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Is it just me or is the Indy Car thing so completely facile? Go straight, turn left, go go go, turn left, go go go...

surely that's how you decide who's very good at ... turning left?

First I heard of Idiot-Savant's blog was about this time of year. I…

]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 09:44:35 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=52032#post52032 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=52032#post52032 Prime sez:

Please be assured that Prime are screening full unedited episodes of the new season of Top Gear. However the new season is slightly different to the 'original' BBC form as the BBC edit their international version down slightly.

]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 04:25:28 +1200 Nick D'Angelo https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=52031#post52031 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=52031#post52031 And some of the plotlines in Sunday's Ugly Betty ep advanced pretty quickly too. It won't be long before everyone just gets their TV off the web.
(oh, ... already happening)

]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 02:25:26 +1200 Susannah Shepherd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51968#post51968 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51968#post51968

I have a sneaking suspicion that Prime is now trimming Top Gear to fit in the astonishing number of ad breaks they have.

And the swine have started to do it to Terry Jones too. There were a couple of complete non-sequiturs in Barbarians the other night where bits seem…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 22:00:55 +1200 Bob Munro https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51962#post51962 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51962#post51962

did enjoy this week's Top Gear with the 24-hour endurance race. That was very interesting, although I have a sneaking suspicion that Prime is now trimming Top Gear to fit in the astonishing number of ad breaks they have.

Yes I noticed that too. It was like there should have…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:53 +1200 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51961#post51961 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51961#post51961 Paul Brislen

To the Torrents!

What?....on Vodafone's data charges? ;-)

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 20:32:36 +1200 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51960#post51960 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51960#post51960 Paul Brislen

To the Torrents!

What?....on Vodafone's data charges? ;-)

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 20:32:35 +1200 Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51953#post51953 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51953#post51953 It has been a slow news day for about a week now... quite odd really.

I do like motor racing, I do... but the Indy seems so very tedious. In the end I think it comes down to the drivers' ability to maintain their focus for 800 laps.

I did…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 19:54:28 +1200 Nick D'Angelo https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51929#post51929 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51929#post51929 tomorrow's headline today ...

Vodafone Exec Slams Dixon Success

Not quite up there with Phil Goff, but if it's a slow news day!

:)

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 16:07:38 +1200 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51897#post51897 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51897#post51897 I'm really proud of what Scott Dixon has acheived, and I dont want to take away from that..... but to become "the equal" of Bruce McLaren.... you dont just have to win important races, but design and make your own championship winning cars...

Only a Bruce and Brabham have managed…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:59 +1200 Bob Munro https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51891#post51891 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51891#post51891 Scott Dixon was just trying to drive ‘green’.

"I was trying to save fuel and just see how the car was in traffic," he said.

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 12:33:58 +1200 Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51890#post51890 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51890#post51890 Is it just me or is the Indy Car thing so completely facile? Go straight, turn left, go go go, turn left, go go go...

surely that's how you decide who's very good at ... turning left?

(I'm not a Formula 1 fan either but I do enjoy rally driving)

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 12:30:30 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51888#post51888 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51888#post51888

If he's up there with Bruce McLaren, does he now get an intermediate school in Auckland named after him?

How about a school on Outrageous Fortune? They're great at naming schools.

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 12:20:06 +1200 noizyboy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51883#post51883 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51883#post51883

Was Scott Dixon making a point about the price of milk? Milk = Gas?

I asked the same question, and received an answer, here.

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 11:53:17 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51879#post51879 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51879#post51879 If he's up there with Bruce McLaren, does he now get an intermediate school in Auckland named after him?I wouldn't mind but it could be a message of encouragement for more "boy racers";-) I felt glad for him also.Nice way to start Monday morning. ]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 11:17:54 +1200 Graham Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51876#post51876 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51876#post51876 I'm not a motor racing guy at all but driving cautiously to work today (yep, cheaper to drive and get earlybird parking than take the uncertain public transport allegedly available) I ws chuffed for Dixon — and a thought immediately occured.
If he's up there with Bruce McLaren, does he…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 11:05:24 +1200 Julian Melville https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51873#post51873 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51873#post51873 The winner of the Indy 500 always drinks a pint of milk, because Indiana is a big dairy area. Except the year that Emerson Fittipaldi won, because he's vegan. He drank orange juice instead.

The Indycar series uses plant-sourced ethanol as fuel since last year, not fossil fuels (not directly,…

]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 10:58:09 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51870#post51870 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51870#post51870 Mon, 26 May 2008 10:43:39 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51869#post51869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-gassed-up/?p=51869#post51869 Discussion from blog post.

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