Re: John Cleese at Snetterton?

Have you seen the wabbits? I'm afraid I ran over one yesterday... -- don "Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident... everything else is driver-error." "Hans-Otto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%iCB4.1726$[email hidden]... > Hi > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching me > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box, isn't it? -A Edwin Solheim <edwins@[SPAM-GUARD]online.no> wrote in message news:abEB4.19723$[email hidden]...

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> Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of > theV.I.P's at Snetterton: > > Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) > John Travolta > Mr. Bean > 3 persons from Friends (TV-series) > The Beatles > > :-) > > Ed Solheim > The GPLEA > > > Hans-Otto wrote: > > > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching

me > > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. > > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles > > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-)) > > >

Hi I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching me test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-)) A tip to anyone using the Geforce and maybe other gfxcards in GPL: Today I did a backup of my C-drive and before I did it I resized my swap file from 115Mb to 10Mb and forgot about it later. I have 128Mb RAM and later when I sat down to do a few laps I got a GP fault in Nvopengl every time when trying to load the game. Took me an hour before it suddenly appeared to me that the swapfile could be the cause. How silly of me :-) Cya, Hans-Otto

Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of theV.I.P's at Snetterton: Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) John Travolta Mr. Bean 3 persons from Friends (TV-series) The Beatles :-) Ed Solheim The GPLEA Hans-Otto wrote: > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching me > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

That's Denis Jenkinson ("Jenks")......MotorSport reporter and navigator for S. Moss in the Mille Miglia of 1955(??). Pierre Robitaille wrote:

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> Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line? > > Aubrey wrote: > > > > That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box, > > isn't it? > > > > -A > > > > Edwin Solheim <edwins@[SPAM-GUARD]online.no> wrote in message > > news:abEB4.19723$[email hidden]... > > > Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of > > > theV.I.P's at Snetterton: > > > > > > Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) > > > John Travolta > > > Mr. Bean > > > 3 persons from Friends (TV-series) > > > The Beatles > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > Ed Solheim > > > The GPLEA > > > > > > > > > Hans-Otto wrote: > > > > > > > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching > > me > > > > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. > > > > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles > > > > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-)) > > > > > > > > >

On Wed 22 Mar 2000 04:25:46p, Andre Warringa wrote: >On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT, >[email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: <snip>

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>>David. >>"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, >>really." >>(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > >What does your sig mean by the way? Just curious. > >Andre

It is a quote by Raymond Mays (famous driver of the years around WW2) about the hillclimb course (see earlier posts under my heading "Ideas for a hillclimb simulator!") at Shelsley Walsh, which is the world's oldest motorsport event still held at its original venue (since 1905, just before Indy). Mays was very successful at Shelsley, setting any number of FTDs (Fastest Timed Drive) between 1923 and 1950, usually in an ERA, and breaking the outright record on several occasions. The actual quote comes from his foreword to a classic 1946 book on the subject: "Shelsley Walsh: England's International Speed Hill-Climb" by C.A.N. May, which is well worth a look if you can find it (not that easy). I live barely 10 miles from Shelsley, and have attended hillclimbs there on many occasions; hence the reason for my sig. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

On Tue 21 Mar 2000 06:02:16a, Edwin Solheim wrote:

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>Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of >theV.I.P's at Snetterton: > >Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) >John Travolta >Mr. Bean >3 persons from Friends (TV-series) >The Beatles > >:-) > >Ed Solheim >The GPLEA

This is almost certainly the most unimportant point yet made about Snetterton (which is wonderful - thank you so much!) - but wouldn't it have been better if *all* the "Easter Egg people" were people who were around in '67? A very young Damon, for example. And is that Lotus Cortina's numberplate significant? -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:02:16 +0100, "Edwin Solheim" <edwins@[SPAM-GUARD]online.no> wrote:

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>Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of >theV.I.P's at Snetterton: > >Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) >John Travolta >Mr. Bean >3 persons from Friends (TV-series) >The Beatles >

And don't forget them pesky little wabbits. I ran over one the other day and fur went flying in all directions! Michael

Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line? Aubrey wrote:

