It is the day after Bonfire Night, so hopefully it is all peaceful now the fireworks have been used up. Unless there are going to be more at the weekend. Oh dear. Well, it's Friday today, Thursday is done, so nothing will get us down. Here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Yesterday, we had quite the discussion about Renault and their non news. Mr Ghosn has said we need to be patient and wait for a decision, but it seems as though little snippets still keep appearing about what is going to happen to the team in the future. I am happy to wait for an official announcement. Anyone else?
- We realised that it will be time for some best of podcasts soon, so a wiki page has emerged for you guys to log your favourite moments from the year of Sidepodcast. We're talking F1 Debriefs and stuff from the live streams. As pointed out in the comments, so far it very much seems like a place to collate Mr C's useless moments!
- Talking about Toyota's exit, Christian Horner said that although it was a shame, he still thinks that F1 is in good shape at the moment, and with 13 teams still keen to be involved, it isn't time to panic yet. Yet! He also said that FOTA is doing some great work, but... what have they done recently?
That's all for now. Let us know what you've got planned for the weekend, particularly if it's very exciting, but also if it is simply sitting back and watching TV. I will see you in the comments.
for pat: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/11/30/episode-85-burying-his-own-news/
sidepodsearch ftw (who needs archives)
Night Lukeh!
Yeyyy Friday!!
Post-Toyota interview with Kamui Kobayashi
Nice to hear Toyota's helping them find a seat, but unless they pay for the seat, will it be any good to Kamui?
Kamui is looking at the new teams, possibly Lotus. Trulli-Kobayashi?
Weekend Preview is up. MotoGP is the only thing of note.
I am going to bed so see you, err, I don't know when actually because I'm babysitting / housesitting all weekend. I'm sure I'll pop in before I go and will almost certainly come in while I'm there.
night sir.
Penultimate major race of the year - just Macau after that, then we're done for the year.
Night Pat.
i've just come to a sad realisation. no bmw and no toyota means there will likely be zero f1 video footage available next year. toyota were the only team to dip into the HD format too.
Well, if Sauber keep the BMW press office, there may still be F1 footage next year. Toyota... yeah, that's pretty much out of the question.
And no Trulli acting in the launch video
one of my lecturers is the Race director for the macau GP (i know this as he has mensioned it 4 times in the last 2 weeks)
Niiiice. :D
Macau is crazy fun
i've never watched it, but really should
ooho loook!!
http://gp.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/public_html/gp51/51_Gazette3_p4_en.pdf
bottom, guy in the glasses in the red and black. thats who "teaches" me!
:( i wonder if it will mean no internet launch too...?
You really should - I love it when they go through those loooooong straights, then when they get through that crazy-tight infield.
It's the biggest non-GP2 race of the feeder series, so it's well worth watching.
Yep. Stunning car control through the twisty bit, and high speed for the rest. Not bad for F3, and the touring cars are utter madness too.
with teams cost-cutting, i suspect we'll still see a few Internet launches next year. maybe from USF1?
i think not.
not if the single lanuch happens.
are you ready?
was is WTCC with the stupid safety car at Macau last year?
Last year's WTCC finale here was madness - so many twists taking people out of the race...
thought it was Pau this year
tis likely. memory like a sieve me
Thommo in the wall was a shame
Macau is not to be missed
...
...
we've never live commented it before?
Ooooh - you bring up a good point. But if they do a single launch, surely it would be marketed as a for-TV event? Or at least as something the fans can watch?
That wasn't Macau. Can't remember where it was but not Macau
2 x WTCC and 2 x F3? In the small hrs too I think.
Nope
you would've thought, yeah. maybe the bbc will stream it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyeSx9kWrI&feature=fvw
+ 1 motorcycles
F1 Wolf gave me the schedule last night http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/56/subpage.php?id=1800&lang=en
hmmm. it's possible, but i doubt it for some reason. we shall see...
not on TV here
What's funnier is the driver was the local chief of police
yeah :D
This is pretty amazing stuff. Shows that the safety car isnt always right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHf3qgmvMNc&NR=1&feature=fvwp
righto. must sleep, will finish the joe show tomorrow.
have a feeling it'll burst through the 1 hour mark, which may mean it'll take longer than usual.
see you tomorrow.
wow - excellent stuff. :D night mr c.
but isnt that illegal in all states of mr c?
adios
it is. but it's good content.
maybe i need to break it up with a jingle.
Night. I'm actually going now too.
Not to keep you from your bed but why?
Is it a technical thing or your personal taste?
Night Mr C
nah, keep it as it is. joe's thoughts will make the time fly by.
yay!! i'm all finished time to collapse, speak to you all tomorrow... hopefully :) nightxx
personal taste.
that and we get complaints when they go over an hour.
adios!
Crazy. From who? Listeners?
Night Lou.
Normally you are the one who complains
Night Lou
yeah. comments, emails, even a complaint on itunes.
i can understand it though. i i see a podcast where the time says 1hr Xmins or more, i really am unlikely to listen.
i do. but we had plenty of complaints about sidepodchat when it went on for almost 2 hours.
if its a new podcast to me then maybe, but because i've heard all of the asides and i know they are always awesome, i dont mind
because i missed out on tickets to see faith no more in melbourne i am considering flying to nz and seeing them there with my friends from home. Please someone remind me i am trying to save for europe.
You are trying to save for Europe. Eyes on the prize! :D
Hi Amy. We'll join you in today :D
Best not look on dropio if you are saving money.
Don't say things like that!!
stupid scalpers buying all the $90 tickets and trying to resell for $800. Stupid band for playing a venue that only holds 4000 in a city of 4000000 and only doing one show!
My word. Happy men's hidden secret! :P
No, seriously now... who owns those shirts?
Pat
Ahh. Good on him. :)
dropio doesnt scare me, i already have enough mclaren stuff. Cant buy more until it says "kimi"
Waaah I got to the end of Saturday kitchen and James Martin was making F1 references....
You shouldn't have log to wait for that
He is obsessed with cars and racing. He has a great car collection and blew a fortune on a Maserati to do the Mille Miglia last year. He made a BBC program about it.
Michel also lost an omelette race. That's because his was a perfect Michelin standard omelette though!
James Martin's awesome Maserati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99PAic-t9cQ
You can't expect him to do speed
I didn't. His uncle beat him too on the board. He said he was glad :)
Two Michel Rouxs at the same time?
Michel Sr wasn't on this programme. His time on the board for the omelette race was faster though.
It's quite amazing that people like that are prepared to go on TV and make omelettes
Most of them are disqualified as their omelettes are inedible!
I have seen the program a few times but not for a while. I have seen some very runny omelettes
MICHEL
Morning, everyone. :)
End of the week, then - about time too. :D
Morning :)
Whoohooo!
the person who won the raffle was the person who bought the tickets in the first place. ITS RIGGED!
wait... WHAT?! how did that happen?
that was not supposed to happen!
wrong thread fail. I blame steven.
:D Christine can move it when she gets here.
Morning,
Well, I have Poker tonight, plan on helping the Outlaws setup their new 17" Dell Laptop with Windows 7, and hopefully visit the recently opened IKEA in Odense, which has 3km of walkways (and Swedish Meatballs :D )...
Katherine and I are going out to dinner with my brother and his girlfriend to celebrate my brothers birthday tonight (his birthday was earlier in the week). Then tomorrow we are going out with my brother and his girlfriend to celebrate them getting engaged.
It's all go!
Same brother?
Morning all
Same one.
Would it not make more sense to go out once, and just have more food? ;)
Good week for him then :D
Send our collective happiness and well wishes to him :D thats quite good going for one week
Yes. He did get engaged about a month ago, but his girlfriend / fiancée lives in Brussels so I think they bundled all the celebrations into one trip for her.
Will do, thank Jon.
there was supposed to be an extra 's' in there.
you can thank me if you really want to!!
Okay :)
Can we thank you for an awesome podcast? ;)
Apparently Gordon Murray has unveiled an electric car...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8344532.stm
Interesting.
Styling's not too flash :P
It's a bit boxy ;)
you really can :D
i read that as Gordon Brown and got very confused
I guess it cuts down on the weight though!
Slough time for me. Adios
Stop. Slough time.
This track format sounds familiar :P
There was a Joe Show! :D
Someone wake that MrC up! :P
nooooooo. I am almost finished transcribing the last one!
