It's D-Day all round for everyone, as we should be getting the results of the diffuser hearing, and we're also heading to the science museum for the meetup. So, chances are those two items will dominate discussions today:
- Big apologies to anyone not going to the Science Museum who has had to put up with us wittering on about the Sidepodscience meetup for weeks now. If it makes you feel any better, I'm spending my one year wedding anniversary in a stuffy museum looking at F1 technology that will probably all go way over my head.
- Having said that, we should have lots to talk about with the lovely people we meet, and we'll take some pictures and report back to you as we always do. We'll be taking as much equipment as mobility allows so that if the opportunity arises we can snap photos, record audio and maybe even capture some video. Who knows what will happen?
- Finally, we'll be keeping our ear to the ground and waiting for the diffuser decision. Part of me thinks the FIA will string it out and make us wait another couple of days. They have the power, you know. However, should the result occur today, we will finally found out how the rest of the championship is going to shape up, and at last it can be put to rest... as if!
That'll do it for today. Again, apologies to those who aren't sciencing it up, but there will be plenty more opportunities for meetups in the future. Thank you to my mother-in-law for manning the blogging pumps in our absence and I will see you in the comments (as much as signal and battery life allows).
Sorry is simply not enough.
Just kidding ;) So will you be back in time for the quiz, I kinda wanna beat Lou now?
Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs C!!! :D
awwww. thanks you.
Oh yeah, that too.
Many congratualtions from the Sidepodders in Newcaslte
Happy Anniversary! w00t w00t! Without you together, there wouldn't BE a Sidepodcast, so thanks to you both. :D
i remembered and everyfink hehe :)
Ohh yeeeahh!! happy anniversary! :D:D
You're in Newcastle? I'll keep that in mind in case the office sends me there. ;)
I may have refrenced it before, could you not tell with the accent? ;)
Happy Anniversary!
Ooh, from me too!
some nostalgia (for those who have joined spc recently):
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/04/10/an-announcement/
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/04/18/about-that-hiatus/
right im gonna turn off my laptop so I'll see everyone who's going to the meetup in about 12 hours or so :D :D
night everyone!
Nighty night Lukeh
Happy Anniversary Christine and Mr C! :D
Essential reading, I say! :D
Night Lukeh. :)
I've seen that before, I like all the people guessing.
But there was a time you left the community and nothing new had happend!
Night Lukeh. :)
That doesn't happen everyday. Something usually happens, more often than not. ;)
It doesn't feel like a whole year ago!
really, really doesn't.
Amazing how time flies, no? The Sidepodcommunity has grown in leaps and bounds ever since then.
And look, only 154 comments! That seemed huge back then...
that was huge. but then we left that post for a whole week to get that many!
Now we take half a day to get that kind of number... on a Daily post! :O
It's been the quickest year of my life....and the slowest too....due to many factors....i could problem fill a book with them all lol
RG, this may seem a strange question, but what are you calling yourself on Script Frenzy? I'd like to send you a PM.
Gimme a tic
thats meant to be probably lol
frightening.
i should ssay well done to everybody for yesterday. didn't have to move a single comment, thanks you.
The RG
That should be it ;)
A little reminder every now and then is probably a good idea until a solution evolves
I would use a more positive adjective, like "encouraging" or "amazing". :D
Don't thank us, thank your filtering software - it seems to like us now. ;)
I was a good boy and used lclt
we bypass it. on doohickey at least in the most part, if you've commented in the past three days, you should be free to talk about most things (still don't swear etc).
basically we rewrote wordpress.
awww.
Oh okay - so you created your own filtering thingy to replace the default one Wordpress gives you?
yup. for all known commentors.
newbies still take a visit to wordpress/akismet, as does anyone using lclt and normal commenting.
:-)
but its probably time to sleep now... with my burnt finger :-(
what happened?
Great stuff. Makes it easier on race weekends.
I feel so privileged ;)
oh no!
Now loading up my MP3 player(s)
Some is even post war!
what happened was one word, four letters, and contains chocolate....
eta - its a very very tiny burn... it won't even hurt by the (later) morning, lol
CAKE
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
If you'd told us that half an hour ago that could have made it into the Daily Post notes, as significant news :)
lpg, are you making us all packed lunches?
Post *which* war?
Good point ;)
G'Day folks! Hows it going?
In Flibster's case, I'm guessing the 2nd (really big) one
Music or the players?
Hey Sean
no - not all packed lunches...
I' even contemplating *not* bringing a packed lunch for the children and braving wfm with them in tow!!
Although that could be a slightly silly thing to do to the bank account....
Oh, you haven't seen Flibster's grammaphone backpack have you?
:D :D
never better. your good self?
Heya Sean
So what have I forgotten?
There's bound to be something.
wfm?
Good day sire, how art thou?
do you think we need to make a check list of essentials? ;)
Heya
Too late to make a wiki page.
Tired actually. I don't think I slept enough.
Earliest on there at the moment is 1937 - will have some going back to 1932
Most recent is 2008... 8O
um
the 2nd (really big one) which? depending on where you are in relation to it, all wars could be 'really big' :-P
rofl.. I'm being difficult... ended up listening to Desmond carrington this evening, and yesterday (monday) afternoon on r2 was similarly 'big band'... does seem to be a bit of a theme on that way of thinking atm.
Hmmmm - probably not the time to admit to owning Margeritte Pattern cook books or collections of 'make do and mend' leaflets is it?
wfm = whole foods market on Kensington High Street (aka on the way to the science museum). Not often that vegan junk food can be easily partaken of, lol(except that I did that show last week so have been there within the last week, er, um....)
I don't use any prehistoric Apple products here. ;)
[bassano picks himself up from floor]
Ah - so no Ink Spots then....
LPG runs away
Still blues though. Very close to a lot of stuff I have from the 50's and 60's
That Sick Steve fella? ;)
Yup. The hobo himself.
guys and girls, must love and leave ya.
we'll see ya by the undercarriage ;)
See ya tomorrow
*snigger*
See ya later.
hahaha see you tomorrow. i'm off too actually. night everyone!
Herbie Hancock was a flippin' genius
Rockit is such a choon
That is all.
And Lou too
See you there!
Bye Lou.
have a nice day, and congratulations again!
See ya to all the people who are leaving now
have a great day!! but not too much fun ;)
Bye Lou, see you there.
Enjoy your meetup tomorrow!
We'll talk about ya here. ;)
Yes, everytime you laugh. Imagiine us staring coldly at you.
Nah have a good time
Night 'me' and Lou. :)
Nah, I think they will announce their decision today. Remember, barring anything ground-breaking was revealed yesterday, the decision was made a loooong time ago. ;)
This is a fun game, go on google, type in whatever name you have for sidepodcast, how many of hte results are related to it? and to you?
of the 10 that show...
5 are related to sidepodcast
1 is related to another forum
1 is my business website
1 is personal blog
Will you be going to Southeast Asia anytime soon? ;)
Apparantly I'm a racing team, Financial Group, Constructionists and sell bagpipes
Of the ten that show for "Sean Golding", only the first two are actually me. And they are both SPC!
It seems that a lot more Sean Golding's have sprung up recently, I used to have 8 of the top 10... :(
That wont work for me! ;)
Haha, the first one of me is on page 8 and its actually my profile on the wiki
There are 2 YouTube accounts (not mine), an air navigation code, someone with a debut album on MySpace
First mention of me is page 22 (theres something about that) with RG being mentioned hosting the panel
The first one which is actually me was the final entry on page 10, a comment on "Episode 38 - Pretending Not To Pretend To Sandbag"
Me neither. There's this other bloke called Andy Taylor....
Lou - check Duran Duran on Wikipedia OK?
Ummm... not even the top 100
If I use the name I use in a lot of other places I get the first two, followed by translations of the same pages (mostly my Last.fm account).
And if I use my name the first entry is my Twitter account! I might remove my name from that account..
Am thinking of returning to Vietnam in the Autumn, does that count?
I display the first 100 results (out of 92,000).
2 are related to Sidepodcast (with a link for more results)
2 are related to F1Fanatic (with a link for more results)
And... that's it. :D
Our Internet provider is acting up, so I'll leave for now. Later, guys!
I suggest you do. :D
Night!
Yeah, I guess, but it's still too far.
Must convince Christine to visit the Philippines. It's a great place. ;)
Night Mr Journeyer
Morning! :D
See ya.
Pah, pish posh hehe
Lol
first two links were for here... the rest of the next 3 pages were for me as well... (with one exception, which is for someone else that I know, lololol)
thank gord I don't post here under my own name though, that could get interesting (although possibly a lot less links that are actually for me, as there are a lot of dead people and some americans with my name :-) )
hmmmm though - not one single link to the webstuff that (should) pay(s) if I was doing anything with it properly (veryredface)
:D:D
We knew that ;)
Catch ya later Journeyer
:D
See ya Journeyer. :)
Happy one year Mr. and Mrs. C! Congrats!
If I do the first 100, there are 5 for me in total, 3 of which are SPC.
Ditto.
So that must mean Iv been hanging around here for a year.
Also happy aniversary!
Sameish i think
I only started following regularly after Keith gave his best wishes to the newlyweds on F1F (and for a very short while blowing "me" 's cover!)
Oooh, what happend?
Just the 1 for me ;)
It was linked earlier
Keith's post was edited on request to protect the innocent ;)
He wrote me's name in a blog post.
One email later and all was sorted.
recently or a while back?
That just has organised crime written all over it :P
Actually, only of the top ten which is the Wiki. All ten have to do with me but for other things like facebook, imdb, twitter, and work stuff things.
A year ago this week, tis why it came up tonight.
Ah, seen it.
Mr C has a name?
One year ago today!
Nooo, of course not!
...ish. ;)
Did anyone see him on TV tonight?
It's "Mr", he doesn't mind using it these days! :)
G'Day 'Mr Johnson' ;)
Some say...
Innocent? Really?
:D
He is not recorded on Sky News by Sidepodcast any more...
I cant quite tell if you're being serious or not!
Seriously, we dont know why.
I reckon Sky News aint a big friend with sidepodcast anymore ;) (That bits the joke)
Is that you on you tube?
There has been a fallout.
And I must admit I'm on Sidey's side...
Right OK, I think iv got the gist of it now ;)
Glad someone has. I could search but alternatively, someone could fill me in
Riiiiiiiiiiiight all, goodnight!!
For those who are going to the science museum, have a great time, for those who aren't, we'll have as much fun here....and for Sean....seriously dude, we are doing badly on Batracer, i hope quali goes better...
Your not going to get much. I dont even know why.
See ya Jon
G'night Jon
I'll let it slide then
G'night Jon
Night. Yeah, we gotta do better.
I'm sure Mr C promised to fill Gavin in tomorrow.. I'm curious as hell so I'm planning to earwig that one...
We're lulling them all into a false sense of security before we win all the remaining races....hmm
let us know ;)
Yeah, you know how to pm on the wiki don't ya ;)
I shall ply him with drink.
Actually thats what Toyota did in the F1 08 game, more or less
Sod that, I'm asking tomorrow
If this Chilean Merlot hangover-to-be doesn't get the better of me ;)
Thats what Toyota are doing in the 09 as well ;)
Update for anyone who cares (I think they've all gone to bed): My arrival might be 30 minutes later than advertised. Depends how quickly I can get up and out of the door in the morning as to which train I get.
I've purposely not drunk much, but I've accidentally stayed up over an hour later than intended, trying to make my crappy old MP3 player work.
I understand why and am inclined to agree.
I'm off for a while too. Gotta head up the shops to pick up a couple of things. I shall return later.
Email your number to SPC towers and our exact whereabouts should be communicated hopefully.
Then again, Sidepodtime exists on tour too...
