It's been a day of strange goings on, as Donington Park announced they would be making the 2010 British GP car free. It's not what you think, they want spectators to arrive by public transport, but this is just a bizarre thing to ask for of people attending a motorsport event.
- What is going through Donington Park's mind? Do they realise that when they say "We don't want any cars here," that it could happen to a much higher degree?
- Word on the street is that the FIA are going to say no to Bernie's medal scheme. They can be sensible sometimes, then.
- Elsewhere in the Sidepodcast universe, we have somehow come up with Sidepodland, the land where those who clicked 'none' on their Fantasy Racers profile can choose to live. There needs to be a flag designed, so get your thinking and artistic caps on.
- The shuttle is beginning to say its goodbyes and get ready to depart from the ISS, so Sidepodspace updates are very important.
Please don't forget that this list is not exhaustive by any means. I'll be in the comments just waiting to hear what you have to say, so come up with something good. See you there.
About Donnington...all i'll say is...i'll believe it when i see it...
they have an insurmountable problem.
they were in "denial", this is now "bargaining", eventually they'll reach to "acceptance" and we'll either go back to s'stone, or there will be no BGP no more.
to be honest i won't believe it until the race is finished and everyone gets home in one piece. even then i'll be suspicious.
i wonder if they're actually planning to bus everyone around with blackout windows and then decorate silverstone to look similar to donington?
how will we tell the difference, they're both ramshackle venues anyhow :)
are we still playing I spy?
yup. jordan came up with a fiendishly difficult answer, and the clues aren't helping :(
ah i see.... is it still the 'c' from yesterday? (i should really read back through the comments shouldn't i?)
Yowzers. Let's hope that doesn't happen. :O
If they'll say no to that, what did Bernie get from them in exchange? Things are never quite what they seem... :)
he could do with a bob or two.
sidepodspace update
The shuttle is scheduled to undock from the ISS at 0947EST / 1447GMT Friday. There is some flyaround time scheduled presumably for inspection of the shuttle then the final separation is due at 1220EST / 1720GMT.
Assuming the weather is OK the de-orbit burn will take place Sunday at 1215EST / 1715GMT with the landing taking place at Kennedy Space Centre at 1318EST / 1818GMT.
Here’s what was picked:
Cabin
crew
Cepheid
Castor
Canopy
chair
camber
So far Steven Roy seems to be the closest with “Castor.”
NO one has asked for any clues.....And I have asked "me" to think OUTSIDE the box.
Okay, since "Lou" is here this should be quick. My clue is, head inbound for 1 of 2 and head outbound for 1 of 12.
i did... i said i need lots of 'em.
Did Christine get my E-mail?
er.....
i wish that made sense to me...
oh wait a second... castor is one of the brightest stars in the night sky right?....
i have no idea. when did you send it?
Yes, but you are making assumptions...
November 28th, 2008 at 1:09 amme said:
Did Christine get my E-mail?
i have no idea. when did you send it?
About 7 minutes ago....
lol i was just wondering where i had heard Castor before. i'm still no closer to figuring out what your clue means :P
I though I heard of it as some type of crappy tasting oil, and also as a brand of motor oil that is availible in North America...
Yay! My flag design is flying over drop io now!
Am off to get some sleep now. Good luck with the guessing everyone
toughest one yet.
me gotta crash too.
Okay Jordan:
Cancer and Polix make up Gemini (1 of 2)
Gemini is one of the 12 members of the Zodiac. And the next member is Cancer.
So Cancer?
And I'll also say Crab in case you're being specifically obtuse. ;)
Morning all,
My odyssey to New Zealand starts in two hours - so I won't be around until Monday at least. I'm nervous and excited for the trip but it's such a long way!
About Donington, yes I will believe it when I see it (it used to be my local circuit and it's a fantastic place). But guys, those of you who have been to the 'stone know how bad the roads are and how bad it is to get in and out of the place. Donington doesn't have very good roads around it and any planned would take years to construct. So it might be quite a smart idea to lease a huge field or two and get people to take buses in and out of the circuit - you would relieve a lot of congestion that way.
Yeah I know it sucks that you can't take a car in but if it works, it will look super good to a lot of different groups. However, if we get muddy fields, dodgy buses and 20-pound+ price tags for this service, it will be a disaster!
See you all after the weekend :-)
all the best :)
do they have net connections on those things yet, or what in the world will you be doing all that time?
you have a backup plan, i like it ;)
Cheers!
