Mackie The Staggie
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Just been announced by the IOM Gov that the Isle of Man TT 2021 is cancelled, no final decision has been made yet for the Manx and Classic TT at the end of August yet.
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4 minutes ago, The Golden God said:
Di Resta sounded terrified when explaining how they practice escaping.
Hill sounded pretty shaken also. Got to imagine being in a car fire is one of the biggest fears for racing drivers.
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Just now, Snafu said:
Did the halo just save his life there?
Without a shadow of a doubt, the front end punched through the barrier and the halo would have deflected it up and away from Grosjean.
Don't bare thinking about what may have happened without.
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Holy f**k.....the car is split in half
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7 hours ago, djchapsticks said:
Got in a helicopter as I got one of those tours as a gift. Unless I need airlifted to a hospital, I've no need to ever get back in one. I'm a pretty confident flyer, even in small single prop planes but that was fucking terrifying.
Connected to this but I will never do the Helicopter underwater escape training ever again, I did the first full dunk and knew at that point a life on the rigs was not for me.
No matter how cheap the tickets may be, long distance bus travel is utter shite and should be avoided at all costs. I did the Inverness to London National Express route many years ago and felt like death upon arriving in London.
Eating Prawns - turns out I'm allergic which was disappointing as I liked them.
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There's that special 1% in this side that has previously been missing. Not sure if it's Dykes who seems to add some of that Aussie swagger, Clarke who has installed belief or the workrate of the team in general.....but it's there and it's fucking wonderful.
Who needs sleep anyway.
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Liking the fact we press early when Serbia have the ball, not something that can be done all the game though. Would be nice to create something soon.
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1 minute ago, Gaz said:
There are like 16,000 columns in an Excel spreadsheet.
I'm calling BS on the 'too many columns' chat.
Depends on how they were entering the results (1 result per column) then yeah, it could be possible......but you would have to be woefully incompetent to have it set up like that....
(regardless.....using a spreadsheet software for a database is completely inappropriate)
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The FIA Karting championship finals had a bit of a moment today.
Luca Corberi decided to throw his bumper at another kart after a coming together (bit of context here, he's a entitled rich kid whose father owns the track the race was at). It's been suggested that even Dan Ticktum thought this was out of order, it should also be noted that he missed his intended target.But Luca was not done and decided to have a little fight after the race......oh, and the 2 adults raging in and tackling the kid.......is Luca's father and mechanic. They seem lovely.
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There is a potential (although extremely unlikely) possibility of Toyota making an engine available.
There have been a number of rumours that Ferrari are looking to entry the new Hypercar regs for the WEC/LeMans using their F1 engine as a base, since Toyota are already set for the Hypercar regs, could it be possible that Toyota's engine would be suitable for F1?
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Danny Ric with the perfect reaction to a time penalty there.
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3 hours ago, Jeek said:
Should one not have sky or BT, is it possible to watch the race? I know it's Eurosport but that's not on now TV
I saw a tweet earlier on this week that mentioned a 1 week free trial of the Eurosport player through Amazon Prime although I've not checked that up.
Radio LeMans for audio commentary and they have live timing there as well.
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16 hours ago, philpy said:
Advice needed please. Getting a new camera, budget of £340 (broke my Sony, got insurance pay out). Been looking at the can eos4000d. Any good??
Not used that camera or Cannon at all but reading a few reviews and it looks like a really good entry level DSLR. For a beginner I would happily recommend this with no concerns, however if your looking for something a bit more advanced (Higher FPS for action or better ISO for working in low light) then you'll be limited with the 4000d.
However I would echo what others have said about the second hand market. I've purchased 2nd hand from WEX and ParkCamera's without being able to hold the camera, however both have a really good grading system which gives a good indication of the condition.
Remember that the most important factor (apart from the photographer themselves) is the lens rather than the body, if possible buying an older second hand body and getting a better lens would be the ideal option as long as it keeps within the budget.
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Renault and Ferrari to re-launch their protest over the Racing Point after new evidence was discovered on Sunday
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Some classic Italian handwaving from the marshals as they rip open the Racing Point and spray the fire extinguisher all over the place.
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3 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said:
Will it be another standing start?
Standing start after a red flag.
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Cautions breed cautions.....
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That Red Bull was finished before Max got stuck in the gravel pit.
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Fixtures announced earlier on today. League kicks off on the 17th Oct, hoping I can get out with the camera for a few games before the weather takes gets too cold.
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Photo's from a track day last week at Golspie which I've only just got around to editing......just struggling atm to get any enthusiasm going.
Just went out to focus (pun intended) on panning techniques, still not as good as I want to be but getting there. Need a smaller lens for the Nikon though, the Sigma 150-600 is too heavy to get right down on the low shutter speeds I want to hit.
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9 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said:
It could be a great opportunity for Seb to reinvigorate himself in a decent car. Could be a gateway to the Merc works team in 2022 if he proves himself.
More likely a gateway to be a Mercs ambassador in 2 years time securing his post F1 retirement work.
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Perez just announced he's leaving Racing Point at the end of the season....which would make space for Vettel to take that seat for next season when they rebrand themselves as Aston Martin racing.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
in The General Nonsense Forum
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Not sure if it's the same one but the one I came across is here
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/less-than-a-year-to-develop-a-covid-vaccine-heres-why-you-shouldnt-be-alarmed/