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Thread: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposals for new Classic TT Races
Post: RE: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposal...
Yes ,I have just re read the proposals as posted by Malcom and the only mention of status would appear to be based on experience,no mention of what that experience might be.
I like conspiracy theories... |
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07-09-2012, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposals for new Classic TT Races
Post: RE: IofM Government Dep't of ED Publishes Proposal...
Totally bewildering,and how exactly is a rider of GP status defined.I presume it means the likes of Crutchlow,McWilliams and even Rossi.! What an absolute can of pigs ears. |
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05-09-2012, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: oldies on here
Post: RE: oldies on here
Now ,what exactly is meant by 'oldies on here' if it is long standing members then I probably don't qualify but if it means old farts then I do !.
I would say that this site is inhabited by older mor... |
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beepee |
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02-09-2012, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: Minister hits back over Manx Grand Prix ‘U-turn’
Post: RE: Minister hits back over Manx Grand Prix ‘U-tur...
I agree with all the foregoing ,,what you have to remember is that Mr Shimmin was a teacher before becoming an MHK which explains his I am right and you will listen attiude.
WRONG!!
I will now spoi... |
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beepee |
Information, Press Releases etc and your comments
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10-08-2012, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: Riders Threatened
Post: RE: Riders Threatened
Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply from Paul,I get the impression he is only to pleased to take plaudits but shys away from owning up to controversial decisions but there again was it really h... |
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07-06-2012, 12:56 AM |
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Thread: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELEASES FURTHER DETAILS OF PROPOSED MGP
Post: RE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELEASES FU...
Quite apart from not inviting 'biased' interested parties the answer seems to lie in the fifth line of the DED release,ie to reduce the impact on local businesses and residents by closing the roads ov... |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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09-05-2012, 09:07 PM |
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Thread: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
Post: RE: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
Sorry I can't supply photos Ian but my Missus goes past the Bungalow every day and she assures me that there are piles of rotten sleepers in the compound.Of course that does not explain the whereabout... |
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25-10-2011, 09:20 PM |
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Thread: Hair and helmets
Post: RE: Hair and helmets
Over on the other TT websites forum a contributor states that a helmet should be verging on the uncomfortable if it is to be a proper fit and after being involved in an incident,many years ago, when a... |
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beepee |
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25-10-2011, 09:15 PM |
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Thread: Engine stripping
Post: RE: Engine stripping
How times change! Does removing the head really require an expert rebuild? By gum when I were a lad it were second nature to do basic engine maintenace like taking the head off.Even on a four pot job ... |
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16-10-2011, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
Post: RE: New Footbridge on TT Circuit
All very well but why has the Bungalow footbridge been taken away ? |
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16-10-2011, 12:18 AM |
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Thread: Who is out there
Post: Who is out there
This forum has been quiet for a while but I feel things are beginning to pick up a bit.On here there is a more adult and reasoned attitude to TT racing,I say that by looking at the number of views on ... |
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beepee |
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08-09-2011, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Post: RE: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Well what an innovative idea Ian,trouble is how do you persuade the Moto GP owners to even acknowledge that any other form of racing exists.
I would expect the crowds at a monsoon ridden GP in Malays... |
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08-09-2011, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Post: RE: Hot off the press BROOKES FOR TT 2012
Hmmm, should help him smooth out his riding style. |
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07-09-2011, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Post: RE: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Ha ha Larry yes indeed,in fact one of the very few races I won was in the rain but it wasn't here.What I didn't realise at the time was the fact I was not immortal.:icon_lol: |
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01-09-2011, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Post: RE: test tickles or what MGP 2011
Indeed,but what happened to the 'no racing in the rain' rule that came not so long ago or was that just for the TT OR more likely the chance of having no racing at all meant it has been conveniently o... |
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31-08-2011, 11:03 PM |
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Thread: Please Read
Post: RE: Please Read
It seems to me that the Manx Grand Prix is no longer to be a race meeting for the racers.I readily admit that the event has been underwritten by the government in order that it may break even but now ... |
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beepee |
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30-08-2011, 07:37 PM |
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Thread: Dainese Race Leathers
Post: Dainese Race Leathers
A brand new ,unworn, set of these top quality leathers for sale a the bargain price of £500.00.They are for a big boy being Euro size 60. |
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beepee |
Miscellaneous For Sale
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17-08-2011, 08:54 PM |
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Thread: OILSPILLS
Post: RE: OILSPILLS
Basically the answer is no,from my personal experience this product is no more than coconut fibre or similar which certainly is highly absorbent but does not clean the residue from the surface,that ca... |
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17-07-2011, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: IOM TT 2011
Post: RE: IOM TT 2011
I appreciate the need for sponsorship but to put in fast laps on a circuit where spectators are so close to the action is putting not only the spectators at risk but also the TT itself.....
