Over the hump of the week now, and we're heading towards the weekend. Still an entire Thursday to go through first though, and Thursday's are rubbish. Nevertheless, I'll be keeping an eye on F1 news to keep going. Here's what we've been talking about today:
- What would the ex-Honda team livery look like if they are bought out by Richard Branson and his Virgin Group? We've had a couple of examples already, and if you're feeling creative you can leave them in the drop.
- With testing drawing to a close in Bahrain today, the teams will be hoping to finish up what they've been working on. Toyota will probably be racking up the laps, BMW will need to find some speed, whilst Ferrari may need to work on their cooling issues.
- FOTA have announced they'll be revealing the direction they want the sport to go in early next month, as they hold a press event. I didn't realise we were expecting anything from them, but apparently FOTA have finalised all their research and have a vision of the future. What might that hold, I wonder?
As ever, keep your comments coming. They don't have to be strictly about anything I've mentioned above, or about Formula 1, in fact. We just like to hear from you. I'll see you in the comments.
Anyone else get their joining instructions today for next week's KERS lecture at IET?
i wish i could go to that. if it had been this week i would have.
Hey check out the USF1 site. I don't know if this was already covered. They have some words on the site. LINK: http://www.usf1.com/
YOUR KIDDING ME!!!!!!
I went to their motorsport one a few years ago! GAh that annoying
They may still be taking bookings if you're interested
That was meant for Jon re: IET, forgot to quote :)
:)
yup got it, haven't looked at it yet though.
yup, got it. thanks.
ill have a look
I just spotted something on dropio. If you place your cursor on a thumbnail a number comes up in the top left hand corner telling how many comments have been made. I am sure that is new because I have never seen it before.
you may want to refresh doohickey / lclt. we just lost a couple of dan's comments to the mod queue.
sorry dan, anything change your end?
Is just a Doc with venue details and a PDF in case anyone wants to upgrade and go for the dinner option.
Will you be joining Giggles and I for a swift half at some point?
(Elderflower Spritzers may not be on the menu)
they have words!
can do. are we taking suggestions from the comments?
that is new :)
Branson is in trouble now. Not only does he not have a logo but he is 50 words and a countdown clock behind them.
:D
:D
I had to laugh at
Silly noobs :D
I'm sure he can find a logo quick enough... all he needs to do is open his email ;)
:D
It's great to be out of moderation purgatory.
Ahahahahhh. It is amazing that Max has gotten so many people on this cost cutting hook. Now I just hope that FOTA and Bernie don't screw this up.
Now that this USF1 thing is pretty much happening (fingers crossed) I am officially excited. Really, I haven't been this happy about F1 related US news since Indy was announced to hold the USGP.
I am really hoping this works. I think I will resurrect my failed blog and make it an exclusive USF1 blog. Kind of like I(heart)Franck but without the restraining orders.
So have USF1 been in touch to offer you a job yet Dan?
set you comments to "not spam" and have the mod queue window open. soz sir.
:D
sounds awesome, do it now, do it now.
Nope.
I actually doing my yearly refresh of my resume and CV. I think I just might send it off to them.
I think I will work on it tonight.
ace. throw us a url when you're done.
I thought you had sent it before. I knew you had discussed it.
I actually agree. It is kind of funny they say this but one of the principles is an Englishman (Winsor.) Even though I don't think they will be another Force India (we actually have the infrastructure to develop and sponsor an F1 team) but if they are going to be successful, they have to build upon the knowhow of the world of F1.
I don’t want them to repeat the same mistakes of Honda and others. You have to operate in the F1 world. You cannot let anything else limit you from succeeding, even if it is well intentioned, dare I say, nationalistic ideas.
The nope was kind of kurt. The proper awnser is sort of. I sent a letter expressing my interest with some of my experience with the line "full resume or CV upon request."
I am going to take it up to 11.
You know it is the best chance you will ever get to be involved in the sport. You have to go for it.
What the BBC F1 team will sound like altogether.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFTlg7GL1JA&feature=related
what is james allen doing in therE?
I think its called humour...
Got mine too. It appears that my registration is in the Common Room.
