Sunday has arrived, and with it brings a live show... but not from us. Giggles Radio is scheduled to begin at 4pm today, so I hope you will join Alex as he brings us some excellent music with added chatter to go with it. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're keeping an eye on:
- Mr C has been making some more tweaks, this time the Sidepodcast Feed. If you subscribe to keep up with the blog posts, you should know find an added bit at the bottom of each entry so you can check the ratings, click through to comments and find related posts directly from your chosen feed reader.
- If you've been struggling to keep up with everything from testing in Jerez, then F1 Minute is here for you! Yesterday I posted a special episode to catch up with the final day, but there is 60 second coverage for each day of testing, including who was fastest, who was slowest, weather updates, and of course, who was causing all the red flags.
- It was a day of guest posts yesterday as firstly Lewis discussed two separate events at Silverstone and how they compare and contrast, and then Lukeh told us why he's looking forward to the upcoming season and why we should too. It's a great insight into the mind of a Rubens fan, obviously, but there is also plenty of optimism to go round.
That should do it for now. We should have a podcast along either later today or some time tomorrow, and as ever, I will see you in the comments.
hey sunday. just to carry the conversation across days, red bull have a flickr page too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redbullf1spy/
how is it a new day already?...
sunday, sunday, so good to me
oo i forgot about that. that's also good!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redbullf1spy/4319477151/
is missing the caption:
Can you get an RB5 to run on this Tony?
THe caption is there
WOW!
he meant when it comes up in doohickey as an embed
Hey everyone. Watching a bit of DANICAR...
this is getting ridiculous...
All I can say is NASCAR and Danica on their second date is just as annoying as they were on the first.
i want to see an f1 car on that!
i want to see an f1 full stop. it's been tooooo long!! :)
i've been watching people bitch about it on twitter for hours.
turn it off and talk to us!
you do know theres been testing on right?
The car would go three feet then blow up when the sand gets in everything.
pah... it's just the honeymoon period, they'll get over it, or find a hotel room...
In a moment. I am almost done with my DANICAR drinking game,
I see
but i haven't been able to watch it live!.. and i haven't heard an f1 car in the flesh since the Mercedes event. that's too long. I also can't wait to actually hear a car at a race. i've become impatient with the off season.
I thought it was a touch better. They aren't doing quite as much fawning and they are following the leaders at least.
:)
I can officially report....
The Curling commentators are no longer talking about what they had for lunch and how much it costs...
well if the americans are going to play poor shots like that why would they discuss tea and dundee cake?
I am afraid what I might say... I am just past stage five.
Is this the right thing for Amy to go to Spa in?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redbullf1spy/3905851991/
earlier they did, it was aweful tv
i will admit to giggling at http://twitter.com/toomuchracing/status/9401470190
I say yes
Oh god... what did we do now...
:D
not sure I like the use of green on the target, did bridgestone have anything to do with it?
You suck at pushing massive stones across ice
you're not bad with a broom though
Ahh... curling.
yeah, i blame the skip, she seems to have issues
you are watching curling over the speed skating?..
Yes. Curling is getting to the exciting bit
my freeview red button dosent actually do anything, it gives you a choice of one sport....
so curling it is
curling.... exciting?... really?...
you see one lap of speed skating and they all look the same ;-)
Yes
the last end is the best one
i'm not a fan of curling..
DANICAR OFF... Women's Curling ON.
Have you given it a chance?
This morning Amy said that after watching 4 runs of the skeleton that she got bored of seeing people go round and round on the same track....
We pointed out she's a formula 1 fan ;)
I know ;-)
:)
Time out in curling? It's not an AMerican sport. Why does it need a time out?
ah! thats what the ;) was about
my bad
in truth i don't understand it.. but it seems awfully like garden bowls..but on ice..
more tea and dundee cake?
the americans are on the ice? so maybe they've commendeered hte rules
You do understand it
apparently in every game they come out to bagpipes playing, so you may not be that far off
I love the Minnesota accents on the American team.
ah... speed skating looks like more fun i'm afraid :)
You throw a stone, you have to land it in hte target, closest and most in the center wins. simple
I think time outs should be banned in all sports. Let the people playing the game get on and play it
do they have bagpipes and dundee cake?
Especially in basketball... it get ridiculous..
imagine time outs in F1!
no thank goodness ;) i still prefer events like the luge, they have cowbells :)
#calledsafetycarperiods
Shhhhhhhhhhh..... don't give Bernie an idea..
moving furniture in order to decorate I found a cowbell yesterday, it's making watching the skiiing much more fun :-)
It annoys me in all sports. I hate that the manager or coach in baseball can go out and talk to his pitcher.
I think it is one of the big differences between European and American sports. European sports tend to be about the players where American sports are about the coaches as they can constantly interfere with the game
Pit stops?
