Wow, it's a new month already. Hasn't time flown this year? Unreal. By now you'll know that we're on hiatus, so this is your pre-scheduled daily post to keep the conversation flowing.
Apparently it is Yorkshire Day today, which is something I had never heard of. I like the idea of promoting places by having their own special day, though. Sidepodcast Towers Day sounds good to me.
It is also World Scouts Day being celebrated around the globe by those young people that like to do adventurous things and go outside and stuff. My only question is, do they still use woggles? Because I'm pretty sure that's the best word ever.
It seems it may be my new sign off, but remember please be nice to each other while we’re not around, because we’ll be even more miserable if we have to get back and wade through pages of nasty comments.
Have a good day.
Yorkshire Day? As a Yorkshireman, I apologise in advance.
I had no idea counties had days
There are many jokes i would currently like to make, but as i am potentially moving to Yorkshire in September, i shall resist.
Easily done. August 16th. Sidepodradio Sunday is now Sidepodcast Towers Day.
Do you have a job lined up?
Nope, University
I suspect it's yet another ploy from the Yorkshire Tourist Board to visit the area.
Is it Huddersfield? or even Leeds? There's a great music scene in Leeds.
I thought you had started teaching
York St John.
York is awesome. Fact
That was a pre-uni placement
Not sure if anyone is interested... the 2010 IndyCar schedule was release a couple of hours ago and it will start at an undisclosed location in Brazil.
Agreed. Lovely place. Don't visit it often enough.
That's what had confused me
Did CART not used to go to Brazil?
I can't sleep. And I have to be up at 6 for work. bah!!
Yeah they had a few races on the oval in Rio in the mid/late 90s. This will apparently be a street race.
The other thing about next year is that as it stands, there are more road/street tracks than ovals for the first time in the IRL. Things have changed haven't they...
I know it's way off topic, but watch out for a band called Heads We Dance. been playing them for a while on my podcast, got a record deal recently.
Rio De Janeiro? Mark Blundell had a bad crash there once.
It is like they are going back to the CART format. So much for Tony George's all American all oval formula
That is not off topic for here. Lukeh discusses Muse on an hourly basis
I've been watching Twitter discussions about it. People want more ovals. New Hampshire (Loudon) issued a very pointed press release about being left off the schedule for the second year running, they are not happy.
Oh wow What's this podcast of yours called? I'll give it a listen, sounds good.
Psh. You're crazy Steven. Crazy guy.
Hey guys, Steven's crazy. Muse. psh. Me? psh.
*ahem*
Anyways guys. Nighty night! Bed time for me. If anyone sees Mr or Mrs C around make sure they know we're thinking of them :)
:D :D :D
hehehe
Will do... but I'm likely to forget because I can never remember names.
Who I haven't listened to much, but I've got the Black Holes album lined up on iTunes, after Super Furry Animals.
I am not surprised. They were sold IRL as an oval series and no doubt the tracks invested accordingly.
Nighty Night
I support this.
Night alison!
Have you had the head ping fitted to so that you know when you are being discussed?
Night Alison
Which bit? If I didn't guess already! :)
Night.
I think so. I was trying to drift off watching The Office (the good Steve Carrell one, not the british one) in bed and usually it sends me right off, but tonight it's just so warm and stuff, and this is totally my excuse for randomly reappearing when mentioned.
Try this! http://tinyurl.com/lkuh5o
Hehehehe. I also highly recommend Absolution if you're willing to listen to more, it's easily their strongest album (so far). Plus I tried my hardest to give as fair as a review as I could to give you an idea, as well as get a blog plug in here somehow.
I'll definitely give it a listen. I'd find it hard to give any Supergrass or Super Furry Animals album a fair review.
BTW it is coincidental my 2 favourite bands have Super in their name.
As well as Super Furry Animals I'm gonna guess... Supergrass? Supertramp?
S'all I can think of. :P
Um. ignore me. I can't read.
awwww. too kind.
we have wine.
woot :D
Jeez, I have the Supertramp Anthology. But don't like that as much!
I have Strongbow. Too much Strongbow. Damn you Asda and your special offers!
Move the keyboard away from the wine
I want wine.
I had beer.
tis only a scratch, the keyboard is invincible.
A pink scratch?
ohhh, i could be tempted.
i read that as "the keyboard is invisible" and assumed you'd had ALOT of wine
Yes, but don't tip it upside down and tap it a few times. You would be horrified!
Heheh.
I should use that as my excuse for typos
I used to fix typewriters, when they were still useful. Scary what comes out of the keyboard.
I think the loch ness monster lives under mine.
Mine is full of crumbs
ok. im yawning lots and eyes are heavy. I think now I may actually go, so i shall turn my sleepiness up to 11 to make sure, and see you guys tomorrow evening. Night
Night Lukeh
Night Lukeh
Rubens' Big Brother Live update: Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.
g'night
Night Lukeh
Stupid euromillions lottery machine picked the wrong numbers again
Night
Sidepodcats update: One of them is padding. The other is hiding.
You have sidepodcats?
Yes. they like to get involved during an F1 session. Usually standing on the keyboard, or sitting in front of the TV.
I think I'll go as well. yawning away. stocktake is tiring.
this is early for a friday night for me. must try to get up for a haircut. i like sleep too much.
I'll probably pop in and out during the day but won't be around in the evening, Dad has a booked a birthday curry.
Cats rule.
Night Pat
I make enough typos already. Can't imagine what it would be like with a cat walking on it
Night pat
Night Pat
dddddddddddddddddd cccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Bit like that, but with way more spaces. It's their favourite button.
Riiiiiiight, bed time for me. 2.5 hours earlier than last night!
Woop, night all
Night Jon
Goodnight Jon
i would like to propose a motion that wine be considered a utility, similar to water. available on tap 24/7.
must be time for sleeps. night all. x.
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I like your thinking but would you have enough keyboards for that.
Good night
night me, and second the motion for wine on tap.
Asda would sell it cheaper though. Damn them and their alcohol offers. They are so tempting in Dewsbury that a certain famous Mum bought a trolley full of it whilst her Daughter was missing. Don't want to mention the name, but it's pretty infamous.
And on that bombshell, I would like to wish the remaining commenters a goodnight, and see you in a few hours time.
G'Day everyone.
Morning, everyone.
Cory Aquino's death has stunned me. I knew it was coming, but when it came, it was still shocking.
And until just then, I had never heard of her. The Marcos' were the only Filipano leaders I knew of.
Morning Journeyer and Sean. It has been very quiet here tonight
This is the first mention I have seen ofit. Haven't heard of that name in a while
Read up on Cory - she led the effort to end the Marcos era. She is the kind of Filipino leader everyone in the world should know.
I remember reading a lot about her in the immediate post-Marcos era but not a lot since. The is very little Filipino news over here
She's laid low locally since she started cancer treatments a year or so ago. Everyone's been on tenterhooks about her status for the past month or so now.
Yup - to be honest, I think it's not a bad thing that she's the only one you've heard something about. The presidents that came after her haven't been much to shout about.
