Happy Christmas Eve to one and all. I trust there will be no news today, right? I do hope so. I can't quite believe all this news keeps on happening. Here at Sidepodcast, we treasure the Christmas week as one where everyone else stops and we keep on going. It's not fair if they keep on going as well. Anyway, enough whining from me, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- We got to catch up with Joe, and the podcast was released yesterday. Pat has actually done a really good job of plugging the podcast, so I won't attempt to add anything and simply point you in that direction instead.
- So, you might have heard that Schumacher is attempting another comeback. Ollie has written about that over on BlogF1, at the same time confirming some future plans for his site as well. Yay for Ollie!
- Finally, with just a few minutes to spare, Gavin posted his 2009 in Review - Fuel Use article. He has spent a really long time collecting and analysing the data for this post, and his hard work shows! There's a lot of information in there, and I think I might have to read it a couple of times, but it's definitely worth the effort. Head over there now.
That's all for now. As ever, we are keen to know your plans, particularly how you are gearing up for the holidays. I will see you in the comments (and this time I really will!)
yay for christmas eve.
woop
Stupid weather. Couldn't we just average the north and southern hemisphere temperatures?
Thanks for the plug, and Glædig Jul everyone (as it is Christmas in a lot of countries today!)
Well, not in Fiji for another 11 hours at least. I think.
Being Christmas eve makes me excited, means there isn't long until the Doctor Who episode :D
Oh yeah! woohoo :-)
I maybe more excited about that than Christmas this year.
Ah, hello Thursday.
Woooo Christmas eve! I'm home finally :)
festive f1 minute:
http://www.f1minute.com/category/daily/
Heh, with bells on! Bit of a scramble to fit all that in too :-)
In other news, the player on my site is still serving Dec 18th's Minute..
Have just done the feed, should update soon.
Thanks.
I certainly am :)
In "this time last year" news: http://www.f1minute.com/2008/12/24/24-dec-08-karthikeyan-blasts-force-india-link-speculation/
Karthikeyan was being a bit mouthy, and Ferrari were reconsidering their contract with Schumi. Interesting!
Ferrari must have known it was coming. I wonder how Massa has taken this.
I didn't know Narain was mouthy about Massa. Surprised.
Blimey! Words like that end F1 careers.
Huh no. I was wondering how Massa has taken Schui going to Mercedes ;)
Failing to get the joke? ;)
If he's a proper racer, which I think he is, he'll be rubbing his hands together with glee. A chance to beat his mentor on an equal level.
Yep. I'm tired. :P
Bit stupid considering he is Indian and Vijay must want an Indian in there at some point?
Doesn't matter now, he's a Kolles Audi Sportscar driver - hey, I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
Vijay already distanced himself from both he and Chandhok though, I can't remember if that was earlier or later than this time last year..
If he badmouthed Spyker too, I'm not sure how he got the Kolles deal...
Good night everyone - will try and pop in tomorrow but may only be brief as it's Christmas for me. So have a good day and Merry Christmas if you are celebrating!
MC Gavin. Ciao
Night!
Night!
i has landed!
yay! welcome hug?
Only three hours of work and 1.5 hours of travel before I can break out the Christmas eve custard.
I couldn't wait for Xmas, I plugged in my PS3 with PlayTV on Sunday. We used 2GB of my 25GB download limit on that one day installing things and doing updates.
PS. The Blu-Ray of Coraline is quite good. We will be watching the 3D version (four pairs of glasses included) tomorrow to remind me how cool my present to myself is
I did not get a welcome hug. My dad was late to the airport so I was wandering around looking for someone who wasn't there :D
I heart my PlayTV
Ooh. I forgot that I haven't opened Tekken or Beatles Rock Band (with microphones). Toys for me!
ooh both good choices.
I now have too many ways to record tv in my house. I love the PlayTV too, it is Zoe friendly
sending you virtual hugs. I know it's not the same...
by accident landed on F1 site in Lithuanian. I thought that names like Kovalaianen are difficult enough to spell and pronounce in original, but obviously in Lithuania they can do better :-) (not with Alguersuari though) :
1. J. Buttonas 95
2. S. Vettelis 84
3. R. Barrichello 77
4. M. Webberis 69,5
5. L. Hamiltonas 49
6. K. Raikkonenas 48
7. N. Rosbergas 34,5
8. J. Trulli 32,5
9. F. Alonso 26
10. T. Glockas 24
11. F. Massa 22
12. H. Kovalainenas 22
13. N. Heidfeldas 19
14. R. Kubica 17
15. G. Fisichella 8
16. S. Buemi 6
17. A. Sutilas 5
18. K. Kobayashi 3
19. S. Bourdais 2
20. K. Nakajima 0
21. N. Piquet 0
22. V. Liuzzi 0
23. L. Badoeras 0
24. R. Grosjeanas 0
25. J. Alguersuari 0
Virtual welcome hugs to Amy!
Morning everyone :)
Merry Xmas Eve Alex!
Thanks Jeremy!
How many hours until it's Christmas for you?
depends on whether I can make myself go to bed on time :-)
5 hours and 22 minutes
does that make sense?
If I stay awake, Xmas hits at midnight. If not, I'll be getting out of bed at 8pm London time. #gmt+11
my brothers girlfriend got him for christmas the same thing that I did. Present fail.
Happy pre-Jesus birthday people!
Formalities out of the way, where's the annual Autos-, sorry, AUTOSPORT, quiz thingy this year?
Morning
More to add to the Karthikeyan discussion if you fancy a laugh - he wants to try NASCAR - I had no idea he was in the ARCA test last week with Danica:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80668
What is ARCA? Is it like mini NASCAR or something?
Morning all, as well.
Pretty much, yeah. Bit slower (but they still average 180mph at Daytona), shorter races, half the field are hopeless apparently. 2 or 3 levels below the main NASCAR.
Hi!
Gotcha. Does Montoya do proper NASCAR?
Yeah. Scott Speed went from F1 to ARCA and is working his way up, no idea how far he's got since.
So who else is working, or 'working', today?
Thankfully, I am done till January. Are you working today?
Morning,
Just come back from church which was nice.
I'm just looking at links to my blog post on fuel usage and it's crazy that people are linking to my graphs on forums - some in different languages!