Oh wow, they really are eating sandwiches between ends. how amusing
isn't it about squeezing in a commercial break or does it just come across like that?
Bet the neighbours love you rining a cow bell at 2 am
Shhhhhh.... don't give Bernie ideas...
It is done like that in some sports but baseball can get silly. The pitcher will get in trouble and they stop while half his team has a chat with him then he will throw one pitch and the manager will stroll out and have a word then another couple of pitches and another chat. Then eventually he gets hooked and the replacement goes in.
they probably just think a cow has wandered away from the herd
i've got relatives in vancouver - have a ridiculous amount of olympic merchandise
If Bernie thought he would get away with competition yellows he would do it tomorrow
I think the Canadians had a colour bling paint buyer who was sent to get red paint
Absolutely. I can't go to Baseball games anymore because they literally take 5-6 hours. It is so easy to fix. You can't step out the batter box or it is a strike. The pitchers has a 30 second clock and if they break that then it is a ball. Only the ump can call time.
Then again Bud Selig makes Bernie look like Einstein.
now baseball i can watch, us football though...
I would go for that. They certainy need to make changes
You should have been here for the superbowl
I am now watching some curling too... i can't help thinking it would be much more fun if they were on ice skates...
we've got lou into curling... high fives all round
no... i'm just seeing what all the fuss is about.. the UK lot look like they are in Mclaren look a like kit :D hehe
oh, rubbish!
Don't say that they just lost
that wasn't as fun as the skeleton..
no
2-man bobsleigh now!
oh rrrrrrubbish. i have to go to sleep now, no fun olympic bobsleigh and cowbells for me :( night all!! xx
BBC stream has gone majorly downhill. I don't have that as an option....
I knew the skating had started before, the results were loading live below, but the video links are so slow to appear. Before they were there for ages before events started.
Looking forward to this. That last corner is going to be tight in one of these when no-one on a luge or skeleton could go round it without bash the wall
Night Lou.
BBC2
ah good
night
Night Steven
I am not going anywhere. I was saying good night to Lou
ohh... Good night Lou.
Bobsleigh confuses me. I'm not sure what you do to affect the speed of it other than running faster at the beginning. It appears to be a glorified sprint race.
night lou
You have to steer a good line in the corners to maintain momentum like the luge or skeleton or that thing with the noisy engines on a Sunday afternoon
you can steer so racing line, and using the brake as little as possible
OI why do they have more than one team?
i guess they have a quota to fill, and its one of the less competed sports
I can't see the attraction to being the back man in a bobsleigh. You sit there with your neck at a painful angle hoping the lunatic in front is not going to kill you
hoping you wont fall out
To get speed ar the start. There are two men and 4 men bob but no individuals
on the plus side you control the brake, so if your are about to head to your doom you can try and do something about it
No bobsled on but Latvia vs Slovakia hockey...
This is just like a German national championship though....
I would love to drive a bob but I want a carbon fibre monocoque, a roll cage and a nice tight 6 point harness
I don't like the look of this at all. I got friction burns in a toboggan before. I'm not going to tell you what I was doing when I got them. It was moronic.
+ hans device
I'm just loving the camera work
You can't make a statement like that and leave us hanging
You can't make a statement like that and leave us making our own totally inappropriate conclusions
I'll be honest....its more fun that way :D
Geoff Bodine built a bobsleigh??
No I guess not.... I was daft enough to wear a skirt in a toboggan. It only occured to me that it was very stupid as I got to the top.... Basically the hem flew away and I got so preoccupied tucking it under my legs that I burned my whole arm down the wall of the run. It was awful.
My version was better and now you have ruined it. skirt on a toboggan is not the best idea
+1
http://boomtownbeijing.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/olympics-logo-bike.jpg
AWESOME
I need one of those wetsuit things they're wearing. Not one that's gonna split open like that scottish lady's did though.
just re-read it and stop at "hem flew away" and you'll feel better
That really split when it went. Those suits must be so thin
"Anticipating bids for the Summer Olympics by Paris, France, in 2005 a Parisian, Mr Gilbert L., registered the trademarks of "Paris 2016", "Paris 2020", "Paris 2024" and "Paris 2028" and associated internet domain names. On March 14, 2007 the High Court of First Instance of Paris (Tribunal d'instance of Paris) ruled that the registration of the domain names was fraudulent and annulled the trademarks."