That's the problem with politicians. You get the occasional good one and a whole lot of bad
And when you say bad, boy, are they rotten.
Although everybody has different opinions of who the good ones are.
True. Some have questioned Cory's ability as President, but no one ever questioned her motives or intentions. That never happened before in this country, and will probably never happen again.
Time I was asleep.
Just before I disappear a few points for anyone who turns up tonight.
Christine has banned all talk of the German driver who spent today at Mugello in a 2007 car with slick tyres. There will be no discussion about him
Sidepodradio Sunday / Sidepodcast Towers Day will be August 16th. Those of you who were working on shows please keep working on them. There are a few slots available for anyone who has a show idea or would like to do a show but don't have an idea. If you are in the last category mention it in the comments and I am sure someone will suggest an idea. To help improve the atmosphere there will be no F1 shows in the vacant slots.
Details at http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodradio
Good night all and be nice to each other.
Morning all. At the airport waiting to get on the plane. So far all is well - see you in a week...
Have fun.
No F1 shows in the vacant slots eh? Any ideas anyone?
anyone still here?
Sort of.
Super early Saturday morning GMT. Not surprised. it's 11 PM Friday here in Alberta.
,,, and apparently I have not much of a life. :)
Wow, it's 3pm Saturday here in Sydney.
Don't worry, I was here at 11pm last night too. ;)
I was here on a Friday night too, while I was in bed watching the news. Party hearty.
:)
And hi Amy!
This gives me an idea for a show for Sidepodcast Towers. Not that I have much time to put into it, but I would sure like to hear more about the Sidepodcast community. You're in Sydney -- I didn't know that. We're all over the place and it would be cool to have some sort of travel show, where people contribute one touristy thing about where they are ... ? dunno. needs work.
and by You're, I mean Sean.
Added the "hi Amy" part at the end.
erm.. Melbourne....we have the first race of the year and everybody should come!
Hmm, except I've been thinking recently about how hard it would be to show someone around where you live. I know people come to Sydney from all over the world to see things like the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House and others, but when you're from here you take those things for granted.
And besides, Amy would have nothing to do for this show, there's nothing at all to see in melbourne. ;)
psssssh sydney is boring, you only have two things and they look the same in person as they do in photos :P
ZING!
It's true though -- showing someone around is difficult. But I've traveled a lot and the best things are often those things we take for granted.
Yeah, it occured to me when I was somewhere in Europe and I thought it would suck to come from here and not be able to travel to here, then I realised that people go on holidays to Sydney.
I find it hard to show people around Melbourne even though I was a tourist here myself only 3 months before I lived here, and I quite enjoyed being a tourist.
We had a friend come from the UK and we drove around to all the "World's Largest" attractions that Alberta has. He got to see the world's largest:
1. Ukrainian Easter egg
2. keilbesa Ukrainian sausage
3. perogy
4. mushrooms
5. baseball bat
6. cowboy boot
7. mall
Truly, a journey high in culture.
Is that the one with the theme park and everything inside it? I always wanted to go there.
As I said before, there's a reason for that. There's nothing to show. ;)
Yes. West Edmonton Mall. It's pretty crazy.
I ran out of time to see everything when i was touristy here!
You left after a day?
the trick is to keep being touristy even if you're living there. :)
eheheheh. The Melbourne/Sydney debate is rather passionate for locals ain't it. Clearly until you have a Grand Prix, Melbourne wins.
So is this Sydney - Melbourne thing a friendly rivalry? Edmonton - Calgary have the same thing going.
Generally it's friendly. ;)
They had Mark Webber driving an F1 car over the Harbour Bridge once for a promotion thing. It looked spectacular. When we do get a Grand prix (which has been talked about, albiet briefly) we will beat every other race.
Gotcha. ;)
I should have asked your advice for what to do when I was in Sydney. On my first day I went to Bondi in the morning, and then in the afternoon I went and saw the bridge and the opera house and then I was bored for the next two days. ;)
Keep dreaming ;)
Perhaps I'll turn in and leave you two to discuss the relative merits of your respective cities. ;)
All tourists go to Bondi, I'm not sure why though. It's like Fosters beer. All foreigners (particlurly in England I think) think that is the pinnacle of Aussie beer. No local will go near the stuff.
I think it is because it gets advertised as the 'perfect Australian beach' with all your Bondi Rescues and your Bondi Vets etc etc.
My city is in New Zealand! Melbourne is my adoptive city that I mainly like for its sports. :D
Worst tv shows evah!
I too like cats (and dogs). Wherever you are Toby, you were my favourite :-(
Surely Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast wins this award? Honeymoon Bay in particular
Maybe we can celebrate that day after the hiatus?
James Allen's latest blog post says the thing that caused all the arguments yesterday isn't happening anyway
That's good. It was the Worst. Suggestion. Ever.
Ack. I'm going to bed. it's midnight here.
Night!
Night.
Moth news: there has been no more sign of the moth.
Is it still news if nothing happened? Oh well!
One of the guys I work with is a scout master. Says he knows nothing of this scouts day thing mentioned in daily. Maybe they changed the day?
g(iggles)mm?
Interesting. I got it from Wikipedia, so it could be bunkum.
Just got access on mobile. Thought would see if it works
Mobile SPC rocks!
Off to the sorting office to collect a parcel
Isn't it about time we had bigger letterboxes?
at least yours is open on Saturdays! Mine is open business hours Monday-Friday which makes it really hard to get there considering I also work business hours Monday-Friday.
Moth news. Katherine has seen the moth again. But by the time I went to take the photo it had gone missing.
Are you writing the sequel to The Mothman Prophecies?
Get it delivered to work
I can't do that one, odd hours and a security gated area
I do that for light things but getting heavy things home from work is harder than getting them home from the post office :D
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
2nd iPhone charger that I have bought from ebay that isn't compatible with 3G phone
Damn 1st Gen accessories
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Ah!
I had a really annoying experience with my mobile phone last time. They will only deliver it to your home address. I told them, "there's no point I won't be there, just tell me when I can pick it up from the depot". They said, "we can't tell you that. We have to wait for us to deliver it and then we'll take it back to the depot and then we'll tell you".
Madness!
Been there
Were they sponsored by Shell or BP by any chance?
Not to focus on F1 too much but apparently the concord agreement has been signed
Alex, how do you feel about a road trip to Spa next year?
Sounds interesting... Katherine asks, "when is Belgium"?
I told her, "1830 to the present day".
I think she means the race though.
:lol:
Should be around August but who knows these days...
Sounds like a plan to me!
For those who think that I do nothing but broadcast my life live on the internet this video of something from my life being broadcast live on the internet is for you:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0842-mov
;)
Live streaming on holiday :)
"here i am with a live stream, ahaa didnt think of that did you!"
:D
that is brilliant!