Luckily, I'm less than an hour away from the meet-up
Have done so. I should still be there before 1pm. I had expected to get to the museum at 12:20 or so but if I get the later train it will get in at 12:20.
I'll see if I can doze on the train.
I'm wondering if there'll be enough web access folks tomorrow for us to get up to the minute info on the Diffuser results
Am not expecting anything too early in the day
Follow SPC, were/I'm sure to be updating you
If Giggles turns up, he'll be Doohickey enabled
Mr & Mrs C have their iPod Touch I guess, if anywhere should be totally WiFi, the science museum should be it!
I expect Mr & Mrs C to have the necessary gadgets, Alex too.
We'll probably rely on comments here to alert us to info.
Roight. For those I'm seeing tomorrow I look forward to meeting you.
For everyone else enjoy having a bit more room to play with here, and keep us supplied with info! I look forward to catching up on the aftermath of the meetup and the diffuser hearing when I return on Thursday night.
I've got the dropio and twitpic email addresses stored in my phone in case they are needed, and if I'm not too embarrassed in public I might do more Page22 stuff on the way up :-)
Good night :-)
cya ;)
Just took a look at the best comment of the year suggestions on the wiki. RG's one about Sidepodreligeon is a true gem, and pretty much sums up SPC :)
It really does
See you tomorrow Pat
Ciao Pat, have fun
Thanks *blushes*
This place has accelreated so much in the last 6 months
By season end, if it carries on like this....
We'll need a dedicated forum?
They gave up on that before apparantly
I'm pretty sure that's been considered and discounted fairly quickly
Not sure why, probably too much moderaration involved
Night Pat. :)
I may still have a VBB license thats active but not in use.
May have to investigate.
This place is essentially a very time-consuming hobby for two folk with "real jobs"
All credit to 'em
Anyone know what Piquet's 'negative comments' were
F1Technical article
Apologies if this was discussed earlier
Interesting. Well this model works well anyway, Iv always just associated online communities with forums.
Here here :P
Me too, but this place is a very large 'shoutbox' and podcast
Indeed. Kudos to Mrs C for some awesome shows, awesome insight into f1 and brilliant editing. And to Mr C for some ingenious live commenting solutions, and bringing sidepodcast.com up to excellent standards.
A pint metaphorically raised
http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/12222/900/
Ta
[reading now]
Bloody GMM again, coulda predicted that!
Right - time to go and watch a film in bed. In need of some mindlessness...
Transformers it is then. :D
Pretty much the opposite of his positive comments. It does seem like it wasnt the smoothest of translations
Night Flibster
Rather noisey at bedtime
Ok though, in a mindless - smash it all to pieces way. Enjoy ;)
Love that film. But no matter what that kid says in it, It is NOT way cooler than Armaggedon! :P
Night Flibster. :)
Big set of headphones - check!
Also, she is also in no way 16 or 17.... ;)
Haha ;)
And then of course, Megan Fox........
I'm back.
We didn't stray far
I see.
Where are you located Sean?
Sydney Australia.
Nice ;)
Are you on the SPC listener's map?
Lived in Surrey Hills for about 4 months not too long ago.
Consumed far too many beers (no surprises there)
Not at the moment.
I'm further out from the city. As for the beers, :D.
Have got some friends in the Western Suburbs, Kellyville, Castle Hill
This is a fun game, go on google, type in whatever name you have for sidepodcast, how many of hte results are related to it? and to you?
of the 10 that show… {Comment #94}
What surprised me was that my psuedonym shows up in Google when I start typing it in. Seeing as I rarely use that particular search engine, I was a bit puzzled. Never mind...
I get:
- my blog
- my member profile at the forum I co-admin
- my NoBloPoMo page
- my Sidepodcast Wiki page
- my list of discussion in NaBloPoMo
- my NaNoWriMo profile
- my Club Force profile
- an F1 Fanatic on Kimi Raikkonen's reaction to the 2009 regulations, on which I happened to write a comment
- my Sportnetwork profile (oddly attached to Racing Bulls, where I've commented twice, rather than Force Fans Online, where I admin)
- a BlogF1 item on Eddie Jordan's concrete episode (where I wrote a comment)
So all ten are related to me but only one is related to Sidepodcast.
In Altavista, all 10 links again relate to me, but Sidepodcast gets two out of ten. One is for the wiki, the other is for the Daily Thread of 18th December.
I'm not too far from Castle Hill actually. Kellyville and Western Suburbs are a bit further away though.
Actually, know a few around the Northern Beaches too, come to think of it
I'm on the listener map actually.
Ever drink in the Fiddler?
I haven't actually, but I know where it is.
Anyone know what Piquet’s ‘negative comments’ were {Comment #192}
More or less the entire Q&A section in the April issue of F1 Racing could be construed as a bit negative. Nelson Piquet Jr. came across as slightly whingy there. I had no idea that the article was a translation...
Don't know any Lynch's do ya?
;)
I still need to buy that, times a running out
I know a Lynch, but he only just moved to Sydney from Perth.
We're both safe then :D
@Alianora - Were you sending me a pm on Script Frenzy cos I ain't received anything yet?
Right Im off. Ill see you later sometime during daylight ;)
See ya.
Didn't go shopping for Apple (or other tech related) products during that time did you?
Morning all, setting off for London shortly. Not sure exactly where in Huddersfield I have to get the coach from so leaving myself plenty of time.
See you all later!
Just up and reading the blog post. Congratulations to me and Christine, happy aniversary.
Have you seen the essential reading links? I'm pretty sure you weren't around yet then, unless you were lurking. ;)
I've just been reading those as well, it's really sweet.
No I wasn't lurking back then, I only discovered sidpodcast through the F1 minute site back in October ..6 months now, my time flies by
"But at least you can overtake - mainly into Turns Four, 10 and 13 - so I hope we’ll see some great racing this weekend.” - Heikki Kovalainen on Shanghai Race.
I think he has more important things to worry about rather than overtaking in turns 10 and 13. You know, things like MAKING it to turns 10 and 13 for a start. :)
Very very sweet, actually. :)
How did you discover F1 Minute then?
Nice! :P
Can I just explain something really important?
It is not a year ago that you got married! Okay? It can't be! Wow time has flown by - honest!
Congratulations. I need a new calendar / brain!
From James Allen's Blog post about diffusers - http://allenonf1.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/possible-outcomes-from-the-diffuser-appeal/ :
If there's an option that could cause lots of confusion to the public I'm going to guess it's that one that the FIA pick!
Keith's links roundup today is pretty good.
They include:
Formula One championship leader Button to be told his Brawn car is legal
and
Don’t blame Hamilton for lying when it goes on all the time in F1
There's been a few stories flying around saying that the "diffuser gang" are going to win. I won't believe anything until I here something official.
For those saying, "the decision has been delayed, maybe it will be delayed again".
It was always going to be announced on "Wednesday afternoon".
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/ica/2009/Pages/ica_140409.aspx
Agreed, but then again, everything has pointed to this, and we haven't even heard any hints of the contrary. So I'm guessing this is true. But again, don't take anything for granted until we get the final word.
Doesn't everyone in the press know how to use a Media Centre? They are so spoiled now, it's all available online, they just need to find it and use it. And yet, some people...
It's true, everything has pointed to a yes, but lets face it, that was always the most likely outcome really. If your going to take a gamble, may as well be on the most likely winner.
Anyone like to take a punt on the first "the FIA are totally biased against x" story appearing?
It'll happen after April 29, I think.
But if it does appear after today, this is what would happen. If the diffusers are banned, they'll point out FIArrari. If they're legal, they'll say it's a plot by Max to break up FOTA.
Sidepodscience travel update!
After initially going the opposite direction to pick people up from Halifax, progress is now good. I'm somewhere outside Nottingham (thank you iPhone maps) and I should be moving from coach to train in half an hour or so. Luckily, I've managed to snooze for most of the journey so far so I shouldn't be too sleepy by the time I get there!
am just checking in with the ipod touch while i get ready/
huh? why is it going to be delayed?
read the paragraph after that. ;)
Heh. It isn't. People on here last night seemed to think that the decision had been meant to come out yesterday. And saw the fact that it was coming out today as though it was delayed. All I was saying was that it never was delayed in the first place. It was always due to come out today.
Progress! WooHoo!
oh right, sorry, am rushing around doing various things for dad and trying to get ready too :) see ya later.
Enjoy yourselves, kids. ;)
Kemblewatch, Wednesday.
McLaren have packed up and gone home - looks like they are expecting somebody else, will keep you all posted..
Rob
Interesting. Thanks Rob :)
Renault, perhaps?
Just got to East Midlands Interchange. A very posh, snazzy station that is in the middle of nowhere. I am sat in the waiting room, and literally 50 metres away from me is a gigantic cooling tower. There are about ten if them running along one side of the track.
You must be somewhere near Donington Park.
Ah the joys of living in Kent, I'm just finishing my breakfast coffee, I'll be throwing the kids and wife in the car in about half an hour then off to meet all you guys. Safe travels all, see you about noon ish.
Or the airport. ;)
Congrats me and Christine. Mrs Rocket and I are celebrating two years next week! I just don't know what to make of this whole diffuser thing. Also, finally bought the latest F1 Racing mag (Australian edition) and not surprisingly page 22 didn't have your photo in it or anywhere else for that matter so I couldn't take a photo with me and it, ah well.
Oh yes and I'm slightly jealous about you all meeting up for Science plus F1 plus good stuff. My fav things.
Right guys, I'm just leaving to get my train. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs C!
Stopped for coffee in Oxford looks mile I will be in London by 11am
I'm so jealous of you all!
You and I both, Amy. ;)
But hey - you got to go to Melbourne, I got to go to Sepang. About even, I think. :)
Aw, what a shame, Rocket! Amy is having the same dilemma as you. Do you know anyone in Singapore or HK who can buy a UK copy then send it to you?
Yep, saw Donnington marked on the map. Sadly, I just tweeted a pic of the station and towers for anyone that's interested (TnMChris). On the train now.
Until the UK folk all get to go to Silverstone! and Goodwood! Ohh my motorsport dreams...
Hehehe. They'd love to go to Singapore, and we've both been there. Again, even stevens. :D
I'm hoping I can go to Europe sometime within the next 10 years. If savings permit, of course. Oh well, at least there's Korea or China next year...
90% of my friends are in England or have spent a few years there, I moved to Australia instead, but definitely am mentally planning for when I get to go too. They can do it cheaper than me, because they won't try to go to as many F1 races as possible while they're there :D Considering I want to go to Monaco, I think I need lots of $$
giggles offered to buy and send to Australia for anyone willing to paypal him the costs involved
Monaco? You must be nuts. Aim for something cheaper, like Silverstone or Spa. Monza should be a good pick too.
My big 3 that I have to do before I die are Monaco, Spa and Monza. Cliche, but hey, I like tradition!
Woohoo! Im now in the lovely first class lounge at manchester waiting for the train to take me to the sidepodscience meetup :D
and another woohoo! for free wifi
http://twitpic.com/3cgkr
yay!
Can't blame ya! :D If you're going on the cheap, try Spa, Monza, and Silverstone/Donington. Spa-Monza, in particular, is usually a back-to-back, so special packages might be available. If Bernie does axe Britain, go for Nurburgring/Hockenheim instead.
this is just about the best day ever! yay for people and science.
Have pity on us not going, eh? ;) :P Nah, just kidding. :D
Just on my 4th coffee.
Should be leaving soon.
My flatmate has a friend whose father lives in Monaco. My flatmate was going to go for the race this year, and I was rather jealous! I'm quite sure my flatmate needs to introduce me to her friend so I can blatantly use her ;)
Aw, come on, don't be user-friendly! :P Haha! But in all honesty, if you both like F1, I think you'll get along pretty well.