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> > That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box, > isn't it? > > -A > > Edwin Solheim <edwins@[SPAM-GUARD]online.no> wrote in message > news:abEB4.19723$[email hidden]... > > Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of > > theV.I.P's at Snetterton: > > > > Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese) > > John Travolta > > Mr. Bean > > 3 persons from Friends (TV-series) > > The Beatles > > > > :-) > > > > Ed Solheim > > The GPLEA > > > > > > Hans-Otto wrote: > > > > > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching > me > > > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding. > > > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles > > > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-)) > > > > > >

Pierre Robitaille wrote:... > Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line? Actually, thats the late great MotorSport writer Dennis Jenkinson - aka Jenks. Ed_ The GPLEA

On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT, [email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: >This is almost certainly the most unimportant point yet made about >Snetterton (which is wonderful - thank you so much!) Indeed :) > but wouldn't it >have been better if *all* the "Easter Egg people" were people who were >around in '67? A very young Damon, for example. It's fun, but I must admit that I raised my eyebrow too when I saw Mr. Bean standing right in front of me. I'm not one of those 'I don't use a lower height than 4" because that's historically inaccurate' kind of purist, but it does take away a little bit of the '60s atmosphere... >And is that Lotus >Cortina's numberplate significant? That had GPLEA on it if I remember correctly? Not significant, but they have every right to be proud of this wonderfull track, so let them :) >David. >"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, >really." >(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) What does your sig mean by the way? Just curious. Andre

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:41:11 -0800, "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Have you seen the wabbits? I'm afraid I ran over one yesterday... Yes! They are apparently made of depleted uranium and set firmly in concrete. If you hit one at speed it's like a landmine! They also seem to have some sort of adhesive quality to them because if you motor up slowly to one and touch it you cannot move again. Truely "killer rabbits". <g> Also, I wish that the damned bridge would not be there when it's invisible. It's bad enough to hit things I can see let alone invisible bridge abutments! Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >It's fun, but I must admit that I raised my eyebrow too when I saw Mr. >Bean standing right in front of me. I'm not one of those 'I don't use >a lower height than 4" because that's historically inaccurate' kind of >purist, but it does take away a little bit of the '60s atmosphere... > >Andre Keep in mind that Mr. Bean is an alien, as indicated during the shows intro where he beams down from a space ship. So it's entirely possible that he was also around in the 60s. Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

Mays is probably better known for his involvement with BRM than for his competition record. David Buttery wrote:

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> On Wed 22 Mar 2000 04:25:46p, Andre Warringa wrote: > > >On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT, > >[email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: > > <snip> > >>David. > >>"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > >>really." > >>(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > > > >What does your sig mean by the way? Just curious. > > > >Andre > > It is a quote by Raymond Mays (famous driver of the years around WW2) > about the hillclimb course (see earlier posts under my heading "Ideas > for a hillclimb simulator!") at Shelsley Walsh, which is the world's > oldest motorsport event still held at its original venue (since 1905, > just before Indy). > > Mays was very successful at Shelsley, setting any number of FTDs > (Fastest Timed Drive) between 1923 and 1950, usually in an ERA, and > breaking the outright record on several occasions. > > The actual quote comes from his foreword to a classic 1946 book on the > subject: "Shelsley Walsh: England's International Speed Hill-Climb" by > C.A.N. May, which is well worth a look if you can find it (not that > easy). > > I live barely 10 miles from Shelsley, and have attended hillclimbs > there on many occasions; hence the reason for my sig. > > -- > David. > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really." > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Don Scurlock skrev i meldingen <8EFF88D2Cdscurlock@news>...

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>[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote in ><[email hidden]>: > >>It's fun, but I must admit that I raised my eyebrow too when I saw Mr. >>Bean standing right in front of me. I'm not one of those 'I don't use >>a lower height than 4" because that's historically inaccurate' kind of >>purist, but it does take away a little bit of the '60s atmosphere... >> >>Andre > >Keep in mind that Mr. Bean is an alien, as indicated during the shows >intro where he beams down from a space ship. So it's entirely possible >that he was also around in the 60s. > >Don Scurlock >Vancouver,B.C.

Thank you, Don. In fact, he is in many of the 60s Snetterton pics. :-) Matt

On Wed 22 Mar 2000 08:55:09p, Leaky_Valve wrote: >Mays is probably better known for his involvement with BRM than for >his competition record.<snip> Not where hillclimbing is concerned, he isn't. For us hillclimb fanatics, he's a driver first and foremost. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)