From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   Geoff May  writes:   
   > On 26/05/2024 04:11, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >> [snipped]   
   >>   
   >> It saddens me when, every session this season, the camera goes to   
   >> Lawson in the garage watching a monitor intently. He should be in a   
   >> car before he loses the fire in his belly. I think he'd do better   
   >> than Daniel (and be a lot cheaper). That said sponsors do like   
   >> Daniel.   
   >>   
   >> [snipped]   
   >   
   > It doesn't sadden me when they pan away from the action on the track   
   > and show people intently watching the action on the track so we can   
   > see the reaction of the people watching the action on the track while   
   > we are not watching the action on the track.   
   >   
   > It pisses me off when they do that.   
      
   Fortunately, this was Monaco, and there's no action on the track.   
   Unless "slow down" is considered "action".   
      
   The pinacle of useless sport.   
      
   Phil   
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   We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have   
   gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast   
   aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.   
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