And no buffering either, it's 3G broadcasting to the extreme
Alex, you're not meant to wear collared shirts on holiday ;)
Does this mean it's over?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77481
Ah it wouldn't be the same without a collared shirt :)
Alex was born in a collared shirt, did you not know?
ah yes but I remember this.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/picture-1
He probably still has nightmares about that day.
Pooh sticks, great fun :D
so Vettel is in Finland watching the rally, and apparently Heikki will be there tomorrow. Weeee Finns!
That was his Ghetto look for a Giggles Rap piece. I believe he borrowed that T-shirt. ;)
arrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh ;)
KIMI'S BROTHER HAS TWINS. LITTLE FINNISH TWINS. OF THIS I WAS NOT AWARE.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-9305-jpg
I hope they make it to F1 some day ;) They're already dressed the part :D
THAT.IS.AWESOME
Plus, one of them is called Titus. Titus Raikkonen. What an epic name.
His brother looks lik equite a cool dad too
I don't remember seeing a picture of Rami before where he looks so much like Kimi. Might be the angle.
He's called Rami Raikkonen? thats just mean
My dad says Kimi is a worse name, to quote, "if you have a son you can't name him that, he'd get picked on for having a girls name"
Rami is a rally driver and I think he did Finnish F3 a few years ago.
I think i prefer Kimi i think, i guess they're more common names in Finland
I found out the other day my university has an exchange program with the Helsinki School of Economics and Business. If only I'd known when I was studying. I totally would've applied!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG6qx-CAIzA !
Goodness - I've finally installed IE8 (which is rubbish) but I can now see live comments (which is definitely not rubbish)
Unashamedly sycophantic of me, but just wanted to say I LOVE sidepodcast, have subscribed since the beginning of this season, and love the format and everything
It's been a difficult season for me, I've been a Barrichello fan since 1991 (not an easy life, I can tell you) thankfully, the season has been more enjoyable than if I was Sidepodcastless...
About time.
I wonder what BMW will do, though.
Afternoon all. Looks like I picked a quiet time to drop in.
Very quiet, indeed. Just got home, as a matter of fact.
Thought you guys might like this... Racecar Engineering mag for free and legal too
www.racecar-engineering.com/students
I am here, just fighting a losing battle to pay my internet bill
Why?
My account number and password are saved in Firefox and I don't remember them, and Firefox takes 10 minutes to open and then when it does it stops responding immediately. The 'email me my password' link when I open the page in Chrome doesn't seem to work because I'm still waiting on the email.
Have you tried... IE?
Or maybe you should try closing all non-essential programs before opening FF?
yep. didn't work either.
tried that too, I might uninstall FF, I hate it that much
maybe you should try accessing the 'email me my password' link through an Internet-friendly mobile?
I already have :( I shall persist with FF until I get there. It was responding long enough to get me to the login screen. Now it is not responding again, but I figure my bills not due until August 10, I can wait that long ;)
good luck! :D
its paid! hoorah!
you made it! that didn't take long. ;)
45 minutes :(
from the time you said you'd persist with FF, I mean. :D
thats because it had already been loading half an hour!
at least it's over now. ;)
and uninstalling as we speak ;)
how are you on the doohickey then? chrome?
of course
quick good evening, very tired after spending the whole day by the sea :-)
TG season finale tomorrow night, right?
Should be interesting. :D
Afternoon. Quiet day it seems. I'm having a really relaxing day of doing nothing at all. I really ought to iron things.
Is it? I had no idea. Hopefully they'll do something fun and not too formulaic.
I think it is. 7 EPs this season.
Evening all. Wait, stratch that. Morning all!
why is it Sunday already :(
Yep. Unfortunately. That means uni starts tomorrow...
I miss uni for the holidays. 4 weeks annual leave per year is not enough.
Gotta love having half the year off. ;)
Although I worked 35 hours a week while I was at uni, it still felt like a nice break to not have to be there :D Perhaps there is something to be said for being a teacher.
Best part about the job.
Ah well, since I don't want to sleep through all of my Sunday as I did with my Saturday, I should go to bed. Night!
Mmm, Bourbon and Coke. This stuff should replace tap water damnit!
See ya.
It starts tomorrow?! The summers only just started!
I'm doing teacher training, 6 weeks summer holiday for the rest of my life....AND i get to be a kid as my job. There don't come much better jobs than that :D
For some.
When are your terms then?
It makes more sense here, because the year starts at the start of the year. I've just finished the mid year break, starting semester two on Monday.
ahh ok, that does make more sense.
You're luck you get 4 weeks worth - we only get 3. :O
That alone would be enough to make me leave. ;)
Do you still get holiday loading?
Night, Amy. :)
Quiet day, eh? Just the Concorde getting signed, that's all. And even then, it's barely registered as news - I guess because everyone expected it.
Not sure what you mean?
Here we get 17.5% extra pay in your 4 weeks leave. It's the law or something.
You get extra money when you aren't working?!
:D
Possibly the best thing the unions ever did. I'm not much of a unionist you see, but I won't say no to that. It was put in to encourage people to take their holidays and supposedly be more productive when they are at work.
And hey, it's Australia. We're probably the laziest country on Earth. Of course we get paid for doing nothing. ;)
What the?!
Unions aren't really in fashion here.
:D
I almost saw Lukeh...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0860
:D
Anyway, I'm off, too much Alcohol is getting to my head. I think i'd better leave before I say something I'll regret. ;)
If you do feel like saying something you regret....it's 'sidepodcast' on skype ;)
See ya
:D
Later, Sean.
afternoon :)
how is everyone today?
afternoon!
relaxed! how are you today?
who's everyone? only jon and me around, i think - quiet day. :D
Concorde's been signed, so that's good news.
Hi. I'm ironing, although it isn't working.
Love Alex's videos!
hehe :) you should go to frome (i believe that's in somerset?). i hear there is a lovely pub called the frome flyer on Jenson Avenue which is worth a visit :)
oh, and for some reason, i'm tripping out on Fleetwood Mac. :D
i'm alright, better than this morning (i may have been to a party yesterday evening and may have needed time to recover) :) am currently sorting through photos and having a nice quiet day at home.
oh.. wow. that is quiet.
erm... yay! :) what does it mean for the future of the sport though?... still doesn't help with making Ari president :(
wohoo! go ironing :)
that means there won't be any breakaway threats... at least until the end of 2012. it won't help or harm ari in this election.
Can you please tell my iron to work? I iron clothing. Looks good. Fold and put to side to do next bit. Creases magically reappear.
I think the solution is to not wait several days before getting around to it...
i see..well it's something i suppose :)
I can tell you why the creases are coming back after you've folded them....
Because you're folding them!!
Not necessarily. If Todt gets in and stirs up trouble, which he will, it'll all kick off again by what, next April? Go Ari!
But I want to put them away in a drawer.
Sure the only things that need ironing are shirts/tshirts/trousers which you hang up?
Even if Todt stirs trouble, the teams are contractually bound to F1. So they can't really break away. They may use other forms of protest, but not a breakaway.
I am currently constructing a small booklet to fill in on friday that includes a page on every 2CV team and the drivers. I am the preperation king ;)
Very interesting, that... :D What would you use it for?
