Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

Beasty

bcmf wrote: »

Holy jaysus! And its not even in Ireland be jaysus. Yorkshire of all places!! Always knew they were a bit 'different' there.

Given you wife did the Great North Run last year I would have thought you would have sussed out Newcastle upon Tyne is not in Yorkshire!

bcmf

Beasty wrote: »

Given you wife did the Great North Run last year I would have thought you would have sussed out Newcastle upon Tyne is not in Yorkshire!

MEH! Yorkshire. Newcastle up Tyneshire. Same difference.
Anyway I didnt go over.

nomdeboardie

Begins as an unremarkable anti-RLJer rant, but a familiar piece of footage brings a twist to the end and a possible new catchphrase on a par with, I dunno, footpad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKU1xOlijqM

Captain Havoc

As to not derail the Breakfast of Champions thread (even though it was a James Hunt badge):

ednwireland

Serious win for a team the size of endura
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-mediterraneen-cycliste-professionnel-2012/stage-4/results

Briton's second stage win secures overall victory

Jon Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) soloed to victory on the final stage and won overall.

Jon Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) stormed up the Col de Garde in a solo effort on a weather-shortened closing stage to win both the final stage and overall title at the Tour Méditerranéen. Daniel Navarro (Saxo Bank) was second on the day, 17 seconds back, with Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) third in the same time.

AstraMonti

Does anyone know a way to track a regirested parcel that went out with anpost to uk? Royalmail does not understand the tracking code and anposts tracking stop in Dublin..

Bunnyhopper

AstraMonti wrote: »

Does anyone know a way to track a regirested parcel that went out with anpost to uk? Royalmail does not understand the tracking code and anposts tracking stop in Dublin..

You could try a few options on here and see if anything works:

http://www.track-trace.com/

AstraMonti

Thanks, nothing worked though.

Slideshowbob

ednwireland wrote: »

Serious win for a team the size of endura
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-mediterraneen-cycliste-professionnel-2012/stage-4/results

Yes absolutely!! quite a few scalps there - well done to the Brits

Hungrycol

Happy Valentines Day

So what you doing for your other half today?

Doctor Bob

Hungrycol wrote: »

So what you doing for your other half today?

My other half is married with two kids- I suspect he has plans with his wife.

Doctor Bob

(I'm a twin.)






Edit: Cripes Vlad- that was quick!

manwithaplan

Garristown and back tonight. I'll ask if she wants to go on the crossbar.

We went out for a meal on saturday night, honest

Morrisseeee

Hungrycol wrote: »

Happy Valentines Day

So what you doing for your other half today?

We're sitting down and watching highlights of last year's Classics & TDF stages, and the full run of stage 19, Alpe d'Huez !!

No, only kiddin, that would be a step too far :pac:

Speaking of stage 19 on the Alpe, here's an interesting video of the fans, even crazier than I thought !

furiousox

Hungrycol wrote: »

Happy Valentines Day
So what you doing for your other half today?

New bar tape, check tyres, might clean and lube the chain too.

Hungrycol

Romance is alive and well I see :rolleyes:

Me? Pizza, vino, some DVD romcom, all her suggestion

Lumen

Hungrycol wrote: »

Romance is alive and well I see :rolleyes:

Me? Pizza, vino, some DVD romcom, all her suggestion

I have a pre-nup agreement which specifically prohibits viewing of "romantic" "comedies". It's in the "no cruelty" section.

RobFowl

Lumen wrote: »

I have a pre-nup agreement which specifically prohibits viewing of "romantic" "comedies". It's in the "no cruelty" section.

I have one of those too, regular unilateral breaches though...

Captain Havoc

Hungrycol wrote: »

Happy Valentines Day



So what you doing for your other half today?

AstraMonti

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Hungrycol

Lumen wrote: »

I have a pre-nup agreement which specifically prohibits viewing of "romantic" "comedies". It's in the "no cruelty" section.

In fairness she watched Warrior with me at the weekend!

Morrisseeee

Hungrycol wrote: »

Romance is alive and well I see :rolleyes:

Me? Pizza, vino, some DVD romcom, all her suggestion

.............and do you get to make any suggestions ??!!

Lumen, you crafty ould bugger, never thought of a pre-nup to cover awkward situations, smart move

On the way home last night from work (with 2 other co-workers), the conversation went as follows:
Tom: "So, Jim, will you do anything romantic for the auld wan tomorrow?"
Jim: "Not really, just the usual, but it's unfortunate that she's working nights, wink wink"
Tom: "So will you leave something out for her in the morning, so as to surprise her when she gets home?"
Me: ".....yeah.................the washing !!"
Ok ok I'll get me coat......

Miklos

I'm going for a ride and I think I might take a spin later on. :P

furiousox

Just heard this on Radio Nova..

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I have a knife
Get in the van

AstraMonti

Quick question, are the Look keo cleats compatible across the whole range, from Keo easy to blade?

Lumen

Lumen wrote: »

I have a pre-nup agreement which specifically prohibits viewing of "romantic" "comedies". It's in the "no cruelty" section.

Hungrycol wrote: »

In fairness she watched Warrior with me at the weekend!

