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DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Barry Lyndon is cool

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Theophany posted:

100w incandescents are. Given how cheap and powerful LED bulbs have become I honestly don't know why the hell people still even buy lovely incandescent bulbs, especially when they are basically the same colour temperature, save a load of money on electricity and are easily brighter than the most common 60w.

There was a literally bum rush to stock up on 100w bulbs when the EU banned their sale. Like, people literally queued up to pay inflated prices for an outdated piece of technology that will irrefutably end up costing them more over the long run. And David Cameron thought it was smart to let these retards have a say on the future of this country. Jesus wept.

I know some people do legitimately get headaches from single fluorescent bulbs because they do flicker at the AC frequency (either 50 or 60 Hz depending on location). The frequencies are low enough that you can notice them barely. This was part of the big pushback when the incandescent phaseout started here in the states. Since LEDs operate on DC power, they don't flicker, so I don't know why people are demanding the return to incandescent bulbs when fluorescent bulbs are being phased out by companies that make bulbs other than maybe they cost more and are unable to read the labels saying they last forever.

Funny enough, a significant number of fluorescents (like at stores) don't have the flicker problem because there's so many of them, the ever so tiny delay between the bulbs' individual flickers won't cause the headaches.

iospace fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jan 8, 2018

The Unfetered One
May 31, 2011

by Lowtax

1500quidporsche posted:

The Yorkshire pudding is like the pinnacle of family dinner culinary perfection.

Dude if you meet a lass that can make perfectly huge yorkies, of the kind you can pour endless amounts of onion gravy into then you bet she is a keeper

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

DoctorGonzo posted:

Barry Lyndon is cool

I still need to see that.

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

Norns posted:

Mac and cheese loving owns and you're dumb if you don't think so

mrfart
May 26, 2004

Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

Is this real?

This is some next level sad.

Corporal punishment in schools...the death penalty...pounds and ounces?
How many of them want to dig up queen victoria and put her bones on the throne, next to those of churchill, with lancaster bombers drawing union jacks in the sky on a daily basis?

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

mrfart posted:

Is this real?


How many of them want to dig up queen victoria and put her bones on the throne, next to those of churchill, with lancaster bombers drawing union jacks in the sky on a daily basis?

Me.

Human Grand Prix posted:

I still need to see that.

Do it. Kubrick´s best film IMO

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKr2xMi-NfU

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
F1 should reintroduce refueling but only in this manner...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJSZRT-Fpg

tuo
Jun 17, 2016

Whenever this typical pre-season feeling starts building in me at the moment, this incredible anticipation for exciting new liveries and car concepts, I'm reminded that all of those new miracles of formula motorsport will have that ugly halo attached and I die a little inside....

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

tuo posted:

Whenever this typical pre-season feeling starts building in me at the moment, this incredible anticipation for exciting new liveries and car concepts, I'm reminded that all of those new miracles of formula motorsport will have that ugly halo attached and I die a little inside....

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/stoner-ducati-test-sepang-gp18-992774/

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

I'll always love watching Casey race but I'll always hate how he retired so early.

He's like Kimi but times a million when it comes to really, really, really hating everything there is to do with PR, marketing and everything else that goes with the job. Which is also funny cause MotoGP's marketing and sponsor demands isn't even half of what F1 sponsors demand of them.

tuo
Jun 17, 2016


they should introduce halo in MotoGP, similar to his:

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


The only halo in MotoGP is hovering above Dovi’s head.

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?
Churchill just sweeped most categories at the Golden Globes and is probably the best film of all time. It would have won all categories but the EU journalists voted against it. I have a couple of theories about why but I hate to bring up politics and history in the F1 thread

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

I'm gonna jizz my loving pants this year when Dovi takes the title.

CratSock
Aug 5, 2004

Sock Wielding Assassin

tuo posted:

they should introduce halo in MotoGP, similar to his:



That's hot.

mrfart
May 26, 2004

Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

tuo posted:

they should introduce halo in MotoGP, similar to his:



BMW abandoned that thing after many european countries didn't change their laws for a scooter with roof/seat belts.
shame really. People laughed at it at the time, but despite being 15 years old I see a lot of them still driving around. Unlike drivers of normal scooters who all crashed and died at some point.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Andire Slurshitziblowso had his chance and blew it, 2018 will be another Lorenzo/Marquez walkover.

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Andire Slurshitziblowso

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Andire Slurshitziblowso had his chance and blew it, 2018 will be another Lorenzo/Marquez walkover.

This is such a retardedly bad hot take that I initially thought Wirth posted this.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Theophany posted:

100w incandescents are. Given how cheap and powerful LED bulbs have become I honestly don't know why the hell people still even buy lovely incandescent bulbs, especially when they are basically the same colour temperature, save a load of money on electricity and are easily brighter than the most common 60w.

