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- Sat May 11, 2013 5:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How Many Races Have You Been To?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 12127
Re: How Many Races Have You Been To?
Every British GP from 1974 (Scheckter) until I left for Canada in 1987 also Race of Champions and International trophy races. Then every Canadian GP from 1987 to present. Also managed to fit in Monza x 3, Spa x 4, Zolder, Zandvoort, Indianapolis ( +one 500). Still got Monaco and Le Mans on the bucke...
- Fri May 10, 2013 6:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Classic Grand Prix Circuits
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7722
Re: Classic Grand Prix Circuits
If I still lived in UK I might have said Zandvoort a) because it was easily accessible and b) I saw James Hunt win his first GP there. Now I am t'other side of Atlantic I'm thinking Watkin's Glen. PS to Norfolk boy when my folks lived in Norfolk (just down road from Hethel) used to stop off at Snett...
- Mon May 06, 2013 7:09 pm
- Forum: In-Depth Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Can teams patent their improvemets?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11199
Re: Can teams patent their improvemets?
Not quite sure how different from an existing solution an item needs to be before you can get a patent and if a very different solution then falls outside of what are fairly tight regs. Also not sure if the time frame to get patent granted (in how many jurisdictions?) would be short enough. Wow that...
- Sat May 04, 2013 12:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Most Underrated Champion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 21677
Re: The Most Underrated Champion
A lot of this depends on each person's perspective and knowledge of history. For the majority that occupy forums like this, since it's English-speaking and heavily influenced by British tabloid media, such drivers as Mansell and Hamilton dominate, while others are casually dismissed. I could not ag...
- Sat May 04, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Joke Thread
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 618986
Re: The Joke Thread
Sticking with the cowboy/horse theme.... A cowboy rides into town, hitches his horse to the a rail then walks around and lifts the tail of his horse and plants a big wet kiss right on its pickle. a fellow watching all this asks him "Say, why did you kiss your horse on his pickle?" and the cowboy rep...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:11 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Your reaction right after a race ends?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7361
Re: Your reaction right after a race ends?
I have a flagpole outside my house up which, if the result warrants it, I run a flag. We also open a bottle of champagne as an aperitif that evening. Less than favourable result? leave up the windsock and eat bread and water.
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could live anywhere – where? Advice needed?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4150
Re: If you could live anywhere – where? Advice needed?
Yes they do, that's why the house prices and the traffic are mental!flyer wrote:I've never been there except the airport, but doesn't everyone like Holland?
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FIA to reduce a cars turbo as a penalty in '14?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10762
Re: FIA to reduce a cars turbo as a penalty in '14?
No. It also penalizes the poor SoB stuck behind Mr Wide'n'slow. And what happens when the turbo kicks back in? Penalties also need to be seen by the spectator; the TV viewer may get it but those actually in the crowd may not know why X suddenly slowed.
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:39 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could live anywhere – where? Advice needed?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4150
Re: If you could live anywhere – where? Advice needed?
I left UK over twenty years ago so I'm not really current but do you really want to go somewhere where the economy is going down the crapper? Do you believe they won't tax you up the ying-yang to get out of that? I think proximity and ease of travel may be something of an illusion; what's another co...
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:28 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Can't stand Paul Di Resta!
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14061
Re: Can't stand Paul Di Resta!
Yeah, but what I see is a spud.slide wrote:i like paul , he is not a bullshitter , and seems to be a very geniune character - he not the best to interview , possibly , and not much of a joker , but i think you very much get what you see
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Winston Churchill To Appear On £5 Notes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4413
Re: Winston Churchill To Appear On £5 Notes
I don't have a problem with Churchill on the fiver (I no longer live in the UK anyway) What I do have a problem with is the holier than thou types who come up with some specious argument against anyone you might want on a banknote. One man's hero is usually the other man's villain and all the politi...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: When you die where do you go?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11572
Re: When you die where do you go?