But his dad lives in Monaco? Whoa! What's his job? :O
planning a live audio thing for those staying at home. but shh...
(it probs won't work over 3g anyhow, but just so you know we're thinking of ya).
WOOHOO! Do let us know more as it develops. ;)
Perhaps upload a group photo, with me suitably obscured?
can certainly do that ;)
I imagine Mr C would offer to take the picture :)
genius.
He is This guy
I was shocked to learn there is so much money in starting a courier company, it's not like its a fantastic new idea, couriers have been around forever!
If anyone would react like that to cooling towers, it would be you Mr.C!
Just going through Leicester....
I know Fastway couriers. They deliver things to my house quite often actually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b6JDa6_TnA
CRASH-EEEEEE! :D
Brilliant vid. ;)
http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/ica/2009/Pages/ica_150409.aspx
And it's...
slow.
That's the least surprising news ever!
I thought we would have to wait much longer
And Brawn...
...
WIIIIINS!!!!!!!
I now, it's only 11 AM Paris time. The FIA looking prompt and sensible, for once!
That will last for all of 2 weeks. ;)
And Twitter EXPLODES!!
But still very good news. You could never be 100% sure until you see the final verdict.
Any interesting twits?
Nope, pretty much they all say "LEGAL"
Ech. Alrightie.
That such make our Sidepodders in London even happier. ;)
I think Lou may explode
Nah, I don't think so. It's not like this decision was unexpected. It will make her beam with joy, though. :D
Now - can Button convert this win into another 20 points over the next 2 weekends? If he can, then you'd have to admit, 4 out of 4 to start the season is pretty darn good.
I wanna see Barrichello on the top step again.:(
Nice guest post on F1F by the way!
Phil Huff was caught out, oddly enough - his forum had already been celebrating the news when he said no decision had been made yet.
Why, thank you, Amy! Please leave a comment there - I love hearing your feedback. :D
I hope Lou and Lukeh get to read it too. :D
With the diffusers now legal, time to lock in my Fantasy Racers picks.
Great news - we can forget about all of this for good now. :)
Now everyone can resume talking about that other FIA hearing. Again. Ugh.
Morning all, glad to see the predictable news.
how is everyone?
Nah, not yet. They'll do that after Bahrain. ;)
We're good and happy. The others are en route to London. :)
Morning Jon. Many are making their way to the sidepodscience meetup right now. :)
Loving JA's latest post:
http://allenonf1.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/diffusers-legal-but-it-got-very-personal/
yeah, we'll have just as much fun here :)
Especially if Mr C's plan works. I sure hope it does. ;)
That said, will the diffuser verdict affect the FOTA dynamics and their unity vs. the FIA? Will it put a further strain on Ferrari-FIA relations?
Methinks the fact that the decision was released in the morning means that making the decision wasn't too hard for the ICA. Which probably confirms my point yesterday - barring anything ground-breaking was revealed yesterday (which, as it turns out, didn't happen), the decision will have been already made a long time ago.
plan?
reading some of the quotes certain members arent the best of friends
Have you caught up with the older comments already?
no such thing as friends in a courtroom, unless you're on the same side. ;)
That'd be this:
Fingers crossed! ;)
Shh! :P
cant believe we heard the news on radio 1 in the car!! f1 is so mainstream now.
Ayt - I'll watch my brand-new 2001 F1 season DVD first. I'll be back by noon-ish your time. :D
and i bet they mensioned button about 5 times?!
Radio 1?! Goodness me. Another reason to thank the BBC for getting F1 back. :D
I'm sure they found a way to mention Lewis too!
depends who the reporter is, if its carrie from moyles then yes, or david goredo (who really annoys me) then i'd say yes but anyone else id say no
button twice, no mention of lewis.
we're on the road and london bound baby!
I assume if it is reported here at all the headline will be along the lines of "Rivals Destroying All Hope For Australia's Mark Webber"
woop woop
Any guesses on how late they'll be? ;)
not early.
Sidepodtime, means technically they're never late lool
I thought you guys were taking the train or something?
I must have misremembered.
we were but it's too expensive.
My ETA:
12:30
I thought everyone being at the meetup would mean I'd get to bed early tonight, but I've managed to get myself hooked on the tennis, and there are some good players coming up tonight. Oops.
Capital city baby!
Though technically I'm still on the train, apparently we're waiting forva platform?
Also, woo double diffusers!
Surely that a little vital for a train?
blimey, you're all making such good time :)
im tres jealous now :( boo.
if i left now, i'd still make it for 12.30 hehe. better i have a day not doing stuff otherwise i'm going to burnout again, but still, very jealous of you guys!
someone gotta hold the commenting fort for us ;)
I know? Most unlike me!
Leaving Chez Clapper now and will see the mob in about an hour
My train is delayed. I'm coming in from home rather than the office for complicated reasons :)
6 minutes delayed.
The worst thing at Gypsy Hill is that trains on one platform go to London Bridge and also Victoria. And with my Victoria train delayed I almost got on the London Bridge train. Eeek!
For those out of the loop that would be pretty much 100% the wrong direction!
against your advice, we're parking at heathrow. :)
oooh, speed tape?
It was all going so well...
A cash machine just ate my card. Looks like I'm walking!
noo way!
Oh no I just remembered I left Page 22 at home :(
I hope somebody else has a copy!
omg! you be okay?
Oh no!
we have it.
Currently in the queue to get into the museum. From the sounds of it, I'm one of the first here!
@Alianora - Were you sending me a pm on Script Frenzy cos I ain’t received anything yet? {Comment #229}
I haven't received the PM yet, so I still don't know which of the eight variations of RG I'm meant to send it to. Stupid computer :(
(By the way, my username there is Alianora_La_Canta - I doubt anyone's impersonating me there, but I'd better make sure...)
Winnnnnner :D hehe
Sounds like it!
Hey chaps.
Considering i was woken up at 7am to go to the hospital with my mum, I'm now very shattered.
Now that sucks. Hope you'll get there ok
I think I said earlier, The RG [only a space in between the and rg]
if he was aany earlier, he'd have the wrong day.
Just up and reading the blog post. Congratulations to me and Christine, happy aniversary. {Comment #234}
Congratulations to Christine and "me" on their anniversary.
Hope you and the other Sidepoddies enjoy your trip to the Science Museum :)
woah, is that the time, he is early lol
So is that when the appeals are happening? ;)
I haven’t received the PM yet, so I still don’t know which of the eight variations of RG I’m meant to send it to. Stupid computer
I think I said earlier, The RG [only a space in between the and rg] {Comment #362}
Thanks. I've now sent the PM.
Recieved ;)
Ummm, F1.com is reporting diffusers legal. But I guess you guys know that already?
yess :D
Yep. Its up there somewhere, if you can be bothered to look through all those lucky people going to the museum, posts
we have arrived at the airport car park and Mr C is all overexcited at the abundance of planes. will dropio a pic if poss.
We do - but how many of those making their way to London know?
Oops, sorry yes. I have just looked back a few (dozen) comments.
I hope we don't get stuck in there overnight and all of the formula one cars come to life. You could write about that RG!
Make sure you don't mistake any for the undercarrige of the airplane at the muesuem
not that i want to be the one to point this out....but....it is an airport....
haha :)
:)
You must be somewhere near Donington Park. {Comment #260}
1.8 miles, if I remember correctly. And a stone's throw from the airport
Ha ha! They've moved the landing gear! Anyone who's going to the meet and reads this, I'm underneath the mclaren.
:D
I have a backlog already. You planning to go in about two years time ;)
thats quite funny lol
Well. Now that's been settled I can go and cry myself to sleep for Mr Webber. But in all fairness, I am relieved that it was ruled this way. Night all you lucky folk.
See ya later Rocket
Night
Night Rocket. :)
Should we do a roll call of who is in the comments for 'me'?
Renault F1 are trying to kill me. If I never comment again, know that I had a good life
I just seen BATRacer, I told you the fightback would start now.
Plus I thought Renault would be doing well too... ;)
Oi!! We're lulling you into a false sense of security before we wipe the floor with you :D
Ahh, I must resume BATracing.
Surely by telling us that plan, your not actually lulling us into believing that
Ah, but i may be double bluffing you! Although frankly, its not likely
It's a strange sandbagging technique.
Yep :D hehe
I don't know who took this one but:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/1239793255177
haha! :D
I'm feeling a bit of a berk standing here holding page 22...
ahaha, thats amazing
We can only imagine :D
Hilarious, so true as well :)
Back!
That deserves a picture! :P
Question, how do you take a pic of youself without looking even worse?
:D Hahaha! All is quiet - everyone must be getting lost in the Underground. ;)
Renault are now off my christmas card list.
I managed to escape with my life, just, but this damn website kept replicating in IE. I don't even USE IE and it wouldn't stop, and my computer slowed to a crawl. The internet wasn't working and I didn't know what to do!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/renault-jpg
WOAH, have fun with that
Bloomin heck, thats fairly mad. Can you not just reset the comp?
Well, page 22 worked! Met with bootneck.
Woah, Nelly! That's... shocking.
when it finally responded to me i did an end task of the main ieexplore.exe program. I missed a lot of the tennis while I was fighting with Renault and its terrible breeding. NOT HAPPY
Brilliant. Nice work page 22
Say hello to him from us. ;)
awesome :)
Page 22...is there anything it can't do? (except make an appearance in Australia)
I don't think it can cause world peace. :D
I'll be there shortly.....
There's only one way to find out...
Explain?
we are on the underground but briefly overground. the woman keeps saying cockfosters. am so immature.
:D
Signal faliure on the tube at high street ken might be holding up a few like me
Is that Mr or Mrs C. There's no capitals and its immature?
touché :D
It smacks of Mr C, doesn't it? ;)
it is Christine. Capitals on the G1 are sporadic.
:D
Of course.
We'll be watching you though....
On Red Bull, why are they bothering with the diffuser? It's more work than the other teams that will now try it, and it could be bad for them if they get it not so right.They're not bad on pace now, so why threaten it? Same goes for Ferrari as they might not get the imporvements they need.
I'm a bit confused with Red Bull aswell to be honest, especially if it takes as much redesign work with the Red Bull as is rumoured.
Ferrari on the other hand, need all the help they can get
Stuck on underground
Ferrari should take the risk imo, Red Bull do not need to.
I know Ferari should, but they might get it wrong, so it's a bit risky.
Yeah but they havent scored any points yet, so i'm not sure they've got alot to loose. Plus if all the teams around them go faster and they don't because they don;t use one of these diffusers then they'll be even worse off
Lou, Lukeh, Gavin and Steveintheuk are here
Thanks for the updates Chris. :)
Does Steveintheuk call himself Steveintheuk?? That could get quite annoying by the end of the day :P
A collective hi to them all
Given how tight the midfield is right now, RBR can only ignore this at their own peril. When (not if) the other teams figure out how to make it work on their cars, they'll go faster, which means RBR will start slipping backwards - that's how significant the effect of the trick diffuser is.
On a non diffuser related issue, I was just watching this music quiz show we have here in Aus called Spicks and Specks, and while this was stated out of context, it made me laugh. They were talking to the person who sung the Aussie anthem at Melbourne, and one of the hosts said "Gees, who the hell organises the F1, the scouts?!" I thought it was funny that even non F1 followers or fans can still criticise how its run!
Hello to everyone! How are Lou and Lukeh feeling? :D
Tell them that they aren't the best at BATRacer, oh no, were fighting back now ;)
Well, I know thats its only one qually session...
I liked that on the TV broadcast, you could hear the drunken crowd more than you could hear her :)
At least you're faring better than your real-world equivalents. ;)
They've still got more podiums than us.
