It's quite simple really.
Earlier in the thread they had a minor tiff about who has the biggest spanner, if you know what i mean. And in those two posts above, they're effectively getting them out, laying them on the table, and comparing sizes. Unfortunately for us regular human beings who haven't the faintest idea what either of them said, we'll never know who won.
Anyway, are we any closer to finding out which is the most beautiful engine ?
I wouldn't mind seeing that picture, but there's something wrong with the link.
Ugh, blood, guts, gore, definitely not my thing. But i'm damned pleased there are people like you out there to keep lunatics like us alive 
The only thing i can suggest is trying some voluntary work with the St John Ambulance. It should give you a taste of what the job entails, see if it really is for you.
The only thing i can suggest is trying some voluntary work with the St John Ambulance. It should give you a taste of what the job entails, see if it really is for you.
Wouldn't even get to court these days. I'm not sure of the limits these days, but generally if you get caught with a relatively small amount (maybe 1/8th ?) then you get nothing but a stern look from a copper and be told to go on your way. It's been getting gradually more lenient since the seventies.
I had one of them (mine was black). Bought it a couple of days after my 16th birthday. Had it for a month or so, sold it to a pal and bought a YB100 (although mine was blue). Sold that a few months later and got a DT125 (a red one). Then sold it when i turned 17 and got my first car. Oh happy days
. Then in my mid 30's decided to rekindle my youth and bought a CBR600F (which, with hindsight wasn't the greatest decision i've ever made, but that's a different story..)
And that's a good thing ?
I spent quite a lot of time in Manchester in the 80's, and it was great, the Indie scene was the place to be. But changed completely with (as you said, the ecstasy, the baggies and the floppy hair brigade, came along). The Stone Roses were always great, but the Happy Mondays and all that lot were shite (in my opinion). The Hacienda went down the pan too in the 90's, too many drugs, to many gangs, too many fights.
Back in the seventies we only had 3 channels, and the all switched of about 11.30 12 ish. BBC2 didn't even come on till about 4 in the afternoon. There's sooo much more choice these days, so you're guaranteed to find something worth watching. There was no internet, no computer games, not even any computers to speak of. Back then you'd have to resort to going outside and playing with your frineds, ugh !
If you think 50p is bad, we had to make do with Demis Roussos, Joe Dolce and The Wurzels
. If you ever wondered why your parents are odd, there's the answer, these people were are role models Anyway, don't wanna hijack the thread, so yeah, Gillingham, the greatest footballingists team in the whole of Kent, yeah, erm, probably ?
I did actually
I was born in the late 60's - ish, so i couldnt quite manage the sideburns, but i was guilty of all the rest, and my father did have a mk3 Cortina, 2000E to be exact, in Jewish racing gold (read beige).
Maybe i was a too young to fully appreciate the 70's, but i seem to remember it being pretty shit to be honest with you. The music scene was dominated by ABBA and the Bay City Rollers more than anything else (punk was only ever on the fringes of things where i grew up. And my parents certainly didn't approve, so it was banned from the house, although i still found a way to get to listen to it)
Back then foreign cars were pretty much out of reach for the average wage packet, so we had to do with basic run of the mill Fords and the general crap that BL spewed out. The Japanese cars of that time weren't that cheap, and weren't actually that good (despite what Top Gear says). There were some highlights, (my Father also had a Ford Capri and a Triumph Dolomite) But on the whole, the average affordable motor was pretty shoddy stuff.
The style
you joking ? It was embarrasing, truly embarrasing.All things considered, (aside from a few minor niggles), i definitely think these days are a much better time to live in than the 60's, 70's, 80's etc. As someone once said "You've never had it so good" Thing is, we never seem to notice or appreciate it.
Ahhh, did not know that, don't really know that much about footballing.
Does seem an odd place to try to build a footballing dynasty though. Gretna's a tiny little place, and, well, it's a bit of a dump to tell you the truth.
