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Old 2 Jan 2019, 19:30 (Ref:3873685)   #76
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Yes! But for totally different reasons.
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Old 2 Jan 2019, 20:00 (Ref:3873689)   #77
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So, who is going to be running Historic F1 cars. I am being told that a couple of teams are packing up. Your neighbours could be busy Mike.

Interesting. Not sure they would want any more F1s! You could see them also running cars in other categories....

Wonder what’s going on- maybe the owners are losing interest?
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Old 2 Jan 2019, 22:11 (Ref:3873718)   #78
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Anyway I’ve only just got over man flue same as Tim’s now got blooming cold . I give up .
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Old 2 Jan 2019, 22:13 (Ref:3873719)   #79
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If you chaps are not OAP's what are you doing here? Bigger orf, and start a Classic Racing Today Forum
Yeaaa and learn to spell croissant .
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If you want BIG you need one of these....

http://www.mcklein-calendars.com/mot...-calendar.html

My Xmas prezzy to myself every year....
What a great looking calendar. At over AU$60.00 is a bit of a hit for us downunder, but it looks beautiful, and as you say if size is your thing.....

Deffo on my (long) list of potential personal indulgences.
Thanks for the pointer Mike.
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Old 2 Jan 2019, 23:22 (Ref:3873729)   #81
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Lol.... re the calendar above I have just found it 'on special' at the 'Book Depository'.... offering a massive saving of AU$0.13c. Yes a whole 13 cents off. Thats almost 10p in your money!
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Lol.... re the calendar above I have just found it 'on special' at the 'Book Depository'.... offering a massive saving of AU$0.13c. Yes a whole 13 cents off. Thats almost 10p in your money!

Typical Amazon.
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What a great looking calendar. At over AU$60.00 is a bit of a hit for us downunder, but it looks beautiful, and as you say if size is your thing.....

Deffo on my (long) list of potential personal indulgences.
Thanks for the pointer Mike.

Well it certainly floats my boat, but as you say, isn't cheap. Even here it pays to shop around as delivery /postage rates vary hugely between suppliers. (Sadly) the cheapest is usually that big warehouse operation named after a South American river....


During the season the calendar hangs in the living area of my truck, where it adds a bit of class....
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LOL the calendar is too big to fit on my phone screen! Looks nice though.

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I suggest that next year we launch our own Ten Tenths Historic Racing Today Calendar using photos of the various posters.

I invite suggestions for the various months of the year For obvious reasons we would have VivaGT feature as Mr April.

No doubt that prolific poster of 'selfies', Gordon would have to be included somewhere.*

* I add the 'laugh' hoping to avoid giving offence!!!
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I suggest that next year we launch our own Ten Tenths Historic Racing Today Calendar using photos of the various posters.

I invite suggestions for the various months of the year For obvious reasons we would have VivaGT feature as Mr April.

No doubt that prolific poster of 'selfies', Gordon would have to be included somewhere.*

* I add the 'laugh' hoping to avoid giving offence!!!
An excellent idea, Bob. Could be a nice little fund-raiser for something.
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Andy, do you know if the Foundation compares life spans between the always wild animals and the freed-from-zoos arrivals?

I read that the typical life of a wild male lion is about 13yrs.

The allegedly timid one recently shot dead at the wildlife centre in the USA was, reportedly, 14 years old. A comparable period of life.

If the animals in a protected environment generally live longer (and presumably healthier) lives it presents some sort of moral dilemma about whether they should be cared for or should be left to fight things out with their peers and other animals in a wild environment.

Obviously it is just a human dilemma since the other animals are unlikely to care much one way or the other - except for competitive males of the same species who no doubt care greatly about the presence of a potentially competing male.
I dont know the answer about the difference in life span i am afraid, Grant. And the issue of health is a moot point - Zoo kept animals are known to exhibit signs of poor mental health, presumably due to being kept in a space about 1% or less of the space they are used to roaming in.

