Ah, Monday again, but there's no chance to be miserable this week as it's the return of F1 and that can only be a good thing! Yesterday, Mr C got caught up watching Montoya doing some NASCAR thing, and threatened to watch more during the year. Thank goodness F1 is coming back. Here are some of the things we're talking about:
- As ever, don't forget to check out Jackie's fabulous Something For the Weekend series. Although it's not technically the weekend anymore, it's always worth browsing through the links on there, as they always select the best stuff over on Viva F1. I should also do a quick shout out for the quiz-formerly-known-as Pitlane Fanatic. It's returning in a new VivaF1 shape, so stay tuned to Viva F1.
- I'm offering up a quick shout out on behalf of Mr C to Vanquish's blog. There are some fabulous stories on there, with the last one being all about Sir Stirling Moss. The entries are quite long, so you need to grab a cup of tea and a biscuit, settle down and get reading.
- On a self-promoting tangent, I posted an unusual item on Media Future Change yesterday. Mr C and I had been having a conversation, but he was too busy to turn it into a blog post so instead I recorded his words and turned them into a transcript. At some point he will be appearing on the podcast with me, but for now, it's a great way to be a fly on the wall as we discuss media future changey type things. I like the way it's turned out, let me know what you think!
That should do it for now. With the weekend over, it's time to focus fully on the countdown to Free Practice on Friday. Let me know how you're passing the time, and I will see you in the comments.
Wow, is it Monday already?
So it is
Leigh, are you up for Spa this year?
morning monday.
Not sure yet - believe it or not, it's a toss up between Monza, Miami or a TV
Amy's going to Monza, if you go, chat to her
That was a quick evening.
Evening :)
morning!
I don't really know why I've turned the computer on. I'm in one of those moods where people make inane comments and you scream at them.....
I might just break out into a random swearing fit in a minute. I apologise in advance.....
Afternoon
Hi Alison
Jon, are you just arriving?
Hi anyway :)
fun evening??
hey
Thanks for the warning
nah I've been around for ages, occationally saying good bye to people :D
lurker-is-me
How did you guess....
I can't really imagine how it could have been worse!
Oh??
I wouldn't worry, I'm just tired and busy and grumpy. I'm sure I'm annoyed over a bunch of hot air.....
My boss faxed me a very rude letter declining me some leave I had requested as well which didn't help particularly.
Ah!!
By fax?
What is it with Fax!
FAX!?!?!
Stupid Fax
Oh yeah, we love the fax.... There's a lot of form faxing goes on. She'd faxed back my form with a less than polite note on it.
Don't these people have online forms or email
Welcome to the 90's
The fax machine in our office gets a lot of use
Night folks
Got to be up in a few hours
But how can you be bureaucratic without a written record???
Our MFD needs replacing, apparently it's a year overdue
1 million copies is it's intended lifespan apparently
Bye
:D
adios
See ya Leigh
You can email stuff. Quite a few of our invoices come in by email now - but they still need printing as we need a hard copy. Apparently this 'save us money' according to the suppliers. The advantange is that you can choose what to print and what not ot print, rather than having the lot arrive.
That's obvious tosh though! It's just that the cost of printing is now at your end not theirs cheeky beggars....
who prints?
Yep! What they really mean is it saves them money. I hate marketing.
Accounts depts
You obviously don't work for a big company.... EVERYTHING that comes within a 5 mile radius of my office needs to be on paper, in triplicate....
aah. for much longer?
Our industry has to archive records until 5 years after an aircraft ceases flying, even after we no longer own it
We are trialling Electronic Aircraft Technical Logs soon though
How am I going to fax it if I haven't printed it out ;)
How charming. Doesn't he know if you threaten to quit he has to offer you an even better job?
...
...
:)
My company is quite old fashioned anyway, but yeah, I'd expect accounting to be the last thing to change, if ever. You can't verify an audit trail if it is all virtual.
Yeah I did that already though. I think I've used up my promotion tokens....
Ouch
right, i think i'm all done and ready for the morning. night all! xx
don't you just look in the audit trail table?
By law we have to keep accounting documents for 6 years.
see ya lou. best of luck.
Night Lou
wassat?
adios!
i dunno. accounts packages must have an audit trail table.
tells you what the users did.
Night
Good night Lou. Good luck but make sure you enjoy the interview. And get some photos on your trip
Also Nick has mentioned he was thinking about coming over but the dates he gave me are slap bang in the middle of the Easter holiday.... I'm kinda scared to even bring it up now although maybe now she rejected one form, it's okay to kick up more of a fuss if she declines another one.....
Ah. Different thing. You need to be able to trace something from order to payment. The order has to be signed. The delivery note has to be signed. All clipped to an invoice. Then a record of payment attached to it.
Better sooner than later, no?
Good luck Lou! Relax and enjoy yourself xxx
it's a miracle anything ever gets done :)
Well I would but you can imagine what he'd say if I asked for some actual specific dates..... :P
You are entitled to your leave so if she rejects one date you have to have it at another time so no reason not to keep banging in requests
Yeah, God forbid if you need to be specific
I'm forever waiting on things and chasing things. It has taken an age to get this far. It being a farm, people were all too happy to just buy something and not tell anyone. Then they'd expect us to know what to do with the invoice that appeared by surprise. And then they wondered why their budgets bore no relation to the actuals :)
:D
We perhaps had a minor disagreement about that earlier.... That may have been when my foul mood started come to think about it.
Yeah she's a bit of a witch. Maybe she's hoping I'll just forget about it or something....
AAAAAAARGH!!!!!
harsh!
..but fair.
Heading to bed. Don't feel hugely tired even after a hilly round of golf.. work insist on it though.
Night pat
Feeling better now?
Night Pat
adios
Not really tbh. I might just spend tomorrow curled up in a ball....
Night Pat
Was this article discussed already?
Dubious financial background of Stefan GP
http://www.f1technical.net/news/14333?sid=6c91b92382b1257227e99f2b2c6eb2b8
Just use the pain of dealing with these people to motivate you to find a course
News to me
same.
...the company that totals one single employee, realised 3315 Euro in 2009 and a net result of 42.7 Euro.
Not exactly big shots
Seems they also lied about their Aerospace background
I'm not annoyed at my job specifically. Life is stupid!!
Stefan makes USF1 look credible
Dave Richards for 2011 sounds more likely now
It's better than the alternative. Life will get better
Another narrowly averted disaster by Bernie and F1. But it just goes to show that if you can talk the talk, most people will believe it, for a while at least...ie. USF1.
I hope so
At least he would run a credible F1 team. But then again, we all thought TWR would do the same...and Walkinshaw is now hanging around the V8 Supercar series in Oz like a bad smell. Maybe it's unfair to compare the two.
I don't believe you!
When you get to be as old as me you can let me know if I was wrong. Until then you have to believe me
I concur
Nice one...pulling the "experience" card. Do you think MS is trying the same thing on NR in the back of the garage?
Morning all. I sure do love public holidays.
Now you're just ganging up on me! Are you claiming to be a sensible adult now?
The difference there is regardless what he says the stopwatch will tell immediately who is right
I think he'll try but get hypnotised by the hair
hehe!
"when you get to my age... you get faster"
Morning. Found any more bargains?
Sensible? No
Somewhat wise, possibly
Not at all. Just lived longer and been through the ringer a few more times
Hi Amy
What's this one for?
no, I am not going shopping again until my Mum is in town :D
This isn't sounding so much like better ;)
apparently its labour day.
Is she a faster runner?
He did say 'been through' not going through :)
:D
:D :D
Public Holiday?? Labour Day DAMN!! Thats why none of my staff have shown up today!!
:)
So it's kinda odd that the give people the day off then ;)
I can tell you lots of things but I can't give you experience of more years of life. You just have to beieve me.
:D just to be annoying Australia has it on a different day in every state, it makes work annoying when you're trying to ring another state about something and no one is there.
Apparently, depending on which state you're in, today is:
Adelaide Cup
Canberra Day
Eight Hours Day
or
Labour Day
Or even more annoying is Queensland's non-daylight-savings thing. Throws people every year.
Though WA had that last Monday
Odd country
Am I allowed to #blamesteven if things don't instantly improve?
Bassano... you don't know the half of it! But I love "us" just the same.
Amy, have you ever tried Kangaroo TV at any of the races?
I travelled Oz for about 6 months
I know a little bit ;)
Morning, folks. Anyone here watching the Oscars?
It won't get better instantly but it will get better. When things are bad you have to use that to motivate you to improve them. Have you shortlisted any courses yet?
Was thiking about it but will be going to bed soon
Any winners of note yet?
NO!
I'm sitting here in an angry heap!!!!
Awesome.
I have had KTV in Melbourne twice, and in Singapore last year. What you wanna know?
I'm not Amy, but I've used it in both GPs I've been to. It's a very helpful piece of kit for two reasons.
1. Croftie and Ant
2. Awesome onboards not available on the world feed
But really, #1 should be more than enough, especially when the PA goes local dialect on you. ;)
My flatmate has them on here but I'm not paying attention
Worth the money, decent sound & picture quality?
no, I'm way too cheap for that. They didn't even have them in Australia last year.
Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor and Up wins best animated film.
That's it so far. We're just 40 mins. in.
Yes, YES, and Yes.
Most definitely. Worth the money for the live timing and sector times. The picture is brilliant, even in the sun, but works better with shade of some sort. Sound quality is great, (2nd version of the unit improved volume). Only trouble is you get drop outs like a mobile phone if you are near interference or buildings, like Singapore.
Why? Any help we can give?