Wow
Surprised it had to go through the High Court
that looked like a Spyker heading down the run
Ferrari built the Italian one?
yeah, they used their wind tunnels and everything
They said a while ago that they had it in their wind tunnel. I always assumed it was just an excuse to get a few more hours for themselves
I was expecting the Italian sled to have wheels and wings
sadly it was based on the F60
Yay & Boo at the same time. Clever = win. Squatting = lose
their lack of confidence in their bids for 4 games amuses me
I think that is the most sideways I have ever seen a bob
I swear he just took his shoes off
It makes you wonder if they really would have been that desperate and would have said "Yes you can use our wind tunnel, but would you mind us putting our car in there with it?"
hehehh - via Twitter:
Type "Where is Chuck Norris" into Google and hit I'm Feeling Lucky button
Atleast it will be good in dirty air
love it :D
and on ice?
i meant the bobsleigh :D you'd hope it would be good on ice
Probably overshoes
Hahaha! Brilliant :D
:D
You would think Monaco would be able to cope with walls next to the track
:-)
It scares me when the sled has a dodgy exit from a corner, it makes me think of cool runnings all over again
I can't believe Lou is missing this after all the Cool Runnings discussions but I guess that should be the 4 man
Crash
Like that
ooh, ow, ooh, ow
Did they reach the finish line?
ooh dear
They're going to get out and carry it to the line ;)
They just put their shoes in the bob
Brits = Jamaican
noooo
Two crashes in three runners
Wow at the guy coming out the back
Looks like a suit would not have helped Alison
oh so now the GB bob has gone we don't see the rest of it
Is she wearing a see through brace?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/live_coverage/default.stm
This should give continued coverage. Pick bobsleigh from the choices
calling it a night
good night
night Mav
I intend on making Lou brownies today. I need to buy some kitchen scales first though.
they're very much worth it
my flatmate just talked me into ordering pizza for lunch so I'm not sure I'll make it out of the house today so the brownies might not happen. She's a bad influence when I'm lazy to start off with :D
Just guess the weights. Where's your sense of adventure
when it comes to food, non existant.
jinx! except i have a car and would rather put pants on than pay $8 delivery :-O
stupid iphone app didnt work properly when trying to select previous order though so i had to use the 'puter
anyone else watching v8 supercars from Yas Marina? NICK!!!!
well done channel 7 for not showing it live. I am suddenly so appreciative of Ones treatment of F1 :D
im watching it (sort of) so i'll be careful what I say about the regular audience, but i think if you change the time on a sunday when it's on, a lot of them would miss it. i don't mean that they'd be at church either :-)
I watched Quali, had to head home early though so i caught the race on TV last night ;)
I liked the new section of track with the big elevation change, but i also love the 'Circus maximus' at the hairpin and the longer straight.
Perhaps they should just fun an uber short loop :P
So are the Mr. and Mrs. doing a debrief show today?
Dan obviously needs to read the daily before he comments.
Morning everyone :)
morning all
Happy Sunday everyone.
A Sunday morning gift for everyone. One of my favorite Conan O'Brien sketches.
I have made some soup...
...leak and potato. A guy I met told me a french soup secret that apparently you sauté the potatoes before you blend them in. I have just had a taste. And he was absolutely right.
Is that before you mix the sachet with boiling water in your mug or after? :P
heh.
I believe that Alison's soup tendencies would not particularly appreciate such a soup.
Ooops!
Sorry *Waves Ladle*
#SoupPhilistine
I have found a replacement backstreet friend, hooray!
Backstreets Back! Okay!
Alright!
huh?
Thats the one!
I have tickets to a GP!
WOO HOO!
wooohooooo! What seats did you choose?
i didnt choose, i just got what they gave me
As I haven't been before, I wouldn't know the good spots anyway.
I just realised I don't know who to support this year.
Who put Jenson and Lewis together in my team?!
Did you pick a grandstand though? Or have you gone GA?
4 stands. Jones stand on Sunday, which is at turn 1. All over for the other days I think
ahh, good choice :D
Hope so. It better not rain
I have never been rained on at a race, I do not wish to start this year so I shall cross my fingers
I will see that as a good omen then.
Not sure I can get to Melbourne for the Wednesday walk which I didn't know about. :-(
I think thats a common problem, I missed it in 2008 for the same reason, my flight landed just as it was starting
will you be around on Monday for the Joe evening?
Sure will, I'm paid up.
awesome.
Hmm. I am driving down, so unless it's mid afternoon I will miss it
Should be great. I don't think Ive been around other F1 fans before
If I remember correctly it started at 3 last year, you can walk around anytime up until around 5pm and thats when they do the driver interviews
Well I might make it. Sounds like a good chance to get closer to the teams?
not really, they keep their garages closed up which is a shame, last year McLaren left a wing out in front and a few teams left out an engine cover, but theres not a lot to see. The driver interviews are good just because it's always exciting to see a driver in the flesh. They didn't do any in 2008 so hopefully they'll do some this year.
are you travelling alone Paul?
where are you staying?
actually, did you just buy your tickets? If you don't have advantage tickets you won't be able to get in.