Ah good. I'm at work, but they usually send us home early on Christmas Eve but still pay us for the whole day, which is really good. The thing is, it could be at any time, last year it was midday but the year before was 4.30pm! It makes it fun I suppose..
The international language of graph :)
Sweepstake! I take 2pm.
Indeed!
I'm in a farm office, despite my being in accounts they usually work right through. I've managed to get next Tues and Weds off though, and Mon is a bank holiday because Boxing Day is on the weekend.
This means I only have to do New Years' Eve (stock take in the morning then come back to the office after, I guess).
Nice to see it taking off!
:-D
I'm going for 12.30. I'm being optimistic.
Mr C says 1:16pm.
My wife is watching Water Rats right now. Strange how popular it is here!
I am working from home today :(
that's a good thing, no?
or would you rather not be working?
And I'm actually on holiday today. Kind of the opposite of Pat!
working on your holiday day?? #blamefourstar?
For me it isn't - I get so bored!
He's working too apparently!
Yeah. Not his fault at all.
So he's not the Grinch then?
#blameschumacher?
Let's start that going again!
Why not!
I linked to a James Allen article in my blog post and the site is down. Did I break his website again?
vandal.
Clearly. I have adopted the mentality of a Viking and pillaged his website for a scant resource!
The actual answer is that we have accounting close of year end in December. And somebody discovered an invoice that hadn't been dealt with :( Boo...
Apparently you can't just accrue these things!
Oooh that's a bit of a problem :(
boo for having a financial year end match the calendar year end!
depends how important the invoice is :-)
just learning of an artic lorry that arrived at 4am this morning, special early one for xmas eve, but took a wrong turn and went down a narrow lane...
£478,000
I understand why... Hence why I'm here.
morning
that is quite alot ;)
That is a fairly important one :-)
Morning.
My balance balances... Phew! I am now done!
#MFC rumour...
Apple have rented their favourite announcement venue for something in January... Lots of people saying it's the tablet: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Apple-Tablet-Finally-Arriving-in-January-515405/
Always good :-)
I've overheard a conversation, I htink I know when I'm going..
ooooh. oooooh. when?
You haven't entered the sweepstake yet
That bloody tablet again!
ok, i'm going fooor. 2.05pm
If the time I've been told is right, Mr C will win
gah. i was going to go for 1.17. boo
1:30pm ;)
Morning all.
morning
Karthikeyan was being a bit mouthy, and Ferrari were reconsidering their contract with Schumi. Interesting!
Blimey! Words like that end F1 careers. {Comment #19}
In which case Narain was perfectly safe because his F1 career had effectively ended the previous year when he didn't get a contract extension with Williams despite his sponsor and one of Williams' main sponsors being the same company.
Amusingly enough he's in the news today due to a proposed move to NASCAR while Schumacher's in the news due to the ripple effect from yesterday...
Bit stupid considering he is Indian and Vijay must want an Indian in there at some point? {Comment #24}
Due to politics which I do not understand (something to do with rival Indian companies, possibly translating into clashing sponsors) and Vijay waiting for Karun Chandhok (who he considers a friend), Vijay wouldn't have employed Narain anyway - or such is the impression I get.
Vijay already distanced himself from both he and Chandhok though, I can't remember if that was earlier or later than this time last year. {Comment #25}
Later. Vijay said it on January 10 when he unveiled his driver lineup and explained why it featured no Indians. To clarify, he said Chandhok wasn't ready. Given his lack of progress in GP2, I'd say Karun still isn't ready...
Luckily Colin Kolles has a thick skin.
:D
Afternoon all
Merry Christmas Amy and all our Kiwi Sidepodders
afternoon
the buzz is 1pm. we usually get called downstairs 15-20 mins beforehand for a chat and a small drink..
ah I love the auto-post feature on blogs :-)
Our morning shift went home at 10:30, which is a half-day for them
We started at 10 and shouldn't be here much after 2 hopefully
Good to see Norad are tracking Santa again this year
www.noradsanta.org
and still the news keeps coming, sportscar stuff on autosport now..
Lovin the Kuril Islands.
Ooooh, yay. We live commented it last year. I forgot!
Merry Christmas from 'Making Up The Numbers' ;)
http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-everyone/
you live... never mind.
apparently also available on twitter and facebook now:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8428718.stm
One day there will be live commenting of live commenting!
Hey everyone :)
Merry Christmas eve! Everyone having fun?
Its mincepie time!
Oooh, unexpected comment there by Gavin while he's looking at NORAD. Didn't see that one coming at all.
Hellllllo, lou and Nick
:) how is everyone today? anyone doing anything special?
Nice greeting by RG there
I had a beer on the beach this afternoon ;)
wow that sounds fun. :)
http://twitter.com/noradsanta
!!!!
I made my own dinner. Which is quite special.
What was it?
oo! what did you make?
Sausage and Onion Pie.
I won't lie, there also was a visit to Marks and Spencers this morning, and it may have only been something for the microwave for 8 minutes. But thats not the point.
It was a beautifull afternoon, chistmas eve dinner with some friends, and then epic drinking at the pub later
The pubs put polystyrine ball on the fall so it looks like snow :D
All right guys, off for Christmas dinner, singing carols around the tree and a visit from Santa. Enjoy your evenings!
Have fun!
If you see santa, let him know i have moved!
See ya Gavin. Have a good Christmas.
just had a small glass of mulled wine - hometime! Mr C wins
:D i'd love to say it sounds yummy but i'm not a fan of sausage. i'm a fan of M & S though :)
Have a good one!
sounds lovely! Merry Christmas Gavin, have a lovely evening/ afternoon!
There's a food store about a four minute walk away, nice and handy. Nearest Tesco is five minutes away, nearest airport is five minute car drive away. Great place to live.
wow!.. if i walk for 5 minutes i just get roads and more countryside. we have a village close to us that doesn't have much in it though.. nearest food places are like 5-10min drives But then again it is waitrose so it's worth the (Short) drive :)
spc is changing my whole internet experience.. every time i read a blog/post of any kind i want to rate it :) i just tried to rate yesterdays f1 big picture and was shocked when i couldn't find the little stars :(
I live in an awesome place, Falcons stadium not too far away. Annoyingly, there isn't a Greggs within a 5 minute walk.
Donington has failed to get a buyer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8429932.stm
hi to all! having a nice Christmas eve?
