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by painless
Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: old v new: spot the difference
Replies: 38
Views: 7959

Re: old v new: spot the difference

Inappropriate post removed.
by painless
Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:55 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Most annoying phrase on an add.
Replies: 127
Views: 32211

Re: Most annoying phrase on an add.

(he isn't allowed on my tv) I have no idea who this person is but I do have a suggestion. I have a piece of foam; it looks like a brick, it's brick size, brick shape, and has those brick-like holes in the middle. It is absolutely PERFECT for throwing at the telly when something winds you up. Right ...
by painless
Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Clean Sheet/Fair Play awards.
Replies: 2
Views: 1268

Re: Clean Sheet/Fair Play awards.

Isn't the Lorenzo Bandini award something along those lines? BTW I once tried paying a "wellness bonus" rather than "sick pay" to my staff - It failed miserably. I think if there is going to be a good guy award it should not be automatic every year if they all behave like a bunch of spoiled three ye...
by painless
Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Pets.
Replies: 34
Views: 8732

Re: Pets.

beyamei wrote:my dad and he just laid there and did nothing. Didn't even bark. I still love him though..
Your dad would usually bark?
by painless
Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Pets.
Replies: 34
Views: 8732

Re: Pets.

Currently two dogs; Pudding (because we found him at Christmas) and Pieces We used to have another indoor dog who was a bitsa so we called her Bits hence her partner became Pieces when we adopted her. Sadly, Bits had a stroke earlier this year and is no longer with us. Over the years here (26 and co...
by painless
Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:52 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Are Grands Prix over too quickly?
Replies: 43
Views: 8549

Re: Are Grands Prix over too quickly?

when I read the title of the thread two thoughts went through my head: Premature Celebration Eight tyre stops I don't know when the two hour max. rule came in; probably around the time Bernie figured you couldn't engage the casual viewer for longer than that! NASCAR usually runs (much) longer than t...
by painless
Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:56 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How good was Jackie Stewart?
Replies: 46
Views: 8240

Re: How good was Jackie Stewart?

POBRatings wrote:he is so knolwedgable
He is also, I believe, slightly dyslexic!!
by painless
Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Awesomeness
Replies: 511
Views: 272438

Re: Awesomeness

Yeah! Either it's the last snow of the previous winter or the first snow of the upcoming winter. Either way we had snow this morning and I can start counting the days until the snowmobile comes out of the garage. Awesome!
by painless
Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Spa podium - Where's hat guy?
Replies: 8
Views: 3352

Spa podium - Where's hat guy?

What happened to the guy who hands out the baseball caps for the podium?
If he's gone I want that job!
by painless
Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Myth of Driver-Athletes?
Replies: 22
Views: 6060

Re: The Myth of Driver-Athletes?

Blinky McSquinty wrote:I don't know how many of you ski, but most bad accidents happen at the end of the day. It is very simple, people have been exerting themselves all day, and they are then tired and fatigued.
...and the light can get crappy.
by painless
Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Annoyances
Replies: 1620
Views: 511882

Re: Annoyances

moby wrote:Loud kids.
Moby, don't move North! The closer you get to the Arctic Circle the closer you get to twenty four hour daylight in summer. Ask me how many kids are out playing in the streets at 3 am. in my neck of the woods.

You can add loud adults and loud adolescents to the annoying list also!
by painless
Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Same-sex marriage
Replies: 166
Views: 44734

Re: Same-sex marriage

You hear about these relationships often ending in tears NEWSFLASH!!! This sometimes happens in traditional marriages too. I think you may hear about it because it is an unusual arrangement and the naysayers want to indulge in a little "I told you so". Sadder still the marriages that don't end up i...
by painless
Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:49 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How safe are your roads?
Replies: 35
Views: 11502

Re: How safe are your roads?

enchantment25 wrote:Belgium is one of the worst places in W-Europe
Quite agree. Once saw some dumbass reversing on the motorway because he'd missed his exit! Puts Spa in a whole different light doesn't it?
by painless
Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:56 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How safe are your roads?
Replies: 35
Views: 11502

Re: How safe are your roads?

f1madman wrote:
painless wrote:
minchy wrote:
7000?... That's not a city, more like a very small town.