Was just about to post that
He was brillaint in Inglourious...
Up!! Oooooh!
I could watch that. That might make me cheerful :D
Ok, ta
Is amazing
The thing that put me off them was at my first race a few people next to me had them and they didn't look up from the screen ONCE to watch any of the race.
I love it so so much!!! It's the best thing I've ever seen. I've made Nick watch it 3 times :P
were you with him all 3 times?
Actually, I really missed it last year in Oz. Not enough people hired it the first 2 years, so they only allowed "group pre-bookings" of 16 or more units. This year I think they are offering singles, I got an email a while back from them to that effect, but I will believe it when I see it. Gotta get one if you can! All the pit-to-car audio is worth it too.
I still prefer Wall*E but it's a close second
Well obviously!!! It's immense!!!
the Aus GP people confirmed on facebook it would be available this year, I think you can already prebook on the website.
Pat was considering it, I'll probably make use of the track screen, the F1 Timing App and maybe a radio
You can, I was looking earlier
I won't be getting one, but I might have to keep an eye on your timing app ;)
I brought the DVD home with me so he's not been sneaking in illicit viewings :P
i did wonder if you'd see it once together and then told him to watch it again, and he'd told you that he had but actually haddnt...
That sucks. I usually only look half the time - I need it more for Croftie than the images. I only look a bit more often when it's pitstop time and the order gets shuffled round a bit. :)
Available as single rental? Cos it was available last year, but not as singles. I will check it out. Thanks!
#same
Also available at Silverstone and Spa.
But they're not doing all races this year. Have just submitted a petition to get Shanghai added. :(
Noooooo I made him take me to the cinema to see it. There was also some DVD viewing.... He did like it though honest. Although I might not have noticed over the top of my over-enthusiasm.... :P
I would like to hear Croftie but not for that price :( I am happy enough with the circuit commentary #ischeap
I guess it's different when it's in English #sortof
Epic Fail.
In a presentation from a lecturer I have;
- 1877 first timed motorsport event
From the internet I have
- All the first races were held in France, a reliability trial between Paris and Rouen in 1893
hmm. so the first timed event was almost 20 years before the first event?...
I don't understand a word of Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese, Amy. :D
Gotta love Bob Constanduros!! Champaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagne!!
Isn't it Mr Tremayne who does it now?
*alison
i am getting that impression :D
Maybe the first timed event wasn't a race
oh I thought they used the same english speaking commentator at every race. Not sure where I got that idea from!
wha?
I wonder if you can tune into them with a regular radio
Nah, I did mean Amy. Because the circuit commentary uses local language as well. That's not an issue in AUS or SG, but it can be an issue elsewhere.
Not at the circuit in Oz... has been Bob forever. Hearing his voice over the PA during first practice, it like coming home again after a year long trip!!
Bob has been replaced??
But the first event wasnt either according to what im reading, it was a reliability trial between Paris and Rouen. which is basically a really long hill climb...with more hills
It's mixed. They use English, but nowhere near as often. Half the time or less.
carry on then :)
Was it Bob? Silly me. :D
ahh ok.
All the original races were classed as reliability trials but they were races
nearly gave me a heart-attack! :)
http://twitpic.com/17a5pv
Piquet got a
notherfineI love love love it!!!!
Humming the little song makes me happy :D
i honestly have no idea what you're talking about
You don't know the Up song????
#neverseenit
they are doing a wee feature on it now. I want it to win EVERYTHING.
They're showing the Best Picture nominee montage for Up now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLegF2hAxI
Best Animated Feature :Up
No surprise there
:D :D :D
In your face Avatar!! I'd really enjoy it if his ex-wife won rather than him. It'd give me huge amounts of satisfaction!
I think Bigelow will get Director, Avatar may get film
ah, you love a song called Married life
I love the opening sequence, so touching
I love the short on the Up disc with the cloud who makes babies :D
It's about their little life and it's lovely!!! Don't you be starting arguments about the awesomeness of Up!
Hurt Locker are the favorites to win, and I think the Avatar people know that too.
That said, I think Avatar should win it because of the way it raised the bar for movie-making and because of its undeniable popular appeal amongst movie-goers.
One of the few moments where a cartoon can make adults cry.
#confidential
I haven't seen it, so can't comment!
Yup, very good
Pixar shorts are the best!
:D
I love it so much. I just love the whole thing. I liked it so much I made Nick take me to see it in the cinema when I'd already seen it....
You really, really must
I have a real life Kevin that someone at work gave me. He stands unaided :D
OK, I'm heading off
Catch you good people tomorrow night
Night Bassano.
If only Nick could master that
:D :D :D
byee
Good night
Speaking of which, time for Best Animated Short Film.
:D
I'll tell him you said that. He can be annoyed at you instead of me! :P
And it's won by... Logorama, a world where almost everything is... an actual logo.
You said he was drunk last night. Not me. How can anyone be annoyed at you?
BBC2 are doing a program in Dubai now. Maybe he will pop up in it
:)
Noooo he was drunk before then. Last night was just hungover and grumpy :P
I am glad you are his stalker because I am hopeless at stalking
Hey, Ben Stiller is in Avatar wear! :D
I don't usually call it stalking if I'm honest!
Ooooh. I've come across all tired! Yaayy Which means I'll get to sleep before 2a...oh wait.
Boo.
Night all
Do do do dooooooooo
Do do do doooooooo do do do doooooo
I love Up!
Night Jon.
Now on: Best Supporting Actress
I want Anna Kendrick to win. But Monique is the favorite here.
Oh erm yeah. Night Jon :)
And it does go to Monique.
Night Jon
THe tune must be good because the words could be better
It has no words. ;) At least that's what I recall.
Must be earthquake season. A 5.9 just hit Turkey. Hope it trashed the race circuit
:D
I thought do do do dooooooo was the words
Would anyone notice?
It's supposed to be a trumpet!
Reuters say 6.2 magnitude rather than 5.9
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100308/twl-uk-quake-turkey-f95b186.html
Logorama is a great movie
Now you say that it is obvious
If they turned into turn 8 expecting to find 3 apexes and found a huge crater the first driver to arrive would notice
You've seen it? Nice. :D
I just bought a ticket to Disneyland :D :D #superorganised
People still go to EuroDisney? Oh wait, they call it Disneyland Paris now, no? ;)
That's terrifyingly unnecessary!!
You're making me feel bad now....
I'd go to the one in California but it's not quite on my travel route :D
Had there been no Singapore GP, you could've gone home via Hong Kong and visited the Disneyland there instead.
But then I'm not sure if that's any better. :D
organising is super fun!
aw :(
i disapprove :(
:)
I can't organise my hand in front of my face at the moment. It's not your fault :)
I thought you might!
why the disapproval, Mr C?
:cry:
i don't do organised. i do last minute.
Ahhh.
I prefer organised myself. It saves me money - it'll all add up in the end. :)
I am already stressing about Spa accommodation on your behalf.
hehe. it'll be fine. it's always fine :)
there is a trade off between fine and super expensive though!
Spur of the moment things can be super awesome though.
I'm torn though. You can take it too far....
yeah true. i'm annoyed about schumacher mostly, because it means there's a slim chance the even might sell out this year. that means we can't book the week before :(
god, he's so selfish!
i'm pretty certain they'll sell out. if schumi can win before they get to europe, it'll definitely sell out.
exactly. am really hoping he doesn't make it past race three and a whole bunch of fans have unwanted tickets.
#notselfishhonest
:P :D
that isn't good!
We'll just have to hope he's sporting enough not to then :P
I would assume Eau Rouge would sell out anyway? Even if the whole circuit doesn't sell out surely that part of it would.
true, but i'll check out eau rouge on friday.
to be fair, it's by no means certain schumi will win before they get to europe. :)
I hope it doesn't look like this :D
yeah but he likes to be shellfish like that
where will you sit on sunday?
*shrugs*
i can't think about it, it's march!
I love you :D
#sorrychristine #sorrynick #sorrymrc
:)
we all know what happens when you book things far in advance miss i'll be in new zealand for christmas!
true story.
That all turned out fine thanks for asking :D
:D
:D the heat would have killed you anyway.
True story.
That wasn't really planning in the classical sense. More book first, think later....
AWWW. :D
And the Oscars are done. None of those I were rooting for won. Oh well.
not one?
I missed all the big awards, I started doing some Joe transcribing instead :D
ooh, yay.
then I stopped doing that. Now I am (don't fall over, it's pretty impressive) blogging!
flip...
ing...
heck..
No, you should say it like this:
Now I am... wait for it... blogging! :D
:D Show some BSB love!
never!
I've thrown some Pearl Jam in there too :D
It'll make Christine happy... :D Hahaha!
i think it would freak her out.
:D Hahahaha!
Morning everyone.
What? The Oscars happened? Sandra Bullock won a freaking Oscar? My god that like giving Piquet a driver of the year award.
if she sees this when she wakes up, I have uploaded my videos to youtube so there is now a snippet of every song they played, in order :D
is she the first person to win a razzie and an oscar the same year?
you have more than one youtube account?
I set that one up during the Australian Open to put up clips for my tennis forum, all of which have been removed for copyright breaches haha.
blimey!
Yup. i just told my roommate that she won. He just looked at me and said, "There is no god." :)
I'm shocked it took until 2010 for a female to win best director.
i haven't seen the film.
i do like her tho.
She is a horrible actress. She makes Cameron Diaz look like Katharine Hepburn.
i quite like diaz too :)
I just watch "Gangs of New York" the other night. Her Irish accent is on a world class level of awfulness. It is the time where Martin Scorsese went a tad bit Piquet.
ahh, not seen it.
