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#1 Jul 19 2006 at 6:25 PM Rating: Good
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In a nerdy kind of way.

There's a petrolheads' TV show over here that combines serious reviews of all sorts of car (from family run-arounds to £300,000 italian stallions) with silly car stunts. I think some of you are familiar with Top Gear.

Next week, at a secret location, they're filming what they claim to be their most ambitious stunt yet. It involves a car and rocket engines (BIG rockets), and Air Traffic Control .

And I've been invited to spend two days with the crew while they set up and film the stunt. Smiley: grin

Happy is nobby

Edited to add. This is the last stunt done by the bunch of guys I'm going with

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Bastages! Work commitments > Top Gear Smiley: cry



Edited, Jul 22nd 2006 at 10:58am EDT by Nobby

Edited, Jul 30th 2006 at 12:50pm EDT by Nobby
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#2 Jul 19 2006 at 6:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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#3 Jul 19 2006 at 6:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Congratulations sweetie, have a fabulous time!

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#4REDACTED, Posted: Jul 19 2006 at 6:58 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) OMFG that was hilarious!
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#5 Jul 19 2006 at 6:59 PM Rating: Decent
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gratz and very kewl.
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#6 Jul 19 2006 at 7:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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Good stuff.
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#7 Jul 19 2006 at 7:13 PM Rating: Good
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To me, the quote of that video was:

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The cutting edge of cocking about


10 minutes of pure telly magic.

(And for the Brits - yes, we're meeting up with Clarkson, May and The Hamster in the Pub Smiley: boozing)
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#8 Jul 19 2006 at 7:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Congratulations sweetie, have a fabulous time!

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#9 Jul 19 2006 at 8:15 PM Rating: Good
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That was awesome - gonna have to see if that show is aired on BBC America (haven't watched BBC America in a while so I have no idea what shows are on anymore).

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#10 Jul 19 2006 at 9:14 PM Rating: Decent
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That's really cool.

Top Gear is an excellent car show, and usually runs state-side on the Discovery channel. I like the episode where the hosts race to the French Riveria from London, one in a car, two by train, and the guy in the car wins by several minutes.

Edited, Jul 19th 2006 at 10:15pm EDT by Redjed
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#11 Jul 19 2006 at 9:14 PM Rating: Good
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Try to sneak in on a shot and mumble something in British!
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#12 Jul 19 2006 at 9:58 PM Rating: Excellent
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This Darwin Award comes to mind.

Please be careful around a stund like this. We don't want to see a perfectly good jet engine get hurt because you were in it's way. Er, that's supposed to be the other way around, isn't it? Using the delete key is hard

Have fun! Sounds like it will be a blast.
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#13 Jul 19 2006 at 10:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Even better! Street legal jet powered VW Beetle He even has a jet powered scooter. That'd be cute. I bet DF would love a jet powered scooter to do 200kph on the highways over there!

VROOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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#14 Jul 19 2006 at 10:37 PM Rating: Excellent
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Even better! Street legal jet powered VW Beetle He even has a jet powered scooter. That'd be cute. I bet DF would love a jet powered scooter to do 200kph on the highways over there!

VROOOOOOOOOOOOM!


You would win millions on that bet. Paint that sucker pink, or lime green, wooooo
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#15 Jul 20 2006 at 10:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Try to sneak in on a shot and mumble something in British!


You do realize the British speak in "english". So mumbling something in British wouldnt be any different from speaking any simple statement/sentence in English... Unless you mean speak drunken in "English Slang" which would be a slightly different situation....








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#16 Jul 20 2006 at 11:02 AM Rating: Decent
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King Nobby wrote:
In a nerdy kind of way.

There's a petrolheads' TV show over here that combines serious reviews of all sorts of car (from family run-arounds to £300,000 italian stallions) with silly car stunts. I think some of you are familiar with Top Gear.

Next week, at a secret location, they're filming what they claim to be their most ambitious stunt yet. It involves a car and rocket engines (BIG rockets), and Air Traffic Control .

And I've been invited to spend two days with the crew while they set up and film the stunt. Smiley: grin

Happy is nobby

Edited to add. This is the last stunt done by the bunch of guys I'm going with

I hope the rocket car veers off course and makes a 300km/h appointment with your remaining teeth.
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#18 Jul 20 2006 at 11:09 AM Rating: Good
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Have an awesome time! And keep in mind the vibration factor for DF and the other curious femmes.
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(And for the Brits - yes, we're meeting up with Clarkson, May and The Hamster in the Pub )
Ok now i'm jealous, Clarkson is a legend in his own Levi's.

Buy him beer for me and tell him it's off the entire Royal Navy, because we think he's f*cking great!
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Debalic wrote:

I hope the rocket car veers off course and makes a 300km/h appointment with your remaining tooth.


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#21REDACTED, Posted: Jul 20 2006 at 12:19 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I wonder how fast a Kawi Ninja 900 could go outfitted with one of those.
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Nexa wrote:
Congratulations sweetie, have a fabulous time!

Nexa


Jawbox wrote:
Congratulations sweetie, have a fabulous time!

Nexa


I know I'm not here very often, so would someone kindly fill me in as to if I'm missing something here?

Sidenote: Nexa, I can't believe you like Panic, I know that "I chimed in" part is the chorus, but damn, does he really have to repeat it 50 times?
Since when have you been into boys kissing boys while wearing girl pants?
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#23 Jul 21 2006 at 8:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Thundra wrote:

Sidenote: Nexa, I can't believe you like Panic, I know that "I chimed in" part is the chorus, but damn, does he really have to repeat it 50 times?
Since when have you been into boys kissing boys while wearing girl pants?


I like to dance around the house while doing housework. You may picture me wearing sponge shoes to clean the kitchen floor. Panic! is good music for this.

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#24 Jul 21 2006 at 8:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nexa wrote:
Thundra wrote:

Sidenote: Nexa, I can't believe you like Panic, I know that "I chimed in" part is the chorus, but damn, does he really have to repeat it 50 times?
Since when have you been into boys kissing boys while wearing girl pants?


I like to dance around the house while doing housework. You may picture me wearing sponge shoes to clean the kitchen floor. Panic! is good music for this.

Nexa


I don't have to picture it; I've seen it. Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?
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Nexa wrote:
I like to dance around the house naked while doing housework. You may picture me wearing high heels and stockings to clean the kitchen floor. Barry White is good music for this.

Nexa


Fixed. Smiley: inlove
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#26 Jul 30 2006 at 11:58 AM Rating: Good
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[smug]

Update:

Just spent 2 days on location and the experience surpassed any hopes I had.

Can't discuss the content until after the brodcast (due Sep/Oct this year).

Saw outrageous technology at huge expense, merely to make blokes like me point at the TV screen and say "Cool".

Spent several hours chatting with Hammond and May (bastards smoked most of my cigs, but the banter made up for it).

As the location was a military test range, got to take time-outs with the crew in a bunker while Her Majesty's finest tested 1,000lb bombs a mile away.

Enjoyed seeing the Top Gear producer introducing himself to the C.O.
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"Hi I'm Pat. I make cars do wrong stuff"
"Pleased to meet you. I'm Lt Col. xxxxx. I blow **** up"


Saw HRH Prince Will admiring the set-up.

Got some great footage of the set-up and Hammond & May goofing. Will post after the show airs.

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