Sorry to disappoint guys but it really is a city ( a very small city) Definition is tied up with tax status not population
http://www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca/i18n/english/index.html
by painless
Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How safe are your roads?
Replies: 35
Views: 11502

Re: How safe are your roads?

It does show that a more developed society will be more likely to have less fatalities on the roads. Whether this is due to it's citizens being more law abiding, better testing with a harder pass grade, better policing to enforce the laws or something entirely different is another debate. And maybe...
by painless
Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Why arent Corners given names on the newer tracks?
Replies: 28
Views: 6227

Re: Why arent Corners given names on the newer tracks?

Given that it may take some time for names to evolve based on incidents at specific locations maybe we can start by using the physical characteristics of the area in question. It's small, it's tight. It's Bernie Bend!! And then quite honestly, it's early I haven't had a coffee and I've run out of in...
by painless
Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: UFOs are they fake or real?
Replies: 61
Views: 15343

Re: UFOs are they fake or real?

moby wrote: if just to donkeys a threat to themselves
Of all the typos you could have made you have the get the one that fits in so neatly with the ever-popular anal probing! :]
by painless
Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:00 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Red Bull may sue a micro brewery
Replies: 39
Views: 10048

Re: Red Bull may sue a micro brewery

One can only be relieved that Red Rum is Kennomeat now.
by painless
Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:00 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Same-sex marriage
Replies: 166
Views: 44734

Re: Same-sex marriage

This is an option yes? It's not as if same sex marriage is going to be compulsory. I can appreciate the religious arguments but if we are just talking about the state (separated from the church) then I think allowing the option is fine. If the religious organisation to which you may be affiliated is...
by painless
Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:05 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: UFOs are they fake or real?
Replies: 61
Views: 15343

Re: UFOs are they fake or real?

studying new things often means doing so without interfering with its natural state and habitat, or at least trying not to. Of course, it could just be that the Galactic police have told every one not to interfere with us Ah Ha! So maybe we're an endangered species. A sort of galactic Giant Panda o...
by painless
Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: mars mission
Replies: 34
Views: 9311

mars mission

The UFO thread got me thinking about proposed manned missions to Mars. There are at least two proposals out there one of which features a one-way trip. Basically if you are selected the idea is to fly you to Mars where you colonise the planet. There is no planned return trip. Do you sign up?
by painless
Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: UFOs are they fake or real?
Replies: 61
Views: 15343

Re: UFOs are they fake or real?

The arguments in favour of the existence of extra-terrestrial species have been well rehearsed: An infinite number of stars, some with life-friendly planets equals a certainty of life existing elsewhere. OK let's say we buy that. So Joe alien builds a space ship, arrives here but always chooses a re...
by painless
Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Toto Wolff comments on Merc Strategy
Replies: 31
Views: 8477

Re: Toto Wolff comments on Merc Strategy

What I read (and it was not an entire interview) seemed very negative in tone and might have been better left unsaid. It is obvious that with finite resources choices have to be made as to where best to direct them; you don't need to tell the world that for this year you've basically given up trying...
by painless
Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: McLaren 2012 car better on track than in windtunnel
Replies: 51
Views: 12069

Re: McLaren 2012 car better on track than in windtunnel

Windtunnel no good? Maybe we should go with CFD. - Oh, wait...
by painless
Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How would Lewis be rated..
Replies: 91
Views: 16501

Re: How would Lewis be rated..

Oh Boy! I think you've just taken the jumbo economy family-sized can of worms and opened it with a stick of dynamite! It is a cliche a lot of people like to use that no-one remembers who came second. Clearly around here many DO remember who came second, some are bitter that first became second becau...
by painless
Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:24 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Annoyances
Replies: 1620
Views: 511882

Re: Annoyances

tootsie323 wrote:Just how would one shorten cm97?
cm96?
by painless
Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: All drivers and all people are different
Replies: 3
Views: 1678

Re: All drivers and all people are different

The blower wrote:and remember 'All drivers and all people are different'.
Has anyone put identical twins in identical cars?, Hey it's a boring Friday afternoon in Nunavut so I have to pull your tail!
by painless
Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Annoyances
Replies: 1620
Views: 511882

Re: Annoyances

[quote="Rachie_D"]Never knowing whether people on here are joking or whether they're just pricks. My head hurts!