I think she's the first actress to both be Best Actress and Worst Actress in the same year. :D
:D
See, it's not just F1 that does it. Sad but true.
She used to be hot, Cameron Diaz. Where did that all go?
Wordpress won't publish my blog *shakes fist*
does it give an error?
the little circle has been going around next to 'publish' for about 10 minutes but its not doing anything.
boo. do you have a copy saved?
I do indeed because it wouldn't save my draft either
right, I did it in firefox instead. Stupid chrome.
Plug time:
http://daydreamingoutloud.com/2010/03/08/this-is-us/
:D
yay! :)
Morning everyone :)
chap.
I have been having a lot of that recently
How goes it?
vv good. cept for this: http://daydreamingoutloud.com/2010/03/08/this-is-us/#comment-56
:D :D
:) :) :)
Did you have a sec to check out my blogging thing?
I'm quite pleased with it because while than the inspiration for the template is the similar to the one that gamboling has currently there is no code from any other site on there. Completely ground up blogging system.
Obviously at the moment you have to hand write SQL to create a new page so perhaps it isn't quite finished yet though ;)
briefly, will have a look properly later.
and i thought hand coding html was mental!
well it's only until I write that page. Shouldn't be too tricky... It will be WYSIWYG
Welcome to another Monday everyone!
6 more days to go...
Is anyone there?
Why do I always end up in the room by myself?
hi.
hello :)
phew. :)
At least it's a sunny morning...
PING: http://www.racingeagles.com/2010/03/f1-power-rankings-preseason-march-7th-2010.html
It's back... I can't believe it's been this long since I did a proper team power ranking. I am never letting it go that long again.
Hi! Doing Aside Part 1 from the live gig.
Busted.
Mr. C's excuse of "New Era" doesn't count, then? :D
Morning, Christine.
next thing you know he'll be wanting to come on the cruise with us.
:D Wait... I probably missed this. What cruise?
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/03/01/a-boatload-of-fun/
Hehehe. I don't think even Claire Williams herself could get Mr C on another cruise ship.
So I shouldn't ask Mr C if he wants to go deep sea fishing in Alaska with me?
Thanks Christine. :)
I imagine he would say no, but I can't speak for him. He might have a deep burning desire to go fishing that I don't know about :)
Just a warning, on a good day... it looks like this. The last time I went up on a salmon charter, it looked like that. We went in after two hours because everyone was as green as the grass run off at silverstone.
#Random
Is it just me, or the cars pre-2009 crazy reg changes looks so much better. I was watching a race from about 2006 and could believe how much better the grid looked. Stupid aero rules that didn't work. Grrrrr....
I thought I was the only person who left who still thinks the 09/10 cars are fugly.
Morning guys and gals :)
http://twitpic.com/17bra5
*does happy dance* :D
Yeah!!! :))))
That looks really smart, well done Lukeh :)
Our strict lecturer wanted a conference paper presentation so it had to look smart, luckily I found a very good temp... I mean... I worked hard to get it looking like that. :)
Morning,
Hope you had a great weekend. Sorry I haven’t been around much, but here's where I have been:
Friday Night: Stayed at my mate’s house because we were getting up early to go skiing the next day. We played some Wii, some FIFA and managed to make his computer explode when he changed the power supply and forgot to change the voltage from 110v to 220v (he lived in Trinidad before)
Saturday: Got up at 5am to go skiing – got there for 9am, skied until 4pm. I managed to do all the runs (even the hard one) and a few jumps. Was awesome fun. We stayed for a drink outside the back of the van that we borrowed and headed back. Got home for 10pm, ate a kebab, talked to my parents.
Sunday: Slept in until 12, cleaned out the flat as we are only 2 months from moving out now, went to the landfill and signed the rent agreement for the new flat. Blobbed on the couch in the evening and watched Miami Vice (which I have never seen before).
So yeah, it was a nice weekend ;)
woohoooo!!! Our lecturer just went through my assignment and his words were 'Looks very splendid'
World. off. shoulders.
I've been reading up on something I found last week. It's the story of a NASCAR car that went to race in LeMans in 1976 with the livery sponsorship of the beer and brewery of my hometown. All I can say is SWWEEEETTTT!!!!!
I'm with you Christine - every time I see A1GP or SuperLeague Formula I think "Now that's what a proper single-seater should look like".
The only car that even comes close to passing was the Ferrari this year, but now they went and spoiled it with a bloody shark fin :(
Just finished watching season one last week. The show is off the charts on the unintentional comedy scale now. The outfits, the music, the hair, the fake Ferrari Daytona... love it.
Yeah I watched the first part of the pilot (was given it on DVD) - we had a great laugh... definitely entertaining though!
That's fabulous. What will you do with the rest of your day?
Aww Lukeh that's wicked mate!
I have a lecture this morning about that scary meeting from last week but then I shall go home and relax :)
Probably fit Greggs in there somewhere. Apparently there is a new one in the city centre!!
Awesome! Well done, Lukeh! :)
Ooh, a new one. I expect a report back about it then.
"Looks very splendid" is a great compliment... I'll give it a bit of use today :)
I am dubious about the truth if it is new or not, but nevertheless I shall investigate, -sherlock Holmes stylee.
Oh BTW - should I tell you that last night I had a nightmare that I was commenting on the Doohickey and that every single comment was put into the wrong thread - even though I was clicking on the right one?
Hopefully it will make me be a bit more vigilant today...
To reference The simpsons...
No thread changing and gavin's nightmares make mr c something something :P
Not sure if this has been mentioned today:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81919
Little Piquet should be right at home.
Apparently Sauber have a new logo and the logo says sauber Motorsport. Not found a piccie yet...
I love F1 adverts as this old blog post shows ;)
I can't stop laughing at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv8MnUqK2FI - the drivers react to Schumacher returning.
L'oreal, because Vettel's worth it
:)
can we do the drinking game to make Bahrain more interesting? I just want to know if someone will actually say "massive chin" :D
Kate's dirty sister is a thing of the past. Say hello to Luscious Liz!
http://www.sebastianvettel.de/News/2010-03-05-n-i-call-her.html
God save the Queen indeed!
I think if you followed that game you would be dead
He's spot on, eh?
its Bahrain though, shots of non-alcoholic drinks all round!
We should call out the shots as points over the weekend and see how many there are.
Also we need to start a 5Live Bingo card, seeing as they missed them out!
Still be dead - you would drown
if you drink into your lungs, you're doing it wrong ;)
:D
I LOVE the Premier League edition. For sure FTW! :D :D :D
I had to control my laughter. :D
Chandhok is reading Agassi's book
http://twitpic.com/17bycb
Hes my new favourite.
#fickle
Is that worth reading BTW?
its amazing. I know a few people who aren't tennis fans who have read it and really enjoyed it too.
OK thanks - will buy it when I go to the UK...
"If Stefan GP attempt to illegally start the race, Hans Heyer style, drink five shots."
:D
morning all
They would assume legendary status if they did!
That might make me stop drinking and start watching!
Morning
Some other genius ones...
- If Jonathan Legard mistakenly starts shouting at a replay as if it were live action, drink two shots.
- If Franz Tost tells Jaime Alguersuari he’s fired over the team radio, drink three shots.
- Drink three shots for every Virgin and/or HRT joke that is made by the commentators.
- If HRT lead a lap, stop drinking immediately and seek medical attention.
and to finish...
Premier League Edition
Warning: This rule is only to be followed by those with reliable livers. Alcohol poisoning may otherwise result
- Drink two shots each time the phrase “for sure” is used.
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/08/chandhok-makes-his-christines-rankings-debut/
I have been out of the F1 (and sidepodcast) loop for a while since the 2009 season ended,. Toured and then moved to Australia during the off-season (with limited internet access now, and still in the process of getting all my stuff here from half-way across the world) and am now gearing up for 2010. However could anyone kindly summarize what on earth happened over the past 4-5 months in the run-up to the start of the 2010 season? Key things I'm baffled by or need filling in on:
- Why is the Sauber team now formally known as BMW Sauber Ferrari? BMW + Ferrari in the same team name is like an apocalyptic collision of sorts I would never have imagined.
- What does HRT stand for? And why did it change from Campos Meta1 (Best team name I've ever heard)
- Why did USF1 fold at the last minute? I was quite looking forward to seeing how they'd do, regardless of how good or bad.
- Does Kobayashi have a drive? If so, what team? I heard he might before the end of the last season, but I heard Toyota folded, so I've no idea.
- In addition, since I heard Toyota folded, what has become of FOTA? Are they still around, who's in charge?
- Is Ross Brawn still with his re-badged team? Not that I'll be paying attention to the them, but the team now seems completely and utterly new and different than the Brawn GP of 2009.
I think that's about it.
BMW are still paying for this season so they haven't been allowed to change the name
Campos himself has been bought out. It's Hasta la vista to Campos and hola to Hispania Racing F1 Team
They lost a lot of sponsors money at the last moment apparently. But it also seems like poor management
Yup he's with BMW Sauber Ferrari
Fota is still going... In charge is... Martin Whitmarsh
Yup he's still there as is Nick Fry
right, I have ordered some new contacts so I will actually be able to see when the racing hits Albert Park, and with that I am going to bed nice and early since I didn't quite cope with those 7.30am starts last week.
has it actually been said anywhere why Ed Gorman is no longer the F1 man for The Times?
Don't know - but it looks like he enjoyed a few parting shots: http://timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/2010/03/movin-on-and-handing-over-to-kevin.html
Good riddance to him.
