Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Norris is now my favourite driver on the track. Second is le Clerc, third Ricciardo. Norris is just so normal. Self effacing, talented and a bloody good sport. His (and le Clerc's) streaming and vlogs have been great during lockdown. He is the better face for British motorsport, imo.

Just don't do it. Don't even begin to think of it.

I disagree. I think it's an excellent move by them, to get themselves up to speed on a design / aero strategy that actually works properly with the existing regs, and then work from there. They've essentially given themselves Merc's aero development budget for 2019 for the cost of a few pictures, the ACTUAL bits and pieces they were provided with (handily explaining the "insider knowledge" that Renault are insisting they shoudn't have been able to get, even when they had the very bits they're protesting in their hands for a full year) which they've no doubt been doing some heavily funded reverse engineering on in order to understand the how and why for themselves, and being a customer. It's not illegal. It's therefore allowed within the rules as they stand. Going forwards into next year I think they have a very strong platform from which to build, and a desire to get it right, which will stand them in good stead. They've also really never had the budget OR the results to get one of the great designers, or a designer with the equivalent experience and knowledge of the greats. Now, they have results. It's not as if they're stagnating, and the car isn't EXACTLY the same as a 2019 Merc. They've still put their stamp on it.

As did Vettel for his 4, IIRC. But yeah, much better racing in general at the moment, apart from the Mercs just dominating. Norris with another last-lap overtake, and Le Clerc & Norris showing what real racing is with some brilliant driving. IMO the le clerc incident last week should also have been attributed to Vettel. He was in the middle of the track, left a gap wiiiiiide open and then turned into the apex as if he had nobody else around him. Yes, Le Clerc should have waited, but IMO the gap was there and by the time Vettel had turned in, Le Clerc was already there. But then that's why it's a racing incident instead of a penalty.

Is this question really necessary, SK?

Well done, Patch! Great work.

I can get you in contact with the distro, Stephen.

Nope. Just won't have ass much support for your foot, and less toe protection. But they do the job just fine.

shocking it by tapping / moering it with a hammer. Like a manual impact driver, essentially. It gives the item a brief, large rotational shock that serves to break the bond.

They didn't attempt to shock it or get penetrating spray in before that?

Ja. Sometimes there are "exceptions" though. If you get more, you get more. If you get less, question it.

I think in general life itself is just more chilled, allowing families and people to concentrate on what's important to them. Professionally, personally and spiritually. Like the difference in mentalities between a drunken lout, and your average MJ smoker after a few puffs.

Contact Nils at Woodstock Cycle Works. He'll have one.

those are the ones. Don't they race them in a crit series?

Yup. Big difference over there. Why the hell not save energy on your commute. You get to the office / school / shop faster on your wagon, and with less sweat. Could even push more professionals to commute in as a result of that. If I were in Nederlands I'd probably be piloting one of those carrier-bikes so I could grab the shopping and put my laptop / work / gym bag on it without it being on me.

HAHAHAHA "speed" erm, yes. But how much. Faster faster would be better

Oh - and that ferro cement keelboat that was there for aaaaaaages, always being fixed. There was someone living in it for a while, if I remember correctly.

YES. We used to stay in those horrible little assbestos chalets at times, but mostly camped at the site around the corner from Morgenzon, in the spot between the ski boat section and Morgs. Later we moved to Morgs, cos it offered a far better spot to beach the boats at the far end, in the little bay (various boats, Optimists, gypsey, laser, halcat, sunfish, dabchick, mirror, hobie) and the shop on the faaaaaar side of Morgs. Our initial day-visit spot was in the corner, under the "nicer chalets", with the little jetty and where the pont used to be. Fishermen hated us 'cos we'd scream down the slipway all the way from the top on our bicycles, smashing into the water... Later we moved to oppposite Morgenzon for day trips. HAHAHAHA! Dude, I went OTB down the cliff that was formed next to the road when the level went down. 3m drop,bollamakiesies resulting in a broken collarbone. This was on the way back to Morgenzon from the outside shop, just around the corner from the "music" section and boat hire place. Many, many memories of probably the cheapest holiday possible at the time. Boats were always second hand and in great need of repair before we could sail them, but we did it with epoxy and fibreglass.

Yup. Assguy lives up to the same levels and maybe has the edge in some situations (saves me more in some places, still not sure on roots)

aaaaah, the memories.

Hahaha maybe, man. Maybe. The joys of childhood. Damn, if only adulting was that good. Hahahaha And, that's what I want my son exposed to. Teach him the ways of the world.

You've been camping with the wrong people if your camp is full of dirt and mess....

Midmar Dam, in the 80's and 90's. Hlalanathi in the height of storm-season. Monk's Cowl. Mazeppa Bay, Nature's Valley, Cape Vidal etc etc etc.

Exactly. Bliss. I'm more of a tent person, myself (having grown up in a few of these ones below, and normal dome tents) but there's something wonderful about being in the wilderness with nothing but sky, a camp fire and your choice of location.