It is Monday once again and to steal the title from the song by The Boomtown Rats; I don't like Mondays, the weekend is over and I'm having to get on with some work. This is the third daily post as part of the takeover, who knows maybe we should takeover more often? The aim for this daily thread is to be free of anything Formula One related. I hope the teams don't decide today is the day to reveal anything but by saying that I have probably tempted fate so if something does happen I'm sure breakout posts will appear as soon as humanly possible.
- Today is Must Comment Monday, so feel free to plug your latest blog posts or your blog in general. If you don't have a blog then now is the perfect time to start one. It is a lot of fun and there really no excuses not to have one.
- On an MFC note, some figures for BBC iPlayer have revealed that in October alone there were 70 million requests for programs. iPlayer is now available on 15 platforms (but not the Xbox) and it is reported to be transferring 12.5gb worth of data per second.
- Its the last day of November and Christmas is only 25 days away. Which means the Christmas special of Doctor Who is fast approaching, BlogtorWho have images of the Christmas Radio times cover & feature on "The End of Time". I, for one, can't wait for the Christmas special.
Finally I know I already mentioned it, but please remember is it Must Comment Monday all bloggers really appreciate comments, a list of blogs can be found over on the wiki.
Hope you all have a good day, and I shall see you in the comments at some point!
Woah! Spooky!
I saw it had turned Monday then started singing "tell me why i dont like monday..etc" and then read that! ooooh
Good thread James, Doctor Who, MFC, Must Comment Monday... you got all the bases covered :P
Although there was an article today saying that the iPlayer isn't coming to the Xbox 360 because Microsoft want to charge people to use it
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/6671901/Xbox-360-iPlayer-launch-delayed-indefinitely.html
Ridiculous...
brilliant!
[Jumps into Monday]
Ooooh rebel!
oh monday is bad.. but the daily post is great! :)
Nah, I'm just an early adopter ;)
Monday isn't bad, it's (usually) my day off! Except today when I have to attend a h&s committee :(
Okay maybe monday is bad.
see... i have to do an assembly in front of school tomorrow, where as this time last year i would be a nervous wreck, compared to speaking to Jenson it's a walk in the park ;) stressful to organise the 15 people involved though :s
H&S is getting beyond crazy
We have 2 ft steps that have hand rails
Seriously
a h&s commitee?
i can summerise your whole day....
DONT
(i repeat)
DONT
GO NEAR BALCONIES!
It is not that Monday is bad, but it is a lousy way to spend one seventh of your life.....
Very true
:D
:D
Was I ever at risk?
yes. but nick will always be between you and said balcony
Retail is risky business!! Allegedly.
best wiki line ever..
"The team, reimagined as Mercedes Grand Prix will debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, where they are willing to sign German drivers Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld."
I can't see him being that selfless tbh....
you clearly hold him in high regard ;) im not sure it has anything to do with that, but more to do with you pushing him off it
I think Alison should hurry up and push Micxk off the said balcony as Jon it seems wants to join Nick at the bottom.... :P
God, you two snobs, join the rest of creation and take the elevators down! It is hard work for Alison to push you two off the balcony.
i dont want her to push him (or me) off, but she seems like she wants too, and who can stop her
can i be difficult and ask for a firemans pole to be installed instead?
and some decent gloves....
Who is Micxk?
I was sat next to the balcony!!
thats what they all say
I get somewhat famous people in my store all the time (centre of Sydney), but no Tom Cruise (from the movie Risky Business - geddit?) yet).
I had a quick word with Steve Bisley (goose from the original Mad Max movie) the other day.
#namedropper
The traction between the fireman's pole and the person going down it might be too slow compared to Nick and Jon's idea of being thrown off a balcony.... Something about a freefall being the quickest way down.
i would rather go down slower and...you know...be alive when i get to hte bottom
Is there something going on with Nick and Jon that I have missed? Apparently I'm not all that observant.
Dont worry, i havent seen it either.
this is the one of the strangest conversations i've watched in some time
So you need a fireman's pole attached to the roof that doesn't quite go as far down as the floor
try being part of it ;)
:P
I am just wondering if there is a market to rig a trap-door on every single balcony ?
nah
ummmm....
Ugh. I'm not so bothered about it being Monday, I can handle those sort of. I'm more concerned with it being the end of the month and needing to do stock take again. Doesn't seem 5mins since the last one.
I'm having a wisdom tooth removed in the morning
I expect Monday to be about painful recovery
time for me to get some sleep.. it;s nearly 1am! i told myself i'd have an early night! :(
night all! xx
Zoe saw Risky Business for the first time the other night while I was asleep ( she keeps Sidepodcast hours). She described it as a movie for boys who havent had sex yet.
G'night Lou
night lou.
night
pleaspleaspleaspleaspleasplease do a voice mail afterwards
night lou
:lol: :lol:
Sounds about right
night lou
good luck..
It'd probably sound like John Merrick
That's a no, btw
Bassano Clapper said: 30/11/2009 at 00:53:00
I'm having a wisdom tooth removed in the morning
I expect Monday to be about painful recovery
If you are having a wisdom tooth removed how many IQ points to you figure you will loss? :P
darn
Probably no more than the average weekend of Guinness
mean!
Nah, just the usual SPC hilarity
That is not going to be fun
Night Lou
The whole film is rrrrridiculous!
That is cruel
Night Lou!
the soundtrack is fantastic though
Well, I'm gonna be conscious but only just
Apparently, quite high as a kite during the procedure
We shall see
The concept is funny though
I have never had a wisdom tooth out but I had one next to the one next to a wisdom tooth taking out because the dentist said my mouth wasn't big enough. No-one ever said that before. That was painful but a wisdom tooth will be worse
At 18, I had all four out under general anaesthetic with a small amount of swelling for a day or two afterwards. Apparently thats quite unusual.
The poor 14 year old in the hospital bed next to me had a bad reaction to the anaesthetic and was there for days afterwards. Everyone else I knew who had even one out, swelled up like a ballon for a week.
#sorrybass
I had the top & bottom on the other side out a few years back. Extremely uncomfortable is more appropriate. But then I was fully conscious with only a local anaesthetic
I remember quite a bit of bruising and swollen for about 5 days or so
Eating was difficult for a couple of days
I gotta shoot. Going for an "early" morning run before lectures, so best be off! Adios!
See ya Jon. Don't over do it ;)
Night.
Shup ;) I shall try not too anyway
adios jon
anyway, it wasnt hte running that did it, it was the swimming!
Bye Jon :)
ahh, hot chocolate. needed that.
bed for me, see ya. i'll won't be around much until weds. i tell myself this in the hope it'll stick.
(nothing personal, gotta revise)
See ya Pat
night and no worries. spc should be your lowest priority!
night pat
Oh great
Apparently there are several Heavy Rain & Flood Warnings for tomorrow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/uk_warnings
I am heading off to bed early. #sorryamy
Night all
G'night Steven
haven't we had enough rain?
night squire.
One would've thought so
I should attempt slumber too
T'ra
see ya chap.
did i miss pat plugging his post?
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/11/must-comment-monday.html
not sure if this was mentioned yesterday, but christine's still busy re-orgainsing spc. three new categories for you:
http://sidepodcast.com/category/friday-fun/
http://sidepodcast.com/category/polls/
http://sidepodcast.com/category/thursday-thoughts/
if you have any suggestions of other ways we can make it easier to find information, please yell.
I find http://www.sidepodcast.com/category/blog/ vs. http://www.sidepodcast.com/blog/ a bit confusing
I think that Christine should play up to mr.c's secret identy ast the next Sidepodcast meet-up by asking him "And who are you anyway?" if she wants to insult someone that she will be able to get away with it...
i just bought an advent calendar. The only one they had in the shop was high school musical. I am ashamed of myself.
Ha! I saw those yesterday but had more self respect :P
chocolate tastes better than self respect.
:D hehe
I like that!
Oi!
The team, reimagined as Mercedes Grand Prix will debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, where they are willing to sign German drivers Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld."
man oh man, i hope heidfeld stays away from Mercedes. He's a complete waste of talent. he should stay with Sauber now they have been rebirthed back to Petey boy! mercedes need to look at tehmselves hard if all they want is another german driver, this isnt A1 GP people.
Morning everyone :)
Morning everyone.
Hehe :D
Thought I'd plug commenting for everyones blog rather than just my own :)
thanks Lou. :)
Afternoon!
Morning! Did you sit there and wait for the clock to tick past the top so you could post that?
I'm at a lecture by Julia Gillard, our Deputy Prime Minister. I don't know what it will be about, but I'm excited!
:D
Oh no... she is awefull!
Ask her where her welsh accent went :P
Morning all.
Morning
Dubai Weather: Cloudy *gasp gasp*
People complaining its cold... its 24!
i just had to explain to a 22 year old what am advent calendar is. How can someone go their whole life without the promise of 25 days of chocolate!
Did you have to explain to them about High School Musical as well?
Morning
Can anyone explain High School Musical to me as well?
I missed the ;) off the end there...
thankfully i do not have to describe high school musical to my colleagues because the disney channel is an important part of our network.
G'morning everybody.
Morning Lukeh.
We're getting a lecture on how to use a library (in our 3rd year) because we're incapable of such feats, see. ;)
Hehe. I'm in my third year I insisted we have one, because it was unfair the other years got one ;)
Perhaps they are worried people will forget what books are when everyone has Kindles.
And libraries!
Definitely.
Actually there's a question... Will I be able to borrow books from the library on my Kindle in the future?
Guy in my office has one, thinks its rrrrrrubish.
ill see if i can pursude him to bring it in so i can have a play ;)
Is it the Nook that lets you share books with a friend? If you lend a book to a friend, you can't read it while they have it.
They are starting to think about lending, at least.
he is like me with digital music... if it doesnt come in physical form you shouldnt have to pay for it.