I am here!
Unfortunately, some BATracer teams are emulating only one of their real-world team member, ain't that right Jon? ;)
With them?
Were they bowing down to you?
I'm doing a fairly accurate McLaren impression I reckon
Well actually, as a team i think we're pretty accurate, one of us does well, the other crashes out, but still overall we're not doing great....just like the real Renault team
I've replied to your post - I'll see if I can find it. :D
So when you said
'I would like to apologise to my team mate in advance for how rubbish I will be since I have no clue about this game!'
At the start of the season, you were lying about it?
I'm still doing rubbish, I have 2 points!
I take it you didn't get the joke then
Better than Sean and i are collectively doing :)
oops ;)
I am sad I didn't even make it into Q2, my goal is to get to Q3 at least once
At least your doing as good as a one time race winner
Nice satire:
Final Showdown As Button and Barrichello Head For Abu Dhabi
The real-world McLaren hasn't gotten into Q3 yet. ;)
Didn't I tell you? Heikki will be on pole in China!
If that happens, I'll give you a fiver
(Now I know I've said that before, but come on, Heikki on pole with that McLaren)
Calling Any Doctor Who fans...
www.itunes.com/drwhofree
Free episode of Dr who on itunes, follow the link!
I have uploaded two group photos!
Great, if I knew what anyone looked like (apart from Lukeh)
I'm getting my podiums mixed up, it wasn't Brazil, it was this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XocDB1eYLLo
Awwwwww.
I know lou and Lukeh, thats it lol. I recognise some others....but not sure who they are
Alex whos the smaller of the 2 ladys?
Yeah, I kinda can guess lou ;)
Remember, if your lurking today, please comment, it might get lonely at times
Pretty please? ;)
Hello I'm on duty back at base today nice to know diffuser row settled - will read your comments as day goes on
Christine's Mother-In-Law! Yay! Hello! :D
Hi Mrs C's Mother in law. How are you today?
Hello Christine's Mother in Law
LPG I think
thought it might be
Christine and Mr C are here
:)
*waves to all*
http://lms.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/04/15/klien-to-race-in-spa-1-000km/
Intresting I'm finding this, is that if Nick or Robert get injured, he's got to dash away from that and join BMW in Spain. So effectivley leaving two drivers. Now don't get me wrong and im not sounding biased here, but wouldn't Montagny be a better choice for this race then?
Did you put down the red carpet?
fanfare?
Dum da dum da dum da
trumpets and confetti? :D
Welcome back Christine's Mother-in-Law :)
Big group shot on drop io now :)
So cool! I wish I was there. Have a good time all :)
:)
Wish I was there...
OMG, we can see Mr C's hair. Still having to guess who half of them are, can you do a l-r is the comment bit?
But bloomin awesome all the same
Seconded. :) Enjoy yourselves!
Do I spy a Michael Who t-shirt? :)
someone is going to have to fill me in about this
hello everyone. Hope you are all having fun at the science museum (sniff). Not too bad a day here though. Great news on the diffuser appeal - nice to see Ross Brawn keep his 100% record there :)
me too
I'm sure they're having a miserable time ;) Greetings to everyone from work...
Brazil 2005. Brilliant. ;)
That will depend on how good my children are being :)
It's an inside joke Renault nee Benetton pulled when Alonso won the title in 2005.
Yup - he's never faltered. Rory Byrne has lost his 100% record, though.
Gavin, Mr C, Christine, Chris (vampire), son of Bootneck, toastboy, bootneck (at back) and Pat W.
ah yes, i rememeber that :D
Where's lou and lpg? Are they the ones towards the back?
the organisation around this exhibit is pitiful, and the security guard has already upset someone (not one of us)
Then Bassano, Steve in the Uk, Chris Evens, Lou and Lukeh!
is he trying to stop photos? does he not understand what a double deck diffuser is? They should have got Keith the Marshall to help organise.
Kris is here!
tell him you work for the FIA and that if he dosent move out the way he's going to ban McLaren from ever entering an FIA sanctioned event ever again!
all this way for some rubber boots. the exhibit is nothing to write home about. have dropioed a picture.
Anything else of note there?
It looked so much cooler on the Beeb. What happened? :O
Oh well, this was more about the meetup than the exhibit. ;)
Afternoon all. Good news that the diffuser gang have all been declared legal for the 3rd and last time.
Anyways, Mr. Hamilton is back with another promotional ad, this time with Steve McQueen!
http://www.tagheuer.com/the-news/events/baselworld2009-concours/?lang=en
There are parts of it where you can clearly see Hammy's car has been digitally added in. :D
This ad is a bit silly, if you ask me.
1. F1 car with headlights?
2. Steve McQueen has passed away - who's the dubber then?
3. Never mind Hammy's car - Hammy himself looks like he's been digitally added in.
Still, I guess it's better than that thing he did last year, flying around in the theater.
there's a big table but you can't touch it, and if you go near any of yhe display cases an alarm goes off. some kind of bicycle and a knee brace and that's about it.
now i'm being told off for live commenting instead of talking :)
But hey, I'll join the contest anyway. ;)
Me, Journeyer, Jon and the rest love you for it on the right side ;)
hehe :)
Agreed! Ask Mr C if his plans will push through. ;)
big table is made of 2-3mm carbon fibre, its massive and properly strong.
bike has telemetry built into it
knee brace has some sort of suspension formed into it i think
Looking at the prizes for the Tag Heuer contest, I think I'd rather come third!
:) me too
we have moved on to the sidepodspace exhibit
Link please?
Its almost like, meh, Formula 1, don't care about that, lets chuck it over in that useless posistion no one cares about.
I mean you don't need a fancy watch, you just need one to tell you the damn time
http://www.tagheuer.com/the-news/events/baselworld2009-concours/?lang=en
Scott gave it before.
I was actually thinking... the prizes are screwed up! 3rd prize looks the most valuable, then 2nd, then 1st!
But reading the General Conditions, 2nd prize is worth 3 times that of 3rd, and 1st prize is more than 4 times that of 3rd.
I dont even have a watch, i use my phone
Exactly. What is the point of fancy watches?
A watch, especially a TAG Heuer, is more of a luxury item now - it's a nice-to-have, and very classy too.
To show off. Or, to sell and buy third prize yourself ;)
Classy-ness, looking chic, and all that fluff.
it depends what it means by the driving day thing, if the helmet is full scale then thats probably the most valuable
But what do I want with a Lewis Hamilton helmet? If I had that, I'd definately sell it.
I just want something that tells me the time not something which says to other people, hey i'm classy.
My little moan about watches
If it's an F1 car, it's gonna be the most valuable, no matter how long it is.
Depending on the size...id wear it lol
I'd keep it - and maybe sell it later. Its value will rocket up, especially if Lewis does some more winning in future.
It wont be an F1 car though, teams hardly ever let people drive their cars
That's because they are extremely hard to drive. Have you seen the Richard Hammond F1 thing from Top Gear? Imagine how us folk would find it without practice and training.
But you don't live in Monte Carlo.
Is it me or should 1st and 3rd prize be the other way around? Makes much more sense. I mean, how can a fancy watch be more prestigious and vaulable than driving an F1 car?! Ludicrous!
I'll give you that
If it is an F1 car, I'd definitely agree with you. :)
I'm impressed we've managed 543 comments with a few regulars missing/severley lacking in contribution
Tennis is almost finished! But then I sleep :(
That's not bad, got to keep it up though.
The Monte Carlo Masters?
yep. F1 and the ATP tour are my only loves in life.
Right, bike time, back later. :)
See ya.
Have a fun ride Jon
You the F1 driving day could be at that AGS driving place. They have old Prosts and Arrows from the late 90s for people to drive, as well as my favourite Le Mans car of all time - the Peugeot 905B! :D
Hello everyone and Double-decker diffusers are legal! Go Toyota!
we are now in hyde park in search of ice cream
I'm off, night chaps, have a good one.
Night Sean
I just have to go to the fridge
We used to struggle in here with a thousand comments on a race day! times have changed...
I'm jealous, but i live in the land of gelato, so I can't complain. well not about that anyway...
And that was just before Silverstone - LAST YEAR! So in the space of 9 months, we've grown by that much.
Happy Anniversary to Mr and Mrs C. Enjoy your Magnums - official icecream of Kimi 'the iceman' Raikkonen and thus the entire F1 world - when you find a vendor.
Night sean
Some nice 'picnic' photos going up on drop.io. Will talk more after the Hillsborough Memorial Service
I'm a little chuffed with 6th on the grid for Bahrain provided how much fuel I decided on for my first stint. :P
well, that wasnt fun by any stretch of the imagination
Two pictures from sidepodcast in the park! On the drop.
tres cool :)
I think it's been RG's quest to keep changing his parentheses comment all the time. but it's blank now? what gives RG? nothing to say (as an aside?)
Wah. Not fair. I can see my eldest and lpg - not sure what she is trying to do though.
yeah i was wondering that too...
Now they weren't there a second ago!
Any chance of an organised group photo being put on dropio so lukeh can photoshop the rest of us in?
There cant be many people left who don't know 'me's' real name now...
*Ahem* I still don't. :P
Can I join the club
i dont :D and i kinda wanna keep it that way, would spoil the illusion, in the same way that if i meet him im gonna wear a blind fold lol
Live commenting from the sidepodpicnic. First comment in a week!
Welcome
Where have all these ice creams come from!?!
I was bored with them.
How was the Queen?
Gavin! It's been ages - you've missed tons of stuff. :D
I'm pretty sure me=James May. Just a theory, created by lack of ice cream in the office.
An incorrect theory, although James May is from the West Country though.
Yeah, I think i might be one of the few who hasn't got rid of them. Apathy and laziness means ...whatever...
I maintain he's from Cheshire and is called Rob
I'm so excited by this SPC meetup and I'm not even there. But I must go to bed. Goodtimes to you all!
You'd only be saying that if your Jeremy Clarkson. Your plan is so obvious...
Goodnight!
See you later Jeremy
Night Jeremy. say good night to Oz for me :)
I already know what Mr C looks like after that scandal with the Flickr pics of the karting at Autosport. But I'm undecided on the name. It's kinda like when I never used to get up for the early morning GPs. I'd promise myself not to look on Autosport.com or the news to find out what happened, but I always gave in and looked anyway. :P
Night Jeremy. :)
Shhh. ;)
I refused to look at that pic, where is the fun in that?
Welcome back, buddy ;)
i didnt realise what i was doing at hte time, i have a vague recollection, but nothing specific
I remember that I waffled about how great anonoymity is and how great Mr C is.
I see your point there. It does take away from the mystery of it all.
might take me a while...
I'm still bummed that I wrecked our Australian Fans Of SidePodTour at christmas. Maybe you'll come home again soon and we'll recruit all the new Aussie regulars to join us. :-)
Gavin says picnic is cool. Queen is fine
A McLaren upside-down on the ceiling has turned up on drop.io :D
I don't blame you. i blame all the others that were driving that day! :) No idea where I'll be in a few months. Contract over in 6 and I'll probably Scott In Italy In Some other country.
Great to see Australian making an impact on the world. One day people will know where we are...
Justin.tv/sidepodcast
Watch us in the park live
Well its not working
nope
It will be starting now
refresh!
I lie
now
:D !
No buffering whaaat so ever :D
Yeah, unbelievalby sleek
All I'm getting is screenshots. Is that meant to happen? I'm guessing not :P
nah its just a bit slow
they changing shots though :)
Damn, we were fooling them so well until Scott came along
That is sarcasm on a different level right there :D
byeee!
im left with a lovely shot right there lol, not sure who that is
you should be able to go back to the archives and see something.