Yeah I will have the 'net over there - NZ is not that behind in technology and stuff ... just that I hear that my family have all these plans for me so I may not post here much. I leave in half an hour and arrive on Sunday night which is why I won't be posting here. It's a really long flight! :-(
Righto, must dash as I have to check my packing and stuff... have a great weekend all and I'll try and post next week
Gavin
actually, i meant on the flight over :)
Shouldn't you have left by now? :-D
I've done a blog entry detailing how you could do Donington Park by public transport. To be honest, the service is not too bad now, except that the final 1.9 miles from the airport to the circuit has no regular service. So if they just bridged that bit it would help a lot (though if I go there on my own, I expect to walk anyway).
My comment mentioning my entry on getting to Donington Park by public transport is in moderation. Since I'm probably the commenter living nearest the circuit, I figured that I ought to help out somehow.
Righto, must dash as I have to check my packing and stuff… have a great weekend all and I’ll try and post next week {RubberGoat - 5 comments ago}
Have a great time, RubberGoat.
Cancer... Crab... Hmmm... Didn't me use that already? Would Jordan repeat it? :)
See this is why I have to read every comment!
There is a page on the wiki for all the i spy answers so far... i'd link to it, but i'm at school, and school and the wiki don't mix :(
Ah thanks Lou!
Alex:
1) The twins are Polix and Castor.
2) Cancer the Crab was used by myself the last time I was ISpying. The Universe is big enough that I do not have to repeat myself.
3) I am evil enough to pick something similiar, and now you have the closest guess.
4) FINAL CLUE: Yes, this should feel like deja vu, but now invert.
is it Capricornus?
I knew Lou would not let me down....its your turn.
Lou figured that the 1 of 2 meant the two topics... and Cancer was taken... (right?)
erm... yes.. that's how i figured it out... it wasn't a guess at all :P
I kinda figured that there were only 2 zodiac constellations beginning with 'C' Cancer was one of them.. so i thought i would guess Capricornus :D
woot!
ok
I spy with my sidepodeye something beginning with 'L'
"Land" ?
nope.
"Leo" ?
niether Land nor Leo ;)
"Libra"?
anyway, i'm off. My free has ended and i want to go make myself a cup of tea in the common room :D i'll leave you to think about what you can see from the ISS beginning with 'L' :) back later
that would have been a good one to use, since it's my star sign. sadly i'm not that clever.
"Lepus"
Evinin' all.
Leo Miner? Leo? Lynx?
Just thought i'd drop you guys a quick message via mobile while on the bus home. Over in rlb land one of the guys over has started work on a request i made - a Sidepodcast roleplay template :d. Im gonna do a couple of season previews for our f1 and indycar games and try to keep it similar to how you guys do the live shows. Plus i figured you guys could use some extra promotion among a fairly large motorsport based community. :)
sidepodspace update
I just had a great view of the shuttle and station flying over my house. The sky was totally clear and the shuttle was just ahead of the station. That is the first time I ever saw the shuttle fly over. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera or even binocuars with me but the station is still obviously the station.
Greetings Everyone.
I have just concluded that 'me" is none other than that Great underachieving Frenchman of F1, Olivier Panis.
My reasons are Elementary...
1) Christine likes underachieving Frenchmen in F1 for some reason. (Bourdais, Montagney).
b) The last underachieving Frenchman in F1 before Montagney was Panis, and Christine never talked about Panis.
I find that in itself, strange.
2) Panis no longer races in F1 at the same time, "me" shows up with Christine. They are obivously having a relationship. But Christine has eyes only for underachieving Frenchmen ....
3) Me is really not to crazy about Montreal. I did inivte him over. Panis, has a damn good reason not to be too crazy about Montreal....
4) No good reason for me's cover name has yet been advanced. Panis would have a good reason to cover his ID as ton of people would come down on Sidepodcast HQ looking for autographes, and the surname "Panis" is only a letter change away from something a little crude in English....
5) Panis has beeen very quite of late. Very easily to do that when you are sitting behind a computer all day....
Conclusion, Chrisitne has married Olivier Panis!.
Shouldn't 'me' have a French accent in that case?
No. The Montreal Walls also took away his French accent as well as his legs. Have you not figure out that the concrete walls in Montreal are just pure evil yet?
Murray Walker interview with crash radio
Murray's thoughts on Max Mosley, The FIA and stewards in 2008 and then discusses his opinion in detail on the drivers for 2009.
http://www.crash.net/radioplayer/radioplayer.asp?radioURL=4486.wma
Had an amazing day today. I'll let 'Me' fill you all in when he eventually gets back...
Don't tell Christine but if Autosport is right diGrassi is not getting the Honda drive. At the time of the test we knew that Senna gt closer to Button's time that di Grassi did but what we didn't know was that each day Button was sent out to do a benchmark time for the test drivers to aim at. So Senna was genuinely 0.3 seconds faster despite it being his first experience of a modern F1 car. Honda also wanted to assess the technical feedback from the drivers and reports suggest that Senna was on the same level despite diGrassi having done over 2000 miles of testing for Renault.