Be carefu... |
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beepee |
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15-06-2011, 10:02 PM |
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Thread: Marshalls dissent Over Comments
Post: RE: Marshalls dissent Over Comments
Now I am a retired old cynic,but I sincerely believe that someone who takes on the responsibility to be CoC for the TT and who gets very handsomely paid must be highly professional at all times.
Alth... |
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beepee |
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07-06-2011, 08:27 PM |
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Thread: Latest starter to win MGP
Post: Latest starter to win MGP
Just thinking back to years gone by and was wondering who had the highest start number to win the Senior MGP.
I think I know the answer but maybe you lot can confirm or refute my belief. |
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Quiz Questions
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15-02-2011, 10:09 PM |
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Thread: Maria Costello Becomes fastest woman at Ulster Grand Prix
Post: RE: Maria Costello Becomes fastest woman at Ulster...
I think she may have more to crow about if she had at least made the top twenty. |
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18-08-2010, 07:27 PM |
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Thread: TT-More variation in classes needed ?
Post: RE: TT-More variation in classes needed ?
I haven't read all the posts on this topic but to my mind what is available to race these days does not constitute enough variation to justify 2 weeks of practice/racing.
Much better to have 600,1000... |
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01-07-2010, 10:05 PM |
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Thread: Parade laps - what's your opinion?
Post: RE: Parade laps - what's your opinion?
Having been involved in a number of parades over the years my personal preference is to have a small number of famous riders and their machines going round.This enables everyone to know exactly who a... |
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beepee |
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23-06-2010, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: TT programme omissions
Post: TT programme omissions
I have been meaning to mention this for some time now and have never quite got around to it.
Can anyone enlighten me as to why the scale of prize money is no longer in the programme,I always found it... |
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beepee |
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07-06-2010, 07:54 PM |
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Thread: ITV 4
Post: RE: ITV 4
Can this be the same Bob who threatened a pensioner with violence for touching his vans wing mirror last year in Sulby.To be fair he did apologise later |
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07-06-2010, 07:47 PM |
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Thread: An Ideal ride-out section
Post: RE: An Ideal ride-out section
You are quite right Ian it is suppossed to be a wizard,it was fashioned from a dead ash tree by a local tree surgeon, whose name I can't recall,using a big and tiny chainsaws.
It has only recently be... |
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beepee |
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07-06-2010, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: Why You are Needed at THE SULBY GLEN HOTEL
Post: RE: Why You are Needed at THE SULBY GLEN HOTEL
Now that sounds exactly my type of fundraiser,being a whiskey drinker, and only living a couple of miles away,but when is it ? |
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28-10-2009, 09:32 PM |
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Thread: No Classics at Southern 100 in 2010
Post: RE: No Classics at Southern 100 in 2010
What a great shame we are to lose the classics I always enjoyed them as they provided a bit of variety to the meeting.However, as they say,use it or lose it.
