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Thread: Greatest ever TT rip off
Post: RE: Greatest ever TT rip off
| FlyBe allows 20kg of hold luggage in one bag and 10kg of cabin luggage in one bag.
Above that is it £10 per kg for the first 3kg, £15 per kg for 3-6kgs and £20 per kg above that.
All this according ... |
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07-07-2009, 05:06 PM |
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Thread: [split] Nothing to do with Eddie Nelson,
Post: RE: Eddie Nelson,is he up to the joib?
| The Senior was red-flagged after the leaders had completed their 6th laps - all riders who had been lapped should've stopped at the end of their 5th laps. According to the lap-by-lap results, there w... |
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15-06-2009, 05:00 PM |
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Thread: Manx weather
Post: RE: Manx weather
| Aye, look at it now clear skies, bright, not a huge wind - and the IOM govt website at Ronaldsway was forecasting just that yesterday afternoon! :bonk: |
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07-06-2009, 10:36 AM |
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Thread: Past TT dates
Post: Past TT dates
| With TT practice starting a few days later this year than last, is there anywhere that shows the dates of previous TTs?
Did they used to be (as this year) the first two weeks in June, or did it vary? |
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19-05-2009, 09:16 AM |
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Thread: Can it be renovated in time ?
Post: RE: Can it be renovated in time ?
| There were 3 or 4 people working on the grandstand scoreboard yesterday (Saturday) - looked like they were painting the black bits |
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26-04-2009, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: WARNING TO VISITORS
Post: RE: WARNING TO VISITORS
| Hilary M Wrote:Obviously,some mindless government official has dreamed this up without thought,as they usually do.Let's hope that the rally folk and their teams won't want to come to the Island again ... |
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21-07-2008, 02:09 PM |
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Thread: The QB to go
Post: RE: The QB to go
| I suppose it's better than the 'Magic Roundabout' in Swindon (now that would confuse drivers over here :D), but this is the intention:
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03-07-2008, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: eurosport sad days for all
Post: RE: eurosport sad days for all
| Dorna want MotoGP to be shown on free-to-air television, to get the biggest possible market for the sponsors - not a bad thing to aim for from their perspective.
At least I won't have to try and use ... |
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30-06-2008, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: FAO Paul Phillips
Post: RE: FAO Paul Phillips
| Some excellent points, Paul, and good for responding.
Paul Phillips Wrote:In addition that though, we are scouring Europe for talented riders who will compliment our event, and we are back into the S... |
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30-06-2008, 02:50 PM |
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Thread: Prohibited Areas
Post: RE: Prohibited Areas
| steve-e Wrote:I'm just hoping the signs hadn't been nicked.
If the signs should still be there, then racing shouldn't start until they have been replaced - this then leads to the assumption that they ... |
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03-06-2008, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: The Rip off Prize
Post: RE: The Rip off Prize
| The Bag Wrote:£2 towards the cost of hiring portaloos?? Simple don't hire them.
There are toilets in the pub surely? Be better value to buy a pint and p**s it down the pub loo?
Better still leave a st... |
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03-06-2008, 05:46 PM |
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Thread: Is it a Record
Post: RE: Is it a Record
| Starting practices an hour earlier would never wash now - too many people working 9-5 that don't give two hoots about the TT, so imagine what they're responses would be if they couldn't get home on th... |
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03-06-2008, 03:33 PM |
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Thread: Camera Flash
Post: RE: Camera Flash
| Is it not better to say no flashes, than to allow them and someone to bring along a hulking big one, or for that one obscure instance where a flash does cause a problem? |
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03-06-2008, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: The Rip off Prize
Post: RE: The Rip off Prize
| David Griffiths Wrote:There was a sign next to the gate where the £2 per person was being charged on Saturday to say that the money collected would go towards the cost of hiring the portaloos. They mu... |
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03-06-2008, 02:04 PM |
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Thread: stupid rules
Post: RE: stupid rules
| Correct me if I'm wrong here, but aren't the various rules production-based? If you want to allow anything then the TT would be prototypes only, wouldn't it? There's got to be some rules to create a... |
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03-06-2008, 01:56 PM |
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Thread: Practice cancelled
Post: RE: Practice cancelled
| thewitch Wrote:There are sometimes brief, one lap sessions after races. Hope it doesn't come to that. Better weather for the rest of the week.
Isn't there still Thursday afternoon for an emergency pra... |
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28-05-2008, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Practice pics
Post: Practice pics
| Go to my online gallery for practice pics so far - Saturday at Cronk ny Mona, tonight at Ballaugh
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26-05-2008, 10:39 PM |
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Thread: Emergency talks over TT insurance
Post: RE: Emergency talks over TT insurance
| cargo Wrote:Have a look in this thread for a map of Jurby Road
This one, in fact ;) |
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17-05-2008, 03:58 PM |
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Thread: Course inspection cars
Post: RE: Course inspection cars
| I would say that lack of information plays a part in this - IOMTT.com, Audi.co.uk, etc all only mention the TTS in conjunction with the TT races. The inference from the press releases is that the Aud... |
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01-05-2008, 10:17 AM |
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Thread: new chief marshal
Post: RE: new chief marshal
| larryd Wrote:When did Tom Loughridge's old mate cease to be Manx Chief Constable?
And what does Mr Langdon know about marshalling?
Surely we need knowledge and, especially, experience?
:think
Mike... |
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29-04-2008, 04:47 PM |
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Thread: If you haven't a bike at the TT
Post: RE: If you haven't a bike at the TT
| The writer does have a way with words :) |
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23-04-2008, 03:13 PM |
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Thread: TT roads open driver quits over car switch
Post: RE: TT roads open driver quits over car switch
| T-M Wrote:I think I'm right in saying that David Mylchreest is still welcome as a driver of the car. That job has not been taken away from him, he has chosen to resign.