Bless you both.
I was just thinking because on iTunes I am tending to rent if it's possible. And I think I would, on a Kindle happily rent my book.
Do you think people who make the content should get paid to do it or not really?
I agree, absolutely. There are few books I want to keep forever, and renting would be brilliant.
Embrace the digital age!
I think they get paid to much. however...
I am happy to pay to see them perform, and i am happy to pay for a CD, but only if i want to. MP3's should be free in my eyes. as far as i am concerned they always have been, so i see no reason to pay now
I don't get what you mean... you'd pay for all the tracks on the Cd but you'd just download them for free because they're not on a CD?
Christine, just noticed a spelling mistake in the blog entry it should be BlogtorWho not BlogterWho. ;)
With the CD i am paying for something i can keep. Digital content is like disposable cameras in my eyes
A few do... Most don't of course.
Personally I am really keen to help work out a sensible way for people to pay for digital media which isn't DRM heavy and works well because I want to encourage business to embrace a lack of physical media.
If online = free then people will stop producing.
Do you not pay for disposable cameras?
The whole concept of free online news is unsustainable. Traditional news sources are coming to this painful realisation.
They'll find a way to make it work or the whole industry will collapse.
You can't just give books away for free. Someone has to pay for it. Who is paying?
Fixed. What a cool blog!
nope, i pay for the pictures
You shortly won't be able to buy CDs or DVDs. Just as now it is hard to buy a Video Cassette. Will that change your perception of digital content I wonder?
Oh... good you've just hoist your own petard.
Good so you are paying for the music not the format... Excellent. Glad we can all agree :)
:D
The music industry makes far too much money, then they argue there wont be any music if people dont pay a fortune for there music. I struggle to belive that
If footballers stopped earning millions would people stop playing football in the park? Of course not.
But that has no bearing on the digital vs CD debate.
We all know the music industry is twisted, but that doesn't mean artists shouldn't be recompensed for their work.
Why should you get their stuff for free?
I am paying for physical pictures, if you put them on my computer i will have them for free
Because they are marketing to me so i may decide to go to a concert or buy a CD.
Why should i pay for it?
A CD is not marketing to you the idea of a concert?
If you scanned every page of my book and then put the pdf up for free on the web would you think that was reasonable behaviour or would you think that was wrong?
If I sold you the pdf and then you put it up for free on the web would you think you were doing something wrong?
I'd expect to receive a sampler CD for free as a teaser to encourage me to purchase a full album.
Like I often download itunes free tracks which have encouraged me to buy more tracks from the artist. The CD is an end in itself though, not just for marketing.
Music industry is not equal to musicians yes I agree absolutely.
We don't need the record execs. Or to pay for the printing and distribution of the cds... We just need the musicians to be able to be paid for what they do.
While iTunes, for example, provides a way to sell digital music cutting out all of the middle men. A lot of people prefer using Spotify which is actually being run by the music industry to stop iTunes from encouraging this model. Artist get almost nothing from Spotify only the record labels get anything.
I think a lot of people also use Spotify as a way to find new music which they then buy. That does fall under the marketing category. Spotify is certainly starting to encourage purchasing, albeit it as far away from iTunes as they can get.
If you put the pdf of all or some of the book on the web and then i liked it and decided to buy the book, would that be a problem?
I used to listen to a lot of Pandora. Then they blocked it from the UK and I stopped. I can't really get back into using it now which upsets me :(
It is but it is also a product in itself, something to keep and look at in the future
Why would you bother to buy the book though?? You have it already. For free.
You can keep mp3s and listen to them for as long as you like in the future. How is that different?
I have the pdf, its not a book
Yes... I mean Spotify is like the record labels putting music on the radio to encourage you to buy them. It's a strange sort of business model though.
If you promise not to be offended by bad language then read the following link by a friend of mine who runs an independent record label and who writes here about why he's chosen not to put his music on spotify: http://themarvellousmee.blogspot.com/2009/11/spotify-whats-in-it-for-us.html
they get corrupted deleted, and its just an electronic file. a cd comes with a booklet, artwork, a disk and a case
But it's the content that's valuable and time consuming to generate. You have full access to the content. Why would you need the physical book?
In essence it feels valuable.
They can get lost, stolen, damaged.... I really don't get the difference.
Okay. You are welcome to your opinion, of course.
I find it mildly insulting that because something is not tangible, it is worthless.
The point is not that I have put the book up on the web but rather that in the case of pirated music somebody other than the author / record label has put the music up on the web. That's the difference. If I put up a free copy of my old book to sell the new one that's my decision not yours no?
So i can hold it, read it... lend it
It becomes something when it is printed, bound with a cover.
If it wasnt why would alex have published it and not just had it online?
See, a sample of what you are to expect from an album for free sounds OK to me but I still think getting the entire thing for free is a bit absurd.
Before their recent album Muse got fans worldwide to take part in a hunt in various cities around the world (Moscow, Paris, etc) by placing military-style hints on their website
http://ununitedeurasia.muse.mu/
That led to an 'agent' in each city location turning up at certain points when stated in the hints and giving the finder of them a code to unlock a new part of the song. eventually the fans managed to get the whole song based on their own work, no help from anyone but the fans coming together, working out the code, and getting to the right location at the right time. I love the idea of the fans working towards getting it and it's simply not handed to them for free, and it was fascinating watching the forums coming together to work out the codes.
The cd is far less durable than the file.
Absoloutly. I haven't illegally downloaded mp3 files of living artists since the days of Kazza. I have ripped a few of my friends CDs. otherwise i will just listen online for free.
I still wouldn't pay for an mp3 as i dont assign it any value
NOOOOOO.
Mario Theissen won't be at Sauber next year :(
I really don't know what to say to this.
I agree... There is a difference. The same way that Mr C was pleased when his picture got into a magazine.
But... And this is the point... It isn't better... It's different.
Just so you realise exactly what you are doing Nick... You are on a Podcast's website... saying that MP3s have no value...
Just so you connect the dots...
Hehehe I have mental images of Mr and Mrs C burning the podcast onto disk and posting it out to us. We could all arrange to press play at the same time.
#MFC
I genuinly dont feel they have monetary value.
Thats not to say i dont value this site, I value what sidepodcast does far beyond the mp3's
:D
Changing the subject completely (please), Franck news:
And if you were about to ask about F1 and so on… nothing new at the moment. If I get the opportunity to drive on of these cars anytime soon, I’ll be absolutely delighted for sure! If not, no big deal… I’m sure I’ll find some very interesting challenges to take up! But be sure I’ll keep you posted guys! I should be able to give you some updates before Xmas.
I read that last word as Xbox twice... I think I must be going mad!
Or it is your subconscious telling you something!
Where do we think Franck would end up?
Maybe I want an Xbox for Xmas?
go Francky!
I agree. Yay for Franck helping out Santa.
I really don't think there is anywhere. The rumour is Renault, but I have no faith in manufacturers sticking around. Maybe one of the new teams, but I don't think it'll happen.
Maybe he could drive you around?
This would be acceptable to me, but I'm not sure I can afford the salary. Sidepodwhipround?
:)
Okay so here's another question I have... Where should Nick Heidfeld go? Sauber or Mercedes?
I feel like a team with Nico and Nick in would not have enough oomph to do very well. However, Mercedes would be a step up, wouldn't it?
He should become a comedian in Germany, seeing as according to him there is no fun in germany
Morning!!
I fear the team wont do as well as last year, so it would be a step up from Williams/BMW but they won't be fighting for the title (probably - this is for when in a years time Nico wins and this comment is held against me ;) )
It's weird but while the Mercedes thing is a step up I think Nick has a lot of loyalty to Peter Sauber. And also he was always quite annoyed by Mercedes for passing over him for Kimi.
It would make sense for him to stay, as it's clearly a team he feels comfortable at, and can produce the consistent, if not astounding, results.
Ahh, the archives :)
booo ;) and yey!
how are we all this (potentially fine, havent checked to see what the weathers like yet) morning?
anyone mentioned already that Thiessen is staying with BMW, leaving Sauber ?
looks like that is the only announcement so far this monday
Last time I checked I had 8 Google Wave invites, now I have 16. Seems like they can't give it away :)
I saw it earlier :(
If you collect enough can you swap them for a google Tsunami? :P
He has to work his way up the inside and bring them back :P
Was he a BMW man before? He did say he was focusing on saving the team before he looked at this own future, so at least he's a man of his word!
gotta be merc. Time is running out for him and he needs a quick car to show he deserves to be at the front of the grid. And Merc has the best chance of doing that in the short and long term.
Morning, by the way. Just dropping by.
He is a BMW man, but after what the board did, I was expecting he'd stay with Sauber in F1. I guess not.
he was, he was (is) the head of BMW motorsports
I am just wondering if there is any significance in that announcement. It may mean that now he believes or is sure the team is safely on 2010 grid ?
He will have his eye on a big pension for long term loyalty to the company
Received a copy of James Allen's new book today - despite previously cancelling my order. Maybe it's a sign that I was destined to have it adorning my book shelf?
Is the bulk of the content just his blog posts?
Just had a quick flick through it, and yes 90% of it is CTRL+A, CTRL+C, CTRL+V of his blog entries. There are a few hindsight comments and several pages of pictures from Darren Heath.
Lets hope he doesnt mention the rule of thirds :P
so basically he spent all year writing this book :-)
Its quite an interesting financing model...
Might be the way of the future?
One way of looking at it!
His signature is awful.
If joe did it, i would buy it. JA i dont rate so i wouldnt
me too. I like Joe. I want to give Joe money. James, not so much.
Reading the introduction, there are no less than 14 people he has thanked for helping him run what is nothing more than a blog. FOURTEEN.
A blog that doesn't stay up when there are big news stories.
who are they (other than Darren Heath) ?
Is one of them responsible for the photoshop disasters?