I shall have to resubscribe to the blog :D
It's nice to be home and not having to worry about uni work for a few days :)
Although my suspicions at that new Greggs were correct - there is no new greggs!
Here: http://timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/2010/02/edward-gormans-live-formula-one-webchat.html
Thanks D. I am moving to another job on The Times. I am moving because I wanted a new challenge and Formula One was killing me.....
Booo.
I guess its true what Joe says, you're either in it for life, or you only cope with a couple of years.
Three years and a lot of anti-Alonso propaganda. I am sure he will be kept happy with endless Lewis re-runs...
I would also like to say booo that the F1 football team is playing the day before I arrive in both Spa and Monza, it would have been cool to see them! It makes sense for them to play on a Wednesday though I guess.
Boo my snow is melting :(
Lou is currently near Frome on the train :P
maybe you should warn her that they don't pronounce it the way that you'd expect?
Why is she going to Jenson Button's home town? Is it a pilgrimage?
How do they pronounce it? I thought it was Throw-mmmmmmmmmmm. Like a tasty throw.
throw-may?
Did we hear about Stirling Moss's lift accident?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8555609.stm
It's not froam like foam but froooooom like I don't know... frooooom ;)
Wasn't his lift designed by Williams? Or McLaren or something?
Yeah read about it this morning. I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope he recovers soon from a nasty accident! He's a strong character though and he'll get through it.
Vroom vroom!!
:)
Wow - hope he's ok...
It says he should recover within 6 weeks which is remarkable for an 80 year old man I reckon. Sums him up!
#nothere
It was Williams. Apparently the doors opened, he stepped in but the lift wasn't at tha floor. I know in his office the lift has a glass door. Amazing for someone his age to get through a fall like that with so little damage
Anyway, why is Lou off to Frooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom?
She's on her way to Falmouth for her uni interview tomorrow :)
Ah OK. Fingers crossed for her then!
Is she going to make a stop at the Jenson Button Bridge?
nahhh, just passing on the train. She should though :)
Good afternoon folks
afternoon
Hiya leigh
Ey-up!
I had the joy of checking out Nascar.com earlier to see if there was any news about last night's crash between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski at Atlanta, only to be met by comments from "fans" egging Edwards on.
Couldn't believe it!! Who flips someone upside down deliberately and then gets the thumbs up from a portion of the fanbase - crazy...
Not a fan of NASCAR, but my latest attempts to get into it have left a sour taste in my mouth.
To be honest it's not that surprising. NASCAR also has an ineffective discipline structure, so you often see the Good ol'boys sorting it out for themselves on the track...
For those with subs, here is the image from AUTOSPORT: http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo-large.php/dir/cup2010atl1/image/l_latlevittatl11651b-3
It's a bit Ricky Bobby isn't it?
Gotta admit, I really like the BBCF1 chat videos previewing the new season
Oooh thanks for the tip Lukeh - doesn't look like they are geolocked either...
ah! I have been checking for these all day!
might catch that later - right now, it's back to work.
:(
No footage of F1 so no need for geolocking :)
The World Champion one is a good 10 minute watch and quite funny at the end :D
Thanks again - nothing good on TV these days anyway (just Flash Forward tonight and that's silly :( )
Afternoon all.
Were they part of a program or are they just on their own?
Please post a link so I can check when I get home. :D
Looks liike they're individual videos.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8549772.stm
There's one video, the rest are linked on it :)
Speaking of videos,
http://www.formula1.com/video/
2009 season montage (mini version) is up! :D First of many videos this season.
Muchos gracias, Senor Lukeh! :D
they're apparently on the red button so they may have linked them together on there somehow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8552415.stm
Right hand side, click start.
Some very cool 'realtime' stats
hehe!
Anyone want a free ipad.
Leo had Kevin Rose pick a random twitter account which only had 2 followers. He found a girl in New Zealand and they asked everyone listening to follow her. She now has over 5000 followers and unfortunately ha her e-mail notification switched on so has had 5000 e-mails since TWiT went live. One random follower and her will get a free ipad from Leo. So if you want a chance of a free ipad follow https://twitter.com/lisatickledpink
hoorah for having a few twitter accounts!
Talking of iPads the iPad Ad (try saying that 5 times fast) is out: http://www.apple.com/ipad/gallery/#hardware06
Hello. Don't like Monday's. Am only now reading comments. Grr.
Ah good I liked that.
Not that I know what else was nominated but hey :)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/08/jenson-button-in-sandwich/
I know Jon said he had a few twitter accounts but she just gained 600 followers. How many does he have?
:)
:-)
I know where I want to be on all three days (Friday may be hit and miss) but that's may only be because I've wanted to go to this race for years. If we were talking about Hockenheim I wouldn't think of it for ages yet.
oops
every day i become more and more impressed with leo sayer's f1 insight:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/phillips-leaves-force-india/#comment-12905
Mr C was this the TED talk you were talking about the other day?
http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html
ummm? shouldn't think so, first i've seen of it.
She has been on twitter for a week, tweeted twice and now has 6000 followers and is on 130 lists.
Urrrm. Adam Copper provides this... interesting comment...
JR Blackmore, son of hard rock legend Ritchie has a new song out - in praise of the Mercedes F1 team!
and she now hates Leo because of her emails!
Blimey! leo Sayer for the next Joe evening? :)
He is a really serious F1 fan and has been for a very long time. He even drove a McLaren in the 80s
Okay... it looks really interesting about a new way of browsing and navigating across information... Do you remember which one you were talking about?
ooooh!
just watching it now.
when was i talking about ted? if it was before friday... then no :)
She probably has no idea who Leo is yet. There was a comment on TWiT by someone saying that they hoped shed did not have her e-mail linked to her mobile or it would be going off at a ridiculous rate
http://e2ma.net/userdata/2971/assets/wim_m0662.jpg
A gathering of women in motorsport. Not sure why i feel the need to show it, but the msa sent it to me, so im showing you
...
You were talkinag about ted a week or two ago
and she'd be broke.
oh right. was watching the jamie oliver talk, that was quite interesting.
That's the bit I remember. That and I thought it was Ted Kravitz interviewing him
ted at TED would be awesome.
I wrote a post called "Why I love TED" and the first comment was
"I thought this was going to be a post about Ted Kravitz? I am very disappointed Jon!"
surprised he didn't moonlight it
"This is Ted, at TED, for the Ten oclock news"
He's a revelation isn't he? Great stuff.
enough to put anyone off Twitter for life, surely
She is going to get a free iPad although she probably doesn't know that yet
4pm and I've finally caught up. :)
I can't be expected to do work on a Monday. Not after the tiring round of golf I had yesterday.
If she sells it will that be enough to cover the theoretical text bill? You'd think people who come up with these promos would think of things like this
For some reason I thought you said... check out the Microsoft one or something... And I finally got around to it. It was really interesting... even if you didn't suggest it... maybe my brain is going?
The talk was about a thing called Pivot which really did look cool it allows you to, for example, navigate web pages like they are connected data points. In one thing he was able to ingest Wikipedia data so that he could see which area (politics, business, music, etc) Time people of the year are from. So a way of seeing the connections between web pages if you like.
she's been added to lots of lists called "twit"
I hope she dosent take it personally
It wasn't exactly pre-planned. Conan O'Brian did something similar on his show and got someone from 3 followers to 15,000 so someone on TWIT said we could beat that. So Leo told Kevin to find someone and to encourage people to follow her Leo decided he would randomly select a follower to get an iPad. Then after realising the implications he decided she should get one as well.
I can see why he is sidepodcast's hero
oh right. no, there's a microsoft maps talk somewhere too. you can view a location and then find someone live streaming.
so in theory, you could find silverstone on google maps during a race and see who's live streaming from various corners and stuff.
am now wanting to pivot the comments...
(hearts) leo
i want him to be my (second) dad
#sorrydad
If she searches for her own name, she might be able to figure it out. Seems very unfair, though.
Yeah it looks awesome... One thing that's really neat is you can pivot your own web history and see where you spend most of your time... uh oh ;)
I wouldn't think to search for my own name. I would have DM'd her first to ask, or atleast warn
Looking at her account, she opened it, tweeted twice and never looked at it again.
but that won't bring up doohickey, because you probably only go there once a day.
sidepodcast was until recently one of my least viewed sites. because none of the live stuff counts as a 'view'.
They were trying to follow Conan and eventually someone pointed out that he had sought permission. I guess this is one of the problem o doing things live on the internet
She opened it in Feb and tweeted yesterday.
I don't blame her. I'm sure Leo's done the right thing and reached out to her though - not just with an iPad.
i lie, first tweet in march.
Yeah I have it too. I keep meaning to pin it in chrome because it's never there.
Did Leo say about this yesterday by the way? Her "I hate technology" tweet was probably in relation to the 6000 emails she's just recieved
So Sidepodcast are going to bugger up the Joe giveaway and have to give away two books? :)
The first tweet was March 1st. I didn't notice the second one was yesterday. The I hate technology tweet was mentioned on the show
Leo is a soft touch. If he has cost her money he will make sure she is compensated
If they are going to follow Leo they need to give Joe a book
I hope it's more than that though. Leo's goal in life is to make technology unscary for people. He must know this doesn't help.
:)
I am sure he will leave her happier than she was before he spammed her.
Perfect. :)
I don't think the person who owns this account wrote this tweet: http://twitter.com/JDDavison21/status/10177160554
Hope he's going to be OK though!
Doesn't seem to have a site of his own but has some stuff on the Vision Racing site
http://visionracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=24295
Ooh dear, hope he gets better.
