Grand Prix Rejects

dr-baker wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:Aww man, you should have waited until 10:49, instead of 15:23. Who knows what would have happened? Your car might have transformed into a Lola or something.

Also, I find it confusing that your panel shows a mixture between the U.S. systems and the European systems. I thought along with the miles, your panel would show fahrenheit and 3:23pm, not celsius and 15:23.
So two out of three are European and one U.S. (miles).

In speech, I always revert to the 12-hour system. I just had it on 24-hour for when I did community care work, which worked on a 24-hour clock system. If there were an analogue clock system, I'ld have used that... And temperature is one where I consistently use Celcius. Unless it's a hot summer's day, in which case, the temperature will be 90 to 100 degrees...

And for everything else in my life, I use imperial. Weight (in stones, not just pounds like the US), height, measurements, baking, etc. Oh and milk and bar drinks are always in pints, of the 568 ml variety!

In my case it tends to depend on the circumstances - for most daily applications I'd probably use metric for measurements, for example, but for journeys I'd use imperial because the distances are given in miles rather than km. Mind you, the engineering sector is a little odd as, in some areas, some bits of kit are still obviously imperial in origin (e.g. what was in the past a four inch sample is now a 102mm sample).

mario wrote:In my case it tends to depend on the circumstances - for most daily applications I'd probably use metric for measurements, for example, but for journeys I'd use imperial because the distances are given in miles rather than km. Mind you, the engineering sector is a little odd as, in some areas, some bits of kit are still obviously imperial in origin (e.g. what was in the past a four inch sample is now a 102mm sample).

And tyres tend to be oddest, being a combination of metric and imperial, correct? Inches for the diameter and mm/cm for the tread width?

dr-baker wrote:

Salamander wrote:I've never used Farenheit in my life. Then again, the fact I'm 22 probably has something to do with that. I can't ever imagine willingly using Farenheit for measuring things. Even by Imperial standards, the reference points set for it are absurd.

Yeah, 32 degrees as the freezing point of water, 212 degrees as the boiling point, and 100 degrees being somebody with a high fever or a very hot day indeed isn't very helpful.

As Daniel Fahrenheit originally conceived the scale, 0°F was the lowest temperature obtainable with an ice-salt mixture, and 100°F was human body temperature. The scale went through several refinements (including the repositioning of human body temperature at 96°F - it didn't stay there) before being finally standardised with the two points that look arbitrary - but aren't when viewed in the context of the original proposal. Before I found any of that out, I'd assumed that the derivation of the Fahrenheit scale must have been something to do with circles, with the 180° difference between the freezing and boiling points of water; in reality it was more down to luck than judgement.

It's also worth noting that the Celsius scale may be metric, but for any scientific calculations, it'll be Kelvin or nothing at all.

dr-baker wrote:

mario wrote:In my case it tends to depend on the circumstances - for most daily applications I'd probably use metric for measurements, for example, but for journeys I'd use imperial because the distances are given in miles rather than km. Mind you, the engineering sector is a little odd as, in some areas, some bits of kit are still obviously imperial in origin (e.g. what was in the past a four inch sample is now a 102mm sample).

And tyres tend to be oddest, being a combination of metric and imperial, correct? Inches for the diameter and mm/cm for the tread width?

That's true - I guess that it is considered more convenient to use a round number like 16 inches for the rim rather than 40.6cm, but otherwise it seems odd to mix and match the two units like that.

Is there a characters limit in a post?

Jocke1 wrote:Is there a characters limit in a post?

Nope, according to the ACP.

Late reply of the imperial/metric debate but...

In real life I use metric (always, AM and PM is not normal here )

Here comes the irregularity. When watching F1 and many races, I use km/h. But for Indycar and Nascar only, I can understand mph I can't understand lap times on ovals using km/h. So describing speeds would 240 mph, 200 mph. But for F1 I kept use km/h. The strangest thing is, I understand the conversion of both, yet can't implemented those outside the I told ones (I.e. describing town distances in miles)

Jocke1 wrote:Is there a characters limit in a post?

Id be surprised if there was based on some of the War & Peace-esque posts Ive seen knocking about

CoopsII wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:Is there a characters limit in a post?

Id be surprised if there was based on some of the War & Peace-esque posts Ive seen knocking about

I think mario's posts prove that there probably isn't

Jocke1 wrote:Is there a characters limit in a post?

