Re: Random Discussion Thread

by RocketKnight Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:09 am

Mother of Invention wrote:http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2013/09/03/to-ensure-every-child-wins-ontario-athletic-association-removes-ball-from-soccer/

Wow the lengths some people go.....

this has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Laughing

by Toblerone Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:42 am

BlueThunderfan wrote:
Mother of Invention wrote:http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2013/09/03/to-ensure-every-child-wins-ontario-athletic-association-removes-ball-from-soccer/

Wow the lengths some people go.....
this has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.

Welcome to the crappy version of The Onion in Canada.

by SpeedDemon37 Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:38 pm

Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!

by Cardinals5 Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:41 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!

Wait, people are supposed to fall asleep before 1 A.M.?

I'm doing grad school wrong.

by **Cynon** Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:37 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!

I haven't gone to sleep on a school night BEFORE midnight in years...

by Nascar9fan Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:08 am

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/saturday-sleuthing-ellery-s-supercheap-ford

Is the Daniel Melrose that asked about Ellery's Supercheap Auto ford the same one on these forums?

by SpeedDemon37 Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:39 pm

During cross country practice this morning, we ran about 3 miles into town and back. Near the end of our run, our coach drove by in his 10 - 12 year-old Chrysler Concorde, and when he tried to turn left into the school's parking lot, his left-front ball joint failed!

Fortunately, as I said, this was on school grounds at low speed, and not on the highway or anything extremely dangerous. I have never seen a tire at that angle before (nor have I ever seen so much transmission fluid)!

by vbooy57 Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:52 pm

SpeedDemon37 wrote:During cross country practice this morning, we ran about 3 miles into town and back. Near the end of our run, our coach drove by in his 10 - 12 year-old Chrysler Concorde, and when he tried to turn left into the school's parking lot, his left-front ball joint failed!

Fortunately, as I said, this was on school grounds at low speed, and not on the highway or anything extremely dangerous. I have never seen a tire at that angle before (nor have I ever seen so much transmission fluid)!

3 miles in cross country? I started off at 4 last summer and only increased. No wonder I only did it for 2 months.

by tommykl Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:02 pm

Nascar9fan wrote:http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/saturday-sleuthing-ellery-s-supercheap-ford

Is the Daniel Melrose that asked about Ellery's Supercheap Auto ford the same one on these forums?

Knowing the Mad Uncle Melrose himself, he probably is Very Happy

by Nascar9fan Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:46 am

So, I was trying to look up the old forumer (see how many combined posts between the 2 I have. Gonna guess that it's under 750), & what I found was, well, interesting

by Mother of Invention Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:29 am

New Avata! What does EFR think about it? Razz

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by BWard Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:00 am

Mother of Invention wrote:New Avata! What does EFR think about it?

Who would that be? Frank Kimmel?

by navycook75 Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:49 pm

>tfw Bill Nye the Science Guy first aired 20 years ago today.

I feel old now.

by **crl** Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:01 pm

navycook75 wrote:>tfw Bill Nye the Science Guy first aired 20 years ago today.

I feel old now.

*singing* Old Man Daniel... *short harmonica riff*

by day500champ1 Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:12 pm

crl wrote:
navycook75 wrote:>tfw Bill Nye the Science Guy first aired 20 years ago today.

I feel old now.
*singing* Old Man Daniel... *short harmonica riff*

by **crl** Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:37 am

Hey, Milan:

by Nascarfan13 Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:56 am

navycook75 wrote:>tfw Bill Nye the Science Guy first aired 20 years ago today.

I feel old now.

The one about the Tacoma Narrows bridge was my favorite; I ended up doing a science project on it in the 7th grade.

by Racerfan275 Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:10 pm

Since it's the 9/11 anniversary, I wanted to post this video I found online, nobody else had mentioned it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtIV0Xf5jQ.
Great song and video by the Blue Man Group to honor those who have fallen.

by JMac525 Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:11 pm

My older sister's getting married this weekend. This is the first time I attend a wedding in my life, oddly enough.

by Milan655 Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:42 am

Half-brother of Valentino Rossi, Luca Marini, will make his first start in Moto 3 tomorrow at only 16!

by RealRacingRoots Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:21 pm

Went to the Nürburgring and watched the VLN race. One might say I'm rather happy right now. Very Happy

by Milan655 Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:56 am

RealRacingRoots wrote:Went to the Nürburgring and watched the VLN race. One might say I'm rather happy right now.