Im sure he takes cash ;)
:P
He gets the biggest praise of the lot!
"When I started James Allen on F1, Luca Menato was a pivotal figure and I want to thank him for the inspiration and for the fabulous banners."
Er...
I heart paypal donate buttons.
oh.
It is Monday once again and to steal the title from the song by The Boomtown Rats; I don't like Mondays {Original entry}
Having discovered mice on my computer desk this morning (when I can't even see how they would have got up there; can mice jump?), I have to agree on not liking Mondays...
Mice can get almost anywhere.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80368 - Sauber confident they will race in 2010
:D
:D
oh dear.
It gets worse.
Random question:
What does everyone think of having a karting competition on British Grand Prix weekend? I'm thinking in terms of Thursday evening or possibly Monday of that weekend, assuming Bernie allows one venue or the other to go ahead.
Note that I haven't worked out the logistics yet, this is more a test to gauge interest in the idea.
Indeed.
Do I tell Alex I had one story left to read in his book so I pirated and Kindleised it because I am now boycotting paper? :D
every cd i ever owned got scratched.
How did you pirate it?
Mice can get almost anywhere. {Comment #227}
:( So how do I get them to go away? Mousetraps and tidying up only appear to encourage them...
And was it the one about Pirates?
with my scanner and the OCR software it came with. I promise not to share the txt file of your story with the internetz :D
:P:D;):)
Personally I don't mind you doing whatever you like with your copy of the book. Just as long as you don't make it freely and easily available to others :)
it wasn't but that would have made so much more sense :D
Have you had the firmware update which allows the viewing of PDFs yet?
yup, we do videos too. i guess they hold no value for you either.
we do live streaming shows too... no value? good to know. thanks nick.
I have indeed, I got the update before I got the email telling me about the update and I was mighty confused as to where the 'rotate screen' option had come from. I have not yet tested how good the pdf support is, I should try that now.
It is good you can smiley through the conversation. I had to stop talking before I said something I regretted!
it gets better! :)
You should have ripped it :P
A lot of people prefer using Spotify which is actually being run by the music industry to stop iTunes from encouraging this model. Artist get almost nothing from Spotify only the record labels get anything. {Comment #152}
That's strange... ...and I would have thought illegal.
Does last.fm work the same way with its track purchase model?
You could try it on this book... http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-book-with-the-missing-first-page/1780938
Which happens to have a pdf download version available at half price
it's a sensible or realistic debate. but then you're debating a serious subject with a person that thinks:
a) piquet jnr. was a good driver.
b) abu dhabi was a good race.
do any of you expect anything else? nick lives in opposite world.
ooh, now thats easier than scanning each page!
Ah, live streaming does have value.
I am plannng a blog post on how digital content has no value. But infomation and in digital form can do.
I have no where to put this so i might need to start a new blog
I turned it on a while ago... but it didn't make a difference until they released this pdf on Kindle thing.
Its true, i have a job, its making me poorer than not working!
CDs vs Digital is a sensible debate, yes.
Telling me the mp3s I spend hours creating have no value is not.
it does? oh but it's not physical and it's free. how does that work.
don't worry, next time you leave a voicemail i'll assign it value based on your opinions here.
free... check
audio... check
digital... check
worthless? check.
agreed.
agreed.
Nick remember value isn't just, you know, about money.
I am counting down the days til Pearl Jam put up the digital file of their Melbourne show. I wish every band would let me relive their shows.
ah thats kind of what i mean, monetary value
they should. it's fantastic way of giving back to the fans. it should be factored into the price of all tickets.
No not no value, i mean they dont have monetary value.
But if you put them on cd i would pay for them...
the problem is I have this burning desire to get every bootleg they've ever released. Which so far is 263. #bankrupt
wouldn't all sound kinda similar?
i'm more into bands offering you a copy of the gig you went to.
this is true. So far I have two shows because when I bought their latest album it gave you a code to download two, and I chose the two with the most different setlists.
I think hearing the gig I was at will blow my mind. I am off to Fleetwood Mac tomorrow, I bet they don't have anything similar :D
Sorry, i didnt mean that. I didnt mean to be a nasty horrible person.
I guess i am saying dumb things. I really like the stuff you produce
I will disapper. Sorry again
I've seen the words "no value", "worthless", and "disposable." It is too late to backtrack on that now.
You don't value the mp3s we put out, that's fine. I feel the same about your contribution to Sidepodcast too. At least we all know where we stand.
Hi guys! Just checked my e-mails and there's one in there from Litespeed F3 about the work experience I was looking for. They want to know what dates I'm looking for! :D
Oh cool :)
hey hey!
PLUS my uncle Richard from 5Day called - looks like I've got some driving lessons for the rest of this week too! This has been an awesome day and it's not even midday yet! :D
cheers kathi. will fix that pronto.
What's 5Day?
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Alex for giving me a pdf to Kindle test with, and the opportunity to give him more money :D
How pdfs look on the home screen:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07257-jpg
Example 1:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07259-jpg
PDFs are kind of unreadable in portrait mode:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07260-jpg
hence the screen rotation feature. Lovely.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07261-jpg
Still not as easy to read as a properly formatted e-book, but much more enjoyable than carrying a book around :D
what the heck does "pronto" mean?
*coughs* blog post *coughs*
Intensive driving lesson course which my aunt and uncle run. :P
i likes this one:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07259-jpg
how cool is that?
Ah, very good. Test soon then?
I'm getting there. I have taken photos for it :D Ahem.
That was in reply to Christine. :P
and half the price of a real one. At this rate I'll be a millionaire by 30.
(not here)
'soon' in Spanish
Hopefully. I think in all I'll get about 16 hours of driving in. I reckon once this week is done, I might be ready. :)
Pronto
adv. Informal
Without delay; quickly.
Thesaurus: flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split
Eeeeehehe. I must say lickety-split! How can I work that into a conversation?
not sure we were planning on fixing the issue that quickly :)
Aww thanks Amy :)
ah-ha. i learn.
:)
way cool!
Would it surprise you to find that I use lickety-split on a relatively frequent basis!
♥
I would also like to point out that the book listed below your pdf is an absolutely trashy novel that I should be laughed at for owning and one that I would never, ever even look at in actual book form, but it was only $3 and I thought 'meh, I can spend $3' and it was number one on the Kindle best sellers list at the time. I think selling in that format for a low price would have made the author far more money than 'conventional' methods would have. Very #MFC
i approve!
Soon, I am going to have to give up waiting for a decent Kindle and get something else. I needs an e-reader in my life.
I am intrigued to hear why Nick's colleague thinks his Kindle is rrrrrrrubbish. Even with its drawbacks I still think mine is marvelously wonderful. If I was one of those people who name things, I'd give it a name.
It's interesting. And without wanting to get too bogged down in the detail there is a value signal that is given by the price. It is something that Stuart C mentioned a while back. And while the new model is being established it's hard to work out exactly what the right price should be. I guessed at half price really...
Because I always believe in full disclosure... If you buy my book in print it costs you £10. If you buy it direct from the publishers I get £5.13 per copy. But people prefer to buy from Amazon and so I am happy to make their lives as easy as possible. If you buy from Amazon (or any other shop except the publishers website) I get £2.12. The PDF sale to you made me £3.26. I thought about keeping that number the same as Amazon which would have made the PDF £3.58. But... I didn't... I don't know why.
Ooooh, do it! I assume ereaders are boys?
I think I agree... I don't know why.
I might let the comments pick for me. At high school I was the only girl in my year who didn't name her car.
I say Gerald.
Katherine says Gilbert.
Now she's changed her mind to Alistair.
Alistair is good. Or Albert.
It is usually at this point someone turns up and we have to explain what we are doing...
Out of left field a sneaky suggestion is Reginald. It's Jeeves' first name and he knows everything.
:)
I am on the 'edit device name' screen, ready for you all to reach a consensus :D
Perhaps we could convince Mr C to test out his fancy poll thing again :)
I think I'm leaning towards Alistair because it makes me think of Alistair Cooke who told great stories.
Good plan!
I agree. I vote Alistair. Alistair has three votes now.
Albert gets my vote
Unanimous of all taking part it seems.
(This is not the fancy poll thing, by the way)
or not ;)
(but I'm not officially here, my vote is not valid... ;-) )
done.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/alistair-jpg
Katherine just made a patting motion on the... erm... head of Alistair and said, "awww little Alistair".
The longer that comment sits there the more mad it sounds :)
#pandanews
Australia's new pandas have adapted to the local cuisine.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/30/2756803.htm?section=justin
I'm alright with Wang Wang but there's something funny about the other one ;)
ba bum tish
Oh Alex
The late news just said that Funi is the awesome panda and Wang Wang is the lame one :D
All I hear is all this Wang Wang Wang Wang Wang ;)
Everyone's Wang Chung tonight!
It was Dance...
Hall...
Days!
I think I could cope with just one of them... But looking after two... It's going to be Pandamonium.
I assume you have tickets to see them?
I plan to get my panda fix when I am in Berlin. I don't want to go to Adelaide. That GMM dude is there. ;)
Ah, good reason!
I'm afraid to say the Panda wasn't that exciting in Berlin. Mainly because there was only 1, it was asleep and there was a lot of reflection on the glass :(
Perhaps it will be more exciting after it's trip to the airport?
Also, how do they expect pandas in captivity to breed if they only have one?
That does seem to be asking a bit much!
On the news they said the two we have will only spend four days a year together. Silly pandas who need to breed yet hate each other.
"...have taken to locally-grown bamboo in preference to the Chinese variety brought with them."
all this time they've been living in the wrong country?
Surely it's exactly the same species of bamboo, just grown locally for convenience?
Oh those sillly Pandas
good afternoon by the way
howdy.
different soil, ummm, different... err, yeah it is.
You'd think they'd prefer some pandacotta?