Well it was a good idea... ;)
technology is a scary thing. i was making jokes a few weeks back about commenting from the strangest place and now you're broadcasting live. pity this wasn't part of the page 22 expedition but nice use of technology.
but i don't see any feed :(
Not broadcasting now. Booo!
:) i think it's a concerned person looking for the off button. i've seen that look on videocamera records.
ahhh right lol,
no clips on the archive yet. :(
i'm off home. work gets in the way of a good picnic and a kimi inspired icecream. ciao :)
haha, :D
see ya
Could you hear us at all?
There is now. I'm watching it - I think. I can't tell because of the unbelieveable jumpyness of it :D
sound was great, picture was a bit jumpy, but no buffering :D :D
No clips for this channel yet.
Can someone drop.io it?
Never mind - found it in the archives. ;)
We are going to go again shortly. Hang fire. With a better mic.
More pics now.
Mr C just had a cabling issue!
questions from the comments
Person in the background in latest pic, he's probably thing what on earth is going on
Please :)
What? Like how inept is Mr C at using cables?
What do you think of the diffuser decision? How do ya all feel? ;)
Has everyone else just left me here to ask the questions? Thanks guys. ;)
I love that theres a tiny notebook and miles of wire lol
Oh Journeyer, thanks for appearing.
:D
We're back on justin.tv/sidepodcast
Hello there
We can hearrr :D
Can you hear us?
I was all tucked up in bed and for some reason I have turned my laptop back on.
So my question would be why on earth can't I sleep at normal times like normal people!?
Can Alex do a rap about the whole day out please?! :D
We can hear Mr C well but not Mrs C
Your on sidepodcast, sleep times dont tend to be normal
Has Mr C done something wrong with the cables, again?
wooo!
Damn you all for being on the other side of the world where it is daytime!
Did you hear me speaking then?
I like move to a proper country, its a good suggestion!
Question - Klien is going to be driving in Spa 1000km at the same time as the Spanish GP, how bad is this incase BMW have a driver injury?
This is confusing...
So what you are saying is I pretty much saw everything already on the BBC video of the museum? This makes me less sad about being thousands of miles away.
More to the point, is Christine mad at Klien for driving at Spa and not Franck instead? :D
Chinese GP predictions?
I'm not there, COS I'M IN BLOOMIN NEWCASTLE. I'm cold, I can't see past the next house because of the fog, I woke up at 7am, I cant see any sun, and this is a rubbish day.
Though tomorrow should be a signifigant improvement
Ah fudge - am on the phone. Missing the audio...
Timo for win, Jarno for second and Nicky for the win
my prediction: Kovalainen to finish at least one lap!
how comes?
I appear to be a year older.
Brawn 1-2 followed by Buemi!
Which team, apart from McLaren, do you guys at the park think will be first to copy the double-decker diffuser?
ahh :D
and what numer would this year older be?
15, ooh, i feel old.
BMW will be debuting in Spain as with Force India I think
Renault said they have one ready for China, didn't they?
Source?
Lemme have a look
Thanks Alex ;)
Ooops, a bit wrong actually. Lightweight car for Robert
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74444
Has everyone scuppered off again?
I don't think there's enough F1 news around for questions...
hehe almost accient. :P
IT only goes against Lewis, so how is that fair on heikki!
Question - After the Algarve's performance at the weekend in the A1GP, how likely will it get onto the Formula 1 calendar for either 2010 or 2011.
Do you think Tonio Liuzzi going into A1GP is a major step down for him from F1, or will it help him?
Do we think Martin will have to step down if the FIA can prove he knew the team were lying?
I have a feeling its not up to FIA race standards for F1, but i may be wrong
Question - Which of the teams that do not currently have the double diffuser, of all their versions do we think is going to be the most effective?
Will Mercedes ditch McLaren for Brawn?
oooh good question!!
The FIA can revoke his pass
Something funny just happend, what was it?
Mr C started focussing on somebody running in the park!
ahaha
Oh dear... :D
Will Toyota win a race at last? And if yes, who will take the first win?
If you don't say Glock, RG will cry
Haha! Missed the train. Oh well. ;)
It's gotta be Glock!
Could barely hear them - and that's with my speakers turned way up.
Timo. Without being biased, that kid has got some excellent pace on him and can drive, its gotta be Timo.
Do we expect Malaysia to become a night race next year, and if so, would having a second night race ruin the spectacle of Singapore?
I say Jarno - he's got the experience to do it - and he starts higher up the grid; that must help.
If it's a night race, I won't go. If it is a day race, I will go. But I probably don't represent the majority :D
I posted that comment ages ago...
I posted that comment ages ago..
They're done broadcasting, though, so this is just for us. ;)
Malaysia will probably be a night race, but Singapore will still fly high - I think Malaysia as a night race will flop spectacularly.
It's currently 1-1 this season for Qualifying terms.
Eh? Why? I'd do it if it were the other way round - at least a night race would be something different - and it's a lot cooler too.
But Jarno beat him last year, right?
Me too, which is why I'd save my money :D Singapore worked because its the middle of the city, I don't think it would be anywhere near the same at an actual track thats a bit isolated.
But I've already done the night race thing!
This year will show Singapore lose its novelty factor, we've loved the night time, but I reckon this year we'll not take into note of it.
Qatar in the Moto GP. And just look at what happend there.
Not at Sepang, you haven't!
And the heat - it's just something else - and I'm saying that as someone who lives in a tropical country.
They seem to love it.
And if less people go, then more space for me. Hehe, so selfish. ;)
Nah, I think we'd still notice it. The media will take notice of it, that's for sure.
True. I think I'm also looking at it from the viewpoint of its a strange country, and I'd be by myself, and at night that seems like way more to handle. Singapore it was OK because I was staying about 2 minutes away from the track.
Alex, can you thank everyone there from all of us :) really appreciate it
Here's the thing, if the timing of the event is kept the same (as in March-April), then it still pours down in the night, event cancelled, rearranged for another time which doesn't help the fans at all.
Lets be honest, Bernie can't afford to lose the fans, and he knows it.
Seconded, you sir, are awesome.
Thirded!
I think you'll manage - there's lots of other tourists there, and most places are well-lit. In particular, if you avail the KLIA Transit package, you won't have any problems from Sepang until KL Sentral train station.
Forth-ed! :D
Fifthed?
Who am I kidding, if it's an F1 race I'll be there. Once I make my mind up it pretty much sticks. Singapore did that to me, and I have learned not to try and fight the urge because otherwise you end up going anyway, but all the good seats are sold out :D
Agreed. :D
Some good stuff on the meandpage22 drop.io
http://drop.io/meandpage22/asset/photo-5
aahhh, how did they know which one is which!?!
Now I feel this is an eligble candidate for quote of the year :-P
Put it on the wiki, by all means. ;)
It is going to be Timo for sure. He is going to be the revealtion of 2009. Toyota wil get a GP victory this year.
I am so happy the diffusers have been cleared. If BMW Sauber and Renault have them ready for China it shows they were hypocritical. Ferrari have admitted they will not have them for a little while. Were Ferrari so sure the FIA would rule in their favour?
I think I'm scared to go to sleep in case I have nightmares about that site
all you see when you close your eyes is Task Manager with all the IE's up lol
Hypocritical might be unfair, I think its shows they had a plan B. They knew it could go either way, so i'd rather have the double diffuser rather than not if it was accepted (which it was)
Nah, they're just plain struggling right now. Too many things going on for them to be able to focus on the diffuser. The reshuffle wouldn't have helped them, either.
I think Timo is a tad overrated right now - he has been a bit luckier than the average driver. That said, he's done the most with what he got. Timo may be the long-term bet, but it's Trulli that will get them win number 1.
If they do have them, then they really shouldn't have kept saying "this will cost us money" when its quite clear that they knew it'd be found legal, and so "this has cost up money"
Agreed - but let's remember that one other reason they appealed is so that they have something to show to the big bosses when they're asked why they didn't have them from the start.
Do I sense desperation in the Ferrari camp? What happens if they do not score all season... he he he (course I am sorry for the drivers!).
Makes sense. Toro Rosso didn't need to appeal cos Red Bull did and Force India didn't cos its an independant team, save em a bit of money
Domenicali will be out the door - and we'll be back to how Ferrari was before the days of Todt - bedlam and chaos.
If they genuinely believed they were illegal then i have sympathy, if they actually never thought of it then i point and laugh
I think they did believe it was illegal, but they knew that Brawn's explanation was water-tight.
I disagree. It is hypocritical. Basically they said "Oh look, they have double decker diffusers. We didn't think of that, so it must be illegal. But if it isn't, then we're going to put one on our cars just because we can" They criticise a certain part of the car and then go and copy it just because it's now been officially ruled legal in the Court of Appeal. Ridiculous. But that's the way it's always been in F1. If one car has something which makes it go faster, then everyone else in theory is obliged to copy the design and interpret it in their own way. Always has been, always will be.
Red Bull's shark fin was never this controversial and look what happened. By the end of the season, every team had tried a version of it on their car at some stage during the season. I can guarentee that this will be the case with these diffusers this season. By Abu Dhabi, probably every team will be running one.
In my view this whole thing has been an utter farce and a complete waste of time.
Kubica's price has gone even lower - to 7.3. How very odd...
They had to complain to give themselves an excuse. Sorry I am so happy that Ferrari are really are struggling given the unpleasantness they gave Ross at the meeting. I really hope they do get a single victory this season - that will make it for me.
I want Stefano to stay in - he's a moderate compared to Luca, and who knows what Luca has in mind if Ferrari suffer this year. And for him to stay in, they need to win at least some races.
I may want Brawn to win the title, but I'm still a Ferrari fan - they need to do some winning, or else Luca may induce some long-term pain.
It's still at 7,5 for me. Did you check the driver values site or your team site?
If Kubica is in your lineup, it should be 7.5 - that's 7.3 plus the 0.2 transfer fee.
Oops - it IS 7.5. Silly me... ;)
Speaking of FR, I see you can log in automatically now. Thats a relief
Yep - haha! Have you locked in your lineup for this weekend? I'm reserving the right to change it after the FPs, but I doubt I'll do that.
I think only Ferrari genuinely believed them (sob sob sob) to be illegal which is why they are the most behind in its development. The other teams had guessed so they (rumoured) to have them in development. So they already committed money to their development so they cannot argue it will cost them more money.
I've swapped Fisi for Sutil. I just can't decide anymore
I wish Kazuki would get 0.1 cheaper, I am sick of my loophole team being one man short!
They were in the points in both previous rounds, but threw it away with brain fade. That brain fade is their bigger problem right now, not their car.
Just you wait for him to crash this weekend. ;)
surely it's about time he mowed down his pit crew again
Lets play, pitstop bowling!
right 2am, time for bed! night anyone who is actually here!
Goodnight! Thats hardcore!
Who can see a game in that?
See ya later Amy
They have hole in hte wall, so im sure we can make some sort of game lol
Sure but I think you will see Renault and BMW with diffusers either this week or the next race after China. Red Bull is competitive even without. I think I read Macca have a diffuser ready (hence why they did not protest). Ferrari are going to really struggle with a (hopefully) uncompetitive car and clowns for their management.
Why wish Ferrari ill will? It's a bit unfair to those unnamed people working at the factory. Of everyone there, only LDM is truly suspect.
I just wrote my name on the bottom of my racing boots in big black marker...just like in toy story....i am cool :D
I would have been more considerate to them had they not got so personal with Brawn during the hearing. At least they [Ferrari] are not as hypocritical as the other teams (well at least two of them). I do feel slightly sorry for Red Bull, being a smaller team and probably having the most work to get a diffuser in place. BMW Sauber, were being the especially painfull on the issue.