No one can accuse the S100 club of not giv... |
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30-09-2009, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: A message of thanks
Post: RE: A message of thanks
How very true,last year a gang of us from the Sulby Glen Hotel did a sponsored skydive to raise money for the rescue helicopter.Shortly after the event I wrote to every one of my sponsors letting them... |
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beepee |
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08-09-2009, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: Females in the Manx
Post: RE: Females in the Manx
Fair comment about the replicas but if the third place man is over 10 minutes behind the winner,and on a similar bike,does he really warrant a rep.? |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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06-09-2009, 07:44 PM |
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Thread: Females in the Manx
Post: RE: Females in the Manx
Hilary,don't do yourself down,I have always thought of you as a very glamorous lady. |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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31-08-2009, 08:49 PM |
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Thread: UGP ON TV
Post: RE: UGP ON TV
Thanks for the reminder as I had forgotten about it. |
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beepee |
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19-08-2009, 03:41 PM |
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Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
No offence intended and no offence taken,carry on with the good work. |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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07-08-2009, 08:22 PM |
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Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Fair enough,no problem with all that. |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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03-08-2009, 03:07 PM |
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Thread: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Post: RE: Manx pit lane speed limit solutions
Although helpful I thought commercial advertising was not allowed on this board. |
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beepee |
Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT
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02-08-2009, 08:24 PM |
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Thread: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
Post: RE: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
You are quite right Arthur Mad Sunday is always the first Sunday in June,therefore the TT dates change.The races can take place,virtually,during the first 2 weeks of June or last week of May and 1st w... |
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beepee |
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30-07-2009, 05:56 PM |
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Thread: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
Post: RE: Meetings Clash ~ TT & Moto GP
The thought that crosses my mind is that if the TT were to have fixed dates there may be an outside chance of other events working around them,as it is TT week moves every year.
This year TT fortnigh... |
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beepee |
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29-07-2009, 06:04 PM |
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Thread: Southern 100 benefactor?
Post: RE: Southern 100 benefactor?
When I first raced in the S100 in 19......... I believe the money came from the collection boxes around the course,I only say that because it wasn't always the same amount.
I seem to recall the pract... |
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beepee |
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14-07-2009, 08:58 PM |
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Thread: Greatest ever TT rip off
Post: RE: Greatest ever TT rip off
Thankfully after the intervention of the local press it was brought to Flymaybe's attention that Scott was on a through ticket courtesy of American Airlines and should not have been charged.It seems t... |
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beepee |
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08-07-2009, 11:13 PM |
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Thread: John McBride FUNDRAISER
Post: RE: John McBride FUNDRAISER
John may not have been a TT superstar but he did a sometimes dirty job very well,he is deserving of our support as much as any other person injured at the TT.I will certainly be there to do my bit for... |
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Events, Fundraising, Sponsorship
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01-07-2009, 11:34 PM |
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Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
I was really replying to Hilarys post about why some people don't get classed as finshers,the red flag situation is obviously some what different.
I must comment that some years ago I was put in the ... |
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beepee |
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19-06-2009, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: a new voice at glen helen?
Post: RE: a new voice at glen helen?
I really don't mind who they get as long as it is not another BBC whallah.I would like someone with local knowledge and who can get excited over what is happening,but not as excited as Mr Kinley.
It ... |
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18-06-2009, 09:36 PM |
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Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
To be precise what I meant was that if you happened to be on your fifth lap you didn't get classed as a finisher,of course you could be on your sixth lap and therefore get a finish but if you weren't ... |
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18-06-2009, 09:20 PM |
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Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
I don't know if the rules have changed but it used to be that the checkered flag would be displayed when it was no longer possible to win a replica and anyone still on their fifth lap would not be cla... |
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beepee |
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18-06-2009, 06:07 PM |
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Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the joib?
I am glad I have managed to stimulate a little discussion on Mr Nelson.I was merely questioning what I saw as debateable decisions.I have heard from those in the know he is very good at delegating res... |
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15-06-2009, 09:11 AM |
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Thread: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the job? (split)
Post: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the job? (split)
I am wondering if Mr Nelson is the right man for the job of Clerk of the Course.
I refer to the debacle over the cancellation of Saturdays racing until Monday.The reason cited was that after rain 24 ... |
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beepee |
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13-06-2009, 12:19 AM |
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Thread: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Post: RE: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Linzi Drew is(was) a slapper who gets her kit off. |
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12-06-2009, 11:43 PM |
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Thread: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Post: RE: TT 09 Wheres the party?
Sorry Don I have to disagree with you on this one,for us diehards the racing is the thing but for the TT to survive it has to offer more than the racing.We are not talking about turning up at Doningto... |
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beepee |
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12-06-2009, 11:24 PM |
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Thread: John McBride-TM
Post: RE: John McBride-TM
Big John is in the Royal Liverpool Infirmary in an induced coma and is due in surgery tomorrow to set his fractures,which means he is responding well to treatment but is still very seriously ill.I am ... |
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11-06-2009, 08:50 PM |