I see SHE was trying to headping me last night.... i was a little to sleepy to hear it ;)
Then it must be time for a new one :P
Think Monaco on crack, with more money-laundering ;)
Christine and Mr C might find this useful as may you other Mac based bloggers. Apparently it is a way of searching for photos on flickr and you can automagically check if they are creative commons etc and create the attribution.
I have no idea if it's any good, but it was recommended to me, but I don't really do that: http://connectedflow.com/viewfinder/
They had fireworks on the beach last night... Just realised it was November the 5th... Doh!
I knew there was something you were supposed to remember.
That tells you how many ex-pats there are I guess?
:D
Isn't 90% of the country ex-pat or something?
I forgot it was Nov 5 because domestic fireworks are banned here due to the fire risk and for some reason they don't have any public displays either. It's much much quieter than a Guy Fawkes night in NZ, thats for sure.
they have done it since i can remember, so 20 years or so?
Really?
I wonder how much of that is to do with Aussie wanting to be a republic?
Having said that, the idea of domestic fireworks in NZ and wooden houses never really sounded a good one...
80-90% yup, but not all from countries celebrating the execution of guy fawkes.
With all the mp's scandals this year, i wonder if people in the uk might not have thought he had a good point?
Indeed. I mean it makes sense for any country with the Queen and everything. Anyone else it must be just be for the ex-pats
He wasn't really after the MPs but rather the Monarch.
Until those that replace the corrupted get corrupted themselves.
Poor Pat W!
Its australia, they struggle with things like culture and heritage ;)
It amazed me how in NZ the British are so disliked and yet the culture is more english than england sometimes...
But mob justice is fun during the transitions! :P
the British are disliked?
I think he needed both...
There are easier ways to kill a king
Well I certainly noticed it ;)
Aha! the secret is out!
Now i understand your lewis dislike :P
Talking to Gavin... This should be interesting ;)
Ahh. I never did, but I'm not British :D
Morning all.
I have long accepted that everyone dislikes Lewis :P
:lol:
Morning from the weekend :D
Morning :)
To be fair, it's a soft dislike... but it's annoying present. I think you could say it's a little less than the dislike of Aussies and South Africans.
The culture bit is interesting though - for example, I read in an Air NZ magazine that the kiwis drink more tea than the British!
I also *whispers and looks around for Lou* don't like Jenson.
Maybe you've found the cause!
Morning. Loving the Friday game :D
Good morning. Somewhere down there (or up there) is a comment I need moved to the Friday game. I blamed Steven then and I blame him now too.
Perhaps we should send the gunboats down there to 'bang' you lot into line ;)
Hehe, will do.
I thought the cause was them not being Finnish?
Because he is British? :P
ooh thats far more likely. Because I like Nico the least out of all of them and he's definitely not Finnish.
psssh he's Scottish. Has Andy Murray taught you nothing? :D
That sounds rude!
He's British when he wins and Scottish where he loses!
Well it was rude in the 19th century too.. i guess thats why we stopped doing it...
What's Steven lost? The Pitlane Fanatic quiz?
Stevens comments on AD seemed wrong to me. therefore he can be Scottish for now :P
No, Andy Murray!
Andy Murray did the PF quiz?
Im sorry i missed it!
Steven lost Andy Murray? Careless.
Mind = blown!
:D
Wait Steven and Any Murray were doing the PF quiz when Steven got lost? Who was navigating? Jean Todt?
hes not Scottish. Must have been Sir Jackie.
Wait a minute. Sir Jackie can't get lost. That must mean they're British.
This is like a very surreal version of who's on first?
Sir Jackie was clearly British... he won things... I think he described himself as a british world champion after Jenson won the title!
reading 20 years old papers (6 Nov 1989). Prost refused to race the F1 news on Adelaide GP says :-)
DC? I know he won a number of races, but I mainly remember him for the epic fails.
He is a difficult one to nail down... I cant decide! :P
In terms of points doesn't he have the most of any British driver?
This was tongue in cheek... please dont hunt me down scottish people! ;)
Morning. First thing I see is that Steven has apparently lost andy Murray.. *nods*
probably because he did a million seasons. Well it felt that way anyway.
Sounds about right for a Sidepodfriday morning :)
Help. I think I like DaddyHam. Someone talk me out of it!
*stares*
Wow, he's right for once too!
535 oh no that was the points not the number of seasons ;)
Just listening to Midweek Motorsport's F1 Season review... this should be fun!
oh my the photo on that article. I can't.... look... away....
My... face... is... meeelting!!!
ah Friday. Perfect remedy for Thursday :)
Interestingly he scored more points per race than Rubens over his career. And everyone knows Rubens is awesome...
So Rubens is British?
ouch. My soul!
I think so.
I like this...
http://icanread.tumblr.com/post/233006154
I'm sorry to tell you that you will no longer be able to open automatic doors.
:)
he better not be playing with my soul in the mud... *breathes on glass just in case*
You don't need a soul to break the beam to open a door!
they never did explain how rc cars can open the doors, but not the souless
Tell that to Bernie ;)
I used to struggle in a lot of places. #reallyshort
awwe... hehehe
Did you have to jump?
Have you started standing on a box now? Or have they fixed the doors?
jumping and waving. Lots of waving
That's really not nice to imply you have no soul :(
I grew one last inch when I was about 18, it seemed to fix the issue :D
You would hate the interior train doors here. You have to stand right in front and wave you arms horizontally at them...
has Denmark not heard of doorknobs?
hehehehe
its not funny, but i cant help it
+sorryamy
They're not cool and stylish though are they?
but you have that giant Ikea!
Blimey yesterday must have been the first day in a while when the two daily posts were one after another!
Or today, compared to yesterday.. I mean... Nevermind.
Off season!! Wooohooo!
I saw this in the paper the other day, slightly illegal use of F1 logo and a Ferrari to advertise properties!
For some reason they made the ferrari blue! http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0197
Somebody that I work with does their smileys like this (-:
That's just sick and wrong isn't it?
Do they walk around on their hands or something?
ooh i like it :D
ut everyone should know that smileys are born without a nose! (:
They aren't even from Australia / NZ. They are from Birmingham. We'll have to remember to ask Jackie
Yes I have never done noses.
Quite apart from the nose issue... do they know it is backwards? Have you told them? HAVE YOU?
Also, did you fix Katherine's laces yet?
backwards smileys scare me. Why do people find them acceptable?
The backwards thing was the problem.
I'll tell him now.
:D = (]:
For e the nose is a waaaay bigger problem :P
Katherine and I had a (I don't know what the word for it is anymore, but I wrote an article about how I don't know what the words is which you can check out here)
And Katherine said that she thought the only reason that you all thought it was weird was because you hadn't seen them on. So she made me promise to post two pictures for you...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-329
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-301
THAT'S WORSE!
Gah! Does she not get weird looks when people talk to her? I could never concentrate!
I'll let her know.
I can't believe I have just sent the e-mail I have just sent to the head of IT for the group...
#blamechristine
Hehehe, yay!
Direct messaging on Twitter very much confuses me.
How so? Do you use the web or a twitter client?
Both.
How does it decide who goes in the drop down menu? Because it certainly isn't everyone I can direct message.
I think you can only dm people when you follow them and they follow you.
Sorry I don't follow. What drop down menu? I think you can only DM someone who follows you too...
it just seems so unnecessary!
Yup. But I do follow them and they do follow me and I went to their page and clicked direct message from there. Job done.
But they weren't in the dropdown menu.
My guess... Twitter is broken. Mr C will be pleased ;)
Hehe, I think he is already aware.
A few days ago, someone direct messaged me because they couldn't get to him. I couldn't reply to them so had to tell Mr C verbally what was saying. He messaged them, they messaged me.
FAIL.
If Mr. C. is not following anymore because of lists then that might be part of the problem...?
Twitter is bro-ken,
with the fail whale,
Twitter is ma-king,
Mr C cry.
But he could message them?
I don't know. Like I said, it very much confuses me.
I think Twitter is moving out of the honeymoon period where it becomes overcomplicated and full of spammers.
I think this already happened.
You might be right.
Phase 1: App gets noticed - big buzz, loads of hype and attention. Full of bugs but everyone forgives the developers because it's new and trendy.
Phase 2: Businesses cotton on to how popular and mainstream it is and the Spam starts to arrive in bulk. This is poorly handled by the developers because they never got around to sorting the bugs in the first place, instead concentrating on adding features that dilute and overcomplicate the service. Talk of the developers making money or selling the app starts in earnest. Questions are asked about how useful the app is.
