Andy

Did you have hair back then?

Won't last for long, but photo of Dougie on front page of Sky news wesbite now http://news.sky.com/skynews/home

Another techie tip from Beta UK 4T_Rev_3_hot_start_mod.pdf

The short answer? No!

Dear Minister, I'm in the process of renewing my passport but I am a total loss to understand or believe the hoops I am being asked to jump through. How is it that Bert Smith of T.V. Rentals Basingstoke has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a satellite dish from them back in 1994, and yet, the Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date? How come that nice West African immigrant chappy who comes round every Thursday night with his DVD rentals van can tell me every film or video I have had out since he started his business up eleven years ago, yet you still want me to remind you of my last three jobs, two of which were with contractors working for the government? How come the T.V. detector van can tell if my T.V. is on, what channel I am watching and whether I have paid my licence or not, and yet if I win the government run lottery they have no idea I have won or where I am and will keep the bloody money to themselves if I fail to claim in good time. Do you people do this by hand? You have my birth date on numerous files you hold on me, including the one with all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30-odd years. It's on my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last four passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes and boats over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done every ten years and the electoral registration forms I have to complete, by law, every time our lords and masters are up for re-election. Would somebody please take note, once and for all, I was born in Maidenhead on the 4th of March 1957, my mother's name is Mary, her maiden name was Reynolds, my father's name is Robert, and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and the day I die! I apologise Minister. I'm obviously not myself this morning. But between you and me, I have simply had enough! You mail the application to my house, then you ask me for my address. What is going on? Do you have a gang of Neanderthals working there? Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to activate the Fifth Reich for God's sake! I just want to go and park my weary backside on a sunny, sandy beach for a couple of week's well-earned rest away from all this crap. Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to back to Salisbury and get another copy of my birth certificate because you lost the last one. AND to the tune of 60 quid! What a racket THAT is!! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day? But nooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some tosser to confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture - you know... the one where we're not allowed to smile in in case we look as if we are enjoying the process! Hey, you know why we can't smile? 'Cause we're totally jacked off! I served in the armed forces for more than 25 years including over ten years at the Ministry of Defence in London. I have had security clearances which allowed me to sit in the Cabinet Office, five seats away from the Prime Minister while he was being briefed on the first Gulf War and I have been doing volunteer work for the British Red Cross ever since I left the Services. However, I have to get someone 'important' to verify who I am -- you know, someone like my doctor... who, before he got his medical degree 6 months ago WAS LIVING IN PAKISTAN... Yours sincerely, An Irate British Citizen.

You can see the online video, but yeah - that's pretty much what happened. Even later in the section he was clearly in pain and even after the whistle blew marking him as a five he carried on to complete it. I've good reason for defending the lad here as I think Craig has been overly critical of his performance. He sure as hell didn't slam himself off that rock on purpose.

I've just edited the video for this. You won't see his face clearly in the lower resolution Supporters video that's going online and I didn't notice it at the time looking through a tiny eyepiece, but it's clear from the hi-res original video that Patrick really hurt himself in section 15. He was obviously in a lot of pain. Having seen it now, I'd say he did pretty well to carry on and get through it. Fair play to the lad. Editing software doesn't do screen captures very well, but that's a look of pain...

I've got that last section where he lost the win on video. Coming soon

Must admit TC is (thankfully!) pretty free of most of the stuff mentioned here, but it is funny nonetheless clicky link

This would a be a duplicate of this topic you started last week...

Surely a national media celebrity like yourself could afford that without even thinking about it?

Was that before or after you fell over the "little" wall? As soon as they heard my accent they were happy it was an innocent mistake to carry booze in public so

I will PM him and try and warn him what the police are like out there, but I'll have some money on Craig getting arrested in Bangor.

Except all you would be achieving is giving them your valid email address which they will either spam themselves or sell on.

John is a valuable asset to these Forums who is under no obligation to post the lengthy explanations he does. I know many appreciate his presence here. Mr. Paioli was asked to apologise to John - not only for this attack, but also previous ones which have been noted and to desist from any further derogatory comments. Instead he has stated that he no longer wishes to partake of these Forums. As you were, gentlemen.

It's a new service designed for Riders who can't read existing topics before they post. They're real girls, but they all have Herpes.

Done. I do wish people wouldn't speculate these things on here, but there's not a lot we can do.

Do you know anyone in Top Trial Team or TRW Team? They will be bringing the trucks over to Bangor, Northern Ireland next weekend then I think going back to Italy because the WTC is then off to America. Maybe they could help?

Or alternately given it a good thrashing on some B Roads. That's where the Scoob comes into its own

I've hated the look of the car since the very first press photos came out. I saw the programme last night and would agree with the general feeling in the Subaru community that it was a bit of a crap test. Contrary to popular belief we don't throw our cars round all day every day in an attempt to gain some sideways action on a roundabout It would have been far better if they'd put it up against, for example, the old STi.

To clarify, it is obviously a spammer. I've extensive anti spam measures in place to stop automated robots from signing up and posting/PM'ing spam which are very successful in blocking them. Unfortunately the spammers are now employing humans to post their junk and they're far harder to stop, but not impossible. If this becomes a bigger problem I'll just add a question to the sign-up that is Trials related and only a trials person would know the answer to

Do I get any bonus points for the celebs in the spectators?