Linus27

My little track toy

Saw a red 350z convertible tonight around 7pm going through Hartley Whitney, past Blackbushe and heading towards Camberley. You turned off towards Frogmore. I think you had black wheels and was on a private plate starting with S. Anyone on here?

I's not the sheep behind that are the problem, undertaking is illegal so technically if they wish to go faster than the car in front then they have no choice. It's the muppet in front who annoys me, there's 10 cars behind you and nobody to the left for 2 miles... get the hint! True to a point. It is not illegal to undertake, it's only illegal if you change lanes immediately after passing. If you lane is moving faster than the lane to the left then it's legal to pass. So if all the sheep are hogging lane 3 then you are perfectly in your right to pass them in lane 1 and 2.

Subaru Impreza every time.

I love the rain and have washed my car many a time in the rain Prefer driving in the rain also.

People who drive with their front fogs on all the time when it's not foggy. People who straight line roundabouts, so car in left lane cuts across the lane or car who is in the right lane turning right. People who get in the right turn only lane to then go straight on as they can't be bothered to wait in line in the correct lane. Middle lane morons obviously Sheep in 3rd lane of motorway all following each other and not moving over into 1st or 2nd lane which is clear. People who pull out of a junction in front of you and don't get up to speed causing you to slow down drastically. People who turn into a junction but then stop leaving half their arse hanging out even if their road ahead is clear. Don't even get me started on bad parking

Linus27 so Linus is after someone said I was like Linus from Charlie Brown (no, I don't have a comfort blanket) and 27 after the famous number that Ferrari used to use on their F1 cars and what my favourite driver Jean Alesi used.

Was going to map my Scooby at some point this year but he put everything on hold. He mapped Kraziekatz's Scooby last month. R.I.P Simon

I take on board what you say, but then when there is so much at stake it is not surprising that to win the championship many will play the long game to get the necessary bag of points, even if that means going for the win is secondary. And lets face it, it is only because Mercedes have the best package that Hamilton/Rosberg are where they are - look at Red Bull; Brawn; Ferrari, MaClaren before them - it is so much about the cars making the drivers look good rather than the drivers themselves, with Vettel being the latest casualty of not having the right technology under him. For me the 'star' this year has been Alonso, who has got results for Ferrari that many had not predicted and in the process has made Raikkonen look 'ordinary'. Being an Alonso fan, I would say that Alonso for the last few years has flattered a very average Ferrari. In fact he did that with Renault also. Yes Alonso has been the star this year but for me, the bigger star has been Ricciardo. His driving has been inteligent and he has also shown great speed and aggression. In terms of driving style, he seems to be very similar to Alonso and I can see being a future world champion giving the right machinery and luck.

I wasn't preaching and I am sorry for your losses, but simply pointing out that if it takes a gimmick or a challenge to raise so much money for a charity and people feel compelled to join in, then it's clearly a good thing and a bit of fun. Judging by the amount they have raised in this campaign, then people have clearly been donating. If however some wish to simply donate, then this is equally admirable. There is no right or wrong way in my book. All my friends that I know who have taken part have followed up with the donate by texting a £5. My wife who won't do this as she doesn't want to make a fool of herself does do race for life a few times a year and has dragged her friends, aunts, mum etc to join in and have raised a nice chunk of money on their just giving pages.

I am with Daveyboy on this, my whole news feed on fb is filled with people chucking water over themselves, all in the name of charity, yeah right, all in the name of being an attention seeker and feeling peer pressure because you have been nominated. Its great marketing and superb its earning money for charity and even awareness, i dont have to do this to donate money to charity though, which is where it will end for 99.9% of the people that do this. Suddenly the worlds got a conscience and smugness that they have joined in, just donate monthly to a charity if you feel so strongly!!!!! As I have already said, in one day, the charity has raised one sixth of what they would raise in an entire year. If it is attention seeking then it's clearly working for the right reasons and shows your 99.9% figure of people not donating is a little out I don't think the world has suddenly got a conscience, look at how popular race for life is, red nose day as well as the thousands of other events that happen day in day out to raise money. This is such a simple thing that pretty much everyone can contribute to it. I'm sure it will die down soon and your Facebook page will return to normality soon enough. I said 99.9% of the people who did the challenge wont donate until the next "challenge", you shouldnt need a challenge to donate, just donate regularly, its really easy Where are you getting this figure of 99.9% from. What is your source of information? Cancer Research which includes Race For Life which is a challenge raised £537 million last year. Do you honestly think they would earn as much if they dropped the Race For Life challenge and just relied on people donating off their backs? Comic Relief which includes Red Nose Day has all manner of challenges and events that people do to raise money, throughout the year as well as on Red Nose Day. They even have a TV show on the day highlighting all the various challenges people are doing. They raised £610 million last year. You think they should drop this also. Help for Heroes has raised £121 million, a lot of this is from challenges (bike rides, rugby matches, Motorsport etc) and other special events. Shall we just drop those and stick with the car window stickers and keep our fingers crossed. Sorry but people like to feel involved and contribute. Things like this challenge, reward and change peoples lives giving them some purpose. Sponsoring a group of disabled kids to do an activity, sponsor someone to cycle across Britain with no arms or sight, swim the English Channel etc. Its all good as is the person who simply dips their hand in their pocket. To complain that it's upsetting their Facebook page is a bit cheap really.

