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runningman67 wrote:We take so many amazing things for granted.

Yes I know. Fortunately I've learned to live with being under-appreciated (it's part of what makes me amazing)

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It's also a good way of getting them to hang up when they do get through. 'We're registered with the telephone pre-' and they're gone. These people are usually working to a script. I find going "off script" works a treat. Question: can I tell you about our product? Answer: Green Question: your age ...

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OK, Dinosaur time! Reliability used to be in small part under the control of the driver; You miss a shift, over rev, or otherwise cock up and you have a problem. Drivers with mechanical sympathy therefore had a slight added advantage which seems fair. With the control of many of the functions which ...

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When the old fella who used to watch you shave every morning now watches you pull your socks on

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Laura (?) Ferrari? She looked a bit of a battleaxe: I would probably do what she told me!

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One pit,one guy, greasy overalls, hand tools only, baseball cap on backwards, you have to phone for an appointment. All cars have to use the sole supplier............. What happened to racing? Agree with earlier point that accelerating even to a slower pitlane speed with a loose wheel probably still...

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Black_Flag_11 wrote: At last the long awaited answer to what drivers do when they need to pee!
Wish he could have spilled the beans as to which drivers he knows have done it in their car

Read somewhere that Nelson Piquet (snr) was a frequent offender. Don't know about the current crop (have my suspicions though!)

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I never understand why drivers don't drive down the 'dirty' side more in free practice. It'll distort some of their trajectory ( I'm sure they can compensate) but it'll give less of a disadvantage starting on that side. After all, there's a 50/50 chance that they will. And a 50/50 chance that they ...

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Pedrosa_4_Ever wrote: with a massive chimp on his shoulder.

So that would be a gorilla?

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My dog just sniffed Roscoe's butt

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The original Brands Hatch circuit (not then a GP circuit) was reversed some time in the 50's.

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I would have said David Purley but it seems the Beeb have already done this (did not see it in Canada) As for Sid Watkins, focusing on the carnage and injuries may not have mass appeal - also with Bernie instrumental in bringing medical care up to a modern standard he comes out looking pretty damned...

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Yeah, that's about 17.5 million outside my budget for toys. Who bought it?

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Not sure you aimed this at the most appropriate sector by choosing the younger members. Some of us old farts actually have to read the CV's and make decisions based (partly) on them. Fully agree with the idea of Master CV and tailor it to the specific application. If you were applying for a job in m...

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There should probably be a thread for worst car names.
This may be a Ford Phlegm, Nissan Numpty, Dodge Doo-Doo, or the Honda Scrotum.
Gotta say I'm with Benjamin3 - who cares?

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OK. Back away from the computer, go and take your meds and have a little lie down.

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Hi, Me and my family would go to Monza thia year.So i have question could anyone suggest me some good hotel in Milano near train station (to Monza). Yes. Best Western Felice Casati in Milan. Have stayed there a couple of times Trains/bus to Monza a bit of a pain, used taxis instead by Central stati...

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Why assume (as everybody seems to have done) that the now closed opening cannot be clear? Getting it optically correct so it does not distort the view may be tricky and you'd need to work out some ventilation issues but why not? Once it gets a few nicks and scratches you have to throw away the whole...

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So money does not buy happiness - but it sure as hell takes the edge off the misery!

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Let the market decide. Schedule twenty five races if you like but only require teams to enter say, twenty of them. Allow organisers to pay start money if they feel their venue is unnatractive to a team they want to see. (No not a bribe, a financial inducement. OK a bribe then) Sponsors may have mark...

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e nice to do a museum tour with PF1 posters Did a couple of mini tours a few years ago. Alfa Romeo (amazing) Ferrari, then Mercedes, Porsche and Sinsheim. Missed out Mulhouse (Schlumpf) because some wally put petrol in the diesel hire car (NOT me) Also found (purely by chance) Ronnie Peterson's Mar...

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Got back from Montreal yesterday so today first day back to work which is bad enough but I look out of the window and.....IT'S SNOWING!!! Normally I like snow but this is mother nature kicking you in the nuts 'cos you had three weeks off. Also ma Nature had a go at me in Quebec with major deluge - a...

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Let's eat grandma.
Let's eat, grandma.

Commas save lives!

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DrG wrote:I have looked in the mirror & wondered who the old fart was looking back at me. Does this count?

No I don't think that counts; I have the same model of mirror with an old fart trapped in it, in fact I have an extensive collection of them!

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I split my time (not equally) between the Arctic and Old Montreal. Get tourists in both locations but slightly different breeds. The cost of getting to Baffin Island weeds out the really cheap ones and there are only so many soapstone carvings you can physically carry! Sealskin and ivory products do...

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Or Frank Sinatra - if he makes another comeback!

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Option #8 put the finger to work - become a proctologist.

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Posting when (semi) tiddled. Good idea/stupid? You decide

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Just had about a dozen members of wife's family over to the new house for dinner/bbq. All francophones, all enjoyed evening, house got family seal of approval. Off to montreal next week for gp. Life is good (apart from thumb injury where red snapper got me!!)

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Can i elevate the neighbours to celeb. Status for the purpose of this thread? If not, the eyebrow shouting guy in the ads we get here in canada, celine dion, and yeah #3 is a tough one so the next smarmy little git who pops up on the telly; norton? Had a few drinks, may need to revise list in the co...

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Trabant

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I don't remember the year nor the exact quote but Mark Thatcher (yes, him) is interviewing Alan Jones after the US Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
Q: Were tyres important today?
pause....
A: Yes mate, they stop the wheels scraping on the ground
-short interview

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In some parts of the world it's pronounced "Lunch"

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It's always a lottery, in terms of no one know how the things are going to unfold with crashes, pitstops, strategies, caution periods. Starting position means little in Indy 500. Completely agree (just ask Mario!!) The pictures do not do the place justice. Only been to one 500 (went to F1 there too...

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I don't wish to send this thread into areas that were never intended but it occurs to me that we are all on a spaceship and only some of us believe there is a pilot

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Went to bed alone last night; wife stuck in another community by a blizzard. Woke up this morning with said wife back home. Don't know what time she got in but I was comatose! Went to work, check the mail, Hey twenty-five quid from Ernie. Jerk who works for me gave notice (saves me from firing his s...

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As someone who works on the modern aircraft and knows all the behind the scenes stuff, (I hope I don't freak you out!)you are all basically flying pilotless aircraft anyway. "Pilots" have become "Flight Managers". The automation does everything. We have aircraft that autoland and then taxi themselv...

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See my "Done anything stupid recently?" thread. look at responses

I'm waiting for the post that says "Wiped out mankind by accident today....................

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Slice bread, put in toaster, depress lever, does not stay down. Repeat step 3 several times - same result. Hmmmm. fetch tools, take toaster apart, find no fault, put toaster back together again, plug in. Ta Da !! It works! Informed by wife that toaster does not stay down if not plugged in. Informed ...

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Dr. G, admire your taste. What makes me start spitting feathers is anything described as "Real" As in "made with real fruit" Any advert for cosmetics is pretty much off the chart for annoyance and into 12gauge at the telly territory. All the pseudo-science and double speak and I saw one recently for...

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