Phase 3: EITHER:
(a) The app is sold, the new owners completely change it which annoys all the users who leave the service; or
(b) The app is never sold, people get annoyed with how bloated and slow it has become and leave the service.
Phase 4: The app disappears and the cycle repeats with a new app.
Thoughts?
You missed the bit where all the celebrities get on board.
Had the following error message in wave just now that I quite liked:
Of all the things, you'd think waves would be allowed to crash.
:)
If Lukeh is here I would like to apologise for not commenting on his blog post because I have tried four times and it won't accept it. Boooo blogger.
Should have been included in Phase 2, right?
An endlessly propagating wave?
When does a wave turn into a particle or into matter?
I've just been told at work this morning that I don't have a job any more. :(
Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that :(
Is it too late to be a student and get some government help? You still live at home, right?
Curse this stupid Apple Store catching my attention again...
Ah man' that sucks :/ sorry to hear it..
Aerolab rubbishes data-passing reports -AUTOSPORT
This is to do with the allegations Notus are stealing Force India's IP with an old car model.
Aerolab insist that this is just mudslinging and that they are suing Force India for breach of contract - another one, Vijay?
Interesting stuff anyway, kinda like what happened with Shadow and Arrows in the 1970's...
Odd... will check it when I go home for you though!
i'm 19 this month so maybe. Yea, I still live at home at the moment. I just don't know what to think right now.
That's no good :(
Do you have a notice period or were you instantly laid off?
There must be some kind of course you can take if there's no work available... What were your plans originally?
I was on a temporary contract so the notice period was just a day. I'll still get paid for today though. I had planned to see 6th form out when I was there but couldn't take the work, so I decided to go into full time work. I just need some time to think about where I go from here.
We'll be happy to help you with some advice if you need it Scott.
Thank you, that's very much appreciated.
Morning. I'm really sorry to hear about your job Scott.
There's not an age limit on student support. The limit is how much funding and support you've had before. It's too late to start a course this year though. If I were 51 I could get grants and loans as long as I've never been to university before.
That sounds good.
Oh I see erm 6th form is different. I fear (but don't know) that you might be too old for EMA.
Something in my head says that you'd be okay until you were 20 for that.
Even then, isn't it decided on how much money your household earns? Has to be under 30k or something if I remember, and my mum currently earns more than that.
Ah okay. Is money the problem? Could they afford to support you while you did your A Levels. In theory, they're obliged to.
Ah the levels are always stupidly low.
Stay at home and do a course would be my suggestion.
Work did say that if the volume of work there picks up again, they would offer me a place back.
Then it's not all bad. However you should still look around and take up other offers is available ;)
What sort of work is it?
They did also give me a couple of recruitment agencies to contact as well. My supervisor did tell me it wasn't a decision she wanted to make either, and she was very sympathetic. Just the way things go, I guess.
Call centre for mobile phone repairs.
It sounds like you parted amicably and they gave you a bit of a hand. You should ask her for a reference too. Things will be OK dude!
NICK!!!!!!!
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
This is tricky - if they're not careful, one of them might not have a car to bring to the grid next year...
I don't see why Force India have a gripe with the same subcontracting company using an old outdated version of their own model anyway - in theory that car would be seconds off the pace.
I think Lotus have made an error here by displaying a stock windtunnel model that has nothing to do with a 2010 car, just to show off something tangible that they can then say "we have a working 2010 prototope"...
Bad news indeed. My wife said, when I received news in a similar vein (exactly a year ago, spookily enough), "When one door closes, another one opens." And although it may seem like quite a cloying platitude, it turned out to be right. I hope one opens for you shortly.
Not here
One of the things Force India are complaining about is that Notus used wind tunnel tyres which had signatures of FIF1 personnel on them. They belong to FIF1 they claim.
If I had paid a sub-contract company to do a job and they let someone else have access to something that belonged to me I would sue.
but if there's no significant difference between those tyres and the regular tyres, that suit would probably just be thrown out of court. it's not like Notus are gaining any sort of advantage.
What, though, if you hadn't actually paid the bill (along with several others)?
Hi all
I haven't been around much recently but all of you are ok.
I've got a countdown on my pc at work it and it taunting me saying 125 days left until FP1
Then presumably they'd seize goods instead of payment. I'm not sure they're allowed to take intellectual property though.
FIF1 mus have some non-disclosure agreement in place with their sub-contractor. If the items are FIF1's property then the contractor is in breach for giving anyone else access.
That is always a possibility with FIF1 but the contractor can't just give other people items that belong to them
Very good point.
I thought the issue was with the chassis and not the tyres per se? You could say Aerolab was at fault for that, I guess, but if the chassis is fundamentally different, Notus can't be at fault.
Very difficult to tell on that front. A wind tunnel model is only a representation of the exterior surface of the car. They take a generic titanium frame called a 'carrier' and fit everything to it.
Whoever invented the pneumatic drill is going straight on the naughty step.
FIF1 claim the car is similar to theirs and that as well as the apparent similarity it happens to be sitting on their tyres.
Like I said earlier, I think it's just a mockup so they can tell people they are working on something.
Look at the flak USF1 and Campos are getting because they apparently are 'not doing anything' - just because we can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening :)
I have gingerbread snowmen :) http://alwayslookingforward.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gingerbread/
Hullo again :)
Annoying I'm starting to feel the whole blocked nose-sore throat-coughing thing from yesterday.... but today is Friday not Thursday so surely it should not be allowed to return
Oooh, yummy.
I'm liking that the tags in the sidebar now say: doctor who food. What would that taste like? :)
I want some!!
Also, Doctorn Who Food?
It depends if it is returning or lingering. If it is definitely returning then we'll have to have a word with Friday.
I am going to have to spend the day keeping my eye on it, mischiveous thing
#sameperson
hehe i just noticed that. they are seperate things. but i'd imagine very nice ;)
alot of people around here seem to be the same as someone else.
Last week I was the same person as mr c apparently, this week it's Christine. Next week it will my alex and my psychic takeover of the parade lap will be complete :P
:)
Bad news: McLaren shop can't accept my card over the phone.
Good news: they're going to let me do a bank transfer of the funds. I will have that McLaren shirt (hopefully)!
Yay!
There's rumors they won't make it to the grid next year, USF1 in particular, but that's another story. Meanwhile, we don't seem to be hearing much from Manor either, but no one seems to be asking about them - is it the Virgin money?
Bassano? :O
Is Amy ordering one too? :D
I said this morning no more ordering until they say Kimi. Because I already have 7 McLaren shirts and I think that is enough for now :)
I just want one :(
Only 7!
well, one is a Heikki shirt ;)
My word... :O Well, it's a good thing you don't read the aggregator news - you'd have found them awful this morning...
Why, BBC, WHY?
I hate the football ones - so why an F1?
Heheheh
'We have nothing else to do so lets just report gossip'
OH NO - THEY USED GMM AND PLANET-F1!!!!
and most of them came from getting a new members shirt each year. Thank god this year they realised we all had lots of shirts and changed the pack to something different :)
my opinion of the bbc could not be any lower right now.
I hate F1 gossip :(
Offseason cost-cutting.
this was benson's idea, wasn't it? online editor and all.
i'd put money on it.
#MFC: Gadget problems divide the sexes
64% of men don't read the manual? So 36% are lying then?
I think that when you're at the point of phoning an expensive helpline, I would rather crack out the manual.... Surely that's the only sane thing to do.
AHAHAHAHA. :D
Actually, I'd rather search for online forums...
I used to do this for a job. You would not believe some of the stuff that I saw!
I'd just keep messing with it myself
I'm not a big fan of the user guide generally. If I knew where it was I'd probably be more likely to look at it or find a copy online than I would be to phone someone up and ask them for advice.
I've phoned a helpline once and that was while my last computer was still under warranty and they required me to phone them for advice before they'd collect it.
That's slightly different though.
Yes. I should think so. I don't like reports like that. The findings seem obvious. Why did they bother to spend their time studying that....
Even for GMM that is a stupid story. Kimi had a contract for 50 million Euros and we are supposed to believe that he let Ferrari off with two-thirds of that and is now hagling over 2 million. Logic fail.
How can the BBC run GMM stories? Shame there is not a comment option
Why would you phone the helpline or read the book? I am as intelligent as the people who made the thing or wrote the book so I can figure it out. :D
It depends though. Sometimes it's not about intelligence. Some things aren't at all intuitive. If your designer isn't that smart ;) they won't necessarily design their products for easy use.
