You can avoid offence by simply using the correct terminology. For instance a ‘fat ugly lazy tart’ becomes a ‘curvy aesthetically challenged motivationally deficient morally unencumbered person’. Here are a few terms to get you started: Lazy - motivationally deficient Stupid - intellectually impair...

You can avoid offence by simply using the correct terminology. For instance a ‘fat ugly lazy tart’ becomes a ‘curvy aesthetically challenged motivationally deficient morally unencumbered person’. Here are a few terms to get you started: Lazy - motivationally deficient Stupid - intellectually impaire...

Some interesting articles/guides to basic composition. The Five Basic Rules of Shot Composition Definitive Guide to the Rule of Thirds 10 Top Photography Composition Rules I never studied art at school, so composition is something I really have to work at, but it's very rewarding when you get it rig...

"They drive in a different league, they are six or eight seconds slower, and so they need to watch out more" Its probably because they signed up to Formula 1 under the impression there was going to be a budget cap which all teams adhered to... Helmet Marko is quickly becoming F1's version of Prince...

I do like the idea of the BMW, but need to get a move on as those cars are fairly quickly becoming a classic.. I did see a semi auto Mitsubishi FTO, which is semi-auto... I suppose an option is to again try manual, the issue was with the pedal, but I have since had hip replacement, so may be easier...

I don't see how anyone could not see that those images were posted simply to incite a reaction - there is no way something like that would be posted out of innocence and the author of the posts has been around long enough to know exactly what he was doing. Which was trolling. the only reaction they...

after the 1993 Japanese GP..... senna: you were racing? do you know the rule that you're supposed to let the leaders come by when you're a backmarker? irvine : if you were going fast enough, it was no problem . Now you've started, you can't go and leave out the best bits. :D Senna : I overtook you!...

Don't mock the backmarkers until you've read about Al Pease - the only driver ever to be black flagged for being too slow! 1969 Canadian GP at Mosport Jacky Ickx was on pole for Brabham with a 1:17.4. Pease was 17th out of 20, 11.1 seconds behind. But Pete Lovely, who was 16th, was a whole 5.6 secon...

20.5 As soon as a car is caught by another car which is about to lap it during the race the driver must allow the faster driver past at the first available opportunity. If the driver who has been caught does not allow the faster driver past, waved blue flags will be shown to indicate that he must a...

Here is the deal... I can only drive autos I need it road legal as will need to drive car to track (will get mother or other half to drive my general car for back up to get home). I'm not looking for mega bucks, nor am I looking for competition or anything else (yet) just something to take to a rac...

You can have fun in just about any car, it just depends how close to it's limits you're prepared to take it.

You do seriously need to get your manual drivers licence though.

This is what the regs actually say. 20.5 As soon as a car is caught by another car which is about to lap it during the race the driver must allow the faster driver past at the first available opportunity. If the driver who has been caught does not allow the faster driver past, waved blue flags will ...

. . . Grosjean . . . if he doesn't bring in the results, I can't see Lopez and Lux putting up with it for too long - not if they can get a more reliable driver who can also bring in some cash. Other than that, Sutil would just have to hope someone's sponsors welch on them. Didn't Sutil cut Eric Lux...

. . . Grosjean . . . if he doesn't bring in the results, I can't see Lopez and Lux putting up with it for too long - not if they can get a more reliable driver who can also bring in some cash. Other than that, Sutil would just have to hope someone's sponsors welch on them. Didn't Sutil cut Eric Lux...

Saw this on BBC and it seemed somewhat amusing. Do you earn more or less than the world's average wage? Type in your monthly salary and we'll give you the answer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356 It asks for pre-tax salary to be put in, then it will show you your salary compared to the W...

Saw this on BBC and it seemed somewhat amusing. Do you earn more or less than the world's average wage? Type in your monthly salary and we'll give you the answer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356 It asks for pre-tax salary to be put in, then it will show you your salary compared to the W...

Recently Button is walking around with the air of confidence of rich son who knows that daddy will always be there to Bail him out or Assist him,never have second place in the championship been more celebrated...and we all know why ..its part of the delitimization of Lewis Hamilton When Lewis beat ...

I wanted to say more than a year away, because I suspect people will steer clear of signing him until the suspended sentence is gone. I think it may still be in place by the time 2013 season starts. But since the case is over or withdrawn, what are the chances that Sutil may actually serve a part o...

Bertrand Gachot was sent down for assaulting a taxi driver, but he still managed to get a seat in F1 - almost as soon as he got out of prison. It just depends how much money Sutil has behind him, and which team needs it the most.

And about the crash, those are Narnain's words, not mine. First I assumed he made the move to avoid a wet part of the track but he said it was due to wheelspin, which doesn't happen randomly but rather because of mis driving the car (going into the wet kerb, taking a rather bad line and angle, acce...

It was NK's fault (or at least he said it was), but Vettel could see he was struggling before he overtook him, so maybe should have used more caution and prehaps avoided the incident entirely. I don't think drivers should be penalised for expressing their emotions (provided it doesn't get out of han...

EVERY DRIVER gets annoyed/angry/mad when sh¡t happens to them - All of them! The difference is, some drivers can hide it more and are less passionate or less hot-headed - and some aren't. Just remember how Kimi reacted to Ham ramming into his rear end under the red light. 8) Ontopic - Vettel was ri...

People who've paid £££'s for Sky have to justify the decision to themselves by saying how wonderful Sky is and how bad the BBC are, while the guy's who don't have Sky can't comment on Sky V's BBC coverage because they can't watch it, so who's left to make an unbiased comparison? I’m not a Sky subscr...

Annabelle trying to look grown up - did quite a bit of touching up , skin smoothing, blending etc. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5049/5256687209_ff04eb67db_z.jpg 8O I remember that thread... Me too! I was fooled into thinking that she was about 30 or something - Jimbox really made her look like a g...

A friend just reminded of this old trip to St Petersburg, and I thought I'd post the pics here too, just to keep the thread going - analogical and a bit overexposed, but they bring the memories back all the same: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/6859502710_751588de99.jpg Not sure what you mean by...

Annabelle trying to look grown up - did quite a bit of touching up , skin smoothing, blending etc. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5049/5256687209_ff04eb67db_z.jpg 8O I remember that thread... Me too! I was fooled into thinking that she was about 30 or something - Jimbox really made her look like a g...

Ok, so we don't know what happened there. I for myself also don't know what the obligations are that Kimi has to Proton or whatever . I can imagine that he was less talkable at such a circus event than Romain ( note, I like both, but they are definitely two different characters ). I also only know ...

This came out several months ago and I thought the same then as I do now - very glossy presentation, but style over substance. There's nothing but buzz phrases in there (reminds me of Ari Vatanen's FIA campaign tbh). Besides, C4's sports output is mostly terrible. Which still doesn't detract from t...

A few portraits. I'm hopeless at getting people to pose for photos, so just let them get on with it, take lots of shots and try catching them when they're not expecting it. Holly http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5203/5265532223_d8c515da61_z.jpg Annabelle - high key effect created by adjusting white bal...

Couldn’t find the old thread, so here’s a new one… One of my favourite camera techniques for motorsports and action photos is panning / tracking - possibly because it’s technically quite challenging. Probably the biggest problem with this sort of shot is finding a spot with an uninterrupted view of ...