Yep, just my. My brother is getting married or something.... ;-)
I'm staying at some hotel in South Yarra
No I bought them in December, but they only just sent them out
good good. Website says it starts at 3.30pm and ends at 7. http://grandprix.com.au/default.aspx?s=gpadvantage
wow, thats a long wait! yay for them turning up though. i bet you were beginning to wonder
Cool.
Tickets from $39? Mine were a bit more than that!
I did send ticketek a little "reminder"
general admission thursday only :D
Do you know of more sidepodfolk going Amy?
only Jeremy, I think others have commented in the past but my memory is shocking
oh and Wolf of course
Hmm. Well maybe a dinner or pub or something one night then
sounds like a plan
Well, shall think about it closer to the date. Friday is probably good.
Good morning people.
The Menu for today's viewing is a starter of a cold earthy salad of WRC, followed by a roasted helping of Premier League Football topped with a knowledgeable but sour Scottish whisky gravy, followed by a smorgasbord of iced Olympic desserts :)
Look! Kimi smiles during interviews now he's rallying!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kimi-smile-png
I doint think he can stop.
Could you if you kept remembering that Some crazy guy called Luca is paying me millions not to drive an F1 car, and that another guy is paying a fortune so he can have as much fun as he likes in a rally car!
Hehe :D
I think he is really enjoying himself rallying though!
He is, it will be interesting to see how he does out of the snow, i dont know an awfull lot about rallying but from what gran turismo has tought me, it is quite a different disciplne
I think that's part of the fun for him though - that it's all new and challenging!
I think he's enjoying himself... and I know WRC are enjoying him being there....
It's a big achievement that he made it to the finish in Sweden too!
Roger has pulled out of Dubai, noooooooo
he's moving?
hes not playing the tournament
Ignore me, i forgot it was this week.
#toomanyevents
What sport in the olympics is he in? :D
tennis, 2008 doubles gold medal ;)
That's not a winter sport ;)
you never specified ;)
he even carried the flag :D
:P
Afternoon all.
Hiya :)
I havent really watched much of the olympics,
But this weekend we had 3 major sporting events going on at once (WTA, Cricket & V8 Touring Cars)
I thought their was a break before the men started playing tennis, but alas, no let up!
The wavy wavy ladies behind him amuse me!
I can't get enough of the Olympics it seems. The only events I refuse to watch are the Figure Skating ones!
they had to do that for so long. I was impressed by their stamina.
Morning all, I'm having a catch up morning with my Feed Reader. Quite relaxing really.
Oh and last night I dreampt of Legoland.
I am the coolest
Dreamt? I can get in a car and go any time I like ;)
shhh. Windsor isn't that far from me, and both myself and my girlfriend were send clubcard half price vouchery thingys, so i'm definitely going when it opens!
DO IT!
Also, I checked their website and to do the driving school thing you have to be under 13. Boo.
Childhood dreams = Shattered
totally, i havent been since i was 13?
Panning for gold is amazing...
I still have the medals!
oh my goodness i want to go!
How dare there be another Andy Taylor? :-)
http://twitter.com/andytlr
He's a Mac nerd too, so it's ok I guess :P
his most recent tweet is about Melbourne public transport ticketing. My word.
Ive thought about it and Apple should give/loan products to people who have never owned an apple product.
I think its the only way i could be converted.
As long as you get rid of the word loan im with you ;)
I really do (heart) Joe so much, he ended one of his posts with;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
Catching up on my feeds i have a want to blog!
i think maybe they don't need you as a customer ;)
ditto ;)
ta :D
Sony loaned me an original playstation 12 years ago for 2 weeks, they are still making money out of it!
S word in that ^ be warned if you have sensitive ears
you still buy ps1 games?!?
m|f|c
Saw some used ones at Gamestop yesterday!
sony don't make money from used games though.
we have a ps1 at work, it only has 2 games. We need to buy more.
I was about to say no, but i think i bought one on the PSN store!
But i have mostly upgraded to PS3, i think i will go and get the one based on Joes book so i can play and read at the same time & report back copyright infringements ;)
Yeah I know - but somebody must still want them if Gamestop are willing to sell them for the equivalent of £1!
agreed. but that just delays people buying ps3 games. sony probably hate those shops.
i honestly can't see steve jobs loosing sleep over you not being a mac customer with that kinda spending level.
i recently went into our local second hand game shop and bought quite a few ps2 games, they rule.
ps2 ftw
Probably not, no.
I doubt he can lose sleep!
if you find slot car racer, it is epic
Oh yeah, last night we went round to the Outlaws for dinner. My IT task for the evening was to install a wireless printer on a 4 year old Ferrari Laptop.
It was so full of rubbish and clutter that it had 2 different Antivirus programs on it - plus they have bought an HP printer so it was a right 'mare to install!
Apparently I have been offered the Laptop for free though...
Take it and reformat it! :D
Hi everyone. What've I missed?
Might do that if I can get the disks - I reckon it still might be alright once I clean it up!