For background info, i.e if i'm told to go to XXX team then i'll know where the team is based (garage), their practice and quali times, and their drivers (with relevant experience), and other info thats relevant. plus any interesting people in the team i.e catering people, mechanics etc etc.
Club motorsport is very low key when it comes to the internet, so i may not know the teams and drivers until the day i get there, so it's for me to spend friday filling in!!
I'm even going to bind it, and maybe laminate it!
That's really interesting stuff. Lotsa dedication to the cause. :)
If it was a normal club day and there was 4 or 5 different series going on then i wouldn't put as much effort into it. But because it's a 24 hour race, plus 20 minute warm up, plus 2 hours of practice, thats 26 hours of stuff, and for a series i've never had much contact with, i need to hit the ground running
no room for hanging
ah ok, fair enough.
Right - just after midnight here.
Off to bed early for me - might go to Cory's wake in the morning.
Night, everyone. :)
night Journeyer
Night Journeyer!!
night sir
Happy RG news
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77496
lukeh will like too.
:D woop
yay :)
Well that was a long 48 hours in BernieWorld. He must work on Sidepodtime.
Night Journeyer. Good news with Sauber - he says he's solved bigger problems!
Alex has found the cider.
And some mega blocks too!
That sounds hopeful
Peter Sauber has the teams interests at heart at least
Morning, all. I'm making blueberry walnut pancakes on a sunny day in Alberta.
Sounds... interesting
Goood morning/afternoon.
That sounds very nice, pancakes are a sidepodfavourite.
How are you?
By the way, I heart Sidepodpoohsticks.
Sidepodwhatzits?
It's amazing isn't it!!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0842-mov
looking forward to a lovely day at an outdoor market. You?
pretttyy good thanks. it's been a good day so far i think
Not sure I'm a fan of all the cider though.
YAY!
Go peter sauber! Hopefully he sticks with petronas and that gorgeous livery returns.
Also, evening guys
evening :)
It is a little bit extreme
evening sire
Lovely!
Oh also an F1 driver has been playing hijinks with my delivery. I had loads of this today. He could've been subtle about it!
Then a pigeon walked around my area for 10 minutes.
Huh.
well I'm not really sure about cider. But I decided to do a tasting. We have six adults and a week to determine our favourites!
I can promise you that won't last a week ;)
Having visited the local town I had to take this picture.
Perfect for if anyone mentions an unmentionable:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-149
any cider? or just the one's you've bought?
:D awesome!
wow!
A link that works:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc00962-jpg
Poor little thing. He was just waddling around without a care in a world, much like a pigeon lost in an unnamed supermarket backroom area would do, then he found the door and FLEW FOR FREEDOM! :)
Yay pigeon!
I posted my sidepodpancake recipe to drop.io. Don't let the healthiness of them throw you off. :)
Evening All
hello!
Hey
Brilliant!
I go away for half an hour and people appear - I'm going away for the evening now, have fun.
Wants happened to Christine and me I don't normally comment just watch the shows and watch the comments!
uh.. the 'brilliant' was for the pic, but it came over as a sarcastic dig for the second line.. oops..
Bye Pat W
Hello! They're just on hiatus at the moment, having a bit of a break
It does look yummmy
No worries! see you later.
ok cool, love the shows
hi eastry, we're about to go out for a meal and lots of cocktails.
any suggestions for what we should have?
that sounds rather lovely!
you should go extreme, something you've never had before
hey :)
Hey, Roast
have a nice evening Pat!
have the iphone app for cocktails. not sure what to do for food?
depends what type of restaurant it is?
Hey "me" have a nice long break your shows are the best, much better than Formulapod how I listen to last year
something yummy :) depends on what's on the menu surely?
ahh interesting. shall see if we can find anyone selling that. will update shortly.
don't know yet. we off to see what grabs us.
sounds lovely :) hope you have a nice time :)
Well I have a toby Carvery near me (20minutes in the car) thats really nice and only £4.90 for a roast and ice cream
have fun! :D
Mint sauce accompanied by Roast Dinner.
;)
Improve your tolerance, ask for extra chillis ;)
Mr C just told me that when he was a kid, he used to grow mint sauce in the garden.
Too cute.
I have one 2 minute walk from me. *Insert evil laugh*
how do you grow mint sauce?
:D:D
In a petri dish?
Well you get Trebor mints, you shake them all about, you do the hokey cokey and you turn around, that's what it's all about.
Doesn't that make the ice cream melt?
:D aww
All you guys can call me DJ, as I am a DJ
My next door friend gives me mint
no silly we have it there
BTW What happened about Humphreys, I went to school with him and looked like it commented often but not anymore!!
Urban Spoon app, restaurant finder
He got banned as he was making commenters up and spamming too
Anyone here pre-ordered the Wii F1 for this year as I have
o
Don't know
All I remember was the continuous Q's of: "when's the podcast ready?"
Maybe it got a little tiresome
ok.
serves him right
Aww noo. I had a really good idea for a blog entry this morning and now I've forgotten what it was.
Maybe the pigeon stole my idea.
We moderated him for the endless questions. We banned him for making people up.
I put reminders on my phone, memory gets worse with age unfortunately :(
Sounds fair
You have to be a proper idiot to get banned from this place
All we ask is that people are polite and be nice to each other
When listening to the shows and podcasts I was thinking of getting skype, so I can leave feedback!!, got to sort my netbook out first,
Brill Safety podcasts Christine btw
Lou gave me this idea a few weeks ago and annoyingly that fell out my mind too :(
I need a bigger memory card for my brain.
Draft text messages FTW
oh dear :(
This all sounds suspiciously familiar.
what's wrong sir?
Can email a voice message saved as an mp3 too
eastry is chris.
mmmhmmm
This guy doesn't give up
Let it go dude
Am with friends and we're getting curry delivered
Chicken Saag with extra chilli I think.
Naan or Chapati?
Decisions, decisions
It's got to be Naan surely? There's not a great deal better than eating curry by scooping it up with naan bread.
Naan. always naan.
Ooh, what's chapati? We always have Naaan.
Oh my god. I am in complete awe.
did anyone grow up watching, or remember, the show Bodger and Badger? I have made a startling discovery regarding the legend that was Badger. He has gone on to bigger and better things.
Kudos to you Badger. I wonder what happened to Bodger.
Flatter, quite thin. Not as heavy
Aww, my comment about bodger and badger went into moderation :(
Am on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapati
Will have to try that. Indian sounds quite good right about now.
Try some raita, it's great on the side if you're having anything spicy
Yoghurt, cucumber type dip. Quite cooling
chapati is much nicer :)
I agree, naan fills me up too much
A friend converted me to chapati a few months back
Evening all. Wish I was having curry for tea.
Yoghurt, cucumber & mint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raita
Hey Andy
I'm getting very hungry just thinking about it
Friends are putting their kids to bed first
indeed.... now i fancy a curry...