Hey all
Afternoon sir.
Hey. How is your arvo going?
Has anyone else here using XP seen the "Browser Choice" Screen? I have just installed it on the Netbook but then I have Firefox and Chrome on here...
Arvo?
Hello
Never heard of it
It's a patch to get around the EU anti-competition laws that Microsoft fell foul of with IE...
Tis an Antipodean spoken phrase relating to the afternoon...
I see.
Its not too bad, not too bad
http://twitter.com/OfficialMGP/statuses/10180729584
Hello fans, just to avoid any confusion, @MS_MGP is not an official Michael account. Michael is not on Twitter.
well that was predictable
I don't know if anyone is around but I wouldn't mind doing an inpromtu radio show / equiptment test in around 10 minutes.
*waves*
I shall listen!
Just say when & will be listening ;)
Which letter? T for test?
#MFC
Steam, the largest digital distributor of games for the PC, is being launched for the Mac in April.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/steam-for-mac-announced-detailed
Work done
At home in my chair
Nice pot of Darjeeling being brewed
I found the wi fi details in our room :) hi all
hello! :P
Hi Lou. How was Froooom. Why don't they change it to Vroooom? Much more appropriate
Hi lou, glad you got there OK, I saw there were rail delays, hope your journey wasn't too bad.
Afternoon folks. Hopefully everyone had a better weekend than myself. Friday night and all day Saturday/Sunday was spent moving =/
Helllo lou ;)
Here is the video for the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski "Ricky Bobby" Incident: http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/post_race/highlights/03/07/cup_atl_high_two.nascar/index.html
Watch Carl Edwards get interviewed at the end, he's not remorseful at all - his reaction is very arrogant indeed!
i only saw a sign saying 'frome Market' from the train and nearly died #addictedtof1 lol I looked for jenson... But didn't see him :(
I think I may be live...
Our journey was fine.... Looooong train from paddington to turo but it was v. Comfortable and some very lovely Cornish ladies got talking to us. Cornish people are super nice!!
Hearing jazz or lounge music ;)
I can see and hear Alex http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alexandronov
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alexandronov
Yeah nice jazzy relaxed Monday night vibe
i can't see you, but hi :)
Small glass of pale looking beer tonight
hello :)
and a glass of wine, no beer today
:)
Aye - I went mental at that last night. Shall be writing an angry rebuke for that idiot later.
The idea with this was too see how simple this new kit was to set up... Literally 2 seconds... thank goodness!
Yay!
You have new kit? What toys did you get?
*nods*
I agree Alex
Voice sounds very good. No crackle or buzz
Good sound, no crackle, hearing you clearly
video dosent load for me :(
NASCAR Needs more of this guy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099371/quotes?qt0209734
(Bit of bad language in there)
http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/post_race/highlights/03/07/cup_atl_high_two.nascar/index.html
hurrah!!!! And this solution is really really simple... I just need to plug in two wires.
I can just leave everything set up the rest of the time... Until Katherine makes me move to the shed!
...and then the idiot got called in by the stewards and drove the wrong way down the pitlane top reach them!!
i you tubed and got this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7RAvVhBJ0
a year ago!!
Sounds like a good film
after Sunday's show I was expecting Freddie Mercury to start singing :)
First time I have had a song played for me on the radio
:D
awww
Alex have you heard A perfect Circle's cover of this?
It's very good for a negative twist on the song.
I think it might also be the first time you've had a movie green lit on the radio too :)
oooh I haven't... I have heard Blues Travellers. I like the Harmonica but Steven would have killed me!
Harmonica is awesome though :)
APC's version sounds really negative despite the lyrics. It's an odd juxtaposition but I love it :)
Successful test is successful!
:lol:
yep - that started this ridiculous "feud"
Thank goodness!
A parody is fine. I just hate people taking something good and adding a little of their own stuff to it to make money.
Well the Blues Traveller one was all for charidee... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkPYKdAGqm8
So, when do the daily shows start?
shhhh!
I am thinking that with the equipment working and the random chance that I'm redoing G might mean that I don't add any more songs to the list for G. Just fill the rest with talking as an experiment.
I'll have to work out something to say
Good evening
Do a segment called An Open Letter, in which you talk about some of your favourite things beginning with the week's letter
AWESOME... Thank you
If the set up is so simple they should start tomorrow
Just as a quick test... Who would like to call me on skype... I'm going live... this is for the parade lap...
me me me me me
I always love when two unrelated comments follow each other but make perfect sense.
It's a start but there are two hours to fill
Am thinking he may have to wait for the studio in the shed, just in the interests of domestic harmony.
evening Adie
I am always game for a live show. Any time you need someone let me know
Steven can you call me?
Best get the show started and have Kat kick him out into the shed. If he suggests it Kat will complain about the time he spends in the shed but if she suggests it then there is no problem
Now?
yes now...
I read that as 'I am always live for a game show'.
Now thats an idea, have a competition where the answers all begin with that weeks letter.
I think I'm live but I don't know if anyone's watching
what's the prize?
Hello again
*waves*
good evening pat
For some reason I don't have your skype details
Anyone calling?
What's for dinner?
ah I am alandronov
Not without contact info
Err, a prize also related to that weeks letter. Soo, for example, for 'C' - Cuddly Bear.
Have a Greggs!
#ambitious
Sounds like the meal you live streamed, ages ago
I can and I can hear Kat
You could have a travel show on that week's letter.... how's Gdansk at this time of year?
Can't hear him.
I can only hear you & you're not that loud
I can hear you perfectly clearly
Yeah you're quiet quite
Wrong way round
Heard it ring
yes that's louder
Yep you are louder!
We went from no technical problems to a new technicla problem in a minute
Bye Alex
Heard the "spong"
:)
Well one of the ideas is that for the parade lap Mr C and Christine call me... best to test that!
Oooooh sorry to ask a daft question but what be going on here?
Right off to make dinner... seyas later!
I think RG just volunteered to be the first guest host on Giggles Radio
I was hijacking things for testing... Soz
:)
...
oops.
Ah nothing. Enjoy your dinner Alex :)
Let me know if you need another test
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Alex sorted all the technical problems with Giggles Radio and tried a quick test. Then he wanted to try and have someone skype in so now he has a new technical problem.
Evening folks :)
I have spent the day with my mother and appear to have survived the experience relatively unscathed....
Just a thought now that it is too late but maybe we should have tried Alex skyping out
And happier than last night as well
Good evening Alison
How are you this evening?
Yeah I'm okay. I'm going to watch up while I clean my house :)
I'll do my best impression of Mr C and test with the Skype Lady
Homewrecker.
I hear it is really good
If you need to test with a person after that let me know
So, it is Mothers Day on Sunday and also the last time I'll her before my birthday. This means she's organising dinner, her mum will be there too.... she says 1pm Sunday. Not good timing.
:D
I think you need to speak to Kat before he calls her
#confidential
Guys...can I trouble you for some thoughts.
Currently host F1TP with GoDaddy...are there any better (Cheaper) hosts out there that you'd recommend?
Thanks!
:)
Having just thought of something... It may... just may... have something to do with you being muted in skype... because at the end of the last parade lap when the music was playing I may have had to mute... and... ummm...
*ahem*
:P
That might just do it. Best check with Mr C since he is a computer genius and understands advance coding like this
Not good at all :(
I think he needs a skype manager who can cope with this technology
I know, timing ain't good for Sunday. I have a match that kicks off at 11pm. Missing the start, probably the best part of the race.
Sounds ideal to me.... I hate occasions like that. Distracting people from each individual one by combining them accidentally might just do the trick!
11pm?
Yeah, got good floodlights at that place.....
Well... Grandad is an F1 fan so that's not too bad, we can watch the race. The problem is the inane questions coming from elsewhere, and the lack of timing, comments or tweets...
:D
I think you may find yourself feeling ill.
Get your mother a doohickey for Mother's day
:D
this Sunday?
Yes. For us.
I mean the American one is much later. I have no idea when the others are. :)
interesting
Germanyand Finland is 9th of May
This is going to make Christine's calendar very complicated unless the world agrees on one date
Tbh this doesn't sound like the sort of thing Christine would approve of at all!
Have just downloaded Skype as I thought I'd try it out. I assume I need some sort of microphone to use it. What's the best thing to get? (please don't laugh at me for being behind the times)
Ok...Can I do a quick straw poll of everyone on here please??!
What do you prefer...
GP-EZine Or...
GP-EMag ???
Just to double check before you fork out for something, my laptop has a microphone built in that is acceptable. You can decide if you like using it before you pay for something. I've no idea what sort of computer you're using.
does it have to be either?
I recommend a headset
This was my thought but didn't know how to put it
Unless you can suggest something better. It was one of my 2 o'clock in the morning ideas.
Thanks, I'm using a PC so I don't think it's got one
You can get a headset with a mic from PC World or similar for less than £20. That frees your hands to use your computer. You can get a phone handset for skype but that either ties up one of your hands or you end up with a pain in the neck. usb headsets are supposed to be the best quality but I use one with two 3.5mm jack plugs and the sound quality is fine.
skype kills audio quality anyhow, so expensive mics are a bit of a waste i'd say.
That read wrong...Imagine it was full of banter.
Sorry looooong day!
Don't like either
i don't fancy saying gp-ezine out loud.
I use my in-built and it's fine, but most cheap mics should work fine; however the cheaper (worse) the mic, the more likely you are to get horrible feedback
It read fine.
Though I have also had a long day :)
Taken on board, thank you!
Back to the drawing board then...