Wasn't it pissing down? Razz

by RealRacingRoots Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:55 am

Milan655 wrote:
RealRacingRoots wrote:Went to the Nürburgring and watched the VLN race. One might say I'm rather happy right now.
Wasn't it pissing down?

It began pissing down about 30-40 minutes into the race. Everyone who was at the lower parts of the grandstand booked it to higher levels once it began to pour, it was a simultaneous "euoogh god, time to run" moment, i was laughing quite the lot. That rain didn't last, but it began to pour again right before the end of the race. There was this wall of fog past the mercedes-arena at the end of the race as well. Still, VLN did not disappoint. The Z4 and SLS GT3s make some of the best engine noises you will ever hear, outside of the early-spec Honda HSV-010 or the DBR9.

by Milan655 Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:03 am

RealRacingRoots wrote:
Milan655 wrote:
RealRacingRoots wrote:Went to the Nürburgring and watched the VLN race. One might say I'm rather happy right now.
Wasn't it pissing down?
It began pissing down about 30-40 minutes into the race. Everyone who was at the lower parts of the grandstand booked it to higher levels once it began to pour, it was a simultaneous "euoogh god, time to run" moment, i was laughing quite the lot. That rain didn't last, but it began to pour again right before the end of the race. There was this wall of fog past the mercedes-arena at the end of the race as well. Still, VLN did not disappoint. The Z4 and SLS GT3s make some of the best engine noises you will ever hear, outside of the early-spec Honda HSV-010 or the DBR9.

The noise of the Merc is incredible. I had the chance to witness it last year at Paul Ricard, I love it.

by Backmarker Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:51 pm

I finally got around to uploading the pictures from my trip to Charlotte in December, have a look. Very Happy

by Milan655 Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:27 pm

Milan655 wrote:I've never been as happy before! Since I was young I've always wanted to own the legendary Lancia Fulvia because my uncle once owned it and I thought it was one of the most beautiful cars I had ever seen at that point. A friend recently contacted me about his own friend who was selling his Fulvia HF, and at only £10,000. So I've contacted him and asked him to hold onto the car until I return back to Britain next Tuesday. As long as there is no rust, I may have fulfilled a childhood dream

I should have by Friday!

by flyingturns89 Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:12 pm

navycook75 wrote:>tfw Bill Nye the Science Guy first aired 20 years ago today.

I feel old now.

And now he's doing this.

Spoiler:

by robloker8 Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:33 pm

[quote="BWardboy88"]

Mother of Invention wrote:New Avata! What does EFR think about it?

Pretty darn classy. That's a sexy lookin car

by Nascar9fan Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:11 am

I'm trying to use the custom racing banner site for the program I make for everyone in my Bathurst campsite, & when I type D'Alberto's name, 3 slashes going from top left to bottom right appear between D & '. Is there a way to fix it?

by Milan655 Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:47 pm

Painfully receive images from a friend of mine who is in the Ferrari garage in Singapore!

by Pyrozooka0 Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:50 pm

out of curiosity, is it normal to feel like you are about to be banned any minute now due to extremely stupid things you have said, or am I just insane? (I know the latter is true, but I am not sure about the former)

by Backmarker Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:58 pm

Pyrozooka0 wrote:out of curiosity, is it normal to feel like you are about to be banned any minute now due to extremely stupid things you have said, or am I just insane? (I know the latter is true, but I am not sure about the former)

Is that a request?

by **Ben Atkins** Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:01 pm

Pyrozooka0 wrote:out of curiosity, is it normal to feel like you are about to be banned any minute now due to extremely stupid things you have said, or am I just insane? (I know the latter is true, but I am not sure about the former)

I wouldn't worry yourself. I'm sure an admin would let you know if you're on a short leash, which to my knowledge, they haven't, so as I said, don't worry. Smile

by **Cynon** Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:09 pm

Pyrozooka0 wrote:out of curiosity, is it normal to feel like you are about to be banned any minute now due to extremely stupid things you have said, or am I just insane? (I know the latter is true, but I am not sure about the former)

The only people with the ability to ban users have purple names. Unless one of the admins (purple names), tells you to watch your behavior, then assume you're in good standing. I haven't seen you do anything recently that warrants you being banned, so I wouldn't worry about that.