Yes! Got a really awesome Kimi Ferrari shirt from my lovely lady. :D Will open family Christmas gifts in a few hours - Christmas dinner will be soon! :D
oh, really nice of her :D
enjoy the dinner and have a merry christmas!
You too Guille. :)
Happy Christmas!
Have a great day, hope you all like the things I got you!
Love
Mr C(hristmas)
Afternoon all. Just a quick F1 related thought - now that MS is no longer with Ferrari, does anyone think his helmet design will change? Personally, I think a bright red helmet in a silver and grey car will make him stick out like a sore thumb. I wouldn't mind seeing his old colours return. I reckon the white, blue top and German flag down the side would look pretty good on a modern day helmet.
I'm still wanting! when are you supposed to come down here? ;-)
The all-red is gone, surely? The reason he had to switch from his traditional colors was because they were so similar to Rubens'. But I think Nico's colors are different enough for Schumi to switch back to his old colors.
Either that or he might decide to just change the colour of his existing design from red to silver or charcoal grey or black maybe.
Mmm. That wouldn't be bad, either. But I like his traditional colors more - changing to silver is so like what they do at McLaren...
Hellooooooo
I'm so excited about Christmas now!! It's all snowy and I'm done my shopping. Going to go round my parents' house and sit all cozy by the fire wrapping things up :)
I am sure that is somewhere in the grand scheme of things. You know what he's like.
I have a tin of Roses. It must be Christmas.
I could use some snow now... Big Christmas dinners are not supposed to be eaten in summer ;-)
:D
yay :)
Even the pandas are a bit festive. http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/12/24/baby-panda-thursday-42/
Santa has reached China already!
Merry Christmas all!!
Santa has come and gone here in Oz. And this year he answered my letters and brought me a 91x grand prix winner, back to shake things up a little in 2010.
I was actually wishing he'd make him stay away... Sigh. Oh well. The next best thing he can give me is for said man to win an 8th championship. ;)
awww! :)
Well knowing what we do about the man, and his almost crippling fear of losing, you would have to imagine he wouldn't return for 3 years at least, unless he was confident of delivering many more wins at least.
But there is such a thing as misplaced optimism as well... And if they are getting Vettel for 2011, I don't see him staying beyond 2010.
Yay! and a new layout as well (i assume its new ;))
Relatively new, yup :)
i could get used to my feed reader being empty.
you could be right, but I am sure it will be exciting seeing him back and alongside all the others, it's a pity Kimi isn't there because the field is fairly open next year...there could be a few different possibilities for wdc
My wedding ring is at a shop getting fixed. Feeling REALLY self conscious without it. Very weird feeling having it gone after having worn it for over 10 years.
It has been reported that he has signed for a three year 20 million pound contract in some places and in others it is a one-year contract - I wish the media could make up its mind!
From what I understand, it's both - a one-year deal with a mutually-agreeable option for another two.
That's a good thing. ;)
oh a get out clause so they may still be aiming for Vettel as Stuart thinks.
Yup, exactly.
Makes me wanna do a fearless forecast for 2011!
Mercedes: Vettel-Rosberg
Ferrari: Alonso-Kubica
McLaren: Hamilton-Button
RBR: Raikkonen-Webber
Renault: Massa-Buemi
Hehehe. I wonder how many of those will end up correct.
:( oh dear. At least you still know where it is though.
Don't worry, I've already predicted Glock for Ferrari in 2012.
Oops. Make that Raikkonen-Buemi at RBR, Massa-Webber at Renault.
Sensible to have the get out clause with Vettel in the picture. Still not sure about the wisdom of getting back into the team. Even more interesting was Ross sowing the seeds back at Abu Dhabi and how Michael had to help out his old friend out of loyalty.
At home, with good coffee and a snack
10 days off starts here! :D
Very nice. how are you christine, haven't seen you around much? :)
I have been so ridiculously busy but the holidays have begun and I am not going to be parted from my laptop for about ten days. Heaven.
Yaaaaay :D
I have 2 more days off then I'm working right through new year. I'm looking forward to being rich in January :)
What's in January?
When do you start your new role, or are you already there?
Pay day?
I have a proper job to start in March. I'm just faffing around doing much what i was doing before at the moment albeit for marginally more pennies.
Woo and there is doctor who to look forward to! :)
Score.
Abso-freakin-lutely! Can't wait.
At this time of reflection for the past 12 months, can I say a huge THANKS to Christine and Mr C for all their hard work and superb content
And for allowing us to digress as much as we do here ;)
:D
have you seen these? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIReq6B434 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-q9wzrXW3o
:D
It's officially the 25th here. Merry Christmas, folks. :) Time for the Christmas dinner.
Rumour has it that Pedalo is already signed for Sauber for next year - so I am not sure about your Renault prediction.
Happy Christmas Journeyer!
Merry Christmas Journeyer :D
♥
...What does that have to do with my Renault predo, though?
MC Journeyer :)
in da house?
happy xmas j.
:D
Oh he hasn't has he?
#nightmarelineup
as a tester?
Merry Xmas Journeyer.
merry christmas!
:D
When I want to be lazy, don't make fun from it :D
:)
Only that a contract seemed to be suggested. Not sure I believe it and then the source was dubious. But if Pedalo goes as a driver it will probably mean Nick and Robert at Renault - actually a good driver line-up considering their dismal performance in 2009.
Afternoon all, a quick visit before christmas starts in full.
"Blick reported that Pedro de la Rosa is perhaps most likely to be Kobayashi's teammate in 2010." Reported via Speed TV.
high adie
*hi*
Afternoon.
Christmas has crept up very quickly this year
Gah :(
Least it isn't Nakajima.
Hey Adie.
fair enough. odd choice.
But possibly more frightening is
Bertrand Baguette has told a Belgian daily that his chances of securing a role with Sauber in 2010 stand at "96 per cent"
i'm being asked to put up the rest of the christmas decorations... better late than never i suppose?
Better development skills?
Heard that, not to concerned since Ross Brawn since he was 99% sure that Jenson Button would stay.
Yet he had contact Michael way before this to discuss driving for the team - with due respect Ross are contradictory.
Shh, Nick's going to Sauber and that be that.
It is now his first choice - I heard him say it!
maybe. but sauber are established. the need a points scorer to cover kobs, and pedro hasn't scored any for ages.