Most people just moan to the poor person that sold it to them :(
Depends what's wrong with it though. I might just want my money back in which case it's the retailer that's liable if it isn't fit for purpose.
You're a smart persoon if you can get through that horrible plastic covering packing stuff without hurting or cutting yourself
Well that's a whole other can of worms - I'm not sure what the law is in the UK, but in NZ it was the case that all the retailer has to do is make a reasonable attempt to fix the problem - which may or may not mean a refund...
It's insane isn't it!!!
That's not the case here. If it's not fit for purpose, you're legally entitled to a refund. Many retailers try to force repair, replacement or some sort of vouchers on you but they're required by law to give a refund if you insist.
What can i do for you this evening?
What do you mean by 'Fit for Purpose'? If you mean that it's not right for what you wanted, most shops refund you within 28 days (in NZ)...
Sorry to hear that Scott... not nice news at all
No I mean that it's broken or that the product itself doesn't work as it should or was advertised to.
It is not the evening!!
Most people would pleased someone offered assistance!
I saw what you said about me this morning.... I am not THAT WOMAN.
hehehe :lol:
Then you have a different law to NZ. In NZ, the store can make a reasonable and timely attempt to fix the problem first. Then if that does not work the replace/refund.
We had a similar case with our washing machine in Denmark. TBH as long as the problem is solved then I am happy.
Fair enough. In this country you use a lot of your rights if you accept replacement rather than refund even if you go on to buy an identical product.
Oh erm yeah Nick. I'm getting the train in the morning. I've left you an email address for me.
ah cool, on the wiki?
Yah. I'm not taking my laptop with me. My phone doesn't agree with the wiki .
I am sure these two comments are not connected officer
Hahahahaha
Scottish people are far more self-deprecating than others ever could be :P
Oooooh also I found my oyster card. Not my passport though :(
hehe thats exciting!
Hey... don't mock the three whole pounds I've saved on a replacement.....
:D
so you saved £8 then - the fiver on the card and the £3 to replace it?
I'm pretty sure I could have had the balance transfered. But it makes me feel like the hunting was worthwhile :D
:)
Can I just say Brawnsomeness photoshop?
They've changed the way it works since I last went down. I feel like such a tourist :(
You don't need to buy physical passes anymore and keep them in the wallet with the card right?
Snake really is eating its own tail, isn't it?
So... does this story mean he was actually good? Or was he in with a shot at the title the same way Vettel was?
I never knew you had to do that!
were they using steam trains back then too?
The thing is you are probably smarter than the people who wrote it.
Your card was invalid without the pass. Kinda removed most of the point of oyster. I guess it was while they were developing it though, testing it out. Yes I do remember life before oyster :P
I still have my pass, but when I showed it to somebody the other day (who worked there) they looked at me like I was insane and from the past.
I don't know why I used the past tense. Must be a mental block on Montoya.
Flux capacitor fail
Like 95% of the world's population, I don't understand the NASCAR points system. I've always suspected it is a moveable feast that alters to deliver a climactic finale every time...
Yaaaay! I'm glad I didn't imagine that.... Just to confirm. I can just use the card and get on the train. I won't have transport police chasing me?
The Chase in NASCAR is an odd beast. You have to qualify to get in, then the qualifiers' points are essentially reset. JJ did well enough to comfortably qualify, then turned up the pace when it really mattered.
All we need is wikipedia to start quoting BBC as a source which people will believe and then find out the BBC's source was GMM
The way JJ is dominating, it might as well be past tense for all intents and purposes.
I have just been speaking to somebody familiar with the Sobart company (lorries etc). They did the transport to Brawn and have said that they are in talks with Force India and Renault (if Renault continue) to do their transport for next year.
He has had a really good season of turning left. With the NASCAR points system many people are in with a chance of winning for as long as possible.
unfortunately, they've failed to do that for the last 4 years now...
believe it or not, the championship this year wouldve been closer with the old system.
I'm not going to pretent I know too much about NASCAR points, but from what I gather... 12 drivers qualify and their points are reset to the same points as the current championship leader MINUS 10 points for every race win less than the current leader. That means Montoya got -40 points at the start of the chase.
I've been watching and he's been pretty good in the chase, just not quite been there on the last lap.
Their bernieator must have failed...
I couldn't believe it when I saw the points after the first race for the chase for the cup for the thing. The leader has something ridiculous like 1150 points and second had 1140 third 1130 etc
He was in with a shot but 'the chase' rewards consistency which, as we know, was never Pie Boy's strength!
Like Bernie's medals system: great idea on paper, would never work on track!
That's already happened. Well it must have. It has infamously happened with the Daily
FailMail.Peaches Geldof wrote an article saying that that silly middle names were silly. And they said that Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof had made this point, which they had clearly got from Wikipedia because that was the only source at the time.
But if you look now the name is sourced from a copy of the Fail article (on contact music).
It's totally circular. Two guys made up her middle names by adding to her middle names slowly but surely over several years.
Niiiiiick
Not Nick i'm afraid, but i'm here!
Afternoon
Afternoon Jon. Just finished the MWM F1 review.
what did you think?
Im listening to hte Honda thingy from a few weeks ago
I thought it was very good. Some great opinions and arguments in there. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but I just like the banter!
The Honda thing was OK - I think you should just skip to the Formula Ford bit though...
I salute their resourcefulness, in the same way that I would buy a pint for the fellow who amended Ronnie Hazlehurst's Wikipedia obit to say that he co-wrote S Club 7's Reach For The Stars.
its why im listening to it, but im not up to anything at the moment so am just leaving ti all on. burns 2 hours
There was another guy who kept editing a wiki obit for a composer just to make sure the press would pick it up. Molly Wood thought he was a douchebag for doing that but I like that he called out a lazy journalist!
Right I'm off out to grovel for my job back..... I can't really be bothered. I'm afraid that might be quite obvious.....
i have mailed you ;)
Poor you :(
good luck :D
Yeah I got it. Cheers.
It's okay. I'm not upset. It's just a bit of an inconvenience. I could afford unpaid leave when I had to pay thousands of pounds for travel. I can definitely afford the leave if I stay at home.
So the trip is off now?
There is a long and a short version to this. Basically yes. The trip is off. Longer version - I may go out in the new year.
Good stuff.
Yeah don't worry. I'm not about to have another 4 hour rant about how I hate men.
As long as that doesn't include me then it's fine ;)
Alison, yes just use the card on the yellow circle. beep.
I think NASCAR's points run into the high 6000s. Apart from resetting them they tend to manipulate the races rather than the points.
I like JPM, always a fan.
Me toooo
It includes ALL OF YOU
GAHH!!!
Remember how Mr.C. thinks that all you have to do is block a Facebook App once and you'll never see it again and all the clutter will be gone?
Well Farmville just sent me another notification via a friend's wall post! GRRR!!!!
Boo. Many people think I am nice :P
Even me?
How did the conversation jump from daily to Friday Fun?
Deary
Impressive use of a different thread.
I really am chuffed that you hate me ;)
Errrrm.....
Mr. C. is going to be very cross!
Don't you even start.....
oddly enough, we've had very close title campaigns for the last 4 years, the same time NASCAR has struggled keeping it close...
BTW Jon, what did you think of the MWM F1 review?
I might let Steven off though. He is my personal Michel monitor.
Thing is, JPM's been uber-consistent this season. He's never figured in any of the Big Ones. About the only reason he's not in title contention right now was a puncture that sent him down the order 2 races ago.
I liked it, like you said agreed with bits and pieces of it, not so much others....but hindhaugh really really really REALLY annoyed me. I don't mind when he's joking, but it jsut felt like he didnt want to be there, and he didnt really know what he was talking about in places.
He's amazing for sports cars, so he should stick to it.
What have the rest of us done to warrent such hate?
Is he the Heidfeld of NASCAR?
Oh erm hi Christine. I appear to have had a bit of a thread accident.....
Yes! That's exactly who he is!
He's only won one race but it was on a 'road course' - which is too unique for most NASCAR drivers.
I wouldnt dare...
Ah ha, will fix. Mr C will never know. :)
I think it's because he's a sportscar guy - it's the opposite of here really. He did make a lot of good points though, and I think part of what he says is just to generate discussion.
Debris cautions much? :D
Oddly enough, I like JPM more in NASCAR. Not just because he came from F1 - compared to the other guys there, he's positively pleasant. :D
I just like JPM, and long may he be successful and loved over there, because he does enjoy it!