You forgot paperback.
evening :)
Poppadaums is where it's at
Darn tootin'
[confused]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yW4KlowMo
Warning - may contain rude words.
Ah yes, of course
Paperback Raita, how silly of me
The REALLY rude ones were bleeped
Ah. I have a copy of the full live show and that was bleeped, but you can never be sure with You Tube (well unless you're watching Sidepodcast Diaries of course)
Brilliant!!!
Nelson Piquet on Twitter...
Just wanted to say I like the name Piquet F1. What do you think?
new team?
(sorry if this has already been posted)
Is this real piquet or fake piquet?
Full quote
"Well guys, I heard lots of rumours so I decided to say I like the name Piquet F1. What do you think?"
oh my goodness its real piquet :o
Real Piquet
well he has the translation too...and at the beginning is "ahahahah..." so it's probably a joke
Oh crap. Is Christine still here? Drop.io comment issue.
do you mean the long comment? tis fine, not too worry
that food looks amazing
although now i see what you're worrying about, just give them a shout when they're back
That long comment from my office blackberry with my full name, email phone number, and place of work? Yeah, that one. :)
And the pancakes were yummy..
they look it,
am off for dinner, back later :D
Isn't Force India's proper name Force India F1 team or something like that? .. maybe he's going to replace Fisi.
We have found an Indian restaurant, blame Bassano. Am about to order chapati :)
Hurrah!
live commenting dinner :)
yes! :)
:D Chapati is lovely :)
Uh-oh .. I had been wondering what to have for dinner .. looks like it's curry now Bassannnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo ;)
I have to go collect my Chicken and Mango in 15 mins :D
Hahaha. Love it.
For no good reason....
Baaaassssssaaaaaaaaannnnnnoooooooooooooooooo!
Mr C is hogging all the poppadoms. Have dropioed a pic, not sure if its there yet.
i'm so pleased i've just eaten my yummy salmon with noodles, soy sauce and green beans :) otherwise i'd be ordering a curry now too :)
Hey, I can't blame him.
What!
They are amazing, fact
You mean you went Outside? :|
i'm not too keen on poppadoms... i prefer chapati
at my local indian they have this chilli cucumber thing for poppadoms, its amazing
It's kinda ironic i find it disgusting when people put mint sauce on curries. WHY. WHY DO THAT.
this could be cause i don't eat much meat but... i've never actually tried mint sauce, i take it that it's nice, cause lots of people tend to like it.
Traditionally it's only on lamb like Alex suggests. But i just prefer it on every meat, probably because my tastebud is mega sensitive, if something has no real taste or something it tends to make me sick (don't ask, but it does)
With curry though... it's like adding orange juice to rice pudding!! Or chocolate sauce to crisps! Just silly :P
Orange juice to rice pudding sounds nice. :D
That was a bad example. It does. :P
bye everyone. I'm off to the market.
have fun! i do love a good maket
bye :)
mmmm..mmm onion baji
Sidepodcast, film on, talking to friends and feet up relaxing
Just whats needed after a hard day :)
nice :D
Mr C can't finish his food cos he ate too many poppadums. Meanwhile I've got flaming lips.
You should try and drink some milk....although they'd probably look at you funny if you asked for some
tut tut.
can I have any spare poppadaums?
Do you really think there were spares?
if they give them to giggles, he can throw them to you.
I live in hope. :(
I know the feeling. I've eaten my starter and will have to wait a while before I'm ready for the curry.
I have some I got free as well and I can't stand em
We complained quietly to ourselves that they didn't light our candle and instantly a waiter appeared brandishing a lighter. Either our table is bugged or we are royalty. I can't decide which :)
A wheel has come (is about to come off) a car in the LMS race...wasn't tightened properly..
hmm
Seth McFarlane, the creator and multiple voice actor of Family Guy, is singing on the BBC proms...
This is a little surreal.
hi all. how are we today?
hey guille. i'm alright thank you, how are you?
hey! good thanks, and yourself?
fine, thanks. enjoying my vacations by doing absolutely nothing.
just reading back through yesterdays comments, i'll be setting off for my holiday on the 16th (new date for sidepodradio) so i wont be able to take part :( sorry guys.
:(
I'll also be heading up to Scotland for my brothers wedding. Will speak to Mav and see if we can pre-record the show or if he would like to do it.
You could get Steven to have a word with your brother...
Looks like Kimi has crashed his WRC car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LfLvZCPuc
Yep. Kathi posted it earlier on twitter. He just dusts his hands off when he gets out!
Not so good....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77503
He probably would as well :D
Hows LPG doing?
OK, bit fed up today though.
She's bound to be getting tired now. It's so exciting .. can't wait to see the photos :)
You guys have got a little one on the way? Congratulations!!!
Thanks for not asking us to live comment the birth. For the rest of you, it isn't going to happen.
Yes, number 4.
Awww *trudges away with laptop under arms*
Congratulations none the less!
Wow! congratulations
could steven have a word with my friend and tell her i don't want to go on their holiday?... :(
congratulations!
Congratulations!
Sidepodbaby!
Thanks for all the good wishes, we'll keep you up to date and will post pics as soon as possible.
What's her name?
Evening Mr Roy
Congratulations Andy and LPG
Hi Jackie and everyone else.
How rude of me to just launch in without saying hello
It's not turned up yet.
I assume everyone is happy that the Concorde Agreement has been signed. No more insane knee jerk rule changes and Todt's hands are tied for his first three years.
This goes a long way to creating #f1happyplace
Random question, how long is the presidency term? or is it just until they get bored?
I don't know....
The guy did pretty brill... engine trouble and got up to 15th despite not being able to run on the Thursday like the top guys and it being his first time with pace notes....
Not exactly going in at a low level either... Finland is the fastest rally on the calender....
No way should a rallying newby have done as well as he did...
Schucks, there will always be too much politics in F1 for it to be a truly happyplace
4 year term I think
question to all: I was wondering if I should buy a netbook. which is your opinion about this kind of computers? I already have at home/office powerful desktop machines, so I only need something light and comfortable to travel around (yet, powerful enough to not crawl around...).
I think it is 4 years. It is a finite time. Max has done 4 terms and 18 years I think but that was because he pulled some stunt where he resigned to let them vote for him again after a two years or something.
with an unlimited choice of term times?
I haven't followed what he was doing but that sounds impressive
And look how intriguing this season is on the track...
Can anyone say who will win at Valencia?....
It's not at all clear... I must look up the odds....
It could be any one of probably six people.... and could turn out to be someone from left field... although not in a BMW....
There will always be politics but this means rules have to be arrived at by a reasonable procedure
I think it's only two terms
Kathi bought one recently and qas quit impressed by it. I can't remember what manufacturer it was.
They are only allowed to do two terms. Max changed the rules for himself then put the two limit back
So Max had to go anyway?
Max should have gone 10 years ago but as with many things he re-wrote the rules to suit himself.
no, because if 'people ask you to stay' you have to stay, even if yo want to leave or break one or two rules... ;-)
That seems to be the phrase that bypasses all rules and procedures.