That's what I got. Relatively cheap Logitech one. Don't get their own-brand PC-Line ones. Apparently I came over okay on the panel even though I wasn't particularly loud in 'real life', so it must be good :)
Encyclopaedia-Formula-oneica??
i kinda liked "f1 weekender" :)
Thanks for all of the help guys, will look into a headset which isn't too pricey. I've got a Maplin close to work so I'll try there, they're usually helpful. :)
Are you trying to define F1 Weekender as a 'thing' but don't know what the thign is? or are you renaming it?
You did?! Ah...That could still work then, bouncing a few ideas to take the whole project forward here atm.
If you plan to get volunteered for a sidepodpanel by Steven I would suggest you get a headset that sits comfortable and has a mute/volume control on the cable
I like weekender as well :)
Thinking of rolling F1TP and F1WE up into one site for ease. Thinking the F1WE may take over from the blog per se.
I got an Advent one for £15 ish.
Blog. Magazine. I think I'll copyright the phrase 'Blaggerzine'
I prefer that to e-anything or anything-zine
Of course she is going to get volunteered
You have to try to get a headset that looks comfortable as you will end up wearing it for longer than you think. A couple of examples of what is available
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/philips-shm33000-noise-cancelling-pc-headset-02417803-pdt.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/advent-hsnc200-headset-00777325-pdt.html
Oh dear, you need to understand my lack of any F1 knowledge and that I don't speak unless I have something to contribute (so I don't speak much at all)
I like it. I had the same thought when I was reading WE the other day, but I didn't know how to say it without making it sound like TP is bad, 'cos it isn't. :)
Names are the hardest thing, sometimes. I like Weekender.
i this true?
@Marissali: I didn't realise that Parc Ferme won't exist in 2010 because of lack of garage space.
The Phillips ones I think are the type I'll go for. I used to work on a customer service desk & they look like the headset I used to wear all day
Have you heard sidepodpanels? F1 knowledge is not a requirement. They are just a great laugh and we have had a load of people who felt the same on them and every single one of them enjoyed it. There is even an all female show in the plans for the next series
Oh. No.
There is line dancing in my hotel bar.
People want me to join in
:) Thanks for the feedback - trust me when I say I'm very thick skinned and I wouldn't have taken it the wrong way!!!!! :) I think it's going to be easier going forward.
I know what you mean regarding names - I've felt a bit silly at times with the F1TP name, it's why I want to get this one right...
Yes I heard them all & people sounded really good. We'll see...
Interesting if it is - it has been 16 odd years since a full grid...
No. It may be that instead of being in a locked off area the cars will be in their own garages but parc fermé rules still apply. Cars cannot be altered between quali and the race
Do it.
:D
I'm also in the latter camp. Don't worry too much about that.
The good thing is they are so cheap if you don't like the first set you can try another.
can teams be trusted?
You do know we'll see really means I would love to volunteer here
I hadn't heard it before. I was under the impression the rule remained in place, but I guess if there's nowhere to put them..!
Live stream it. We have never had anyone live stream line dancing.
Fixed it for you.
From the sporting regs 34.1
Each car will be deemed to be in parc fermé from the time at which it leaves the pit lane for the first time during qualifying practice until the start of the race.
Even if they lock the doors, I can imagine people hiding in stacks of tyres and sneaking out overnight to get work done and the like :P
They can be watched and the garages locked when they leave. Can the FIA be trusted with the keys?
Cool :)
Have a think about the direction you want to take it then see what fits.
:D
Probably a good reason for that though......
I am sure that people would if they could. Imagine being able to set the car up for quali then being able to adjust the set up for the race. That has to be worth a load of time in quali
Alex has never been line dancing would be my guess
Also 9.2 Each organiser shall supply the information set out in Appendix 1, part A hereto to the FIA no later than 90 days before the Event.
Appendix 1 Part A includes 7. PRECISE LOCATION AT THE CIRCUIT OF :.....- PARC FERMÉ
Anyone seen Piquet Jr around lately?
I saw he had a parking ticket?
The problem is, with the best will in the world teams will cheat if they think they can get away with it. Don't give them the opportunity then it's fine - but it only takes on person to ruin it for everyone else.
A slight wing / spring / damper tweak here could by 2 tenths of a second per lap. What's to stop someone from doing something so simple - no one would know.
In Bahrain?? What's he doing there??
What's to stop them doing that in the morning when they're allowed the cars back though....
I've worked out this dancing lark. 1...2...3...tap. Then 1...2...3 AND tap.
In America wasn't it?
Aaaahh... yes - during the NASCAR Nationwide race when he bumped Danica Patrick off the track
;)
Another bit from the regs
34.6 One scrutineer will be allocated to each car for the purpose of ensuring that no unauthorised work is carried out whilst cars are being held under parc fermé conditions.
This would imply that even if they are in the garage they are under constant scrutiny from the FIA. They are also covered & sealed by the FIA after qualifying
Ooooooh!! Pointless is back :)
That programme is such a guilty pleasure....
It's probably easier to do that in the huddle before the race than when there is no-one around. I think we will see mechanics making more adjustments during pit stops this year but they are going to have to be quick.
No.
What's that? Never heard of it
It's a stupid gameshow with Alexander Armstrong. It's like reverse family fortunes. He asks you questions and you win by giving the most obscure answers....
I know that show. I had forgotten all about it. Is it on iplayer or live now?
iplayer
I'm enraged though. I really want to watch it but my bandwidth is basically just gone.....
I rang them up, they said there was a problem at the exchange. I could leave it to download overnight I guess.
I finally get to watch highlights of the Mexico Rally tonight
:)
Evening all!
That is ridiculous. Your bandwidth should never be that low.
Hello Chris
howdy chris.
I love finding things out the hard way!
Yeah it was fixed for about 3 hours yesterday when a huge backlog of stuff got downloaded but it's crawling again.
I am watching the show now but I guess that doesn't help
Not F1 related, but something that irritated me so...
http://formula1archive.blogspot.com/2010/03/carl-edwards-crazy-notion-of-on-track.html
It's actually so slow that it thinks it's downloading at 0 kb/s
lola have come up with some f1 cockpit safety designs:
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/445658/lola-reveal-2011-formula-1-safety-concepts.html
Gadget show is looking at an F1 simulator...
Right now...
While I understand the reasoning, I think they look really wierd. Maybe a little more work needs doing on the aesthetics...
That is ludicrous. You need to change your ISP
Something tweeted by DoctorVee, for UK people of a certain age who remember what BBC2 did at night (still does from time to time?). Utter genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsixMZ1hqw
ooooh, ta!
I can't afford it. I'd need to get a landline reconnected and pay to run that... I'm moving home soon. I'll get by.
They have done what I said at the time. Use a top fuel dragster cockpit
although i may have to wait for the replay. do five not stream live?
Anything new looks weird.
you sir, are wasted in these comments.
(unless you already work for lola?)
At least when you go back to uni you can get another ISP
Hehehe that's aaaaages away :P
Hopefully it'll have downloaded by then!
It would appear the Adie Brown way of working may be about to strike again. I'm glad to see you're here to experience it with me.
Just call be Basil Fawlty
Sadly not. It is not exactly rocket science. If you don't want something to land on someone's head put a cover over it and the only place I have seen that is drag racing.
:lol:
I love the "Google" search
My curious bandwidth problem is prohibiting me from watching that but is it Ceefax?? :P
the new "total grand prix travel guide" is pretty cool:
http://www.renaultf1.com/Guiding-you-through-the-2010.html
had never heard of FOFaP before!
You have to love Lola
Something is about to land on the driver's head so use an ejector seat? There are cars travelling at 200mph so let's launch one of the drivers out of his car into their path?? Who would even bring an ejector seat into the discussion
basically yeah :)
Brilliant.
But lady gaga shops at Greggs?
Okay. I really wouldn't describe myself as "of a certain age" That must have stopped more recently than you thought!
Thanks for all the help tonight folks, off to bed now. 17 more days at work to go.
I just assumed it was a while ago!
Night Janna
Mum and I have just realised it's Monday, not Tuesday. Oooh dear
see ya
If it was Tuesday you would have missed your interview
You mean it would be over and done with?
night
Whats up?
Neither have I. Interesting to hear a fuel company in favour of fuel saving :)
that is true, we've been thinking it was Tuesday all day, probably cause all our focus is on tomorrow. The waiter was telling us that he had tripped over with our wine glasses etc and he mentioned something about it being Monday, we both sat and stared at him :)
i can wait till I get home tomorrow for that very reason.
Woooooahwoahwoahaoh!! bbcf1 is finally getting a videos section!
about time!
A link has popped up on the left if you notice. It doesn't work yet but soon!
#happy
big pic plug: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/03/08/no-room-for-nerves/
Arty
'ey up kidlings. :D
I'm about to plug one of our system's best features: conference calling, but without the bandwidth issues. :)
good evening
:)
Evening toaster fan.
Would anybody like any USF1 toast? :D
I think F1TP is about to die. Fortunately it's backed up, I may have made changes I can't sort out until my host updates the server.
Eek.
pricey?
what did you break?
I have a feeling it would leave a sense of disapointment at the end of it.
I really should learn how to do stuff instead of the bloke - 'yeah that goes in there method......THWACK!!!! Method...'
Free. :)
You think I'm joking?! http://www.voicehost.co.uk, go click the "Conferencing" link somewhere on the page.
Ups, I broke da link. http://www.voicehost.co.uk
Link fail. Don't think the comma is meant to be there
It's back end primary account thingy wotsit. Thought I could use my existing hosting account to manage both domains.