This season? Tons of top 10s, no wins to show for it.
So yes. Absolutely yes. :D
And that was LAST season. No wins yet this season.
I do agree but he also was clearly bored by some of it, as he said of a couple of occations.
I shouldn't have to tell you!
Although with Heidfeld, zer is no fun in germany.
With Montoya, there is no messing with Montoya.
Vettel powered by Mercedes?
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/videos/vettel-receives-sports-car-prize_233/
(this may be code for nothing ;) )
Oh?
!!!!!!!!
:D
thought so. although it wouldnt be the first time someone has said to me "i shouldnt have to tell you" or "you should know what you've done" when i genuinely havent a clue!
I remember NASCAR's race at the Brickyard (IMS) this season, when he got penalized for speeding in the pit lane - it was a marginal call, but he got a drive-through.
He duly said, "Thanks for f-ing up my day, NASCAR." And it was duly broadcast (complete with bleep) on national TV. The fans had an obvious reaction - they loved it. :D
He does amuse me quite a lot, which leave me interested in what hes doing.
He has a good character, but i kind of like hes annoying the nascar guys not the f1 people.
would love to see him come back one day though ;)
I agree with Alison. Men are trouble. But women, on the other hand, are usually trouble too ;)
On that bombshell, I shall leave.
hehe hope you get the outcome you're after ;)
:D
At least he's honest - he also said that he wasn't the guy to ask too!
I'm warning you......
also don't walk into him with a TV camera. yeesh!
That was brilliant!
I love it when my entire gender is "hated" due the actions of one idiot. Oh no, when I say 'love'..
Hehe you mean JPM and Jon and I were referring to Hindy!
Looks like it is code for you don't remember
what! i was being positive for you!
i cant work out what you want!
Ooooops. I got caught in the crossfire of two conversations
Although maybe Hindy doesn't like it too :P
Great idea Ford
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/06112009/36/ford-debuts-inflatable-seatbelts-0.html
i'd give up trying :P
Ummm... what?
But seriously, do you think it's a good idea?
HA
Piquets Twitter description is "Living the dream"
:D
Really Nelson?
Wait til he wakes up
...in America! :D
Or he might've found an F1 seat again.
:)
I stopped following Piquet a while ago.
I would say so did the rest of the paddock but being at the back so much doesn't help the joke. For shame, Nelson
PK = awesomeness
Right... off to my Poker night. See you tomorrow!
Absolutely. A lot of people don't wear seat belts properly. They seem to think so long as it is plugged in it has magic properties beyond the laws of physics. This way even if the belt is not tight it will have some effect beyond trying to cut the wearer in half and if worn corrctly the load is spread over a far wider area. I can see a lot of advantages in this.
Adios!
May your cards be live and your pots be monsters! :D
Don't blow all your chips.
Makes sense. It just looks... weird.
Im 3 hours ahead and i am still not heading out for an hour
Is this the weirdest looking thing you've ever seen? http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/11/perths-uggly-puggly-echidna-babies.html However, I do heart the name puggle.
I was saying Zoo-borns
Woah, what is that?! Cool name though as you say...
Zoo-urns.
Knuckles is a better name than Puggle.! ;)
(I wonder if anyone got my reference...) :D
They look weird. Puggled in Scotland means drunk and I am sure the first person who saw one of those thought he was puggled hence the name
Literal Video versions of music videos are now my favourite thing on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FLcbM2wiuk
I like that! Puggled.
Being Scottish the d is pronounced as a t. I feel like Kathi doing language lessons.
that's how mcnish felt when franck beat him.
:D
If you associate words with Franck, I like them even more.
sneaky, yet subtle. i like it. :D
:)
I have to go out tonight I hope I don't get totally Francked ;)
You are just trying to get cheap brownie points from Christine
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/429767/lotus-f1-start-chassis-production.html
Piccys of the lotus
I'm sure if you squint hard enough you can see Tonio Liuzzi
All i can see is black....maybe im squinting too hard
I'm pretty sure I can see the force india colours and sponsors too and Mike Gascoyne's notes in the background with a scrubbled out Force India logo replaced by a drawing of Lotus ;)
Why is Gacoyne designing in Cologne? He couldn't wait to get out of there when he was with Toyota
Perhaps he's commuting there every day by private jet.
Something to make up for that rubbish Gossip article, Ted news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/11/ted-kravitz-the-abu-dhabi-gran.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/06/daily-telegraph-libel-case-ecclestone
Grrrr!
You liked the Brawn bit, didn't you? :D
Very promising for 2010 :)
His other half used to work for Toyota and may still have a residence in that city, although I thought they were building a house somewhere fancy.
Only this time, McLaren and Ferrari also started early. So while they may not be right at the front, they should be more than respectable - I think Top 3.
I love it too!
I especially love the "Rubens your on fire. Like properly on fire"
On Toyota:
It seems that this kind of treatment has been consistent across all the manufacturers.
Although at least BMW announced midseason.
I swear, Brawn 2009 = Williams 1980. :D
Williams had a decent car in 1979 and won their first ever race that season. The 1980 car was an evolution of the 79 car so very different to the Honda/Brawn situation.
I was thinking of comparing it to 1979 (huge gains in pace and all), but they didn't win the title that season. 1980 will have to do. What I'm saying is that 2009 is just the beginning of a long era at the front for Brawn.
i agree, and i think lewis will follow mercedes asap.
it depends on how that first merc engine goes in 2011, I'd think. lewis' contract ends in 2011, right? or is it 2012?
either way, Lewis will probably have Vettel for company by then (and I'd think Nico would go the other way to McLaren).
Close-up views of this car will be available in, ahem, a certain booky wook...
volcanic sidepodspace pic (sorta): http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/12/start/capturing-a-volcano-from-above.aspx
Which I will buy along with the 2009 season DVD - when the Region 1 version finally decides to show up for pre-sale...
This book? That is available by clicking here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0760337314?tag=sidepodcast-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0760337314&adid=1YJNSGYME4NEXMM32SFS&
You would think when an astronaut mentioned that he was taking a photo of a volcano erupting directly under him someone would have made a note.
Grrrrr! Customers who bought this book also bought one written by ME! Grrrr!
In fact I have pre-ordered that book. Buying from that link does three things:
1) Gives you a great book to tell you all about the 79 Williams
2) Helps fantastic commenter Stuart C
and
3) Gives a small kickback to Sidepodcast
I hope everyone has given it a go. It's just clicking a mouse a few times (and a withdrawal from your bank account but shhh). And everyone knows clicking mice a few times is fun :)
Grrr! Codders book probably has a forward by Liuzzi! Grrr!
Just thought I'd share the good word... I have a new blog...
Gridwalk Talk :)
yeeeey
*head explodes*
i sooo need a wiki list / opml feed to keep up with these.
OMG! But I didn't have to bully you or nothin'!
There is one.
Evening all.
Have commented :)
I have been thinking about it for a while but secretly in that silly mind of mine... thought it'd be better off doing so than spamming up my personal blog constantly with f1 stuff :)
But just think now you can bully him to write more posts :)
oh.
hey rg.
Tut tut, secret blogging.
Oooh, okay :)
It's win : win :)
Uh oh
Will comment.
Just been laughing at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlpmj9XAn1k&NR=1
#Forza3
Someone please tell me - how am i going to squeeze this paintjob:
http://www.hpieurope.com/showimage.php?imgSrc=graphics/diecast/kit_pages/8065/8065_01.jpg
onto one of these:
http://www.egmcartech.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/2007_mercedes_benz_amg_dtm_c_class_2.jpg
This part of it is concerning me the most:
http://www.hpieurope.com/showimage.php?imgSrc=graphics/diecast/kit_pages/8064/8064_05.jpg
Quick Lukeh run!
with difficulty? :P
Oh my goodness
Yeah, my thoughts exactly!
i love when he walks past the guy, he looses sight of him with zero peripheral vision :D
When F1 drivers want to fight do they just kick then other guy to get it going or something?
Don't know if this has been shown today, F109 Game stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzA9DlVp4-8
Basically interview with guys who make it and Ant/Crofty about the game. More game footage and that./
oooh!!! Nice find RG :D
Even for promotional purposes, Ant and Crofty are the perfect couple :D
I hope they include some of the stuff in the 2010 game.
Hello everyone :) how is everyone today?