If you have any concerns about a specific user, either PM them and settle it with them, or if that doesn't work, that's what the admins are for.

You have some outlandish opinions and perceptions, but you're not the one getting your panties in a bunch over them.

by PackerMan71 Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:32 pm

Cynon wrote:
Pyrozooka0 wrote:out of curiosity, is it normal to feel like you are about to be banned any minute now due to extremely stupid things you have said, or am I just insane? (I know the latter is true, but I am not sure about the former)
The only people with the ability to ban users have purple names. Unless one of the admins (purple names), tells you to watch your behavior, then assume you're in good standing. I haven't seen you do anything recently that warrants you being banned, so I wouldn't worry about that.

If you have any concerns about a specific user, either PM them and settle it with them, or if that doesn't work, that's what the admins are for.

You have some outlandish opinions and perceptions, but you're not the one getting your panties in a bunch over them.

Quoted for truth.

Cynon wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!
I haven't gone to sleep on a school night BEFORE midnight in years...

That doesn't sound too healthy... Laughing

by **Cynon** Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:05 am

PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!
I haven't gone to sleep on a school night BEFORE midnight in years...
That doesn't sound too healthy...

Hey, I'm getting by just fine, thank you very much. Razz

by PackerMan71 Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:03 am

Cynon wrote:
PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!
I haven't gone to sleep on a school night BEFORE midnight in years...
That doesn't sound too healthy...
Hey, I'm getting by just fine, thank you very much.

Hey, I'm not saying I don't stay up past midnight myself.

I'm just saying I don't do it on a nightly basis like you do. Laughing

by SpeedDemon37 Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:21 pm

PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
SpeedDemon37 wrote:Wow, this has been a busy first week of school for me. I'm personally not used to being up til 1 A.M. every school night!
I haven't gone to sleep on a school night BEFORE midnight in years...
That doesn't sound too healthy...
Hey, I'm getting by just fine, thank you very much.
Hey, I'm not saying I don't stay up past midnight myself.

I'm just saying I don't do it on a nightly basis like you do.

I don't think I'm wired to be able to do that, and my head's letting me know! Laughing

I got another migraine yesterday, not fun.

by Milan655 Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:44 pm

6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas is on now, FIA WEC: http://live.fiawec.com/

Ex-F1 drivers sit 1st-3rd in the GTE Pro class (G.Bruni/G.Fisichella leading B.Senna and K.Kobayashi)

by f1fan12 Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:32 pm

Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?

by RealRacingRoots Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:33 pm

Milan655 wrote:6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas is on now, FIA WEC: http://live.fiawec.com/

Ex-F1 drivers sit 1st-3rd in the GTE Pro class (G.Bruni/G.Fisichella leading B.Senna and K.Kobayashi)

B.Senna and F.Makowiecki end up winning GTE Pro. Great run from the both of them. It looks like after winning the Pokka Suzuka 1000km, Mako has finally stop binning cars all the time to fully utilise his massive amount of speed. Look out for this driver pair in the future, even with the Aston Vantage getting a rather decent boost from the dreaded BOP.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:47 pm

The New Google Chrome should be taken into a dark room be beat-

by JMac525 Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:46 pm

f1fan12 wrote:Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?

I may if I have the time. It's getting really good reviews overall thus far.

by bartman97 Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:26 am

f1fan12 wrote:Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?

I won't have the money to go see it, but I would if I have some.

by **Syzygy** Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:06 am

f1fan12 wrote:Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?

I'm planning on going to see it on Friday with my girlfriend.

by BWard Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:15 am

f1fan12 wrote:Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?

I've seen it, it's just mind-blowing, in a good way.

by RealRacer4 Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:32 pm

So Mercedes came out with a new commercial this week...

And to answer the question about Rush, I'm hoping to go see it this weekend. I pretty much decided I wanted to go see it the moment I found out about its announcement.

EDIT: I found a video that explains what Mercedes is promoting. It's pretty clever what they're trying to do.

by Nascar9fan Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:35 pm

BurningThunder wrote:
f1fan12 wrote:Anyone planning to see RUSH this weekend?
I'm planning on going to see it on Friday with my girlfriend.

Same here (though the day we're going I don't know yet)

by day500champ1 Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:08 pm

Just going to leave this here.

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by Milan655 Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:05 pm

Oh why...

http://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/best-celebrity-pictures/23rd-september-2013/david-beckham-singapore/

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