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« on: May 09, 2008, 01:16:20 pm » |
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Todays Daily Express includes a review of the book Steve McQueen : A Life in Pictures. The review includes the quote. "He was also passionate about speed, collecting sports vehicles and taking part in contests from local motor races to the 24-hour Le Mans rally." Rally?  It's never looked much like a rally to me. Perhaps the ACO will let us stand out on the Mulsanne with a camera and jump back into the trees half a second before an Audi R10 screams past, sorry I meant glides past, at 200mph. |
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There is a corner of a foreign field that will be forever England ------ Houx Annexe
And the bastards have built on it.
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Steve Pyro
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 01:28:25 pm » |
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It's what I would have expected from the Daily Express, Bob!
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 01:38:18 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys"  |
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paulydee
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 01:42:21 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?"  |
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No they didn't build 'em like that.....
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 02:05:56 pm » |
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Fairly standard from the 'uneducated' press...
I remember the review of Heart Like A Wheel, the Shirley Muldowney biopic.
The Times said it was the story of the first woman Formula One driver.
Even the specialist press get it strangely wrong though.
Motorsport News Sub-headline a short while back..
Danica Patrick, the worlds fastest female (sic)
Surely they mean 'the worlds fastest female whose name isnt Muldowney, Troxel, Force, Berstatd, Oberg, Callin, Nystad, Jacobsen etc, etc etc...'?
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Steve Pyro
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 02:52:02 pm » |
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Danica Patrick, the worlds fastest female (sic)
.... Kitty O'Neil is currently the worlds fastest female (on land). Kitty O'Neil (USA) holds the record for the fastest land speed achieved by a women having reached 524.030 mph in the rocket powered three wheeled SM1 Motivator in the Alvard Desert, Oregon, USA, on Dec 6th 1976. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2008, 02:56:18 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?" I once got asked how many laps they do |
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They have lumps of what round the back???
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 03:08:17 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?" I once got asked how many laps they do And? How many? |
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I wouldn't sit there if I were you, it's still a bit wet.
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2008, 03:22:08 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?" I once got asked how many laps they do And? How many? Well my smart arse answer was 2 as the stage was being run twice that day |
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They have lumps of what round the back???
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2008, 04:34:38 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?" I once got asked how many laps they do And? How many? Well my smart arse answer was 2 as the stage was being run twice that day You mean they allow stagecoaches to use the tracks too? Wow! That has to be difficult for the racecar drivers though surely? Still I suppose they get told the time of the next stage. Wot's F1? Wottsit say about the book? Suppose I'd better have fish and chips tonight so I can get a chance to read the article |
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2008, 04:58:51 pm » |
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i have never figured out why they call all races apart from F1 "rallys" Us rallying enthusiasts despair when someone comes and asks "What time is the next race?" I once got asked how many laps they do And? How many? Well my smart arse answer was 2 as the stage was being run twice that day Suppose I'd better have fish and chips tonight so I can get a chance to read the article Don't go to Mere Green Chippy for christ sake Bill. Or that one at the parade of shops by Kingstanding playing fields. You don't want to eat nothing from them. |
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2008, 08:45:09 pm » |
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I usually go to Bakers Lane or Lambeth Rd aint deaded yet...  Went to Mere Green many years ago when it was the only place within getting food within my breaktime wasnt superb but I have had worserer then again at least I can find chippies round here Has anyone ever driven off the M40 on the way home from Le Mans into High Wycombe looking for a chippy? No bloody chance and I drove around the central bit a couple of times plenty of pizza joints but not a sniff of God's Supper (roof down in the Midge is usually good for chippie sensing) |
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"Ha ha you can't a fool me, there ain't a no sanity clause!"
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2008, 09:20:28 pm » |
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I usually go to Bakers Lane or Lambeth Rd aint deaded yet... Went to Mere Green many years ago when it was the only place within getting food within my breaktime Well there always used to be the chippy up by what used to be Bishop's supermarket up the Chester Road......they always did an excellent rat pie for that walk back from the Manor Road Youth Club on Friday evenings many a year ago.... MG Mark |
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"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." Mario Andretti
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« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2008, 03:05:58 am » |
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.... Kitty O'Neil is currently the worlds fastest female (on land). Kitty O'Neil (USA) holds the record for the fastest land speed achieved by a women having reached 524.030 mph in the rocket powered three wheeled SM1 Motivator in the Alvard Desert, Oregon, USA, on Dec 6th 1976. [/quote] Trust Steve to have a Land Speed Record to quote;) I guess from her poster that she is Deaf. Probably could not hear all those telling her it could not be done  With a speed 524 MPH probably stand for a long time too. Canada Phil |
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« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2008, 08:46:40 am » |
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I usually go to Bakers Lane or Lambeth Rd aint deaded yet... Went to Mere Green many years ago when it was the only place within getting food within my breaktime Well there always used to be the chippy up by what used to be Bishop's supermarket up the Chester Road......they always did an excellent rat pie for that walk back from the Manor Road Youth Club on Friday evenings many a year ago.... MG Mark Boody hell, Bishop's supermarket! I remember that! It must have gone by the mid seventies. The rat pie was the reason I told Bill to avoid that particular chippy. I'm not going to say why, but it involved a chicken's beak with nostrils and a few short feathers still attached...   |
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