I can imagine the pandamonium if that happened
Panda trying Australian grown bamboo: "yes, distinct aromas of pears and gooseberries, with an underlying earthy flintyness. The complex flavours recollect winter evenings in front of a wood burning stove with a fine cigar before a final lingering taste of cinnamon. An excellent bamboo that will please the most discerning of panda's palates."
ooooh its after midnight. Does that mean I can have my first chocolate? Or do I have to sleep first?
It can't be December yet... Noooooooo!
:D
If it is technically the 1st, you are allowed, but will you regret it tomorrow if you do?
Open the door!! I bet it's jingle bells
oh jeez... how did that happen?
I won't regret anything as much as the year I ate all of them on the first. I was about seven. I was worried my mum would find out and punish me.
I heart this panda.
truuue.
I think Alex should get an advent calender of himself. Open the door to get a pun a day.
I remember some kid at school explaining their theory that it was best to always be one day ahead on the calendar. Why? Because you always get chocolate on Christmas day. So the 25th one isn't needed. I always quite worried about what that kid would become... Bit too sneaky!
How good would that be!!?
Alex, you should so make one and sell it.
:)
did we cover mario yet:
"Mario Theissen has decided to remain as head of BMW motorsport despite the German car maker's decision to quit Formula 1."
f1 won't be the same without him :(
more: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80365
Saw it this morning. It made me sad, I'll miss my Ned Flanders feed :(
I used to 'forget' to eat my chocolate on certain days, then eat three days at once!
That seems much more sensible!
also, i think we had this discussion last night, but autosport say turvey will test for mclaren this week:
Oliver Turvey is to make his Formula 1 testing debut behind the wheel of a McLaren at Jerez in Spain this week.
no idea if that leaves room for paffett too?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80371
Day 1 was a Christmas tree. On the calendar itself it says 'Have a Star Dazzle Christmas!'
I feel that I can't have one because I really have no idea what a star dazzle christmas is.
also means christine has another driver to research :)
sounds like something Steve Ryder would say
:)
I can only guess it has something to do with jazz hands.
google lead me to the High School Musical wiki which says "The Star Dazzle Award, is the talent show trophy at Lava Springs Country Club. The award is given by Mr. Fulton"
I should watch that movie, I had no idea my Dad was in it!
Goodo. I wouldn't want to get bored.
Speaking of which, PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/30/who-are-they-anyway-williams-young-drivers/
wouldn't want to let you.
do I want adventgiggles.com or gigglesadvent.com ?
That's because you need to have Christmas in Winter to understand it ;)
:D
Giggles Advent I reckon...
Hmm, I think GigglesAdvent.com.
psssh no, I need to watch more Disney Channel :D
The question is... Is it my advent... Or am I making an advent with giggles in it?
It's a toughy.
do we think amy need to extend her trip next year?
Well, I would say that Amy has a High School Musical Advent Calendar.
So if you were making one, I'd call it a Giggles Advent Calendar, which I shortened to GigglesAdvent.
Melbourne has a 3 storey high one so whatever you do, you have to make it bigger. Because it's the most impressive one I've seen and I challenge you to beat it!
Got you :)
Yes. She needs to see the Christmas lights at Tivoli and go Ice Skating in the centre of the city!
I will be going indoor skiing on Wednesday!
Isn't it temporary blindness caused by staring at the sun for too long?
hear that amy?
why can't I see the Christmas lights at Crown and go Ice Skating at Wonderland Park?
not cold enough?
I don't see how cold makes lights look better :D
Because it's not cold and dark enough?
Oh and don't forget Christmas Doughnuts, mulled wine, Tea, chocolate, cookies, food...
Dunedin still gets cold and dark at night, even in summer.
we have all those things here?
you appreciate lights more if you've frozen your bits off for three hours waiting for someone to switch them on ;)
maybe.
Not all of them - some of the things I am talking about I have only seen here or in Germany...
i know. rolf told me :)
This is an amusement park and gardens that have loads of lights and food and drink - it's a great evening out!
so now you're saying all the UK people here have crap Christmases too? ;)
It's only pretty and romantic because it's cold!
No, because they apparently have German Christmas Markets ;)
I love German Christmas Markets - wife goes shopping, I retire to the beer tent. Everyone's a winner!
Christmas market = <3
I e-mailed Litespeed letting them know I could do work experience on weekends. They have replied stating that the 2010 F3 calendar is yet to be sorted out, and have asked me to get back in touch with them in mid January to assess the situation further. :P
Very good!
huh?
oh i see. very cool.
Just seen what the main commemorative display will be at the Autosport Show in January - 30 years of the WRC. Oh boy, I hope there's some Group B rally cars! :D
Health and safety is STUPID! Some of th people at my meeting are here unpaid because they have a passion for it... I find this very scary!
I don't know if the dns will have propagated yet...
http://gigglesadvent.com/
But you can try
That's neither healthy or safe.
Awesome!
Woooooooo!
HSE is never stupid.
It's Christmas tomorrow????
Panic!!!!
Lets get that panic buying started!
I was panicking about the in-laws coming over actually ;-)
i was one of them. still am a bit, but reformed to some extent.
shall do...
what do i have to buy? nothing.
phew, panic over.
thank goodness!
really? nothing?
That's a relief :)
Today I got an email from my mum that said "I found a small present that would be perfect for your aunty. Do you want me to buy it on your behalf?"
that's my favourite type of Christmas shopping.
nope. you may have missed the multiple discussions whilst in transit, but we don't do buying/giving.
isn't it. could've been a stressful afternoon.
Has anyone looked on a mac yet? *somebody* is camping on the only one I have to hand.
I sent most of my NZ family presents a month ago so I'm half done.
And we got our present from work today - wine, chocolate, candy, posh china and a couple of other things :D
i *may* have missed? yeah i missed everything like that. nice work. and i commend you. i found it hilarious 2 weeks ago when i came back to the f1 world one night and missed all the driver/team buy out stuff. i was in shock.
I have to get on with work now. See you all later.
Looked at what? (I just got here, and have a few Macs at hand)
later chap.
interesting read on what's wrong with wave:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/26/why-google-wave-sucks/
Have managed to buy myself a present today - I really haven't got the hang of this panic buying have I?
In Denmark you can buy people presents on Advent Sundays too :D
Every year the most numerous and expensive gifts I buy are the ones for myself. I rule.
So your Family buy you crap presents then?
no, I just wouldn't ask for something that costs hundreds of dollars so I buy it for myself and justify the price by saying 'hey, it's Christmas!'
My wife tries every year to enforce a "rule". A rule that I NEVER AGREED TO IN THE WEDDING VOWS! ANYTHING we buy for ourselves after November 1st must get wrapped and go under the tree.
Sometimes it's not a big deal. But if she had tried to force me to put Modern Warfare 2 under the tree and wait until after Christmas to play it... well, I love her and my family very much. BUT A MAN HAS HIS LIMITS!!
:D
oh I couldn't cope with that!
how early does your tree go up?
has anyone got a tree up yet?
I'm quite astonished that she hasn't yet said anything about getting a tree. Normally it's the weekend after thanksgiving, but I think this year she's too busy with her jewelry making hobby :)
But whether the tree is there or not is irrelevant to this rule
Apparently, they have put a tree up in the office upstairs.
I refuse to go up there.
Because of the tree or something else?
We, apparently, will be getting a tree this weekend.
It's not going to eat you, ya know.
Hehehe. Because of the tree.
It migh sprinkle some tinsel on me or something.
I just found half mine in the cupboard. I wish I knew where the other half is.
All sorts of dangerous animals could be living in the tree... cougars, bears, those beetles that burrow in to your brain... so I don't blame you
They are a bit like that
Big disaster... The hem of my right trouser leg has become... unhemmed...
ooh, can we see?
This, of course, reminds me of a joke... I was asked to give the bottom part of my right trouser leg to the local library for their charity drive. I wasn't going to, but then I thought... It's a turn up for the books...
I am so very sorry.
As long as you don't get tangled in your own office chair.
grrrrrr!
I think I'm safe: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-347
Can't wait for Giggle Advent Calendar ;)
Don't get too excited in many ways it's jest a bit of pun.
No problem... http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A209008
That unfair sneaky woman! ;)
My friend has just bought a real one...
I got to this bit...
And thought... hold on I have a friend who has a sewing kit...
It's happened to me as well.
I took two skirts and a pair of jeans that needed hemming back to NZ with me in October. My mum was so pleased to see me and the sewing I needed her to do :D
She keeps saying I should learn, I say thats what the tailors are for.
I use that web stuff you iron inbetween the hem :D
Afternoon all
wonderweb
Really huge Sorry
I feel really really bad.
I really didn’t mean anything about what I said earlier to be mean, horrible, offensive or in anyway demeaning about what you produce here. It came out really badly, and reading back though it I can’t believe how stupid I was being
It was completely my fault in saying what I did the way I did. I value this site and what you guys do here hugely. Finding this site introduced me in to a whole new world of F1 online with blogs, discussions and news. But it goes so much further than that, the people here are brilliant, the discussions are amazing, and the site has literally changed my life recently.
I completely understand though if you don’t want me posting here anymore, regardless of what I meant, what I said was terrible and I am hugely sorry for it. Beyond that, I know a lot of my comments are uninteresting chitchat that helps no one, and whilst you guys are incredibly tolerant of different views, I might have taken it too far from time to time. If you don’t want me here I will go, and respect that.
In any case I have really enjoyed my time here; you have a wonderful site, and thank you so much for having me. I may not have contributed all that much but I really enjoyed doing my slot on sidepodradio, and joining in with things when I have has also been brilliant.
I don’t know if it will help, but I have blogged about what I was trying to say before and how I didn’t mean it to be about sidepodcast in any way. http://webpilotdown.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/when-you-say-stupid-things-sometimes-its-because-you-are-a-fool/
Thanks again, and apologies
That's the kiddie!