You know i was up late finishing a load of techie things for our house drama competition which was today?.. and you know i've been stressing about it for about a week writing the script and helping the house captain rehearse people... well with just 4 days work, alot of stress and some tears my house came THIRD!!! which is awesome considering... plus we always come last :) hehe looks like it was all worth it.. :)
I was actually just looking on the codemasters forums ;)
Congraaaaaaats!! Thats just awesome considering everything :)
Well done on the third.
great job Lou! how many houses participate?
I'm OK despite losing my job this morning.
Ditto there. :)
agreed. :)
6.. and tbh we were the least rehearsed.. our first full run through was this morning about 40mins before the performance. i'm mainly over the moon because the judge said the script was amazing, and cleverly written etc... which makes me happy :)
:( aww no i'm sorry to hear that :(
EXCELLENT! :D you've been on the moon for almost a month now! :P
oh no :( thats terrible, sorry to hear that mate
i know! it's nice up here you see ;) gosh i feel so releaved that it wasn't all a waste of time.. it's one huge thing on my to do list... the list is still long though :(
I enjoyed that video, really looking forward to the Wii game :D
On top of the moon - I think you mean ;)
And on that, training. And I'm already knackered, we best not be doing any fitness.
Bye for now.
relieved, you mean? ;) what else is there to do?
oh yeah.. sorry i forgot my own mistake :P
Oh and congrats Lou :)
Hmm so am I and I don't have a wii :)
Thanks. It wasn't a pleasant feeling but I know it wasn't anyone's fault, it's just how the economy is at the moment. Too many staff and too little work coming in so they had to let someone go and unfortunately it was me.
But no matter. Yes it hurts somewhat but I'm already job searching and also applying for info on a distance learning course to get a diploma in games design or games development. Plus I need to get back on Jobseeker's Allowance.
Things will get better, it's just gonna take a while.
Although it did remind me I shall be sad if we can't have Ant and Crofty commentating in 2010 as much as I want Crofty to get a drive
yes.. sorry.. typing too quickly again.. oh loads.. uni stuff, coursework, x2 textiles sketchbooks, portfolios and revision... all the fun things...
Urm, Ant get a drive I mean...
hehe :)
(not here)
And he has a psp. He's just now shot to become my third favoruite driver. Even if he is slow.
Make sure you have some fun on your list
fun = sunday ;)
And he's on Clarkson's new DVD as well. I've watched a bit of it on YT (couldn't help myself) and it looks good.
looking through comments and i found....
all i have to say on the Brawn section is - Ross Brawn is an awesome awesome person :) this has made me very happy :)
I know!! How awesome is that? I honestly had no idea that he had the 2010 plans in the abckground being worked on for so long...
ehehehe :D
I figured he did start it around Turkey, but I thought he reverted to 2009 work a lot longer than he actually did... He just lost 1 week - not bad, not bad at all. And they have LOTS of room for improvement for next year.
Just a thought on Toyota:
Their first race saw Mika Salo (who was in his last-ever F1 season) finish 6th.
Their last race saw Kamui Kobayashi (who was in his first-ever F1 season) finish 6th.
:D A lovely bit of symmetry there.
Evening all. Still ill :(
So maybe that could have been the reason all the other teams caught up so quickly by mid-season. Brawn had switched the team's focus to 2010 so that they could try and get the upper hand on their rivals again because he probably knew their car would be competitive enough in the spec it was in by the time Red Bull started to put on a major challenge.
But again, Ferrari started early too, so Brawn didn't get a head-start per se. The bigger losers here may be McLaren and RBR, who continued to work on this year's car hoping that 2009 gains can easily be translated to 2010.
He has arrived.
Evening all, I thought said Thursdays were bad! Today was terrible... :,(
i'm not sure why but i'm really looking forward to seeing Alonso in the ferrari next year :)
Oh nooo, sounds like you had Thursday V2. I had that last week :(
Evening, brief visit from me although I may be back when at Dad's later... will see.
Anyone who likes IndyCar should read Olsen's view of the title sponsorship deal: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80036
Must have been something I said!
On Gavin's 4 Phases of Apps... absolutely spot on.
Sorry to hear it :-(
Where are you being posted?
out to dinner in London's glittering west end.
looks like your Friday has been 1000 times worse than mine. I'm sorry about that mate...
It's such a hard life isn't it? :p
I know... I probably shouldn't mention that I'm not having to pay either should I? No best not ;)
Have fun :-)
I will try my very best.
Haven't found it on the web yet but BBC teletext has a story saying Renault won't make a decision about staying in F1 unti the end of the year.
Ooh goody, will update my RSSeseseses.
My blood pressure is going up at the thought of it...
Luca and he will deserve each other... I hope Rob sorts things for Felipe....
I think it was on the web yesterday.
joe has a better post on it.
I may have spotted a flaw in the their business plan.
Excellent find - when is it out?
:)
:P
2 weeks today!! Woohooo!
Excellent! Looking forward to it... although that is 2 weeks before I have my big exam retake... willpower!
That video would look good in a blog post.
surely that should include the words "hint hint"?
Stop looking at my taskbar! ;)
My life continues to get odder....
I've been asked to look into the possibility of setting up a Kart track on campus for a day.....the guy who wants it seems really up for it...
ah I can hear fireworks tonight
Yes. All who are looking forward to the game should blog about it.
:-)
He can do it then?
#procrastinator
He wouldnt know where to start! Plus as chair of the motorsport society, its kinda seen as my area
One thing I've noticed about the IndyCar blogging community which I haven't so much in the F1 one, though maybe I wasn't paying attention, is the way a group of them will blog to give something a bit of air time. I don't mean the spots someone tells them about and they get money for, I mean just for the hell of it.
I can see why that would be.
Warning: Tweeters have already coined a lazy term for the emerging Little Lost Model* incident (windgate). Since it looks like this dispute will be running for a while, I thought I'd better tell you before you all start throwing the verbal equivalent of rocks at the perpetrators of such lazy terms for psuedopolitical incidents.
* - I refer to the question of the Aerolab model that may or may not be a VJM02 and looks like causing at least two court cases. Just when I thought Force India had had its quota of those for the month...
indeed, plus it dosent take that much effort at the moment. if i get a quote he likes then he can book it and i'll set it up during the day!
can you remind me tomorrow and i shall have a go.
not sure what you mean?
Say somebody gives an interview which is interesting for whatever reason. Or the latest spoof YouTube clip.
On the IndyCar blogs you can be sure that within a couple of hours the video or the transcript will be embedded in posts from a lot of bloggers.
On the F1 blogs - I don't mean the news-y ones - some would post it, some might mention it tagged on to another post about something else, some might only tweet it.
Just a general impression which is why I'm deliberately vague. The scope of the different blogs may mean it isn't a like-for-like comparison.
http://www.rac…assis-production.html
Piccys of the lotus
I’m sure if you squint hard enough you can see Tonio Liuzzi {Comment #494}
There does seem to be a scrubbed something-or-other out on the side... ...but why would there be anything there on a wind tunnel model?
Why is Gacoyne designing in Cologne? He couldn’t wait to get out of there when he was with Toyota {Comment #498}
I suppose Toyota had to do something with the spare wind tunnel when the maximum number for F1 use was set at one at the start of the year. If Lotus are borrowing wind tunnel time (either directly from Toyota or via Fondtech), then it would make sense to use a tunnel that Mike knows well. After all, Mike had fallen out with pen-pushers, not the tunnel!
That could be difficult but if it works you get your own track
has this been mentioned today?
http://www.ferrari.com/English/News/Pages/091106_F1_Alonso.aspx
Alonso at work already ;)
Someone mentioned that earlier but there is no harm in bringing it up again as there has been a shift change since then
Oh didnt notice. but good to hear Alonso is already visiting Maranello.
I am surprised we haven't had the standard press release saying he set a new lap record at Fiorano even though he only drove a road car. No doubt we will get that the first day he sits in an F1 car.
Here you go. My little write up on the upcoming F1 2009 game :)
You beat me because I felt I'd better talk about IndyCar :-)
i'm so bored this evening.. i don't want to do any work as i'm just too tired, but i don't know what to do instead...
Go to the Friday Fun thread
but i don't really have anything to say.. i've got no creativity left after this week :(
Just read and enjoy.
Pluggery: here and here.
Now thats just some daylight pluggery.....
Will read ;)
Ooh you cheeky plugger! :)
I really ought to plug the blog entry I wrote yesterday. I'm particularly pleased with it's title (The Difference Between A Beer and a Plane Is...) but unfortunately I got disturbed halfway through writing it, so it ended a tad abruptly...
