It's been a very long time since I was left in charge of covering daily duties, I was beginning to worry Christine no longer had faith in me. I shall not let the good ship Daily Post down though, despite very little happening in the F1 world.
Before dishing up a couple of noteworthy links, I would like to plug some site updates that have been consuming vast amounts of time these past few weeks. Ever since we introduced our first on site opinion poll the damn things have been causing us grief. As a result we've rebuilt the polling system from the ground up, it still has issues but it's good enough to make its debut today. I've sneaked a little poll into the bottom of this post (a first for the daily?), by all means give it a try and yell if you spot anything amiss.
- Felipe Massa made a triumphant return to competitive racing yesterday, finishing third in his own kart race, behind Michael Schumacher (bleugh) and the legend that is Liuzzi in second. A number of other F1 drivers took part in the event including Rubens Barrichello and those of an altogether lesser significance. After the event Massa was happy with his work "It was a great return to racing. I wish I could've won the race, but it was a victory to come from the back and finish where I finished. I felt 100 per cent and I'm ready for the next one." It looks like a fine day was had by all, and the action continues with a second race today.
- Joe's super pleased about the return of Canada to the calendar and speculates that it can open the right doors to allow for the reappearance of a Grand Prix in the USA. Formula One fans stateside deserve no less, so let's hear it for the achievements of race organisers in Montreal, and keep our fingers crossed for even more good news in the future.
- I struggled to find any notable news beyond the above and I'm still 18 links short of my daily quota. However, the eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the small "quote box" that appears further up the page. There's probably a fancy official name for it, but it beats me what that might be. We're playing around with the idea of highlighting small parts of an article, Christine is less sold on it than me, but do let us know if it works for you. What's the best way to give feedback you say? Why, a poll of course.
I believe that covers anything and everything that comes to mind. A certain lady seems to be on a mission to post more articles in a week than we normally do in a month, so keep an eye on the homepage for more updates throughout the day. As ever, let us know what you're up to, and don't forget to plug any blog posts you've published recently.
Welcome to my weekend
yay. it posted!
oh my goodness!!!!
theres a poll in teh active thread box!! thats cool, usually they dont show
hehe i suddenly realise why it took you longer than expected to write the daily.. it's a little longer than normal dailys with a poll too ;) good job mr c :)
OOPS
LUKEHHH!!!!! are you home yet??....
i'm also a really slow writer.
fixed :)
like me :)
woop
OOPS again wih the quote this time
ah-ha, i fix.
you didn't say happy birthday to all these people :P
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/birthdaytomorrow
Blamethe proofreader :)
What small quote box further up the page?
no idea who they are :)
new job then Steven? :P
will do.
oh! that. i thought it meant we could quote it..
Have you seen the number of typos I produce?
that Joel Coen guy, don't know why he made the list...
Would not the quote box work best on the left of the post so the post-text squared up to the right of it, instead of the ends of lines looking uneven/untidy to the left of the quote?
it's capable of doing both at the flick of a switch. should i try it?
ooh. interesting idea though.
CS Lewis?
you know you want to
from morse?
*puts head in handd*
Yes.
have done it. i think it might need more work!
looks good. one little dot out of place doesn't matter too much
I think it does look tidier but the bulletpoint and text are a bit too much to the left.
He invented CS gas
agreed. will move it back and fiddle some more.
am wondering if all the text should be justified in order to make it work on both sides?
try it!!
hehe. that's sadly not a flick of a switch. it's fun to play around though.
Evening all! Not normally up this late...maybe I should think of stuff to write about in my Daily Post...
Did you know that Phil Collins has a song called "Trashin' The Camp" with 'N Sync? From the Tarzan soundtrack.
I'm a little Phil Collins obsessed, I have 231 purchased songs in my iTunes from the great man.
it's the best time of the day :)
i did not.
you're crazy!
this could be the only time until new year's...
Home and safe (finally)
yay! thank goodness.
very good evening, sir!
You made it. Well done. I blame Lou for you being so late
Woop woop!!
yay!! thank god! :)
good to hear
i didn't know you believed in god :P
drummers. what are you gonna do? (although it is a stretch to include me in that group when I haven't picked up sticks since I was in high school)
Is it just me but using this comment thing, I do not see the blockquote button or the preview button. My earlier blockquote, I had to do the tags myself.
I have checked with IE and Firefox and have been commenting via the post page rather than the Realtime page.
oh.. er... no.. i.. don't...
stop teasing me :P
you get my point ;)
me too..
ye
a bit off-topic, but i watched Bruce Almighty, a great film..
He comments here
save me Jebus!
I blame EVERYTHING. British Rail, greggs being disappointing, vandls, fire, Napoeleon, that guy in work who always wants me to serve him, EVERYTHING.
Except Lou.
:P
it's a temporary thing. you may find it easier using:
http://sidepodcast.com/realtime/
or
http://sidepodcast.com/livecommenting/
aww!
mouth on fire. chilli heatwave doritos. at least the dip is cool... at least hte bit not on my keyboard
Awwww
Not that i want to anger you further, but long train journeys at weekends = not a clever idea
MILK MILK
I want to know why they aren't teasing you!?!
Have never ever had a problem until today.
red wine
i always have problems on saturdays and sundays. they suck.
why was your train delayed?
Cheers.
:D hehehehehe
it might even be the next thing on me list. apologies for the extra hassle.
:)
Well first there was apparently vandalism on the track at Iver whereever the hell that is I'll go with Mr C's west london) and then there was 'serious signal failure' at Reading/Between reading and London and then there was fire beside the track before Newport station
Basically, it was just... ugh. I dunno. I'm just happy to not be on a train anymore. :(
They prioritise people most likely to be able to complain effectively ie. important angry weekday commuters.... All the engineering happens at the weekends. It's rrrrrrrubbish!
Not accustomed to this late hour...zzzz
ah yes the signal failure held my girlfriend up for ages too. . booo
Commuters = Money
Iver is Buckinghamshire. Near Slough
night chap.
night
tis silly. I've gone to London on trhe weekend plenty of times and never had a problem so they all came today at once!
I'm still here...but for how long is beyond me...
I dunno, bit of cold and it goes wrong.. ;-)
sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you dont, its v.annoying. have been back and forth enough now to not care too much unless i have to be somewhere for a certain time
hmm lets not mention how late i was today because of trains and their silliness at the weekend.. :( just a bad day for trains i think..
Need to get that teleporting device in the works me thinks
mmm. underground was especially bad
Just realised that the reviews will be coming out in book form and DVD soon!
i've not been a frequent train user. I hated having to go by someone else's schedule, so I'd drive everywhere. Until I started working in the centre of Sydney, then it became impossible.
I really started to like the trains, until summer hit properly.
people smell
I don't think any of you should be allowed to moan ever until you try to use trains slightly further north. The west coast line is criminal.
As in first great western?
I don't think any of you should be allowed to complain about trains until you have done a 25 hour trip on the Soviet rail system
After this evening I think I have at least the right for tonight to moan about trains! ;)
That's it. Sleepy time now!
My brother did a 3 day train journey across russian, all he could get was hot water, so lived off pot noodles
byeeeee
#disclaimer
in Australia, summer doesn't always wait for the calendar to reach the official month
I was gonna say, I'm used to SWT and they are reasonably okay on the Weymouth line... not that it is always plain sailing, but it could be far worse
Hot water and food. Luxury. We used to dream of hot water and food
bye
Night Lewis
wow!!
Hmmmm I've done a 12 hour trip from Manchester to Carlisle?
Oh my god a poll in the daily. This evening realy has gone to my head.
In December with 3 feet of snow on the ground
:D
night
that must have been some adventure!
Not really. Just sat there looking at pine trees and snow for a day.
In San Francisco, the trains have carpet and the seats are upholstered, which hold in the funk.
oh.. no good photos?
Right, bed calls. Will upload my photos tomorrow to prove to Alison that it wasn't just a big dream!
Adios
P.S, i've just discovered that my home swimming pool is now charging people to watch people swim (i.e parents)
How obserd
night
whha?? that's silly.
