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jmjgt Member Posts: 3,311	The Off Topic Thread May 3, 2020 5:17:59 GMT -8 overboost and montybriscoe like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jmjgt on May 3, 2020 5:17:59 GMT -8
	"the only thing unprofessional about the sport is the organization"

wilmywood8455 Long Time Poster Posts: 8,374	The Off Topic Thread May 3, 2020 5:34:07 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wilmywood8455 on May 3, 2020 5:34:07 GMT -8 Knockout tournament: Who is the most influential person in F1 history? www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.introducing-our-new-knockout-tournament-to-find-the-most-influential-person.3y14sTpaW6V5CZGkZuHaop.html
	Courage is knowing it'll hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

loudpedal Senior Member Posts: 1,768	The Off Topic Thread May 3, 2020 6:04:28 GMT -8 Carlo_Carrera and mikey like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by loudpedal on May 3, 2020 6:04:28 GMT -8 I was poking around on 23andMe today and a new DNA relative popped up. Look where he's from!
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The Off Topic Thread May 4, 2020 1:52:39 GMT -8 loudpedal likes this

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May 3, 2020 6:04:28 GMT -8 loudpedal said:

I was poking around on 23andMe today and a new DNA relative popped up. Look where he's from! :cheers

Get in touch; maybe he will let you stay at his house for the 2021 race

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The Off Topic Thread May 4, 2020 4:32:52 GMT -8 via mobile mikey likes this

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Murder Hornets have made their way to US from Japan. 50 people a year die in Asia from Murder Hornet attacks. OMG, we must shut down America immediately and go into quarantine until these dastardly insects are contained. We must do this to save at least one life!

wilmywood8455 Long Time Poster Posts: 8,374	The Off Topic Thread May 4, 2020 4:36:05 GMT -8 olderguysrule and turn8 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wilmywood8455 on May 4, 2020 4:36:05 GMT -8 May 4, 1970. Never forget. National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-guard-kills-four-at-kent-state
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May 4, 2020 4:36:05 GMT -8 wilmywood8455 said:

May 4, 1970. Never forget.

National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-guard-kills-four-at-kent-state

My last day of taking a 'for credit' college courses. Was in a Business Communications class when it all went down. Next time on campus was graduation later that year.

The day was surreal. Walking past 'kids' cleaning their rifles while sitting on their armored personnel carrier at the main gate as I walked on campus that morning. I didn't know there were that many vehicles that had sirens mounted on them.

The entire episode highlights what happens when you have inept, untrained leadership in a position of power and that leadership gets stressed.

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loudpedal Senior Member Posts: 1,768	The Off Topic Thread May 5, 2020 6:32:23 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by loudpedal on May 5, 2020 6:32:23 GMT -8 xkcd.com/2302/
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The Off Topic Thread May 9, 2020 6:21:28 GMT -8 mikey likes this

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Pretty good read from R&T March/April issue

Visiting America's Loneliest Town in One of the Last Traditional Sports Cars
We explored Monowi, Nebraska (population: one) in a Nissan 370Z to understand what it's like to be left behind.
www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/road-tests/a30905621/nissan-370z-review/?source=nl

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The Off Topic Thread May 9, 2020 7:56:48 GMT -8 via mobile

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www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/05/concert-of-the-future-is-this-what-live-music-will-look-in-age-of-social-distancing.html

Absolutely horrible idea. Just terrible. An artist performs at a venue at 20% capacity. It makes no sense for any artist worth their salt to do this. I guarantee all of you that the Foo Fighters won't do this to their fans. They would rather make us all wait a year rather than take part in this kind of shit show.

montybriscoe Senior Member Posts: 4,512	The Off Topic Thread May 12, 2020 4:00:17 GMT -8 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by montybriscoe on May 12, 2020 4:00:17 GMT -8 www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/dave-grohl-irreplaceable-thrill-rock-show/611113/

montybriscoe Senior Member Posts: 4,512	The Off Topic Thread May 18, 2020 15:28:46 GMT -8 via mobile mikey likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by montybriscoe on May 18, 2020 15:28:46 GMT -8 G/f and I were supposed to be in Cleveland right now waiting for the Foo Fighters to hit the stage at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Sooooo bummed tonight.

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The Off Topic Thread May 31, 2020 6:21:16 GMT -8

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Reimagining the liveries of the F1 grid

The Formula One grid will always feature a range of colour schemes -- some popular, some iconic, some universally disliked.

The delayed start to the season got us looking back at the liveries unveiled for the 2020 season. We wondered, could any of the teams have done it better?

ESPN enlisted graphic designer Mark Antar to shake things up with his own personal take on all 10. You can vote for your favourites here. www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/29222177/reimagining-liveries-f1-grid

Courage is knowing it'll hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

montybriscoe Senior Member Posts: 4,512	The Off Topic Thread Jun 4, 2020 11:52:18 GMT -8 via mobile racerman967 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by montybriscoe on Jun 4, 2020 11:52:18 GMT -8 Just got my haircut for the first time since March 3. I feel so much better.

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wilmywood8455 Long Time Poster Posts: 8,374	The Off Topic Thread Jun 4, 2020 13:42:46 GMT -8 olderguysrule, montybriscoe, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wilmywood8455 on Jun 4, 2020 13:42:46 GMT -8 Rumor has it that MariaFan is spending all his time trying to figure out how to hijack the off-topic thread ...
	Courage is knowing it'll hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

Sabrina81 Administrator Posts: 1,823	The Off Topic Thread Jun 5, 2020 12:07:57 GMT -8 olderguysrule likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabrina81 on Jun 5, 2020 12:07:57 GMT -8 LOL is it time to threadjack?

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