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Those are good times Skelts. Really good times u actually. Well done to you and Pru.
I got a drive through at Snett! Apparently I was too quick on my 30 sec stop for a driver change (I was on my own so stayed in the car instead of changing drivers)which I find odd as it had two helpers timing me... Still I took my medicin! |
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Nick, sometimes during a pit stop race, race control use a 'delta time' for your pass through the pit lane, rather than checking exactly how long you were stopped for. So even if you stopped for precisely 30secs, but we're a bit quick coming in or leaving, it would trigger their response.... I've been guilty a few times! |
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Mike I think your right...I was told a drive through should be 44 secs so add the 30 secs to that plus a bit for stopping and starting. Maybe I did leave a tad sharpish but surely that would have shown on the speed camera?
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If they used a speed gun or camera, and not sure if they do at Snett, it would only measure at one point during your pass through pits. It's still possible to speed- I know......
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On the subject of music, I had the same problem with Elvis, hard to like his entire catalog, but a few things were good. Otis Redding, The Staples Singers and Eddie Floyd were my introduction to "soul" music. There was a great show on Radio one every Saturday with Pete Simons(?) he ran through the entire gamut of black music from Gospel all the way to Motown. It was required listening before heading out for the evening. |
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Not to like Elvis? Well it's all a matter of taste, and upbringing (musically speaking), for my self I like songs that make we want to stomp my feet, or make me feel sad, in either case I have to be able to 'sing' them in the bath.
If you can't at least hum the tune on hearing it once or twice, it just ain't music. Some years ago I used to report on motor sport for a local radio station on a Friday evening sports show, following which, two black lads had an R&B slot. When Hamilton sprang to prominence I suggested that I could give a little report on his progress (him being black). While this was great fun it meant listening to a lot of what they called R&B (Mary J Blige springs to mind), and I could not find anything in it to like. No recognisable tune, lyrics you could not follow, and frankly simply a dreadful noise. However, someone must have liked it!! Like Mike my wife likes Perry Como, I don't but can agree that he is a good singer. Breakfast is ready must go ...see you later..... |
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'Tea Time With Tim'. 'Breakfast at Bell's'. 'Munching With Mallet'. 'Turner's Tiffin'. 'Nick's Nosh Break'. 'Party With Peter'. 'Mad Max's Tea Party'. (Apologies to Mt Tyler.) 'Eating at Ed's' 'Coffee and Cake at Colins'. 'Apres Aprillia'. Why should this Delta chappie get all of the recognition? Che bauble. Lest anyone take offence .. |
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Explanation of the Greek Bailout.
It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day, a rich German tourist is driving through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a €100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night. The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the €100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the €100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the taverna. The publican slips the money along to the local prostitute drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit. The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the €100 note. The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything. At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the €100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town. No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism. And that is how the bailout package works! Tim, I'll be round for that 20p later. |
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That's brilliant Bob! Not just Greece but the whole of the banking system.......
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Another take on the Greek situation:
Some years ago a small rural town in Spain twinned with a similar town in Greece. The Mayor of the Greek town visited the Spanish town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Spanish Mayor, he wondered aloud how on earth he could afford such a house. The Spaniard replied: ‘You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant to construct a two-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end, I could build this place with the money left over.’ The following year the Spaniard visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed at the Greek Mayor's house: gold taps, marble floors, diamond doorknobs, it was marvellous. When he asked how he’d raised the money to build this incredible house, the Greek Mayor said: ‘You see that bridge over there?’ The Spaniard replied: ‘No.’ |
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very good. I'd have expected a third installment . . .
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As was said in one of the reports, over the years with many different operating companies and especially BR things would have been bodged to save money, especially as originally I expect it would have been lifed for probably about 20-30 years (if that) not the 80 odd years it has been around. It made me smile when it mentioned the three cylinders being different sizes and one being different from one end to the other.
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Reminds me of the Nimrod MRA4 fiasco. The plane was to mate brand new engines and wings to the existing Nimrod fuselages, and fit all new mission systems. IIRC, 20 sets of CAD/CAM produced wings were procured but when it came to mate them to the fuselages there was up to 4cm difference between airframes. Had to scrap all the wing sets and design each one individually, and that was just one of the nails in that particular projects coffin.
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Mods, pray forgive me as I am about to sin.
I know this is not the right forum subject wise but I believe it's the right place to find the person who may be able to help. My rickety ole memory possesses me to think that a regular to HRT makes car stickers/decals. I have a friend who is after renewing a few for her car before mid August, can whomever the kind gentleman might be contact me please. |
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Perfect place to ask Ian, and yes, must be Al surely.
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