Apparently now the teapot is also an option.
see Rita Mcneil (sp?) funeral
see Rita Mcneil (sp?) funeral
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: BlackBerry Sponsoring Mercedes. Good for Canadian viewers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2983
Re: BlackBerry Sponsoring Mercedes. Good for Canadian viewe
yeah, they are quite poor. TSN are quite poor like the Pacific is a bit damp. I once saw that Vic Whassisname in Montreal and it took a great deal of willpower not to knee him in the big boy's danglies. I am in Nunavut and our local cable listing sucks to the point of not being able to trust the pu...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:46 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: When you die where do you go?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11572
Re: When you die where do you go?
You are constantly turning over (not in the spinning in your grave sense) hair nails skin blood bone etc. all constantly being replenished during life You today is not the same "you" as last year if you consider individual atoms; many have gone and more have arrived. I am fond of telling my wife tha...
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:14 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Stirling Moss says Women lack the mental skill for F1
- Replies: 191
- Views: 29199
Re: Stirling Moss says Women lack the mental skill for F1
Maybe the problem is that none of the women Moss knows have the mental aptitude for F1. So the guy knows the wrong women, you can't crucify him for that.
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 to be 5 seconds slower in 2014!
- Replies: 57
- Views: 13223
Re: F1 to be 5 seconds slower in 2014!
And slightly longer to whine!Laura23 wrote:That'll give the tyre whiners something to talk about next year at least.
5 seconds times about 60 laps equals a whole 5 minute rant! Next year I will buy earplugs
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:01 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Is Fred destined to be an all-time great?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 12721
Re: Is Fred destined to be an all-time great?
Subject line too long by three words: Be, to and destined, and the answer is still yes. the man (kid then) was being applauded while in a Minardi and has only got better.mcdo wrote:He already is
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:38 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Stirling Moss says Women lack the mental skill for F1
- Replies: 191
- Views: 29199
Re: Stirling Moss says Women lack the mental skill for F1
I'm with Voltaire on this one "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" Mind you, Voltaire also said "The composition of a tragedy requires testicles" Is it not better for all concerned that Moss reveals his biases and does not waste the time of those with a...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:39 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Fine Dining verses Home Cooking Thread
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3033
Re: Fine Dining verses Home Cooking Thread
Do I want to get into a foodie argument? Yeah sure. On Saturday I had for dinner; Foie gras with caramelized apples and a mixed salad Fish (Char) with celery and a walnut oil sauce Cheeses Profiteroles with a choice of chocolate or melba sauce real fancy dining right? here's the kicker..I cooked it ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:37 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Is there an alternative to the safety car?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6536
Re: Is there an alternative to the safety car?
Detours. A few guys leaning on shovels, some traffic cones and a few confusing signs that run out of directions once you're thoroughly lost and maybe enforced by the odd road roller here and there.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Dry weekend ahead :)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3857
Re: Dry weekend ahead :)
The subject line had me seriously worried for a few seconds. A whole weekend with no booze?! I am hoping to crack open a celebratory bottle of something after all-dry race.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Awesomeness
- Replies: 511
- Views: 271581
Re: Awesomeness
Just checked my schedule; Friday is a half day because of our spring festival (Toonik Tyme) so afternoon off, China practice on the haunted fish tank - sweet!
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:55 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: An Experiment Via Poll
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10438
Re: An Experiment Via Poll
No. To whom are you trying to prove your worth? None listed seem to be the sort of people I would seek to prove anything to.
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Security Evasion at Formula One Events
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8099
Re: Security Evasion at Formula One Events
Once we didn't so much evade security by breaking in as much as we failed to leave. Went to Brands Hatch for the Friday and camped/hid in woods Friday and Saturday night. remember also "borrowing" a punnet of strawberries from Tyrell as we strolled through paddock. Try that now and they'd probably s...
