see. For us West Germany is Germany so all medals won by West Germany count to Germany's overall. The BBC has West-Germany separate.
This is confusing.
Do the numbers all add up now?
nope :) I think the BBC gave as 10 silver medals too many.
Thanks ;)
Maybe they have a North or South Germany as well
:-)
May be worth checking www.vancouver2010.com
They also gave Finland an extra gold medal.
Finland maybe gets a medal for being Finland
Blug by popular demand:
Analysis of 2010 Technical Regulations}
That great, 300 million people watching some guy with a plumber's crack bend over with a blowtorch trying to get cement to dry.
Epic Fail.
I can imagine the fallout if that happened in F1.
hehehe!
we can't take the whatsit though we watched an owl for 55 mins last october.
Say whaaa?
Austria has 10 bronze more. Maybe I'm reading this wrong
Not to mention Bassano fitting Alex's blind
The Brazilian GP Qualifying.
an owl? #badmemory...
Oh THAT! Still can't work out what the owl was. Unless Barrichello morphed!
I remember an owl @ SPC Towers
Switzerland has 10 gold medals more. I don't think they deserve that
ooooohhh! that was bad times, i've erased that day from my memory... Jenson looked sooo devastated :(
It seems odd that there are so many errors that are 10 more or less
The TV guys are getting desperate to fill in time. This is getting awkwardly hilarious.
me too... but the 55mins threw me.. i thought they just closed the window :)
How many guys does it take to operate a single blowtorch?
According to NASCAR... FOUR!!!
They're dangerous things, you know! :D
The Netherlands have 8 gold more.
I'm not too sure Great Britain can really afford to lose many.
Someone is typing random numbers
we can't take the whatsit though we watched an owl for 55 mins last october. {Comment #602}
Not to mention watching it rain for nearly 75 minutes in second Friday practise at Suzuka with only a paper boat for amusement...
All in speedskating.
... and we are rolling again at Daytona. Will go green in a few laps.
Thank god, the weirdo preacher's gone from the live feed.
That was funny as. Watching the highlights was worth it. :)
My NASCAR was replaced a while ago with a session on Forza 3 and my little Peugeot 207 which is too much fun to drive on there. :)
very strange. Does the BBC use any special rules?
These last 76 laps at Daytona are going to be crazy.
Greengreengreen!
i am at work and the dress is a hit! My problem today is the olympics, i cant choose what to watch so at the moment i am watching all 4 channels at once. Its not ideal.
ooooohhh! that was bad times, i've erased that day from my memory... Jenson looked sooo devastated :( {Comment #611}
Not that Fisi looked any happier :( but I can't erase my memory of that day, largely because the summarised version of my reaction ended up in Sporting Injuries...
I haven't looked at their web coverage so I don't know what they are doing
4 channels at once sounds good
Did you see the Finn crash? *sighs*
Most I can manage is the TV and one live stream.
yay! :)
I was watching the rallying stream earlier, with NASA TV on another stream and a facinating program on the ancient African kingdom of Benin on BBC 1 or 2
I hate this cold. :(
montoya takes the lead and they cut to ads!
Cameramen pulling away from Montoya? Learnt their lesson I guess
Really NASCAR. You had a freaking hour and a half break. Don't you think you could of gotten all the advertisements in then?
:D
4 channels at once will cost you $65 so im glad its free in my office.
madness.
Montoya's up there with less than 50 to go? In that case, I'm back..
just went from 7th to 1st, then it cut away.
caution and he's in 2nd.
He's 2nd now.
W.T.F?!?! They went back from ads for like 10 seconds and then more ads! Absolutely ridiculous!
it's quite scary.
they must miss 70% of the racing.
they do that under yellow..
That is why American sports have time outs and all sorts of breaks in them. Hard to do that with a race
another hole?
This was one plus point about Sky. They'd take less adverts than the US host broadcaster because Ofcom regs won't let them take that many ads!
I spot another innuendo comment....
this is ridiculous
Are you sure they aren't racing somewhere in the UK? Potholes are the in thing right now for roads.
the sun will come up before this one is finished.
I just realised what time it is and I HAVE to be going to bed to increase my sanity levels for tomorrow morning. Shall doo-hickey from the rail-replacement bus at 7.30am. Night guys!