(A true, but highly irrelevant story)
Few years ago when the wife was, err i mean, when we were planning our wedding. The missus (she's from the south, and a bit posh) had a typical girly romantic dream about driving off to Gretna Green in the middle of the night and tying the knot. But she didn't believe me when i told her Gretna's a shit hole and she wouldn't want to get married in a place like that. So one bank holiday i drove her up there so she could see for herself...she never mentioned it again.
Maybe so, but it's still quite an impressive achievement.
Perhaps if this film makes any money, Gillingham could splash out on some of the older Premier League players, like Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, or Georgie Best, maybe even that hot little Asian girl from Bend it Like Beckham.
Hey you never know. I'm not really into football but didn't a 2nd Division team get to the Scottish Cup Final a couple of years ago ?
Truth is, if "The Gills" did play Newcastle in the quarter finals they'd probably stand a good chance of beating them these days
Looks a decent little film too, good for a laugh.
Difficult question to answer. Just exactly how do we define beauty, it is after all in the eye of the beholder. Is something considered beautiful purely for it's looks, or is it the power it produces, or even the noise it makes. Or maybe even it's significance within history ?. That's an argument that could run and run.
I don't know if this has already been posted, but i'm not sure if internal combustion engines come any prettier than the Pratt and Whitney Wasp series.
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So Niall saw this as a harmless bit of fun and joined in with a self deprecating play on words. Then you come along bitching and whining, saying he's not doing it correctly, yet in both of your posts fail to put up a numbers pic yourself.
Lighten up a bit BlueFlame, it's hardly the most serious thread we've had in the place.
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{edit} I know it serves me right for taking such a long time to find a pic, but, Damn you Der Butz, now i gotta go find another Grrrr (insert smilie shaking fist) Grrrr
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It's how the Irish pronounce it. But you already know that.
Except it's not really a middle class newspaper. It's aimed at those who either think they're middle class but arnt, and those who want to be middle class but never will be.
The true middle classes buy the broad sheets, infact, other than the Evening Standard they would'nt be seen dead with a tabloid.
So, if you really want to know how us middle class scum think, go have a read of the Telegraph or Times.
This evening i will be mostly listening to :-
Julian Cope Peggy Suicide, paying special attention to the glorious Safesurfer
Followed by Bjork Homogenic with possibly the greatest song of all time All is Full of Love
May even throw in the wonderous Declare Independance a little later.
Julian Cope Peggy Suicide, paying special attention to the glorious Safesurfer
Followed by Bjork Homogenic with possibly the greatest song of all time All is Full of Love
May even throw in the wonderous Declare Independance a little later.
You mean Johnny Fartpants ?
Ahhh memories.
Whatever happened to the Viz ?
Ermm, you thinking of this http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/veritas-suv-2009-07-24 It was on Top Gear a year or two ago.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter, i'd still rather have the GT or the QP, with the 4.7ltr engine and the proper auto box, in Grigio Granito with the Bordeaux leather and piano black trim. Don't you just love internet car configurators.
I had thought you'd follow that with "He calmy lowered his newspaper, looked at you over the top of his spectacles, and said, Okay, lets do it"
Didn't Rover make a steam powered sports car back in the 60's ?
I'm sure with your contacts you could pick one up on the cheap. Just a few tweaks here and there, and Bobs yer uncle Fannies yer aunt etc.
I'm not suggesting you do it for the achievement and undoubted notoriety you'd gain
But think of the publicity. A few years back, rather than spending millions and millions on a huge advertising campaign Bentley decided instead to enter a couple of cars at Le Mans, which worked out cheaper and brought more publicity. They didn't even build the cars themselves, it was essentially an Audi R8 with a roof. So there you go, buy that old Rover, peel the badges of it and put some of your own on. "The Cliffe Super-Compressor" or "The Tristan Thunderbolt" or, or "The Norfolk Turnip Farmers Turbine Traction Tractor" or, or i could just shut up now...
Suggest it to your father...or maybe not...
A Lotus ?? Looks more like the front off the Gran Turismo to me...
I'll give you the Aston Martin bit though, DB9 Volante, and they're both too long and ungainly.