I like it. A non-plug plug
Is Jon about?
JON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Lou, if I don't see Jon could you ask him if he lives anywhere on my route and I could pick him up?
I can get him a ticket but kimster wants to go in early and you only get 1 ticket which allows entry for 4)
Time I was going.
I've got to do babysitting / housesitting over the weekend. No idea what my online movements will be.
Another visit to Ikea tomorrow, this time my mate who came with me last time needs some stuff because they were out of stock when we went and he forgot to check online first.
Sunday I should probably start revising for my retake. If I don't see you before then, have a good weekend..
Bye!
btw can someone please remind me on Sunday or Monday because I'd quite like to sign up to Alianora's karting meet but I don't have time now...
She's got a karting meet? I remember last years podcast about it. Where can I find details?
okay i will do :)
It's on the wiki Chris
http://alianoralacanta.wik.is/La_Canta_Magnifico_Blog/2nd_F1_Bloggers_and_Friends_Karting_Competition
Here. In fact I may just email now while I still remember.
Thanks guys (takes a look)
hello sidepodworld
Evening Guille
Evening
heya
Ernie and Bert Google!!
heya.. i forgot to dm you... jackie left a message for you
link!
thanks :) we've been DM-ing so all is sorted :)
awesome :)
Evening all
Evening mr bunny sir
btw can someone please remind me on Sunday or Monday because I’d quite like to sign up to Alianora’s karting meet but I don’t have time now… {Comment #648}
Will do, Pat :) Remember, all you need to do is send me your e-mail by one means or another and I can then send you the invoice.
see you later. tonight is the symbolic start of Bariloche's rally and tomorrow I'll get to see some road action :D (although I'll have to get up at 5:30am...)
I haven't been out to see a rally in a long time. Enjoy.
you should start one up around your neighbourhood streets under the cover of darkness..
thanks. it will depend of the weather, it's been rainy and windy the last few days; but I hope I'll find a nice place inside the woods...
they tend to do that round here
I think I should aim big - try to set up a street circuit for F1! this country needs a new race.
She’s got a karting meet? I remember last years podcast about it. Where can I find details? {Comment #649}
Yes, I have a karting meet. Coinciding with Autosport International, it's a fun race between friends who met on the internet open to all capabilities and none.
Details may be found at my wiki, as Steven rightly says.
Here's my plug - I am growing a moustache for Movember*. Please donate to the cause. http://uk.movember.com/mospace/2849/
*Yes this means I had to shave off the beard I've had for the last few years.
just checking... is the bbc season review tomorrow?
:o
i had no idea...
apparently at 1pm
http://www.onthebox.com/tv/episode/she10950680000/formula-1-2009-jenson-buttons-glorious-season.aspx
wow.. it's quiet here tonight... i hope it doesn't get any quieter... how am i going to survive the next 125 sleeps if it does?
thanking you :)
Hmm...
EVERYONE!!!!!!
oh dear, you're not counting down already?!
Yes?
i miss f1!! :(
editing joe. available soon.
hello?
crazy talk. it hasn't even gone away yet.
I am searching blogs, trying to find something to comment about. Is the season over or something?
if legard is presenting it, I'll have better luck watching Bargain Hunt...
Yay everyone ping worked :)
true story
Hi.
not even a week in....
a few sprinkles of holy water towards the tv should help
I don't think my local church has a TV...
It never really goes away though.
Oh by the way Mr C, I have found the email auto responder I was struggling with - you were correct in assuming the mail server was doing the work. Now all I have to do is change the email address and test that it's working properly.
Look at THAT! JUST £2.99! How about that, martin...
Says Jake is presenting
yippee. good work chap.
phew
suppose i should do something constructive.
Night night, guys...
Tomorrow, I plan A LOT of sleeping...
:D
:D
#DrWhoNews ;)
There will be a Never Mind the Buzzcocks Dr Who special over Christmas...
night Lewis
Apparently it will have guests from the world of Dr Who on it
Like David tennant, Catherine Tate and, ur, Jamie Cullum
ummm?
Yeah that one I didn't get either
but i miss the racing... this week has been super tough and all i wanna do is sit and have a nice time watching a race etc but i can't i have to wait days and days and days... and days.... i think it could be cause i haven't been keeping up with news this week :(
:o
It will have Wilf!!! Awesome.
You're seeing F1 cars, F3, DTM this weekend! It's not gone away yet!
hehe i know... but sunday is ages away!!!!
same distance a gp would be!
who's wilf?
but there should be fp and quali.. and yeah... have i mentioned i'm not good with change?..
Hello :)
heya
haha, really? ;)
He was the grandad of Donna (catherine tate's character) on the show and the epitome of the world legend!
I guess he is also known by his real name of Bernard Cribbins... :P
i've enjoyed this season's racing too much... f1 makes everything better in my life.... i miss it when it's not around..
Music related fan?
hey Alison
Repeat after me
"My name is lou and i have a problem"
:D :P
I only remember him from years ago, and namely the Wombles.
To be fair I don;t think lou has had a season quite like what happened this year ;)
hi Alison
s'ok cause one day i'll be part of the f1 circus and i'll be almost considered normal :) or at least... really really happy... without all this stupid school stuff...
Thats true !!
ehehe yeyy, but then you'll have eeeeeven bigger withdrawal symptons ;)
I didn't want 2008 to end to be fair.
#goodtimes
thats a good point! me either!!
naahh.. it will be called a rest.. :P and i can take photos of other motorsports or spend some time in england... whatever f1 photographers do in the off season... one thing's for certain.. i'd check my emails! and reply!!!.... :P
hahaha, you will appreciate people in your position more when your in theres!
#HurryUpLorenzo
;)
indeed...i'm holding out hope that he is in fact having a well earned rest and will reply very soon...
I would laugh that next door's block's alarm has just gone off, but seeing as i've been very lucky with fire alarms i'm going to avoid it!!
Oh my gosh. I have discount vouchers for LegoLand in Windsor..... How can I not use those....??
You have to. Its THE LAW
what, it's still open now? i thought these places closed after bonfire night? (well, alton towers did anyway)
Booooo! I looked and I have to use them by the 8th..... Not sure that's about to happen!
I have been offered a job btw which is good times. It comes with corporate discounts which I've never had before and I'm enjoying looking at all the money off things I can have.....
don't know what's there anyways, apart from a few blocks of lego and that.
yay!!!! :D
Hahaha I flew to Denmark about 6 weeks ago to go to LegoLand there......
Great news.
cool :)
Yes. I work there now so it's not a huge shock to me but yes. Somehow my ability to make even simple things complicated has got me a better job than I had before. I'm starting in a fortnight.
Sometimes things happen that way. :D
happy?
atleast you get a bit of a break
Hah yes. I'm getting a bit of a change for a bit. It's flexi contractually so in theory it could end at any time on either side but I've got a new contract signed for April so I'm not too worried. I have to go and buy a suit though.... Not looking forward to that aspect.
goooood
baaaaaaaad
OH.MY.GOODNESS!!
I'm listening to a podcast, which i swear is someone writing an article, then putting it into a text to speech program and then put that up as a podcast
thats discraceful
sounds a bit like me :)
Wow, just exactly unlike Sidepodcast then.
happens a lot. text-to-speech.
Really?? You tempted? :P
To be honest, that's basically Christine. She's like a machine..... :D
i dont mind yours as there are bits of it but the musics the best bit, but this is literally someones written something and then cranked hte handle and that came out.
O.O that's awful!!! :(
it should be banned
really? why?
only for podcasts. i dont mind bits and pieces, but not for an entire podcast
That's great news
Yes. I'm off to London tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to getting sensible amounts of sleep mainly though
i can't listen, so fair enough. but banning it seems quite harsh :)
I thought you were going sidepodpubbing. You can't sleep and do that
Everyday? Is that an obligatory part of it? You just can't go home.
i couldn't do a whole podcast like that. i only use it because it is clearer at saying artists and track titles than i am.
i dont mean completely. basically what im saying is....ban that particular podcast ;)
Evening.
Poker Night was good - put in £15, won £20 - mostly on one hand when getting close to zero which made the others a bit cross.
It was a good night though - lots of pizza, rum, Wii and music (MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Aqua featured) and I got to see a colleague who I have not seen in two months because she got transferred. It was difficult to tell her that I missed her being around without it sounding all wrong!
A really good night though - what have you lot been up to tonight?
