The Weather

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:34 am

It's no wonder we talk about it a lot in Britain! Any UK-ers will know what I'm talking about today...and yes, I did ride my bike into work...it's now gusting at about 80 mph outside and absolutely pouring down :-/

I really should have phoned in sick this morning!

Royston

Post by **hubird** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:14 am

Post by **Neil B** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:19 am

It's only about 60 MPH in Stoke on Trent - send us the other 20 MPH up please so it blows the neighbours damn conifers over

And no, I'm not going mountain biking today!

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:35 am

After mnths and months of steaming tropical temperatures between 30 & 40 degrees Celsius, it's finally starting to drop back below 30. Phew ! Queensland weather is hell.

I know that Europeans seems to love it. They come here wearing extremely ugly sandals (always how to spot a Euro) and seem to delight it getting bruned bright red.

Don't know why, but doesn't seem to bother them.

I'm moving back to the temperate zone asap.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:57 am

Spirit wrote:
After mnths and months of steaming tropical temperatures between 30 & 40 degrees Celsius, it's finally starting to drop back below 30. Phew ! Queensland weather is hell.

Apart from a brief respite for the first Grand Prix of the season? Played into Brigestone's hands somewhat...I think that the FIA are passing a law such that Shumey has to ride one of these in future:

...and he'll still win

I know that Europeans seems to love it. They come here wearing extremely ugly sandals (always how to spot a Euro) and seem to delight it getting bruned bright red. Don't know why, but doesn't seem to bother them.

I'm moving back to the temperate zone asap.

It's a little known fact that Englishmen who travel abroad actually possess 90% identical DNA to lobsters! Which explains the bright red backs...

Royston

Post by **Neil B** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:01 am

Nice picture Royston.
Which team will Schumacher drive for in this - looks like Team Thora Hird

Anyway - watch Mark Webber on Sunday or Jenson Button.
I also hear that Raikkonen has got a new vocoder, so watch him too

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Neil B

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Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:48 am

Neil B wrote:
Nice picture Royston.

Beautiful trike, isn't it! Got to be 1950's styling I'd say...even the pedals are aerodynamic. I'd have loved one as a kid, regardless of the colour!

Anyway - watch Mark Webber on Sunday or Jenson Button.
I also hear that Raikkonen has got a new vocoder, so watch him too

I'll enjoy watching anything other than another Ferrari parade...

Royston

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:18 pm

I can't see what anyone finds entertaining about such races. These days the starting point on the grid is often the order of the finish. Even golf has more action !

Round and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around and ...

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Post by **Neil B** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:05 pm

I don't mind Ferraris parading 1st and 2nd (always been a big Schumacher fan except when he stuffed Damon Hill). They can parade as much as they like, but let's have the cameras where the action is in the middle order teams.

Post by **Neil B** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:27 am

Well Royston,
We got the 80MPH gales on Saturday and it was the worst gale in my living memory (and THAT is a long time).
The bad news is that even at 80MPH the damn conifers are still standing, but they are looking very thin - I have a 2 inch carpet of debris all over my garden!

Sunday update - Button got his first podium, shame about Webber (needs instruction on how to use a clutch)

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:35 am

Neil B wrote:

We got the 80MPH gales on Saturday and it was the worst gale in my living memory (and THAT is a long time).
The bad news is that even at 80MPH the damn conifers are still standing, but they are looking very thin - I have a 2 inch carpet of debris all over my garden!

Typical, isn't it?! The weather in Bath was 'orrible all weekend, first day back at work...BAM! Beautiful blue skies (well, that's changing now actually...)

Sunday update - Button got his first podium, shame about Webber (needs instruction on how to use a clutch)

I think he needs to use Alonso's

My fave moment was Panis trundling down the pit lane unnanounced giving his bosses a universally recognisable hand gesture

He's gonna get a roasting...

Royston

Post by **garyb** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:15 pm

most f1 cars don't have a clutch anymore....

arela · Post by **arela** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:02 pm

My fave moment was Panis trundling down the pit lane unnanounced giving his bosses a universally recognisable hand gesture He's gonna get a roasting...

Well, i thought he just pased by to say hey to the bosses, as they could not find him on page 1 of the standing!

...and garyb, I think those cars have some kind of handclutch

but, my dear old peugeot got clutch.
.....and takes off at an astonning pleasant speed.

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Post by **garyb** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:52 pm

nope.they have torque converters.they have manually shifted automatics which have sequential shifting like on a motorcycle but no clutch and electronically activated and with the buttons on the steering wheeel....

once upon a time....

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:16 pm

... saw a Maserati today

my share on the storm:
it reached our area on saturday.
I returned from town by bike through the woods for some shelter from the wind

hell, what am I doing here ? wouldn't be the first one to be knocked off by a crashing branch

an extra hour of cleaning me, clothes and gear

they phoned me out this morning (sh*t) as electricity breakdowns had locked the office network on the weekend - easy fix, but why so early ?

cheers, Tom

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:18 am

F1 cars do have cluthes! Just not hydraulic ones - it's more like a micro-switch position that allows the driver to slip it for about half a second max. The driver needs to know the exact locaton off the paddle where the clutch will start to 'bite', hit that point then floor the gas pedal.

Changing gears is not done with the aid of the clutch, however.

Royston

AudioIrony · Post by **AudioIrony** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:31 am

On 2004-03-19 06:19, Neil B wrote:
It's only about 60 MPH in Stoke on Trent -

WOW - you live in Stoke on Trent - I have been there - my ex wife's relatives live there... small world indeed

Post by **Neil B** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:45 am

Brett:

Oh Nooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!

AudioIrony · Post by **AudioIrony** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:20 pm

indeed

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:00 pm

blgrace, I didn't know you were in Canberra! I'm on the southside near Woden.
My dad's from Stoke-On-Trent too. Very small world!

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