It's the same hole, just the patching they put on top of it only lasted some 36 laps. Apparently, they've got a different type of patching ready to put over it.
Poor NASCAR... they been struggling for so long. They've just haven't been able to find the money to repave the track the last 30 years... The France Family just can't spare a dime.. really...
night chap.
See ya TM
As a CART widower, I am taking way too much glee in this.
Fresh tarmac or whatever takea a minimum of 48 hours to cure. Running cars that weigh two tons over it is just going to rip it up
Night!
hahahaha seriously?? i'm not even following it but this sounds awful! are they just stopping the race, re patching the hole and then restarting it? there is no time limit like in f1?
I feel so sorry for them.
see ya
Good night
Well I think it was Flav who did it.
Not really. The race can and does finish at night if necessary.
doesn't appear to be.
Do you think he did it to try and mess Nelson up, but then realised he wasn't in this race when he'd done it?
No time limit. If it rains they come back tomorrow or the next day until they can race
why does this kinda remind me of the track conditions in (i hope i get this right) Canada a few years ago?
They are more than half-way, so they would (could) call the race complete. Mikey won it that way.
Absolutely! Damn you Flav...
So what time is the absolute latest that they can run to until they have to postpone it until the next day?
I don't think there is a late enough time.
Daytona has lighting all the way around the track, so they could run until half past-way-too-late.
and the drivers are just turning left?? they must get really dizzy..
O.O
What, so they could even run until, say, 1 or 2am?
Yep, you're right.
Well, left.
David Ragan taking time out to grab a coke and a peanut butter sandwich. Not exactly Kimi and his magnum, is it?
:D :D :D
Rebel...
I think NASCAR drivers could do very well at LeMans.
Long stints, constant adjustments in a short time.
A LeMans team of Jimmy Johnson, Montoya, and Jeff Gordon would be amazing.
At least he still has his race suit on.
That could be interesting to watch
woah!! speed skating is awesome to watch!
I getting on the phone with my congressman as I speak and demand that our car company (gm) puts in a LMP team together.
What about running them in one of the GT2 Corvettes?
Are there any holes in the track?
Short track is much more fun.
I personally would love to see Panoz do a LMP car.
;)
I like how on the street skating there are guys on the rink screaming like a pit wall in f1
Short track speed skating when there are 6 of them fighting for places is awesome
hehehe i think it's a little bit smoother than the nascar track ;) i had forgotten how awesome it was though, a much nicer way to turn left than nascar ;)
they have a pit board thing too
You're right, I forgot they did one back in the day.
there is street skating? ;)
That was where Bradbury fluked it in Salt Lake.
..oh dear oh dear. :(
Speed skating
I remember that.
street skating would be awesome though :) like street tracks in f1 ;)
There's that street luge where they go at stupid speeds lying on their back down a large hill. Now that is fast.
They run across the ice and don't fall over?? clever people....
That was fun! I muted the NASCAR and had this on TV.
He is the guy right at the back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQMJtilOGg
Oooh, the Moguls is on. I'm watching that.
The men's final was fantastic
I fall over just looking at it... o.o
The skating is finished it seems. Luge starts in 2 minutes.
i've just turned over now.... OMG at that last guy!! i'm surprised he doesn't damage his knees!!
Are there any jamaicans at this?
Thats how they all do it. Its flippin insane.
Yes actully.
Though I think he's doing the downhill skiing.
BBC2 dropped out of coverage and is showing a film.
Freeview 301 is showing the Nordic Combined which they missed earlier.
302 was deleted to make way for a HD channel.
I don't want to watch little web feed window :(
what's the difference between Luge and Bobsleigh?.. i think i ask people this every single winter Olympics, i never remember :(
Motor racing link: Martin Haven off WTCC/GP2 is doing Eurosport's commentary of the luge
OMG, the mogul competition is crazy!
Ah, Freestyle skiing.
Luge is one person I believe and Bobsleigh is 4 people. Some people say they don't believe this, but I do know that Jamaica dey 'ava bobsled team.
Bobsleigh is a 4-person tub. Luge is one-person where they lie on their back feet first, and Skeleton is one-person where they lie on the front head first..