I know exactly whats gonna happen though. When this Mazzer's released i'll drive off to the nearest dealer for a closer look, and i'll probably fall instantly in love. These cars do that to me, even the crap ugly ones like the Biturbo's.
Is this the point we start posting all the vids of Ayrton Senna driving like a complete arse ?
Recently i can't help feeling a bit short changed when he doesn't do something daft after each win, maybe he's been told to stop it ?.
Hmmm MotoGP's not the same when you don't have a man dressed as a chicken sitting on the back of your bike on the parade lap
Yes he did. He came in, pointed to the front tyre. The mechanics took a good look at it but couldn't see anything wrong, so they sent him out again. Turned out to be a problem with the rear. From memory, it had a big hole in it where there should have been rubber.
I've only just skimmed this thread but i'm sure someone above already said this. {edit} lol, yeah it was Forbin two posts up
And i'm not sure it was the title decider ? could be wrong though.
But anyway, just because Rossi did this doesn't mean he's a wuss or lacks commitment, i think he's done more than enough in his career to prove he's got balls as big as his house.
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Reason : spelling bad
Couldn't resist
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It's either the 24th of August here, or i went to bed last night and woke up three weeks later.It's a soft top, we've known it was going to be a soft top for months. The Maserati website clearly states it's a soft top, and all the dealers have known for ages it would get a soft top . So, and it's only a hunch, but, i reckon it's a soft top
Got to be honest here, I'm a little disappointed. It should have been a two seater. As above, we've known for some time it was going to be a four seater, but most fans and afficianados had hoped the rear seats would be nothing more than a token gesture, a 2+2, Porsche 911 sized rear seats. But, now they've gone for the full sized rear seating it looks all wrong. The cabin looks too stretched, and that line from the windscreen to the boot line is too long and featureless (see pic 3). The proportions are out of kilter.
I'm yet to see any pics of it with the roof up, but, off the top of my head i can't think of any full sized four seaters that look right when the roof's up. I've just got a feeling it's gonna look a bit silly.
It's a real shame, if only they'd dumped the rear seats, then you would be looking at quite possibly one of the prettiest cars of all time. But, i guess they've built it to fill a market (read America) So, for me, i'd rather have the Gran Turismo coupe or the Quattroporte over this, unless they build a shortened 2 seater version in the future.
p.s Thread's in the wrong section, and you don't have to keep posting new threads for every new car. Try posting a "New Cars" thread in the Off Topic section, and you can post all the news you want in there.
That list's incomplete without a mini cab, white van man, and a teenager driving his dads car for the first time on his own.
Think those sailed clear over most peoples heads. But not to worry, harmless puns don't create any mess
Lol, talk about lost in translation
Yeah Void, MP3Astra is correct. It's a compliment.
Think how many other developers would say "Ok, so we got this new car, but it handles like a pig on roller skates, meh, it's good enough, ship it". But for Scawen and boys that's simply not acceptable. They strive for perfection in every area of the game, even if that means ripping up existing code and starting over. Ok so that means updates get pushed back, and they run the risk of upsetting a few folk, but, if the end product is as good as it sounds, then it's always worth waiting for. And i for one am very pleased they're that "anal", that fastidious. Their attention to detail should be applauded, and not continually criticised for been slow and lazy.
Some have said they've lost their passion for the game. But Scawens post in that thread suggests to me that it's stronger than ever, and long may it continue.
Yeah Void, MP3Astra is correct. It's a compliment.
Think how many other developers would say "Ok, so we got this new car, but it handles like a pig on roller skates, meh, it's good enough, ship it". But for Scawen and boys that's simply not acceptable. They strive for perfection in every area of the game, even if that means ripping up existing code and starting over. Ok so that means updates get pushed back, and they run the risk of upsetting a few folk, but, if the end product is as good as it sounds, then it's always worth waiting for. And i for one am very pleased they're that "anal", that fastidious. Their attention to detail should be applauded, and not continually criticised for been slow and lazy.
Some have said they've lost their passion for the game. But Scawens post in that thread suggests to me that it's stronger than ever, and long may it continue.
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