joebean Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 14 minutes ago, Boris Johnson said: Throwing more good money, OF OURS, at an aging relic. Live coverage of a rider hitting the gable end of a house and killed instantly anyone? Got to be good for Youtube hits? That won’t happen. It would be live, with a delay. The real threat to the TT lies with the thing we all carry; the mobile phone. Video recording in HD with access to the internet. It won’t be long until something horrible is posted, outside of the control of the broadcaster or organisers. That will result in a difficult act of reputation management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, joebean said: That won’t happen. It would be live, with a delay. The real threat to the TT lies with the thing we all carry; the mobile phone. Video recording in HD with access to the internet. It won’t be long until something horrible is posted, outside of the control of the broadcaster or organisers. That will result in a difficult act of reputation management. Too late, there has been such a video of a rider being killed at Ballaugh Bridge, head first into the gable of the pub on youtube since it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Boris Johnson said: Too late, there has been such a video of a rider being killed at Ballaugh Bridge, head first into the gable of the pub on youtube since it happened. I’m aware of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The mountain road to be closed for seven weeks from end of February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, hissingsid said: The mountain road to be closed for seven weeks from end of February. Couple more racing curves/profiles going in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Happier diner said: Couple more racing curves/profiles going in? Streetlights for the winter racing. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Good Friday is 15th April so cutting it fine for Easter…..😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, finlo said: Streetlights for the winter racing. Gaslights, courtesy of Crogga. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Quote It’s priced to generate eyeballs on screens, not income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorik Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 10:09 AM, paswt said: I was saddened that you chose to destroy the scoreboard , apart, allegedly, of a bit of it which may be exhibited at the museum in future years , particularly as (I'm told) the museum at Jurby offered to display the entire scoreboard. I believe a section is on display in Victory Cafe. Would be interesting to find out if any other sections have been squirreled away, by whom and at what consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, yorik said: I believe a section is on display in Victory Cafe. Would be interesting to find out if any other sections have been squirreled away, by whom and at what consideration. in reality, if we need a scoreboard at all in this electronic age, it shouldn't have to rely on scouts running up and down with boards behind a birdcage. replacing or renovating what was should be a non starter IMHO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The DOI are truly magical in the space of an hour they have done a full weeks work it has now announced on the 1.00 news it will be just six weeks.How can you believe anything these clowns say. It was not a blunder on M R s part as 3fm had the seven week story as well. Perhaps they had not thought about Easter and someone reminded them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 27 minutes ago, hissingsid said: The DOI are truly magical in the space of an hour they have done a full weeks work If you'd said a full hour's work in a week it might have been believable 😂 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 43 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: That literally makes no sense. So by doing this are Treasury admitting that Treasury doesn’t make any money out of the TT if it can’t see a business case for replacing an integral part of the event? Or are they just trying to stop some idiot civil servant from buying a £5M atomic clock? I too find Mr Callister’s comment a bit strange. It can only be difficult, assuming the scoreboard is actually an important element of the TT, if a bid was submitted that could not justify the cost against the benefits arising from it; the bid was fundamentally flawed in its detail; the bid submitted did not meet the specifications demanded by Treasury or the bid was far in excess of what Treasury regarded as affordable. Things, generally, are as difficult as you make them. Apart from wringing his hands and promising great things, what is Mr Callister actually doing to get past the difficulty? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 hours ago, hissingsid said: The DOI are truly magical in the space of an hour they have done a full weeks work it has now announced on the 1.00 news it will be just six weeks.How can you believe anything these clowns say. It was not a blunder on M R s part as 3fm had the seven week story as well. Perhaps they had not thought about Easter and someone reminded them. Guaranteed the weather will turn shit once they start & delays will be 2/3 weeks so maybe mid May finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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