Luge is like a tea tray and only one or two people get on it. A bobsleigh is a bit like a racing car and either 2 or 4 people get in it. A bobsleigh also has brakes
Cool Runnings
You can have a 2 man/women boblseigh team.
Oh no, he fell over! That got me all worried for a second...
ahh it's the skeleton that always terrifies me... *shudders* bobsleigh looks awesome :)
and 2 man luge
A very good documentary.
Feel the Rhythm.
Feel the Rhyme
Get on up, it's bobsleigh time.
COOL RUNNINGS
Well you can't miss this guy's skating suit
Ahh boo, it isn't on iPlayer from last night.
I'm watching luge because it is the 4th of 4 runs, and the moguls are partly judged and I don't like judging...
Luge http://www.lugeaustralia.com.au/images/karen luge.jpg
Bobsleigh http://www.archivesalberta.org/exhibits/olympics/images/bobsleigh01.jpg
Plus the moguls are only in qualification, luge is medal time.
And remarkably like Star Wars
Evening all.
I have to say. Luge is MENTAL.
Wait till you see Skeleton.
:)
ooooh okay i think it's the luge and skeleton i get confused with... all 3 hurtle down a hill at stupidly fast speeds though... so at least i get that bit ;)
(hearts) hehehehe :D
That's just bonkers! Love it, never catch me doing it though and I like fast stuff.
The slide at the swimming pool scares me enough.
Skeleton bob
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafhonington/rafcms/mediafiles/5790EF30_1143_EC82_2E2E7BD8481D7368.jpg
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/assets/Image/News/bobskeleton_bromley_051207m.jpg
that's just mental..
Yet our only medal from Turin.
And a good chance of one here as well.
Sure the first one's not just 'Skeleton Fail?"
I have a feeling that alcohol was consumed when someone thought that was a good idea. I bet Bassano was in the room and left laughing
#meancomment
If this isn't a wake-up call to Tony Stewart and Montoya that they needs to lay off the cheeseburgers, I don't know what is...
Did anyone see Hohenher in his first run? Made a brilliant save.
How has that guy got any hips left after those whacks??!
i am watching biathlon now
That is actually an Air Force member going by the logo etc. Maybe they are out of planes
cheeky vimto must have been involved...
I thought he was going to get splattered when I saw that last night
I blame the Germans, they seem to be suspiciously good at it...
That would explain a lot
Hmm...I remember drinking that when I was in Glasgow 2 weeks ago.
There's nothing cheeky about it. Just a one way ticket to a stonking headache!
omg!!!! look at those camera lenses!! everyone has lenses like that except me :(
Drivers are being called back to their cars at Daytona. Looks like they're going racing again soon.
Uh oh. Lou, watch out for imaginary trains.
did you just get that from midweek motorsport, or them from you?
oh believe me.. i know. luckily when bassano gave me a sip i realised it tasted too nice for me to have more.. someone else on the other hand...
Boogidy!
ooooooooh!
ooi!! that was before any alcohol...
s'alright... she isn't watching the comments i don't think :)
if that isn't a headping, i don't know what is.
:P
hehe she could surprise me...but i think she's probably sleeping ;) she'll be around later in the week when she stays over at mine i should think :)
It's fun watching em and lou discuss the cheeky vimto occurances when sitting in between them at a table. It is like watching tennis. :D
hahahahaha :)
Someone else called Em--- perchance?
:D
The luge people are using the F1 ghost replay!
They are only at 29th place? Still got a long way to go before it gets interesting.
i don't understand why they play strange music...
That luger just went realllly high up the wall. That was terrifying to watch but he got the fastest time...
... and we are rolling at Daytona... again...
I spoke too soon there didn't I?
Ok all...it was a flying visit so offski.
Goodnight and I hope you all sleep well. Whenever that may be!
Slobbers xxx
and it's dark: http://www.justin.tv/slapnut_v5#r=
Night Adie
They are going in order of slowest to fastest. So expect most people to go quicker.
night adie, loved your voicemail btw ;)
see ya.
Night-ski Adie
Oh...that made the podcast??!
yep :D
Haha, excellent. I think.
Right...on that note I'll sign off!
