The Davyboy guide to Mattee translation
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It interests me, for someone who has done so much, what do you actually do for a living Nat? and how did you get the GP package, i thought those tickets you showed in the picture were just general admission?
And how have you managed to average what, 2/3 posts EVERY DAY for the last 9 years
And how have you managed to average what, 2/3 posts EVERY DAY for the last 9 years
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I got the general weekend pass tickets above free from FOM through contacts. Then hospitality from Williams on the Copse A Terrace on Sat/Sun. I'm from Northampton, motorsport central, it's not hard to pick up freebies when you've been surrounded by Motorsport all your life. Used to get hospitality free for years from Merc when Dad worked for them, then Cosworth when lots of mates worked for them etc. The mate who drove us there and back on Fri/Sat used to live in a huge gaff in silverstone village and still got free passes too. No-one from around the area pays to go. Stopped going for years as it was boring and ****. Made an effort to go this year as it was the last one at Silverstone and might have been the last ever British GP. It was still boring and **** though
Hardly posted between 2000 and 2007 (maybe 3000 total) and have posted a lot more since 2007 as i've been a lot quieter/boring since then when i stopped partying/being crazy etc.
I work in IT, I also buy/sell/trade vintage(mostly)/luxury watches, jewellery and diamonds. 2002-2007 i bought and sold a fair few properties too and made a lot of money on the rising market and having a lot of mates in the Estate Agent/mortgage game, i.e. scam central, it was easy money.
Hardly posted between 2000 and 2007 (maybe 3000 total) and have posted a lot more since 2007 as i've been a lot quieter/boring since then when i stopped partying/being crazy etc.
I work in IT, I also buy/sell/trade vintage(mostly)/luxury watches, jewellery and diamonds. 2002-2007 i bought and sold a fair few properties too and made a lot of money on the rising market and having a lot of mates in the Estate Agent/mortgage game, i.e. scam central, it was easy money.
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I got the general weekend pass tickets above free from FOM through contacts. Then hospitality from Williams on the Copse A Terrace on Sat/Sun. I'm from Northampton, motorsport central, it's not hard to pick up freebies when you've been surrounded by Motorsport all your life. Used to get hospitality free for years from Merc when Dad worked for them, then Cosworth when lots of mates worked for them etc. The mate who drove us there and back on Fri/Sat used to live in a huge gaff in silverstone village and still got free passes too. No-one from around the area pays to go. Stopped going for years as it was boring and ****. Made an effort to go this year as it was the last one at Silverstone and might have been the last ever British GP. It was still boring and **** though
Hardly posted between 2000 and 2007 (maybe 3000 total) and have posted a lot more since 2007 as i've been a lot quieter/boring since then when i stopped partying/being crazy etc.
I work in IT, I also buy/sell/trade vintage(mostly)/luxury watches, jewellery and diamonds. 2002-2007 i bought and sold a fair few properties too and made a lot of money on the rising market and having a lot of mates in the Estate Agent/mortgage game, i.e. scam central, it was easy money.
Hardly posted between 2000 and 2007 (maybe 3000 total) and have posted a lot more since 2007 as i've been a lot quieter/boring since then when i stopped partying/being crazy etc.
I work in IT, I also buy/sell/trade vintage(mostly)/luxury watches, jewellery and diamonds. 2002-2007 i bought and sold a fair few properties too and made a lot of money on the rising market and having a lot of mates in the Estate Agent/mortgage game, i.e. scam central, it was easy money.
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Still a crazy thread, IMO STI hit the nail on the head both times, i personally know a bloke who is a spitting double of Matteyboy, same hair and everything
Thing is this lad is actually ok, he delivers some of my stock, you can talk to him fine enough, but i just knew he is/was not "one of the lads" i have since found out that most of the other garages he deals with are generally full of people who pull his pants down every time he visits the site and constantly rip into him, and he never has any kind of decent "comeback"
Shame really, but i suppose if you are a grown man and you still have not sussed out how to handle banter "manstyle" then you probably never will ?
As the old saying goes, you cant teach an old pyjama wearing dog, new gymnastic tricks
Some people just
Thing is this lad is actually ok, he delivers some of my stock, you can talk to him fine enough, but i just knew he is/was not "one of the lads" i have since found out that most of the other garages he deals with are generally full of people who pull his pants down every time he visits the site and constantly rip into him, and he never has any kind of decent "comeback"
Shame really, but i suppose if you are a grown man and you still have not sussed out how to handle banter "manstyle" then you probably never will ?
As the old saying goes, you cant teach an old pyjama wearing dog, new gymnastic tricks
Some people just
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Yeah but perhaps some people also think why should they have to change just because society deems it necessary?
And before anyone starts i'll give you both barrels, learned not to take stick the hard way over the years.
And before anyone starts i'll give you both barrels, learned not to take stick the hard way over the years.
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cheers richie
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ps. i have nothing against Cornish Pasties
IMO they are the kings of the pasty world, but they have to be the proper ones with the "dinosaur" style back on them, the other flat type ones are for ******
IMO they are the kings of the pasty world, but they have to be the proper ones with the "dinosaur" style back on them, the other flat type ones are for ******
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I used to visit Cosworth regularly for engine bits for my racer. There was a bloke called Jack I think in the stores who used to be ever so helpful to private racers with used but serviceable engine bits for very good prices. It was the only way I could afford to keep going at the time!
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Of course the management and owners back then were racers themselves before the days of big corporate ownership so they just turned a blind eye
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