Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

Isn't that true of the news shows as well? jm -Original Message- From: John Sessoms Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 1:32 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Top Gear - GFM ? From: "Bob W" You ought to send this to them - I bet they'd read it out on Top Ge

RE: Top Gear - GFM ?

From: "Bob W" You ought to send this to them - I bet they'd read it out on Top Gear and thank you for correcting them. From what I have seen of the show, I doubt they care that much. It's entertainment, not reportage. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

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;>> -Original Message- >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >>> John Sessoms >>> Sent: 29 December 2010 20:34 >>> To: PDML@pdml.net >>> Subject: Re: Top Gear - GFM ? >>> >>> From:

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gt; > B > >> -Original Message- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> John Sessoms >> Sent: 29 December 2010 20:34 >> To: PDML@pdml.net >> Subject: Re: Top Gear - GFM ? >> >> From: Cotty >> >>

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You ought to send this to them - I bet they'd read it out on Top Gear and thank you for correcting them. B > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > Sent: 29 December 2010 20:34 > To: PDML@pdml.ne

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

On Dec 29, 2010, at 16:17, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Top Gear is not know for it's impartial and accurate views of America. > Besides, the road they are looking for it 129 at Deal's Gap: > > http://www.tailofthedragon.com/ > I've ridden this road 3 times on a motorcycle. The first time (in 19

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10 mins which shows them on GFM...

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Cotty wrote: >On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North >>Carolina... :-) > >Found a youtube link for the first 10 mins which shows them on GFM... > > > >>F

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Top Gear is not know for it's impartial and accurate views of America. Besides, the road they are looking for it 129 at Deal's Gap: http://www.tailofthedragon.com/ They are often willing (for a price) to have the police shut down the road for a short period. It would have made a funny bit on th

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On 29/12/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >They start talking about the "Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia", but the >entire Blue Ridge Parkway segment is in North Carolina. They don't get >the whole idea of the Blue Ridge Parkway ... it's a PARK-way. [snip] John, best you don't watch

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From: Cotty On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North >Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10 mins which shows them on GFM... From 2 mi

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From: Mat Maessen On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters wrote: > That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a > life of crime to get one. Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) Ain't nowhere in the state more th

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Or at least more lucrative than currently achieved. -Original Message- From: Cotty Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:50 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: Top Gear - GFM ? On 29/12/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me

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Me too, the parking lot just before the summit. Bob S. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:17 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Cory Waters > >> That was pretty funny: >> (from memory) >> And we're off to settle which car is best with a "Blast down the Blue >> Ridge Parkway!" >> cut to shots of them going

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From: Cory Waters That was pretty funny: (from memory) And we're off to settle which car is best with a "Blast down the Blue Ridge Parkway!" cut to shots of them going very slowly over the viaduct around GFM. In the first shot it appears they're going south along the parkway, *TOWARDS* GFM.

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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North >>Carolina... :-) > > Found a youtube link for the first 10  mins which shows them on GFM... > >

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Thanks Cotty. I look forward to the full show. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North >>Carolina... :-) > > Found a youtube link for the first 10  mins which shows

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And hence the oft-repeated "Never believe anything Cotty says" Dude, SH. On 12/29/2010 9:50 AM, Cotty wrote: On 29/12/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a life of crime to get one. Presumably more crime tha

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On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North >Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10 mins which shows them on GFM... >From 2 minutes in... --

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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters wrote: > That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a > life of crime to get one. Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

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On 29/12/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: >That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up >a life of crime to get one. Presumably more crime than you do now? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.co

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They really did complain, huh? I'm not surprised. I've felt that same way myself. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters wrote: > That was pretty funny: > (from memory) > And we're off to settle which car is best with a "Blast down the Blue Ridge > Parkway!" > cut to shots of them going v

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That was pretty funny: (from memory) And we're off to settle which car is best with a "Blast down the Blue Ridge Parkway!" cut to shots of them going very slowly over the viaduct around GFM. "Is that a mistake? Does that sign say 45 MPH?" "Surely all 800 miles of this road aren't this slow" "J

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Oh, Lord, I can hear them complaining about he 45 mph speed limit on the Parkway. On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Cotty wrote: > Yes, unbelievably, on topic. > > I watched the 2 Top Gear Christmas specials, the first of which sees the > team driving from NC to NY. They start off on the Blue Ridg

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Answering my own question! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,