The 'just nipping out for a while' thread

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 26 Mar 2013, 13:22

Wizzie wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:Also, the F1RGP2C is starting up again with that Arrows open test session that I mentioned months ago. That being said, I will have limited access to the Internet from Wednesday through Friday, so this next raft of updates will be followed by a short break.

Huzzah! I'm pumped for the inevitable MCLARENWINSLOL that 1998 will be

Now watch as we slump to one of the easiest ROTY awards on record

I'm also looking forward to James Davies wiping the floor with everyone like he's been threatening to do since he joined McLaren.

Post by **Ataxia** » 26 Mar 2013, 22:03

My last post was the byproduct of a rather depressive night. I was tired, I was annoyed, and I made the snap decision to leave here.

It was all going fine for a day; I had work to do and wasn't getting particularly distracted. Today, however, I was ill and decided to keep an eye on proceedings. And I miss the camaraderie.

Please, please baby...will you take me back?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 26 Mar 2013, 23:29

Ataxia [BacLettNinj] wrote:Please, please baby...will you take me back?

I suppose so, but only because you asked so nicely.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 27 Mar 2013, 01:27

Ataxia [BacLettNinj] wrote:My last post was the byproduct of a rather depressive night. I was tired, I was annoyed, and I made the snap decision to leave here.

It was all going fine for a day; I had work to do and wasn't getting particularly distracted. Today, however, I was ill and decided to keep an eye on proceedings. And I miss the camaraderie.

Please, please baby...will you take me back?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 27 Mar 2013, 22:08

Would just like to say how very humbled I've just felt after reading all the messages in this thread. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. I'd also like to say that what I have is not life-threatening, but it's certainly something that changes a man. Put it this way, I have two at the moment, but soon to lose one. So you could probably imagine how I'm feeling.

Anyway, enough about my problems you probably don't want to hear me witter on :lol:

As for my involvement in the PMMF, I'll take the time soon to write up a bloody long post in the 'silly season' thread explaining recent changes to the F1 team, the F2 line-up and other things with the F3 and RDS series.

Also to a certain member who controls a certain driver in F1RWRS, I haven't forgotten our emails and will announce that soon as well.

I'll probably next speak to you all during the Chinese GP chat room. See ya then.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Mar 2013, 23:50

AdrianSutil wrote:Would just like to say how very humbled I've just felt after reading all the messages in this thread. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. I'd also like to say that what I have is not life-threatening, but it's certainly something that changes a man. Put it this way, I have two at the moment, but soon to lose one. So you could probably imagine how I'm feeling.

So you're losing a nostril then. Yeah, I imagine that will be tough to come to terms with, only having one nostril will make you look odd when you look in the mirror while you're shaving, and one less nostril to be picking while sat at a red light in traffic...

And yes, I know you're probably talking able something else, which none of us would wish to. Hope the removal will be a success in its purpose, and that the recovery is smooth...

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 29 Mar 2013, 09:21

I'm away until Monday, but I'm only involved in the Rallycross series. See you all after the weekend!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 29 Mar 2013, 09:40

Ataxia [BacLettNinj] wrote:Please, please baby...will you take me back?

"Now look, young man. You go stealing the words of my note to my ex-second-in-command without grovelling in my office first and I'll jump right out of the grave and do to you what I did to Roy Keane. Now stand up straight and get yer 'air cut."

I'm right. Aren't I?

Post by **Ataxia** » 29 Mar 2013, 09:51

dinizintheoven wrote:
Ataxia [BacLettNinj] wrote:Please, please baby...will you take me back?

"Now look, young man. You go stealing the words of my note to my ex-second-in-command without grovelling in my office first and I'll jump right out of the grave and do to you what I did to Roy Keane. Now stand up straight and get yer 'air cut."

I'm right. Aren't I?

"We talked about it for 20 minutes, and then decided that dinizintheoven was right."

Yes.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 29 Mar 2013, 14:44

"I wouldn't say I was the best poster on F1 Rejects, but I'd say I was in the top one."

(I wonder what all the internationals will make of this? Hopefully Old Big 'Ead's reputation has spread round the world to places where "football" involves a ball that someone's sat on, huge Y-shaped posts and more padding than a press release by Ron Dennis...)

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 29 Mar 2013, 16:14

What would happen to F1RDS?

Post by **Ataxia** » 29 Mar 2013, 20:09

FMecha wrote:What would happen to F1RDS?

I would have come back to run it anyway, I'm not a complete monster.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Apr 2013, 15:30

Just to say I won't be on as often during weekdays as I am now on an 8-week uni placement, and having a 9-5, 5-day-a-week placement while keeping up a student lifestyle leaves little online time...