David Mylchreest is the island ... |
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10-04-2008, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: Inquest today?
Post: RE: Inquest today?
| I'd imagine not - I think that the MGP Senior was cancelled last year partly because they didn't think that they would have enough marshals around to run it on the Saturday. |
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27-03-2008, 08:09 PM |
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Thread: Inquest today?
Post: RE: Inquest today?
| thewitch Wrote:What Cargo and I know (and we are now willing to share this secret with you)
is......................
Being a marshal......................
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99.999% of th... |
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23-03-2008, 09:58 PM |
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Thread: Dialing Ireland landline question
Post: RE: Dialing Ireland landline question
| Close - dialling Ireland from the US is 011 353 45 888774.
The US doesn't use the otherwise standard 00 start to an inernational dialling code. |
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11-03-2008, 11:42 PM |
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Thread: IOM Road Race Courses
Post: Re: IOM Road Race Courses
| alf885 Wrote:Can anyone tell me is this list complete of IOM M/Cycle road race courses past and present?
St Johns
Mountain 1911 - 1920 (4-inch course)
Mountain 1920 - present
Clypse Course
Billow... |
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29-01-2008, 10:46 PM |
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Thread: ITS OFFICIAL MADNESS BY THE ACU
Post: If confirmed, I'll be wearing my helmet marshallin...
| If confirmed, I'll be wearing my helmet marshalling up on the Mountain then - last year we had a sidecar shed its driven wheel coming up to us, how many more might there be this year without scrutinee... |
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18-01-2008, 05:29 PM |
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Thread: Another TT course change
Post: [quote="andy21aa"]Would the powers that be at Spa ...
| andy21aa Wrote:Would the powers that be at Spa straighten out Eau Rouge? I don't think so.
Eau Rouge is on a closed-road course, isn;t it? The Nook to Governor's is a normal road and they get changes ... |
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14-10-2007, 05:31 PM |
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Thread: Another Course Change ??
Post: Around Jubilee Oak at the left-hander on entering ...
| Around Jubilee Oak at the left-hander on entering Braddan Bridge, and opposite the Saddle Road junction just as you exit Braddan Bridge. |
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26-08-2007, 09:44 PM |
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Thread: foot and mouth is back
Post: [quote="shipleymanx"] Why don't they just restrict...
| shipleymanx Wrote:Why don't they just restrict the spectator places. People have made holiday arrangements to get to the island, time of work, hotels paid for, ferries paid for.
Remember that marshals... |
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04-08-2007, 11:28 PM |
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Thread: Bit cloudy but no problem
Post: It was cloudy/misty up on the Mountain, especially...
| It was cloudy/misty up on the Mountain, especially the Mountain Mile to Bungalow sections, and they decided that the helicopters didn't have enough visibility to land in those sections. |
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02-06-2007, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: Wednesday night TT Practice cancelled
Post: Oh, mods, might it be an idea to change the title ...
| Oh, mods, might it be an idea to change the title of this thread to Wednesday night's practice cancelled? :D |
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31-05-2007, 03:22 PM |
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Thread: Wednesday night TT Practice cancelled
Post: I assumed that it was primarily to do with the hel...
| I assumed that it was primarily to do with the helicopter not being able to land, especially over the mountain - isn't that the primary reason for cancellations now? |
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31-05-2007, 12:08 PM |
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Thread: Island Filling Stations Prepare to Beat the 130 Record
Post: [quote="John Foster"]Manx Radio reports £107 somew...
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30-05-2007, 12:04 PM |
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Thread: BOBF
Post: [url=http://samwise.smugmug.com/gallery/2904944]He...
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26-05-2007, 11:28 PM |
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Thread: Broadband on the Island
Post: I'm unsure what you're asking here, Ian, but if yo...
| I'm unsure what you're asking here, Ian, but if you just wanted to plug an ADSL modem/router into a telephone connection over here, it wouldn't work as you need an appropriate broadband account (ManxN... |
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26-05-2007, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: Radio TT
Post: [quote="FC"]They may be breaking the law, Manx Rad...
| FC Wrote:They may be breaking the law, Manx Radio is Government controlled and is paid for out of Manx Taxpayers money, I would have thought to let Manx Radio charge would have to go before the Govern... |
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18-05-2007, 10:53 AM |
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Thread: Radio TT
Post: Because as I read it you're getting the online rad...
| Because as I read it you're getting the online radio feed as part of the whole package (speed traps, lap times, ability to follow up to 3 racers per race, things like that).
The Manx government partl... |
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18-05-2007, 10:40 AM |
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Thread: Bring back the ROUND BAR- "The Hilton" now "T
Post: From what I've read, Graham Ferguson Lacey said th...
| From what I've read, Graham Ferguson Lacey said that within 5 years they want to have their new 5-star hotel (complete with casino, health spa, 4-screen multiplex, 150 bedrooms etc) built and open opp... |
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16-05-2007, 09:14 AM |
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Thread: Mountain Road One Way - Confirmed
Post: Mountain Road One Way - Confirmed
| It has been confirmed that it will be going ahead - see IOM Online article:
Quote:ONE-WAY MOUNTAIN ROAD FOR TT
TRANSPORT chiefs have confirmed proposals to make the Mountain Road one-way for the TT w... |
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10-04-2007, 03:51 PM |
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Thread: Buell at the TT this year?
Post: Buell at the TT this year?
| Just been reading on a few websites (in both the US and UK) that Adrenalin Moto in the UK have sold their Thunderbike Buell XB12X racer to Kevin 'Ago' Murphy. I saw it first on the Bad Weather Bikers... |
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14-03-2007, 11:14 PM |