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The “Moan about work” Thread
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6920
Re: The “Moan about work” Thread
I too am self-employed and while I can't say I hate the job there are certainly occasions when I would much rather be doing ANYTHING else!! the retirement home is almost complete, but not close to being paid for yet so a few more years to go. Maybe there should be a separate thread for the self empl...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:16 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Formula One launches race unfixing probe
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2739
Re: Formula One launches race unfixing probe
The phrase "entertainment experience" just made me have an instant nightmare of audience being asked to VOTE NOW ! Race!/ Don't race Text your vote to...Oh god I can't stand it
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:09 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Awesomeness
- Replies: 511
- Views: 271581
Re: Awesomeness
About time for this thread to move up the board again so: Jarno Trulli's Grappa Don't know if it's available in UK (why would it not be?) but found some in the SAQ in Montreal and it's pretty damned good stuff. Also some of his wine is none too shabby either.
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Least favourite driver and why?
- Replies: 175
- Views: 39970
Re: Least favourite driver and why?
I once read a review of a Van Morrison show (a musician I greatly like) which said "Sings like an angel - looks like a potato" Di Resta, I have to say looks pretty spud like and performs at a very average level Case closed.
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Annoyances
- Replies: 1620
- Views: 509853
Re: Annoyances
pack some sandwiches, they'll get the hint
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nick Fry Stepped down from Merc
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4708
Re: Nick Fry Stepped down from Merc
Ask Dorothy.
Sorry, couldn't resist that one
Sorry, couldn't resist that one
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:54 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So tyred!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9779
Re: So tyred!
F1 supposed to be going green? shouldn't one set of tyres last the whole season?
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:33 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Annoyances
- Replies: 1620
- Views: 509853
Re: Annoyances
I use my snowmobile for my daily commute. Snow + Mobile.= get to work on time Guess which part of the equation puts a major crimp in the travel plans if it's absent.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:11 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the Cyprus financial issue
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4493
Re: the Cyprus financial issue
One way or another they will get it out of you. When you make the money they tax your income, when you spend your money they tax you: sales tax GST VAT whatever it is, If you spend it on specific items they tax you: booze, petrol, smokes. If you own stuff they tax you, property taxes rates call it w...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The meaning of life thread
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10895
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:09 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Fangio's f1 merc turns up in a warehouse!
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12592
Re: Fangio's f1 merc turns up in a warehouse!
In some ways I hope Mercedes does not buy it. I went to the Mercedes museum a couple of years ago, the building itself is amazing but the contents are thoroughly mind-blowing. I think, however that you get overloaded and by the time you get to this it's going to be "Oh yeah, Fangio's car, ho hum" Wo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:02 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Annoyances
- Replies: 1620
- Views: 509853
Re: Annoyances
Canada but I lived in the UK before and actually liked some of the ads for their sense of humour (Cadbury's smash sticks in my mind)Gothalamide wrote:Are you in the US?
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Attending a GP
- Replies: 721
- Views: 719367
Re: Attending a GP
Crispy Condor? Did Colonel Sanders conquer The Andes?
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Annoyances
- Replies: 1620
- Views: 509853
Re: Annoyances
I hate a lot of music. maybe this should go in the What makes you feel old thread but while were being annoyed TV adverts for drugs when they hardly mention the condition the drug is for but jabber for forty five seconds straight on the side-effects as in "Stiffawillynil!!! may cause hotdog finger,...
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Attending a GP
- Replies: 721
- Views: 719367
Re: Attending a GP
Apologies if it's already been asked and answered, but this year we're planning on going to the Belgian Grand Prix seeing as I'm 21 and the mother is 50. My question is does anyone know if Spa is the same as Silverstone, in the sense that if you have a grandstand ticket, you can sit anywhere you wa...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Have you ever thought...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3863
Re: Have you ever thought...
This should probably be in the joke thread but it's spider related. A guy met his friend who told him that spiders' ears are in their legs and to prove it he had a trained spider who would come when called. Sure enough he put the spider in the centre of the table and called his name "Here Spidey! an...