As for bars - it's about 7 minutes away from Covent Garden, 12 from Leciester Square...
That should be the same as Giggles then, I'm to register in the Lancaster Room. Was thinking of meeting a little earlier if poss
Are the messages on the wiki private on public?
I'll give you my email addy Flibster
Mr C & Flibster: have PM'd you on the Wiki
cheers buddy :)
I have just found an interesting Honda comment on F1F
"I don’t know if this counts for anything, but I drove past the Brackley factory today and the Team Transporters were moving around (yes I was sad enough to stop at the side of the road and look to see if I could see anything..!!). Pitpass is also reporting that team transporters were spotted on the road to Dover…"
Hmm, heading off for some testing?
with who's money?
Honda's, if they're chipping in with the new rescue package?
hmm, could it be freight heading for australia?
By road? Nick Fry has to go. The green bug has gone to far. :D
one would assume the boat doesn't sail from brackley ;)
actually probably not that, looks like it usually leaves in january.
In mid-February? There's still 43 days to the first practice session!
It's more probably some testing. I'm guessing it's with Honda's cash, but what does it mean? Does it mean it looks like there won't be a 3rd party and Honda is putting in their money now? Or does it mean that there IS a 3rd party getting ready to buy and Honda is now a bit more confident to spend money and help them be competitive?
i recall something about heavy and non-essential freight getting sent via boat, which in the past has left in january.
other parts get flown out by bernie prior to the race weekend.
If it is a test then my guess would be that Honda expect the Branson bid to go through and as a goodwill gesture they have paid for a test. Maybe Branson wants a test to see if the car is anywhere near as good as they have said.
Of course it may not be a test. It may be something like a TV livery test.
in another country? why not book silverstone for a day?
Weather? I am only guessing.
odd goings on :)
i must sleep, how come every night i end up going to bed thinking of honda? just not right.
Good night.
I'm off as well very soon.
night steven.
and journeyer, if you're still around.
Welcome to Lou's world :D
Goodnight chaps
:D
g'night sir.
I am, just had lunch and got in at work.
Good morning, everyone. :)
Hmmm... Not sure if anyone has already mentioned Pitpass' article, speculating that David Richards might be Branson's partner in the Honda F1 bid. So if that works out, Branson would own the team, but Richards and Prodrive would run it, just like the good old days.
Or did I miss you guys talking about it?
Just got the new blog up and going.
Ladies and gentlemen; here is Racing Eagles.
Subscribed, and look forward to it ;-)
Visualising the aerodynamic rules of 2009 - F1 Technical
Very, Very interesting!
BBC F1 scheduling details for the first five races: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7755219.stm
Looking good! :-)
He's an Aussie originally, I think...
The FOTA thing is quite interesting. They are appointing a PR agency within the next couple of days.
The website will also have extra analytical data during the race, in-depth looks at the drivers, teams, tracks and an F1 car...
This is what we want!
Certainly does.
*Goes to learn how to grab the whole red button stream using a freeview card*
Just noticed that there is no mention of Saturday practise in the schedules?
Oh gawd, not them as well! Are we sure we're not imagining FP3?
http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3261_4921965,00.html
Well, they do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
Ah, good for them. It's a bit weird to have a sort of top ten countdown and good week / bad week mixed in together, isn't it?
A stark Reminder from Honda
I posted this article because of this quote:
I still think there will be a connection revealed between USF1 and Brackley F1. I don't know if it means buying the team, but I have a hunch that there is a link there somewhere...
It's typically Planet-F1. They seem to have stopped using the spell checker lately as well. A shame because it used to be a good website...
Estimated delivery month for Lotus Evora order has come through. :D
January....
Damn....
Next January?
Have returned from the real world.
Missed anything?
I'm guessing no. Morning all.
Yay! Shall subscribe soon then.
Nice, wonder what this 'Interactive Forum' is.
What's this FP3, never heard of it before in my life ;)
Yup. :(
I need a daily driver for the rest of the year now.... My current car won't last that long. Thinking RX-8 or go gack to the Porsche 944 again.