Hmm, let's see:

Snow White
Dopey
Doc
Sneezy
Happy
Grumpy
Sleepy
Bashful
Cinderella
Prince Charming
The Little Mermaid
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Daisy Duck
Goofy
Pluto
Big Pete
Nemo
Dory
Marlin
Merlin
King Arthur
Lancelot
Genevieve
Lightening McQueen
Mater
Sally
Mary Poppins
Mr and Mrs Banks
Shrek
Donkey
The King and Queen of Far Far Away
Princess Fiona
Rumpulstiltskin (or however you spell his name)
Rapunzel
Goldilocks
Marty McFly
Doc Brown
Uncle Joey
Mr Stricklin
Biff Tannen
George McFly
Lorraine Baines
Willy Wonka
Michel Vaillant
Big Brother
Winston Smith
Julia
Phileas Fogg
Passepartout

Well, there are 51 characters right there... Seems to accept 51 characters OK!

FullMetalJack wrote:

CoopsII wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:Is there a characters limit in a post?

Id be surprised if there was based on some of the War & Peace-esque posts Ive seen knocking about

I think mario's posts prove that there probably isn't

Well there is a limit of some kind, though. Three times it has happened to myself in the past
when I have tried to put up a thread that wasn't particularly short. Two Luca Badoer threads
and one virtual driver career. No matter what I tried the forum just wouldn't have it. There were no
foreign characters, just a lot of text and a few images.

For some reason the forum do accept to show a preview of the long posts, but not to actually post them.
So in those three instances above, I had to create screen prints of the thread preview instead, and post that in favor of the
real text.


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Jocke1 wrote:

I've occasionally got that myself, albeit not for a while. And it has not been with longer posts - that MasterCard Lola post is probably about the longest post by far that I have attempted.

dr-baker wrote:Whenever I see that roblomas has posted something, I keep reading his name as Ro Blo Mas instead of Rob Lomas. *Gallic shrug*

I know this post is old but
I always read dr-baker as "D.R. Baker", not "Doctor Baker"

Dark77 wrote:

dr-baker wrote:Whenever I see that roblomas has posted something, I keep reading his name as Ro Blo Mas instead of Rob Lomas. *Gallic shrug*

I know this post is old but
I always read dr-baker as "D.R. Baker", not "Doctor Baker"

And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

dr-baker wrote:

Dark77 wrote:I know this post is old but I always read dr-baker as "D.R. Baker", not "Doctor Baker"

And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I didnt know that. I didnt think you were a doctor but I did absentmindedly think you were perhaps studying to be.

Rest assured though, I am the son of the original Coops

CoopsII wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

Dark77 wrote:I know this post is old but I always read dr-baker as "D.R. Baker", not "Doctor Baker"

And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I didnt know that. I didnt think you were a doctor but I did absentmindedly think you were perhaps studying to be.

Rest assured though, I am the son of the original Coops

And I am obviously a salamander, one which has been cured of blindness and no longer lives in a cave.

Salamander wrote:

CoopsII wrote:

dr-baker wrote:And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I didnt know that. I didnt think you were a doctor but I did absentmindedly think you were perhaps studying to be.

Rest assured though, I am the son of the original Coops

And I am obviously a salamander, one which has been cured of blindness and no longer lives in a cave.

And I was The Stig on the Australian localised version of Top Gear.

...and I am an Alfa Romeo test driver?

Biscione wrote:...and I am an Alfa Romeo test driver?

I keep wanting to believe that "Biscione" is Italian for "Biscuit", but I have no idea if it is or not...

dr-baker wrote:

Biscione wrote:...and I am an Alfa Romeo test driver?

I keep wanting to believe that "Biscione" is Italian for "Biscuit", but I have no idea if it is or not...

Biscione means Grass Snake - it's the emblem of Milan, and so forms part of the Alfa Romeo logo, as well as being a key symbol of Internazionale Milano. But well, most people prefer to call me Biscotti, which really does mean biscuit...

AustralianStig wrote:

Salamander wrote:

CoopsII wrote:I didnt know that. I didnt think you were a doctor but I did absentmindedly think you were perhaps studying to be.

Rest assured though, I am the son of the original Coops

And I am obviously a salamander, one which has been cured of blindness and no longer lives in a cave.

And I was The Stig on the Australian localised version of Top Gear.

And I am a teenager called Rob who couldn't be bothered to come up with creative username

I am very specific.

And I'm... actually I won't bother, that joke has been made by myself and others about a million times before.

Me? Just a big fan of Rubens Barrichello!

