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Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:14 pm
by Trumpton
warren zevon rip wrote:

> And next we will have Nichola Sturgeon chiming in with the same
> sort of Little Scotlander mentality. What with Mr Salmon and
> his pal, there is definitely something fishy about these
> Nationalist types.

Yes, he's always waffling on about protecting the Scottish fishing industry. LOL!


Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:39 pm
by Trumpton
warren zevon rip wrote:

> Trumpton wrote:
>
> > Yes, he's always waffling on about protecting the Scottish
> > fishing industry. LOL!
>
> Yeah, but he doesn't give a toss about humourless crofters,
> does he now?

More votes in protecting, or attempting to protect the fishing industry than crofting?


Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:44 pm
by Trumpton
warren zevon rip wrote:

> Trumpton wrote:
>
> > More votes in protecting, or attempting to protect the
> fishing
> > industry than crofting?
>
> Nah, just that crofters tend to be ignorant dullards who
> wouldn't get a fish-related pun if you dangled a week old
> herring in front of them.

Oh, I've missed this. What has Crofter said (typed) now to get you all hot under the collar?


Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:56 pm
by Trumpton
warren zevon rip wrote:

> Trumpton wrote:
>
> > Oh, I've missed this. What has Crofter said (typed) now to
> get
> > you all hot under the collar?
>
> Oh, the boy Crofty does not realise that the accepted spelling
> for Alex Salmond is the fishy one - as that allows political
> punsters such as myself ample scope for childish humour at he
> and his deputy's (Ms Sturgeon) expense. Sand but true!
>
> E.g.:
>
> No doubt the independence referendum White Paper will turn out
> to be another SNP red herring. Boom boom.

Yes, I've just read those posts.


Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:39 pm
by Arginald Valleywater
I remember Murray Walker getting a blast down a forest stage with Colin. He was genuinely petrified and his legs went after he got out of the car. He said he had been in a 2 seater Grand Prix car but couldn't believe how fast a modern works rally car went sideways between 2 solid walls of pine trees and rocks.

Colin did some testing in an F1 car. One of the pit crew thought it was the teams regular F1 driver by watching the geat change data on the PC link. In fact it was Colin, who got within 0.8 of a second of the F1 drivers within a few laps. Rally men (and Michelle Mouton) are by far the most skilled all round drivers, dust, gravel, ice, tarmac, mud, scary quick on all surfaces.

RIP a great driver and condolences to the other families involved.

Re: Beaking News Colin Mcrae

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:22 pm
by colonel
Helicopters and great motor sportsmen...Colin McRae..Colin Chapman..Graham Hill- all killed years before their time in air crashes.