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 14 Apr 2013, 17:25

dr-baker wrote:Just to say I won't be on as often during weekdays as I am now on an 8-week uni placement, and having a 9-5, 5-day-a-week placement while keeping up a student lifestyle leaves little online time...

Ha! Join the rest of us mate!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 17 Apr 2013, 19:36

AndreaModa wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Just to say I won't be on as often during weekdays as I am now on an 8-week uni placement, and having a 9-5, 5-day-a-week placement while keeping up a student lifestyle leaves little online time...

Ha! Join the rest of us mate!

Actually, although I still don't have time to get online as much, this placement has been much easier (so far...) than my previous two, simply because my current place has car parking so I can drive and no longer have to use public transport! Reducing commuting time from 105 minutes down to 50-60 minutes really is a blessing...

Post by **Nuppiz** » 24 Apr 2013, 18:37

I won't be at home from Thursday morning to Sunday evening. During this time I can probably access the internet at least once or twice, but obviously it'll be limited to general forum use only (so no livery previews or anything).

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 26 Apr 2013, 08:18

From tomorrow (27th April) to 8th May I will be in New York, in the unlikely event I'm needed for anything

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 26 Apr 2013, 14:29

I am likely to be disappearing for a week, very soon. Douglas Mann and The F1 Rejects Pippa Mann will approve.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 26 Apr 2013, 18:54

dinizintheoven wrote:I am likely to be disappearing for a week, very soon. Douglas Mann and The F1 Rejects Pippa Mann will approve.

This means one of two things, and a certain dr-baker may not like the sound of one of them!

So it's either a nice trip to the Isle of Man or a sensationalist, widely publicised incestuous relationship! :lol:

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 27 Apr 2013, 07:40

I'm away for the weekend to Groezrock, a punkrock and hardcore festival, so chances are high that alcohol will be flowing richly 8-)

so you might not see me back before monday. You know, just like we have here with 'F1 deprivation' there's also some kind of 'festival season deprivation', and traditionally for me, this is the start of that season!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 27 Apr 2013, 14:00

AndreaModa wrote:
dinizintheoven wrote:I am likely to be disappearing for a week, very soon. Douglas Mann and The F1 Rejects Pippa Mann will approve.

This means one of two things, and a certain dr-baker may not like the sound of one of them!
So it's either a nice trip to the Isle of Man or a sensationalist, widely publicised incestuous relationship!

The first of these. Though, with some thought, I've now put that back to the beginning of July so I can catch Tynwald Day while it happens - it's a Bank Holiday in the IOM with something to do, as opposed to the trip I was going to make from 2nd-6th May which includes the May Day Bank Holiday instead, where I may find everything around me is closed.

Instead, I'll be going to the Lake District to start a project I've had in the pipeline for a while. Old Corpse Road are some good pals of mine, and I've made it my plan to visit every one of the places they've mentioned in their lyrics. This will take me in and around their native Darlington, it will take me to Cornwall and the not-so-far South West, it will take me to Wales and Ireland, and also (I think) somewhere around the Kent-Sussex area. But there are three places I have to visit in the Lake District that they've written their lyrics about, and if anyone can identify which three places I'll be going to, the reward will be a high-ranked garage in the Bathurst Enduro.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Apr 2013, 20:33

I'm likely to be going out to the Isle of Man myself sometime between 7th and 12th July for a month...

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 27 Apr 2013, 22:02

dr-baker wrote:I'm likely to be going out to the Isle of Man myself sometime between 7th and 12th July for a month...

You'll catch the Southern 100 then won't you? Make sure you get along to one of the race days, absolutely cracking stuff when I was there a couple of years ago, get down to where the grid forms up and you'll end up having the race winning bikes and riders being wheeled around you to get onto the podium!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Apr 2013, 18:41

AndreaModa wrote:
dr-baker wrote:I'm likely to be going out to the Isle of Man myself sometime between 7th and 12th July for a month...

You'll catch the Southern 100 then won't you? Make sure you get along to one of the race days, absolutely cracking stuff when I was there a couple of years ago, get down to where the grid forms up and you'll end up having the race winning bikes and riders being wheeled around you to get onto the podium!

I know that the TT races are in a month from now, but I forgot about the Southern 100... Definitely on the to-do list now.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 29 Apr 2013, 21:37

dr-baker wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:
dr-baker wrote:I'm likely to be going out to the Isle of Man myself sometime between 7th and 12th July for a month...

You'll catch the Southern 100 then won't you? Make sure you get along to one of the race days, absolutely cracking stuff when I was there a couple of years ago, get down to where the grid forms up and you'll end up having the race winning bikes and riders being wheeled around you to get onto the podium!