Neither have the team
Well, in 2005 we scored a few... Shorter than Pedro at least.
I like Peter Sauber though
I hope they return to the podium soon
couldn't agree more...surely there are better options out there still.
um - I think Nick is actually better at development that Pedalo - Frank Williams always praised Nick on this aspect! Nick fairly dominated Mark when team mates (three podiums to one and a pole position despite missing 5 races)
Mark's DNF's contributed to that too, I suspect
Nick dominated Mark? You must be joking, surely.
Good christmas eve, urm, evening to all :D
Nick was better driver - no matter what way you look at it - the only podium epic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXXAPKPFP1w.
Competed five less races had two seconds and a third compared to one third of Mark and more points scored over those races plus a pole - can it be more convincing?
evening lukeh.
I'd vote yes. It could be more convincing....
Hello Lukeh
Same here
Hellllllo lukeh
nick is a better driver in a world where we look only at the stats at the end of a season, and don't actually watch the races.
Ok guys, I'm off for a while.
Merry Christmas!!!...have a great time.
Adie
oof, new theme?
*ooh, not oof.
On the site? A bit...changed it a couple of months ago!!
I think scoring 75% of the teams podiums in a season despite missing a third of it is a fairly significant margin. Mark is not as an good overtaker either - Nick has overtaken Alonso for position on many occasions and that also counts - he did two double overtakes at Silverstone in 2008 having run on the same tyres as the other guys (which include both Kimi and Fernando.
well, I need to leave the computer to other members of the family... :-(
I wish you a merry Christmas to all! :D
And for those still thirsty for some form of motorsport, I'll leave you a little present from last year Dakar...
bye!
Few and far between these days, I fail to realise he's on the track most races. Maybe he just needs better equipment
See ya Guille.
Have a great one
there is no point quoting the same statistic in a different form, to make an invalid point. Let's agree to disagree, but I am fairly sure you would be hard pressed to find many people who would agree with you (outside of the Heidfeld fan club), that NH dominated MW at Williams.
ahh, i'm observant! i have commented since. as you were ;)
When did top gear decide they liked formula one?? I haven't really watched it in ages but when I last did, they were rather derisory. In fact I remember them even doing a big mocking feature a couple of years ago...
Some of it is marketing, some of it is that Nick is a fairly low key character. His qualifying is generally not the best - but like this year he generally had more fuel than Robert - if your correct for fuel (some do not like this as it is an estimate) they matched each other on qualifying times. Last year he had two fastest laps (Robert scored none) - sure it is not a particularly important statistic but it is evidence of some pace. Finally Nick has a similarly driving style to Jenson - very smooth but it does fail convince commentators.
When Button started winning regularly and Brits took notice
I remember hearing Frank Williams discussing Nick and how good he was compared to Mark, especially on the development side. Nick got the seat after a shoot-out with Jungle boy.
Nothing to do with the BBC getting the rights then? They didn't care about Lewis....
Could be that too, yes ;)
I have noticed a lot more reference to F1 in Top Gear this season.
Sorry I was just watching Clarkson on the tv spouting about how much he loved formula one and had since he was a kid. He didn't respect anyone as much as f1 drivers. I really remember the short one mocking them and making a prat of himself driving an f1 car. There was a lot of mocking....
Evening everyone... Having a good Christmas eve?
Hello Mr Giggles
Am now, work is done & dusted for a little while
Yourself & Kat?
All done... Phew!
Having a lovely day thanks!
So far, yes. All the presents were wrapped last night. Still at the office, though, but it's really quiet and I won't be here for much longer.
All that Kazoo work must've tired your office out!
but getting poles and podiums helps in promoting the sponsors. I agree Mark at the end of the season had more points - it is like Kimi had more points than Felipe this season but Felipe was significantly ahead on points at the time of his accident and missed 8 races so his final position is not representative of the season as a whole.
i can't get tim minchin's 'white wine in the sun' christmas song out of my head. it's so lovely! :)
tim.minchin.rocks.
No you've got it wrong.... His position is representative of the season as a whole. It takes the whole season into account. It maybe doesn't fairly represent his talent.
he really does :)
When analysing you attempt to take out external variables - otherwise you are not comparing like with like. Comparing Felipe with Kimi while team mates Felipe on average has score more points than Kimi and won more races per starts. Sure most people will still think Kimi to be better but the actually statistic present a different picture. I think Felipe has actually scored more points per race than even Lewis!
Statistics just track measurable data
Kimi & Lewis are the better drivers compared to Massa
I find it odd that both lou and I are drinking in our twitter avatar photos.
To be honest you need to define what you mean by better? If it is a hunch or an opinion it lacks objectivity. I can make a statement which says given similar equipment Felipe will return more points and more wins than Kimi - and you cannot objectively disprove it.
Very difficult to compare Lewis with Felipe due to different equipment. You have to find other ways of making comparisons - relative to their team mates Lewis has more advantage - but that could simply be that Kovy is not very good relative to the team mate Felipe had. I do not happen to actually believe that he(Kovy) is so bad (but I have no evidence) so it will be interesting to see how Kovy compares with Jarno.
it's only lemonade... i like lemonade :)
really? It does look like a wine glass... :)
I think to say that your viewpoint has been based on objectivity would be a stretch. It's your opinion that one driver is better than another and that's fine... You can use the same stats to argue both sides of an argument.
Looks like USF1 just uploaded some stuff to their youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/USF1Team
I see pieces that could easily be construed as being pieces to a car! (although they probably have a LONG way to go)
I suppose it's a start
Hey, I know - what about some drivers!
We'll just get the Mythbusters to set them up for remote control.
:D
And then blow it up when it hasn't worked?
They'll have a "schumacher proximity fuse"
Objectivity by definition means measurable, where the subjectivity lies is the choice of parameters (do you use race wins, podiums, fastest laps, grid position etc).
Nobody can statistically determine which is the current best driver, but by establishing valid comparisons you can say one driver is better than another and then review the assumptions.
I've come to 2 decisions.
first one: I'm going to go get some lunch
second one: I'm going to be positive about USF1. If only so I can be all HA-HA! to all the doubters out there if they get cars on the grid :)
Santa's in Burma
He better be careful when visiting dissident party leaders. He might get locked up ;)
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
Evening all
Just read Joe's blog and I see Renault's new team principal has twice run Franck in the junior formulae.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/renault-f1s-new-team-principal/
Hi Steven
Interesting info...
Merry Christmas STEEEEEVEN
I am stunned by that video. I can't believe they have no clean room discipline at all. They have an autoclave in an area with milling machines and they have people wandering around in outdoor clothes and most of them are just spectating. There also doesn't seem to be anywhere to lay-up the carbon fibre in the first place. I am very confused.
I want to know how Gillett manged to lose £20 million digging a hole and knocking down a bridge.
Someone threw away my leftover pizza that was in fridge and the the cafe downstairs is closed.
Already not looking good for my decisions. But I'm gonna be stubborn and stick to 'em!
If the track's not usuable then it's lost a lot of value until it is again
It's a ruse ;)
Lookshardly better than John Britten's backyard which produced the winning Britten motorcycles some years back. There is no ways that USF1 will have anything like the radicalness of Britten's designs to augment a production facility like that.
But he only had the lease which has now reverted to the Wheatcrofts. I have no idea how much he raised but he managed to spend all of it plus £20 million doing very little.
I always assumed they were going to do the basics rather than try to do a Britten.
John Britten was just so radical in his design that I can think that the only other racing designer to compare was Jim Hall.
It looks like Branson is not the only airline boss who likes to wear female clothes. Maybe if his team beat Notus Fernades won't be so embarrassed weraing a stewardess's outfit. Tweeted by grandprixdiary.
http://grandprixdiary.com/2009-grand-prix-drivers/a-christmas-treat-from-lotus
is lukeh around?
Haven't seen him. He hasn't commented for a couple of hours
He said hello a little while ago
*checks filter*
Yup, 16:41
okay i have no signal so can't text him.. wanted to ask him something about his phone. will tweet him instead :)
Weird!!!!!!
Merry Chrismas everyone!!
My parents gave me part of the Spa trip for Chrismas #happyKathi
Woo hoo! Nice
Merry Christmas
Kathi!! hello! :) how are you?
awesome! :D
Hi Kathi.
You've landed
I ate too much. And there will be more fun tomorrow and the day after tomorrow too. Being German is hard work ;) but otherwise I am great.
What have I missed (besides the obvious)?
Happy Xmas Kathi!
I can think only some videos on YouTube showing something on USf1 - not hugely convincing.
I'm on vacation starting.... NOW! And won't be back until Jan. 4th. Hope everyone has a great holiday and may the F1 news be light. Later all!
Bah, USF1 will rule them all! ;)
Just define them! I think Bernie was very wrong to so publically question whether they will be on the grid, but then he said Schumi will be World Champion next year!
hey ya :)
oooh.
you missed the sidepodparty :(
I'm about now, have been seeing to a friend. Wassup?
if franck beat schumacher, i might insist she marry him.
...at williams hq.
At Williams?
;)
I hear they have a simulator
i tweeted you about it no worries. Dad was looking at 2 phones in the orange catalogue and one looked liked yours which wouldn't suit him at all... just wanted to make sure i was advising him to get the best phone for him.
This is the second time in a week that Mr C has suggested divorcing Christine. I think he is trying to say something.
I am getting that hint.
Ah. Although you've already advised, further word to help - my phone is rrrrrrrrubbish. :P
Although it texts and phones and accesses twitter/sidepodcast. Thats enough for me! Just has the reliability of a chocolate teapot.
Just saw Dank's tweet about the car on ice. Why would anyone jump out of a car that was going to crash at 3mph? And why do it when it is going backwards? Stupid people. I think it is a set up.
to risky to setup, no? looks like they try to stop it with their feet.
Do you think Mr C has a crush on Claire Williams?
I know that he does!
It seems odd that they both bailed at the same time and that the camera was tracking them. I have seen lots of videos of cars crashing on ice and never seen anyone get out.
The only reason the car was sliding in the first place is that his foot was jammed on the brake and all the wheels were locked.
ahh, could very well be then. seems odd that the person was filming at all i guess.
I swear Christine is super human.. I post a blog and within a few moments she has commented on it.
<3's Christine :)
yes :(
I have
Santa appears to now be wearing rather stylish sunglasses, grown a bit of a stubble and generally looking awesome.
You should blog more :)
They found a very good photo here when reporting on Schumacher getting the Mercedes drive over Heidfeld.
http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-90348-heidfelds-zukunft-ungewiss-schumachers-opfer.html
Translated the article says Nick has not much chance of a drive next year - they basically rule out a seat at either Renault or Sauber, Renault in particular seem to need a pay driver and Sauber is not in a much better situation.
:) it's harder to blog during term time cause it feels like if you've got extra time you aren't working hard enough. However during the holidays its a little easier. i have a few more things i'd like to blog about before the end of the holidays :)
Nice to see you, to see you nice!
Everyone should. :)
it's worrying i can't find my camera... i've found the case but i've no idea where the camera is... *gulp* this is not a good feeling...
Just read an article about Kamui Kobayashi where he says he is not an aggressive driver but a gentle driver and prefers to use strategy to get results.
Woohoo! Look forward to reading them!
He better be.
panic over i found my camera. thank goodness
thank god!!
i was nearly in tears... it's the first time i've 'lost' my camera and it's going to be the last.
It was not quite how I saw him - and definitely not your typical Japanese driver. Although it does not look very hopeful I think were Nick to go to Sauber it would help Kamui a lot. Kamui certainly made the strategy work well at Abu Dhabi
Phew!!
Oh no :( thank god you found it then
yes. if his strategy is "moving around in the breaking zone", i suppose that's true.
Can I make an early new year's resolution? Next year I promise to buy gifts based on how easy I reckon they will be to wrap....
That was his first race - he looked much more in control during Abu Dhabi - certainly that is what I remembered.
merry christmas all :D
Merry Christmas Amy :)
Daimler workers are very UNHAPPY about the Schumacher second coming - especially the 7 million or 20 million pound contract (depending on who you read). Their spokesperson Uwe Werner said that the workers simply do not understand why they are on shorted work shifts and the team is spending millions on Michael Schumacher. I guess they did not understand that it all relates to the Petronas sponsorship - which is fairly massive and more than covers Schumi's package.
mr lukeh, how does one say merry christmas in welsh? I know you commented it the other day :D
Nadolig Llawen :)
hooray! That will go nicely with the welsh flag I gave my mum. We are trying to decide whether we should put up her new welsh one or my new finnish one :D
happy christmas :)
I am having a lovely morning here in the future, I got both the things I wanted and then some. My brother gave me 49 chocolate fish!
mmmm marshmallow.
hehe :) i love that you live in the future :D
what did you get? (sorry if you've mentioned what you were hoping for previously)
49??? that's... alot.. they do sound yummy though.
