Lady Elanore

Ringtons tea

It looks like Kay Burley having a bad hair day

You just knew curiosity would get the better of me didn't you! The only good thing about it, is it is apparently endangered. It certainly would be if it came around here!!!!

I'm not a fan of creepy crawlies. Rob used to post photos of Wetas. This ginormous killer attack beetle monster thing. Made my blood run cold. Look them up, they rule New Zealand under a cloud of terror

I think it's a bit harsh to say the Producer (more likely an Editor would make any production calls) is to blame for the time it took Lance to move, or the length of the shot. Don't forget that F1s host broadcaster will almost certainly have live and up-to-date info, which may well include radio talkback from lanes car or pits.

Well that had a few surprises. Not least Mr Hamilton apparently having accidentally knocked his "Magic" button and setting the 'warming up the brakes' switch to 'ON' just before the restart! Ooops!

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" !

They make good money over here those Quattro-y things https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2021-auctions/spring-live-online-sale-2021/spring-live-online-auction-2021/cars/1990-audi-quattro-20v

I was working all day so had the GP to watch when I got back in the evening. I already had heard the result, but this normally doesn't dissuade me from a viewing...except as it was Monaco. I just hit delete and went straight to bed. I love the location and the tunnel is always interesting, but the race in the dry leaves me cold with the big F1 cars of today. I enjoy the qualifying and a wet race race there however

I might have a lager with my pie...or perhaps a pot of tea??

It was meant as a joke. At least I hope so

It's sad to think of the great sponsorship liveries like Martini, Rothmans and Gulf, will soon be replaced with the likes of Duracell, Varta and Exide (well perhaps )

Wow! That's some trip. Looks fantastic, as does Rusty. If I was one of the others there I would hate you!!! Reckon you upstaged every car at the meet (well Rusty did ) Btw on your list, I see the first word is Jack. Is that a human being that you are prone to forget, or the mechanical lifting apparatus.

Can I have a chicken and leak pie please? with lots of gravy

Maybe his disparaging remarks about Hamilton and how his 7 world titles should be attributed to his car won't help his cause. Norris comes across as a bit of a kn0b imho. Seems quick though and has the coolest name on the grid (if you discount Mick Schumacher who wins that competition because of his family name)

Does that come with gravy?

Virtual peas and carrots are optional

Are you saying Gasly will push Ocon out? Doesn't speak too well for Ocon if that's the case regardless of whether Gasly can bring big bucks or not. I'll have a virtual wager with you, of a virtual 'pie and chips' (with gravy) that Russell will get the seat over Gasly

I can't really see Max knocking on Toto's door (he probably has a door bell anyway). Russell has been tooling around in an awful car and has showed he can drive, not just in the MB stint he had. Talent shines through no matter what imho and for me, he is a natural fit in the MB team. Also jumping into a car he doesn't know intimately and leading the man who occasionally beats LH in that same machine, showed a bit or promise. Be interesting to see how tied Ocon is to his national team and whether the fact that Toto's farming Russell out to Williams (who of course use MB engines) was his way of biding time for the second seat option at MB to be available

I didn't hear anything said by Mr W, but my thinking is that as his manager and the recent excellent showing in the Merc it's a pretty good start for Russell. Plus he is performing comparatively well in a rather weak Williams. Ocon has a similar successful history to Russell, coming into F1, but he does seem to get involved with a lot of run ins with team mates and others on the track. I doubt the second MB seat is nailed on for any driver (literally or figuratively). If Max knocked on Toto's door and said "let me drive for you next season please", Toto may well invite him in for a cup of tea and a biscuit

I'm thinking Mercedes will hang on to Bottas until the end of the season and Hamilton will want to stay one more season to either win a 9th or possibly an 8th title. I think he fancies beating Verstappen in similar machinery to silence some of his doubters. This would be doubly impressive as he is no spring chicken

Spoiler alert!!!!! Congratulations to Mercedes and the Haminator. Perfect strategy separated Mercedes and Red Bull today as far as I can see. The most interesting thing I took from the race was Bottas holding Lewis up a little even though he had been told that Lewis was 'on a different strategy and going for the win' (something Bottas was unlikely to be able to match). My take from this is that Bottas is feeling a bit grumpy, imposing himself a little and to the teams potential detriment and it opens the door for Russell to move into the team next season as a natural fit. Lewis probably only has this and perhaps one more season at the top of his game I reckon and although Bottas is quick, he isn't premier A++ quick, something that Russell perhaps is, or at least A+ quick if you see what I mean. So for me, it's Hamilton and Russell at Merc next season, with Russell taking over as lead driver the year after if all goes well.

My speakers love me without feeding them biscuits, they say I can eat all the biscuits myself (speakers are like that ) I might try them on cheeseburgers though?

I went for the Roksan K3 Power amp in the end. I think the last 3 receivers I've owned have been between 10+kg My Onkyo 906 weighed 24 kg! Bit of a beast, but was killed in a thunderstorm, along with my plasma telly (surge protection mains strip was bugger all use as far as I can see) My old EPOS M22s (a small floorstander) were around 17kg and my Epos sub weighs around 20kg. Ideally everything would weigh more

So I have bought a new power amp with a chuffing huge old school toroidal power supply, which will be used for work (it has XLR inputs) as well at home. I reckon I can put part of their cost through whats left of my business account. Astonishing difference what a properly built British designed (and 'built' I believe) amp can make. My tricky front speakers have so much more bottom end I'm going to have to dial it back several dbs! Mind you, the amp can produce 220 watts into a 4ohm impedance (my speakers can go down to just below 2 ohms. Now playing all sort of old rubbish I haven't listened to in years at the moment and falling in love again 😂 I should add I have continued in buying hifi by weight with this, as it’s too heavy to lift with one hand (not helped by the big round lump of metal at one side ) around 14kg I think