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Old 23 May 2005, 12:10 (Ref:1307966)   #1
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Strange Things You Take To Le Mans

Just thinking what are the strangest things people take down to Le Mans Over the years as I've walk around, I have been amazed at what people set up to make their home from home special.
Last year we were packing our van ready and one of the guys had put in a desk fan and a free standing fan, why we all said, we are camping and his reply was they'll come in handy
As you know last year was another hot year and unfortunately our freezer was having trouble with the heat, so we used the fans to cool the back of the freezer and hey presto they saved the day.

So what do you take??????
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Old 23 May 2005, 12:40 (Ref:1308001)   #2
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A sleeping bag... no idea why.
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Old 23 May 2005, 12:45 (Ref:1308004)   #3
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One thing that always puzzles me, why do some French people take their dogs to a racing circuit........?
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Old 23 May 2005, 14:13 (Ref:1308090)   #4
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One thing that always puzzles me, why do some French people take their dogs to a racing circuit........?
... locals...

You have to consider that the event is like a funfair, a fest for the family, not a race... it's like Christmas or Easter... nothing to do with a sports event... and it's outside !

... locals... locals...
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Old 23 May 2005, 20:19 (Ref:1308398)   #5
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... locals...

You have to consider that the event is like a funfair, a fest for the family, not a race... it's like Christmas or Easter... nothing to do with a sports event... and it's outside !

... locals... locals...
I'm sure that the classier people from classier places, like, say, Nantes, would never do a thing like that........
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Old 24 May 2005, 03:44 (Ref:1308582)   #6
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I'm sure that the classier people from classier places, like, say, Nantes, would never do a thing like that........
I've got no dog, anyway...

And the stupidiest thing I brought to the circuit : newbies ! They're allways tired and undertstand nothing...
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Old 23 May 2005, 12:53 (Ref:1308014)   #7
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Quite astonishingly a couple of years ago somebody took a Norma!
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Old 23 May 2005, 12:59 (Ref:1308020)   #8
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My girlfriend!! She complains there aren't enough women though. Can't say I disagree with that...
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At Spa this year I was amazed by the amount of locals walking around with a small dog, it became quite a thing for us - "look, there's another man with a little dog!"
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Old 23 May 2005, 14:26 (Ref:1308098)   #10
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At Spa this year I was amazed by the amount of locals walking around with a small dog, it became quite a thing for us - "look, there's another man with a little dog!"
Its not that unusual to see people walking their dogs up the pit lane at Spa!!!
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Nobody takes my things to Le Mans!

Then again...go to Maison Blanche and look for the Drinking for Holland people, you'll see what strange things people can bring to Le Mans.
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Old 23 May 2005, 16:21 (Ref:1308173)   #12
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Old 23 May 2005, 18:59 (Ref:1308330)   #13
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Those crazy lads at SELOC (South East Lotus Owners Club) made up a wall of empty beer bottles last year - considerable thought must have gone into it because when finished the different coloured bottles clearly spelled out "SELOC" about two foot high. They'd have had to drink for England to do that!
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Best I saw was at Maison Blanche a few years back. A group of guys took an axle-grinder and were busy sawing up one of the oil drum bins to make a bbq! Carrefour would have been much easier, but less dramatic I guess.
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Old 24 May 2005, 14:55 (Ref:1309055)   #15
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Well, I've not gone to Le Mans, but equally crazy/humourous...

Our group always brings along (to Lime Rock at least):
A set of golf clubs (and 100+ golf balls),
Two miniature (six inch by six inch) Espresso makers (complete with tiny little mugs),
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Christmas-style lights...

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Thats one hell of an impressive flag Paddy
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The idea of getting some sleep during the race.....
I can't avoid to sleep thirty minutes or one hour on sunday morning. So I can follow the end of the race with my eyes opened.
I think it's strange that some people sleep during nearly the whole night of the race ! ;-)
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I can't avoid to sleep thirty minutes or one hour on sunday morning. So I can follow the end of the race with my eyes opened.
I think it's strange that some people sleep during nearly the whole night of the race ! ;-)
Telling your friends, who just woke up, everything they missed during the night: priceless.

I agree, slept one hour max. last year just to fully witness the sunday that's always longer than you expected it to be. Welcoming friends that slept through their alarmclocks and arriving at the grandstands around 10 a.m. was really funny (for me that is).

So don't bring comfortable beds. Rather a tray of Red Bullish powerdrinks (which we did, about 4 or 5 trays), or even just to balance the alcohol...
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I can't avoid to sleep thirty minutes or one hour on sunday morning. So I can follow the end of the race with my eyes opened.
I think it's strange that some people sleep during nearly the whole night of the race ! ;-)
Not strange, Pascal, positively stupid!

You wait all year for what is (for many of us) the ultimate motorsport experiemnce, the greatest part of which (without any doubt in my mind) the racing in the dark, and then sleep through it?

Seriously, you nemust be in need of some intense psychiatric treatment when you get home if you sleep through the night at Le Mans, IMO.....
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Seriously, you nemust be in need of some intense psychiatric treatment when you get home if you sleep through the night at Le Mans, IMO.....
I've to start mine, but didn't find the appropriate shrink
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My laptop, my tent or my job - your decide!

Arrived last year, great journey down, set up tent in Houx Annex, mobile goes off,
important client has decided he wants to take himself and his band to do
a TV show in the USA.

Project grows larger by the minute and with no power back up, it's off to a
local hotel for the night, which became two, then three, then four...

'Star' departed at 2pm Saturday, so I made it back for the start!

I never set foot inside my tent, not once, but despite a large hotel bill (paid by client)
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instant return from Le Mans to the UK upon arrival.

Why oh why do I have to take work with me.
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