So Senna was faster, as good technically, and has that name. Also he can only get better because he hs so little experience. So it looks like the drive is between Senna and Barrichello.
Oh and Honda are dumping the earthdreams nonsense for proper sponsors next season
Yeeyyy
wow i'm literally away for a couple of hours and all this happens...
they are dumping the earthdreams concept... :( i wanted to see what livery they could come up with next year :)
interesting... am hoping Honda choose the experienced driver :D
oooo sounds intriguing
nope none of those
Whatever happened, I'm already jealous.
Found it.
Red Bulletin lives on. Sort of: http://www.red-bullog.com/2008/11/28/red-bulletin-lives-on/
That's not what we want though, is it?
:( it's not gonna be the same though...
Hi Lou, do you time now?
Not really. Blokey from Red Bull (who used to work on the Red Bulletin) said that the magazine had run it's course anyway and they didn't want to run it for more than a couple of seasons.
Hey Kathi, am a little busy with some of my photography atm (have to met my teacher in a few days and am no where near ready) :(
no problem.
http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/11052/1/
Anyone seen this??
A driver actually likes Bernies Medals thing, admittidly he's not a current driver, by any stretch of the imagination. Jos Verstappen ladies and gentlemen, and the first person who even breaths the words "Minardi DNA" will get me all rialled up!! lol
You finished second from last in the karting :D It is you innit, and only kidding mate :D sounds like a stunner
HALLELUJIAH
...
Liked Verstappen as a driver, but talking nonsense. The team who are now Minar, I mean Toro Rosso :D
Dont even.... :P
:D
that is harsh :)
What is it that everyones talking about?!?
dan took on mark webber in a karting challenge. he didn't exactly kick arse :D
seeing as we're in a meet n' greet mood today:
http://sidepodcast.wetpaint.com/page/Autosport+International
yay! :D
soo... does anyone have any ideas about what's in space and begins with 'L' that they can see from the ISS?
Kicking a guy who is down and can not even escape becasue his leg is broken is not really sporting even by Dick Dastardly standards....
Boy, Jos is clearly not the Boss of this sences. I guess that Benetton pitlane fire really rattled him up, either that or of course, Minardi DNA does some funky stuff to some people and cars.
ooooh, haven't caught up with comments yet. you figured it out? go you.
Is it in the solar system?
there are many in the solar system :D
:D
Shuttles?
beginning with 'L'??
Light bulbs?
clever.. but no
I'm not very good at this, first Ecclestone under F, and now this.
Little Shuttles??
LED's ?
Oui, says R.G. silly anglais... Les Shuttles.... :P
nope.
XD nope lol
nah.
Lights?
Do you have backslash-itis or is this some cunning code?
:D
not lights, no.
You guys are (generally) quite smart, I have 2 questions for you which i've been thinking about (some would too much)....
1) How does Jack Bauer never die??
2) How come Spy's never have to fill up with petrol??
Lupus?
I don't watch it, but I guess the same reason James Bond doesn't?
Divvin nae
I assume they run on 'film' fuel, unlimited but quite expensive.
Lyra ?
Same reason guns that hold 10 bullets can fire 350 without reloading
Life?
not Lupus or Lyra.
oooo i like it. it's not right, but it's very clever.
Do I need to give you guys a clue?
Looks like it.
Jack Bauer, Like James Bond, "never" appears to die since it is actually a Code Name. James Bond has been knocked off five times now (which explains why the current one has blond hair). I think it will be obvious that it is just a cover as supposedly the next one will be black.... (Will Smith)
2) The Spy's cars run on some top-secret explosive gas mixature known as Dihydrogen-Monoxide. Very dangerous stuff. Help RubberGoat get it banned.
His CIA contact Felix Leiter WAS black in one film and got a leg blown off in another
Its gotten to wikipedia
Light?
ok, well i know 'me' has at least one 'L', and i have about 4 'L's
nope not light.
lager?
haha no.
It appears to be a multiplicator by 2 counter, that displays the answer in backslashes....
Is the answer 'L',
Lacerta ?
thats very cryptic...and confusing....
ok...legs?
wait....that makes no sense
Are you implying that Lou is a cat or something? And Me is a pirate?
it certainly starts with 'L' :P
@Lou Michael McIntyre is on Live at the Apollo on BBC1 around 11 O'clock
lmao, noo not legs.
just realised that... lol
library books?
That is your clue? You learn well, young apprentice....
:o *goes to check sky +... it's on at 10:35 here :) but thank you :D
Looks like I'm back in time to be utterly confused. :)
One leg, a beard, an ancient mobile phone and an F1 hat. How has this guy managed to remain anonymous all this time?
how would i know if 'me' had a library book? no it's not a library book.