As long as the processor is fine and there aren't too many bad sectors on the HD, it should be all right.
I think it's only slow because of all the rubbish. Incidentally my FIL blames the IT guy at his work.
IT is always to blame...
That's what I thought ;)
Our fourth guest post in three days, and it's a reeeeally good one: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/21/a-sunny-saturday-afternoon-in-jerez/
most of my Mac friends are in Melbourne. Why aren't I?
They have these stores called Apple Retail where you can spend as long as you like. People have written books there, and I hear someone went there and married their Mac somehow!!
lots of money in the bank so maybe... but then again, I don't come cheap :-)
I'm back!
http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/why-i-love-ted/
I love TED too
http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/do-schools-kill-creativity/id333575566?i=61022539
I sleep now.
Bye.
I thought this was going to be a post about Ted Kravitz? I am very disappointed Jon!
#TEDisbetterthanTED
That was my 100th comment, it was about how dissapointed you are ;) boo
At least I commented - better than no comments at all!
I was going to go karting in Newark today, but it got cancelled when I looked out of the window this morning.
To give you an idea of why it was cancelled, Dad was supposed to be in a sailing race today and it got cancelled - because halfway through what should have been the first race there was a pile of snow sitting on the ice in the middle of the lake...
Wow - the UK Bobsled team had a lucky escape there!
G'd afternoon all.
Hey buddy ;)
G'd afternoon all. {Comment #305}
Good afternoon, RG!
Ooops, it happened again;
http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/sport-is-good-for-you-apparently/
I am in a blogging mood, it's nice to want to write again :D
howdy doody
Awesome. I go through phases of blogging explosions followed by nothing for a while, but that's more to do with after-work tiredness more than anything...
Afternoon all
leo is building a helmet camera and a backpack to walk around sxsw.
he's gonna look like peter venkman!
I thought the CES rig was a big step but I guess he is putting that on his back now. He is becoming the Truman Show
apart from him knowing that he's being filmed ;)
We were at a shopping mall yesterday and saw people with large backpacks with a 3ft vertical mount holding a 19" LCD about a foot above the person's head. I think they were advertising something to do with a mall promotion... looked really weird!
SQUIRREL!
Sorry. Guess what I'm watching? :)
I have no idea. I have seen the squirrel comment before and it baffles me.
Christmas Vacation.
Up! :D
People seem to like this film. I still haven't even seen an advert for it anywhere
it's BRILLIANT, absolutely brilliant. it's not just for the kids. :)
Back to the daily. :)
Time for me to make dinner I think.
you should do it via the method of felt tipped signage.
:D
:)
That's what happens to me. Katherine writes a sign saying, "feed me".
Awww did I just miss the radio action? :( Booo
How are we today?
Hi Alison
Tired
Me too. Working normal daytime hours sucks!
Agreed [or earlier]
Off to do dinner (again). Back laters I hopes.
You can catch the replay? Best playlist yet. :D
I'm good. thanks for asking. :)
just testing, pls ignore.
Woop woop.
I spent 2 hours today talking to the police about a very unpleasant incident with a drunk girl last night :(
Oh dear
Is everyone ok?
Evening.
Evening all :D how are we all today?
I've been blogging
http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/why-i-love-ted/
http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/sport-is-good-for-you-apparently/
Enjoy!
You know the commentators are bored when they say "if Britain win i'm buying lunch" and the previous champion is saying "oh great! come on Britiain!!"
oh dear
Hey everyone.
Hi Lou. Home already?
Yeah just got home. I fear I haven't been the best companion today, have been feeling awful all day. :( i haven't really been 'with it' either. Nearly got run over twice.
Happens to all of us, i wouldnt worry :)
Isn't that Lukeh's job?
That doesn't sound like fun.
i thought so too :P however he had to save me today. Oh and I found where joes thing on Friday is, so it will be easier for me not to get lost :)
i had a really lovely time, just wish I'd felt better :)
Try not to get knocked down going to Joe's night
i'll hopefully have finally shifted this flu/ horrible cold that i've had for about 2 weeks by friday. i only have to cross one main road on the way anyway, so hopefully that won't be a problem.
Beware of Twitter phishing links, spreading like wildfire this weekend, apparently
Affected users are advised to change their passwords immediately
grr, they get everywhere
I know :(
Evening.
Ski Cross is on. This sport looks like it's going to be a bit special!
Hi Gavin
[Opens BBC website]
Has someone been dreaming up insane new events?
On BBC2
I had an offer for a hotel for Spa. Dad knows people around Europe through work (he's Export Manager) and a man in Germany thinks he can get us a good rate in Aachen which is just over the border. Should be about 45 mins to Spa on a normal day, but I'm wary of the fact it will take longer on GP week. He needs to know how many of us are likely to stay and then he'll see what rate he can get. Just an option.
