Or you could trade in the Canon for a Pentax K30 and never worry about it again.

Quote from flymike91 :

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is on netflix now so I watched it.

I thought it was really fun! A few parts made me laugh out loud, plus cool scenes, fights, gadgets, etc. It doesn't take itself seriously which is the best way to do an action movie.

Tom Cruise deserves and award for acting normal.

Agreed, great action flick.

Interesting how much Vettel faded once he got behind...

Great race.

Looked like Maldonado did that on purpose. "**** this shit, I'm out!"

Quote from el pibe :

how in the **** did vettel do that time?

Best car, one of the best drivers.

GT has been great. lol'd when the Audis almost took each other out.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Well eitherway Chilton is quite blatently shit. Worse (pace-wise) than Maldonado.

Maldonado's pretty quick (if disaster-prone), so I'm not sure what you're after there.

Quote from vipex123 :

Good to see Bianchi thrashing moneybags-Chilton.

From what the commentators said, Bianchi was running a lot of updated components and Chilton was running the stuff from Barcelona.

That's gonna be a lot of GT cars. Sad to see P1 go, but that's economics, I guess.

They're going to have to make DPs faster because they can't really make PCs slower if they want to have any kind of gap to the LMGTs.

Quote from BlueFlame :

He's gettin on a bit, but I don't think this old dog is senile yet.

Could be some water to that statement.

I'd love to see it. Sauber is my favorite team (even if they gave Kobayashi the boot).

I dunno, guys... Hans Stuck says Hulkenberg's gonna win Melbourne.

http://formula-one.speedtv.com ... -to-win-melbourne-opener/

Nice results, doyal!

Peer-curated remix playlist @ Spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/user/d ... st/5ZeBQibzw67num0UY3izMM

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Kobayashi signed up for WEC driving a 458.

Sad, but I'm sure he'll have fun with it.

1. Who will win drivers' world championship: Raikkonen
2. Which team will win constructors' world championship: Ferrari
3. Who will score more points in 2013. Bottas or Maldonado: Maldonado
4. What is the best race finishing result for Adrian Sutil in 2013: 6th
5. Do you think Sergio Perez will win at least one race in 2013: Yes.
6. Who will score more points in 2013. Hamilton or Rosberg: Hamilton
7. First driver you think will lose his drive during 2013 (miss at least one race): Grosjean
8. Will Caterham or Marussia score points in 2013: Nah, but Caterham has one of the best looking cars on the grid at least!
9. Do you think Massa will win at least one race in 2013? Yes.
10. Does Kubica drive F1 car before the last race? No.
11: Winner of Australian GP: Alonso
12. Winner of Monaco GP: Vettel
13. How many points will the DWC winning driver have at the end of the season: 281

Remember when Niki did the same chat thing in MoE like three years ago (@ Westhill, I think?) and got his team then (3id?) a penalty? Some people just never learn.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

teamName: CoRe Racing Pro 1
class: GT1-Pro
car: FZR
number: 14
drivers:
- {kiste, Christian Kistner, Germany}
- {Checkout, Markus Gunzelmann, Germany}


teamName: CoRe Racing Pro 2
class: GT1-Pro
car: XRR
number: 09
drivers:
- {Zero_0, Luis Barbosa, Portugal}
- {MonkeyHead, Axel Falck, Finland}


teamName: CoRe Racing Am
class: GT1-Am
car: FZR
number: 61
drivers:
- {DeadWolfBones, Ben Keough, USA}
- {A. Araujo, Andre Araujo, Portugal}

Updated lineup.

Loving Lindsey Graham and John McCain ripping into Paul. What a piece of shit he is.

We may also be in need for both FZR and XRR. Let me know if interested.

teamName: CoRe Racing Pro 1
class: GT1-Pro
car: FZR
number: 14
drivers:
- {kiste, Christian Kistner, Germany}
- {Checkout, Markus Gunzelmann, Germany}


teamName: CoRe Racing Pro 2
class: GT1-Pro
car: XRR
number: 09
drivers:
- {Zero_0, Luis Barbosa, Portugal}
- {MonkeyHead, Axel Falck, Finland}


teamName: CoRe Racing Am
class: GT1-Am
car: FZR
number: 61
drivers:
- {DeadWolfBones, Ben Keough, USA}
- {A. Araujo, Andre Araujo, Portugal}

Last edited by DeadWolfBones, Fri 8 Mar 2013, 14:58. Reason : added notes about roster listings

Awesome Grand Am race with some really questionable penalties.

Looks like COTA produces good races no matter which cars are doing the racing.

Probably the best restaurant chain based on a 90s movie.

Quote from Jakg :

It's a culture thing - in the UK it doesn't really happen (or at least, when it does it's normally an Americanism!)

No-one tips a mechanic for slaving away on their car, or a heating engineer for fixing their boiler in the freezing cold, or the AA for fixing their car at the side of the road, or even the chef for cooking their food... just for the person bringing it out.

I also appreciate that in the US service industry staff "need" a tip to survive (or at least so I've been told) due to their minimum wage - but in the UK it's not the same situation.

Quite a few restaurants in the UK to this. Incredibly annoying (for me) especially as it "forces" people to tip (do you really want to appear cheap in front of your date, even if the service was average at best?). I refuse to tip in such restaurants out of principals.


I do occasionally tip, but the service has to be actually outstanding - not someone merely doing their job (just as I would for someone in any other role!).

I know about the cultural/economic differences between countries re: tipping.

I was responding to el pibe (mostly, but also Kingsbury) re: "Dont look at me like im a cheap bastard, i am a student, you expect my pockets to be full of gold?"

Tipping in the US/Canada is more or less a part of the social contract. It's expected (for the reasons you explained), and if you can't afford to go out and eat when a reasonable tip is factored into your bill, you should stay home or go to a fast-food joint. If you eat at a proper restaurant and don't tip, you'd better have a damn good reason. End of story.