Disappointingly nothing to do with spiderman
we didn't say that. thus far only one person had ever been banned from commenting on spc. i don't wish that figure to increase.
shall read and comment now.
Thanks... :)
I do feel really bad though
I will try to be less stupid/annoying. Please tell me to scram if i am though!
Noted. Good post.
I also apologise for what I said as I shouldn't have.
Unfortunately for you, I am good at holding grudges (grr, Klien), but you are, of course, still welcome here.
Did you make that site specifically for that purpose?
Theres really no need, i was really dumb, you were very restrained!
Thank you :) I will be on my best behaviour from now on!
umm... well i wrote 1,400 word and had nowhere to put them!
I guess i needed a personall blog anyways :)
Now i can document all the idyosyncracies of Dubai!
Like the bankruptcy? :)
Blogs to the rescue! Marvellous. Something good out of something bad, etc.
:)
I still need to redecorate ;)
Bancruptcy? there is no bankruptcy!
And it's Must Comment Monday!
i'll comment on your post in a second, something that came to mind after my reaction this morning is i now have an ever growing list in my head that reads thus:
things that cannot be discussed rationally with nick:
- itunes
- nelson piquet jnr.
- the f1 race abu dhabi
- mfc
the last item was added this morning. i don't think i have a list like that for anyone else, but i know that if any of these subjects come up i have to walk away. which seems daft, and i don't know why it's the case.
but i do know christine and i now won't ever mention abu dhabi if we can help it, because any hope of rational debate went out of the window the week following the race.
and you did that.
and i don't get it, because you're a perfectly sane and normal person to meet face to face.
but please don't let that stop you from commenting, i just wanted you to know.
The biggest ever 1 day fall of the market yes. Bankruptcy no.
Oh dear, please dont stop discussing them, i do get a bit carried away
I will do my best to avoid any commenting on them.
Abu Dhabi is a bit silly, i think i am emotionally attached, i havent even been to the city though
It is for a while, but it has been far more erratic than this.
Nooone seems to really know whats going on. there is far to much empty real estate owned by investors in this city though. the development i wanted to live in has 15% occupancy and i couldnt get a flat. Its about 18 skyscrapers!
The tree is up in our office lobby.
That's mostly for Alex who is "working from home" today and wouldn't know this fact :)
Afternoon all.
Alison and I had to stop Nick from carrying on with a debate on another subject when we met in real life. It was a strange moment... I said, "I think this", Nick disagreed, I said... "oh okay, interesting". But then Nick wanted to carry on the debate even though I wasn't engaging. It was, as I say, an odd moment.
:D
Have done so too
I am working from home. Not "working from home".
heheheh.
I commented on Nick's post:
Whoah! backlog!
So you are, I apologise.
I, however, am "working in the office".
Well obviously now I am "working from home" because I'm on here chatting to you.
Alex gets double points for the use of 'axiomatic' :)
:lol:
Hey fourstar
Wotcher!
Just saw fourstars comment on Nick's blog :)
When are we gonna have some drinks in tha saahf with yourself and Mr A?
ooh. can we come?
although, we have a bit of a packed diary :(
Absolutely :)
Wait a minute... I told you planning was only going to get you in trouble!
Of course, if you're man enough ;)
:)
we were in the pub all day :)
I miss the coal hole!
Ah, the mini pies
Ah you're let off then... Plans made in the pub are rock solid.
I have an actual Sidepodcast Diary now and everything.
Afternoon all. I have my laptop back, Live Writer back and I'm in a blogging mood :)
Forthcoming fizzy & festive F1 frivolity?
Christine doesn't have to 'man-up', btw
more manly than a person who knows the correct moment to fit "axiomatic" into a sentence?
South London's a bit more gentrified than it used to be :)
Ideally, yes
ace. do we have a window?
Hey RG
Good news then
Cool!
Afternoon all
brilliant. in time for much commenting too.
Is it an SPC Advent Calendar?
Hello Jon
:D
Oi ;)
I believe they timed it just in time for that.
I believe we might. Erm... I don't have it on me. Stoopid actual Sidepodcast Diary.
Not very M|F|C is it? :D
doh!
i know we can't do the weekend of the 19th. and weekends are better for us than weekdays.
anyone else?
That's the last weekend before xmas, I doubt that's good for anyone
But yeah, weekends usually better
I think the 12th is our only free weekend in December.
I think I'm avoiding the works 'do' that day so that'd be good :D
Phew... thanks for the comments guys, i have responded :)
hehe. perfect. do we need a wiki page?
Kat and I are free!
Katherine and I use a product called Google Calendar ;)
(You can add separate calendars share between you and it all syncs with your phone)
Not really but feel free
It's not an exclusive club
yay.
Woop woop! Awful meeting 1 out the way, merely boring meeting 2 still to go... I'm so bored. I hate paying lip service to improving safety then once you file proposals they're all rejected on cost grounds. They could cut a lot more costs by not paying us to have pointless meetings about it...
Has fourstar gone back to some actual work?
This made my phone ring the other day and really scared me!
Maybe... (attempts to look busy!)
Yes.
Oh.
I can probably do something on the 12th if I'm not painting stairs, building wardrobes or laying carpets.
My department's slogan is "Safety is out first priority"
Though they do have good reason for that
As long as it's not spelling :)
I've started using that :D
:D
We can arrange a venue another time, when folk aren't 'working' ;)
Doh!
My excuse is that I'm still partially doped up on dental meds
Don't do those things then. Come to the party :)
For those that were worried the other day about the broken back button on the tabbed page. The back button is now fixed and rolled out. Love JQuery :)
Hows everyones days been?
me too!
it started off well :)
indeed, just trawled ;)
Almost had my appointment cancelled as I was late [my mandatory companion/carer was stuck in traffic]
Luckily, this being the NHS, they were running late themselves [already, at 10am]
naturally :)
Have you met my wife?
I'm kidding (just)
Oooooh party?? :D
I have... And so has Katherine... :)
In fact I think we just made a podcast about her :)
Partay!
She says turquoise funny.
(Posted on your blog)
Nick,
we've all been there - but things will be forgotten in time. SPC is much different to other forums in that everyone is a lot more thoughtful and respectful like that. I am sure in time the whole episode will be forgotten ;)
Well, we say 'party' when in fact we mean 'booze up'
Same, same but different
:)
Dear Mike Conway...
I did NOT, i repeat did NOT want to read that
that is terrible. Safety should always come first!
We do!
really? wierrdo ;)
And mauve.
how?
Uh oh.
[Clicks Go For Odd Ep 2]
It didn't make the edit.
Like you're pronouncing Maude
:)
Me? Writing a blog post for the first time in ages? Never!
http://woodwiss.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/review-forza-motorsport-3-part-1/
"Turk wise" :D
As in a wise turk ;)
Oooh yay, just got in from uni to see James Allen's 2009 book greeting me :)
http://www.theyoungturks.com/
? ;)
I think Mr C has something
There is a slight Victoria Wood quality
I also think Mr C has something ;)
It was Katherine's first podcast... I think more of that quality will come out. It's the ridiculous in the mundane isn't it or something.
I doubt I would've spotted it if it wasn't pointed out
I will continue to listen and have a think
i heard her in ep1?
didn't i?
Is the episode recorded over one day?
Yes for about 5 seconds. But she didn't know she was being recorded. Which I think probably made a difference.
ahh :)
She was talking about a snail eating a ikea catalog.
Just one evening. 5 hours. Why do you ask?
Have you noticed the extra odd thing?
Not at all, just curious
Yes, I did. And I went to talk to my Doctor about it. He said that sometimes radiation exposure causes humans to grow extra appendages.
As you do.
Adrian and I on that day spent from 7am to 11:30pm in each others company. Talking almost constantly (even on the train back from the office). Only the last 5 hours were recorded. It's a strange thing.
As she does.
ooops ;)
The strange thing is that you're still relatively sober 2/3 into the edit... so far
The extra odd thing, that I was wondering if anyone would notice, is that Katherine is talking about the lentils earlier on, and then Fourstar and I are talking about temperature and Christine and that but Katherine doesn't chime in, and then she's back taunting Fourstar about his fear of touching glass ;)
Linearity is not what I expect nor seek from GFO
We managed to have had enough wine that we cut off the last hour of the recording! Which is embarrassing I guess but probably saved us in this regard.
I think we start off drunk and work backwards :)
True.
:)
if anyone is bored, my radio thing is back on now
idfm98.fr
i even recorded some interviews recently at a superhero fun run - people dressed up as the ninja turtles, the joker all sorts of things. i'll stick up some photos eventually somewhere...amateur journalism at work :)
Yes, I still need to be louder. I was a very studious child, you know. Speak, spoken to, all that.
I have relocated to the epic caribou coffee shop...
Out of interest does anyone else comment from coffeshops?
Now I'm mobile I comment from the pub, buses, trains. Pretty much anywhere
I have good coffee at home, I don't often visit coffee shops
Alex, have you seen the kitchenware place on Lordship Lane?
Ah this is true... i guess i kind of meant taking a laptop to a coffee shop
No.
No need for me but people do it cos of the free WiFi
I meant... please go on...
It sounds right up your street
It's a few doors down from the EDT pub
I have ever... Not for a while for the same reason as Bassano.
I'm so there. (packs tissues)
Next time you're seeking a particular type of pan, have a look
You do... Or we need proper microphones so we can separate out the tracks. But then we'll need to build a wall between us and then a hole in the wall... and then it gets complicated ;)
I heart the free wifi
Also a change of scenery helps me turn "working from home" into Working from home ;)
Priceless comment from Katherine about her feet
[won't repeat but check out Go For Odd podcast yourselves]
See http://goforodd.com for details :)
Curious to know also if anyone found the podcast too um... squeamish inducing.
Not at all
For what reason?