I don't think I took a single photo. I had spent 6 months in the Ukraine and their economy was so screwed up no-one would fly a plane into the country because there was no guarantee it would get refueled to get back out. So instead of a 2 hour flight to Moscow on a rickety old Aeroplop plane we had to take the train.
There really was nothing but pine trees next to the track as far as the eye could see for hour after hour after hour. The only gap in the trees for about 12 hours was a few hundred yards. There was a ramshackle house and an old woman with a basket of clothes wading through the snow to get down to the river to wash them.
night!
Night Jon
Theyve always done that at our local leisure centre :(
oh...
its quite obserd, at ours here anyone can watch as it's olympic size, so has one of those big balconys, but then it does cost me £5 to have cramp, so it's not all rosey
Most pools do this.
really? they never did when we were kids. pah
A fiver to swim?? Rip off!
really? i didn't think my local pool did it when i used to go there.
exactly!
it goes down to 3.50 at "Standard Discount" and 2.00 for "Higher Discount"
may phone tomorrow to see if they do student discount.
the leisure centre future away is 4.60/3.25/1.85, but its 6 miles away, and that would mean Bike/Swim/Bike, which would be slightly sucidal atm
Flying in there in the first place was a bit eventful. The plane was a bit second hand in the Soviet style. We flew over the airport and there were rows and rows of planes like you see in some of those American desert plane scrap yards. Hundreds pf planes. Everything from old single-seater bi-planes to moders airliners. Turns out that every time a plane needed a spare part they just parked it due to the Soviet economic planning madness.
The announcements on the plane were in two languages - Russian and Ukrainian and neither my mate or I had the slightest clue about either. We came into land and I was convinced we were missing the runway. The lower we got the more convinced I got. In the end we landed on the grass parallel to the runway.
We later found out that they didn't use the runway in the summer to save wear and tear. Of course they announced it to the passengers but we understood nothing.
Most people don't really think about it/notice though.... Also if it's just going to be 5 minutes or whatever, there's an element of discretion.
They did when I was
oh? Sounds like awesome exercise. You get waaay more out of a swim if you do other exercise first.
But if he swims till he gets cramp in both legs the bike ride back could hurt a little
i will eventually, because that makes good tri practice, but i could pull off a 6 mile ride easy at the moment, bike is my strongest bit easily, so i need to be doing atleast 30-40 minutes in the pool, which if i cycled there i wouldnt do
wow!!!
that too, plus it would kick in quicker
That wasn't the first word I said
no.. i shouldn't have thought it would have been.. but that's some story..
It was some landing. Nice and bumpy
Ah sorry. You're talking to the wrong girl if you want me to believe cycling is strenuous.
I cycle for fun :P
yeah i bet.. i would be horrified if that were me.
so do i, cycling is uber easy, but when im setting a base time to get to the pool, then trying to set a distance at the pool, and then set a time back, im going to collapse in a pile of mush
Hmmm so have a relaxed cycle there and back and work from there?
s'not how i work, i have to focus on building each sport up one day at a time.
in the future ill mix and match, but only when each sport is up to a good level
I like a bumpy flight. I feel like I am getting my money's worth. I am not so keen on bumpy landings especially when I don't expect grass.
But the money!!!!
i kinda like bumpy flights.. but not too bumpy..
its 40p less to do it 6 miles away? or 25p if i get a discount.
Look after the pennies.... :P
Okay I don't know. I like to cycle so I'd probably go for that.... I did spend my summer cycling 60 miles a day with camping equipment though so maybe I'm not that sane.
i'm off to get some sleep, night all! xxx
goodnight :)
Night Lou
no one told me that the trains in Sydney are double-decker so when I first arrived and got on a train my mind was blown. Upstairs! Downstairs! On a train!
Morning all!
Did you get stuck in the middle bit trying to decide? :D
I love double decker trains :)
does London have any? I feel like I need to be pre-warned before I arrive in cities because they excite me so much.
unfortunatly not.. although there are some really long commuter trains ;)
Today I have learned that even though they drive on the right, in some parts of Europe they still have trains that run on the left. Odds on me using the wrong platform at some stage and going in the wrong direction: 100%
There are a lot on the continent: Italy, Holland and Belgium have them.
Trains that run on the left? What?
for example, the Madrid Metro. Wiki page says "Unlike normal Spanish road and rail traffic, Madrid Metro trains use left-hand running on all lines due to historical reasons" and apparently lots of Italy does too.
In England you can't predict anything by platform. At my local station (which I use every week day) trains from there terminate in 4 places London Bridge, London Victoria, East Croydon and Beckenham Junction.
There are only two platforms. London Bridge is North East of here, London Victoria is North West. East Croydon is South West, Beckenham Junction South East.
Platform 2 has trains to London Bridge and Beckenham Junction (so only East, but North and South). Platform 1 has trains to London Victoria, East Croydon and hold on.... London Bridge as well. So trains from Platform 1 go North, South, East and West.
Or do they mean which side you get on? That varies from station to station here. If you are on the Northern Line (Bank Branch) you get off the train on the left at Bank and on the right at Mooregate. It's to ease congestion apparently.
I am so glad I know so many people in London who can help me get places while I am there. I know I'll get lost :D
They mean when you have two tracks like || || one city bound, one the opposite direction. I'd expect the trains to run on the righthand track because their traffic does, because here the trains run on the left hand track. But noooo. Silly Europe.
It's a pretty unusual situation even I was surprised when I discovered it.
I take comfort in the fact that at least I will speak the same language as you London folk.
Of course you can go North forever on the underground as well
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.gif
To go from Kings Cross to Euston on the Northern Line you go North
To go from Euston to Kings Cross on the Victoria Line you also go North.
So you can, by swapping trains go North forever and ever.
(these stations are in the Top Middle of Zone 1)
this diagram scares and confuses me :D
This is what is familiar and comfy and easy to understand for me. I like that regardless of where I may be, every single route comes into the city loop. I'll ignore the fact that our network cannot grow as the loop cannot support anymore trains.
Because I don't actually get trains anyway, I don't live near a station. I get trams. Their routes are easy too.
It's far clearer than most other maps in the world (nobody else has nearly that many stations to deal with - and of course that doesn't even include the overground).
Ours is now familiar and comforting to me.
Man Nick really picked an interesting time to go and get a job in Dubai!
true, all my friends who live in London love their public transport system, apart from the odd experience like Lukeh's last night. The Melbourne train system has just been given a rating of 5.7/10 by the public which is the worst it's ever been since records began. I am so so so glad I don't commute by train.
To be fair based on reading back it sounds like it wasn't London's public transport system that let him down. No idea why I'm defending London's public transport system I had delays 3 days this week... And I only went to work 3 days this week (working from home on the rest of the week)
No one here seems to be the slightest bit bothered by it at the moment!
my only goal in life is to get a job I can do from home.
I have achieved your goal :P
But the office has costa so i heart coming in ;)
I am scared I am about to be on TV.
ooh... what are you doing? Are you on neighbours?
I went to the All Stars show at the Comedy Festival and now they're showing it on TV. There was a pesky cameraman who kept filming our section of the crowd.
Germany (and Finland) too
Did you try and shoo him?
I did not laugh when he was there because I know they never show crowd shots of people who aren't laughing.
#tactical
Although... poor comedian!
I am one of those horrible people who rarely laugh at comedy even if I think it's hilarious. There was about 30 of them and most of them were really good! I still only laughed out loud about once.
AHHH I JUST SAW THE BACK OF ME.
Work is rubbish. Can i go home now please? Kthxby
Can you come here?
P.S. bring DVDS
I tend to be quiet, but if they manage to crack me up i kind of laugh uncontrollably
But they have to be good!
Morning all.
I texted my brother to tell him he was on Australian TV. I think hes confused now.
Yeah sure i'll be right over as long as i can bring the sound of music...
#filmiamtoomanlytowatch
Afternoon!
Todays weather: cloudy *gasp*
Gosh!
are you sure you didn't sleepwalk to somewhere else last night?