I like that idea. We could do something with that. Needs a bit of thought and someone to take it on. Any volunteers to work with Nikki on it
We have been looking at netbooks as advice for our students and purchased for us lecturers to lug to lecture halls to present our PowerPoints. Their advantages are small size (very convenient) and often very long battery life (5 hours). I like the various Asus eee PC the Sea Shell 1008HA is particularly nice but in SA they are relatively too expensive so we got Lenovo S10 which were in our currency about 30% cheaper but similar price to others in the UK. Lenovo is nice, very solid construction but it has two drawbacks: only two USB ports and the screen is only 575 not 600 pixels in height and these makes a surprising different. Ensure you get a six cell battery or check on the battery life. Other brands to consider are Acer, Samsung and MSI Wind. If you can move off Window to a light Linux (Mint XFCE) they offer plenty of power. Forget ones using Windows Vista but normally they come with XP Home which is not terribly secure but otherwise OK.
Vista on a netbook? Who would be so silly as to try such a thing?
Someone who's anti-mac?
Thanks. Yes, I leaned towards netbooks because I need something I can throw in my backpack while travelling/going to a conference, not to make massive calculations or play games on it. So, portability (weight+battery life) is my target. Price can make a difference for me (the exchange rate is not favourable at all in Argentina), but I always preferred to spend a little bit more and get something better ;-)
And I expect to run Linux on it, that's not under discussion :-)
more like a masochist.
HP did, I think some other tried and I think the Sony P Vaio (it is really a netbook). Both Asus and Lenovo really work beautifully with LinuxMint XFCE - it is such a solid OS and light on the CPU and memory.
I bought a Samsung netbook. It's okay, got great battery life but I didn't appreciate at the time that you have to buy a portable DVD on a usb connection to load software
You could use an iPod Touch or iPhone as your presentation device.
Just check the prices in your country but the consensus is the Samsung is really nice. The Lenovo S10 is well built and can be chucked around quite a bit. I have tried more than 60 Linux types plus all the main desktops Gnome, KDE, E17, XFCE and LXDE on specifically netbooks. My advice is use an Ubunti-based OS, but MintLinux is really polished-they have done a good job. I personally like Macs, but the price premium is too high and the MacBook Air is a joke.
:D :D
The Macbook Air isn't a joke, it is a very nice little machine indeed, sharing the same graphics card as all the 13" machines. I wouldn't buy one myself though, due to the lack of ports, but don't dismiss its capabilities outright.
I just used a desktop PC to copy from Disk to USB to load. Depending on local price the Samsung is a good choice if it is similarly priced to the competition. Just has a slightly small track space. Asus are generally considered to have the best key board with HP and this could be a selling point.
The lack of ports (1 USB), no LAN and does not connect to an external Monitor without extra hardware all makes it a non-starter for me. It has a very nice screen and a good processor. Also you cannot replace the battery and in our country it is insanely priced - you can get 6 Lenovo S10s for the same price.
I have a Macbook Air and can confirm it's awesomeness. I have a small, non powered USB hub that I had to use one once when using my 3G modem and updating an iPod. The hub cost the equivelant of 6 pounds (targus) and weighs next to nothing. I don't consider one USB port an issue. I've only used the dd burner once in a year due to the ability to put disks in other computers on the network when needing to install stuff.
If only the Air was cheaper...
You can replace it at your local authorised reseller. I agree that the price is mad, another reason for me not buying one.
I have the USB to Ethernet adapter but the 802.11n wireless does everything I want. I use the iPhone tethered via Bluetooth now so I don't need the 3G modem anymore.
Mine came with the little dongles for hooking up monitors and unlike everything else on the market, these give me the choice of VGA or dvi. That's right, Apple giving you more choice than others! :P
And the small fact you are Mr Mac
[confused] shouldn't that make me more likely to buy one?
For anyone considering a netbook, this link shows you a link to a great comparison
http://www.mactalk.com.au/2009/07/27/monday-morning-news-14/
Evening everyone. I think I'm going to have to admit defeat on the moth. Sorry Steven. But I did drop some other things including Wales at a distance so that should be okay :)
oooh sorry, i saw another netbook and thought tahts what you were refering too.
appologee's
*back to lurking*
We were originally told it was not servicable when we looked into them, you are correct though it can be replaced at an Apple dealer. Apologies, but I still think it is too compromised for the cost, at least here in SA. I am a fan of OSX but I can build a Linux desktop that looks very similar and almost as crash proof.
Observation. Wii fit after cider can be detrimental to your Wii fit age ;)
Evening all, pink wine is the best. Hope we are all OK :-)
see! why can't you video that ;)
This is true enough and if it works for you...
the price just dropped by a good amount in Aust. They are still more than the entry level 13 inch MacBook pro that I have now.
I'm thinking of trying to find one of those Toshiba 250GB 5400 RPM 1.8 inch hard drive for my air to see what difference it will make to the speed
hello! how are you?
I'm gonna say... 76.
Did you not drink it from little tiny wooden cups?
I am sure you will beat that moth
Ooh, that's mean!
#
Fine!
67
Hi Janna
Hi, are we all being nice to each other today?
there are cups? I thought you just drank it out of the litre jugs!
We are, we've had a whole day of it. I am positively impressed with us
As all talk of the unnamed German has been banned, yes.
I know I've had a bit too much to drink but it seems I'm a lightweight in comparison
That would explain a lot.
I myself did not have a go. But those around me were a little less table than they might have been! ;)
my worry is that he's flown away home :(
Do you mean stable? ;)
Absolutely. The new Concorde Agreement has been signed so Max's hands are tied and even if Todt gets elected his power over F1 is limited.
A good day.
ooops!
It will be waiting till you get comfortable in bed then it will dive-bomb you
ok. I have to go now. thanks for your advice on the netbook! next week I'll check some local stores for availability/prices and I'll let you know how it went. see you tomorrow!
we actually only really had it out of some glass tankards. What we did was taste some of four different ones.
Bye guille
Have a word with Kathi the next time you see her. She has a new netbook with Linux and said it was really good
Mixing your drinks is always a bad idea
if he tries it I will. Have my camera ready!
I'd keep an eye on these flying animals in strange locations. A pigeon walking about in work today stole my idea for a blog entry.
I'll do it, thanks
It is not difficult - Linux has come a long way. If people are willing to pay the high price for MacBook Air, it is certainly stylish and generally Macs have good reliability. My own laptop is Mac Book Pro (and its great and survived unbelievable hardships) and in my one lab all the machines are iMacs.
You sleep with it?
what was your pigeon doing at work? It's supposed to be a homing pigeon!
Maybe it was going to take some of the pallets into the main shop. Or is it not a carrier pigeon?
I'm out in the strange lands of sumerset. I'm a bit like John Wayne with his pistol under his pillow.
You are simply too witty :P
It wandered... and wandered... and wandered... then flew away back to pigeonland out the door. With whatever my idea was, something I'll never get back. Damn you innocent yet deadly pigeon of blog stealing doom.
