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[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by midgetman

I did a handful of sessions on a Velodrome a few years back. Much harder work than motor racing!

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Ah, but have you driven a racing car round a velodrome?

I went to an Audi press event at a velodrome in Berlin twenty years ago when Laurent Aiello (iirc) whirled their first Le Mans car around.

[Mike Bell]

Do you or anyone else remember the Mk1 Cortina debut press event when it/they were driven down the Olympic Bobsleigh run at Cortina? Think by Graham Hill or another famous racer? Doubt if anything modern would fit nowadays!

[Gerard C]

Right Midget, there is pedaling and… pedaling!
May be twenty or more years ago, it was "Ã* la mode" to spend the winter time with racing using patinoires - skating ring - in course poursuite - only two cars in a row-. One of the best was JP Beltoise, using a Fiat 500. Of course, no spikes were allowed. Great fun.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Do you or anyone else remember the Mk1 Cortina debut press event when it/they were driven down the Olympic Bobsleigh run at Cortina? Think by Graham Hill or another famous racer? Doubt if anything modern would fit nowadays!

Not actually the press launch but a 1964 end-of-season 'jolly' in which various drivers took part, including Jim Clark, who enjoyed it immensely!


https://youtube.com/watch?V=F_XyqpD1_04

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Not actually the press launch but a 1964 end-of-season 'jolly' in which various drivers took part, including Jim Clark, who enjoyed it immensely!

Thanks for the clarification John! I remember Ford making quite a thing of it.....

But I can’t open the link.....

[andy97]

Originally Posted by midgetman

I did a handful of sessions on a Velodrome a few years back. Much harder work than motor racing!

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Not using the right drugs?

[bauble]

Originally Posted by andy97

Not using the right drugs?

You can go off people you know.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Thanks for the clarification John! I remember Ford making quite a thing of it.....

But I can’t open the link.....

Sorry, should be O4 at the end, not 04

[grantp]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Sorry, should be O4 at the end, not 04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XyqpD1_O4




But if that fails (editing the original did not seem to work for me - possibly the absent www?) go to Wikipedia and then cite note 1 where there is a link to this video.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cortina#cite_note-1

[Mike Bell]

That link works for me thanks!

Wow, 54 years ago......

[John Elwin]

Apart from the O/0 thing, it worked quite happily for me!

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Apart from the O/0 thing, it worked quite happily for me!

Yeh, but you’re in French France.......

Still laughing about the indignation shown by many yesterday when the o2 network died. Yes, it effected a lot of business people, and I feel sorry for those that it cost money, but most of the indignation seemed to be over not being able to use Facebook or other soshul meedya....

[E.B]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Apart from the O/0 thing, it worked quite happily for me!

Moi aussi. Thanks.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Apart from the O/0 thing, it worked quite happily for me!

I suspect that there might be a setting of some sort somewhere that may automatically apply the understanding that a www is required for a link in a given browser installation and so applies it behind the scenes but that may not always happen on a copy and paste basis in another browser.

The original link and the O/0 correction both sent me to Youtube and offered lots of videos (by some sort of category grouping) in which it though I might be interested. Just not the one you intended to share, John.

Might be a YouTube thing I suppose.

I agree it does seem odd.

Would it be reasonable to assume that the Body Panels on those cars might not have been in pristine condition by the end of the event?

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yeh, but you’re in French France.......

Still laughing about the indignation shown by many yesterday when the o2 network died. Yes, it effected a lot of business people, and I feel sorry for those that it cost money, but most of the indignation seemed to be over not being able to use Facebook or other soshul meedya....

Other than an outlet for being indignant is there any other real purpose for 90% of most people's usage of soshul meedja?

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yeh, but you’re in French France.......

Aye, aye sir, proudly to serve and protect here atm… The whole Parisian area is bathed by a not so wonderful pre-war atmosphere. If you need some policemen or army we've quite a lot to send!