I am a bad disease...

I am the wind on the sea;
I am the wave of the sea;
I am the bull of seven battles;
I am the eagle on the rock;
I am a flash from the sun;
I am the most beautiful of plants;
I am a strong wild boar;
I am a salmon in the water;
I am a lake in the plain;
I am the word of knowledge;
I am the head of the spear in battle;
I am... AY CARAMBA MY CAR'S ON FIRE!

...And I am a law unto myself...

Sorry for double-posting, but what happened to StgPepper posting Emma Watson stuff? Or did he get dumped?

I am a joke.

And I am a Cockney (but evidently not a very good one, to my despair )

I am a diminutive followed by an initialism

I am God.

East Londoner wrote:And I am a Cockney (but evidently not a very good one, to my despair )

Try including some rhyming slang, even if its ones you make up like Danny Dyer, that might help.

I am ice-man

dr-baker wrote: And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I read it as doctor, too.

tommykl wrote:I am a diminutive followed by an initialism

I always read your username as tommy kuala lumpur.

Jocke1 wrote:

dr-baker wrote: And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I read it as doctor, too.

tommykl wrote:I am a diminutive followed by an initialism

I always read your username as tommy kuala lumpur.

I think that's what it actually means...

This wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:

dr-baker wrote: And that would be accurate, for I am not a doctor, and my initials are, indeed, D.R.!

I read it as doctor, too.

tommykl wrote:I am a diminutive followed by an initialism

I always read your username as tommy kuala lumpur.

I think that's what it actually means...

That is indeed what it means

Then what do I win?

Jocke1 wrote:Then what do I win?

A GCSE grade A*!

The top 50 scariest movies of all time.. according to Boston.com, converted to most active F1R members;
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/top-sca ... l#slide-51


1. ‘The Thing’ (1982) Wizzie
2. ‘Jaws’ (1975) dr-baker
3. ‘The Exorcist’ (1973) Biscione
4. ‘Poltergeist’ (1982) Phoenix
5. ‘Ju-on’ (2002) Salamander
6. ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968) RonDenisDeletraz
7. ‘Halloween’ (1978) mario
8. ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (1974) FullMetalJack
9. ‘Alien’ (1979) Klon
10. ‘The Ring’ (2002) DanielPT
11. ‘The Shining’ (1980) CarlosFerreira
12. ‘Rec’ (2007) tommykl
13. ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978) Aerospeed
14. ‘Silence of the Lambs’ (1991) pasta_maldonado
15. ‘Psycho’ (1960) East Londoner
16. ‘The Mist’ (2007) Nuppiz
17. ‘Salem’s Lot’ (1979) FMecha
18. ‘Saw’ (2004) AndreaModa
19. ‘Deliverance’ (1972) Ataxia
20. ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1978) Shizuka
21. ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984) the Masked Lapwing
22. ‘1408’ (2007) shinji
23. ‘Friday the 13th’ (1980) This
24. ‘The Descent’ (2005) thehemogoblin
25. ‘Pet Sematary’ (1989) AdrianSutil
26. ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ (2001) Cynon
27. ‘Hellraiser’ (1987) watka
28. ‘The Brood’ (1979) Captain Hammer
29. ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ (1994) tristan1117
30. ‘The Sixth Sense’ (1999) go_Rubens
31. ‘The Changeling’ (1980) Aerond
32. ‘28 Days Later’ (2002) roblomas52
33. ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (2006) pi314159
34. ‘The Omen’ (1976) dinizintheoven
35. ‘The Crazies’ (2010) Shadaza
36. ‘Cujo’ (1983) ADx_Wales
37. ‘The Beyond’ (1981) CoopsII
38. ‘Signs’ (2002) Jeroen Krautmeir
39. ‘Suspiria’ (1977) takagi_for_the_win
40. ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ (2003) Jocke1
41. ‘Session 9’ (2001) Freeze-O-Kimi
42. ‘The People Under the Stairs’ (1991) James1978
43. ‘Paranormal Activity’ (2007) Bleu
44. ‘Evil Dead II’ (1987) eagleash
45. ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ (2002) good_Ralf
46. ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (2004) UgncreativeUsergname
47. ‘The Amityville Horror’ (1979) Ferrim
48. ‘When a Stranger Calls’ (1979) Faustus
49. ‘Fire in the Sky’ (1993) Dark77
50. ‘Silent Night, Bloody Night’ (1974) SuperAguri