I am with Daveyboy on this, my whole news feed on fb is filled with people chucking water over themselves, all in the name of charity, yeah right, all in the name of being an attention seeker and feeling peer pressure because you have been nominated. Its great marketing and superb its earning money for charity and even awareness, i dont have to do this to donate money to charity though, which is where it will end for 99.9% of the people that do this. Suddenly the worlds got a conscience and smugness that they have joined in, just donate monthly to a charity if you feel so strongly!!!!! As I have already said, in one day, the charity has raised one sixth of what they would raise in an entire year. If it is attention seeking then it's clearly working for the right reasons and shows your 99.9% figure of people not donating is a little out I don't think the world has suddenly got a conscience, look at how popular race for life is, red nose day as well as the thousands of other events that happen day in day out to raise money. This is such a simple thing that pretty much everyone can contribute to it. I'm sure it will die down soon and your Facebook page will return to normality soon enough.

Does everyone know about it though? I only found out this two weeks a go and my sisters at the weekend. Not everyone spends all day on Facebook. The reason for the water is not awareness, it's part of the rules. Throw water over your head and donate £5 or don't and donate £100. It's a forfeit. The awareness has worked as the charity has raised in one day, one sixth of what they raise in the whole of 2013. Surely that's a good thing and if people are going to make fools of themselves for 30 seconds to raise money for a good cause then I can't really see any reason to complain.

I only found out about this a couple of weeks ago, partly because I don't spend my life on Facebook or the internet. I was nominated by a friend who lives in another country who I no longer see so very grateful for the contact I have with him and for him to consider me. Chucking a bucket of water over my head to raise awareness and money for this charity or any charity for that matter is the least I can do to help those less fortunate. I am not capable of swimming the English Channel, climb a mountain, or sponsor me to run a marathon and there is no way you will push me out of a plane for love or money. At least this is something I can do, even if it is small in comparison to what some people do to raise money. So I did it, donated my fiver and hope it's helped someone less fortunate than me. I think if your sick of this, then you need to look at your priorities a bit if it's bugging you so much as I am sure there are many who are grateful to those who are chucking water over themselves and donating their fiver.

Just in case anyone ask, I was a passenger and not driving and taking photos

Followed a lovely yellow 370z heading north on the A3 and then onto M25 at Wisley just now. Female driver and 370z in black on side of car.

I think this could be another interesting race between the two Merc drivers. Just hope we get a bit of a closer scrap. I think the racing in the field will be similar to Silverstone so we could see some exciting battles.

We used to do that as well as foxes. It was pretty cool.

Never stops me, I usually sit on 80 on the speedo which is maybe 75? Never going to get stopped doing a steady speed like that Yep, me also

Music is a very personal thing, I would never say someone's taste in music is rubbish as long as they have some passion for it That winds the helll up out of me when someone says a band is @*!#. Its not @*!#, you just don't like it.

This gets a jumbo from me..........and I really like the direction the new stuff is moving in Thank you Kraziekatz

I'm liking Cow and Inter and Echo 109 - you should be driving a bloody Ferrari with that back catalogue I think I might love the Cow vocalist Maxine Cook. Hehe, didn't quite make the Ferrari but does a Lotus count Glad you're liking it though

Not a fan of Lewis but a mature reply from him. I'm hoping to see a great result from Kvyat and Bianchi. I also think if Riccardo gets the win, the place will go mad.

Selfless plug time These are some of the bands I have played in over the years. It covers most genres so you might find something you like Inter - This was the band that had the record deal and ended up doing various tours, TV, radio etc including a couple of Peel sessions, XFM live sessions and one of our songs used for an advert. A magazine gave up 4 out of 5 and said we were a mix of Radiohead, Green Day and The Manics. Cow - This is a Motown/soul type of thing that I recorded a few years back at Paul Weller's studio and who we went of tour with. https://soundcloud.com/michael-boylan/sets/cow-dedicated-to-the-mighty Echo 109 - This was the last album I played on, only just pressed a couple of weeks back. It's a sort of electronic, industrial, ambient, dance thing. Started out as one song and ended up being a whole album. https://soundcloud.com/michael-boylan/sets/echo-109-space-and-time-1 Michael Boylan - This is me, my own solo album I am currently recording. It's a bit Jazz, ambient type of thing. https://soundcloud.com/michael-boylan/sets/michael-boylan The Fleas - A sort of indie, guitar pop sort of thing. https://soundcloud.com/michael-boylan/sets/the-fleas The River Thieves - If you like U2, The Alarm and the 80's stadium thing these you might like this. My first band but a but dated but great memories especially playing In front of 6000 people at Brixton Academy. https://soundcloud.com/michael-boylan/sets/the-river-thieves-winter

Kraziekatz needs to see this thread as she was talking to me about this. Plus she's only in Reading.