ROFL
And proclaiming himself to be a spiritual leader, channeling messages from the aliens, was an act of humility?!
Thought at first that it might be Georg Plasa's Judd powered BMW, which would probably place it on one of the European hillclimbs.... but I don't think it is.
Looks like he's got a bit of opposite lock on, so I'm still going to guess he's on one of the sweeping turns of one the European hills. Which one....
Ummm... No.
There is a link between the Nordschleife and this track.... They both have a carousel.
Not Prescott. Another clue.... This has also been a street luge venue...
Google is your friend, if you can pick up on the clues... pick the right search terms and it'll be top of the list...
OK - this one is a bit obscure, even for Brits (there's the first clue...). So I'll tell you that from the startline, peering down the hill, you might not believe that you're about to start a hillclimb...
I remember a quote from somewhere... Think it was Jackie Stewart saying how, when totally absorbed by a race, he knew if a car had spun off on the other side of a blind corner, because he could smell the cut grass...
Sports psychologists have known about and documented the enhanced state of mind that some sportsmen can reach, but I think maybe Jackie, the gentleman racer, was indulging in a bit of gamesmanship here
Why would you want to take this kind of mythology out of the sport? Its about wo/man and machine... Reducing the human element of the sport would be turning the drivers into token pieces of meat. There's enough corporate pressure for drivers to be squeaky clean and TV friendly as it is.
Sports psychologists have known about and documented the enhanced state of mind that some sportsmen can reach, but I think maybe Jackie, the gentleman racer, was indulging in a bit of gamesmanship here
Why would you want to take this kind of mythology out of the sport? Its about wo/man and machine... Reducing the human element of the sport would be turning the drivers into token pieces of meat. There's enough corporate pressure for drivers to be squeaky clean and TV friendly as it is.
Depends what you call interruptions - the two Lesmo curves mean slowing down from just over 170mph down to 70 or 80mph (in a 67 car), and the Parabolica means jumping on the brakes from absolutely flat out down to about 70 again...
Imola without the chicanes still has Tosa and the Rivazza, and the Rindt Curve on the Österreichring isn't exactly speedy...
EDIT: Actually, this inspired me to go have a look at some old GPL replays, and the Rindt Curve is a bit quicker than I remembered... Still, the track isn't without its slower moments, for instance nearly everything between Bosch and Rindt curves.
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Ok... If you're only looking out for #1, Ian, I'm glad I'm not your friend. Its stupid to believe that the definition of friendship is to shit on your mates at the first politically expedient moment.
But then, I don't believe you have "black mates", firstly because I certainly don't bracket my mates into different ethnicities, and secondly because every racist I've ever met starts by stating they have "black mates, but...."
You are stupid because you think I'm going to believe that lie.
You say this so easily ... I'm sorry, I can't feel guilty in saying this: You are stupid. So ****ing stupid its not even worth arguing with you.
EDIT: Just saw your post, Sam.... Before anyone complains... I consider my comments to be a fact, based on the evidence supplied in Ian's post...
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stop that pigeon now!
Ferrari Borrows Strategy from Pro Wrestling Tag Teams
It was the fellah carrying a small hatchback in his bicycle shopping basket that did it for me...!
Lords of the Logistic
You have missed my point. As I said earlier, I am generally anti-prohibition, whether the item in question be drugs, guns, or high powered motorcycles, whatever... My concern is more that pro-gun Americans like yourelf seem to see gun-ownership as a right in and of itself, that the gun is what guarantees a free and peaceful society. This is garbage. And a society that believes as much is destined to reduce life to ever more simple and ever more authoritarian 'ideals'.
When the right to bear arms was first proposed, it was within the framework of an organised militia force. This implies a certain degree of training, not just of the individual, but of groups of individuals... In short it implies a social bond. It is this that I believe is missing from the American pro-gun argument.
Societies change. And the laws have to change with them.
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Hmmm... Not exactly an objective source, is it? But whatever... What's missing from the article is an analysis of the social make-up of the town. For instance, I can imagine that over 25 years, this law has meant that the town has attracted a fairly similar crowd, with similar political beliefs. Crime goes down, because the bulk of the population want it to.
Would be interesting to look at the incest rates....
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Joe Shmoe's Garage: Civil Partnership Ceremonies a speciality.
LOL... No, but its the special characteristic of 'going postal' that the person involved has usually been a law-abiding citizen right up until the moment that something snaps, and randomly erasing people from daily life seems like a 'reasonable' option.
It was just a response to your statement that "law abiding citizens are the ones you don't need to worry about in the first place." A lifestyle based on a preoccupation with the results of crime eventually brings everyone under suspicion.
You are an alarmist... Looking at your diatribe here, your day seems to be filled with shadows that scare you witless. I prefer not to live like that. If by some freak accident I do end up in front of a bullet speeding towards my head, in that last moment I'll at least know I haven't lived in a state of fear and suspicion.
That's a life worth living and I'll take the end whenever it comes.
Oh, and by the way its law abiding citizens who end up going postal. Have you not even begun to understand that its the alienation, the solitude, the loneliness, and the general fear of both strangers and the strange that is at the root of killing sprees like this one?
....and that's z3r0c00l in the red top with the sparco logo...
That's me in the brown stripes....
Nice edit - like it. But can I dissent on the music? More saccharine than being force fed sugar by a barbie doll.... truly tooth rotting... I had to turn it off (ran it with This is the Kit instead... worked better for me...)
You and Mao, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
Oh lordy... Remember "Never get off the boat!" from Apocalypse Now? On Youtube, its "All I wanted was some ****ing mangos man! Never Scroll down! Never scroll down!!"
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