Curse my common sense
Beat ya to it, and yes I know the comma's not meant to be there. Damn link parsing.
Oh God. Eddie Jordan just has to start his first sentence and it already sounds like nails scraping along the blackboard...
That was my thought, but at least he's not jumped in Barrichello's pool.
Waitasec...........
:)
I thought the videos were all really enjoyable stuff myself, even with EJ!
toast may get burnt......
I take it this is related to Basil Fawlty :)
Oh I'm enjoying it ... it's just EJ!
Nooo...
Underdone...
Burnt is the FIA or...
A Toro Rosso driver...
It would!
Guys... dilemma time. Do I join my wife and travel across country to see my new flat again to measure up (the inlaws are going with her) and miss the qualifying until later or do I stay at home and watch it live?
It's available in a multitude of places online, or if you have a DVR you can catch it then. So I'd go with the former if you like your marriage. :)
WOAH! Blog update! On a MONDAY of all things! :D
http://turkeymachine.co.uk/conference-calls/
I can't help thinking that:-
The car may be a bit crowded with you there as well...
It's really nice for the other half to have quality time with her parents...
You won't want to bore her with qualy after she's had an exciting day planning the new house...
Basically you are doing them all a great favour by staying at home...
Don't you think?..
Or...
Don't go until after qualy...
Tell her you don't want to get in her way and her and her mother will be able to get on better without you there. Then have dinner ready when she gets back
Hmm. Qualifying will be worth watching.... but they'll be choosing where you're putting your furniture, I think you're gonna wanna go!
I'm going to Brands and will miss it, so i wouldnt worry :)
:D
Watch quali.
I'm missing the race, or do I feign injury? Hmm.
Do we expect qualy to be better than the race?
I don't know what to do with my blog for saturdays other than post a graph with the times on?
Awwww :(
Stupid FIA
I think it'll be the same as last year.
Not sure. Qualy will give us a proper clue as to who has pace but the tyre nonsense will probably mess that up
Might be a blessing in disguise - I have been told I spend too much time on F1 when the weekends are on...
I don't like the idea of the qualy like this. Surely fast cars being at the front is never going to give anyone a chance at racing each other....
I'm in a bloggy mood but have nothing of interest to blog about. How frustrating.
Do you have an iphone? iphone.TVCatchup.com may be of use...
It's always been like that. The hope is that the change in the cars because of the fuel loads will unsettle some of the cars, make them handle worse and therefore slower...
Oooooh download speed has reached the lofty heights of 16kb/s I have an estimated finish time of 121 hours....
Blimey. Even Dial up wasn't that slow!
Just because a car is fast over one lap doesn't mean it will be fast for the whole race
Qualifying seems to be the subject of the moment or the changes from last season to this or Muse
yay
I would like to look at the amount of corners per kilometre for each circuit and see if there is a relationship between that and the number of overtaking moves in 2009...
Ahhh, I remember the days when Freeserve used to regularly chuck you off every 2 hours. 1571 was the in-thing!
Absolutely definitely certainly
I think so too - so I'm going to look into it. I had the idea when watching the Red Bull Bahrain Video this morning...
Hmm.
I have Basil Fawlty'd this perfectly it would seem
F1Weekender.com and F1TailPipe.com both point to the right site.
THE BLOKE METHOD OF JUST BODGE IT RULES!!!!
One thing that I don't like about the rule changes this year. I would love to see the passes per km with the old and new layouts but the change in tech regs means that won't make sense
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/08/f1-debrief-puffle-piffle-poffle-puffin-f1/
If it doesn't move, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. Unless you're Mr C, in which case just don't touch it at all!
Wooo!!
Er, did you have a slight "moment" when editing this?! That's possibly the best title for a Debrief I've seen, right up there with "It's like a Piquet magnet".
Aha. I'm currently playing catch-up. I might be embarrassingly far behind, but I've nearly cleared the 100 podcasts to go marker. :-)
Can I just say, best title name ever!
:D
Just don't ask me what I did, or how I did it...
I'm just going to look at 2009 as these rules were the closest in comparison.
Oh come on, that's just piqued the curiosity.
Nearly wrote "Piqueted" then.
Awesome name :)
Have written about something quite close to me, it started out all, northern-loving, which sort of switched about 3/4s of the way through.
http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/northern-lights/
I have the awesome Twitter stat of updates: 4747! :D
What is about taxis?...
Jense this year...
Lewis and Heikki last...
Lewis and Mika before that...
And Kimi did a taxi ad for Mtv3 before that...
Very very inventive Macca....
Oh my sweet lord! I just took the bandage off my arm. It looks like someone's assaulted me with a saw.....
Does it smell funny? I've got a lovely scar on my elbow from when I was a kid. It went green and smelt funny. Now it looks like I've got Hubba Bubba on my elbow.
but didn't you just have an injection :(
Woah, how did I miss this?! How did you injure yourself in the first place?! :O
You are not a proper doctor. Leave it alone
No. But I have an awful amount of bruising. I'd send you a picture I took for the benefit of sympathy-less Nick but it's not very pleasant....
Can I just add I loved the podcast from the Joe bash. Really wish I could have gone.
Propaganda to make me go.....
Also available at Silverstone and Spa.
But they're not doing all races this year. Have just submitted a petition to get Shanghai added. :( {Comment #152}
Are Kangaroo TV trying to drop a hint to Bernie to the effect that the Chinese GP doesn't make them enough money?
In a presentation from a lecturer I have;
- 1877 first timed motorsport event
From the internet I have
- All the first races were held in France, a reliability trial between Paris and Rouen in 1893
hmm. so the first timed event was almost 20 years before the first event?... {Comment #156}
More to the point, it was four years before the advent of the first car that wasn't an unreliable adapted carriage or cart, so this "first timed motorsport event" would have been a bit lacking in anything recognisable as a proper motorsports vehicle!
Could be the lead-in to a trick question...
Or a wrong lecturer :D
Awwww it is now Up time :D :D :D
Watching amazingly cute cloud film :D
I'm with Jon on this one. I think he's knocked 20 years off as a test.
Yeeeeeay!! Someone I know on Twitter is visiting Pixar studios today, how lucky...
http://twitpic.com/17a5pv
Piquet got another fine {Comment #176}
Dare I ask why Nelson thought it was a good idea to Twitpic a penalty notice?
Ooooh I'm not so into the animation side of it to be honest. I have enough trouble doing normal things with a computer....
Night Guys
Ok all...time for bed!
5 Am start today and I'm pooped. See you tomorrow.
night night
I'm doing the fashionable thing and going to bed EARLY! Take that Sidepodcasters. :D
Night guys, sweet F1-engine-themed dreams. :)
Must be earthquake season. A 5.9 just hit Turkey. Hope it trashed the race circuit {Comment #222}
I hope not - it's a really nice circuit, if extremely underutilised due to an apathetic local population.
I have uploaded my first ever HD video to You Tube....by accident....
Emily davenport replied to my email!!!! Yay!! She's given me some lovely advice and is really nice, she's heading off to Bahrain in 7 hours!! Eeek she is so nice, such a long a detailed email :)
It happens.
#notreallyhere
Night, erm, everyone it seems.
Yay!
Aww fantastic!!
That's good news.
Wooohooo
Anything helpful for your interview tomorrow?
Nice!
It's not a real video. It's an exploration of a website that I did and needed to embed. I don't get why it's HD!
nice!
Evening
How is that possible?
I dont know!!
ive gone from being very very nervous to being very happy and motivated! (hearts) f1. She said I reminded her of a younger version of herself :)
good stuff
:D
The university is going to be blown away tomorrow.
some advice on how to spend my summer and things, I'm sure it can only fall in my favour that I've made contact with her and things
lets hope my portfolio is strong enough :)
Awwww I'm so happy for you :D
I'm sure you're going to be fantastic.
It is and you know it is.
i cant resist the lure of buying an ipod because im sick of not having enough gb of space. Is 7 years long enough to stick to my "ill never buy another ipod!" belief? Will i forgive myself?
im not sure about my sketch books but am going to be optimistic about things, try not to get nervous and things :) being here makes it feel real, bit somehow very natural :)
Hi Lou,
I stuck around and lurked while listening to the out takes before I left... just saw your comment and well done to you, ma'am... We all told you that you have what it takes...
And now I must sleep so see you all later...
doooo ittt :) iPods are awesome!! (typing from mine now) plus you'll need plenty of music for your trip.
Is it wrong to say NO you should be saving up?!?
awww thanks gavin, sleep well!
They are looking for ability and potential not the finished article. They will have people who are not prepared at all or who have a really poor portfolio or can't string two words together. You will be fine
Night Gavin
Night Gavin
#TWiTupdate
Lisa (Twitter woman) now knows whats happening and says "I have finally found fame!!! Let's hope the fortune follows!!!!"
Glad she is enjoying it and is not upset. She now has 9000 followers. She only had 5000 when I posted it here. Their target was to beat Conan's 15,000 in a week
i think i will buy the one on the refurb store today :( not a touch though, what appears to now be called a classic
Just realised some of the current shift won't know about Lisa. She is a Kiwi. They get everywhere and yesterday she had two followers then Leo said he wanted everyone to follower. So he is going to pick one of her followers at random to win an iPad.
http://twitter.com/lisatickledpink
Hi guys,
was just wondering if anybody knows if the bbc will be red buttoning/streaming friday practice on friday?
Im so desperate for my F1!
Sensible!
Why her? Sounds shockingly harsh if she didn't ask for it.....
yup, it'll be there... veeeery soon.
