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You hire it, I'll help you fill up the bow deck.

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Heard Fabio is leasing his yacht for Monte Carlo...

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I'd be surporised if his brother Ralf gets another drive.
He wasn't much cop when he was racing.
Admittedly he didn't have a good car in his entire career but it's still results that count.
Monza will be great, I'm jealous.
If I had a choice, I'd do Monte Carlo but you need a hotel room overlooking the track (or a yacht in the Swimmming Pool) and the price, on race weekends, is a tad prohibitive.
No point in standing around the track, they're hanging from the trees.

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yep... shu bro wants back in too... I have about 20-40 new rss feeds on google reader every day from F1 sites and a couple podcasts I listen to fairly faithfully...

I did mange to get my step son (2) 3-day passes for Monza in September... now if I play my cards right at work I may just be taking holiday a month late. . . .

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If you can get him to swing by the old (not-in-use) parabolica and take some hi-res pics to share, I'd be very grateful.

It's hard walkin' up there, but some from mid-track would be fantastic. I'm given to understand there is a park in the infield there and access is not impossible. Sound right?

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and oh yeah, I forgot...

Go McLaren!

(and I even like Hamilton too)

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yep... shu bro wants back in too... I have about 20-40 new rss feeds on google reader every day from F1 sites and a couple podcasts I listen to fairly faithfully...

I did mange to get my step son (2) 3-day passes for Monza in September... now if I play my cards right at work I may just be taking holiday a month late. . . .

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Hey Slow, I assume you heard Schumacher's signed up with Mercedes (last year's Brawn team - and Ross Brawn will still be team principle) to race again in 2010?

The Europe fans have been pushing for more street races and Rome has just been contracted for the next one. They say in 2011 but Bernie Ecclestone (Mr F1) says it won't be on the calendar until 2012.

Bernie's also desparate to get it to take off in the US but, after the debacle of the teams dispute which surfaced in the last attempt, he (and the US promoters) will probably let the fuss die down for a couple of years before trying again.

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and I hope this turns into something long running and historical... My sons from Italy and I went to Indy this year for a special open house and got to go on the track, in the media centers etc... it was awesome.. why they ran the F1 cars at Indy I dont know but it it is still all there, garages, hospitality suites...

Would like to see a car going 350 kph down Michigan Avenue in Chicago - imagine the sound of 20+ engines at 18000 rpm in the canyons of Chicago and along LSD....

alas... too much to hope for, bout like a Detroit Lion win....

another story for another time...

Also I always liked Peter Windsor...

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No downforce, no wings, no advertising. Also, sadly, usually no seatbelts.

Slow to load (hi-quality) so pause it and let it get well ahead of you....

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Looks like me on my way home from work in the morning. Wink

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My current bike has wider tyres than that.
They're possibly slicker too.

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I think I owned a bicycle with tires wider than that Rolling Eyes and it was probably made for Montgomery Wards about the same year as the car Confused

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and I've had....

...MOTORCYCLES WITH WIDER TIRES THAN THIS! Shocked

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(after all, isn't a Friday night ritual in the UK that the night is not complete without a fight a the pub?! LOL)

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....not complete without an *occasional and physical debate normally beginning with such topics as; the correct serving temperature for the ale we just bought and how far out the landlord was; a young lady (usually present); and/or various items of her attire* at the pub.

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I wasn't making fun of the Robin Shades... just pointing out how gruff you blokes are (after all, isn't a Friday night ritual in the UK that the night is not complete without a fight a the pub?! LOL)


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