Not bad for interim cars. Not bad at all. ;)
You're so lucky that you can choose between these three cars ;-)
Yay, your getting there! ;)
I've always liked the RX-8 - love the engine - Wankel *snigger*, the looks and the itnerior.
The 944 is a bit of an old love for me. Had a £2000 one about 6 years ago now. Left hand drive 944 Turbo stripped and caged and was an absolute shed. :D I drove that into the ground.
I've been surprised by the prices for both the RX-8 and the 944. Much cheaper than I thought.
8K will get you a good one of either.
Let's hope Honda gets there too, eh? ;)
'Ask Murray' has a better ring to it but the BBC seem to have gone with 'Interactive Forum'. It's their way of dragging Murray Walker back without forcing him into a commentary box. I believe he's doing it from home.
Well I've made possibly the easiest £10 ever.
A mate and I always have an F1 related bet to see us through the season and to spice it up a bit. Last year I bet RBR would finish above Honda (his thinking: that they couldn't get any worse than in '07...)
He wants a repeat of the same bet this year! I will eat all the hats in the largest hat stockist in the world if Honda manage to leapfrog RBR in the constructors' championship!
yippee!
Sounds a safe bet to me.
silly season :D
The Canteen at work just served Lamb Curry and Roti for lunch! Five Pints of Yum!
A much better name for an F1 team than USF1?
They're still going round in Bahrain :)
I can see where Niki Lauda gets the idea that these cars look like Combine Harvesters from this pic!
Quality!
Mine had a decent Chicken Vindaloo yesterday
Five pints of mango chutney :)
Ooh. Instead of being road relevant, they could try and be farm relevant.
I think modern combine harvesters would almost put a Formula 1 car to shame technology-wise. They practically drive themselves.
Off topic - I think Takuma Sato is the modern day Ukyo Katayama :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ca0k0WPgto
Been playing the new Race Pro game all morning, it's fantastic. it's mega realistic, much like the GTR series on the PC (the amount of stuff in car setup and control options almost scares me, i just like to drive!)
It's very good though for those interested. Not a huge selection of tracks but there's plenty to do, in particular I love the Formula 3000 cars, they're great fun to race about with. Loving the fact you can do full race distances and turn off the HUD if you wish, and have tyre wear, fuel consumption, all rules etc, the likes. :)
Awesome! :D
Is this basically a console version of Race07? If so, then yeah it's pretty dam good!
I still think rFactor is the best Sim out there though - just because of the amount of Mods and tracks available!
basically, yes :p
I need help with GPM2. The FAQ only helps so much, so does anyone have like a winning strategy or formula to making everything come together? :)
I think I'm enjoying Race Pro. Already got half it's achievements!
Go Speed Racer!
I think Dan Gurney may get a bit upset if they used Eagles in the name unless he was involved
:D
Hey everyone, i trust your all having a good day so far,
I got a reply from Virgin, it basically said thanks for your email, and directed me to virgin.com for further contact details.
So hey haven't offered to send you a big cheque yet?
haha no, sadly not.
Ooh, what did you email them for?
Damn that Branson. Too interested in his website I say ;)
Hi everyone!!
I just spread the Sidepodcast word...On planet F1 there's a thread going about which are the best Podcasts..I duly told everyone I think Sidepodcast is!!
http://forum.planet-f1.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=2026907&#msg_2026907
Yeah, the Anglo-American Racers team with the Eagle-Weslake Car. What a beautiful machine!
i emailed them my Virgin f1 logo, just to see what would happen :)
I should not be on Dan Gurney's side today. He cost me two points on last night's quiz.
cheers rcc :)
the espionage show... what did we say?
Sorry to use my powers for evil, but can I just self-promote?
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/02/19/baby-panda-thursday/
Cutest thing ever.
baby.panda.thursday.
!!!
Thursdays are rubbish.
Awwwww, when they slide down into the snow!
*watches masculinity seep away from video*
Hehe.
What a great idea. Maybe some zoo would let you borrow a baby panda one day a week in return for a little sponsorship.
Bernie loves Branson
"We would welcome them with open arms," Ecclestone told The Mirror. "He's exactly the type of person we would want in the sport.