There was a literally bum rush to stock up on 100w bulbs when the EU banned their sale. Like, people literally queued up to pay inflated prices for an outdated piece of technology that will irrefutably end up costing them more over the long run. And David Cameron thought it was smart to let these retards have a say on the future of this country. Jesus wept.

To be fair, at the time the Energy Saving bulbs were still pretty poo poo things that took time to warm up and looked orange. It probably happened a couple of years too early.

Now? I've no idea what the gently caress you'd have to be smoking.

ilmucche
Mar 16, 2016

What did you say the strategy was?

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Andire Slurshitziblowso

This actually has me laughing uncontrollably.

I hope you eat a sixer and the comment is just that name to preserve it.

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
That final moto race loving sucked. Ban mtgp2 chat from the official Scuderia Ferrari thread

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Theophany posted:

100w incandescents are. Given how cheap and powerful LED bulbs have become I honestly don't know why the hell people still even buy lovely incandescent bulbs, especially when they are basically the same colour temperature, save a load of money on electricity and are easily brighter than the most common 60w.

There was a literally bum rush to stock up on 100w bulbs when the EU banned their sale. Like, people literally queued up to pay inflated prices for an outdated piece of technology that will irrefutably end up costing them more over the long run. And David Cameron thought it was smart to let these retards have a say on the future of this country. Jesus wept.

Angela Merkel has a kill switch for all the LED bulbs exported into Britain, that's why the EU banned the other kinds.

She already disabled a couple of them in my apartment after I made some posts saying that Rosberg didn't deserve to win the WDC

poty fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jan 8, 2018

Astoundingly Ugly Baby
Mar 22, 2006

"...crying bitch cave bitch boy."
- Anonymous Facebook user

poty posted:

She already disabled a couple of them in my apartment after I made some posts saying that Rosberg didn't deserve to win the WDC

Rightly so, imo

tuo
Jun 17, 2016

poty posted:

Angela Merkel has a kill switch for all the LED bulbs exported into Britain, that's why the EU banned the other kinds.

She already disabled a couple of them in my apartment after I made some posts saying that Rosberg didn't deserve to win the WDC

As if she likes germans that evade german tax laws...

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Does the Churchill movie have a part where he starves 3 million Indians to death?

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Or when he got coked up before those speeches?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Coke is good. Attempted genocide is bad though.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

What was Churchill's thoughts on Chicken Tikka Masala?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Someone get me a dexedrine prescription.

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

1500quidporsche posted:

What was Churchill's thoughts on Chicken Tikka Masala?

quote:

Churchill also adored his Indian curries (so there are plenty of places to commemorate him all across the capital). However, he wasn't keen on Chinese (sorry, Chinatown), or sauerkraut (apologies Herman ze German).

https://londonist.com/2015/01/how-to-eat-drink-and-smoke-like-winston-churchill

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

mrfart posted:

Is this real?

This is some next level sad.

Corporal punishment in schools...the death penalty...pounds and ounces?
How many of them want to dig up queen victoria and put her bones on the throne, next to those of churchill, with lancaster bombers drawing union jacks in the sky on a daily basis?

Unfortunately yes.

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

ImplicitAssembler posted:

Unfortunately yes.

mrfart
May 26, 2004

Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

1500quidporsche posted:

What was Churchill's thoughts on Chicken Tikka Masala?

We shall fart in France, we shall fart on the seas and oceans, we shall fart with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defecate on our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fart on the beaches, we shall fart on the landing grounds, we shall fart in the fields and in the streets, we shall fart in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Andire Slurshitziblowso

This dude is already in 2019

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

mrfart posted:

We shall fart in France, we shall fart on the seas and oceans, we shall fart with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defecate on our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fart on the beaches, we shall fart on the landing grounds, we shall fart in the fields and in the streets, we shall fart in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Great post, mr fart

Theophany
Jul 22, 2014

SUCCHIAMI IL MIO CAZZO DA DIETRO, RANA RAGAZZO



2022 FIA Formula 1 WDC

mrfart posted:

We shall fart in France, we shall fart on the seas and oceans, we shall fart with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defecate on our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fart on the beaches, we shall fart on the landing grounds, we shall fart in the fields and in the streets, we shall fart in the hills; we shall never surrender.

2018 Season thread OP

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wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Someone please contact WHO, we need to report the outbreak of a contagious brain disease that results in fluent aphasia. Ground zero is Woking.

quote:

"We do need a title-level partner, all I've done is dropping the vernacular of title into principal and have looked at all of our commercial assets, which is not just the race car it's our other forms of racing and things like our building and war rooms and things of that nature, and have looked at what's the best way to commercialise the world of McLaren," he said.

"Going through that exercise developed a plan that doesn't require a 'title partner'.

"It still requires a principal partner, just not a 'title partner'. I know that's semantics there but it's really about protecting the McLaren name. That's all I'm trying to do is ringfence that and keep us as McLaren.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-to-undergo-biggest-change-in-2018-look-993928/

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