It did. It was spectacular.
montoya might go 2 tyres on his final start. has he not seen cars?
he doesnt have an ace pitstop truck thingy
:D
go to tyres?..
Montoya and Bowyer stopped at their pitboxes at exactly the same time.
Only Mr C can write a Daily Post on Valentine's Day and mention how lovely other women are!
Evening all
heheeh!
Shock horror - Scott Speed is now in front.
Nice post though Sir
!!!
What is this, I don't even...
am now watching the luge.. a question, how do you go faster? surely everyone basically just falling down a hill... is it all about the line they take?
The guy shaking the cowbell is definitely my favourite fan
How? That defies the laws of, well, everything.
straight down the straights and the best line around the corners I think. It scares me too much to know.
i wondered what i could hear!!!
Keep your head down so you can't see and steer as straight as you can and take the right line in the corner
Go into a corner high, exit low. And get a very good start.
Oh, and don't hit the wall.
The Olympics have need More Cowbell for years!
It's called "choosing not to pit when everyone else does and staying out and gambling".
And whatever you do, don't blink. Good luck.
so basically just falling down a hill then ;)
they are seriously mental.it's terrifying.
only you could link luge and dr who ;)
At least when you're doing bobsleighing you have something Falling Away With You
Muse link, yessssssss.
I'm surprised no-one's made any Toyota-related NASCAR jokes. ;)
I like how Jessica's site has a Flash or HTML option
[Apple fan?]
*rolls eyes* ;)
Just think of it as motor racing with gravity instead of an engine
Greengreengreen (again!)
Someone really has to put a brake on them all. Its just not funny anymore.
she has a mac.... i've seen it... i'm more jealous of her camera though...
:D
that makes me sound creepy :(
Nah, you're amongst friends
We don't judge you Lou :)
:D
I foresee a giant wreak coming in Dayton. Too much 3 wide into the corners.
Sidepodcast, where stalking isn't tutted at
aw the poor biathletes are being rained on.
monty i ragged. speed is holding them up.
:D
What side is the Olympic coverage, 1 or 2?
If there is one and Speed's not involved, he'll be in a good position.
Web until BBC 2 comes on at 00:30
he's leading again!
I know! Amazing!
Ta
Apocalypto's on 2 now, bugger, I missed it
Bear in mind, everyone except him is on newer tyres.
Is it me or is TV Catchup more pixelated now than it used to be?
If you've got Sky/cable there's more red button stuff on there. Freeview is useless.
I'm in the study where the 'puter is but cheers
don't go to ads now??? nooooo!
Ooooooh Valentines is nearly over.... Thank goodness for that! It might actually be my least favourite day of the year!
...AND THINGS ARE REALLY HEATING UP!!!
... we'll be right back....
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.....
This David Mair fella' has been in the lead for a few lugers now. He must have been super fast.
Evening
AJ Rosen coming up in 2 competitiors time.
You don't sound impressed that I have survived unscathed....
oh? i must admit being in town today with lots of couples all around me wasn't the nicest experience. how are you?
I only said Evening. How do you deduce my thoughts from that?
The Daily says NASCAR was yesterday
Was that quali?
*has flashbacks from itv commentry live commenting..*
Hi Alison
that was mini nascar. this is the big one.
Twice the race, Four times the ads?
Too unbearable for me
Woah, Jimmie Johnson almost lost it with a puncture.
can we have a mini f1? where the drivers compete in pedal cars please? i like the idea of a series being called 'mini' :D
I'm a woman, I can just tell.....
:D
British luger coming up in a minute if you are interested.
;)
oo!! was he the funny american driver in the ROC?
That is genius.
I'm good. I just hate Valentines. I think it's designed completely to make people feel bad about themselves.....
:D
Scott Speed's been shuffled back into the middle of the pack. Damnit.
15 minutes of fame over?
BN BN, do doo dododo.
Invented by the greetings card industry
In my last relationship we never celebrated it, we just did special stuff on random days for no particular reason
Much better
why?
halmark holidays are pretty annoying. Cute idea, but sometimes pretty annoying :)
Refer to my first comment of the dry for my explanation
That luge circuit looks like a Tilke design. But with more elavation.
*day, don't know how you can measure time in dry.
awww i like that idea :)
10 to go at Daytona
ah yes, i see, missed that one!
