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Post by Carl on Feb 14, 2018 22:10:44 GMT
Rob, do I get relegated/ exiled as I have never seen one episode or anything whatsoever to do with Game of T's? Chris, I would join you in exile. A few years ago, the first season was being repeated and I decided to learn what all the fuss was about. In the first episode, a disobedient prince easily climbs down the face of the inner defensive wall... and I was done. If an adolescent boy can climb down the wall of a defensive redoubt using hands and feet, then so can any invaders who gain the parapets! No castle would be safe with inner walls so easily descended. At that point I wanted Graham Chapman's military officer from Monty Python to step into the scene and demand it be stopped because it was silly. Demanding historical accuracy may be cruel in a time of widespread ignorance, but to me the show is a soap opera with an elaborate budget, most of it devoted to silliness. I have told the producers to stop, but they ignore me. Cheers, Carl
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Post by chrisb on Feb 15, 2018 6:18:06 GMT
wonderful Carl, I have no desire to watch this programme, after all, when you were brought up to the music of Erich W Korngold in a certain film with a legendary Tasmanian devil who climbed walls the hard way, GoT really doesn't hold much interest
I had hopes for Haas this year, they have got two pretty decent drivers a fair engine and a very good set-up - yet it seems 'conservative' bordering on insipid, I do think that when great car designers build a car you have to have your drivers in mind, and I'm not sure that has been communicated
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Post by Carl on Feb 15, 2018 7:29:36 GMT
wonderful Carl, I have no desire to watch this programme, after all, when you were brought up to the music of Erich W Korngold in a certain film with a legendary Tasmanian devil who climbed walls the hard way, GoT really doesn't hold much interest I had hopes for Haas this year, they have got two pretty decent drivers a fair engine and a very good set-up - yet it seems 'conservative' bordering on insipid, I do think that when great car designers build a car you have to have your drivers in mind, and I'm not sure that has been communicated Mark Hughes describes the new Haas as a lot like the 2017 Ferrari aerodynamically. He supposes that doing so may be a trend also followed by other mid-field teams. We'll see as they are presented, but I wonder if Haas will ever really be dynamic enough to be at the front.
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Post by robmarsh on Feb 15, 2018 10:34:32 GMT
Carl congrats on your kingship. My reference to GoT was more of a pun relating to the toilet seat discussions than any desire to discuss the series.
I think the new Haas looks quite boring, though the livery is better. It may end up seventh in the constructors champs behind (in no particular order) Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and Force India. I do not think we will see the proper halo look on the cars until testing in Spain or even only in first practise in Melbourne. Like those horrible T wings they will "evolve" over the season. I must ask why it is important for a halo to bear the weight of a London bus? Surely it will be a flash reading only and not a permanent pressure, the roll bar is for that. F1 outsmarting themselves once again or just the modern trend of hyperbole rearing its head?
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Post by robmarsh on Feb 15, 2018 10:37:52 GMT
Carl so nice to see the Shakespeare quote. One of my selling points to my Friend Les was that we had a self styled curmudgeon who quoth from the Bard. Thanks mate for coming to the party and delivering on my promise.
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Post by mikael on Feb 16, 2018 2:50:21 GMT
Williams' 2018 challenger. It's interesting to see - on this photo with increased light and contrast - all the winglets, vortex generators, etc., on the surface areas that are painted matte-black.
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Post by robmarsh on Feb 16, 2018 6:23:49 GMT
This is the best looking Williams for some time, hope it goes as well as it looks. I like the use of the black colour on the wings and other aero bits. Are they painted or are they in the natural carbon fibre colour though?
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Post by René on Feb 16, 2018 13:52:11 GMT
Well, Williams have made no effort to hide the halo! The car does look rather spacy.
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Post by robmarsh on Feb 16, 2018 14:08:09 GMT
Actually Rene I had to look for the halo almost. My eye was drawn to the lines of the car first and the way black accentuates the swoopy lines of the car. I am sure that is nowhere near the final version of the halo. I do think the indycar version would be better. Can anybody tell me why the halo would have to support the weight of a London bus? Are we having more street races? Surely they clear the roads before the start of a race even in a city as congested as London.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 14:14:20 GMT
Rob, I think the worry is a car careening above the cockpit and removing the head of the driver beneath, like Grosjean tried to do to Alonso at Spa few years back. Haven't checked how much is the load requirement in the regs, I suppose it includes a factor for the dynamic effect of the speed.
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Post by robmarsh on Feb 16, 2018 15:16:10 GMT
Thanks Lucio I had forgotten that Grosjean/Alonso incident though I do wonder what would have been the flight path of Grosjean's after richoting off the halo.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 18:28:12 GMT
Yes, it doesn't make sense. It's car racing at 200-plus mph. If someone wants it 100% safe, he should choose golf - a walk in the park.
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Post by chrisb on Feb 16, 2018 20:30:00 GMT
I actually attempted to find out how many people died playing golf but got the rugby number instead, I'm not quite sure how, but the last time I played golf I am sure the Mark brothers had been reincarnated by the 4 ball behind me, ok maybe a slight exaggeration, but the balls went everywhere but where they were playing and a few howls were heard from adjacent fairways - golf is dangerous!
But seriously Lucio, you are totally correct, whilst none of us wish to see a serious accident - the way this is going we will be putting 'out-riggers' around the cars and calling it something else
do we know the amount of weight the Indycar screen can take? a London bendy-bus?
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Post by Carl on Feb 17, 2018 1:06:12 GMT
Gentlemen, London buses, whether double deck or articulated, are no longer allowed by IndyCar. Considered advantageous to the fish and chip concessions, their popular appeal once sparked a food fight between vendors and qualifying had to be rescheduled after a thrown hamburger smeared Bobby Unser's face and goggles and the melee spread into the pits. Attachment Deleted
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Post by Carl on Feb 17, 2018 1:11:45 GMT
Carl so nice to see the Shakespeare quote. One of my selling points to my Friend Les was that we had a self styled curmudgeon who quoth from the Bard. Thanks mate for coming to the party and delivering on my promise. Rob, Sometimes coincidence is providential! Glad to have helped. Cheers, Carl
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