Just make sure you don't set it off accidentally
James Bond does too! You're in good (fictional) company there
Maby the pigeon was looking for crisps Video here
if he comes back show him the frozen chicken section. He'll soon change his ways. Although presumably you could write a blog post about this?
The names Giggles, Dr Giggles.
This is a good point.
CRIMEWATCH. Pigeon special. And that video is brilliant jackie :D:D:D so slick and quick!
Licenced to thrill ooh err :D
Kathi uses Ubuntu - LinuxMint is Ubuntu done properly. It is the only OS* I have seen that with one install is a complete working desktop with all codecs for playing video etc. Sorry to the Mac guys but this is one really complete install.
There is Cambodian produced Linux called Moon OS which use E17 as the desktop and is pretty complete - also based on Ubuntu. Being fairly unknown there is not much of a community of users whereas Mint has a big community to help you out.
:)
To prove I have my camera in bed...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-150
You have collared pj's?
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Evening all. Majorca is really hot and the hotel is really nice... I just beat Mrs. Goat at cards even after she tried to get me really drunk! Goodnight!
I think that's the shirt he was wearing earlier on.
but of course. :)
Anyway, time to sleep!
haha, sounds like fun! Goodnight!
Night Gavin. Night Alex
Night Alex
Night Alex and Gavin
When I was growing up, August 1st was considered 'the horses birthday'. Poor horsies all had their birthday on the same day. Is this a local or worldwide weirdness?
omg!
It's January 1st here in the UK
good curry?
Indeed. Home from the restaurant?
Horses have birthdays?
In the UK all race horse have their birthday on the same day. I think January 1st but I am not sure.
Is Lukeh still about?
Do panda's?
Yum yum yum. We stopped off for cocktails, and mine tasted like cheesecake. It was weird.
Yes. The Queen's horses probably have 2.
Good question!!!
awesome!!
Haha
Ok guys. Thanks to Alex's idea, my new blog entry gives more information to this heinous activity by the pigeon today. Together we can make a difference.
Well I spent the day going to a Yorkshire Day party in Cape Town and did all sorts of Yorkshire things.
If they don't we should start a worldwide panda birthday day. Qw must have authority to do that
Haha excellent :D
How do you fancy firing up the photoshop?
That is odd
did you eat some Yorkshire puddings and play some cricket?
It even had biscuity stuff round the edge of the glass.
ooohhhh?
What is thise concoction called?
You only had the one? .. you should have had another to see if the first one was a flike
What was it called (and is it a double entendre) and what was in it, we need to know.
I think you should take Alex's Watchet pic and chage it to Watchet pigeon
Watch the pigeon, watch the pigeon......
Okay, here's the story. I was talking on PF about Piquets tweet about him liking the name Piquet F1. I asked the question is is for a replacement team for BMW and the reply I got was maybe he was going to start a new mens toiletries range like DC's Pole Position range. The name of the range? ... (Arm)pit stop .. that deserves a mash-up no?
Oh goodness. That could end terrifyingly.
That's my thinking
could be amusing though .. especially for a man of your talent :D
Doesn't it always end that way?
This is my one off I'm here, okay, still in one piece but can't be bothered with the day anymore so going to bed post.
Could be worse, could be a childrenswear range.
Night!
I think it was a key lime martini. Mr C had a margarita.
Oh dear .. hope tomorrow is a better day for you RG
I've always wanted a Margarita, just so i can say i've had one
Imitated doing cricket, had Toad-in-the-hole Mash and peas followed by Spotty-Dick pudding. Played games like put the tail on the Whippet - my dog looks a bit like a cross between a Whippet and Terrier. Pity we did not have any Ferrets though.
I never said anything was bad about today, I just mean Saturday got boring.
Well, got boring round 3 if im honest, aw, two posts, thats ruined it.
or lingerie
lets have a 'peek eh' luv?
All while wearing a flat cap? or is that too generic "nothern"?
oops
:D You make my head spin. And the rest of me.
I believe that is generic 'northern'
well, looks like im on sidepodcast for the night.
Just checked a couple of sites. No mention of cheescake or biscuits and it is apparently meant to taste of lime unsurprisingly
like a record baby? (you spin me right round baby, right round)
I've found key lime cheesecake recipes though.
Yes many of us had the flat cap and stick on moustaches. I will drop a photo shortly on drop.io
Looks like the cocktail mixer used to make desserts and got confused
Caps and moustaches? You were lucky.
LPG says a vodka based drink ceases to be a Martini when milk or cream is added to it.
We had a small square of old newspaper which we called a hat.
Milk in a martini would be a bit odd
wouldn't milk curdle in alcohol?
we used to dream of newspaper.
Not necessarily. Brandy Alexander is brandy and milk. My grandfather never drank alcohol till after he retired and my uncle opened a pub. He had a dodgy stomach so he used to have whisky with milk in it
You would think but one of my favourite cocktails is a grasshopper which is creme de menthe & either milk or cream & it's fine
Armpit-stop
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/armpit-jpg
Love it. "Formula Un fragrance"
Excellent .. mind if I link to it?
:-) :-) :-) :-)
of course you can :)
I had visions of that being very unpleasant but it was much better than I thought
Thank you :D
Takes just seconds to apply.
Lasts for up to 1 stint
Free lollipop with every can
Don't stall your purchase. Race away to a chemist near you today.
Just remember to keep to the speed limit.
It's the winning formula.
just out of interesting, is there live le mans racing on?
http://www.justin.tv/tomciotv/old
is that now?
:D
yeah, in Portugal
There is a race at the new track at Portimao in Portugal. I had completely forgotten about it
I listened to a bit on RLM earlier but couldnt find a feed so left it.
ahhh, cool. wanted to see that track.
is rlm on too?
yup should be, its a night race, ends in 34 laps (if i can read that display at hte top correctly)
Can see we celebrated in style: http://drop.io/sidepodcast
bruno senna is driving? is this what joe was talking about?
Not up to date on Joe but Senna was tweeting about the race over the last couple of days
on an aside, he said he went to portmao and senna was hooning around practising for something.
yeah, that was almost certainly this
Don't remember but almost certainly what he was talking about
I love watching racing cars at night. They're so pretty.
It's what i'm what i'm looking forward to most next week :D
Pretty lights, :D
mmm
RIght, must retire to bed before I fall asleep and drop my computer.
Night andy
Night Andy
AC/DC - it's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll!
Live timing
Click on the green button and it opens in a new window
http://www.lemans-series.com/
York St John. {Comment #10}
My cousin's studying there - she's doing a teaching course. Hope you enjoy yourself in York!
oooh, im doing a teaching course too. thats very cool
cool. ta.
I used to fix typewriters, when they were still useful. Scary what comes out of the keyboard. {Comment #56}
I try not to eat near my computer, so mostly my keyboard is full of fluff...
Interesting. I got it from Wikipedia, so it could be bunkum. {Comment #147}
Or it could be a peculiarity of one particular country...