Yep.
I have an idea involving those bobsleds...
Hi. Is it even more mad than snowboard cross?
They managed a minute and a half without mentioning Amy Williams
just watched a guide online...the answer is definitely yes
I'd consider it but don't plan on driving to the track and back each day. I'd imagine an hour at least each way and then there's the transport costs...
Worth asking though
Those were my thoughts too. If I'm driving (which I hope to), I can't see myself being in a fit state to by Sunday morning :)
Liege looks closer
I can recommend the Thai green chicken soup from Waitrose
Covent Garden Soups do a good one as well
Same track as the snowboarder cross. MENTAL
Yeah staff and everyone are fine. A customer tried to drag her outside though and ended up getting punched. As I urged him to leave her alone, I don't really feel responsible for this.....
How would you get to the circuit? Might be interested x2...
Almost a double wipeout!
That was crazy
Aaaaargh how do they not have broken legs??
and faster it looks!
that hurt for that guy too
This is quality stuff!
No security?
To me the American took out the other guy
Luck, I'm guessing
I have hear of some of these people. They must have converted from normal skiing
I think it's a retiree's sport
There's a Kiwi in it somewhere - you can guarantee he will be a nutter!
He did a 360!
I don't think he qualified.
Hahahahaha no such luck.
I'd have been absolutely fine if this guy hadn't got involved and basically assaulted drunk girl. That's what got her aggressive, she was just drunk before then.... I'm literally 2 minutes from the police station, they'd have been there as soon as I called, I don't get why he couldn't leave her alone. Who would get involved like that.
He's been charged with assault and battery.
poo.
He is not exactly going to be short of like minded company
I am watching the NASCAR Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. Montoya started on the front row, and he's going to lead the first lap!
A Jamaican on ski's? It's like Cool Runnings all over again
He ain't bad either
Watch the Ski Cross instead - a Jamaican called Errol just won!
Apparently teammate and Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray says JPM's car looks very very good especially on the long runs.
No way it's better than Ski Cross!
I may watch a bit later then..
Skis are way too dangerous for this. They're just all going to twist ankles and knees....
That's their problem - I'm having too much fun to care!
Didn't watch the Moguls then?
Not even if they have sharks with laser beams strapped to the roof of the cars
Meh, Winter Olympics don't really interest me.
ooh, got a link?
:-)
That's nowhere near as bad as this. There were falls. Tangling someone else's skis seems like a fast track to a broken leg.
You are kidding. There has been some awesome stuff in the speed skating, sliding, skiing - almost everything has been awesome.
Much more enjoyable than NASCAR - you do realise that this race is expected to be a bit boring, right?
You haven't seen this
Watch both!
It's Nascar
http://www.justin.tv/creepingdeath2269#r=RxsJQX0~
Everything bar the Curling has been brilliant
The word on the web today is that this particular race may not have much excitement. I don't even bother unless it's a short track or highlights TBH.
ta.
(beware annoying noisy ad top right)
My friend was saying something about a bobsleigh crash?
And the Figure Skating. Funnily enough I have enjoyed the women's curling ;)
Yeah the Brits had a bad crash and got DSQ'd but they are ok...
We found out that if you had one of those suits it would have made no difference to your arm. There were quite a few big crashes including the British team
No Script Firefox add-on FTW [I'd imagine]
Booo for sleep! I love the bobsleigh.
I prefer Skeleton, better spectacle
True
More Mental!
They don't slide down the run on their roof though!
There are two more runs in the two man then there is the 4 man so you should see some of it
Same here. Although all 'Sliding' sports are cool!
You like the Bobsleigh because they crash better? wierdo!
So they're allowed team orders in the skiing? :P
Yah! Everyone loves a crash!. I looked it up, it looked sore though. Sorer than my arm, I'd bet....
Clearly if they had team orders they didn't stick to them
I think they did until one guy just fell over....
So team orders only last about 5 seconds then!
He was pushing the other guy along!!!
Team orders only work until one racer thinks he can gain an advantage by breaking them. 5 seconds is probably not to far away
Noooo go Canada man!
#sidepodspace
NASA are continuing their campaign to stop me seeing anything. The shuttle is schedule to land tonight at 3:20am UK time.
#Wooooo
You working early tomorrow?
Nothing is going to stop me seeing a landing unless they scrub and go for the second window an hour and a half later. It's not like I am stranger to 3am
Eurgh not go this Canada man!
He sounds like a right piece of work.....
That's what I was thinking :)
Sounds like the type of guy you want your kids to avoid ;)
The coverage of all these events has been fabulous. I don't think they have missed a possible camera angle
Yeah. Broke his neck skiing off a ravine drunk.... Jailed for driving under the influence....
Why have the Canadians accepted him on their team?
and every guy has a camera on his head, such a great idae, they shoul do it for more events
Because he's AMAZING. love him
Because he can win gold
Because he is quick?