Well I don't want to ruin it. Some people don't like blood I guess.
Nah, tis fine
At least it's not a Vodcast :)
that was my favourite bit :D
Ah good. There was one thing I said in that section that I worried strayed over the line.
I didn't notice it if you did? but you guys all work together really well, so if you did then you did it in a way thats totally fine
It's a thing I get incredibly sensitive. I have always liked the fact that Sidepodcast is family friendly. And while I wouldn't say that our show is family friendly as such... There is no swearing and no rudeness, which is I think quite an odd thing considering where we plough our furrow.
It will be interesting to see how this evolves as the guests change.
I think I know the comment you mean but in this context I think it's fine
Hi all.
Oliver Turvey to drive for McLaren at Jerez
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=47481
this has surprised me
nice one sir!
Not sidepodcast archives... But a fantastic sign of why writing things on the internet can be a bit scary. Here's an amazing article from a journalist back in 1997 where he says that Apple made a terrible mistake buying Next (the OS architecture that Apple currently uses is the one they bought from Next). And that anyone suspecting it as a sign that they only did this was to get Steve Jobs back is wide of the mark:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/02/03/221517/index.htm
From the article:
ooops
:)
:O Barrichello is my lucky number 9! 2010 is gonna be awesome.
ah, its a BRDC young driver thing. lucky guy, most people just get some laps round silverstone national circuit on a wet day, he gets a proper test!!
the sausage was maybe a step too far :)
That was the bit.
I didn't think so. Maybe it's quite borderline then
I wasn't expecting him to test either but they have to try someone other than Paffett
i didnt get that joke, so all is well ;)
I did take it out of the edit and then at the last minute put it back.
go, go, go:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/30/fia-announce-official-2010-entry-list/
(will move comments in a sec)
This is a flying visit to say hi. I'm doing a whirlwind catch-up now before disappearing for food and exam prep. T-minus 1.5 days and counting. Will do MCM later, just wanted to say thanks to those who commented.
I broke google again... i dont know how i am doing it!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/googlefail-jpg
MTV3 are reporting Kimi has finally signed for Citroën (for the junior team)
Maybe it's your government that doesn't like it
It can't be Windows, surely
ooh. why junior?
Extreme Christmas Decarations
google is sending you compressed data and your browser doesn't want it.
are you running plugins / firewall?
I'm guessing its like rookies?
Because Loeb and Sordo are locked into the main team. The jubior team was always the only option
ahh, didn't know that.
Junior team is just like Toro Rosso to Red Bull
I run plugins in firefox
The whole country is behind a giant proxy server thing i think which might be part of the problem?
Number of WRC titles for Loeb: 6
Number of WRC titles for Kimi: 0
Number of rallies Loeb's contested: 125
Number of rallies Kimi's contested: 1
He may be an F1 world champion but he's still a rally novice!
Ahh, gotcha.
Speak in F1 and it all makes sense.
Can't find anything official yet
Just saw on BBC1 that Jenson is on the list for the Sports Personality of the Year. No other racing drivers on the list.
Noice.
when you put it like that :)
he won't get it though will he?
Full list here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8386162.stm
I know this is an F1 place, but I think its going to Haye.
Not now :(
Having not followed testing live... does the f1.com live timing work when it is on? Do the circuit do anything?
or do we just wait until its over?
I think he'll win it.
Last time a racing driver won SPOTY was Hill in 1996. But judging last year, I doubt it.
As much as I think Jenson is awesome...
I'd give it to Ryan Giggs... for his age he has been *exceptional* in 2009...
Strauss because he retired as the winning Ashes captain?
tweets and stuff from people who are there. photos and reports on the likes of the renault blog.
Ooooh, I missed him. Good call.
Im very suprissed flintoff isnt on the list, i had him down for the main competition.
I dont know how many people like Haye, he is a tad brash for the BBC viewer i think jenson stands a reasonable chance
Ah cheers... i will be up at 5am Euro time to prepare ;)
It's not about BBC viewers
It's about sports lovers
There is no clear favourite that I can see. Andy Murray is on the list as are David Haye who just won the heavyweight championship of the world, Tom Daley who won the world diving championship at the age of 15 or something so he will get a lot of votes from mothers etc. Ryan Giggs of Manachester United is nominated. The only other one I remember is Philips Idowu who is a triple jumper. There are ten on the list.
people said he'd never win another race... let alone become a champion... :P
The other awards to be presented on the night will include
- Team of the Year
Anyone think Brawn GP have got a shout in there? I know it could be a team in many senses of the word, but it's been quite a turn around. Also...
- Overseas Personality
Luca Badoer's got that one in the bag.
grrr Tom Daley grrrr
Cavendish came 4th in Tour de France. Outside shot?
If jake is co presenting he might pull in a few more votes for jenson...
in a totaly unbiased BBC way :)
And that's what matters in 2009 - not a stupid popularity contest. Half the voters don't know the first thing about F1!
He's on Fighting Talk the day before it...
For being 4th?
Thats not even a podium!!! they cant give it to him!
Bah..
don't care... am hoping they will be fan's of chocolate buttons and vote for him anyway... it's a long shot but am supporting him (as always)
Or diving, or triple jumping or stupid cricket etc
Stupid cricket sounds awesome.
Even if they dont they will probably know
Jenson = winner
F1= taking up valuable dance show time with rain :P
Why do the FIA insist on releasing news at going home time?
always! at least it wasn't a friday.
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/30/sidepodchat-bernd-rosemeyer/
Good point.
yay.
Pluggy here:
http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/09-season-review-drives-of-the-season-part-3/
Part 3 of Part 1 of my Timo Glock Season Review. Makes sense in the end ;)
Can I write a guest post on a driver? Steven's audio posts have got me wanting to do one. Might do Senna, haven't decided.
of course. i think we had a similar conversation a while ago. so long as it doesn't duplicate what christine has already covered, go for it.
http://sidepodcast.com/2007/11/10/f1-people-part-7-ayrton-senna/
http://sidepodcast.com/2007/12/03/days-that-shook-the-f1-world-part-2-death-of-ayrton-senna/
etc
hmm, seeing as senna's kinda already been covered, I might try something else.
no worries, glad you're inspired.
Looks pretty well covered to me ;)
You know, I've been intrigued by Stefan Bellof. Basically the 80s Seb Vettel, who sadly is no longer with us.
Never heard of him. Do it!
You should so write about him - that would be really interesting!
His story is a good one - and I think it is well worthy of a post. Good choice Scott!
I'll need to do some research on him. Maybe the man I've been inspired by can help.
STEEEEEEEEEEEVEN!!!!
Also try the MWM listeners collective as he was a bit of a sportscar driver too!
Bellof was way better than Vettel.
I thoiught you were going to write it not me
:)
All I've got to go by on info on him is Wikipedia and his official site.
I just googled his name and got 30,000 pages of info
Mr C i have responded to your comment on my blogpost... I agreed with you, then tried to justify myself (badly) then realised my whole argument was redundant :P
Night all!
night.
Night Nick
Night sir.
I also approved the comments that were pending, sorry i missed them earlier
really going to sleep now!
I'm not here because I'm doing my revision, but the Danica announcement I mentioned last week was the official team confirmation and livery reveal (you may need sunglasses... and note the use of black on the suit to make her look thinner in the PR..hmm.):
http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=15496
OMG. That is going to be like a Marco magnet
woah! temporary blindness.
you're right about the black too :)
I wonder how well Woman will do in that...
:-)
Well at least it's better than the bikini!
That livery is totally no good for godaddy. It's not attempting to upsell you on EVERY SINGLE STINKIN' THING.
Not that I have an opinion about Godaddy
:D
Oh, I so don't own a team with a similar livery...
Evening everyone :)
*thumbs up*
evening Giggles, how are you?
Hiya all.
I haveb't blogged in ages, but I have nothing to write about. Suggestions?
Hello there.
I am currently feeling a bit tired to be honest... How's everyone else?
fia entry list?
Hi Alex
The implications of Ned Flanders staying at BMW rather than going with Sauber?
aw no! mondays are always tiring and rubbish.. i'm good thanks, bit tired too, but happy as i discovered in my driving lesson today that even though i failed my test (stupid horrible examiner) i can actually drive.. :)
oog, good one.
Hi diddly ho Nico!
Good news :)
I'm just pleased the stress is over for Rod and Todd worying about choice was gonna be made
What happened?
Of course you can! If you couldn't, your instructor wouldn't have let you take the test! (as for failing, don't worry. From my experience, those who pass first time get quite cocky and crash earlier than those who don't. I may just be sore, as I failed twice before passing though...)
See I told you that you can drive ;)
in my test of my lesson?
my test was a disaster.. i had my two hours of practice before hand which went perfectly, i was so happy in the car and felt really confident. then during my exam i just paniced loads.. i stalled once at the start (which i never do.. ) and it spooked me throughout my whole exam. i'm not good under pressure as it is but it was just so spooked i messed up one manoeuvre (which i'd never done wrong before) and of course, that's a major.. so automatic fail :s however i got 5 other minors.. for small things which is pretty good tbh.. but meh.. it was a really bad 40mins of panicing.
So obviously me being me the whole thing destroyed all confidence i had in driving. i had my first driving lesson since today, and it was perfect.. i remembered i can actually drive. best driving lesson i've ever had tbh...
lol! yeah but you're meant to say that :P
Sometimes it just happens though. The amount you've progressed since the summer shows you know what to do and how to do it and you're more than capable, it was just one of them days. I'm sure next time out it'll be completely different, especialy as your test was during that awful week for you.
Jenson failed his test the first time, remember. I hear he's quite a good driver. ;)
that's true.. Jenson made the day worth it though :)
:D :D :D
You have to learn to just forget about a mistake as soon as you make it. Stalling is not a problem. It happens to us all occasionally. 2 hours seems a lot just before a test. I would have thought an hour would give you enough to be confident but not to tire you and affect your concentration. I am sure you will pass next time.