49 chocolate fish, Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont...
*dances*
the two things I wanted were my finnish flag and my roger federer cap. Along with those and the chocolate fish I also got another block of chocolate and a lovely cookbook and some cash. It's an awful lot of fish, its a whole box!
awesome!! :)
can you bring some of those fish with you when you come to england? they sound yummy :)
Do we have a picture of the Finnish flag?
Wooo merry christmas Amy.
(I'm very tempted to humbug all you crazy future people taunting me with Christmas joy though.... :P)
I shall take some pictures once we run it up the flag pole :D
I am currently trying to find the point on the video from giggles house when he introduced everyone so I can show my mum all you crazy folk.
Ah yes. Hi Amy's Mum!
she says hi
and here is a picture of a flag. I would go and change it to the finnish one but I can't remember how to put a flag on a flag pole, I haven't done it for about 10 years.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07336-jpg
My dog got impatient and opened her Xmas present of three tennis balls and has managed to put one under the fridge and bounce another on top of a rather high cupboard.
for all those david tennant fans, he's on QI this evening :)
He is taking over this Christmas.
Is he just doing the rounds or something before he *sobs* leaves dr who?
Still, any david tennant is good by me :P
If you take that one down, you can see how it was put up! That tends to be my logic at any rate.... :P
Santa has reached Kenya now.
that is good logic. my other reason not to is I am quite comfy in my chair and going outside involves getting up. Booo. Here I am in my hat, stealing a pose from Mr C :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07339-jpg
Excellent hat!
This is why a lot of my stuff is broken and yours isn't!
now we just have to cross our fingers he actually gets to the final so I get to wear it when I am there. But he always gets to the final because he is awesome.
Haaaaaaappy Christmas!! I'm in such a good mood :D yaayyy
How is everyone today?
Ho, ho, ho.
MC Amy.
in my last photos for now, here is a box of fish
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07340-jpg
and here is inside the box. There are 7 layers!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07341-jpg
Om nom nom nom
:D hehe i can cope with a david tennant christmas :)
Is it renamed Davidmas now?
Is he trying to make his present last until next Christmas?
hehe probably.However i think it means the recording i watched of QI is on next week (fingers cross) :)
I think that was the plan, he went to some amazing bulk shop and bought huge amounts of food. My dad got 3kg of wine gums.
Oooooooooh. Will have to hear out for screaming then. :P
hello, i was telling a friend about you the other day... she was talking about wanting to make gingerbread houses and i thought it wrong not to mention your skills.
that's crazy! but also yummy
:D awesome. we're not sure what to make this year. but it will be amazing :D
hush! i didn't scream when i saw QI.. i may be a fan of Mr Fry and Mr Davies but i'm not that much of a fan ;)
what about the london eye #alwaysambitious ;)
it's on the list ;)
I really wanted to go on the London Eye when I was down.... It looks super fun :(
London Eye is awesome. It blew my mind!
it'll be there for ages, you's got plenty of time
I'll say it again until you make it
La Sagrada De la familia!!
:P
it's awesome. I've been on it twice and both times i loved it. It's also amazing to take photos of as an entire AS photography sketchbook i completed proves :)
heeeeehehehe. we did consider it, but we cant get the shape exactly right. we're really piccy
Nick wouldn't let me play on it :(
and by amazing i mean endless scope to take pics of... not.. that the photos were amazing.. many really weren't..
booo nick #dumped
awwwww :(
I want to know how Gillett manged to lose £20 million digging a hole and knocking down a bridge. {Comment #290}
Simple: the hole is in the wrong place, at the wrong time and handled the wrong way...
...and Simon managed to lose a lot of goodwill.
Well that's just rrrrrrubbish
Amy, since you've been to Singapore, did you go on the Singapore flyer?
I did not, during F1 week because its pretty much inside the circuit they put the prices up about 200 percent.
ouch
:( awww #badtimes
This is the second time in a week that Mr C has suggested divorcing Christine. I think he is trying to say something.
I am getting that hint. {Comment #324}
The hint I get is that Mr C might benefit from some marital etiquette classes, if any exist in your area...
many things are forgiveable in a relationship, but not that! ;)
bet you're pleased you surprised me with london eye tickets lukeh? :P
Cool. I'll tell him it was your idea. On Christmas day and everything... Now that's class....
#browniepoints
thats OK, he is in an Islamic country. #nochristmasfornick
I'm just glad I found the flippin' tickets machine
Yeah, he's a bit delusional. He seems to think it's Christmas now #lies
no hes right about that. You would know that too if you were in this country as planned :P
ouch!
Just read an article about Kamui Kobayashi where he says he is not an aggressive driver but a gentle driver and prefers to use strategy to get results. {Comment #342}
He's not a gentle driver? Glad I'm not watching many drivers the writer considers aggressive then - there's a definite edge to Kamui's style that looks Hamilton-esque, both in terms of advantages and disadvantages...
Oh dear. I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of you :P
I feel I am being mean this morning! oh no! Christmas love to all. Maybe even some hugs.
Look what I did :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07342-jpg
Quite possibly the only time it will ever be on a flag pole, I certainly don't have one at home :D
i heart
#sorrynick?
I'm loving the flag though :D
does this mean your parents have a flag pole?
love it!
awesome! :D
Excellent!!
That is fantastic
Evening all. Anyone else watching the wonderful Victoria Wood?
sadly not, i'm editing photos :)
I watched something about her on the iPlayer this morning.
Christmas for Nick!
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas Nick!
Happy Christmas :)
WHAT!!!!!!
I said i wanted to go on it in daytime not night!
Plus you were drunked!
Catch it on iPlayer then :)
!!!!
What happened to the Christmas spirit eh?
heheh. awwww.
You don't get Christmas, remember....
what's wrong with going on it at night? it's beautiful!! :)
I so doo... so far I have eaten too much and drunk a lot whilst listening to Christmas songs...
I just need a mountain of chocolate and i am there!
will do :)
I want to do it in the day if i do it, plus it was nearly time for the last train, and somone decided skipping was equaly as fun!
#innocent!
It was so you wasnt it ;)
you should have gone on a sunset flight.. then you get the best of both worlds ;)
You're just making this up now....
It was 11pm!
I can do a lot of things, but I cant control the sun! :P
I am a novice, she had to teach me!
you couldnt skip!?!?
ahh fair enough :)
not at racing speeds!
I remember!! We had a game of guess how much it costs (which I won!!). Then you said it was just for tourists and that you refused to be a tourist. I was pretty pished though....
you do know you're allowed to go more than once?
you could go in the daytime, and the nighttime, in the snow, and when it's sunny.
am sure they don't dna test ya
It was about 40 quid for the 2 of us!
They should really have let us on for free...
ah-ha.
Ok... how about a trip to the top of the worlds tallest building if its open by then as compensation?
Its Xmas here in Cape Town!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/red-xmas-greetings-from-sa-jpg
happy xmas.
(how come everyone gets it before us?)
But you get it for longer when we are all done ;)
ahh true.
Happy Christmas...
Hang on aren't you on or near the 0 line (GMT and all that)?
Mind you, so is a hefty chunk of France... and that is a whole other story that is not christmassy at all...
17 degrees east of Greenwich - so we are ahead by 2 hours!
Did you measure it?
Oh,
OK.
Mulled wine?
Actually I was wrong it is exactly 18 degree 37 minutes and 30 seconds to be precise!
Do you want any proof?
I have just been performing minor surgery. Mr C can't be trusted to clean out his own ears.
Merry Christmas everyone!
:D
hmmm yum! first mince pie this year :) om nom nom
:D
No live stream?
not my fault, cheap arsed cotton bugs.
thank you mrs c, for ensuring i avoid casualty on xmas eve.
i started in october :D
Mum made a load of her own when I got in from work. They were scrumptious! First ones of the year for me too :)
Oooh, plug: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/12/24/the-mince-pie-competition/
#notchristmas
Praps no divorce just yet then.
(hearts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77luhmO8vY&feature=player_embedded
:D
hehe mum has just got a load out of the oven. She cooks a few christmas eve and will then cook the rest tomorrow with other things like sausage rolls etc, and my aunt brings cheesy fan bites... yum christmas snack lunch while opening pressies is awesome! christmas 'dinner' comes at like 5 :) #goodtraditions
:D
Not pleasant.
your mince pies look amazing!!!
I'm throwing my toys out of the pram due to this useless, rubbish, woeful, murderously bad computer. So goodnight. Bah hamburg.
Humbug, darn that football.
Nah, not really, have a great day. And do enjoy my christmas present to you all, Santa Glock : http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-from-only-one-timo-glock/
Night RG.
Merry Christmas!
:) it's not the nicest thing ever.. but the results are yummy :)
yay...
We haven't had any - and what I had in the cupboard turned out to be the last couple of jars of last years chutney not last years mincemeat...
Made a lot of fruit cake though... and marron glace...
More pluggage, F1 Minute: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/12/24/24-dec-09-formula-1-reacts-to-schumacher-comeback/
It seems your dad knows how to judge these sort of contests.
Points for taking part.
Merry Xmas RG
My dog's p___ off because she waited to see Norad Santa but it missed Cape Town so she's taken herself off to bed!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/santa-missed-cape-town-jpg
GAVIN!!!
SANTAS IN DENMARK!
:-(
I had a thought though - there is no need to live comment Norad Santa on here... cos we could be our own 'its christmas' announcers for the globe (or as near as darn it!).
That's true, we're doing a pretty good job so far.
While i was out yesterday i popped into my aunt's house to see her new puppy... i'm not usually a dog kinda person, but he is kinda adorable
photo 1
photo 2
i thought i should share the cuteness.. :)
Aww, that first picture is brilliant.
Evening again everyone I got very distracted just after I arrived...
Just about to record the final http://gigglesadvent.com for tomorrow :)
it's one of the only photos i managed to get where he wasn't a blur.. i swear he's faster than an f1 car!
you'll not know what to do with yourself tomorrow :(
I'll probably open some presents as a consolation prize!
Time for bed, I am knackered. if I don't popup in the comments tomorrow, have a really lovely day in whatever way you celebrate christmas :) most of all, enjoy yourselves and have fun!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sidepodcast-jpg
merry christmas everybody :) goodnight!
Simply adorable!!
night lukeh :) have a great day
awwwww! :)
merry christmas! night :)
wwwwwwooooooooow!
Awww, yay for Lukeh!
Merry Christmas :)
So has everyone had a good day?
yes. i should be in hospital, but christine is my saviour.
I think I'm going to need to read back the comments!
how did said cotton-bud-related-incident happen?
I am good. Trying my very first Snowball. Undecided.
just fell off the little stick thing.
stupid design.
Merry Christmas.
Santa brought rain. Yay Santa.
My hound moves the whole time so very difficult to photograph - either totally asleep or totally demented!
ah yeah, that is annoying. i was went to the doctors with a really bad ear ache, she looked in it and said "you've either got an infection or a cotton bud is stuck in there"
helpful
Lurcher?
As in the drink presumably?
heheeheh!
I think it's a bit harsh to blame them when they say, "do not stick in your ears" on the pack
Yes. I have never been tempted to eat actual snow.
You weren't putting it in your ear were you?? You shouldn't.... Not just because of potential accidents but it inflames the ear canal. If you're using it to remove wax, you're just aggravating the wax problem long-term....
alex has a story about that...
It's also a foodstuff involving marshmallow and coconut i think....?
It could have been you trying to make your first snowball... for a fight?
ummm. what should you do then? i wear in-ear headphones a lot.
She is actually a quarter Jackal - hence a curiosity that absolutely knows no bounds and totally fearless!
who read's instructions?
and what about ear plugs?
i am back. Yes, my parents do have a flag pole. Apparently its what you do when you live by the sea because all the neighbours have them too.
Could have been. Seems unlikely though. We don't go outside.
yup, them too.
