Bobbie Bobster Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 48 minutes ago, Amadeus said: What he said. +1 21 hours ago, Kevmeister said: I doubt you will get an honest straightforward answer Nelwd, I tried for half of this morning to no avail. You got an honest straightforward answer - it's none of your beeswax! Can I change my vote to a 918? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 hours ago, quilp said: Any chance you'll be opening this subject for comment on the show? You know, sans the piston-headed mockery? If there's any general interest in this I'd be happy to. I suspect it's only petrolheads and Kevmeister/Tool Lame who give half a damn. For the record, I commend Derek Flint for 'professionalising' something that's been going on for years. Probably a decade ago I suggested to members of a Lotus forum I use that the IOM would be a great weekend driving holiday for members, and would be happy to act as local liaison. They came over one Friday afternoon, and I'd asked Derek (then head of roads policing) if he'd meet them off the boat with me and give them a safety chat. He agreed without hesitation and combined a warm welcome with dark threats of legal misery if anyone took the piss and fucked up. Feedback from the Lotus gang afterwards was that it was a highspot of their (much enjoyed) trip to have a senior cop who was also a petrolhead welcome them to the Island. He's done it for them and similar groups many times since then, so I have no problem with him commercialising the concept and making a few bob in the process. I presume he also risks losing his shirt, so even more reason to support the event. As for 'what happens if they crash - we'll be left paying for their medical care'? I suspect people with £200k cars are likely to be reasonably careful and decent drivers and have private health insurance. Is this any different from visiting footballers or other activities? I bet the interminable walking and cycling fests cause more disruption and injury - but if it's good for the Island I'm happy for my taxes to help bring in some visitors. And as for spotty Kevmeister 'simply asking for a yes or no', that's a fabrication. You've asked personal, provocative or commercially sensitive questions and Flinty has shown remarkable restraint. I'd have told you to fuck right off much earlier in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Stu Peters said: And as for spotty Kevmeister 'simply asking for a yes or no', that's a fabrication. You've asked personal, provocative or commercially sensitive questions and Flinty has shown remarkable restraint. I'd have told you to fuck right off much earlier in the thread. He does like stringing them along, though. See the hospital topic, he must have got 3 or 4 pages out of one particular poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Stu Peters said: Probably a decade ago I suggested to members of a Lotus forum I use that the IOM would be a great weekend driving holiday for members, and would be happy to act as local liaison. They came over one Friday afternoon, and I'd asked Derek (then head of roads policing) if he'd meet them off the boat with me and give them a safety chat. He agreed without hesitation and combined a warm welcome with dark threats of legal misery if anyone took the piss and fucked up. Feedback from the Lotus gang afterwards was that it was a highspot of their (much enjoyed) trip to have a senior cop who was also a petrolhead welcome them to the Island. That is actually quite disturbing. It's effectively turning it into a sanctioned island wide track day as you get similar briefings on those. But the island isn't a racetrack. That's a problem. Why would anyone need warnings? Haven't they passed driving tests? There's a logical conclusion that I expect will be reached one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Having Mr. Plod telling you not to drive like a tit doesn't make it a track day, though, does it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxb&b Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 2 hours ago, RIchard Britten said: Its a damn stupid question. I agree with Richard. There, I said it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxb&b Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Two-lane said: That's a damn stupid reply. My question was obviously querying whether you were at home, or whether you are conducting personal and business activities while being paid by the taxpayer to do a job. If you are at home, it would have been sensible simply to say that. I got more sensible replies from my children when they were ten years old. I don't regard anyone who communicates in that childish way to be suitable to do any kind of management job. Not insinuating anything but I'd be surprised if anyone has seen you and GeeCee in the same room at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevmeister Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 40 minutes ago, Stu Peters said: And as for spotty Kevmeister 'simply asking for a yes or no', that's a fabrication. You've asked personal, provocative or commercially sensitive questions and Flinty has shown remarkable restraint. I'd have told you to fuck right off much earlier in the thread. You’re clearly a very rude man then despite being a minor “celebrity” of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, The Bastard said: Having Mr. Plod telling you not to drive like a tit doesn't make it a track day, though, does it ? But what is so special about these people that they need telling in the first place? I've driven off the boat loads of times and nobody has ever told me not to drive like a tit. Shouldn't we be warned that such people are going to be on the roads, perhaps even advised to stay off them for our own safety? You know, like in TT week and that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 07/03/2018 at 8:15 AM, Kevmeister said: I certainly hope he is paying a good whack out of his own pocket to the Police and other Government Departments for the costs of policing and managing the road closures. What he’s charging is on the website. If some rich idiot wants to pay thousands of pounds to Derek Flint do a Cannon Ball Run in his Lambo then I would hope that the Manx taxpayer is adequately compensated for the inconvenience. It’s nit like it’s the TT when there are wider benefits for a wider section of the economy. This seems to be an event that will profit Derek Flint and his business partners and that’s it. It reinforces the idea that money talks and that if you have the money and the interest you can do what you like. A thinly veiled threat to deal with piss takers is no deterrent at all. The roads over here are full of fucking morons as it is and is a lottery of survival at the best of times, adding these rich twats blasting around our island in high performance card which are more than likely way too powerful for the drivers is a recipe for disaster. I hope to fuck I along with many others aren't inconvenienced from roads being closed to date the appetites of wealthy speedelfreakery twats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, yootalkin2me said: The roads over here are full of fucking morons as it is and is a lottery of survival at the best of times Well your skilful use of overstatement has convinved me! /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Shoe Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Stu Peters said: I suspect people with £200k cars are likely to be reasonably careful... And if they've had "two or three pints" I'm sure they'll be extra careful, eh Stu? (sorry, couldn't resist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bobbie Bobster said: Well your skilful use of overstatement has convinved me! /s You're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Two-lane said: Are you working at the hospital right at this moment? Well - I thought he had recently been appointed to some consultative post at Nobles, but in this thread, he has said that he is no longer a public employee. So, I wonder what happened to the hospital job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, yootalkin2me said: It reinforces the idea that money talks and that if you have the money and the interest you can do what you like. A thinly veiled threat to deal with piss takers is no deterrent at all. The roads over here are full of fucking morons as it is and is a lottery of survival at the best of times, adding these rich twats blasting around our island in high performance card which are more than likely way too powerful for the drivers is a recipe for disaster. I hope to fuck I along with many others aren't inconvenienced from roads being closed to date the appetites of wealthy speedelfreakery twats! In fairness, I did it for as many visiting car clubs as I could, including vintage Jags and other classics. The whole point is that you can't do what you like, and can expect the cops to come down on you like a ton of bricks if you insist on hooning around. The safety record of wealthy speedfreakery twats in supercars is actually pretty good. Motorbikes - well that's a different story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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