I agree 100%. There is still a gap in the fence on 'Gavin's Corner' :(
Evening all!
its not so much the stalling.. cause i can cope with that.. it's me in exams and things i'm never good with exams. but you learn from experiences etc.. just frustrating i get so flustered :)
Hi Jon
hey
Of the three main guys in my group of friends who passed first time, two rolled their cars avoiding animals at night, and the second currently has a rear bumper and boot door which is a different colour to the rest of the car (due to dents being replaced). I've yet to crash (realizes he's jinxed himself now...)
My driving was rubbish for a few lessons before my test. My instructor wanted to cancel my test. On the day of the test I was rubbish but as soon as the test I was fine.
I was tailgated and lost control of the car. Cue lots of fishtailing later and I am in the median barrier on the highway. It was a cable fence with concrete supports which got ripped out and tore up the underside of the car :(
Dad wasn't even mad - he wanted to get a new car soon and he got a better one out of it!
I passed on my first go (somehow) and have yet to crash so thats good* :)
*This may be because I haven't got a car though
Ouch!
:D
Don't swerve to avoid small animals. Just kill them it is a lot safer. Of course if a cow runs out in front of you tail first when you are doing 80mph its best not to hit it.
Apparently Mac users just took Twitter down in protest? ....the hell?
oh my!!
One of them was a deer. I'm sure that's acceptable to avoid. Pointy bits at head level and all. I think the other was a badger though...
I've been the driver in two accidents (both my fault), way back in the first few years of me having my license....
18 years ago
What really amazes me is (so far) I've never been pulled over in my STi.
"he won't get it though will he?"
Depends how people take his defection...
More contractual wrangling...
But Brawn certainly deserve the team award...
It sounds worse than it was. All that happened to me was "ooh I'm out of control... slight bump... scraping noise... pull over"...
Also Twitter have taken down lists and retweets?
No care for the last one but boo for no lists :(
Twitter news and bad news for Mr C. It seems twitter lists have dissappeard.
I just used Tweetdeck to Twitterify my lists too!
tis broked:
http://sidepodcast.com/playground/microblogging.php
Deer don't count as small animals. I know someone who was driving down a country road when a deer jumped a hedge and landed on his car.
LOL at the badger!
NZ's most famous rally driver was a guy whose nickname was possum because he wrote off a car trying to avoid one!
"Don't swerve to avoid small animals. Just kill them it is a lot safer."
The "Ant" school of animal reaction....
Evening all! I finally got my work experience placement and I have finished the Daily Post for tomorrow! All in all, a good day!
Did you get the email, Mrs C?
Boo! apparently they have been over capacity.
Possum Bourne
Well done sir!
Twitter? Over capacity!?! NEVER!
http://twitter.com/chrisfacts/status/6213103128
That's definitely why.
Yup, thank you.
This is why I love this site. If someone doesn't know something, chances are someone else does!
We should do the takeover again. I had a lot of fun writing my post :)
Can anyone else beat the mundaneness of my evening...
Im in the library copying out quotes from "The Olympic Review"
Absolutely. It makes my life a lot easier :)
Same here. Any time to plug as well.
that's crazy. complaints about the lack of lists coming in at 1175 tweets a minute.
:D
hehe so i'm guessing you'd be in favour of them being done for you all year? :P
I know. the Retweet feature is gone as well (not anyone is bothered by that)
darn. I forgot to plug my one (but it's in my username link thingy anyway...)
Poor Tweetdeck people.
"Yes!! We finally got Twitter Lists int...
*Twitters takes down lists*
....oh."
Twitter is starting to be more annoying than fun these days!
Retweeting is back.
*tumbleweed*
Booo ;)
never used it - not gonna.
lists are more important, Mr C needs them.
:D
You will.
That's because they made it up - again.
Why?
Who needs it?
oh very dear.
If facebook is anything to go by for sidepodcast......
Are you offering?
Exactly. you need to know whats going on at all times. ;)
I use it to keep track of posts and breakout threads. It's handy. Twitter is inferior to blogs and Facebook...
Noooo I couldn't cope doing them all year.
You probably aren't getting what I'm hinting at.
sorry, I'm still learning which sites are any good. This time YLE the public (serious) TV channel who shares the rally rights with MTV3 had reported it too. *growls*
probably not... ;)
It's the other way round for me with Twitter and Facebook. Twitter is an annoying but useful centre of information and social interaction for me, but I find Facebook to be an annoying, broken mess.
I am starting to believe it. I hope I am wrong
hence http://lite.facebook.com/ :)
I like twitter. Makes it easier to talk about you guys behind your backs! :D
This Bellof post - quite long. And I'm still not finished just yet.
Yeah but even that keeps breaking lately :(
really? i stick with the main one most of the time or the iphone app.
So I can't wait up until midnight... I haven't had a chance to program the automatic posting yet... and it's already December in some parts of the world... so why not...
http://gigglesadvent.com/
The first pun is here :)
The iphone App seems to be the only Facebook related interface that works 99% of the time :D
hehe trust us. both are good :)
I keep with my iPod Touch app...never breaks down...
AUTOSPORT quoting Quesnel saying nothing is signed and he hasn't spoken to Kimi
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80364
This is going to be the BEST MONTH EVER.
I also like it because it gets around the filtering systems. I have yet to find a twitter app that does it.
You only started reading about him a couple of hours ago. How can you be writing already?
oh.my.goodness
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Took me a week to write about di Resta.
That was mainly due to procrastination, but still.
that's oooold. We are at least 3 announcement + denials post that ;)
Fabulous
I'm a fast learner.
One of the forums I used to be on had an annual calender, where each day was a new embarrassing photo of a forum member. It's hard to recreate here, as photo wise we're relatively anonymous (or most of us are, anyway) Most difficult to recreate would be the embarrassing admin pic, as Christine has more sense!
I found this really weird website earlier where you can search google on four different screens but in one browser:
http://www.googlegooglegooglegoogle.com
strange, just thought I would share with you.
It's too quick. Take time to read about your subject and really get to know him!
Ooo the new google layout as well.
I wrote the Villeneuve post as fast as I could type it but then I had been gathering information on him for 20 years. For the Rosemeyer post even though I knew the bits I wasnted to include I spent about three days reading about him and checking and double-checking facts before I started to write a word.
For those of you who missed it first time round (like me), click the panel on Alex's callender
what did you think of it?
Calender even
Is it obvious enough how you get the video?
That is from this morning
I like it. I've seen it before :P
ahhh... that answers my question :)
Best way to use it.
Use it as an excuse to have 4 images of Timo on my screen.
Oh come on, again?!?! http://mashable.com/2009/11/30/facebook-redesign-3/
only you would do that! :)
You still need a certain amount of time to verify your sources and find the stuff you want to include unless you know his career history well which wasn't the case a couple of hours ago when you only had two links for him
Just gets us talking about it doesn't it?
Yes
I have added some hints now :)
Good night! Have fun Reading my post at midnight tonight!
Ooh I can't wait for it to be even more broken. Perhaps it'll do a twitter and go down every day too ;)
grr facebook grr.
:)
It's what all the cool sites are doing :)
I've found a couple of articles with some interesting info. I'm almost at 1300 words.
lists are back.
http://sidepodcast.com/playground/microblogging.php
not for me.
Nor me
Even after hard refresh
ping thing: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/30/who-are-they-anyway-ferrari-young-drivers/
Yoyo
Frisbee
I have managed to survive the very dangerous world in which we live and make it all the way home!!!
heya
Would be handy on a blacony
A blacony is not the same as a balcony.
To clarify. I work in retail. Nothing is really all that dangerous....
You had a fun day of H&S?
Outside is very dangerous, it should come with a warning!
For Alison
http://gigglesadvent.com/
Hmm... I disagree. Used to work in a shop and saw all sorts of injuries!
I love that. Nice un Alex.
Though no chocolate?
Oooh except why can I open the window early?? That's just WRONG!
Heeeya
Injuries caused by systematic negligence?
Really?!
Rather than individual stupidity.
Apparently because it is the 1st somewhere in the world
I might ask if I can do a guest post on his advent calendar :P
Umm, One lady got hit by a car, another cut her arm open, lots of stress... dropped objects...
You haven't walked onto the set of Casualty have you???
I think you probably can :)
It's the diet version :)
Blimey. All we get is carboard cuts.
They are horrid, mind you. Evil little buggers are cardboard cuts.
No... some were bad luck, others a lack of the correct safety gear ... one was even a customer...
Why did you open the door early? What!!! You are given all of the doors on a traditional one... Do you open all of those doors early ;)
Hit by a car? In a shop?? Sounds like one mighty accident!!
I don't want diet, I want fat...
Noooo!! I saw your face and clicked to see what would happen :(
I stopped it as soon as I realised what was happening :(
We were delivering a table to a car. We walked into the carpark and went looking for it. Someone reversed into my colleague and broke her knee :(
It's okay I'll let you off this time. Thursdays will auto post... But I need to write that and I haven't had a chance.
Mr C have you seen this? :) http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/bbc-iplayer-iphone-app-30-11-2009/
Right but we have proper safety gear. There really isn't a lot of dangerous work. The biggest risk for me is personal safety and any requests to increase staffing so people don't have to work in areas alone at night are met with a straight no.
i'll be needing that then.
Right. But even if you have all the right gear, accidents can still happen. The most important thing with safety is just to stop and think sometimes...
Right I'm for the off! Have a great evening y'all :)
Byeee
:)
I like this as well (not related) http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/simply-split-the-bill-27-11-2009/
night Alex.
Nght Alex
night!
night proff
Yes. But not to have a whole day of my life swallowed by pointless meetings that some people have travelled literally hundreds of miles to attend!
