Ponty

Ooh, good shout.

With pleasure.

I can't. My attempts at accents all sound the same. Something like a Welshman raised in the Caribbean.

Not to mention Alien 3. Duologies rule.

Yep.. Is it the done thing to shout "Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooserrrrrrrrrrr" or not?

Well, he's having a go.

The block.... ahem... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=74il02wkvMI

Spanked.

I can only guess, and it really is only a guess, that the stewards didn't count that as relinquishing the place.... Ah, **** it, I don't know. One thing I do know is that McLaren specifically asked Charlie Whiting (the race director) if the earlier allowance by Hamilton of Kimi to overtake was within the rules and he said it was. Ron Dennis made it very clear that it was only Whiting's opinion and not the final decision of the stewards, but it's quite odd that the appeal against the move was then submitted by Whiting himself. I don't know whether he did that off his own back or because Ferrari asked him to but basically teams are not allowed to approach the stewards to request penalties any more. The last example of a team being allowed to make a complaint was when Ferrari asked for Alonso to be penalised for 'blocking' Massa (at Monza I think) in 2006. Alonso was hundreds of meters ahead and the decision caused such a stink in the paddock that all teams were banned from approaching the stewards again.

Separated at birth.

I think you've accidentally logged into the wrong site TDD.

I dunno. He's good but Cole's better.

I agree it does seem unfair, and I've seen plenty of first-hand evidence that would lead anyone to suggest that the FIA is Ferrari biased, but in this one instance there is actually a precedent (as I mentioned above) and it's generally accepted that the driver in Lewis's position should relinquish the lead for a full corner before reattempting to overtake. What particularly sucks for Lewis is that Kimi binned it and didn't finish anyway so wasn't going to benefit from any strict adherence to a flimsily written rule post-race.

England are playing :confused:

That's what I was thinking. Can't believe Baj made me pay too.

No wonder he was playing badly then.

I didn't say "I apologised", I said I was being genuinely apologetic when I said, "As for your avatar request, that's a genuine oversight". It wasn't intentionally ignored. As for getting a dig in, I was having a joke at Evil Monkey's post. I don't believe you thought he was being serious with the £4.65 thing? As for calling me names, nice work, that really underlines your position as having the moral high ground.

Very good point....

Well, it wasn't intended to be sarcastic. I made the very same points, and was genuinely apologetic for missing your post in the avatar thread. That said, it needs resizing first.

Hardly amazing. We've all done it.

Must've been the fast response team then if it was less than 2 and a half hours.

Yep, £20 on eBay later.

A post full of red crosses. I guess I'll have to moderate this when I get home Does it need a NSFW MB?

I've answered this in the Lounge. Ta.

Respond to what exactly? Accusations that the forum has quietened down? I've already said that it has further up the page mate. As for your avatar request, that's a genuine oversight but even so, you could have PMd any of us about it tbh. Anyone else who's asked for an avatar has had it placed with few problems (apart from sizing sometimes). The restriction on size is preferred by most of the users here who don't want to scroll through pages full of huge avatars to read the text. It's the same reason we don't have signatures. It's just clutter. Poorer service? Thanks. As for the benefits, Baj and Steve are intending to place Google ads on the site I'm told. As a full member these won't be visible to you. That, the use of avatars, the PM system and other forthcoming content should make it more value for money quite soon. If you have any specific questions relating to the new forum and its format please direct them to Baj and/or Steve, who I'm sure will be happy to give you more details of their plans. Cheers.