"Sir Richard Branson is a wonderful guy. I met him at Monza last year and we got on very well."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73346
That must have been the same time as this:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/02/18/richard-branson-bids-for-honda/
Eh-hem. Completely shameless. Carry on.
The case for Virgin
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21192.html
Yes, Bernie 4 Branson
Max, however is holding out for the Virgins
Now, now.
Marginally off topic, but I notice Motor Sport is claiming a 12 percent circulation rise. Good work Damo...
:D
Such an obvious joke though...
Why didn't I spot it and make it before?
Perhaps your subconscious thought better of it.
Perhaps you were busy looking for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_HsjpSVaI
:D
Or Xanadu
Don't start talking about the other one though, or I'll never get it out of my head.
in that case, i guess there's nothing i can say.
Stop it.
there's nothing i can do?
Gah, now I'm only falling apart!!
:(
What's going on here, as someone (me) is a little lost?
Better change the subject before someone suffers a total eclipse...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti59gcckZSw
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified...
I'm not entirely sure I have one... :D
More likely to have been this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3osNUwWBo
Glad to see you got up and made it happen.
Moving on a few years:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuCLF3msj8
Featuring lyrics that Noel Coward himself would approve of:
Rhyme devastation my obligation
When I`m in effect I shake the foundation
Stories I tell intellectually well
Fresh for 89` rocking bells
Leila K coming right and exact
Leila K ain`t down with no crack
Leila K laying rap after rap
On the mic superdef
Never coming out wack
You'd never guess they were Swedish, would you?
I know a Monty Python song like that. ;)
I'll ferret that one out in a mo'. I've struck pure lyrical gold with this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62eTq8ErUOQ
Is that Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals? It is!
My dad took delivery of a 42-inch plasma TV he won in a competition this morning. We're just watching last's year Brazilian GP and it's awesome! :D
I know you live in Norwich, but where abouts? ;)
Swapsies for Race pro? pwease?
;)
Well done you. Once you've gone to a big TV there's no going back; the only downside is that when you go to other people's houses their normal-size TVs look like portables.
Right, Mrs C wants me to meet her for a pint so I must leave you now.
oh jeez, he's gone all steve wright on us.
Hehe.
What make and model?
I'll probably have the best settings for it.
Especially to avoid burn-in and image retention.
that is the geekiest sentence i have ever read.
:P
I could be worse?
It's a Panasonic TH-42PE50B :)
Ahhh... sorry Goodyear.
LINK: http://www.wpsracing.com/goodraceagdr.html
BTW: I already have the domain name, so if Goodyear wants to make me an offer. Go ahead.
Scott - If you need help for qualifying, then I'm your man, race wise, I'm as good as Nicolas Kiesa.
For qually - Make sure you have a set up for both drivers correct, and then under team orders, click 'Do or Die'. That usually knocks a few seconds off.
Thanks for that hint. I just need a way to have a nice stable cash flow, since it seems I'm losing anything between 500k to a million a race.
Can't help with that sorry, does happen to me. Erm, only time it hasn't happend is with the 2001 mod, which I didn't do much differently.
What do you do then? :P
Focus on the 5 star sponsors like the faq says and don't worry if too much if you are losing that much every race for the first season, mine stabilised after that. Although I am only in the second year of my first game since it got mentioned here before.
Thanks. I'm also a bit in need of help with the parts. Should I go with the best parts all the time and if so how often should I replace them?
:D
I do like to put some money in the Commercial Manager role. Have no idea if thats what is affecting me or assisting me in a losing battle, scho, do what Al says as well.
seeing as we have no automatic "new post" alert in doohickey, i'll do it myself:
new post from steven:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/02/19/the-fastest-grand-prix-driver-ever/
And how often should I go testing?
It's massive!!
a lot of words, but a lot of good words.
I'm gonna read that after the Spurs match. Might finish it in time before the next Spurs match ;)
Often. These help improve the chassis and the skills of the driver, so benificial in the long run
I'm doing the 2008 mod with Ferrari so it may be easier for me, but I go with the best parts and change them all after every race as most are usually down to about 20%. Also checking which teams have the best parts and "investigating" them helped me a lot.