ETA - a lion pride typically roams in an area of approx 100 mikes square. Not surprising they get stressed about being cooped up in a small enclosure.

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In a recent post , " grantp " referred to a SAS EXERCISE .
I wonder if he was thinking about this story which has appeared in the last few days .
https://www.rt.com/news/447843-rendl...revenge-prank/

While I do not believe most of what the media says , this story does answer a long standing mystery .

Many years ago , myself & a couple of friends did a lot of rabbit shooting .
One of the places we would go was Rendlesham forest .
There is a lot of open fields , heathland & the forest parts with dirt roads through a lot of it .
We would drive along slowly , see the rabbits in our lights & shoot them with scoped up [ quiet ] rifles . [ Not strictly legal shooting within 50 yds of a road or footpath , but game dealers paid a good price for our rabbits because they were not ripped apart like being killed with a shotgun ].

Anyway , one night we were going through a wooded part when we saw a helicopter ahead , it was just over the top of the trees , & seemed to have ropes to the ground .
Although it was dark , we could see that it was not Air Sea Rescue , [ Yellow ] , I don,t think Police had them then , so it must be Military .
Not wanting to get involved we cleared off to another area , thinking , " What the heck are they doing in the forest , in the dark , about 1 mile outside the Woodbridge Air Base .

It was not until quite some time later that the Rendlesham UFO story hit the headlines , & I then realised it was at the time we were there .

So , although the E T believers will always think of Rendlesham as Britains Roswell , this new [ apparently well researched ] story clears up a mystery for me .
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I see that the car driver in the accident that cost the life of Henry Hope-Frost has pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. He was given a 2-year community punishment order, 60 days curfew and 200 hours unpaid work. Plus ordered to pay just over £700 in prosecution costs.
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I suggest that next year we launch our own Ten Tenths Historic Racing Today Calendar using photos of the various posters.

I invite suggestions for the various months of the year For obvious reasons we would have VivaGT feature as Mr April.

No doubt that prolific poster of 'selfies', Gordon would have to be included somewhere.*

* I add the 'laugh' hoping to avoid giving offence!!!
Thank's Baub, it's reassuring to know that the season of goodwill is now well & truely over!
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I suggest that next year we launch our own Ten Tenths Historic Racing Today Calendar using photos of the various posters.

I invite suggestions for the various months of the year For obvious reasons we would have VivaGT feature as Mr April.

No doubt that prolific poster of 'selfies', Gordon would have to be included somewhere.*

* I add the 'laugh' hoping to avoid giving offence!!!
Why make such a dreadful suggestion - unless you'd be the one who needs bigger buns during the photo shoot, to hide the baubles...
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In a recent post , " grantp " referred to a SAS EXERCISE .
I wonder if he was thinking about this story which has appeared in the last few days .
https://www.rt.com/news/447843-rendl...revenge-prank/

You made the right connection. And added great additional colour to the story! Interesting.
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Why make such a dreadful suggestion - unless you'd be the one who needs bigger buns during the photo shoot, to hide the baubles...
Peter, I am thinking that the selected personal will take part in a 'fully exposed' shoot at the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy meeting at Silverstone in early February, posing alongside some of the vintage and historic cars. The resultant calendar would be titled 'Older Models'. I would love to be amongst the lucky posers, however, some poor devil has to take the pictures …………………….
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Just as a test run why not do a calendar for this year. I bags March as that is my birthday month. hears my photo. Click image for larger version

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Good idea Iain, I have Lancsbreaker, and Mike B in my portfolio, and maybe andy97, so if we can inveigle a few more contributions from members - we have a goer!

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Good idea Iain, I have Lancsbreaker, and Mike B in my portfolio, and maybe andy97, so if we can inveigle a few more contributions from members - we have a goer!

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Arrh, but i am now Caterham mounted, Bauble, and i am not sure thats allowed in the historic section, even if the car its based in (who said “replica” or was it “continuation”, or “recreation” or ....!!!???) can be traced back to the 50s probably!
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