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[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Make sure you behave yourself when you get there Iain. A rather lovely family from Liverpool have just been thrown out of NZ for treating the place like home!! That is, they went shop-lifting, threw litter around etc, etc.

In defence of that area of the country, don’t think they were all from there- Reading back a few pages Lanky posted that at least one lived on a traveller site in Leicestershire...

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

In defence of that area of the country, don’t think they were all from there- Reading back a few pages Lanky posted that at least one lived on a traveller site in Leicestershire...

I should have included 'allegedly' really, although I saw a rather odd comment where one of them pointed out they were not from Ireland but from Liverpool. I suppose it is quite close.

[Gerard C]

John, are you sure those people are Brit's actually? I wonder because your description… you know… littering anywhere and so on… If we had to punish this kind of comportment here we could go from 66M people to circa 20M I guess. In this case, we'h had to ask Italy to send us some migrants to do some jobs. Like president for instance…

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

John, are you sure those people are Brit's actually? I wonder because your description… you know… littering anywhere and so on… If we had to punish this kind of comportment here we could go from 66M people to circa 20M I guess. In this case, we'h had to ask Italy to send us some migrants to do some jobs. Like president for instance…

Gerard, do you think Jupiter might be out of a job soon?

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Computer is obviously quicker but relies on the operator knowing the correct search terms and having clean fingers for the touch screen.

A book such as the manual is more intuitive.

You know these days I wonder if the youngest generations are in any way attuned to books and their use in a way that make them intuitive for the user.

I don't know and have not really got any young people I know who I could ask (or perhaps observe).

It will be interesting to see how the Grandchildren develop. The older of them is just 3. He was into books for a year from about 1 to 2 but now seems mostly disinterested. However his ability to watch video cartoons and play with an enormous selection of noisy toys seems unbounded.

There are some signs that toys that encourage some form of creativity and imagination may win the day and that books could make a return to his daily interests at some point but whether the educational system will support that as he passes through it we can only wait and see.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Maybe if they were paid by results we'd get things done.

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Usually on that basis, for those who recognise the earnings potential, a lot can get "done".

Mostly of no value.

So no change there.

I think the usually thing of government (Lawmakers as the American call them) is to make rules and restrictions.

They understand that stuff, especially if it comes with financial considerations.

So penalties for non-performance and for make poor decisions on behalf of their customers (the voters) might offer greater focus for their endeavours. Penalties to apply retroactively if future outcomes show that previous decisions have been poor. The measurement period should be at least 50 years irrespective of their period of office.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

In defence of that area of the country, don’t think they were all from there- Reading back a few pages Lanky posted that at least one lived on a traveller site in Leicestershire...

Wouldn't surprise me.

But then a traveller site suggests no fixed abode by definition.

There is a large field near here that was bought by a group of travellers some years ago and they have been living in it for a while now with a nice view of the M1.

Recently it seems to have been expanded to include a business of some sort - building materials by the look of it.

I could be wrong and I'm not about to venture in there to find out.

[gary396]

Donington Circuit seems to be doing a lot of promotion of the on-going construction works. These are from their Twitter feed so copied here for information, with acknowledgement of their photo ownership / copyright:

[Peter Mallett]

Good stuff.

[Colin McKay]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Meanwhile there's lots of posing, lots of jostling for position but very little output

You've been watching me racing haven't you Max?

[E.B]

A surprise for my French ami Gérard.

I found a clip of Spa 2016 which included Gérard in his Capri, so I took a screenshot!
(I just hope it is him!)

[grantp]

Originally Posted by gary396

Donington Circuit seems to be doing a lot of promotion of the on-going construction works. These are from their Twitter feed so copied here for information, with acknowledgement of their photo ownership / copyright:

I saw that had started before Christmas with the demolition of the wall with the old ticket office in it at the boundary of the Melbourne Hairpin.

Those pics suggest that it may be a new walk way for anyone parking outside the circuit and walking in to the paddock. I wonder how the noise pattern will change with the wall gone - there does no seem to be much sign of a new wall being built.

The additional concrete in the run-off at the old hairpin was something I saw on a trackday video posted a couple of days ago. Not sure why but it popped up as a YouTube suggestion.

The short video had a section in which one could see cones sitting on top of the new concrete. I assume that the driver briefing for the day made a point about the work and perhaps described the penalties that might apply if anyone messed it up!

[Peter Mallett]

It's possible that they are planning on placing a camera in there to ping drivers taking a wide line.

[Peter Mallett]

Nice CAR EB but can you resize the pic? It's running past the screen edges!

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Nice CAR EB but can you resize the pic? It's running past the screen edges!

I think that may be a browser issue Peter, I used to suffer that problem a lot before Internet Explorer started playing up & I stopped using it. It's OK for me using Chrome...

[Mike Bell]

Yeh, my iPad browser is automatically resizing the pic as well, so didn’t notice the issue!

[Peter Mallett]

I'm using chrome and it's not resizing. That saod it seems ok on my phone.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by E.B

A surprise for my French ami Gérard.

Yes, E.B its a surprise and a good one, thanks a lot!!! Cant remember if it was just before the Camaro taking over the Capri or just after the Capri taking over the Yank Tank!!! Must be the right/left after Pouhon and before Stavelot but not quite sure. May be with more camber on the front………

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

It's running past the screen edges!

Its not a computer issue, Peter, she's damn fast !!! As a Capri specialist you must know what it takes to use a Mk2 instead of a Mk3, some body parts being almost impossible to source…

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Gerard, do you think Jupiter might be out of a job soon?

Unfortunately not. Did you see what they call a national "consultation"? No choice about the suggested subjects, we can only select among several carefully suggested answers! Could be more simple: pick up people all over the country by bus and give them two tickets, a blue one and a red one. The blue one is for the vote, the red one will be the "back to your home" ticket! Democrawhat???

[Peter Mallett]

I had a very nice MK2 before it ran out of brakes at Cadwell Park and finished upside down by the spectator fence.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I had a very nice MK2 before it ran out of brakes at Cadwell Park and finished upside down by the spectator fence.

Of course I never drove there but from the videos found, some areas look like rallye stage, dont they? Scary even with good brakes!

[Gerard C]

I wonder if this one is Sarnie from the forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSBcLhIqZY

[Peter Mallett]

It is.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by bauble

A few random picks from the archives.

The first of the two pics of the yellow peril has uncle Eric at the wheel, you can see in mine my blue Biggles scarf blowing in the wind.