You sure? Thats a really old model
That's what it says on the manual.
:)
Besides, it's free so in essence it doesn't matter! :D
Say, every other race at Silverstone? How many laps?
Okay, just been fined £175,000 for attempting to steal stuff from Red Bull.
Considering the fine McLaren got, I was lucky
About 20-30 if you can afford it.
ooo yay :) are we going to get one of these every Thursday? it would certainly give me something to look forward to :D
And the main focus? Sorry, I'm full of questions regarding the game :P
That's charming, that is :D
Err, if you wanna improve driver skill, then obviously Driver Skill. Self explanitory really the options if you want to improve on a certain area.
oh... no... i didn't mean it like that....
The Mr C award for making a good comment sound awful to Mrs C ;)
Yeah, I meant in terms of improving the car. I'm always finding my drivers saying we need to improve the EMS and wings, etc.
Hehehe.
That happened to me a lot before I started checking the teams out beforehand to decide what I was going for as the more I tried to do the more likely they were to catch me. I think by the end of the season I was being fined 550000 so you have a while to go before you get to that level.
Testing doesn't help those, upgrading the parts does by either building or stealing better ones.
Aye, just nicked a lot of stuff from Williams, so shall stay low for a little while.
Not every Thursday. You will get on next week and I have one which will be finished for the following week but after that I don't know.
I liked Lou's comment
:D
Another question - when sending cars out for practice or qualifying, how do you call them back in? I tried clicking the button with the car on it but my driver didn't come into the pits and ran out of fuel.
You click on the spanner, clicking the car just sends them out.
You signed Alesi??
hmm, could it be freight heading for australia? {Comment #41}
I suppose it could be the sea portion. To save money, teams take stuff that doesn't need to be flown by boat, but it takes several weeks longer for the goods to arrive that way.
Good news though, since it takes a fair bit of money and faith to be transporting the amount of goods ex-Honda are likely to be shipping.
Set the lap you want them to come in on then give them one lap more fuel than that. I think it suggests how many laps fuel you need that way as well.
BBC F1 scheduling details for the first five races: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7755219.stm
Looking good! {Comment #62}
It is apart from the lack of Saturday practise. Either they've forgotten it happens or they think Max is about to axe it for cost-cutting reasons...
:D
:D
Marginally off topic, but I notice Motor Sport is claiming a 12 percent circulation rise. Good work Damo… {Comment #126}
Yes, that is very good going. I bet F1 Racing's figures went up after the redesign as well :)
Interestingly enough there is much comment on Mr Collantine's site that indicates the contrary... and that Motorsport are gaining from the move to a rather lightweight spec. for F1 Racing....
How did i miss these comments this morning...
If true that's a very positive sign indeed. If it was for testing, wouldn't that also imply that an engine deal has been signed with Mclaren/Mercedes?
haha :D :D
I thought that may put a smile on your face.
you went to bed far too early. all the honda news happens past midnight.
it really did :)
It does seem that way, actually...
By sheer coincidence I had just checked back with Reuters and they have not added anything to their original comment so I am taking that as a sign they still believe in the Branson bid.
haha :D yeah 1:30 was pretty early :P
Oooh, how long has Martin had this website?
http://martinbrundle.com/
There is an idea for a mini series. We have had team sites and driver sites but there must be all sorts of people associated with F1 who have sites.
ooo interesting, well the first and only article from Martin is dated February, so i'm guessing no longer than 19 days. might be worth keeping an eye on :)
I has a video from his ITV days with starting an f1 car, and he's in a jordan! I think I'll be bookmarking this site, good find Dom!
I like some of the pics, such as the 1997 Hockenheim one ;) Me likes
good find sir.
More Martin:
For some reason he was co-presenting BBC Look East a few days ago..
...and did a gridwalk of the studio...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiwXaP9-BZs
can't remember if someone pointed this one out here, or if i read it somewhere else, but just in case:
http://www.louisegoodman.com/folders/goodman_media/
hehe.
Boring studio. Go Look North!
Haha, brilliant!