But what if they are joking and they're still pricks?
by painless
Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Tiny Acts of Rebellion
Replies: 18
Views: 4796

Re: Tiny Acts of Rebellion

Online stores that won't deliver to Post Office Boxes?

I use address like Bocks 1234,
I can even get away with "The EKWII Building" (Everybody Knows Where It Is - it's a small town!)
by painless
Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:04 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Tiny Acts of Rebellion
Replies: 18
Views: 4796

Re: Tiny Acts of Rebellion

"Do not fold or staple cheque"

I fold AND staple.
by painless
Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Webber on topgear
Replies: 124
Views: 29856

Re: Webber on topgear

Walterf1 wrote: I saw a picture on twitter with him in the top gear studio. So I guess he is on it this Sunday. Does anyone know his time? Late 20th, early 21st century. Was known for aerobatic motor racing performances at one point. Hah! Brilliant! reminds me of story when telegrams (wot they?) co...
by painless
Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 720882

Re: Attending a GP

3. Can you recommend any interesting places to visit other than the Spa motorsport museum? 4. I will be in a flat about 40km from Spa so where is the best place to park within a 15-20 minute walk? 5. When does the circuit open in the morning? #3 depends on your interests! #4 belgian traffic cops wi...
by painless
Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Joke Thread
Replies: 1173
Views: 621088

Re: The Joke Thread

With the current Pitbabes and Gridgirls debate raging elsewhere this is going to put a few noses severely out of joint so STOP reading now. A woman goes to see her doctor because she feels her husband is losing interest in her. The doc gives her a thorough exam and can find no clinical abnormality s...
by painless
Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:12 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Summer break
Replies: 24
Views: 5884

Re: Summer break

BBQ, Beer, NASCAR?
by painless
Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Pit Babes & Grid Girls an anachronism? Now w added polling!!
Replies: 186
Views: 62075

Re: Pit Babes & Grid Girls an anachronism? Now w added polli

Alienturnedhuman wrote:The difference between David Beckham selling aftershave and boxershorts is that he is primarily a footballer and seen as David Beckham the footballer.
Are you then suggesting that if the grid girls were famous in some other capacity then that changes the acceptability of the grid girl concept?
by painless
Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:51 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 drivers nicknames
Replies: 41
Views: 10222

Re: F1 drivers nicknames

flyboy10 wrote:Who was it that Hunt used to call "Hermann"?
That would be Jochen Mass
Don't think anybody's mentioned:

David Coulthard - Kryten
"Jumper" Jarier
"Black " Jack Brabham
by painless
Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 drivers nicknames
Replies: 41
Views: 10222

Re: F1 drivers nicknames

Off the top of my head James Hunt "The Shunt" Niki Lauda The Rat Vittorio Brambilla The Monza Gorilla Ronnie Petersen "Mad Ronald" (coined I believe by David Hobbs) Carlos Reuteman Lole Jo Siffert "Seppi" Mike "The Bike" Hailwood John Surtees Il Grande John Nigel Mansell Il Leone Denis Hulme The Bea...
by painless
Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Grid Penalty for dangerous pit stops. Too far?
Replies: 88
Views: 13740

Re: Grid Penalty for dangerous pit stops. Too far?

Fines, be they cash, driver points or constructor points do not remove the danger and they fuel the argument over "fairness" (see pretty much everything above). The elements that go into an unsafe release (wheels not secure, another car exiting/entering pits) are well understood. The desire of the t...
by painless
Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Annoyances
Replies: 1620
Views: 511882

Re: Annoyances

vikz22 wrote:which team?
Barnstoneworth ?