She wins an iPad. She was probably mad but now will be ok :)
They should be. We will be live commenting practise here so someone in the world will find us a stream
That's awful! I'm horrified. You guys like this man?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/5345480.stm
it says so
@me thanks, its like the run up to christmas
you missed the earlier disussion.
SHe knew nothing about it and only had 2 followers. After they picked her they found out she had e-mail updates enabled so every time she got a new follower she got an e-mail. If that was linked to her mobile it would have been rining constantly
She gets an iPad too
hehe.
the question is, will you be following on the red button and commenting on sidepodcast too?
That would be an interesting time booting up your e-mail
'You have three-thousand new messages'
And? It's an awful invasion of privacy.
It wasn't pre-planned. They were discussing Conan doing it and decided they could pick someone and beat him and as soon as they did it they realised the implications
don't be silly.
how?
9
Well it's basically online bullying.
if you say so.
I'm going to turn my notifications off I think.
how? its twitter.
peoples, i shall bid you all a good night. i had almost zero sleep last night, so an early one beckons.
until tomorrow.
Good night
Well twitter must be unusable for that woman. I bet she's got loads of spammy messages too....
adios
Yep, that sounds like a good idea. Night from me too. lotsa love.
purchased! Oops. I hate myself.
she'll have discovered and turned off notifications quite quickly, she'll be fine
night rg
She had only tweeted twice before and only had the account for a week. If it is a problem she can open a new account and she gains an iPad
Night
But whatever reason she had for making an account in the first place has probably vanished I'd have thought.... It would just seem normal to warn someone first. I can't fathom why you wouldn't.
i'm hitting bed too folks
g'night all
That was my reaction too :)
But she seems to be okay with it now and seems to want to have fun with it, so good on 'er
he should have, but she's really happy about it.
http://twitter.com/lisatickledpink
The "I hate technology" was before it all started
It was done on impulse. People do that some times.
haha
"I don't even know what an ipad is but can't wait to play with it... All this from my first tweet!"
I (heart) Lisa
I love the tweet before that. Lisa loves technology, I guess Leo has been in touch
i was trying to work out how though. to DM someone they have to be following you. dont know how else you'd do it
Leo and Kevin Rose who was on the show and picked her know the guys who own twitter. I am sure there are ways to contact her when you deal with people at that level
But how would she find messages through that huge volume of spam?
I am sure the twitter people would be able to put a sticky comment or something like that.
You wait until she's turned notifications off, then she deletes the messages, then you email her
I would also like to say booo that the F1 football team is playing the day before I arrive in both Spa and Monza, it would have been cool to see them! It makes sense for them to play on a Wednesday though I guess. {Comment #395}
That must be frustrating for you.
Tangentially, I'm a little worried that 48 hours before their first match of the season in Bahrain, Nazionale Piloti haven't noted who their opposing team is on the site. If the implication that they don't know who their opponents are yet is true, it could be a short match...
Time for bed. Night all xx
(yay for free wifi ;) )
I guess so. A very quick search has found me 2 of her other social network profiles. Are they going to take responsibility for any spam there?
Good night and enjoy tomorrow
Good luck tomorrow, you will be awesome! :) Night!
Night Lou
Hello All
[pulls the shift change lever]
PING! Presenting Team Amazini Barresistancello ;)
http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/unveiling-team-amazini-barresistancello/
Hello :)
Hi Bassano
What's been happening today then, apart from the F1 community packing their bags and heading to Bahrain?
The main thing today's been Sir Stirling Moss: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81925
The first look at F1 2010 on the Xbox, PC and PS3... oh. my. goodness.
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/2199/dsc01425.jpg
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/2199/dsc01427.jpg
Nothing massively exciting. New Debrief posted
"Sorry, hotlinking kills the server" message
Will reupload them
What's been happening today then, apart from the F1 community packing their bags and heading to Bahrain? {Comment #950}
Fisi and his team-mates got their car to 2nd-in-class in this morning's Le Mans testing session. Piquet Jr got a parking ticket and I ended up helping some of my classmates find stuff in the new campus building we got moved to (the old one is getting demolished this week).
Am downloading now
Sorry to hear about Sterling's fall
The main thing today's been Sir Stirling Moss: http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/81925 {Comment #951}
That's horrible! Hope Sir Stirling makes a quick recovery.
Better links for the F1 2010 scans
http://i49.tinypic.com/9kz920.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/35iys29.jpg
Joe's blog mentioned earlier that he's already complaining about the food. To me, that's an advanced stage of recovery! :)
Looks promising
Nice! Saw the pic of the ferrari and immediately thought "That's a drawing, surely. It can't really look that good!"
Indeed. Just hoping they get the physics right with the cars.
Have just seen Alison's tweet :D
#isconfused
what did Nick do/Alison blame him for?
Dunno, just thought it was funny
G'night guys, see you on the other side
Night Lukeh
She has a radio interview now
http://twitter.com/lisatickledpink
Night Lukeh
Wake up you loser and look at the mess you have made of my arm. Must be love
What actually happened to her arm?
We can pick out a date, Williams gets busy during summer
:lol:
I would show you but it's gross....
I have funny bright red bruises. I've never seen anything like it before....
Is it relevant? ;)
With an awful arm bruise? I think not ;)
How did you do it>
http://www.lynchs.com/images/1354.jpg
?
No idea but I know she had to see the doctor about it and it sounded as if it was a lot more painful after that than befpre
Higher....
Anyone good at sewing?
http://www.4him4her.co.uk/ekmps/shops/steldesignsltd/images/matt-white-lycra-spandex-zentai-morph-body-suit-[2]-296-p.jpg
?
Yeah never trust a doctor. To be fair, it's not sore anymore. I do however look like I have meningitis.....
Have you done the glass roll test, just to be sure? ;)
Didn't you go to medical school?
Are you mad?? By "it's not sore" I just mean it's no longer keeping me awake at night and stopping me bending my arm..... I don't mean lets poke it.
PS. I'm sure I didn't develop meningitis in 5 days, specifically in the bit of my arm under a bandage so I couldn't see it....
Well, seeing as you've had the training, I believe you
Hah I know noooooothing....
You know more about medicine than I do
I guess that's likely.... I'm just going to leave it to go away.
Bit of blogging done, just some results, will go up tomorrow.
Can someone explain to me the Sterling Moss accident...(in actual words rather than links)...I'm a bit confused as to what happened
He was on the 3rd floor I think, went to step into a lift and the doors incorrectly opened when the lift wasn't at the corect level. He stepped into the lift shaft
I'm pretty sure he called the lift, the doors on his floor opened, he stepped in and fell 3 floors down the lift shaft. The lift hadn't actually come, it remained on a higher floor.
I can't believe people walk on to lifts without checking it is there. I'm always paranoid of that.
hello all
I always find strange when that happens. People doesn't look into the shaft before stepping into the lift?
Hi Guille
I guess at age 80, the reactions are a little slower than normal
I guess if you're standing very close to the door and start to move as the door opens, you could just fall in even if you do notice the lift isn't there....
chicken cup-a-soup, halogen heater up close, thom yorke album on... winding down after a bit of a stressy day.
ah ok. nasty
i guess if its your lift and you've done it every day for goodness knows how long then at some point you aren't going to check, could be a bit dosy in the morning too
Yes. But I've heard of young and healthy people doing the same...
I think I'd be getting that lift serviced whilst I was in hospital recuperating
I should imagine he'd have quite a bit case against the lift company if he wanted too....
Trying out the new Gorillaz album
I don't think people stop and look before they start to move though. How often do you see people blocking the way of folk wanting out of a lift, the people have started to walk in without looking.
Sounds like it was custom made, one of the tweets mentioned Willams and some Carbon Fibre
Someone was mentioning that it was an f1 manufacturer that had made his lift?
Ah yes, Williams. I was about to say that but didn't want to lie.
epic fail
And that's what I find strange. It's an accident waiting to happen, your playing with your life for what? 0.5 extra seconds? It's like looking both sides of a street before crossing, it should be wired into everyone's head...
To be honest, if this happened to me at work I'd be set for life.... Is it wrong to wish an accident upon yourself? #sorrygavin
You'd also potentially become a quadriplegic.....
:( Can I fall from the ground floor please God?
Isn't that just called 'falling over'?
#wierdo
Ooooh ooooh I've done that before!! Can I have thousands of pounds please?
Sure, where there's blame, there's a claim
#WhyInsuranceIsSoExpensive
Yeah I completely wouldn't....
Not unless it was actually someone's real negligence and I was badly hurt. I don't think bruising my knee counts.
Plus, it takes years for a genuine claim to go through sometimes
I wont only ever claim for whatever it had cost me, in health costs, missed work etc
how badly bruised? was the floor wet? ;-)
*would
Actually yes. Someone had trampled snow inside and it had melted all over the floor.
A guy at work slipped over on a small puddle, tore some ligaments and had to retire
I believe the compensation case is still with the legal teams
It is awful. If you really can't work then someone has to pay to support you.
":'Two packets of crisps were walking along the road. A passing car stopped and the driver asked if they would like a lift."No thanks," said the crisps, "we're Walkers." ' ..."
Bad dum dum tshh
Someone is suing my employer and my predecessor personally over something that seems to me (having zero to do with it obviously) as a stupid decision on the customer's part. That's been going on for maybe 2 years....
SAdly it'll probably get settled out of court, regardless of it was stupidity or negligence
:D
Williams made the lift. It even has a made by Williams plate in it
:( Can I fall from the ground floor please God? {Comment #1015}
That can be bad enough (you can get a head injury if you land wrong)...
Alison,
No probs - knock yourself out ;)