The Stats Race

[Chameleon]

For those interested in the friendly tussle over posting rates between John Bull and myself, here is the latest state of play:



John is maintaining a hectic pace and I am finding it very difficult to keep him within the +50 posts range.  The race is not over yet, however, as we shall see if we look at the Time on Line figures:



I have managed to extend my lead here to about 4 hours - and there's no cheating, I assure you.  If you leave the page open while you do other things, the timer stops.  Well, yeah, I know that because I tried it - but I wasn't intending to cheat, honest!

Incidentally, a major milestone for the forum approaches - we are very close to half a million page views.  Not bad for one so young - we are the Lewis Hamilton of the F1 forums!

[johnbull]

Hey Chammy. Don't depress me. This is rediculous. Most of my posting time is time I should have been working.

Hell, I've spent more than 2 days on here. This is daft.

Can one hide one's identity in here?

[Chameleon]

Time flies when you're having fun, John. 

And is time really ever wasted?  We have so brief a span, 'twould be a pity to spend it all on work...

[Dare]

the old timers of the forum Ian,Neil,Rom,Cos,Stig,and
myself had some good posts even after the 2006
season was over.

The off season posts is what brought us closer
together and we became friends,not just forum
members

Almost forgot,you too Wiz and especially Toby

[Chameleon]

Perhaps it is natural that those who join the forum at about the same time should become friends.  John, David, Rainy and myself and others already knew each other from Pit Lane forum days anyway, so it was especially easy for us to explore the place together.  But let us never become exclusive - already I count yourself, Dare, and the others you mention, as friends and no doubt more will join and become a part of the community.

I am especially pleased with the welcome that has been extended to Alianora, who I have known for a while through blogging, as she is truly an asset to any forum.  This is another excellent aspect to the GPWizard forum - the easy way it it accepts new members and makes their settling in period so smooth.  It is no wonder that John and I spend far too much time here when we should be attending to other things!

Pat yourselves on the back, fellers - you have created the best forum on the net. 

[Dare]

thank you Cham for the nice reply,was'nt
trying to separate old and new members,
but letting you know there's life after the 07
seasons ends on our forum

[Chameleon]

Glad to hear it, Dare.  As an F1 blogger, the off season is my greatest challenge - it is not easy to fill every day of those empty months with fresh and interesting material, so I know how important it is to maintain interest and commitment through such dry periods.  Coming in here, annoying John and generally making a nuisance of myself will certainly be part of my entertainment in the coming off season! 

[Alianora La Canta]

I would like to thank everyone for making the settling-in process so easy. F1 forums in general seem to lack the airs and graces of a lot of other places, but GPWizard has been especially good at treating newbies like everyone else. Bravo 

As for those of you who are on here when they should be at work or doing something else, perhaps the song "Favorite Waste of Time", would be apt? 

[cosworth151]

One of the nicest things about a community like this is being able to get an F1 "fix" in the off season. Another big thing for folk like Dare and I over on this side of the pond is just being able to disuss the sport with people who have actually heard of it.

In baseball over here, there is a thing called "The Hot Stove League." It refers to sitting around the stove in the winter talking about the game. Pretty much what we do here in the off season.

I'm glad to have such a fine group of people to interact with here. We certainly have become friend, old and new.

[romephius]

I can only echo your sentiments there Cos....I must say I believe that I have made some great online friends...just good and proper friends.......plus without you guys I would be an F1 mushroom

Rom

[johnbull]

I suppose as one of the oldies - age not time on GP WIZ , I should put my 2 cents in here too.

I've said this before and I don't mind being accused of being repetitive. I've been on other fora for years, but this one is head and shoulders above the rest. The main reason I say this is because here at GP Wiz we can talk and discuss, air our views, but we don't get childish and stupid if we disagree with someone elses views.

You listening, you stupid Chammy.

Credit here must go to the members involved, who act like grown up men - and ladies and not kids. We are tolerant of each other's views, unlike some of our politicians.

So yes, this is why I spend so much time on here. I don't like the idea of having spent 2 days sat here at my desk when it would have done me far more good if I were out walking in the fresh air, or something .

And of course we're all talking about one of the subjects we all enjoy discussing most. I'm very lucky in the fact that all my family are motor racing fanatics. I stopped racing about 3 or 4 years ago myself, but my brother David, now 58 still races regularly. And of course now my son Josh is into it, and pretty successfully too. My brother in law Alex (also 58) raced for years and is actually building another car as we speak, though whether he will ever get to race it or not, I very much doubt - he enjoys tinkering, as I do. His son Matthew (30) is very quick too, as is our own version of LH young Zak (18) who is Matthew's first cousin, his dad Joseph and his uncle John. Sunday afternoon's are always spent at my sister Joanna's house (married to Alex) and you can all guess what the talking point usually is. Wherever we go hill climbing we take 3 or 4 bungalows in some complex and virtually live together. We virtually take the place over, the garage becoming like a veritable racing stable.

So you see, it's not only here that I talk F1. And even on my rounds of work I always end up arguing F1 with customers.

It's all good, clean fun, and I love it.

[Chameleon]

I've said this before and I don't mind being accused of being repetitive. I've been on other fora for years, but this one is head and shoulders above the rest. The main reason I say this is because here at GP Wiz we can talk and discuss, air our views, but we don't get childish and stupid if we disagree with someone elses views.

You listening, you stupid Chammy.

Oh, I'm listening, John, although there's no guarantee I'll take any heed whatosoever.   

But I do bow to your courage and fortitude in using the correct plural of "forum" - the fact that no-one these days knows that just sticking an S on the end of a word is not necessarily the way to find an English plural often leads one to give in and go with the flow.  You are right!  It is one forum but many fora!

[johnbull]

So now you forgive me for mixing my threads and treads?

You see I'm into treads all day as my job is tyres.

[Chameleon]

That must be very tyring for you, John...   

[raindancer]

Its good out here and I do feel at home considering my limited knowledge of F1. Wiz and the others have made it very nice transitioning. It would be nice if we can all hook once a week online and chat too.