Red Bull also has its rear suspension to deal with - they'll have to redesign that as well to get the trick diffuser on properly.
Not sure what you mean about BMW Sauber.
See #767 - I just would like to see teams like Williams, Toyota, Red Bull, STR, Force India get some victories this season. One reason is to ensure the sport remains viable. Macca and Ferrari have had it to much their own way recently so if they do not win this year it will be healthy for the sport since we will not lose a team and it will encourage new competitors.
Obviously I am a Brawn supporter so they and either Rubens or Janson for the championship. But if the champion were from the other teams (including BMW Sauber) it will still be OK. I do not like any team to monopolise the championship year after year.
Yeah, I understand that. But I'd rather wish for a team or a number of teams to do well than for a team not to do well, I guess.
I lost respect for the Doctor when he kept claiming costs and levelling the playing field etc. Until relatively recently they were my favourite team. I do not like this posturing with words - it is that word beginning with B. Everyone is convinced they already have a diffuser available so they now get to see thier investment work for them and they can keep their long faces away from the track.
Yes but they won last year and this year they need to improve themselves, especially their management. I think McLaren are really guilty in the spy-gate (convince Martin Whitmarsh knew more than he has admitted). I still feel sorry for the 900-odd workers at woking where they to get a heft punishment. If you do not punish F1 will get truely unruely and more dishonest. It is about ensuring balance and more opportunity, even if you do not have the largest purses.
I actually quite like Felipe, his team has cost him some serious point (possibly even more than Kimi) but he has not compalined too publically
He got that from Michael, I think - complain in private, unite in public. :)
But Nick Heidfeld when asked who he got on best with as a team mate said it was Felipe (but was particularly uncomfortable discussing Robert!). I think he is OK as a guy.
Just found this on YouTube for all you Brawn fans :D
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBrawnGP
Michael feels the same way, actually. Of all his teammates, he was only good friends with Felipe and Jos Verstappen.
I do pity Massa, though - I remember Germany 2002, where Peter Sauber ordered Felipe to let Nick by, so that Nick can challenge Panis. But when Panis retired before Nick could even get to him, he got to keep the place - and the 1 point that went with it.
Both Felipe and Rubens have for so much of their careers been the second driver in a team.
have dropioed some pics of the menu if anyone wants to choose a drink for mr andronov
Vodka Red Bull - Cos its Formula 1 related
Apple Jack
Just caught up in the comments. I think he should get a chocolate orange
Happy anniversary Christine and Mr C.
It has all gone very quiet round here. Is there anybody there?
I'm watching a movie; peeking from time to time. ;) In the meantime, go over to justin.tv/sidepodcast and watch what they did at hyde park awhile ago. :)
The Simpsons are on
All I get is a picture of a Renault. No video
Its under archives
Thanks
Fantastic weekend of sport ahead.
Chinese GP, start of the snooker World Championship and the FA Cup semis. Awesome.
Just got in from sidepodscience meet up, good to see all you guys, Happy anniversary again to Mr & Mrs C and I will put those photos on the site soon, Honest, me!!
have dropioed the evidence of alex and his apple jack
I know you're only saying "if", but Ferrari will win races this year. They will have come back strongly, certainly by mid-way through the season. McLaren I would be less optimistic about.
Hmmm... I'm not sure, Joe. It might end up being the other way round, given Ferrari's reshuffle. It's just a matter of who is more resilient.
But if you were to ask me, Brawn will win around 9 races. Toyota will take 4 races, BMW 3, Williams 1, Ferrari or McLaren 1.
Or if Toyota slip up, we may have BMW 3, Williams 2, Toyota 2, Ferrari 1, McLaren 1.
Anyway, off to sleep I go. I probably won't join this week's quiz - which should make RG happy. ;)
But if I do an Amy and suddenly wake up, count me in. :D
I like the sound of that, but I don't think Brawn will be that dominant as the season progresses. Seeing as you gave numbers, I'll say:
Brawn - 5
Toyota - 5
BMW - 3
Ferrari - 3
Williams - 1
I know you’re only saying “if”, but Ferrari will win races this year. They will have come back strongly, certainly by mid-way through the season. McLaren I would be less optimistic about.
I tend to agree Joe, though I think Macca obviously have the wallet to buy their way out of the hole they're as well as Ferrari. But what I'm really waiting for is Nico's 1st win, I think as a team Williams have to strive to give him that or we'll lose him, and that would be a shame coz I think he's the best driver we've had for years.
Good night Journeyer.
Night Mr Journeyer
But if - and given, this IS a big if, Brawn slam dunk China and Bahrain, that gives them 4 right off the bat. I don't think they'd just win 1 more race between Spain and Abu Dhabi. Which is why I'm leaning on 9 wins.
So that's
Brawn - 8 (I'll adjust it a bit - 9 is a tad much)
BMW - 3
Toyota - 3
Williams - 2
Ferrari - 1
McLaren - 1
Good night. :D
Sir Jackie Stewart is on the One Show now
Missed it.
Its only just started
OK. I thought I had missed his bit
It would be great to see Williams winning again. I note that neither of us has Red Bull down. They have strong pace even without the diffuser, but the diffuser 3 have rendered some of that pace a bit useless.
Now that teams are out of the way, let's do drivers:
Jenson - 4
Glock - 3
Kubica - 3
Trulli - 2
Raikkonen - 2
Massa - 1
Rubens - 1
Rosberg - 1
Rubens - 1
Also, is it 18 races this year?
17 mate
2 Rubens', oops.
Ah, thought it was 17. Journeyer's wrong then. :P
I take it everyone is packing off home then. Remember to those that are here, PitlaneFanatic Quiz in an hour
Porto V Man Utd starting shortly.
Wow, what a strike from Ronaldo.
By the sounds of it, Jolly says this week's Pitlane Fanatic Quiz is cancelled. Reasons unknown.
Hi everyone
Really very sorry but going to have to cancel this weeks quiz :-(
Real shame mate, look forward to next weeks even more though ;)
I'll make next weeks quiz bit more special to compensate :-)
Good, good ;)
I knew Jackie was the brains behind that quiz. It's cancelled because she is away, isn't it? You can tell us.
I've uploaded a new image onto Me and Page 22
shhh ;-)
Evening all. LPG and small people safely home. Thanks to Alex, Mr C and the rest of you for helping to tire them out :)
Hmm, everyone either asleep or in the pub then...
Didn't realised you commented, glad they had fun though.
Just made the train home. Thanks to everyone who was there for making it a fun day. Hope everyone else gets home ok
Is this thing on?
Helps if people comment
They must be too busy or something...
Am very tired tonight... not sure why...
Hi all, back home safely after a great day out
Hurrah, someone else to talk to. It's been very quiet...
How was your day Jackie?
I just made it back too... Now to start eating all the food that I didnt want to scoff in front of people on the train!
It was excellent thanks, exhibition was a bit of a let down but the company was great and we all had a good laugh and a bit of a chat about F1 :D
Ah so we are all starting to get back home now, how was the picnic live chat RG?
We could hear you, the pictures were horribly jumpy, and we had to turn the volume up loud, aside from that, good
Andy's kids are fantastic, they are just full of energy .. had me running after them, superb
Aww thanks. They are available for rent. We'll do a special price for SPC people ;)
Shattered now?
Me sounded like he needed an iron lung after 5 minutes with them
Really was lovely to be able to meet loads of people that I've been chatting to on here. Funny thing is, it was sooo hot at the museum .. the complete opposite of when we are at the karting, then we froze
thats me Mr C not me Jackie btw .. I'd have needed an iron lung
:D
So it's been quiet here then? .. when we looked at the comment count for today it looked like it had been very busy
The last few hours everyone has fallen off the face of the earth
Oh dear, and it seems the quiz was also cancelled
Yeah, my best chance of a win as well
Apparently because you were away or something.
I can see this sidepodpicnic thing catching on though, it was really rather cool
Hehe so they DO miss me when I'm not around :D
I posted a pic on me and page 22 on why Newcaslte may not be the best venue
Oh yeah I forgot to mention, your home made cookies were brilliant Andy.
Must go look.
YOU HAD HOME MADE COOKIES? I really hate you guys now ;)
Maybe we need some F1 news - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74482
McLaren Group chairman Ron Dennis is to make an announcement about his future plans within the company tomorrow, AUTOSPORT has learned, amid suggestions he could step back completely from his involvement with the Formula 1 team.
Is this Ron trying to get as far away as possible before the WMSC hearing?
Yummy :D :D .. and cupcakes!
CUPCAKES? WHAT?!!!
Uh-oh. Should Ron be the ultimate fall guy though?
Hey guys, what a flippin' awesome day!
and they were chocolate
Hey Lukeh, was good, I feel all energised
You had home made cookies and cupcakes, without me.
WHAT!!!!
poor rg :(
I made the cupcakes, LPG made the cookies, which are rather yummy
He'll just have to come to Goodwood if that day comes off
they were very yummy, bravo!
I'm going to two events in June, so I doubt I'd be allowed to go :(
Anyone happen to be in Cardiff for the 29th June and can bake some nice cookies?
I can't wait for tomorrow now to see what RD is gonna say
What's happening at Cardiff?
Bristish round of the Speedway Grand Prix
Hmm not into bikes though I did watch the moto GP at the weekend
I'm still buzzing from today despite the train journey home :D amazingly I said to lou earlier how it's lovely to have sunshine because wales never seems to get it, and i come back into wales to be greeted with lots of rain. Sods law really :P
At least you had seen some sun today, I haven't even seen any clouds. And now the fog is gone, it has been replaced by rain.
We used to take our holidays in Wales when I was a child and it almost always rained. Except one year, when there was fantastic weather.
Aww. Poor RG.
I thought the Malaysian monsoon had found its way to Warwick this morning, there was lightening and so much rain that the windscreen wipers on full pelt couldn't cope. It only lasted for about 15 miles thankfully
Nasty. You got out okay at least
So apart from the diffuser issue, has there been any F1 news today?
Ron's pre announcement.
Erm, apart from that Klien story, no
I suggest you check that out though
I read somewhere the other day (sorry dont remember where) that McLaren may face less of a penalty if Ron is seen to step aside totally. Don't know if that was just speculation or had some basis in fact
The Ron thing aside, it's all been about how the teams are getting on building their new diffusers.
No idea, Dom linked to it earlier on
Something to do with the Max-Ron rivalry perhaps?
Max tells Ron McLaren will suffer less if he disappears?
I'd bet they are already well on the case just in case the appeal said they were within the rules
I wouldn't be at all surprised
Looks like Renault have one ready, Ferrari and Red Bull will wait until Spain and McLaren are keeping quiet. Not sure about BMW.
Has there been any word about a RENAULT private test today? .. seemed odd to see that transporter I posted on drop.io out on the road this morning
Woohoo!
Managed to get a seat on the train!
Great to see everyone today. What a top day it was too.
For some strange reason the sniffer dogs seemed very interested in my fleece and jeans... Any ideas why Alex? ;)
Probably the chocolate cookies
Why would Alex know?
Home now,
Sicence museum no, Sidepodmeet-up big yes
Still got those damn alarms ringing in my head and that security guard going nuts over the littlest things
Oh dear ;)
Oooh, a story.
He's in your head too?
I am home too!
Wellllll.... it was like this ;)
I missed that that, do tell
So I had ordered this fish and chip and the bar maid brought it to me... And when she put it on the table it wasn't - shall we say - fully on the table... and so when I put my knife down a leverage force met a moveable object and the fish and chips went first on my legs, then on Flibster's bag and jeans and then on the floor - ah happy memories ;)
But I did order mushy peas so I should get points from RG for that!