Because he ticks all of the nutter boxes?
But he's American. He was thrown off the American team in the past and they won't have him back so he started competing for Canada.... They must be really scraping the barrel. I have no patience for DUI.
There is something wrong about Jamaicans on skis
I agree on the DUI. Just wait and see who gets a British passport in the next two years. Host countries are always despearte to win. It will be ten times worse then Zola Budd
I said that when my mate from Trinidad came skiing with us - yet in one hour he was already better than most of us!
I dread to think how close the semis and final are going to be when all the competitors are more even
We do pretty well in the Summer olympics, they shouldnt need to bring in too many new faces
Some of those replays look like ghost images because they are so close
They don't give these guys any kind of a breather
Was thinking that
so....
snowboarder cross
or
ski cross
?
That was a good'un
Both at the same time
For me
now that would be awesome
I think I prefer the skis but I need to see more of both
The problem would be designing a track so that they were equal
or the baftas?..
Baftas FTW ;)
Ice burns. Sounds really painful :(
:P i just wanna clips from some of my favourite films this year... baftas count as mindless tv that doesn't need much of my attention.
saw them last night, didnt look particularly comfy
Friction burns from having a bobsleigh pushing you into the ice at 80mph. Not very pleasant
I thought you were joking. Probably good to watch if you are not feeling great
I got a friction burn on my elbow from a giant slide once - was so painful!
They have imported snow??
sadly not.. watching sherlock holmes today has made me in a film mood. plus i've just taken my socks off to find that what i thought was just my shoes rubbing today is actually something a little worse..
Warmest summer ever recorded. It was needed
You are falling apart. How was the film?
Is the Sherlock Holmes film any good?
i really am. :( my feet are not in a good way :( film was AWESOME! Robert Downey Jr. is incredible. I loved it lots and lots :) is my kinda film :)
i may be in love with Robert Downey Jr now...
*waves*
evening all :)
Bad timing following Lou's last comment
hello!
hah, we're all thinking it :D
evening lukeh
:P
what can I say, the man has a talent :)
Lukeh, BBC2 NOW!!!!
Helllo Mr Lukeh
This is going to be awesome
I turned it on, and a man fell in mid air instantly
#sorryman
Well the Naughty Boy didn't win...
That was the final. We just had a dozen races like that
Snowcross was awesome - like watching racing on Fast Forwards...
That looked like his right ankle bent at an odd angle
Helmet cam is awesome
Did you see the massive rut he carved out of the course as he landed???
Just realised that it was him that threw away a medal and got spoatted
WOMEN'S SKI CROSS TOO??? :D
Heavy man landing on a ski edge on soft snow
I think I may be persuaded to watch that
What a final too
evening
You need persuading?
It is amazing how well athletes are media trained these days. Eve Muirhead is only 19 and talks with a wise head twice her age...
No
Her mother was a champion curler so she has been around it all her life and the number three was a world champion skip hersolf so she has people to keep on the right path
Downhill. We get to see Bode attack lik he is on fire again
I wondered how she got into the sport so young!
This slalom thing must be like being whipped!
I think these guys are trying to give it to Bode
They are indeed!
Bode gets a gold at last
I wonder if they will love him in the USA now?
It's normally his job to throw away results
He'll retire now I reckon...
He is one of those people that you get the impression it would be hard for him not to do it. He seems to have calmed down a bit so maybe he could retire and make it stick. Or maybe he will try skier cross
Commentator Lady agrees with you!
She is not exactly an expert. Her sport is horse racing. The guy next to her is Alain Baxter who won a bronze in the slalom at the last Olympics then lost it for a drugs offence so I will believe him
Wasn't a "proper" drug offence though, it was something like Lem Sip
I think she's sometimes on Fighting Talk isn't she?
I think it was something in an inhaler he has for asthma. His inhaler ran out in the USA so he bought the same brand he always used but the US version had something in it that the UK version did not.
Interesting that Premier League Football is even more restrictive with it's rights than F1!
Not for a while to be fair.
I have never heard Fighting Talk but I would bet she is. She gets round lots of BBC programs
They have a lot of pay per view deals to protect
that sounds familiar. anywho, a stupid drug offense. the other day i heard Jenson say he wasnt allowed to take lemsip because it was on the drug list
A keeper got banned for like 9 months for over the counter medicine, they are taking it too far I think.
it's a bit extreme, but they have certain individual substances in which in larger amounts could be used to improve performance, so you get their bigger point, but its still silly
There was a guy in the luge who was the favourite for the last Olympics and he had a hair loss problem going back to childhood. He used ahair restorer and while he was preparing for his runs an official pulled him aside to say he was not allowed to run because they had found some traces of a banned substance. A few days after the race they decided that it wasn't banned
The trouble is they not only have to ban anyone with traces of the drugs in their systeom but anyone who has traces of things that are used as masking agents.