That's kinda worrying...
If only Martin was on South Today. I might actually watch it then... ;)
I hope the BBC have more of those F1 Insight features planned for Brundle.
maybe with coulthard too.
Theres a James Allen look alike on Skins, he's wearing a wig. He's a judge on a show, its a tad scary.
It isn't a competition for 'So you think you can commentate?' is it?
oh no! i forgot skins was on! *runs to go watch it*
Bahh, I missed that...
question: anyone fancy another sidepodchat this weekend? if so, who's free and keen to voice an opinion?
Time?
Wow, that's actually a pretty good effort in comparison to other F1 personalities.
Amen.
Should be available on Sunday. :) I'll know more tomorrow evening when I get back from my first day back at work. :( (Nah, who am I kidding, I love work really.)
I'm free but I am not sure I have any opinions. :D
Love the show^W Podcast :)
God! Which lousy Andretti from IRL/Nascar are they dumping in F1 now? I mean all the offspring seem to have inherited their racing genes from their mother!
it is worse than that. Unless USF1 grab Michael Andretti and Scott Speed to be their drivers, USF1 are going to steal a couple of Virgin F1 drivers from Sir Branson as well!!!!
:D
Interesting. If I navigate away from the doohickey page then hit the back button, I get the page as it was when I first opened it, missing more recent comments. I have to refresh to see these.
cheers guys.
just tried and it's okay for me. how odd.
Without the unhappy smiley I sound horribly sarcastic with that statement. I should be around for chat and banter this weekend.
@me: Speaking of all things colon and parenthesis, have any luck with the smiley revamp you mentioned a couple days back?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73357
Bernie has been speaking to Branson's people and says that Branson wants the Honda team. He is trying to get the deal finalised in the next few days.
Based on the picture, I still think the car should have hair.
I think it's been done?
Oh. I'm still getting default WordPress smilies. Should I be?
guess what i have on the list of things to fix?
:)
not as yet. need infrastructure changes to happen first. wait until i show how much faster you can post comments when you take slowpress out of the equation.
ollie suggested panda smilies :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Iv9SnBGcg&feature=channel_page
Damon isn't the best of actors. Good one, XD.
Should be able to make ze show zis week assuming the time is that of normal.
tis.
That's awesome, although it needs more pizza hut and murray ;)
k
Erm, should post something else to make it a worthwhile post, err, ahm.
Go Heidfeld!
Ah, yes. He was better in the pizza ad. ;)
Must.read.previous.comments.
I did indeed my good sir. I can't find the original link (from deviantART) that I posted many moons ago, but a recent Google-hunt suggests these, these and for the special among us, this. :)
Have you not seen the Damon Hill/Murray Walker Pizza Hut advert?
There's a Murray/Nigel Mansell one too - that was for the Austin Metro.
I'm sure I've posted links before.
MotoGP also going down the 'cost-cutting' path with immediate effect
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73341
I wonder how will affect the teams the banning of some things, specially composite brakes and electronic suspensions, at this stage of development.
I have. Not seen the Austin Metro one before though?
Hold on, will look for it
I should have though. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdoWPJ1-Ww
Ah you found it.
Another legendary advert - Spike Milligan advertises the Mini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUMDEZRBeo
I have to post this one for the racing link, but who would believe that their family car was in any way related to the British Saloon Car that won the championship?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11eeKdFyhc
want one:
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/02/19/leaked-photo-of-the-next-generation-mac-mini/
I have seen a couple of Mac book adverts on TV tonight. Apple are making a lot of capital from the fact that it doesn't contain mercury. I would be amazed if it did contain any since the EU banned it in 2002.
So would I if they existed.
:)
Curious if anyone has experience with blogger, how do ya centre a header?
Apple are have a big 'green' push lately, not sure if USA legislation is as progressive as EU on such matters
That little beast sure has plenty of connectivity, how come it gets Firewire when the Unibody MacBooks do not :(
Pass the NaCl, I only need a small bit :)
don't know, that is quite annoying!
Or it would be if it existed.