My brain is a bit slow, eh?
It is a northern thing.
Aaah.
Here's the part where I say I hate mushy peas
Ahh...
Poor RG .. love the tag line in your name btw ;) .. COOKIES
The other day someone nicknamed me the murderer, for the stare I can give. That may be the next tagline up from sulking....
That or I hate you all ;)
Oops *run*
Don't worry RG it's happy birthday time in a few mins. Timo wouldn't want you sulking!
Yeah, I'll be happy for him
Hurrah!
RG - do you want the recipe for the cookies?
(or email me and I may be able to sort something out....)
Can I sulk instead?
Andy & LPG:
Let's set aside the part where people extoll about how how 'cute' their kids are
Yours are as cool as eff, well done
[you are sure to pay dearly in later life :D ]
Very nice to meet you earlier - although don't mention it in front of RG!
Yeah, why not
Oooh, that would be nice
Oh forgot it's your birthday in a few mins. You doing anything exciting?
You too Alex, it was a fun day .. can't wait fore the next one
I had a very interesting conversation with Ada (I hope I have the name right - is there a Lovelace reference going on?)
Her sonic neckace idea is perfect!
No. I'm not into this exciting stuff on birthdays.
It's not the big 18 though is it?
All I have is a bourbon. :(
It's gone all soft too...
Yep, that's correct, but we normally refer to them online as DD1, DD2 and DS.
I'm only 15 tomorrow.
you're kidding me on
Nope.
Should be Cool as Eff_D1, Cool as Eff_D2 & Cool as Eff_S
Not quite as catchy, but......
Well I'm impressed, you're a very knowledgeable fella for your age
helllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooo
Sorry if I have revealled something!
:D
:D
why hello there!
Hi guys
Such a wee young pup
Could still probably outdrink Mr C though :)
Yeah, thanks for that.
Who are you?
Aww thanks (blush)
Oooh, another story. Do tell...
we luuuurve yooou.
How much trouble are you in?
Actually this story may not be need to be told
so much as it makes no difference.
Hello. Thanks for helping to tire out my children. Hope you have now recovered.
How long were you at that pub for?
You been on that non branded caffiene drink again?
your children are ace!
dangerous stuff that silver tin.
Happy Birthday RG .. it's midnight
No worries, it's nice to see such individual kids that have such fantastic personalities. More power to 'em
'tis a shame we didn't get to say hi to yerself too
l
happy birthday mr rg :)
the response to the mclaren question was the cutest thing ever! fantastic kids :D
happy b'day from christine and i, r.g.
Aww, your all too kind.
Though would like to extend my congrats to Mr. Di Resta and Mr. Albers, both of whom seem to be in DTM
RG:
"Happy birthday to ya, happy birthday
Happy birthday...."
Next time I will make sure I have the day off. My own fault really.
Yup, just like last year. ;)
:D Thanks. They seem to have had a fun day too. I hear our youngest was force feeding you cake.
you make good cake!
I'm not taking the blame for that...
Well, not completely
Nope, Lou is the new person to blame allegedly
Yeah, cos he was saying "No, no, absolutely no more chocolate goods"!
Now we've established that it's Lou's fault that it's all StevenRoy's fault
did everyone make it home already? have we lost anyone?
Did Steven tell you that?
I haven't seen lou/chris evans yet
home safe and sound to a wall of rain, ohh that lovely sunshine seems an age away :P
You're about to lose me to my bed... Night all!
in my old job we had a no blame culture - my boss said his wife remarked "and who's fault is that?"
k. is that kris, or chris?
Apart from some peas, you mean?
lou texted me not long ago to say that she's on her train and enarly home so she'll pop up sooner than later im sure
Night Kris
chris evans.
Night Kris. :)
hey kris.
See ya Kris
Makes sense to me
you got back already? gooo lukeh!
Isn't K, Vampire?
Chris Evan is Chris.
There ARE too many Chris's here, aren't there
thats reminds me, just as i left the pub to head home I saw this guy that was jenson button without a beard, it had to be a twin! So so so similar, was scary...
:D
No Chris is Vampire
Chris Evans is Chris Evans
Kris is another Kris
fanx sir.
I'm confused
that works well, in text. try saying it.
So am I... and I have a head start.
There might be another chris as well ;)
No, Chris is Chris.
:D
I think we need a no more Chris rule
Then who is vampire? I'm not.
There is indeed, a case FOR brackets
If Christine still called herself that...
Chris is.
This is mainly a link for Mr C - warning contains rude words and slightly NSFW pictures. It is brilliant though, and brilliantly produced.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543
Next we'll have an "if your name is chris, we need an avatar" rule
Chris is Vampire
Right... I really am going to sleep this time... *gone*
night kris
Chris (Vampire) is Vampire. You are not.
i check when i get home. 3g may not cope.
Where are you now?
have left tube, found car at heathrow. now on m4.
But broadcasting from Hyde Park is OK?
Yeah, I know, sore point :)
oi!
But he decided he was just going to be called Chris and was dropping the Vampire
Still silly, shall have to give better (free) parking directions in future
;)
carbon fiber stairs...
sorry it's just randomly come back to me how immensely pointless they are whilst looking for the really shocking mobile photos I have.
So it's Chris, Kris and Chris Evans.
£39.60, but we were there all flippin' day.
remember to slow down as you pass anywhere with speed cameras!!
drop.io?
I thought it was Chris, Chris, Kris and Chris Evans
It was that table that was supposed to be 2mm thick that got me. It was at the edges but looked to be a good 2 or 3 cms thick on the underside
Who's the other Chris? Chris?
LOL
Like a Ross Brawn era Ferrari bargeboard?
The other Chris is Chris. He has always been Chris as far as I know. Unless Chris is really Chris (Vampire) and he dropped the (Vampire) before he mentioned it.
:D
Chris is Chris who used to be Chris (Vampire). That was the same Chris that was commenting today.
ow.
This is getting silly :D
HOME!
In trouble already! :D
No idea what for though.
Did you give everyone you met on the way to the car a big hug?
yeah, but train was like £90 or something.
It's Chris's fault
Although I can see a case to be made for a carbon fibre table - problem is I remember seeing that one when it 'came out' and being scared by the price tag! So gord only knows what the stairs would actually cost - probably more than something almost as thin and umpteen times as lovely in glass and steel..... (with change left over for something wheeled and electric?)
Which Chris? :D
ohhh yes. i love you peoples ;)
People are going to start calculating where sidepodcast towers is if you keep giving info like that out.
Fair enough, but free parking is a valuable commododity in my world
I understand value for money though, espescially compared to those train fares
How?
I can't be the only person who...
Never mind....
Chris Chris
it's a respectable amount for a train to stop at rockall.
Oh - and I promise that there was absolutely nothing not totally natural and *legal* in those cakes....
At least
virgin don't take cookies?
Who is suggesting otherwise?
I saw this one and thought that Flibster would appreciate it - beer tossing fridge:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907664
So there was nothing legal in those cakes?
Sweet! :D
Hey everyone. Have been home for about 1/2 hour but have tried to shift this awful headache before coming online. Today was amazing, it was lovely to meet everyone who came :) i hope people who didn't come today also had a good day.
yay. hey lou.
Hi Lou, Hope the headache lifts soon.
*gobsmacked*
It's.... genius!
Damn!
I was waiting for it to kick-in :)
Just finished this :)
http://toata.blogspot.com/2009/04/8-london-bridge-isnt-falling-down.html
i normally get one after being in london for the day ;) tis much better now :D
Is this where I mention the words 'wholemeal flour' in conjunction with said cakes....
teehee
Oh... they did contain real cocao though... and some 70% chocolate
Satan's flour! How can you put something healthy in chocolate cakes?!
right time to catch up on comments :)
siddepodcast (hearts) lukeh.
hehe :)
They were vegan too. Hehe.
:-P
Folks, this is what Andy does with his day when he can't join a Sidepod Meet-up
Link trawling :D
Not complaining, just saying ;)
Ok, so jeans and fleece in washing machine
MP3 player in cradle
Espresso machine on
DVD's lined up
Work emails ignored...
Perfect. :D
they were nice.
As pilots of Sidepodcast Airways, both Lou and myself can provide the Loran-C navigational co-ordinates to Sidepodcast GHQ for a hefty price.
Apparently, the huge Testa coils that me uses to providethe needed electricity have been deem a hazard to air traffic flying into both Heathrow and Gatwick....That's how we know.
Hmm. The first video was from a colleague, the second just appeared. I had a very busy day today actually.
Excellent Lukeh :D
I like the "SERIOUS SECURITY GUARD IS SERIOUS." comment, how true. He made me want to do the hokey cokey .. you put your left foot in (buzzer goes) left foot out (buzzer goes) etc
me navigation? really?... Thanks to Alex btw for making sure i got to the underground ok :D
ANyway - is chocolate a major food group? and very healthy to boot :-)
LPG remembering that she has some dark choc with earl grey in her bag......
i didnt want to mess with him. he had mad alarm skills.
Why, of course it is
What a silly question
He had 'issues', that's for sure
I am sooo glad you said that Jackie... I spent a good 20 mins thinking it...
and wasn't it nice when he obviously finally got too wound up and the replaced him with two blonde women who just stood there and said noting at all... and just stood there... and strangely there was less buzzing then
pmsl
Yup. The 4 food groups are:
Chocolate
Caffeine
MEAT!
Alcohol
However - alcohol can be replacd with more chocolate. ;)
As everyone can see, I have yet to teach Lou to properly punch in the said co-ordinates on the Autopilot's Loran-C nav system as she still needs more hours flying manually....
Not in my world
[I realise that is optional, though not advisable]
Rofl
will have to differ on the meat one - personally its greens (big evil grin) or seaweed... although chia is nice :-)
'twas probably the metal in his head setting the alarms off...
Hi MrC
I've just got home and wanted to say a quick Thank you to Christine and huge hug to you for hosting such a great day out, even if the Science Museum stuff was a bit crap, want little there was of it.
Sorry I didn't speak much, not very good at meeting new people, but every one how was there was really ACE and nice to talk, or in my case, listen to.
So Thank You to everybody that I met today and hope to see you all in person at another SidepodTrip soon.
Off to finish eating the big bag of goodies that the group of 22 drunk accountants gave me as they got of the train at Hemel.
I'm heading off to bed now but thanks to all for a thoroughly enjoyable day. g'night xx
Night Jackie. :)
night Jackie. lovely to see you today :)
Nice to put a face to the name Steve, good to have you part of the tour
was nice to meet you too :D
night jackie :)
Result!
Very rare you actually get anything for free with accountants. ;)
night jackie, and tanx u,
G'night Tinkerbelle
Night everyone who is going to bed. :D
was really good to meet ya, squire ;)
y'all gave us the best welcome we could imagine.
see ya. and virtual hugs cause i wasn't allowed ;)
Thanks Again for your help today Lou, I would have been lost without your guidance, no matter want they are saying about your navigation skills.
I'm not off yet, and I did get hugs...
How many did you have? ;)
PS, Hope the headache has lifted. L&L XX
you think i counted?
i was gonna give hugs as i left but it was a bad time for my shy side to kick in :(
Care for a balabced meal of Steak and beer and Cafe mocha?
This gets more like the Waltons every day
you escaped? damnit.
That's not a public matter
You were there, standing was difficult ;)
lol you have one awesome hug btw :P
Were you able to count by the end? :D
Steak and Bear?
Mmmmmm.... bear.....
ahah! Now i remember why the security guard amused me more than he should have... he looked like Dr Alan Statham off Green Wing... now it all makes sense.
8 of them had just been made redundant, so the others had taken them to London for the day, when they got off the train at 11.40pm they where on their way to a restaurant to a late curry so the goodie bag wasn't needed, they had good taste in chocolates. Hope the 8 find new jobs soon.