I think its because its a public holiday...
although i am still at work... boooo
Morning... Just by the by... Why didn't anyone tell me that editing podcasts takes this long ;)
ooh... i forgot you weren't all at work!
#blamealison
Haha. I'm not sure you asked :)
I'm not sure I did!
Out of interest how many bits of audio make up a typical between sweeper segment? I mean how many times do you have to cut and splice? Mine is slightly different because there is no script or organization to it... But in one 2 minute section I ended up with 20 cuts!
How long?
It really, really depends.
Also there is one bit where the first half of sentence from Fourstar comes some 25 minutes in the recording before he managed to get back to the point and finish the sentence! Also two sections from in between those sections became sections too... Quite crazy.
Well the 33 minute podcast will have taken all in 5 hours to record, and 9 hours to edit :)
morning everyone :)
Travels In Sidepodland took about 8 solid hours, and there were more than 200 cuts/splices in there.
And it was amazing! :)
I can't honestly believe you were able to create that in only 8 hours! It was a great piece of work!
An SB cast takes about 3 hours in finding music and putting them together. Then there's about 6 weeks sitting on it before posting it.
Hey folks. Went outside for a grand total of 30 seconds, and am currently drenched
Morning all
Booo drenchness.
I went outside to get warm!
Morning Lou, Reg and SB ;)
Good to see you made it though the winnersh triangle... phew!
I thought you were joking. Best name ever.
Question, was Mr C showing off in the daily post?
More like hijacking the daily for testing purposes.
Mind = blown at the poll in a daily
Ahhh. Makes sense
:O! Have you seen Lou's FB status?!
I have now...
Awww... A good week for that kind of thing!
Isn't it great has helped bring together two partnerships in the space of a week or so :D
Oh, how rude of me - morning all :P
Urm, maybe we should explain ourselves. We kinda have been together since April...
We just decided yesterday that we'll just admit it. ;)
i wondered how long it would take... i'd have told you sooner.. but no one actually asked.. :P
I'm really missing out by not being on FB!
Aww, that's awesome. :)
I mean, not being friends with all you fine folk. :D
One never knows if it's suitable to ask. I kinda just assumed you'd mention it when you were ready :)
If I'm perfectly honest, I just thought you two were good friends!
Who cares? :D Fantastic, congrats guys. Made me put a smile on my face which takes a lot of effort to do. :)
You don't have to explain yourselves to anyone!
Congrats though :)
Morning. Christine I have managed to get two people to start blogs!!!!
Hehe. I picked up that something might be going on. For some reason I'm good at doing that at the moment. :)
APRIL? That's ages ago! Well done :D
Quick RG do an upsidedown frown!
thank you everyone :)
Wooooo! Well done!
My guess is the Sidepodmeetup?
I think we are missing out on a lot more. We should move closer to the spc males.
We are an endangered species... Kinda like Pandas...
seriously.
Awwww. congratulations guys...
I say it was their love of Brawn GP that brought them together :P
Interview with Mr Whitmarsh:
"It's a proposition that some teams might find troubling, but which we are absolutely relishing – it's a very nice problem to have! We have two fiercely competitive individuals who both fully understand the benefit of teamwork. They are phenomenal team players. My job is to manage that racer's instinct: they are there to race each other - and the only instruction they'll receive from me is to respect each other on the track. But that's it - other than that, they're free to race."
Mmmmmmhmm.
Thats what i was thinking!
I want to be a person not an spc male!
thank you :)
:D hah
I was totally kidding about Sidepodcast matchmaking months ago, and all this time....
:D :D
Thanks, best get working on my daily post ;)
Cheers :)
I'm all shy now!
ahahaha :) we kinda knew each other a bit before spc though..
Sidepodlonleyhearts: 1 down....
Awww... Just by the by Lukeh where does the h come from in your name?
I'm going on a facebook friend hunt now. I need to be in the loop next time this happens!
More people call me Lukeh/Lukey in work, in uni, in my family etc and I prefer it, it sounds less... formal. :P
Aww you are. that said I only have two people from here on there :)
Makes sense, got you!
I have learned that some of you have names that are far too common and as I try to find you on facebook I realise I have no idea who you are :D
i could have swarn you guys already kinda knew.. based on some of the conversations i've seen...
Luckily I am quite unusually named.
You mean im not there as nick in dubai? booo!
I did.
I suspected it would happen, but didn't know it already had :D
By the way, RG isn't my real name if it helps... ;)
I guessed a while back, just didn't want to say anything in case I was rude.
Hehe if you find me I'd be suprised ;)
I thought something may happen, not that it already had :)
That's what I meant.
This sounds like a challenge ;)
I found you but only because I recognise the picture from the 'trying to grow it like Kimi' experiment! Too many people called James!
:)ah okay :)
Considering I'm only friends with Christine and Lukeh. I think so ;)
Wohoo!
Ah, nothing like a Ferrari V12 to wake me up after a night out :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1InrgZiv30
Your real name is on Wave too though right?
That was your mistake, found you via lukeh :D
Make that freinds with Christine, Lukeh and Amy ;)
Opps ;)
silly Wave privacy, grrrr. Not that I care, my real name is absolutely all over the internet.
I meant James... Not you...
I know :D
:D
I haven't used my wave account.
me neither. I still don't get it.
Ah okay :)
i like it.. just cause it's called wave... i've used it a bit, as in the odd comment.. i just like the name.
Hehe... Alison didnt get the same benefit of the doubt :P
Someone invited me even though I had one :)
I'm waiting for it to be explained to me.
I could wave you and then you can wave back and then we would have waved and can go on to different things
I like this idea. If we get desperate we could use wave to discuss things like our luxurious mobile home. Although I'd probably still use twitter or LJ for that. I am not very MFC.
Wave as it is at the moment isn't very MFC. It's the underlying potential that is good.
Ah so I don't need to use it yet? I can wait for it to become good :)
It's just another way to talk to people at the moment. Mr C says it can be used for much cleverer things though, so I believe him!
so far I have worked out that Wave is good for Kathi to see all my spelling mistakes as I make them.
It does that too :)
It's too complicated for me :(
I read an article that described it as a collaboration tool at the moment. I am an island. I don't need to collaborate.
Morning! How are you all? Is there a live show tonight (wouldn't want to miss it!)
No live show today.
oh well, gives me more time to do my homework! :)
Where do I send the Daily Post to when it's my turn?
christine@sidepodcast.com
Okay! Thanks, I am thinking of things to write!
ahh I need to do that.I got distracted by the talk of facebook.
when's yours? Mines 1st December so I can talk about chocolate (it won't just be about chocolate ;-) )
I have tommorows ;) (I think)
note to self: buy advent calendar tomorrow.
This has prompted to check my normal calendar to check a few things and it's still on the March page. Oops.
You do indeed. Deadline 10pm tonight. (Or half eleven, as Mr C has now set a precedent!!)
uhoh!
I don't normally use a wall calendar but next year I think I shall since I have a Button-less 2010 McLaren one :D
I'm looking forward to picking everybody back up after the dreaded Thursday with mine later this week :P
Will be 10pm. I may divert all attention to it and leave my uni work. :D
We should take bets on how many mentions of Rubens and/or Muse there will be ;)
Oops. SPC is the new "dog ate my homework" excuse.
By the way the http://goforodd.com podcast is now done if you are interested (Christine even gets a mention - although don't get too excited): http://goforodd.com/2009/11/go-for-odd-podcast-episode-2/
I am loving your pronunciation discussion!
Morning. What do you mean its afternoon?
I shall try my best to keep it to a minimum, it just depends what everyone sees as the number for minimum :D
It's a Sunday, you're allowed to treat the whole day as a morning ;)
I dont know anything about muse other than they have an odd name and they were on a video promoting ari... perhaps you could explain who they are ;)
Nice does
I only need to read something. I'll do that before I go to bed.
Good. I feel dead. Not sure why.
Better walk the 23 paces to costa then :P
that's pretty much how far it is as well... have you been looking on google maps?