E.B, I like your French accent !!!! Please note you can change THANKS for TANKS…

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by grantp

I suspect that there might be a setting of some sort somewhere that may automatically apply the understanding that a www is required for a link in a given browser installation and so applies it behind the scenes but that may not always happen on a copy and paste basis in another browser.

The original link and the O/0 correction both sent me to Youtube and offered lots of videos (by some sort of category grouping) in which it though I might be interested. Just not the one you intended to share, John.

Might be a YouTube thing I suppose.

I agree it does seem odd.

Would it be reasonable to assume that the Body Panels on those cars might not have been in pristine condition by the end of the event?

Many & wondrous are the ways of the internet that I don't pretend to understand!

Re your last line, you are probably correct about the state of the Cortina bodywork - I read a comment that the window winders were punching their way out by the end of the day!

[Gerard C]

I ignore if John ever heard about Pierre Desproges, now passed French humorist. He had good ones, like " The enemy is stupid. Why that? Because he thinks we are the enemy while anybody knows he is the enemy"!
Another one was: "What is the best military strategy? Its comprises to go on shooting whatever it takes to have the enemy think you still have cartridges in your rifle …"! I tried this one with my bank but it didn't work for long…

[Gerard C]

Thanks for the link, works fine on this continent! Is the place name Cortina Damper-Zoo?

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Aye, aye sir, proudly to serve and protect here

E.B, I like your French accent !!!! Please note you can change THANKS for TANKS…

Merci.... or should that be mercy !

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yeh, but you’re in French France.......

Still laughing about the indignation shown by many yesterday when the o2 network died. Yes, it effected a lot of business people, and I feel sorry for those that it cost money, but most of the indignation seemed to be over not being able to use Facebook or other soshul meedya....

The lady on Five Live this morning who wailed "I couldn't speak to my clients so I had to go to a coffee shop to use their WiFi. In fact I went to THREE!"

It depends how you look at it I suppose. I'd have said "My 3G didn't work but I'm quite resourceful so I popped into a coffee shop and used theirs."

And the chap who rang Jeremy Vine indignantly shouting "I'm a long distance lorry driver and I NEED to be in touch. "

Errr no, you need to keep your hands on the wheel and your mind on your driving. You can always got to a service station. Like you should.

It's the guys whose card machines are connected to O2 I feel sorry for. They couldn't process any money. I bet there's a lot of PAYG Sims being purchased as we speak.........

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[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Thanks for the link, works fine on this continent! Is the place name Cortina Damper-Zoo?

Cortina d’Ampezzo..... Prob 15 years + ago I was on a summer holiday in the Dolomites, motorcycle touring, and stumbled on the bobsleigh run. Didn’t look nearly as impressive with no snow or ice- just concrete!

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by midgetman

The lady on Five Live this morning who wailed "I couldn't speak to my clients so I had to go to a coffee shop to use their WiFi. In fact I went to THREE!"

It depends how you look at it I suppose. I'd have said "My 3G didn't work but I'm quite resourceful so I popped into a coffee shop and used theirs."

And the chap who rang Jeremy Vine indignantly shouting "I'm a long distance lorry driver and I NEED to be in touch. "

Errr no, you need to keep your hands on the wheel and your mind on your driving. You can always got to a service station. Like you should.

It's the guys whose card machines are connected to O2 I feel sorry for. They couldn't process any money. I bet there's a lot of PAYG Sims being purchased as we speak.........

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I would have thought not being able to be in touch with Jeremy Vine was a distinct advantage! If only that nice young lady he had the run-in with in Kensington had finished the job properly...

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by E.B

Merci.... or should that be mercy !

Indeed, sadly…
Other subject, from your experience does the same Google research give the same result in your area and mine? I ask because some "instances" like to have their hands on the info market. For instance, a Chinese won't see the same images than a French when typing Place Tian'anmen, if you see what I mean what i dont doubt!!

[Gerard C]

John, you know what, late last night I felt a deep relief, my Sweat Heart being safely back from a wild and almost unknown country… She reports having had good professional meetings. She's only suffering slight stomach damages.
Reason is she couldn't find a nice restaurant in the… London area!!