Dr Alan Statham, Consultant Radiologist. :) Brilliant series that, one of my favourites.
OMG!!!
(x2)
:)
Quoted for truth
Nooo I may never be able to go back to the science museum for fear of seeing him again....
What worries me is that he acted like him too...
And bad drink-smuggling out of pub skillz :(
You have much to learn, young jedi
you wanna see me bobsleigh.
I didn't say that, Doohickey is having a hissy fit
Now?
Please Drop.io ;)
I think both series of it are still available on 4OD
Like a consultant radiologist, but with the o, n, s, l, t, a and radiologist crossed out? :)
Green Wing does indeed, rule
You know him?
:D
I think thanks is in order for driving Mr C home
[it wasn't always guranateed]
And Sidepodhugs all round
*oh dear, me thinks spelling is now beyonnd me*
more chocolate is needed...
A rule for life, surely...
Renault are now off my christmas card list.
I managed to escape with my life, just, but this damn website kept replicating in IE. I don’t even USE IE and it wouldn’t stop, and my computer slowed to a crawl. The internet wasn’t working and I didn’t know what to do! {Comment #405}
That's a crazy thing to happen. I've seen grandprix.com try to open 65 times in Internet Explorer, but that was when I was using that browser to get round the site (the computer I was on offered no alternative :( )
Yet more evidence that Bill Gates is in fact Beelzebub
agreed. just don't mention the joggers.
I was asked today why I prefer OS X to Windows. It didn't help that I'd just spent the last half hour updating a windows machine (don't ask). Grrr.
Morning fellas.
Yup. Bear. Ever wonder what happens to the to the rest of the poor creature whose bear's-skin ends up as a hat for the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace? You can get it at an island called St. Pierre.
That and some alcoholic drink should complete the meal. Maybe Beer, But you can not beat Canadian Whiskey.....
Hi Sean.
Morning Sean.
you eschewed sidepodpicnic to update windows?
and on your anniversary too.... :P
That wasn't quite the plan, but sadly yes. :s
So, 'cos it's sh*t' isn't a suitable answer?
Guess, we'll have to stick to "OS X, It just works"
Still think mine's catchier
luckily there was no video evidence...
Shhhh, that never happened
Phew, close call there. That would've been a big FAIL ;)
Will have to have a look for some. I'll give it a go. :)
Got some Rattlesnake meat on order for later in the year. Been told to bbq it.
Ummm.. Scottish Single Malt Whisky? ;) *whishful sigh*
The Guardian have noted James Allen's insightfulness:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/15/manchester-city-losses-accounts-2007-08
Down on the last section
Also Mr.C, happy anniversary to you and Christine :P Enjoy the museum and meetup?
I already know what Mr C looks like after that scandal with the Flickr pics of the karting at Autosport. {Comment #588}
I saw his face and name at the karting, but I'm rubbish at remembering faces (I'd struggle to remember Christine's, and her head is not only fairly distinctive due to her hairstyle but because I see it quite a lot on the internet) and I've deliberately avoided memorising the latter.
Flibster - there is another site where you would probably feel right at home (home produced meats and similar...) although you'd probably miss the f1 as there is none there (lolol - its mostly smallholders and similar types)
No, Scotch would ruin the taste of the Bear. That's like using the wrong type of wine for the meat you are eating!.
tried Alligator meat? It tastes like Chicken (Assumes whatever tastes the seasoning has - recommend Cajin sauce for it.)
has anyone watched the live stream back yet? is it in anyway representative of the chat
watching it now. no joggers yet.
yeah they were lovely! thanks LPG and Andy! :D
that was pretty funny ;)
they really are :D
yep it's true apparently ;)
it depends if that live video is around, we were informed at what you were laughing at....soo....
boo! i mean, yay!
ah i knew that was going to happen, i went through the comments and posted a longish reply... it's in moderation. ah well :D lol reading back through the comments from today is pretty funny :)
and indirectly, doctorvee! :D
Strangely, was just checking it out.
is quite short though, only 3 mins worth or so?
Will investigate further
There are 2 bits. One is very short, the other longer than the 4 minutes it says it is.
I make my own bacon already. Have also had whole sides of lamb delivered and can lob them into joints and chops hapilly.
Given half a chance I'd hunt for my meat regularly. Did pheasent a while ago. Lovely in a stew as long as you spit the shot out.
No point in either drink for me. Stone cold sober... just highly caffinated. :D
Alligator is lovely. Had some 3 weeks ago for the Australian GP. Just did it quickly on the griddle pan. I find it slightly fishy in taste with a steak like texture.
it's chopped up into 5-minute segments - there's around 4 of them.
damn :(
That explains it then.
Right - time to leave the PC processing and settle down for a night of cheesie horror movies. Freddie Vs Jason to start with I think.
ahh cool. did it help journeyer? did we connect with those unable to join us?
DOES, seem like a series of screenshots
And the LPG jnrs are the stars og the show
sorted m'lady.
don't ask me - suddenly had to answer a call. :( upon replaying it, though, i struggled to hear the audio.
:D
Yep - haha! Have you locked in your lineup for this weekend? {Comment #762}
LCM Dragons - TBA after FP2
LCM Fire Lizard - TBA after FP2
LCM Barato - Sutil/Fisichella/Piquet/Bourdais/Buemi/Glock ($5.5m change)
LCM Caro - Button/Hamilton ($9.6m change)
LCM Aléman - Sutil/Heidfeld/Rosberg/Vettel/Glock ($5.3m change)
It's quite interesting, an impromptu sidepodchat with added off topic philosophy from my youngest.
i think she added alot :P hehe
Do you 'do' foraging too...
He. He does have long hair, so difficult to tell over the low resolution video :)
From the Telegraph:
I'd put McLaren alongside Renault and BMW as well.
I wasnt watching to be fair, only listening, all little'un's sound the same to me :P
he does that, lol
time to tuck myself into bed, recharge my battery and unleash lukeh kers on another day tomorrow.
nighty everyone, such a pleasure to have shared today with you all :)
Am still lOL @
"that's why you're on the internet"
[at, are we broadcasting?]
G'night Lukeh
Night Lukeh!!
Night Lukeh
Have just heard
"I'll be quite annoyed if there is NO bufferring"
[and he was :) ]
Night Lukeh.
ah i may have to listen to that in the morning :D
and there wasnt at all, quite genius
I'm not surprised considering the frame rate was about 1 every 5 seconds
We established:
Perfect broadcast to 3
Imperfect to 100
Take your pick
we're home. we must sleep. we love you all.
xx
Night Lukeh. :)
night Mr C :) thanks for today, twas rather awesome :D, sleep well.
Night.
Could've easily been a well co-ordinated upload of photos
Audio ony, unfortunately, wasn't an option
Night night.
Peace & love to you both
good sleeps
so anyone know what this a1gp thing is?
LPG is channel hopping rather than sleeping....
A1GP - The World Cup of Motorsport - Powered By Ferrari
That says it all. ;)
okay, i've checked email, read through comments, updated podcasts, got rid of headache, now it's time for sleep. I can't thank everyone who came today enough, couldn't have asked for a better day :) night! x
Night Lou :)
I could be wrong but only Gavin is THAT bothered
Supposed to be an off season F1 for the world kinda championship
ah right
giving up on it then
G'night Lou, sorry we didn't get to have more chats
G'night folks, nice to put some faces to names
[and prove that SPC is better than The Science Museum]
Night.
So uh, where's pics of this meetup located?
drop.io
Sounds like everyone had a nice time on their little trip.
Nice pics.
@ Journeyer - so I was right, right ? :-) it was doctorvee who alerted FIA :-)
Let's hope so - but I don't think we'll ever know for sure. ;)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74486 - no way ! why ?
on the other hand, that isn't that far away for me to go, hm ...
Aw, you're kidding! :O
Now I'm divided - Korea, Shanghai, or Beijing? Hmmm... :-/
Shanghai I think I had enough, but anyway, that is this weekend and Korea is next year. Beijing is in November. Oh, wait, November, Beijing, that may be too cold for my taste :-)
Yeah it was ace :)
Just about to head out to work :(
BAT - Started 6th, had an awful start and dropped to 19th, had a brilliant end to my first stint, great first stop, nice steady 2nd stint, good second stop and then managed to nail Selidor in the final laps to end up 5th. :D
It would be worth it if I saw Schumi, Johnson, Loeb, probably Button, and maybe Hamilton, all under 1 roof. :D
I'm thinking Beijing 2009, Shanghai 2010, or Korea 2010. ;)
Korea will depend on the calendar, but if possiblem I would probably go, finally a reason for me to visit that country :-)
Beijing may be fun, but I somehow see that large stadium filled with empty seats and all the bored uninterested rude faces of organizers that keep me from returning to Shanghai for F1 ...
Yeah, had an ace but tiring day! Was great to meet you all properly. Looking forward to the next sidepodpicnic already!
Same here - it will probably be a family trip, so I'm hoping it will be in the early part of the season. But the current speculation is that China will stay in April for 2010, with Korea taking its spot in the back-to-back with Japan by late October.
I think the organizers will still be the guys who ran the show at Wembley, not the folks from Shanghai. That said, I don't think that many people in China are interested in WRC or NASCAR.
Morning Folks
Great article mate, some good stuff in there
The Apple store wasn't around then
I've only 'gone Mac' in the last 18 months
Buy a flippin' railcard each!
There is nothing better than someone giving out good advice when it is too late.
Just out of curiosity is that an Apollo capsule in dropio?
I'm really good at that.
But if he'd said it earlier...
it is, or ' some kind of doctor who thingy' as I technicallt refer to as it
I believe it is Apollo 10. Not sure if it was the real one.
other technical terms that came out in the space area of the museum were 'tin foil cylinder thing', 'flying foil machine' and 'the insides of a dalek' for a rocket engine
I do it all the time too.
It looks like one that has been through re-entry. Ten is unimportant enough for the Americans to let it out of the country.
I wondered when you'd notice all the space stuff ;)
I believe it was an Apollo capsule. There was tonnes of stuff in the space section but far too many people around to see it all properly or take decent photos unfortunately.
I was, I had a god look at the bottom and the heat shield was well and truly charred.
Correct. Called Charlie Brown.
Just had a quick look on the NASA site and tomorrow the shuttle Endeavour will be rolled out. This will be the last time ever that two shuttles will be on the pad together. Must make a point of watching NASA TV tomorrow to see the historic event.
He may have accidentally and drunkenly told me after I told him my calculations based on evidence picked up here and there.... I wasn't expecting to be told, just a 'warm' or 'cold' at most. Hopefully he was quiet enough that I was the only one to hear... he very quickly after that told me where he came from, so the places should hopefully get confused in any earwiggers minds..
Mission details for Apollo ten. http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo10/index.html
The commander Gene Cernan commanded Apollo 17 which was the last one to go to the moon. I think he was the last man to stand on the moon. His number two John Young commanded Apollo 16
can you put a little reminder in the comments tomorrow?
You may have noticed I'm the same. Even with Gavin who I've been typing at for years.
I have put it in my calendar so I should remember. The first one is not due to launch until May 12th
Just looking back through the comments and came across this
Which is very odd, as on the way to the Science Museum, I walked past the actor that plays Boyce!
!!!
JYS on BBC2 now
nooo!! i can't find the remote! *runs around looking for it*
I have the picture of you running round the room while typing comments
I know!
he lives in Switzerland?....
His main house is in England but he still has a place in Switzerland. He went to Switzerland in 68 and moved back when he started Stewart GP
:D
ooh right, i tuned in just as they were talking about Switzerland.