This one http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2009/07/visiting-doctor.html
he he :)
Leave them alone. It'll feel worse for a couple of weeks, then your ears should reach a natural equilibrium. The inflammation from the bud causes more wax to be secreted. If you stop using the buds, your ears need less wax and all is well....
bingo ;)
why would anyone make or sell them then?
I have found this to be surprisingly true. I used to use buds all the time. And then after my incident I have stopped completely. And it's much better.
They are supposedly for babies.
oh.
but do you wear headphones a lot?
To do what?
I would say for about 8 hours a day.
oh.
doesn't it annoy you?
I don't know. I do know that the origional name for them was "baby gays"... (as in to make baby happy stop snickering at the back)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_buds
The ones for babies have a huge huge bulbous bit so you can't actually fit them in ears though....
yes, :D this evening has been the best christmas present anyone could give me... time to go through all the photos that have been taken since 1/2 term :)
which means... *ehm*.. i have a few new photos on my flickr! :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/
No honestly Alison is right. I stopped it was horrible for about a month and then it was much better.
I didn't just make it up!! It's the truth. You should try it Mr C. It might take about 2/3 weeks of unpleasantness but then you'll be free from the bud.
Hoorah! Wireless printer only took 11 minutes to recognise that i was talking to it.
grrr.
This is what you get for using another printer for 3 months
i may do that.
me too. sounds like a plan
And as Mr C is somebody who has often told people off for being reckless with their hearing he seems like an ideal person for this experiment.
I would like not to have to perform minor surgery again.
This is another benefit of my programme. Maybe I should be a doctor after all.... :P
agreed. tis news to me that a) they fall off b) they're bad for ya.
I don't like this snowball thing.
more for me?
Don't blame you... nasty eggy stuff mixed with indeterminate lemonade so that it curdles....
:P
eew that sounds horrible.
I lie, it's printing out my brothers stuff. grrr
Yum yum yum.....
It is... and I thought that long before I stopped contact with the ovoid items!
Mulled wine is nice... but requires cooking (unless you buy the one from M&S that just needs heating, because you can zap it in the microwave if you have one)... alternatively you could try mulled cider... which is much nicer but really needs scrumpy to work...
Really reaaly like this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4211344473/
you're wrong.
thank you :)
and this one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4211347983/
:D don't tell my mum i went outside and took photos though... i was meant to be revising..
.. i call it revising for next year ;)
Welll...thats something you dont see every day...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8430118.stm
your mum is mental.
who makes anyone revise on xmas eve?
Those last two shots are saleable though - so preparation for real life??
So the last Advent is now uploading... Thanks for everyone who encouraged me to start and keep going with it. A five joke special for Christmas day just for you lovely people...
not even my mum is that mean! i took it last week..like friday i think?..
ahhhhhh. hehe, sorry!
exactly :) hehe and thank you for saying they are saleable :) makes me very happy.
Proper advent calendars don't have a window for the 25th, so thanks for the bonus :)
they don't?
This one!! It was a normal morning here!
Mine does and I've had it since I was 2. I didn't know it wasn't proper though.
Not traditionally. Chocolate ones started doing it though. You can even buy them that go up to new year.... Traditional advent is up to the 24th though.
note it wasn't a chocolate one.
Um... DD2's has a 25th window. As does the Charlie and Lola one that sold out ages ago and made her very unhappy... They aren't chocolate ones so are definately 'normal'.
:D hehehehe :)
Advent ends on the 24th, so why have a door for the 25th?
Mine has a picture of some people around a manger or some such ;)
dunno. mine always have, and ours will do tomorrow.
It is normal now. The 25th doesn't constitute advent. It honestly never used to get a window. It is commonplace now though.
Ours isn't proper either then :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar#Modern_calendars
YW.
Now - do you have 12 shots that could reflect a 'year'? I'm thinking Cafepress calenders and/or a birthday card range...
Bah Humbug.
Bring back the Blue Peter Advent Crown I say!
Hehe you want us all to burn alive? :P
it brings us all great joy as we watch our pastor burn himself whilst lighting each candle each week
now that is a very good question... probably not knowing me.
Proving it's very open to interpretation: The progression of the season may be marked with an Advent calendar, a practice introduced by German Lutherans. At least in the Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican calendars, Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the Sunday between November 27 and December 3 inclusive.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent)
Get thee out and taking pictures then!
Not right now, obviously. Its cold. And dark. And only 10 minutes to christmas day.....
apparently.. santa is in london now....
He's been at Harrods since November 7th....
:D
Anyway I wanted jokes on Christmas day. So I declare tomorrow open for jokes :)
I leave you now. It is bedtime...
With this final thought...
Why did Alex go to bed?
Because he wanted to be in bed when Santa comes...
Night!
he's cutting it a bit fine
ooh cant wait for the last one. I cant believe its not christmas for you yet, I am about to sit down to lunch. I took a photo of the mint sauce for lukeh
Well the way I think of it is this - you open the doors on the calendar on days 1-24 and then on the 25th you open your presents :D
Advent in one sense is based on the Sundays preceding Christmas. If Christmas was a Sunday, it wouldn't be included in Advent though. The 25th never constitutes a part of Advent....
you cannot sleep now??
:) night Alex! :) Merry Christmas
The First Narnia Film (new version) is on the iplayer. How strange
He doesn't come before midnight surely?? He comes sometime after I go to bed and before about 8am. Before midnight would be wrong!
I have pre-published the daily to try and help with all the merry christmassing. http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/24/daily-25th-december-2009/
G'night Mr G. Have a great day :)
Santa has to... Um... there is some arranging that needs doing... that Santa asked me to help him with...
It was on this afternoon.
And I had to suffer it (they've mucked around with the story. And with the war!!)
are you an elf?
LUKEH
I did my training at an elf farm
i've never seen such a big film on the iplayer!
Would you like a chat with DS1 about this... he's very clear about the possibility of actually living at the north pole....
i refuse to wish you merry christmas early. so you'll have to wait until morning ;)
:D :D
I feel like going into a new daily would be breaking some sort of moral code
fair enough... no stocking for you.
Anyway... honestly... I must go... ish... ;)
It's just so it is there when the midnight hour is at hand. Instead of appearing at ten past and us having to move all the comments.
ah ok :) clever idea
Alex did it first!! He carries a demeanor of authority so it must be okay :P
:D hehehe giggles = michael mcintyre & and elf?... best.day.ever! :P
I like this...