WTF? Why are you watching movies with my wife? She said she went to stay with her mother last weekend...

Beasty

Lumen wrote: »

WTF? Why are you watching movies with my wife? She said she went to stay with her mother last weekend...

... her mother was watching movies with the Captain, apparently ...

Hungrycol

Lumen wrote: »

WTF? Why are you watching movies with my wife? She said she went to stay with her mother last weekend...

What can I say, it was her suggestion. She wanna visit the house of looove.

manwithaplan

furiousox wrote: »

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I have a knife
Get in the van

That's one of our favourite roleplays. She said she was sick of re-enacting "An Officer and a Gentleman".

furiousox

For all you romantics out there, don't forget 'Metal Evolution' which continues tonight on Sky Arts at 9pm.

In Episode 7 of Metal Evolution, Sam explores grunge, a.k.a. the Seattle Sound, from a decidedly fresher approach, inspiring two fundamental questions: “Why did grunge polarize the Metal community?” and “What are the true roots of grunge?"

tomasrojo

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Begins as an unremarkable anti-RLJer rant, but a familiar piece of footage brings a twist to the end and a possible new catchphrase on a par with, I dunno, footpad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKU1xOlijqM

Ross Noble was poor on that, in all the rounds. His comment about African dancers in their coconut bras was a bit "Bernard Manning" too.

Super Freak

^Who's that girl??^

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

AstraMonti

Super Freak wrote: »

^Who's that girl??^

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Jamelia Niela Davis

cdaly_

AstraMonti wrote: »

Super Freak wrote: »

^Who's that girl??^

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Jamelia Niela Davis

Oh, I thought it was Germaine Greer...

ednwireland

http://www.dialledbikes.com/products/mtb/prince-albert.php

rofl

Darkglasses

Completed a cycle from Harold's X up to Howth and back. Saw a lot of serious roadies, but I bet none of them felt as proud as I did when I got home, my hardest spin so far .

tomasrojo

I don't know how many times I've seen the Amazon logo and I've only just realised that it contains an implicit boast that they stock everything, from 'a' to 'z'.



Is this widely known, and the penny just dropped very slowly for me?

Kintarō Hattori

tomasrojo wrote: »

I don't know how many times I've seen the Amazon logo and I've only just realised that it contains an implicit boast that they stock everything, from 'a' to 'z'.

Is this widely known, and the penny just dropped very slowly for me?

No it would appear that I'm also an idiot. Thanks for pointing it out!

DirkVoodoo

tomasrojo wrote: »

I don't know how many times I've seen the Amazon logo and I've only just realised that it contains an implicit boast that they stock everything, from 'a' to 'z'.



Is this widely known, and the penny just dropped very slowly for me?

Jeez, that has to be one of the more obvious ones. Funny though, I was just reading a list of some of the better ones yesterday. Not included on this list here:

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/07/top-20-logos-with-hidden-meanings/

Is one of my favourite ones:

tomasrojo

In that case, I saw the warrior profile before I saw the golfer. Very nicely done.

(To be fair to me, it's not as if I've sat down daily over the last ten years with a print-out of the Amazon logo on my desk, my brow furrowed as I attempt to decipher the meaning of the arrow. I just never gave it a second thought before today. Much like the Dublin Bus logo; took me quite a while to notice that it contains not only a castle motif, but also a stylised DB.)

Hungrycol

tomasrojo wrote: »

I don't know how many times I've seen the Amazon logo and I've only just realised that it contains an implicit boast that they stock everything, from 'a' to 'z'.

Including your Ma!

Zipp101

Pretty accurate summation :

Lusk Doyle

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

tomasrojo wrote: »

I don't know how many times I've seen the Amazon logo and I've only just realised that it contains an implicit boast that they stock everything, from 'a' to 'z'.



Is this widely known, and the penny just dropped very slowly for me?

Jeez, that has to be one of the more obvious ones. Funny though, I was just reading a list of some of the better ones yesterday. Not included on this list here:

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/07/top-20-logos-with-hidden-meanings/

Is one of my favourite ones:

That's fairly cool the helmet one.

tomasrojo

The FedEx logo is quite clever too. Spot the hidden arrow (of course, again, maybe everyone noticed it years ago, and I'm behind the curve again).

bcmf

tomasrojo wrote: »

The FedEx logo is quite clever too. Spot the hidden arrow (of course, again, maybe everyone noticed it years ago, and I'm behind the curve again).

Its so well hidden I cant see it
Anyway whats the point of a hidden arrow!

tomasrojo

The lower part of the orange 'E' and the 'x'.

The reason for it, sort of, is discussed here:
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php

niceonetom

No Spartan would play golf.

AstraMonti

niceonetom wrote: »

No Spartan would play golf.

True enough. It would be funny to go to Sparta dressed as a golfer. You 'd give them the laugh of their life. The closer thing that they know close to golf club would be the shepherd's crook (ok maybe in the villages around the town of Spart.. )

petethedrummer

I wouldn't be surprised to see them playing golf in Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

Hungrycol

Is it an American golf club? Just that the golfer in it seems to have a rather large belly in the logo .