Isn’t it about time we had bigger letterboxes? {Comment #150}
The letterbox at my house is so large I could probably fit my desktop monitor in it. The trouble is that slugs keep getting in and eating the letters during wet weather...
Isn’t it about time we had bigger letterboxes? {Comment #150}
The letterbox at my house is so large I could probably fit my desktop monitor in it. The trouble is that slugs keep getting in and eating the letters during wet weather...
The slug eat your mail? Are you sure thats not from the same school as "the dog ate my homework"
What the?!
Unions aren’t really in fashion here. {Comment #241}
My one experience with unions so far is when the three official unions of my previous employer wanted me to sign up for them - but none of them could produce an application form comprehensible to either me or themselves. Needless to say, I didn't join any unions - if they couldn't help me join, they wouldn't have been much help with the serious problems I encountered with my employer later.
The slug eat your mail? Are you sure thats not from the same school as “the dog ate my homework” {Comment #665}
Yes. There's usually enough of the letters to identify what they were and what we need to do about them - it just gets annoying when bank statements and the like become perforated by little greasy holes...
Full quote
“Well guys, I heard lots of rumours so I decided to say I like the name Piquet F1. What do you think?” {Comment #395}
I can see that happening - but not for a few years yet, if the laugh is anything to go by!
Hi everyone. back from shopping. Big storm here now. and ... Yuck:
:)
hi all. how are we today? {Comment #441}
Fine, thank you. Can't wait for swimming to restart on Thursday though.
Hi Nikki. There is a new daily thread opened.
I have e-mailed Christine to ask her to deal woth your dropio issue
Hi everyone. back from shopping. Big storm here now. and … Yuck: {Comment #669}
Well, that's living in the countryside (well, a "semi-rural" place) for you. The animals get everywhere...
Random question, how long is the presidency term? or is it just until they get bored? {Comment #479}
Five years or until bored/voted out per term, whichever comes first. Presidents, starting from next term, may only do two terms, so there will be a new President in 2020 if not earlier.
When I was growing up, August 1st was considered ‘the horses birthday’. Poor horsies all had their birthday on the same day. Is this a local or worldwide weirdness? {Comment #567}
Worldwide - but only applies to some types of horse.
All Arabs, Thoroughbreds and racing horses have their birthday on January 1 for licensing reasons.
Hunters and jumpers have their birthdays on September 1.
Horses being shown in certain other competitions, such as the Jockey Club, have their birthdays on whatever day they were born.
August 1 is a general day for those horses which aren't obliged to have a birthday at some other time for administrative purposes but whose owners like the idea of having one set day to celebrate - at least in some places.
At the farm where I live, birthdays are celebrated by some horse owners and not others. Among those who do celebrate, some do it on January 1, some on Christmas Day (to make sure they don't get left out of the present-exchanging), some on the day when the horse was born and at least one seems to do it on a random day of the year.
Alianora your knowledge of detail never ceases to astound me
Alia, have you ever considered joining such competitions as Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? I think you'd do pretty well. :D
Alianora your knowledge of detail never ceases to astound me {Comment #675}
:blush:
have you ever considered joining such competitions as Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? {Comment #676}
To be honest, the fortune charged for phoning up to enter has always put me off so far. I can easily see where the latter show gets its £1m top prize from...
Of course, it would also help if ITV could figure out how to make their link to the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" Contestant Application Terms document work correctly...
Too bad there isn't such a thing as Jeopardy UK. :D
During the second and third series of Millionaire I phoned doxens of times to get on. They published some figures from the first series at the start of the second and the phone calls pay for everything. The numbers were astonishing.
So it's just like a more complicated version of the lottery, except that getting chosen doesn't guarantee you to be a millionaire?
It is a massive lottery. I worked out all sorts ofstrategies like applying for shows that were likely to be the least popular because they were recorded last on a particular day so that you would have to go back the next day if you had any success or last in a series etc but nothing. Then they had a whole string of people who were on the show and had only ever called once. Most annoying
That is bizaare. It was storming 5 minutes ago. Now the sun's out in full force. No wonder people get sick here with all the weird weather mood swings.
Silly me, I meant bizarre.
Just found a story from a well known F1 'news' provider about a German driver that I really wish I coud post here but I can't
Hmmm. Sounds interesting. I'll look for it myself. Funny or annoying?
If it is true I am going to be very happy
Found it. Interesting, but something tells me nothing will come out of it.
And of course, this is 'news' we're talking about, not news.
And for some reason, it was hard to find underneath all of that talk of Piquet getting fired - at long last.
wow. just wow. thank you! (why do I bother with search engines?)
Alia: Better Than Any Search Engine! :D
I am surprised it is being investigated if it is. I am trying to corroborate it
Piquet has been fired? Haven't found that yet
Yep. Just found out too. Lemme find ya a suitable link.
Assuming the sites work for me, anyway. Grrr.
The only relevant thing I an find is Grosjean supposedly had a straightline test but it is not from a trusted news source
While I'm trying to get the Beeb and Autosport to work, munch on this Piquet tweet first:
I saw someone mention that earlier
And there's nothing on it. Hmmm... Looks like there's no press release yet. Let's see if it's indeed true, although I suspect it is. Kinda like what happened with Le Seb.
I wonder if daddy is trying to buy the team from Renault. That would explain why they have kept him so long.
It seems odd for something like that to be announced on a Saturday.
I think Joe's hunch is correct about Renault. But what if daddy is buying... BMW?
Are Renault on shutdown now?
No chance. Running a team in Switzerland is too much hassle.
Not sure.
So BMW is basically Sauber or bust now?
Sauber or Thiessen or both.
Hmmm... I like the idea of both. But I'm not sure if they can co-exist as co-team bosses.
Sauber is in his 60s so I can't imagine he wants the day to day involvement.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77496
Good point. Would Dr Mario leave BMW to do this, though? Would love him to do it, then to do well, just to prove to BMW he was right all along.
He has a big decision to make. Does he want a seat on the board of BMW and the possibility to run the company one day or become an F1 team principal/owner
Indeed. Both have big pros and big cons, too. Let's see what he does.
Of course, if he ends up running the company, he can just bring BMW back to F1, but how long would that take?
I would almost be prepared to bet they will be back in soe dorm within a decade as will Honda. It's what manufacturers do.
BMW left F1 in... 1986, I think. They started preparing their comeback in 1999. 13 years apart.
Honda left F1 in 1992, came back as Honda in 2000. Of course, they never really fully left that time - Mugen was still around in their absence.
Renault left F1 in 1997, started preparing their comeback by buying Benetton in 2000.
Yeah, your estimate should be just about right.
some time not soe dorm
Must be like reading code
Don't worry, I'm used to reading code. :D Haha!
I forgot you were a profesional
Right - am off to Cory's wake, then. Good morning, Europe. ;)
Well heck. Why are you two in yesterday's thread? :)
Hahahaha! Very good point. :D
I had everyone move to the new one earlier and they must have tricked me back to this one.
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