Can't be.
There's actually been some action on it.
nope RG, Lukeh's got a point, have you seen any overtaking on it?
even thought you're in a relationship? :s
Quite frankly I hope not.
the bad bit, not the valentines specific bit.
Caution at Daytona with 7 to go!
wait... the commentators of the luge have just stopped for a break while the track is being ... re-iced/smoothed over?? (i don't know what is happening)... what?.. why couldn't they just continue talking? :(
Unfortunate greeting there RG ;)
Re-iced. Can only be helpful as AJ is going next.
Hole on the track.
*googles*
Yes, yes it is.
They are probably being told that they are just about to go live on BBC2
that would be even more terrifying.. i think i would cry if i saw overtaking on a track like that...
Yeah I think you're supposed to compare what you've been given and generally compare your men. Why did I only get a tiny present? Why hasn't Jim made me breakfast in bed..... Am I not worth blah blah blah
There was a lot of that action in my office when I got in. It makes me feel ill.....
okay... but why have they stopped talking :(
Possibly because there is nothing to talk about.
I think they are tailoring their talking for the highlights edit
The cowbell man is playing his cowbell to the music. Isn't that entertainment enough?
ergh. thats not what it should be about. if thats what its like for ya, then im with you.
Is it Christopher Walken?
:)
I hope so, I hear he's got a fever.
I heart the dancing crowd.
If you need someone to tell you to be nice to your girlfriend on a specified day, you deserve to be single....
Croftie and Ant managed to talk when there was nothing to talk about during the Abu Dhabi GP.. #needsmoreant&croftie
Agreed
That wasn't because of a break though, there was actually something happening. rumours say it was a race ;)
I'm pretty sure I heard a 5 minute warning over the cowbell action....
agreed :)
They had no choice, 2 hours of radio silence would be odd ;)
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight!
(with cowbell)
hehe. am not happy.. i wanna see ant and croftie commentate the olympics..
NASCAR going green next time around, it'll be a run to the flag with 3 to go!
Was that a Leprechaun?
[faints]
true story.
2 minute warning! Get your cowbell action in now!
is he still leading?
I feel heavy metal!
Woah, Song 2. This just got even more awesome.
Who, Speed? Nope.
they are back!!!
Looks like we've got ourselves a "Green-white-checker" finish!
c'mon!
Greengreengreen to the finish!
...or not
ooooooooh
Caution! Leader hasn't taken the white flag at that point, so they're going into "overtime".
even though everyone has jumped to Monday's thread it'll be worth keeping Daytona here 'cos we've spent 4 hrs on it and we're nearly done :)
plan.
That Digger chap really doesn't like NASCARs, does he? Soils himself every time he sees them :D
FOUR HOURS!
Is it the Superbowl of Nascar?
In a way, it is!
It is their biggest event, so yes. Crazily it is also their first event of the year.
It is also why why're watching it. I think?
Right, let's try this again. LOL
I just assumed it was for the pharaceutical ads?
ANOTHER wreck!
good lord :)
This new rule is stupid though.. 3 tries?
Mind you, Harvick damn nearly caused it himself, shoving his way past McMurray like that!
This is the race that never ends... it keeps on going on my friend... we started singing it a long time ago...
are you watching nascar or dodgems?
where's the line?
The difference being?
*Truex Jr, not McMurray!
aaahhh i see.
Thank god, he's in my TMR Game team for this week and kinda hoped he would be doing well.
I can't even remember who I picked. I'm beginning to think the people who picked more rally drivers were on to something.
montoya in 7th, about to go again.
Take 3 at Daytona
At last! We have a winner :P
montoya finishes 10th.
Jamie McMurray!
FINALLY... IT'S DONE!!!
Seriously, what a run by Dale Jr at the end!
Dear F1,
Please come back soon... I am so board that I watched a terrible NASCAR race,
Signed...
EVERYONE!
i would tell you how long you have to wait till f1 but last time i mentioned it Christine got upset. :)
But you can find it here where it says 25 days and 6 hours
http://www.formula1.com/
Alright, I really need to get up and do some exercise, after sitting down and watching NASCAR for six hours, I feel lathargic. Will be right back.