I thought the times may be different that was why I was vague
:D
Damn. Lakes?
Well. Lou said this.
and Jon said this
and I said this
I don't know anything he has begining with L apart from luck for today's little trip
Love intrests.
Yep, im stretching here.
Lou has 4 lakes? & only 2 duck?
Its like a mansion, do lords really need all that space?
i have 1 duck :( as of the Brazilian GP.
So, something that begins with L.
Land?
I was going to say limbs, but then realised thats no better than legs....its not my night tonight...
Its better than saying Shuttle.
she has 4 lands and he has 1?? hmm :P
i don't have 4 love interests. and no that's not the right answer.
I really need to read the comments back. :P
OOPS I forgot
I am thinking of some British community starting with Little for 2 of the four L's....
another clue - it's man made. :)
Locks?
nope, they can't see them from the ISS
'me' might have more than one 'L' btw. i just said i know he has one. :P
Lou knows 4 Languages?
Me knows 1 language?
Language, sorta man -made.
Can you go over what the thigns are again please, im completly lost.
You have 4, me has 1, you can see it from the ISS??
Ladies?
Laptop?
Maybe they have a lock on the front door in case a Martian burglar turns up.
it can be seen in/from the International Space Station. and the clue is
i have 4 and 'me' has at least one :)
Oh, we are sticking to the rules, cool. :P
nope,
Likes?
Lamps?
Lightsabers?
Levers?
Is Lou some sorta Star Wars fan?
not lamps or likes or lightsabers no...
never watched the films in my life.
Some say she was princess laya (sp)
Ye forgot one.
no not ladies. :/
Lenses?
yay!! well done Andy! your go!
Losing the plot.
Erm, loo (as in the term for toilet)
Limestone?
how can they be seen from the ISS?
confused
Didn't see that one.
Telescopes and that?
Ah, clever one.
That is a good one
they have cameras in the ISS...someone pointed out a picture of a guy holding a camera with the biggest lens earlier in the week :)
aaaah clever
Yes, It must be Lightsabres. I can just picture Lou as General Grievous.... using all four lightsabres....
Without wishing to sound like a Monty Python sketch. Number 7.....a lense.....a lense
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_international_space_statio.html
I have been moderated again. This time I was posting a link the 'me' has already poste showing a lens on the ISS.
Dom said:
Lenses?
Ah, clever one.
Oh, right, Lou wears glasses and 'me' has an eyepatch.... to go along with his peg leg and parrot.....
Got it.
haha :P
OK then - I Spy something beginning with S
Saturn?
Sidepodcast Doohickey :D
Is it a Star, Andy?
Sun?
Nothing celestial this time.
Space Shuttle
That would be SD, so no.
That's SS and Christine already used it, so no.
Some Minardi DNA ? :P
Run to the hills...
Funny...reaaaaally funny
Satilite ?
Before I run, Sedna
Is it Space?
I just saw my weekly wetpaint e-mail and the wiki did not make the wetpaint 500 this week. :(
A big sadness :(
Um, no.
Not Space, Satellite or Sedna
Is it a moon?
Scotland ?
Could someone please tell me how to make a page in the Sidepodcast wiki? Everyone else seems to have a profile there and I'd like one...
Solar System?
Didn't someone want Live at the Apollo??
Its just started. BBC1
Sure. Click on the SPC Regulars on the side, then just under it is Add Page function, then you can edit it.
I said nothing celestial.
Nope, nor Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain or any other country beginning with S.
No
hehe am watching it :D
i dun want to spoil it for Steven or anyone else who watches it later but, Michael McIntyre says he likes F1 or 'Grand Prix' as he puts it :D he is officially my favourite comedian! :D
Sidepodcast?
Space Junk?
Not even Serbia?!?
deffo :)
Sahara?
None of these either.
Senna....Bruno, not Ayrton (that would just be wierd)
Neither. It's not a person or a podcast, but it is man made.
Sandcastles?
Scunthorpe?
Seaside?
No. You're nowhere near.
Silverstone?
Nope, more space related than F1
socks?
spacesuits
No items of clothing either.
I have to see more of Rod Gilbert. Never heard of hims before but I laughed all the way through his act. For anyone who has no idea what I am on about he is a Welsh comedian who was on Live at the Apollo doing a brilliant act on buying duvets and performing for the forces in Iraq & Afghanistan.
omg he was hilarious wasn't he? the duvet bit was soooo funny my sides hurt. A great ep of Live at the Apollo :)
Some people can make anything funny. Who would have thought buying a duvet could provide so much material?
hysterical material XD