Joe saying USF1 is finished apart from a few details. If he is making a statement as definite as this the game is over for them
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/us-f1-a-future-in-belgrade/
Steven, are you watching the Curling?
No. What's happeneing?
The Scottish commentator is talking about a "guddle" - which the English guy has never heard of. Have you?
i was just about to ask too :D
Of course. It's a proper Scottish word
Please enlighten us because the commentator seems surprised the english guy didn't know ;)
Back to school in the morning, so best do an early night (don't really wanna miss Canada v USA). Night all and lotsa love.
See ya!
No Englishman is going to know that. Like many Scottish words there are numerous meanings depending on the situation. For example you can guddle fish. Tickling trout in English but I don't see how that applies in curling
I assume in the case of curling he was using guddle to mean mess
Something to do with a mess or a pile of stones?
Night RG
There are many Scots dictionaries online. This one seems quite good on a quick scan http://www.dsl.ac.uk/ . Even www.dictionary.com gives a few definitions for guddle which are probably more understandable for foreigners
Will this do? http://dictionary.infoplease.com/guddle
A nice office like Live Writer
http://www.labnol.org/software/windows-live-writer-office/12817/
That looks like the same definitions dictionary.com gave. It is a great site that gives definitions from loads of online dictionaries.
Thos definitions are fine
Uh-oh. I like WLR because it is light and basic. Like all software, they feel the need to constantly improve it by adding more features until it becomes bloated and slow :(
Are there any alternatives to it worth trying BTW? Just out of interest, like...
1443: You may have heard the curling commentators referring to the word "guddle" just now. Half of Scotland has texted in to inform the world that a guddle is Scottish slang for "a mess". I wasn't listening at the time. Were they referring to the British curling results so far?
That's from the BBC Live blog thingy BTW...
No idea. I wasn't watching but I would have thought it was more likely to be used in a messy end with stones all over the place
thats what it was refering too
It's almost like I speak the language
right, time for me to sleep, night all!! xx
Night Lou. Try not to do any more damage to yourself
night lou
Night Lou.
Better be off too - see ya guys!
night rg
Night Gavin
night Gavin
Hello All.
While we're 'asking Steven', can I check with you the lyrics of 500 Miles by the Pretenders?
Does 'haver' mean sing or vomit?
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
Neither. The closest English word to haver isto waffle but that isn't accurate. Think of a child getting home with mud all over his clothes explaining to his mother why it wasn't his fault and making up excuses. He's havering
#sidepodspace
The shuttle is due to land at 3:20 am UK time. They have just been told to close the payload bay doors which means they think there is a good chance that they will land either then or on the next orbit an hour and a half later. However weather (what else) is no go now and is forecast to be no go at the first landing time. Problems include low cloud - 6000 feet - and showers within 30 km of the landing site.
that sounds familiar. anywho, a stupid drug offense. the other day i heard Jenson say he wasnt allowed to take lemsip because it was on the drug list {Comment #523}
That's correct - ibuprofen is on the WADA list and it was in fact responsible for the last two F1 drug test failures (Rubens Barrichello and Max Papis back in 1995). Since the FIA established that nobody connected with either driver had the foggiest idea that the cold remedies they'd been taking could be against the regulations, no penalty was levied, but awareness has been raised considerably since then.
Thank you!
I have wanted to know that for years. Every time I have heard the song, I've thought to myself that I must make the effort to find an answer, but I haven't. Very slack of me.
By the way, I have a blug alert. I've analysed the latest revision to the 2010 Sporting Regulations. That's the one that happened 10 days ago, as opposed to the one that happened 2 months ago which I analysed separately.
No problem. The biggest difficulty with this sort of thing is it depends which part of the country a word is used in. There were originally something like 16 Scottish languages and words from all of them are still used but most only in the local area that the language was used in. As a result words used in Aberdeen are just as foreign to me as anyone from the opposite end of the planet
Neither. The closest English word to haver isto waffle but that isn't accurate. Think of a child getting home with mud all over his clothes explaining to his mother why it wasn't his fault and making up excuses. He's havering {Comment #559}
I love that definition. Must find an excuse to use it :D
It's always difficult giving good definitions of these words because although I have been using them since I was a kid I use them as an alternative to any English phrase so never have any crossover. The old words that survive are those that can't be properly expressed in English
NASA scare me. Just heard a communication between the ground and the shuttle. They are working through the procedures to prepare for landing and mission control just said "If you have something to write with I will give you some modifications to the procedure". Can't they just ping it up on the computer screen? Is the ability to land the shuttle dependent on not running out of ink in the driver's pen? They are in permanent radio contact why not just remind him at the time rather than risk him forgetting he wrote a note?