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A bit wild to think this is another year with Haas being the main message across the cars, rather than a sponsor. Surely they could get somebody!

@The Toun Clock reporting this on the Dunfermline thread: Are we really looking to bring in another one?

Goldfinger.

New Haas livery It'll still be a donkey of a car, hovering around at the back.

I've been following the Eva Green story in recent days. If you're not up to speed - she was cast in a movie that was subsequently never made. She is suing the producers for her fee. But the best bit is, it is in court and we now have Whatsapp messages being read out. She is waspish to say the least about the crew. It's wonderful. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/31/eva-green-whatsapp-messages-court I always liked her, and for some twisted reason I like her even more now.

I read this as: you are due a win. Good luck!

More generally, I've been driving my wife's car for a couple of weeks whilst mine awaits its appointment to be fixed. The way road users treat folk driving in wee cars like the 500 is very different to how they treat people driving larger cars. I'm normally in a Dacia Duster. I had noticed in the past that when i was in her car there seemed to be a few more idiots around, but this past wee while has really brought it into focus for me. With the 500, more drivers feel free to drive right up behind you, or cut in in front of you, or just generally be a bit of a bellend.

Jacob Rees Mogg talking about the bullying allegations against Dominic Raab. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/31/snowflakey-dominic-raab-bullying-claims-jacob-rees-mogg

I'd love someone to come on and say "I was driving in an Arnold Clark van this morning and this guy in a Fiat 500 was..."

In the last fortnight, my eldest stepdaughter has had a child, my second stepdaughter got engaged, and my dad was diagnosed with a terminal cancer. Somethimes these things just fry your brain.

I invented the name Wokesoft.

6 for Tuesday

Had a wild one this morning coming in to work. Driving along the M9, in the overtaking lane. The lane was only marginally faster than the left hand lane. I was passing an Arnold Clark van - I was alongside him but moving only a little bit faster than him. As I passed him, he was making all kinds of gestures to me, the message being that I should have slowed down to let him out. Anyway, as soon as I pass him, he pulls out behind me and drives for half a mile with his high beam headlights on. I pulled into the left hand lane to let him pass, and he pulled into the lane right in front of me, slammed the brakes, then took off again into the overtaking lane. A few miles later we hit a touch of traffic and I pass him again. He pulls out behind me and drove for around 5 miles just inches from my bumper. I changed lanes, and he stuck with me. I was starting to think he would follow me to work, and we'd have some sort of altercation in the car park. Eventually I found a gap when the outside lane was going slow and darted into it, forcing him to undertake me. He by this stage had wound his window down and was screaming abuse at me. I stayed a few car lengths behind him till he turned off the road. Baldy speccy tube.

My car goes into the garage on Wednesday. A coil spring fell off it.

Captain Robert April was the original name of the captain, before changing to Pike.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/30/sean-dyche-confirmed-as-everton-manager-on-contract-to-2025 Confirmed now

My dad was diagnosed with another cancer last week. This one they say they can do very little about. He's going on next week for an operation to try to help but this is, frankly, temporary. His other illnesses mean that treatment options are very limited.

Oaksoft and @Granny Danger

I think I can take a guess at what they'll be discussing

A man goes to the doctor complaining about a terrible pain in his backside. The doctor has him bend over, and then cries out in disbelief at the sight of a load of cash sticking out of the mans arse. As the doctor begins to remove it the man asks how much there is. "£1800" replies the doctor. "Ah, that makes sense," says the man. "I knew when I woke up this morning I didn't feel too grand."