I know that the TT races are in a month from now, but I forgot about the Southern 100... Definitely on the to-do list now.

In one sense it's far better than the TT simply because there's only about 2% of the people there compared to those that come to see the TT. You can pretty much walk round the whole paddock as well if you fancy it, security is pretty lax! :lol:

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 30 Apr 2013, 03:10

I probably won't be on the forums every weekend until possibly the middle of June when my racing schedule clears up a little bit. I'll still be on the forums during the week.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 01 May 2013, 19:45

AndreaModa wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:You'll catch the Southern 100 then won't you? Make sure you get along to one of the race days, absolutely cracking stuff when I was there a couple of years ago, get down to where the grid forms up and you'll end up having the race winning bikes and riders being wheeled around you to get onto the podium!

I know that the TT races are in a month from now, but I forgot about the Southern 100... Definitely on the to-do list now.

In one sense it's far better than the TT simply because there's only about 2% of the people there compared to those that come to see the TT. You can pretty much walk round the whole paddock as well if you fancy it, security is pretty lax!

Nice... I looked the track up recently, and realised that the startline is probably a walking distance from Castletown station, so I could even maybe catch a steam train to the track!

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 01 May 2013, 20:18

Possibly, though I seem to remember the races being towards late afternoon/early evening though I could be wrong. If that is the case though, you'd likely get caught out trying to get back because the steam trains only run until about 5-6ish I think.

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 01 May 2013, 22:23

I've not been on much recently, and may well be on less in the coming weeks. Anything that needs my attention, please please email me, I don't want to miss anything even if I can't get on the forums very often.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 23 May 2013, 19:03

Am I imagining things, or has pasta been absent for a while now? There's nothing written here so I presume it wasn't a planned absence...

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 23 May 2013, 19:07

Stramala wrote:Am I imagining things, or has pasta been absent for a while now? There's nothing written here so I presume it wasn't a planned absence...

He last posted 5 days ago, but his last visit was today so nothing to worry about.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 23 May 2013, 19:12

Stramala wrote:Am I imagining things, or has pasta been absent for a while now? There's nothing written here so I presume it wasn't a planned absence...

I think he's still in high school, so he's probably swamped with exams and exam prep at this time.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 23 May 2013, 21:17

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Stramala wrote:Am I imagining things, or has pasta been absent for a while now? There's nothing written here so I presume it wasn't a planned absence...

I think he's still in high school, so he's probably swamped with exams and exam prep at this time.

Same here, good luck with the exams pasta.
I had a textiles exam yesterday and that was bloody hard

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 23 May 2013, 21:25

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Stramala wrote:Am I imagining things, or has pasta been absent for a while now? There's nothing written here so I presume it wasn't a planned absence...

I think he's still in high school, so he's probably swamped with exams and exam prep at this time.

Still here guys! As usual I've been following goings on but I am studying for exams, so that has been taking up quite a lot of my exams. Things should be a bit less hectic in the next 2-3 weeks so expect a bit more activity then

Post by **Londoner** » 23 May 2013, 21:40

I should probably announce now that I won't be here much after the Monaco race until about mid-June. Six more exams to go, and hopefully I might get to university.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 23 May 2013, 21:45

East Londoner wrote:I should probably announce now that I won't be here much after the Monaco race until about mid-June. Six more exams to go, and hopefully I might get to university.

Yikes. Makes the Scottish system look pretty decent in comparison. Exam season is over by the end of May up here

Post by **Ataxia** » 23 May 2013, 22:00

East Londoner wrote:I should probably announce now that I won't be here much after the Monaco race until about mid-June. Six more exams to go, and hopefully I might get to university.

Just keep your head and you'll be fine, bro. As for uni...even I somehow got in, so I guess you'll be fine on that front.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 23 May 2013, 22:15

I'd personally be more worried for Aerond. He's last visited the forums exactly 11 days ago, and while I think he did mention that he'd be busy for some time, I didn't think he would be so busy as to not even being able to come to the forum at all.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 23 May 2013, 22:19

Nuppiz wrote:I'd personally be more worried for Aerond. He's last visited the forums exactly 11 days ago, and while I think he did mention that he'd be busy for some time, I didn't think he would be so busy as to not even being able to come to the forum at all.

Oh crap.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 23 May 2013, 22:35

Nuppiz wrote:I'd personally be more worried for Aerond. He's last visited the forums exactly 11 days ago, and while I think he did mention that he'd be busy for some time, I didn't think he would be so busy as to not even being able to come to the forum at all.

I can believe it tbh. If I was in his position I'd probably stop visiting the internet altogether for a while. :lol: