Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[powerabout]

Hi Jackie
I have heard back on the current F1 scene where there are two 4 strokes being tested, they perform as expected, either dont get on the plane or they get lapped on the first lap when doing a dock start but they are a bizillion HP at a bazillion revs
maybe they will get some allowance..

2 x capacity...

nitrous....

blower...

turbo...

vvt...

7 speed gearbox...

centrifugal clutch...

then maybe just maybe

[jackie wilson]

We opened a 5 liter ............

'84 Chateau Mouton Rothschild for Doreen's 55th birthday in February.... I bought it for her many years ago.

Good God Rich, thats a bucketful !!!! Is that a jeraboam or a Methusalah or what? You could have waited a little longer!!!!

[jackie wilson]

Hi Jackie
I have heard back on the current F1 scene where there are two 4 strokes being tested, they perform as expected, either dont get on the plane or they get lapped on the first lap when doing a dock start but they are a bizillion HP at a bazillion revs
maybe they will get some allowance..

2 x capacity...

nitrous....

blower...

turbo...

vvt...

7 speed gearbox...

centrifugal clutch...

then maybe just maybe

Then if you do get it to perform, They'll ban it anyway.

[jackiewilson]

I am getting to be a very sarky old fart in my dotage. Years ago I would have been gung-ho on any news about F1 but I got very disillusioned over the years. It started the day drivers stopped helping each other and thinking they were Gods gift, and poncing about like prima donnas. I like to remember when we all went racing and it was important we all made the start line. Halcyon days ( did you know that's the old name for a Kingfisher ). Coming 83 and a mine of useless information.
Tried to put something back into the sport when I started FONDA but it was really too late, the mould had already been broken and the new order was taking over.
Duckworth had aspirations of making powerboating something that car racing was not, too much politics, too many feckin chiefs, he thought we might start with a clean slate, great idea, but the rot had already set in.
There you go people, that's something to get your teeth into, got me a duesey of a headache so that's all for tonight, MYGGWY. J.

[jackiewilson]

No it's not, I have a question for for the staff at S&F ?
Just how in the hell can i be " freakin screaming" in POST 469 .
Then senior " member " in POST 470.
Is it you or me----maybe something I ate!!! Or is WILLABEE pulling my chain???

[RogerH]

Jackie, I'm no expert or S&F staff member, but I suspect the "Freakin Screaming" in post 469 became just another SENIOR moment by post 470. Just go with it.

No it's not, I have a question for for the staff at S&F ?
Just how in the hell can i be " freakin screaming" in POST 469 .
Then senior " member " in POST 470.
Is it you or me----maybe something I ate!!! Or is WILLABEE pulling my chain???

[jackiewilson]

Jackie, I'm no expert or S&F staff member, but I suspect the "Freakin Screaming" in post 469 became just another SENIOR moment by post 470. Just go with it.

I do try to be tranquil and laid back, but there has only ever been one me-----I am the same person that resided in France. I now dwell in England. What part of that is an enigma to S&F ? I have lived here in England for the last 3years-----surely it is not beyond the wit of man to add 2+ 2?

[willabee]

We opened a 5 liter ............

'84 Chateau Mouton Rothschild for Doreen's 55th birthday in February.... I bought it for her many years ago.

That reminds me, back in 1972, Renato gave me a wooden model of his Paris winning pickle fork and a big (not 5 liter) bottle of some kind of red wine for Christmas. We have been saving it for a special occasion (like winning the lotto or having our kids say they just bought us a retirement home on Grand Cayman) ever since. It's 42 years old, wonder if it's any good now?

When Merc wanted to come up with a paint scheme for the four Team boats in 73, I let the art department borrow the model and that's how they finalized the new theme.

[T2x]

Good God Rich, thats a bucketful !!!! Is that a jeraboam or a Methusalah or what? You could have waited a little longer!!!!

Bigger than a jeraboam (3 liters) but 1 liter smaller than a Methusaleh...... Could have...but we didn't....

[jackiewilson]

That reminds me, back in 1972, Renato gave me a wooden model of his Paris winning pickle fork and a big (not 5 liter) bottle of some kind of red wine for Christmas. We have been saving it for a special occasion (like winning the lotto or having our kids say they just bought us a retirement home on Grand Cayman) ever since. It's 42 years old, wonder if it's any good now?

When Merc wanted to come up with a paint scheme for the four Team boats in 73, I let the art department borrow the model and that's how they finalized the new theme.

William my friend, don't even THINK about opening that bottle,
Very few people can turn round and claim Renato gave them anything.
Look at it and remember the days !!!
Thars gold in that there bottle!!! ( with the provenance)
Nice to have you back Willa .

[jackiewilson]

We opened a 5 liter ............

'84 Chateau Mouton Rothschild for Doreen's 55th birthday in February.... I bought it for her many years ago.

Rich, After looking up google it would appear you have a bottle that don't exist There's a jeroboam @ four and a half litres ( 7 bottles)then next an Imperial a@. six and a half litres (10 bottles)
I didn't know either !!!

[willabee]

William my friend, don't even THINK about opening that bottle,
Very few people can turn round and claim Renato gave them anything.
Look at it and remember the days !!!
Thars gold in that there bottle!!! ( with the provenance)
Nice to have you back Willa .

It has very fancy labeling and a medal of some sort attached to one end of a ribbon with the other end of the ribbon buried in the melted wax top. I take it you think the wine is probably bad?

It's kind of funny you say "remember the days", every time I see that bottle memories of Renato and what took place at that event come roaring back.

[T2x]

Rich, After looking up google it would appear you have a bottle that don't exist There's a jeroboam @ four and a half litres ( 7 bottles)then next an Imperial a@. six and a half litres (10 bottles)
I didn't know either !!!

Sorry Jackie....but it did, indeed, exist.....I can bring the empty to OFF if you like.

See below for like size bottle different year.....


https://winelibrary.com/wines/11105-...ton-rothschild

[T2x]

And here is ours before the party

[T2x]

It has very fancy labeling and a medal of some sort attached to one end of a ribbon with the other end of the ribbon buried in the melted wax top. I take it you think the wine is probably bad?

It's kind of funny you say "remember the days", every time I see that bottle memories of Renato and what took place at that event come roaring back.

Willa.....If the wine has been kept at a reasonably constant temperature, stored on its side (not upright)...it is probably good. (Doreen was in the wine business for years). However if the cork leaked or dried out...all bets are off. The wax is a good thing. I suggest that you drink it, since, it will not last forever and, as we decided, is better off enjoyed by friends than sitting in the dust rotting away....

P.S. The larger bottles age a bit slower, but not in proportion to the size...so they are only a year or two behind the 750 ml's in timing....at least ours was.