I make people fill in accident reports that are reviewed on site monthly. We also have strict recording of any near misses which are also reviewed. I've passed a couple of issues up to my head office in the past so they can issue memos.
Why is that a waste of time? What if you didn't do it and someone got hurt?
I must admit, I'm now in an industry which is quite dangerous, but the principle is still the same...
You didn't sit through the inane rubbish I did today.
I don't think accident reports are a waste of time at all. I was saying, I take the time to use them properly, review them regularly and I take any concerns raised seriously.
I don't really have much more to say about it other than that I had a very odd day where people moaned about paper cuts as if I should care about them....
Fair enough. We had a guy get killed last week, so it's a bit more serious than paper cuts :(
Paper cuts can be serious
I had yet another mini-test this evening in Medical Terminology class. I passed it, which didn't surprise me (the fact that eight of my classmates failed a 20-question vocabulary test was the real puzzle). However, I did make one fairly amusing error.
There was a question asking for the medical term for "lack of oxygen caused by a reduction of blood flow in the coronary arteries". Unable to remember the exact term, I decided to try building the word from root words, prefixes and suffixes...
...and ended up with "hypoxic microhaemarteriocardia". Even as I looked at this 14-syllable monstrosity, I had an inkling this might possibly be the wrong answer (as a general rule, any term you can't pronounce is a wrong answer), but I was stumped.
So what was the correct answer? "Ischaemia"... ...which has the grand total of 3 syllables. Ironically, the ridiculous construction I'd submitted would have scored me half a mark in the real exam because it described the condition in appropriate medical terms*, but I'd hate to be the medical professional who had to interpret my answer in real life!
* - It wouldn't have got the full mark because ischaemia is the most sensible term for the condition out of the ones that exist in the syllabus.
Erm okay. Sorry to have raised a sensitive issue. I do have concerns about safety of staff which I have an ongoing battle to address but other than that, it's really not at all risky. Other than regular accidents like tripping and yes.... paper cuts.
And sting like a Muthaf...:!
Ooooooooooooooh, I've just realised of a MAJOR event happening on Wednesday!!! Now I'm definitely pleased I swapped with gavin :D:D:D:D
Really?
What's happening on wednesday???...
now, now.
You'll find out in the daily thread on Wednesday ;)
sorry i meant... what are muse doing on wednesday? ;)
*Types Muse into google news*
No it's ok, it's not sensitive really. I guess the reason why I look at it more seriously is that we get reminded all the time that accidents happen.
Right. But even if you have all the right gear, accidents can still happen. The most important thing with safety is just to stop and think sometimes... {Comment #885}
Speaking as someone who had to go to hospital last month due to complications of performing the relatively harmless activity of fetching items from my bed incorrectly, I would very much concur with this statement...
:D
:P
:P
:D
Already found it ;)
now that's just not fair... i have to wait for two days?... i know something that is happening on wednesday.. but it's school related so something tells me you wont be writing about that....
Muse are playing at Lukeh's school? Shouldn't he have exploded by now?
I think I've found it. Oh, boy...
If it is the right thing, then it is the best. timing. ever.
if Muse were playing at Lukeh's uni i'd be extremely jealous.. i meant regarding my school ;) i think i know that it is actually..
I'm thinking it's something to do with either Muse, Dr Who or Brawn. It's one of those three. :P
I want to confirm it's what I'm thinking about, but I'm worried about a) giving the game away, and b) giving you ideas if it ISN'T what I think it is!
Muse are playing the Dr. Who Theme Tune at the Brawn Factory!
it's nothing to do with Brawn.. not unless Lukeh knows something i don't...
I may have it but I'm not so sure.
Is it a special episode of Dr Who with Rubens and Jenson guest starring and all the music replaced with Muse songs?
Ow. My head.
Minor head explosion there?
If by minor you mean supermassive at just thinking of such an epic piece of programming, yes :P
Night guys!
Night!
Ya, same here. night all. lotsa love.
Night Gavin and RG
Night Gavin and RG
one of their recent songs makes me hear the dr who theme in my head everytime
I put the two together on my old youtube account because Warner Music went crazy on me. The two went startlingly well together.
did i see earlier in the comments that there could be a meetup in london soon?...
i think its more sidepoddrinkup
I love how it sounds like the guitar is actually singing the words "come on!"
Missed that. *registers interest*
Aren't they one and the same?
same thing :P
nope. sidepodpubbing is a drink up, sidepodmeetups involve other things too
but hte latter would almost certainly end up in a drink up
Oh, Scott? Just checked the wiki (while trying to see what's happening Monday), do you realize your second sidepodaversary's coming soon?
sidepodmeetups involve waking up in the morning.
sidepodpubbing happens in the evening.
#sorryjon
I'm not sure if I've suffered a sense of humour failure today or if everyone else has.... I'm sure it's one or the other.
so what is said planned event classed as?
Surely you can wake up in the morning, to go down the pub?
tis probably me :)
jon can't ;)
aaahhh makes sense :) i like the logic :)
i'm glad you're on my wavelength!
Can someone tell me why alex's google wave account is [email protected]
I assume (like Mr C and Twitter) Alex got there first!
No. I'm probably just grumpy.
I might go to bed and sleep it off.
well.. why wake up in the morning unless you have to? mornings are over rated and dark and horrible...
i'm guessing alex probably could.
it clearly depends when your morning starts, mine starts about 10 :D then its nice and light by then
clearly not...
jon slept through the last sidepodmeetup. i'll get me coat.
over the last few days it's been dark here at 2pm.. stupid cloud cover....
oi :P
that was the drunk peoples fault
*thinks of an excuse to use seeing as she missed the rather obvious joke*.... it's been a long day?....
:D :D #sorrymrc
did someone say sidepodpubbing?
aye.
:D
Lukeh... are you coming?...
Of course.
will look out for the plans and see if i can make then, if it is an open invite?
When is it?
:) yay
sat 12th i think.
bassano said yes.
....ah.
Urm. That may be a no for me then :(
eddstrawf1 : Felipe Massa's son - Felipe Bassi Massa - was born a few hours ago in Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo
Cool. should be able to make that.
awwwww!!!
Yay! Congrats to Felipe Baby, and, ur, Felipe baby.
Yay for Felipe Junior!
okay. if it is just a local thing then probably not but if a group is going then i'm up for it. provisionally.
what times we talking?
oh... damn you working in a particularly cold supermarket on saturdays...
ooh, day after payday
#didn'tsaythat
indeed :(:(:(
yay!!
swap shifts?
What time on that day would you likely finish?
ahh bugger :(
It is impossible to get satursdays off in december.
no idea.
he lives in wales....
:(
eddstrawf1 : Felipe Massa's son - Felipe Bassi Massa - was born a few hours ago in Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo {Comment #972}
Congratulations to Felipe, Raffaela and Felipe Jr.!
you finish around 6, get train, we'll still be in the pub.
I'm trying to remember reconciliation and cashflow statements..
That's what I was thinking
i hoped it would be far enough away from christmas..
2 weeks?
how long does the train take if it works?
loads of time
best.hospital.name.ever
it doesn't matter, we'll just stay in the pub until luekh arrives :)
he'd better drink on the train to catch up..
NOT on the underground
Ah booo I live a little far away to seriously consider this. If it was a proper party I could wear a frock to then.....
Which general area do you live? Is it England, for a start!
to be honest i'm marginal.. but not on the frock..
Barely.... I live as far north as you can get before it becomes Scotland, about 10 miles from the border.
You and Mr Roy could have your own meet up
am guessing Lukeh would arrive in london after the last train to wales leaves though?... :(
Ok, that might be too far...
videoconferenced sidepodpubbing
they start again in the morning...
can vouch for this ;)
Nonononono people are not filming me and posting it on the internet....
I'll see what I can do this week. Last time I tried to get around work in order to get somewhere else it didn't end so well so... we'll see. I will try though...
:)
hehe :D
thats a yes! quick, lets print screen it and get someone who's amazing at photoshop to change i...oh wait ;)
awww! (am i thinking down the right lines?)
I'll have to think about it. Depends what money is like nearer the time, considering I'm doing the karting meet as well. There's rubbish transport at this end during the day, nothing at night, so if I go and get drunk I'll need to stay somewhere, I'm not staying outside in December... and I can't go up and not get drunk..
Yeep.
aww! *starts to dislike your work place*
See now you're getting it with how I feel about that place :P
someone help me convince him he needs a nicer job... one that doesn't require him to freeze in the store room...
He likes cold. But yeah I thought it was self-evident. GET A NEW JOB
Anyways I'd better head off. Sorry to be a bit of a bother :(
Night all.
night
night :)
Night Lukeh
love it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heczonephotography/4147977840/
as if! night sir.
ANT!!! i soo should have gone to that yesterday :P anyone going to the karting event tomorrow? 5live vs BBCF1?..
sadly not :(
So Brundle v Ant? Cool!
i wish it was on a weekend, would be an awesome time for a meet up :(
tomorrow? do tell
7 mins till I get some chocolate!
from what i gather on twitter... Jake and his team (no idea who else) v Ant, Croftie, and Jason (?)
:)
Wouldn't be surprised if Legard's in there. They seem to be BFFs
5livef1 and Jake had a convo about it on twitter today (have i said how much i love f1 people chatting to each other on twitter!! :D )
i tell a lie, Croftie wont be there..
@5livef1'More Karting tomorrow for Ant and Producer Jas at Daytona Sandown tomorrow!'
@5live 'We are up against the BBC F1 TV crew, so as long as we beat @jakehumphreyF1 we will be satisfied...'
@jakehumphreyF1 'What's the perfect prep for beating the BBCF1 team including DC and Ant Davidson in a season-ending karting day at Daytona Sandown tomorrow?'
tis all i know about it.. sounds awesome though..
it also makes it very easy to stalk people... :(
i would pop along, but i really have to get down to some work tomorrow (today)
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