Thats nice
:)
I was about to make exactly the same comment.
I walked there... :P
they owe me 18 quid!
#sameperson (but quicker :P)
Ooooh. Although That would be a bad idea. It would be the longest. daily. EVER.
from my house to Costa Coffee in Bridport?
Lukeh... In a race between Muse and Brawn... who would win?
question, with googlereader do entries that are password protected (from wordpress) show up?
Oh... no from my office to the costa outside ;)
question, european residents. Do you have a website where you can put in a destination and a departure place and it will compare the fares between lots of airlines?
The fans.
No, my wife does that for me ;)
Expedia, but it is rarely cheaper than doing it yourself
www.skyscanner.net
Lukeh Is Matt Bellamy stronger than Morpheus?
:-) :-)
btw I don't think they are all on there but I found it useful a couple of years ago. i've not used it in a while
Well he can beat him in a race AND overtake him around the outside, so yes. Personally. I think after that race on Jonathon Ross Mr Bellamy should get a drive at Mercedes.
I sit there smiling..
Funfact of my boring afternoon: Nasa use nikon cameras
I'm off to see 2012 in an hour and play 'Spot the Stiff' :)
The radio messeges would sound immense :) I want to be his race engineer!
hahaha goood choice ;)
He'd sing his way to victory.
this is my television debut in this country.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07250-jpg
I just did :-)
Well done guys!
It is very difficult to write one of our young driver posts with di Grassi in.
I am struggling to avoid just saying: He's delicious.
How about 'Scrumptious'?
Which one is you?
My sister was in the audience for Deal or No Deal..
Note: I am not saying thats how I feel. I almost had a worrying moment yesterday with a similar slip of the tongue and an f
a pun about staying off di grass?
He's delicious and also scrumptious?
its not your fault that that is an undeniable fact.
It posted early. oops.
my brother and I are the two in the bottom right hand corner. My mum would be so proud.
I've been on Sky News and Sky Sport 3. Yeah.
What is this? How to cook Mr Di Grassi by Sidepodcast?
Seems to work the same as F1 news.
Rumour - Denial - Confirmation
I was on the F1 this year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7bECEvwsc&feature=related
At 47 sec the guy looking the other way in the black jacket is me:) but then I turn
Also, that's all you said last time. And that is OK.
I was in the paddock at Knockhill for a BTCC round. I was wandering around in heavy wind and rain, stood a the podium, turned around and a camera was in my face pointing at me because I'd stood in the way of a driver. He immediately moved and I have no idea if I was on telly. I really hope not.
I know but last time I wasn't pretending to be all knowledgable and stuff.
They're all wearing black jackets!
pretty cool :-)
The guy who turns :) I dunno the tall guy. Pause at 47 sec, and look at the guy looking the other way on the right hand side. Thats me!
On the right? Dark hair?
my mum really wants me to be on TV at Spa. I'm not sure why because she doesn't get F1 coverage and even if she did she wouldn't be watching.
yeah black hair, the hair that hasn't grown properly and looks pretty terrible :)
thank you :)
okay work time now! please shoo me until this evening :) bye all! xx
Argh!! Microsoft and BBC have 'hit a stumbling block' to get the iPlayer onto the xbox 360, as Microsoft want to charge people for it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
SHOO
I like the way you are saying thanks to everyone and Lukeh is pretending nothing is happening :D
[combs hair, smartens clothing, sits up straight]
We can be both
How long do we give it? I say Monaco.
hahaha awww.
*is gone*
added
SHOO!
Too busy being angry at Microsoft ;)
I do like everyones lovely comments though. I'm just shy. Doh.
I say Bahrain :)
all guesswork and hunches
I had a feeling that something would happen between Lukeh and Lou when I met them both at the Science Museum...
They'll probably let them race all year because Jenson won't keep up anyway.
I am waiting for this to happen before I even look at it.
:-)
Oh yeah, saw a Tesla Roadster yesterday when buying a Christmas Tree. How the heck did they fit it in there?
Hometime!
Whoop
I disagree with Lewis walking all over Jenson despite being a massive Lewis fan. I say this simply because Jenson is a good driver, and everyone is betting against him.
Lewis will end up on top, but it wont be a walk in the park.
Is there a list of tags used on sidepodcast?
There will be, but I'm not sure there is yet as I am in the process of going through and tidying them up.
Or do you mean hashtags?
actual tags. like the ones in the daily post. :)
Right, cool. I think it's a work in progress at the moment.
ah ok. I was just wondering because i'm writing my daily post :D
I would just like to let this out as i've been holding it in for a while...
wooooo. yeeeey. wooooo
that is all
I asked ages ago ;) mwahaha
Thats because it was so flippin' obvious!
And thats me done trawling.
How is everyones Sunday?
over :(
Fine. Yours?
Just catching up on some stuff.
booo
pretty good thanks, plus i've got pizza and chips for lunch. woop
the fact that I am almost an hour into Monday probably means I should be in bed. But I don't start work til 10.30 this week so I think that means a 4am bedtime is acceptable :D
Mondays arent that bad... (when they are the 2nd day of the week :P)
You are like a facebook ghost! you are unclickable!
muhaha I have ridiculously high security settings.
I havent see that before, are you sure you exist?
that's slower than me!
Woohoo!
i had nothing to talk about :(
It's a quite different kind of editing that I'm doing though. For a start off I had to listen back to 5 hours of recording!
I exist to my friends. Not to anyone else :D
yay.
at least you're not trying to pretend you only just found out :)
#didntneedto
:)
Ha! :D
#dancer
Alison said that she wanted to Kart with other people of her age, and mensioned 8 year olds, so you Mr have alot to explain!
ooh I am tempted to stay up for the WTF final. If Delpo wins Murray will lose another spot in the rankings :D
I tend to find that editing takes twice as long as the raw material.
I dont think i can respond to this without getting into trouble with her, so i will let her respond this evening ;)
Which means I was on schedule! Phew :)
some people don't read enough comments clearly.
the name "WTF final" amuses me
me too which is why I am saying it instead of just 'the tennis final'
you guys were way less subtle.
we almost made a nick/alison breakout thread just to give you some privacy.
hooray, the Bryan brothers won the doubles. I can't help but love them for their song with the Andy Murray rap.
Mr & Mrs C I would be very interested to hear how you feel the sound quality (and the quality in general too of course) compares between episode 1 and 2.
i heart this because it's probably true :D
:)
Ohno!
i can concur that episode 2 is...odd..er...
"Can you marry your cousin?"
Well odder is... Well maybe that's good?
Ummm
it can. but the privacy sucks, so i can't do anything with it until they sort that out.
you need to plan your shows better :)
shall listen in a sec. did you do anything different?
that was thoroughly enjoyable Alex :)
did jackie plug her post?
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/blog/index.php/1238/something-for-the-weekend-iii/
genius http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794889
Another film watched and enjoyed: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/11/29/film-watch-24-the-karate-kid/
hoorah....hmpf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6683385/BNP-leader-Nick-Griffin-will-represent-Europe-at-Copenhagen-climate-change-summit.html
Its 6.5 hours to bedtime... do i go get coffee?
Yes.
On my way! :D
I have decided I don't like watching tennis held in London because the serve-speed board is in mph and my wee metric brain can't handle that.
hehe.
divide that number by 0.64 and your sorted :)
psssh maths. I am googling "134 mph in km/h" and then it tells me thats 215km/h and all of a sudden it makes sense.
for every shot?
i thought they only mph'd them for serves?
We didn't record it in a pub :)
Thanks Jon!
in the mens games, that is every shot :)
true. make an easy spread sheet? or just use mph :P
im slowly turning metric with my big distances, boo
hooray! come to the logical side!
indeed :(
why is that a bad thing? metric rules.
why did the UK go metric for everything except speed limits? Did too many old people whine?
for everything else i use it, but metric means being accurate, i mean, no-one really knows how long a mile is! ;)
i dont mind it really, it just takes a bit of getting your head round for distances above km.
its exactly that i should think
probably. too many stupid people bought the daily mail i'd imagine.
the odd thing is though that even though I've never measured anything in lbs in my life, when a friend recently had a baby I could not visualise what a 4kg baby looked like but as soon as she said 9lb 2oz I immediately went 'ooh, big baby'
Hi all. Just read the BBC f1 gossip page. Does anyone know anything about the Chinese driver that will test with Renault next week?