You shouldn't put salt on an apple
If there's a paintjob I wouldn't mind seeing on the Virgin F1 car, it would be the Virgin Media sponsored BMW touring car on Race Driver GRID. Anyone who has the game will know what I mean ;)
I'm starting to think that the posters of these leaked pics are also responsible for the 'Bill Gates is giving away a gazillion dollars' emails
:D
And I've got another question about GPM2. I've read that there's in-game commentary by Stirling Moss, but I haven't heard any such commentary, even if it's enabled. :S
Not even close. The Kat was supposed to have been the best hat Japan had to offer. You need to compare Kaz to the Kat and Sato vs. Inoue or Kaz's old man would be quite a laughfest....
The EU ban didn't become law until 2006, but remember you are watching a US advert adapted for the UK. The law in question also banned the use of lead containing solder which is actually the best tool for the job compared to lead free alternatives. I'm carefully eking out my last remaining reel. I seem to remember something about this law affecting the manufacture of pipe organs too.
Pass. Possibly to do with the fact the game was downloaded and not off the disc.
SidePodTours should invest in this if it comes to the UK/EU.
GPS navigation for your iPod Touch & iPhones peeps
SatNav type thing
I have absolutely zero experience with blogger, but I do with CSS (the style.css file that almost undoubtedly contains the necessary requirements to centre your header). Are you allowed to edit that file? If so (although depending on how the header is incorporated into the site), adding "margin: 0 auto;" to the #header line should work.
If you care to give me a link to the site in question (here or ollie [at] blogf1.co.uk), I could probably help further if the above doesn't work.
The lead ban was the dumbest thing I ever heard. I could do you 10k words on why it doesn't make sense environmentally.
we so need that.
We don't doubt it Steven :D
:D
:D
Is that the Royal 'we'?
Certainly, I'd approve.
Also, you, Facebbook , now.
yes. although we also need an iphone.
Oooh, is Scott getting a facebook marriage proposal now ;)
And comment in mod queue, love the little notification that comes up.
I'm holding out for the refresh. There's talk of NAND memory stock running low worldwide as Apple is gearing up for production
Could be that Bill Gates fella and his emails though
Was gonna say earlier, I love it too. Sweet. :)
Pfft, I think someone's jealous : P
I'd prefer a red and black one anyway.....I even done one on Grid to replace my 2007 Honda livery that I did.
we try :)
I'm going to have to aim for moderation now :)
Just link to drop.io ;)
no need, just remove your name and try posting.
But thats the boring way
:D
Well, you can't guarantee a Wi-Fi signal while driving through Paris.
now he tells me.
Mind you, the data roaming costs should be checked out first:
http://service.o2.co.uk/IQ/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=311,E=0000000002211332088,K=3903,Sxi=11,Case=obj(18450)
you have no idea how much money i would've paid for a working gps system at that point.
"Bad Input on Previous Form" ?
Link went awry there
Bah. Not moderated for that last link. Which seems broken anyway.
Basically, it's £3 per MB (that's not a typo) in the EU and £6 outside the EU. You can buy bolt-ons though, they reduce the price to £2/MB (£20 for 10MB) or £1/MB (£50 for 50MB). These are monthly charges.
Yeah. http://tinyurl.com/c83eof
BTW "Thursday’s are rubbish"?
Can go to the pub knowing 'I only need to get though Friday'
[Drink is the curse of the working classes] or some such
will you live comment it?
[Work is the curse of the drinking classes] That's it!
G'night Lou
I've got Giggles for that!
:)
Then again, if I do get an iPhone - I might need my own mod queue
you've been filling the darn thing up again! sorted :)
So, I was going to watch new Lost & Lie to Me (worth a t*rrent, I mean, asking your American friends to send over on VHS)
but failed on both
It really is near bedtime [note: no promises :) ]
:D
Yes, sorry & thanks
Only realised on post 3 that was probably being modded cos the header post was a year old. Tabbing for later has it's downfalls (someone must have linked it earlier)
exactly that yup :)
Luckiy for you it only took 3 posts and I didn't go all Steven on that subject. I had a rant in me for a moment there
Yes they are, It's the 'Day after Danish Lessons' so I'm always knackered!