Top Gear

On 12/11/2007 20:31, Adam Lea said,

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I am surprised the speedboat didn't win. What is the speed limit along the
Thames?

That was the catch. It was something like 9mph until a certain bridge,
then unlimited. JC was belting along at 75mph once unfettered, but the
river has a few twists and turns in it apparently, which added a lot of
mileage.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

icogs said:

Jan said:

Wednesday BBC2 7pm

Jan

Or from the BBC's own BBCi Player download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Typical BBC!

"Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following

* Windows XP
* Internet Explorer 6 (or later)
* Windows Media Player 10 (or later)"

So anyone on not wedded to Micro$oft is excluded. Thank god the
restriction wasn't to Vista.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

Sense is not cognition but sensation. (Douglas Robinson)

Don Whybrow said:

icogs wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Or from the BBC's own BBCi Player download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Typical BBC!

"Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following

* Windows XP
* Internet Explorer 6 (or later)
* Windows Media Player 10 (or later)"

So anyone on not wedded to Micro$oft is excluded. Thank god the
restriction wasn't to Vista.

The Beeb have claimed that they will open up to other platforms when
they go for a full launch.

cheers,
Luke

--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

Ekul Namsob said:

Don Whybrow said:

icogs wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Or from the BBC's own BBCi Player download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Typical BBC!

"Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following

* Windows XP
* Internet Explorer 6 (or later)
* Windows Media Player 10 (or later)"

So anyone on not wedded to Micro$oft is excluded. Thank god the
restriction wasn't to Vista.

The Beeb have claimed that they will open up to other platforms when
they go for a full launch.

Yes, but they also claimed that their site was only accessed by 600 Linux
users, which seems unlikely because I know 4 of them personally. They
later shamefacedly revised that to something like 90,000.

Norbert

In article <[email hidden]>, marc
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Paul Boyd said:

Coyoteboy said the following on 12/11/2007 13:26:

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I'm a petrol head (and a cyclist - multiple personality disorder?) and
I dont find her attractive at all. In fact I find her quite irritating.

You heretic, you! :-)

That's me as well then, why they have to use that airhead rather than
somone that CAN drive as well as talk such as Penny Mallory is beyond me!

How about Sabine Schmitz? She's funny. :-)

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What is the WW by the way?

I assumed Woolly Wonder (Clarkson), but I could be mistaken. :-)

In news:[email hidden],
Pete Biggs <[email hidden]> tweaked the
Babbage-Engine to tell us:

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I thought Hammond did pretty well except for his anger towards buses
- as if he'd never seen a bus before.

Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
The System is well pleased with this Unit's performance, which
falls within expected parameters.

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[email hidden]>, Ekul Namsob
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What is the WW by the way?

I assumed Woolly Wonder (Clarkson), but I could be mistaken. :-)

Almost right but the second word has a k in it and is less complimentary
;-)

--
Tony

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has
taken place"
George Bernard Shaw

In article <[email hidden]>, Don Whybrow
<[email hidden]> writes

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Typical BBC!

"Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following

* Windows XP
* Internet Explorer 6 (or later)
* Windows Media Player 10 (or later)"

I switched from Firefox to IE6, but then got

'Sorry, we're having a few technical problems'

as I tried to register.
--
congokid
Eating out in London? Read my tips...
http://congokid.com

In article <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch
<[email hidden]> writes

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It was a race between 4 modes of transport from Kew Bridge to London
City Airport. The contestants were Hammond on a bike, James May in a
Chelsea Tractor, Clarkson in a power boat going along the Thames (though
limited speed until Wandsworth bridge, according to Thames navigation
rules), and The Stig on public transport.

A few years back the Evening Standard did something similar (and I think
there have been several other such challenges before that), but the
distance was only a couple of miles or so in the West End area. Not
completely sure, but taking part were a bus, bike and taxi, and possible
a motorbike.

Either the motorbike or bicycle won, though for some reason the route
included a section that buses don't normally take (possible Pall Mall).
--
congokid
Eating out in London? Read my tips...
http://congokid.com

Don Whybrow said:

icogs said:

Jan said:

Wednesday BBC2 7pm

Jan

Or from the BBC's own BBCi Player download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Typical BBC!

"Sorry - to use the BBC iPlayer you need the following

* Windows XP
* Internet Explorer 6 (or later)
* Windows Media Player 10 (or later)"

The Pirate Bay doesn't restrict you to Windows only. Since I pay my TV
license, I see nothing wrong in getting a BBC programme that I've missed
from a torrent on The Pirate Bay.

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid.

Dave Larrington said:

In news:[email hidden],
Pete Biggs <[email hidden]> tweaked the
Babbage-Engine to tell us:

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I thought Hammond did pretty well except for his anger towards buses
- as if he'd never seen a bus before.

Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

Especially when you've seen what they do before. I think Hamster has
done this cycling thing before. I doubt whether the Beeb's insurers
would have insured Clarkson to ride.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington
[email hidden] says...

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Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like bad
weather, and get on with life?

In news:[email hidden],
Rob Morley <[email hidden]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

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In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington
[email hidden] says...

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Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like
bad weather, and get on with life?

Bad weather, in London at least, is unlikely to prove fatal?

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Three blind mice, see how they run. Is this /really/ the best
way to test shampoo?

In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington
[email hidden] says...

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In news:[email hidden],
Rob Morley <[email hidden]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like
bad weather, and get on with life?

Bad weather, in London at least, is unlikely to prove fatal?

Apparently about 5 people are killed by lightning each year in the UK,
and we get the occasional hurricane/tornado fatality, but there are less
newsworthy weather-related deaths caused by heat, cold, wind, flooding -
people don't seem to get particularly angry about those. I wonder in
how many deaths does traffic /stress/ as opposed to physical danger
play a significant part.

Dave Larrington said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like
bad weather, and get on with life?

Bad weather, in London at least, is unlikely to prove fatal?

You can be unaccepting of their current behaviour by for example
campaigning for an improvement whilst accepting current reality and get
on with it when you're out there.

Shouting at bus drivers not only is unlikely to educate them, it further
sours up the already poor tolerance between various road users. And not
least it sours up the pleasurable experience that cycling otherwise can
be (yes even when commuting).

--
Membrane

Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington
[email hidden] says...

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Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(

But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like bad
weather, and get on with life?

In this case "just getting on with life" involved carrying on trying to
ride a race, which was difficult because of the buses...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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I think Hamster has

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done this cycling thing before.

I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that Hammond is actually a very keen
cyclist - tho' the TG boys keep it quiet for obvious reasons.

Membrane said:

Dave Larrington said:

Quoted message said:

> Anger towards buses is London is a perfectly normal reaction :-(
>
But so unhealthy. Why not just accept them as an inconvenience like
bad weather, and get on with life?

Bad weather, in London at least, is unlikely to prove fatal?

You can be unaccepting of their current behaviour by for example
campaigning for an improvement whilst accepting current reality and get
on with it when you're out there.

Shouting at bus drivers not only is unlikely to educate them, it further
sours up the already poor tolerance between various road users.

But it does make for good TV, and if I was campaigning for better
facilities in London I would be sure to use the TG clip as an example.

Tony Raven said:

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In article <1i7h34p.g1vp0v157nx5yN%
[email hidden]>, Ekul Namsob
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What is the WW by the way?

I assumed Woolly Wonder (Clarkson), but I could be mistaken. :-)

Almost right but the second word has a k in it and is less complimentary
;-)

I never knew he was in the Ramblers Association.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

Some people have one of those days. I have one of those lives.