Ho-ping Tung is the name. I'll be cheering fr Baguette though because it gives more headline potentials. Especially if something happens at France for the guy.
wait 15 minutes and i bet christine has a post about it.
:) I'm on the subway so likely that'll be when I next have access!
I am giving up on the tennis and going to sleep. Night all. Don't form any more relationships while I'm gone :D
night amy.
Night :P
aha, night
Byeeee
there goes my plans :P night.
see you...what did I miss?
:)
*revision break with soup*
Love the banter between drivers sub-F1..
JR Hildebrand:
"Getting ready for a workout then going to start packing for Jerez. Can't wait to get there and get going!"
James Hinchcliffe:
"@JRHildebrand just make sure you pronounce it Hareth. Pronouncing it Jerez will make them think you're soooooo american."
JR Hildebrand:
"@Hinchtown ha! dude my helmet is black w flames & a candy paint american flag & my feet dont fit in the car. Ive lost that battle already."
how is it ten to four already??
All this time malarky, it's too fast for me
time waits for no man
not for me yet;)
We need a TARDIS.
I think some of my time has gone on trying to get 100% note perfect on the knights of cydonia on Guitar Hero. I dropped one measly note just then... Just one... Grrr (admittedly this is only on easy but you've got to start somwhere).
Thats amusing, i did a ucas search for a a course for unis in Greater london....
top of the list "Cumbria"
hmmm
Zone 100000?
hi there!
Afternoon
Hey mate
Afternoon all. How is everyone today? I am still suffering from flu, most probably of the porcine variety.
sorry you're not well champ. how can you be sure about the pigness? Do you have a new fondness of Kermit the Frog?
Hi all
Have just discovered TV Catch Up, 30 channels of [almost] live tv
http://www.tvcatchup.com/
[UK only]
grrr.
mind you, i'm having fun with all the US official tv channels hosting loads of videos. I will get a tv eventually but for now, the tv websites will keep me busy.
I hear US TV companies are quite progressive in their online activities
Also available for iPhone that TV catchup
Which is how I found it, Macworld had an article on it
I have been comparing symptoms with confirmed cases. Plus I have not been this unwell for a long time.
Tamilfu tomorrow then?
Quality is pretty decent too
i haven't spent a lot of time looking. not yet :) but so far so good. some of them give away older series for free, and link to the itunes store for 1 or 2 dollars for the new stuff. others make the most recent episode available for free - kind of like the iplayer but others won't make the episode available for 8 days (eg network that shows House). I'll be making a list and bookmarking it twice :)
Is the Tamil flu like mexican flu but a bit more spicy?
No, it's Sri lankan!
A fundamental spelling error
Aren't Tamils Sri Lankan?
Also indian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu
not likely. Will hope I am recovered soon though.
Ecchinacea, Garlic & Orange Juice then
Probably not all at once
Get well soon!
Make sure to check out hulu.com. For most current series, they have up to 4 of the most recent available.
Aah. You learn something everyday. Let's steer away from political discussions shall we?
yeah I've heard everyone uses this but a few shows I wanted they didn't have :(
why not?
Orange Juice with Garlic likely isn't a good mix ;)
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/29/who-are-they-anyway-renault-young-drivers/
Poor pinger..
or is he having the weekend off?
been sent his p45.
Oh dear...
you weren't joking :) thanks for the post.
oh.
i didn't know
chuff off.
Best of luck in the future Pinger. Hopefully he will find a place that will suit his lazy response times. ;)
:D
Big meanie.
british rail?
:)
Sidepodcast - come for hte podcasts, stay for the pandas. nice line :)
pah. now i can let everyone know what it's really like on rockall
How did I not see it...
what a way to find out.
Coming soon - Pinger; My Story. A brutal tale where Pinger reveals everything to why he gave up pinging, his future as a pinger and how he lived in the shadow of cousin Pingu.
Will you be my manager?
Try Peter Windsor. He will probably give you a drive. Just don't apply to be the pit entry buzzer or people will be run over before you buzz
not forgetting how he was forced to crash
I demand 120% profits from sales go to me.
I should have said hi all first but the pinger put me off
Does anyone know where i can see the James Corden/Button CiN sketch thing?
it was done for sport relief/ comic relief i believe.. you'll see it next march..
*runs away, back to history homework*
oh was it not on CiN? that explains why i havent seen it yet
Evening.
I'm very sorry but I can't take my guest writer slot for the daily on Tuesday. Can someone please take my place?
having a great argument with christine about the mispronunciation of "inventory". if you haven't listened to goforodd yet, you have to.
it's brilliant: http://goforodd.com/2009/11/go-for-odd-podcast-episode-2/
SHOO!
I also say mischeeevious.
Thats the spirit pinger :P
in-vent-or-ey
best episode yet, i loved it
No worries. I'm sure we can find someone, and if not, Mr C will be more than happy to stand in.
#chucklesmischeeviously
alex is 200% correct. it's because of computer games.
#nothere
in accounts, 'stocks' are now called 'inventories'
no,no,no,no.
gavin are you bailing completely, or just wishing to be moved to another slot? i can't do another!
Thanks Christine - I'll be happy to swap or take another day, but I will be out all evening I am afraid :(
I'll swap if you like.
you're saved :D
I would still love to do it - just that I will most likely be out on both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings...
Gavin if you wanna do Friday's I'll happily do Tuesday's
Sure! Thanks Lukeh!
I wonder when the wild wild west will catch on?
#songwasntjustontheradionuh-uh
phew! thanks lukeh.
Is it too late to volunteer to do one?
*curses my desire to be helpfull....
Not too late at all.
wiki wild wild west
Not if you're going to be doing that! ;)
:)
Oops I meant Tuesday instead of Wednesday for Gavin of course. I can assume writing for a daily thread and getting the actual day wrong is a disastrous combination.
No I mean... I meant wednesday instead of Tuesday...
*facepalm at self*
Hehehehehe.
see you all later. off to the outside world. beautiful day here today and need to make the most of it before it gets ugly.
fancing swapping your weather for ours?
See ya Scott
That's a bit more difficult than swapping the day you write the daily post ;)
Oh. umm.
Can i do next Monday?
Its just i suspect i will be slightly drunk hungover for most of next saturday as it clashes with the Rugby 7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_keXn4Xd4
love it
and finally, Jensons F1 theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IVziyB_6yM&feature=related
ahem
Here is a quick picture of the brand new boom box thingy i bought the other day which came with both a tape deck and a USB slot + 2GB USB stick.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/image1-jpg-2
do they sell the tapes to go in it?
Hehe a tapedeck and a USB slot - talk about old days vs. new tech!
I asume they must somewhere... i might pop in one of those shady backstreet music shops next time i go down a shady backstreet to get a haircut
I have tapes! Of children's stories mainly and a french singalong tape. I know you're all highly jealous!
Hmm, let's see. You can do it on Monday, if you can convince someone else to do it on Sunday.
Umm i would volunteer Alison but i know she is a busy bee at the moment...
ummmm.... Hey! Pinger...
Steven loves to volunteer for stuff... shall i put him down? :D
How did i know that was coming... How does on sound?
I volunteer people. I don't get volunteered. It's a sidepodtradition
Cheers for doing it ;)
The opposite of off?
Like the opposite of off?
Booooo stupid phone thinking it knows what i'm trying to say!
Ooh... you are like amy
#sameperson (But faster)
Then turn predictive off?
Predictive text on the iPod Touch confuses me, or maybe I haven't got it working properly... telling me what the word is gonna be when I've finished inputting it is NOT predictive!
It doesn't turn off! My phone is very broken... I'm due an upgrade in 6 weeks, i'll get by.
Predictive is both a blessing and a curse!
I love the iPod keyboard - I find it very easy to type on and I am all thumbs normally!
Hit the word with the croos next to it to cancel the 'prediction'
Sony Ericcson predictive text is incredibly good
more pingage: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/29/who-are-they-anyway-red-bull-young-driver/
Can you re-enable it if you delete a character and want to edit the word?
I want struddel by shops are shut :(
do tescos express sell them do we think? theres one of those a mile away that shuts at 11
You could cycle there!! :D
Hmm, don't think so
It's dark and i has no lights. :( boo, walking it is, but i'll do anything to get struddel
oooh if you have bad radio reception and you switch from stereo to mono reception it gets loads better... Genius!
Madness!
Are you at work?
I am having Burning Love for tea. Basically it's mash with Bacon and Onions but it's lovely!
what is "struddel"?
It's a dessert
Like Apple Strudel
struddle? struddel?
not sure how to spell it
Is it the fake version like 'Malk' on the Simpsons?
Strudel.
Trust me, I work at Iceland.™
Strudel
noun
a confection of thin pastry rolled up around a fruit filling and baked.
oooh.
No iceland round here am afraid, plus it would be shut
I thought it was Morrisons?
Ah... im glad that was cleared up :P
Strudel is like apple strudle!
RUN!!!!!
but with stuff other than apples
He needs to get a job at Greggs anyway!
If that is the case, I appear to have the wrong uniform.
I think that may be a conflict of interests, he would probably eat more than work ;)
According to google maps im going to be over an hour.
This better be worth it. Back in an hour!
You can watch my twitter to watch my adventure ;)
An hour to walk one mile?
Go for a run!
I have a friend who said the other day you cant trust people who run on the streets as the only reason someone would do it is if they are planning to steal something, and want to establish a pattern so they wont look suspicious!
Evening from a tiddly Jackie
there and back plus shopping time
2.6 apparently
nope, my planner says sunday is a rest day, tomorrow is run day
Well your friend is clearly mad!
Cool. How far do you run?
Hi Jackie. Hope I didn't type too loudly for you.
tiddly, not p***ed LOL
couple of miles, not much. am doing time at the moment rather than distance. so this week...
Monday 20 min run
Tuesday 15-20 swim then 25 bike
Wed Rest
Thurs 20-25 swim
Frid 12-15 run
Sat 40 bike
Sun Rest
I can do most of that anyway, but am building up consistancy at the mometn
Hot toddy for my cold
Yeah same here - aiming to run twice a week...
That's cool man! I don't do that much but I do walk and cycle as part of my commute!
Have finally done my Jingle Bells thingy
Stalling on the grid,
Rubens really needs to move
His car kicks into gear
Well that launch wasn’t so smooth!
He had his ups and downs,
But in 09 Rubens got far,
Wins and podiums to laugh about
Blah blah blah blah blah blah
Oh Rubens Bells, Rubens Bells
He and Jenson were the ultimate team
I hope they have a good Christmas
Reminiscing on Earth Dream
Oh Rubens Bells, Rubens Bells,
Eighteen years in formula 1,
The leader of Frank’s new lineup
Unlike his years stuck behind a German!
am loving these. we're gonna be singing all night :)
I do apologise Lukeh .. but keep with the day job (ps tis the drink talking)
Very good sir!
When is the deadline for this and the 2009 round up submissions?
Info on the season reviews: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/24/tell-us-how-2009-was-for-you/
I will go back to typing loudly then
Ah loads of time - cheers and good plugging there!
Saves repeating myself.
Yay work done for the evening :D
hey hey
evening!
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/29/sidepodchat-the-fastest-grand-prix-driver-ever/
great interview with cossies mark gallagher on manipe:
"Our fuel consumption has improved dramatically. Williams came, they saw, they asked the question: 'How big has the fuel tank got to be? This is where we'd like you to be at.' They know where we're at and have determined that that's competitive."
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/10374/
Is there a debrief tonight?
Hello all, been catching up on the comments & have decided to add some FB friends so I can keep up with what's going on ;)
Nope. An excellent podcast from Steven to listen to, though.
I think this is the 'off' week
am still sulking at the live server.
Evening. I'm glad someone actually doesn't know who I am on fb then. phew. :)
hey janna, a wise move indeed :)
i think maybe doohickey is missing a "relationship status", option.
If you add that remember to put 'flying over a balcony' as an option
hehe :D
:)
Is it on the naughty step?
oh yes!
BOOO
Back!!! :( :(
No strudel?
No Strudel?
NONE
grrr
however, i am currently consuming a mini christmas pudding and ice cream. so not all bad, but NO STRUDEL
Wow, this is an exciting evening isn't it :D
Did they have the fake version called Struddel?
Clearly. I am watching football though...
all they had was Chocolate Gateux and Christmas pudding...
so i bought both.
Forgot to say, at this rate the doohickey will be overloaded with things.
A very sensible choice
agreeed
Kubica finished 29th in the rally du var. On his best special stage he finished 12th two places ahead of Loeb (who won the rally).
Christine, for the daily post should I include formating. or will you do that yourself?
"Loeb (who won the rally)"
With his wife acting as co-driver....
He said she was nicer to kiss during the podium celebrations than Daniel Elena his normal co-driver....
I expect they stopped for lunch somewhere and still won....
Either is fine. I can do it no problem.
Ok. will be sending in the next few minutes :)
That would explain why he was so slow on that one stage
Brilliant. See Mr C? This is how it's done.
All the physicists are playing hide and seek. Einstein is the ‘den’ and stands against the wall with his eyes closed and counts till 100 to enable all the physicists to run and hide. At the count of 100 Einstein turns around and finds Newton standing there. He screams, “Newton, you are out!” Newton says, “No, I ‘m not!” Einstein says, “Yes, you are. I can see you here in front of me”. Newton says, “I’m not out. Pascal is.” Einstein is a bit confused and starts to scratch his head and beard. Newton says “Here, Let me explain”
He draws a square one meter by one meter on the floor and stands in the middle of it and says, “Newton per meter square is a Pascal, so it’s Pascal who’s out not me”
Hehe. Sent :)
bah!
And since I'm talking about rally already, Valentino rossi finished 2nd in a rally in Monza [he won the last two times he took part in that rally (maybe, I'm not so good with tenses, might mean something completely different ;)]
It's ok, your talents lie elsewhere Sir
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8354531.stm
my life is officially better
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8379507.stm
phew!
I thought the turkey pardon was a joke when it was on the West Wing
Who knew it wasn't? Strange folk these americans ;)
You've reminded now of this brilliant video.
i thought it was too!
mmmm
please kill me this homework is horrible :(
What is it?
history :(
Greetings everyone. Two points to make out.
1) What's going on live today?
2) To the person who stopped any deal with the Panda Sidepodcast-Cosworth F1 team getting sponourship from Dubai...... Thank you, from the engineering department.....
nothing from our end.
:D :D
Possibility of Top Gear live commenting in about 40mins
Let the comments do your homework
is it in hd out of interest?
Yes actually, yes it is.
if you want to do an essay on the impact of the first world war on german politics feel free...
*i should go...*
AS RG says
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbchd/
You want a clearer view of Clarkson?
well:
a) am annoyed because it's only in SD in itunes
b) i kinda did oddly
Mention the Treaty of Versailles and Hitler. That should get you a few marks
need to be shoo'd?
Do they have HD TV shows in the UK on iTunes?
hmmm, i'll look.
not that kinda essay.. and that's more international relations.. i mean as in terms of political parties, polarisation and.. gah!
*shoos self...*
DD is doing that funny thing again where every box under the text entry says 'reply' :D
Failed launch?
isn't geography?
They do
ahah i don't do geography.. polarisation of political parties sucks!
in that case boo bbc. how does the iplayer look in hd?
caching issue, isn't it?
All html... ;)
Yes
You should be shooing me! :( I nee to get this done :(
Pretty nifty actually
Shoo!
SHOOOOOO
SHOO. But come back if you get really bored
Just listening to the new "Go for Odd". Am loving the mispronounning thing. Alex sounds so like Michael McIntyre during the DVD conversation ;)
I can read through it when you're finished if you want but I'm no good at writing essays, sorry.
am thinking katherine could be victoria wood.
or is that just me?
#692 - lou said: 29/11/2009 at 20:23:39Let the comments do your homework
if you want to do an essay on the impact of the first world war on german politics feel free...
*i should go...*
Lou:
Read a short story called "Danger!" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Then look at its publication date. Reflect that the German Naval Officer in command of the pre-war Submarine Fleet also read this story. Then suppose his superiors where just as enlightened....
We should try and pass it off as a big audio cd, featuring the likes of Michael McIntyre and Victoria Wood etc. It might work, though 2 might not be enough?
i have a feeling this essay is in for tomorrow....
Am very intrigued now, shall listen tomorrow
Need to think about that one
It's laugh out loud stuff, in case you want to listen on public transport ;)
or in the office...
My pre-Top Gear pizza awaits
Later folks
Bye
byee
Best be off, work tomorrow :( 'Night all
adios!
See ya Janna and Bassano
night janna, see ya bassano.
Woo, Top Gear next :D
That song that's playing there is LCD Soundsystem "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
Boo at inability to watch live tv
It's the Hindenmay!
G....G....GGG...GALLARDO! *drools*
LMFAO! Norwich!
Hey guys, I have just found my German Language notes while listening to the live shows that I have yet to catch up on and I have noticed that In German, the letter "W" sounds like an English letter "V", so if me wants to still pronounce Vettel as Vettel, then he is going to have to change his name to Wettel.
A Lancia Fulvia is a raughty sorbet that shines like the sun on Charlize Theron. Apparently.
I got ttold about this from the chief scrutineer of FFord on Wednesday, but as it's now been announced i thought i'd share...
http://www.brscc.co.uk/latest-news/207-an-apology-from-cliff-dempsey.html
This Lancia segment on Top Gear is absolutely wonderful. No stupid stunts or childish humour, just wonderful cars.
I'm back from a visit to Mum's and I'm (probably) not going to do any more work. Will watch TG when it finishes recording. Actually it is a PVR, I wonder if I can watch before it finishes
They did the Delta, but I love the S4 version more. Turbocharged AND supercharged! :D
I want a Stratos
Well whilst you are all having fun watching Top Gear, i'm having way more fun writing a presentation on pschology (a word i cant spell)
oh wait, do i mean fun? im not sure i did, i think the word i was looking for was ARGH GRRR BOO
I want one too. And an 037. And a Delta S4. And a Delta HF Integrale.
At this rate you'll own half the Lancia's in Britain
You should watch it on the iPlayer when you can just for the Lancia segment.
Difference is with me - I want the rally versions. :D
dont worry, will watch it when it comes out :)
sounds good to me :)
Brilliant interview, thanks for that, I nearly passed it by.
Will find his tweet..
Stratos Rally Car!
(sort of)
It's a fake
Hence the sort of.
ooh interesting
that and hyperinflation
Hm, that's a bit harder.
Two spins and still made it round! Go Stiggy
Just thought i'd drop some beats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53WaK71sMM
;)
I'm listening to Video Killed the Radio star..(the real version)
and now cant get this out my head..
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mr-c-killed-ringo-starr-mp3
boo
As much as Jon is pushing links at me. I am urging the temptation to click them so I can go to bed. So bye, and lotsa love.
Nighty night
you mean the Arthur theme tune and me singing isn't what you want from a sunday evening? gutted
Night
only if the V is followed by a 'strong' vowel (a,o), otherwise it is pronounced like an F, sorry.
Although I'm sure he wouldn't mind too much if you continued to call him Wettel.
Night
#765 - Kathi said: 29/11/2009 at 22:23:18Hey guys, I have just found my German Language notes while listening to the live shows that I have yet to catch up on and I have noticed that In German, the letter "W" sounds like an English letter "V",
only if the V is followed by a 'strong' vowel (a,o), otherwise it is pronounced like an F, sorry.
Although I'm sure he wouldn't mind too much if you continued to call him Wettel.
German is a silly language. I remember when Alexander Wurz did not like being called Alex Wurst as a Wurst is a sausage. I guess he never heard me calling him Alex Worst. then....
I FINISHED MY HISTORY! yay!! :) so how's everyone today? all had a nice day?
Woohoo! :)
Evening everyone :)
Sounds like you had fun pronouncing things earlier :)
Hurrah! I had a good day :)
Well done you.
wooooop
Shiverlessly is my favourite
It's odd watching Muse performing on Jonathon Ross in 2004 compared to Muse on there this previous Friday. Such a change...
yay :) oddly.. even though it's been full of work, my day has been alright. not the best day of the weekend, but it could have been much worse.
Well it's funny and sends an important social message ;)
Thank you to everyone for being so kind about the podcast earlier :)
that women are getting colder.
:)
you have another one scheduled right?
Funnily enough I spent part of this evening scheduling another one...
♥
I did reply over there... but just to be clear I do blame the machine... It was just a bit too tedious to include in the podcast. If you really want I can send you my 20 minute rant on how it would be so much better if Apple had designed the machine ;)
haha. there would just be one button.
Anyone want to guess what F1 announcement will be made tomorrow.
Jenson was only joking and he's actually staying at Brawn?
:D
i was being serious?... :P
USF1 buying 3 more fridges for their CAD department?
Mathew Bellamy to join an f1 team after his startling race at the Joanthon Ross GP
Also, that led to this Photoshop moment...
He has form for that
Alonso spotted having an espresso wearing a red cardi
oh... yeah... bad times..
so it's possible then :D
Silverstone has until January 15th to sign a deal.
Schumi announcing that he will drive for Brawn GP only to regrettably pull out of the deal on tuesday after realising
making the tea and standing on the pit wall in a red jumper is a much easier way to get on tv?...he has another neck injury?;)
naaaaahhh... maybe one fridge and, with the spare money, an autoclave big enough to fit the carbon fiber table in London's Science Museum...
hello all ;-)
Hi Guille
:D
History homework must be good for you
blick claim sauber will get the green light. no idea if they are reliable, but there's a breakout thread waiting to be published :)
Hi Guille
But will they get back Dr Alan Statham to guard the exhibits? That is the key question.
:D
there is only money for the alarm or the guard, not both of them...
i've had one of those weekends that means not even homework can make me stressed... bored yes... stressed and upset.. no :)
The pinger should apply for that job
What a choice. An alam that goes off at the whisper of air, or a guard that is completely unhinged.
Now I know how the new teams feel going after drivers like Villeneuve.
:D
This reminds me of who I wonder....
Booo!
Booooo!
Booooooooo!!
I think that's me basically caught up.
you said the other day that you don't trawl comments??
Channeling Allionora?
You don't need to trawl with your filter. You just do an ego search
This didn't take very long.... I didn't realise how often I was spoken about until I searched for my name!! Many times is the answer....
oohhhh
and all of it positive. what are the chances?
I know! Happy day :D
Also congratulations Lou. I'm still not sure why you don't get bullied but I'm happy for you :P
we don't bully anyone?
awww thank you! :) i'm not sure why i didn't get picked on either, i suppose they were busy picking on you? :P but seriously thank you :) i'm very happy for me too ;)
We would tell you why we don't pick on her, but hey, that would spoil the fun
You want us to bully Lou?
aha, love it
i used to laugh at you for supporting button. i'm not laughing now.
;)
Plug alert: I've done an entry on who's testing in the young driver test and why.
ahahahaha i remember those days ;) lol
having looked into the news thing steven mentioned a second ago. i think the fia are set to announce a 2010 entry list tomorrow, the sauber being listed thing could just be speculation.
unless anyone has a better idea: http://www.blick.ch/sport/formel1/neues-drama-um-sauber-134570
nice one alia.
I don't see Bianchi on your list Alianora. He is due to test for Ferrari
Gary Paffett is a "young driver"?
They probably should change the name to "inexperienced driver test"
the confusion seems to stem from the same magazine announcing earlier today that sauber would get the final slot. i guess someone set them straight.
Is Blick a good source?
or "drivers who are never going to get a real F1 drive"
ooh this game is fun;
"young, old, and medium aged drivers who either have some hope of getting into f1, no hope, or are well past it and a team have had to put them in jsut because no-one else will do it" test
or in Mclarens case: "we are using this as a real test and Gary is the only test driver we could find with few enough races"
oh wow, i didnt realise he was their only driver. thats amusing.
testing ban? ha
bingo :-)
"our regular drivers will ask us for more money just to do a few laps so we run this guy who'll do it for free" test...?
not a clue sadly. the only previous mention on SPC was something they got right:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/02/16/daily-16th-february-2009/#comment-192922
I didn't think I had seen it quoted much
We all bullied Lou for her Honda Loyalities and it was fun until that Brawn steamroller mowed us down.... :(
There is still treadmarks of Button's supersofts all along my back!
Tell that to Jon!! :P
mwahahaha :P
Short answer: NO.
In the article they also state that Toyota has given their complete F1 program to Stefan as a gift. Complete nonsense of course.
we bully jon? over what?
Haha he's crawling away as we speak I reckon....
The lack of legs.
he has no legs???
are you sure you're actually mr c??... don't you remember the other day when he could hardly walk cause of the cramp?
John's a dalek?!!!
Mind = scared
The fact that he's forgotten all about it more or less confirms his identity :P
Oops, I mean Jon
#dontexterminateme
i do :)
and he's a fool for doing that to himself. how is that bullying?
he has sink plungers for arms?
i haven't forgotten, i don't get the link?
ah that's alright then :) was worried for a second..
err... Alison??...
well i've never met him...
...but then i do live upstairs...
Daleks can hover now and fly and go into space
#sidepodspace
damnit.
they ruined it
Jon just thinks we bully him because he can not stand "Minardi-DNA" in a sentence... I think the rest of us use that phase just to show how well Toro Rosso's achivements really are spectaluar...
Like we where shocked to see Minardi in the points of any given race in the old days, yet everyone would expect them to collect a few points over the course of a season...
I come back from doing my washing up and im a dalek.
Oh and lukeh *shakes fist*
Just as well you don't live downstairs with him falling over every couple of steps with cramp.
*Russel T davies ruined it
Am catching up on some of today's earlier comments. I think my favourite is from Amy, as a parting shot:
:D
are? spectacular? they won 1 race.
Daleks should NOT be made of CGI! invent something else..
ahaha i totally missed that... ahaha :D
:D
He'll be gone soon and hopefully the floating daleks will be gone with him
oops?
Lies!! Russell T Davies is a legend! :)
When I was a kid, Daleks bugalow conquerors and Cybermen were the scary ones
*Daleks were*
I don't like him :(
he's like Nick Fry - fair play to him for helping bring back something awful but just... stop it now. And he is!
I mean, stop being around Mr Davies, don't stop Dr Who!! That was worded incorrectly.
And I meant awesome, not awful... dear god.
You're just trying to avoiding confronting the fact you spelt my name wrong.
grrr
aww!
:P
I blame H from Steps.
umm. why?
Yes Jon, and in that one race win they got more points than Minardi usually got in say three seasons of F1........ :P
He does have a lot to answer for
He stole the H from Jon
now i am oh so confused
This is true, so surely the Minardi DNA would have held them back ;)
DNA-age dosent bother me too much anymore.
It creeps me out that you like Jono!! It reminds me too much of Bono.
Bono likes to be called Jono?
I don't see Bianchi on your list Alianora. He is due to test for Ferrari {Comment #828}
I couldn't find any record of that, which is strange. Mind you, Ferrari need a crowbar to fit four drivers into three days of testing... ...it seems they are extending their "quart in a pint pot" senior driver strategy into their junior strategy.
I never actually picked it, i just got called it once and it stuck. But i do like it, half the people i know call me Jon and the other half call me Jono
It's odd that whenever I see Bono it makes me think of Mr C, although I guess the infamous U2 car ride is to blame for that...
On the basis of it being strange, I rejected your friendship request!
good lord no. can't i be the hedge?
bully!
OK, this was getting weird with the Darleks, but now......!
It's a bit odd. Have a look at the wiki for who is driving when
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Jerez+2009+-+Young+Driver+Test
she's odd ;)
Gary Paffett is a "young driver"? {Comment #829}
So are both Schumachers* - what's your point? ;)
Yes, it is a bit silly, but the FIA's definition is someone who hasn't done any races or more than three days of testing in the last 24 months.
* - If any team boss reads this and puts Michael in the car, I'll want to thump the boss. If any team owner reads this and puts Ralf in the car, said team's mechanics will probably want to thump the boss!
OI!
Did you remove Gavin as a friend?!!?
Yeah and this is obviously why.... The stalkage is odd!
pah! dont be part of our mini facebook sidepodcommunity then :P
I don't really get the need to talk on Facebook when we chat here all the time
If privacy is required then there's Skype, MSN, texts, etc.
it's not a chat thing, its a friend-esq thing.
I'm a bit over FB so just excuse my cynicism
That's what made Toro Rosso's achivements all the more special. They won disprite the fact that that it had MInardi DNA. If that car had the DNA of something decent, .it would have been lapping the field, British drivers twice, and winning races and championships in teh most boring fashion possbile, almost like a McLaren.
I haven't used it properly in aaages. Nick was harassing me for about a week to go on and add him.
That car didn't have any Minardi DNA, it was built by Red Bull
I made a brief comeback a few weeks ago to mock thos X-Factor love that was spreading but I think that moment has passed now
is that when you found out you were together?
:)
it's a pain the hole, if i'm honest.
right now for example steven doesn't know that both gavin and scott w have "liked" his audio podcasts, because that information doesn't show up on spc.
and it doesn't show here because facebook built a wall around facebook and won't let the information out.
Staffed by [ex-] Minardi engineers
I was just updating Bianchi when I noticed something odd. Ho-Pin Tung hasn't appeared on the Jerez circuit's roster of testers. I wonder if his sponsorship failed to come in on schedule?
yeah but the car design was nothing to do with them
Hahaha this might be shocking to you but we do like have.... actual conversations
excuse me?
Just threats of balcony exits? ;)
he was a last minute addition: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/29/who-are-they-anyway-renault-young-drivers/
And I have never used facebook at all which doesn't help
Weird
we should be able to pull the information out though. we put the initial information in.
i take the bigger point, but does that matter? I would much prefer a comment, but then some people dont comment.
ok ok. i get your point :D
I think the DNA references were to do with the team [or at least should have been]
if it were the team i agree
the car, not so much.
lest us not forget that Vettel was amazing in that race. he could have won in a peddal car (but clearly Matt Muse would have beaten him ;) )
I think you answered that yourself - Facebook does not want to let anything out, their plan is to keep everything in a closed community.
FB a walled garden, surely not
I'm off to bed anyways, night everyone!
night chap.
adios
G'night fella
night Lukeh :)
He only had to beat Heikki....
#sorryjon
bye lukeh
bah?
Do we still need to apologise to Amy?
actually speaking is over rated. Mr and Mrs C don't talk in "real" life.
am convinced thats why the doohickey was built ;)
:D
Balcony exits ? Have we become too good to use stairs or elevators like the rest of us?
Bunch of snobs....
:)
:D aha
he was a last minute addition: {Comment #822}
I saw him elsewhere, but I find it odd that Jerez hasn't updated accordingly. Mind you, they haven't noticed Gary Paffett either and I'm fairly sure his position in the test is not sponsor-dependent...
Paffetts there because Mclaren want to use this test as an actual test. simples
where has paffett been confirmed?
Blick is the Swiss version of Bild. But they send a F1 expert to the races, his name is Roger Benoit
Oooooooh I get jokes in the doors of my maltesers advent calendar!
What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Frost bite!
:D