From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   geoff  writes:   
   > On 3/11/2023 1:37 am, Phil Carmody wrote:   
   >> ~misfit~  writes:   
   >>> On 1/11/2023 3:05 am, Phil Carmody wrote:   
   >>>> On the red - was it really necessary? It didn't look like they had to do   
   >>>> much apart from re-right some of the panels in the barrier that were   
   >>>> leaning, nothing seemed to need replacing.   
   >>   
   >>> I'm fairly sure at least one Tecpro panel was replaced at Mexico. A   
   >>> small truck arrived with 3 replacement panels and later, as they were   
   >>> sweeping up I saw that one of the panels on the truck was ruptured so   
   >>> that one at least had been replaced.   
   >>   
   >> Ah, OK, we did flip back to some action replays of prior bits of the   
   >> race, and even cut away to adverts on the feed we were watching. Thanks.   
   >   
   > The advert-heavy coverage must be a USA ting then. Just like America   
   > 'football', and some other sports.   
      
   Nope, it was Romanian channel we were watching.   
      
   Phil   
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