Should I not go around with a baseball bat and smash his recording devices in?
i totally agree that it has its uses, and have looked at using it for a bits and pieces when i started, but not for an entire podcast
I like
come on then, name names! we want blood and we want it now! ;)
As I understand it you are supposed to get way drunker than you planned then throw your chips over your trousers
You weren't listening I assume.
i would tell you but i've deleted it now and cant remember what it is!
the chips part is definitely obligatory
Ah. As long as there's no beer in my hair, I'll be happy.
i must be the only one who gets pizza then (and throws it over the trousers)
Pop Quiz: If Mr C says to you - think of a film with a phone box in. What's the first thing that comes to mind?
Doctor Who - The Movie ;)
if not then superman
Phonebooth, then Speed
Superman
There's a phonebox in Speed??
Oooh, Speed, I hadn't thought of that! He's only in a phone box for a few minutes!
The film with the ending with the plane where bruice willis goes "yiki ki yay..etc etc"
i cannae remember what its called
*yipi
cant believe i spelt that wrong ;)
That's what I said!!
Die Hard
the bit where keanu has got his muffins, the first bus blows up, and the phone rings.
"Pop Quiz, hot shot"
I'd go with Superman, but there are plenty of British films too
thats hte one!
Ooooh it even features the words pop quiz! That's ultra topical.
First thing that came into my head but in the film he doesn't get changed in the phone booth he does it while he is running.
the words phone, and booth, brought me to phonebooth.;)
(then probably pop quiz reminded me of dennis hopper in speed.)
Phone booth movies:
-Phone booth
-Die Hard With a Vengeance
-Speed
-Bill and Ted
-Matrix
-Mission Impossible
I am right with you guys, I said Superman and then Phone Booth. Apparently, it is none of these.
Ooh, the Matrix. That should have been obvious too. I have seen that one.
Any clues?
There have to be loads of films where criminals make threatening phonecalls from a phone box.
That's it! Mr C says that is correct.
Also worth noting, Keanu Reeves is in Speed, the Matrix and Bill & Ted all in a phone booth. The man is obsessed.
Keanu's finest role.
Didn't think of that. That is a good one.
I was listening to the Filmwatch show from Sidepodradio the other day, and i was trying to think which were my 5 favourite films. Speed was one of them
good morning all. I just woke up and thought I had to go to work. Then I remembered that its Saturday and it was the best feeling ever.
I can't believe I forgot Speed. Gutted.
Morning Amy
:D :D :D
I wish I had Saturdays off!
but you had Muppet Christmas Carol. I watched that last night, I figured if all the shops can have their Christmas stuff out then so can I.
hi Amy
Great thoughts (replacing work with school here). Hey.
If you're thinking of getting one for Christmas, its $280....for a usb stick
MFC - Love it :D
I want James Morrison for Christmas. No need to wrap him up....
find it hard to believe you are young enough to go to school (like finding out mr c had/has a beard) you sound older
WHAT?!? oh man, my image of him is so screwed up!
w000t! I'm on a roll tonight!
I. Was. Shocked.
I think I should say thanks?
I AM shocked.....
I dont think i want to meet him, it will ruin everything
Mr C only has a beard occasionally. Sometimes he cuts it off and then it grows back. Shocker!
Is he participating on Movember?
Next weekend at Brands Hatch....
The victor meldrew trophy
!!!!!
hehe
Is this a good time to mention my participation in Movember?
http://uk.movember.com/mospace/2849/
So he's just lazy with shaving...
...wait, I thought Mr. C. had no face?
f1 minute goes back to being 5 days a week instead of 7:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/11/06/06-nov-09-alonso-meets-his-new-ferrari-team/
boo for the off-season ;)
I married someone without a face??
I don't believe it!
(someone had to say it!)
i thought he was just a computer program
haha. leave ;)
He doesn't. It's juat a floating hand and beard (sometimes)
*looks at the floor)
Have you only just realised?
The wedding photos seem to confirm this.
Nooo, computer dying again. quick message to say bye, lotsa love.
There is a wall between them
the photos i saw prove he dosent exist ;)
byeeeeee
You think Christine just has a pre-recorded voice?
there are wedding photos??
i have wedding photos online, but i ain't dropping the url for you lot to laugh at my soldier hands.
i think she's smarter with coding and such like than she lets on
Go on... be brave
, it's Friday!
Where are yours then??
Stupid me. People should not be allowed near the internet when drunk!
I knew it!
Well I don't have any scanned and I'm not at home ... but if you really want to see them i will link to one later!
I believe so.
especially when things can't be deleted
I love wedding photos! Which I find odd because I hate weddings.
Well it's more that I'm cack-handed with this netbook touch pad, but my mate from the West Indies has been feeding me too much pirate rum tonight!
And you hate men too. You have obstacles to overcome, my friend!
This will probably get me another 6 months on the naughty step but there are photos
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/04/20/some-pictures/
I photographed a wedding once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTi40w0nLgo&feature=related
Hah yes. This celibacy thing is going well.
it totally is, but look! he has a hand!
WHY WERE YOU FILMING OUR POKER NIGHT???
6 months? More like 6 years. :P
Morning, everyone.
ehehehehe
oh well, atleast you've got somewhere permanant to live now.
Morning J
ok, so the drink did it
http://drop.io/startledbunny/asset/sbwedding-jpg
the soldier hands aren't so bad on this one
What I love is that the comments get hijacked within about 10 replies.
This was before my time (so to speak), but it's amazing looking at the thread how many conversations are in it!
hahahaha, good ol' lou :D love it
That's a nice pic!
the hands look fine!
Same, kinda turned into a live blog about how Franck was doing in a race. (not a bad thing, but might be the wrong topic. Although, the daily didn't exist then, so there might not have been anywhere else to put it!)
There were no daily threads then so all the threads were the same. They started discussingthe post but they then drifted al over the place
Christine does look nice in those pics though - and Mr. C's hand - phwoaarr!
Makes you appreciate the daily more, doesn't it?
:D @mr c comment
Indeed sir!
oh lordy.
I love the daily. I have no real knowledge about F1 nor any longstanding interest :P In all honesty, I'm not sure why I come on this website at all! :D
ahh the wanderer returns ;) we are all admiring your hands :P
for answers
Rob news:
Rob Smedley has been awarded an honourary doctorate in Professional Studies from Teeside University. He is one of five people to have been honoured by the university in this round of degrees, two of the others being the Archbishop of York and Paul Rodgers (the bloke who sung with Queen on their most recent album).
Congratulations!
Question - does Lee McKenzie do any voiceover work? I'm sure I heard her lovely Scottish lilt on a Sky channel called 4 Music tonight - or was that the Rum?
You come for the discussions about gearboxes with Christine
well done rob!
What is Professional Studies?
:)
4music? It's unlikely. She's probably got a exclusivity deal with the BBC.
(guesswork)
Well done Rob on being recognised.
she must do something for a living. it sure as heck isn't reporting on f1.
It must be for the witty conversation
She is bound to
not sure, what was the programme called? (they usually use miquita oliver when i'm watching)
Absolutely!
It was an advert for a programme coming on next...
it could have been edith bowman
oh but she was the "sweetest journalist of the year"
perhaps she was the sweetest because she didn't ask any probing questions to annoy the team.
listen to the 5LiveF1 podcast abu dabhi preview where she's interviewing rosberg about what he's doing next year. its comic genius
She won it because she's great at tilting her head and asking sympathetically "You must be so disappointed?"...
she just looked longingly at jens when she interviewed him, every time.
i missed this. there was an award?
Oh yeah its Friday. Rose Mr C?
oooh yes.
from ferrari apparently http://twitter.com/LeeMcKenzieF1/status/5334863480
Must mean Luca Colajanni didn't get annoyed at her all year. Unlike Louise last year at Singapore... :D
righteo, I am off to celebrate the rising temperature (27 degrees and going up) by making a giant fruit salad then running some errands. Anyone need anything from the city?
Some of that weather would be good
Corn sounds good. :D
Eurgh most certainly not! I'm not sure you're trying to kill me off!!
thats a pretty random answer. It did remind me that I am going to go to the queen victoria markets today to see if they sell flags at all. I knew there was somewhere I had to go. Thanks!
What is Professional Studies? {Comment #878}
If it's anything like Loughborough University, it's the study of how to analyse yourself in order to do better in your career.
I imagine that Rob may have got this for helping Felipe Massa analyse his performances and therefore race better.