[LM24] Your Le Mans 'Inventory' - Have You Bought Anything New to Take Next Year?

[CTD]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

About £16? Looks a good price. The beauty of these things - despite being a little anti-social (but then all three of our little group wear them so it doesn't really matter!), is the sound-deadening. Yes, I love to hear the cars, but I also want to hear RLM, and you can - perfectly!

Yeah 16£ is about right .
And as i have just experienced this weekend, they muffle the sound perfectly as you can still hear the cars (maybe not the diesels), and play any Radio messages clearly. (It was however a Motorola Walki-Talki system i used at the Track)

[Mike007]

I'm just taking someone who knows the way there, someone who can work the BBQ, someone who can set up the satellite TV, and probably 2 or 3 people who will break down on the way for us all to stand around and offer (im)practical advice to! Actually nothing new at all then!

[Aysedasi]

Sounds as though you have it all sorted then Mike.....

[vincegail]

Just bought a foldable bike off the fleabay! Should be handy transportation on the circuit/to Arnage/Mulsanne!

[m1fcf]

Haven't bought anything new for Le Mans as such, but i will be taking my Marshalling Kit to Le Mans for the first time.

So if you see a wide-eyed englishman (a little on the round side, if I am honest about it) looking dazed and confused at Poste125, then it's probably me - shout some abuse and wave furiously!! ;-)

[GT6]

Have you been given your jaffa outfit yet

[vincegail]

His avatar is already the right colour!

[GTfour]

Bought 4 new grooved brake discs for the ol' Toyota GTfour ST185 and a refurbished gearbox.

[NelisB]

Got me a peltor worktunes through a friend in return for a entrance ticket I had laying around. Great deal if you ask me

[nobster]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Just bought a foldable bike off the fleabay! Should be handy transportation on the circuit/to Arnage/Mulsanne!

Now that's a long cycle trip.

[wewantourdarbyback]

My first Monopod arrived last week,

Queue Simmi being smacked by it as I walk around absent mindedly.

[GTfour]

Originally Posted by wewantourdarbyback

My first Monopod arrived last week,

Queue Simmi being smacked by it as I walk around absent mindedly.

Bought myself one too ! €15,- used from the dutch bidding site 'Marktplaats'.

[GT6]

what exact;y is a monopod ?

[Aysedasi]

Think of a tripod Simon - now take away two of the three legs.....

It's simply a single leg designed to give a degree of stability to the camera, particularly when working with longer lenses. I have a couple but have never really got on with them.....

[GT6]

if you drink less alcohol your hands won't shake as much

[NelisB]

Originally Posted by GT6

if you drink less alcohol your hands won't shake as much

Camera's that weigh 2,5 kg do tend to get heavy if you walk around with them all day. A monopod is a welcome relieve sometimes...

[Aysedasi]

But I find carrying it - even the light one I have - too much of a pain....

[NelisB]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

But I find carrying it - even the light one I have - too much of a pain....

I just chuck mine on the side of the bag and it's there without being to irritating. Just a little harder to get the rain cover on, luckily I won't be needing that one this year...

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Just bought a foldable bike off the fleabay! Should be handy transportation on the circuit/to Arnage/Mulsanne!

Originally Posted by nobster

Now that's a long cycle trip.

9.6 kms from Beausejour to Mulsanne, that's quite allright!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=...6&via=1,2&z=13

[vincegail]

Better leave the bike at home and buy some waterskis!

[GT6]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Better leave the bike at home and buy some waterskis!

is it still raining down there?

[Elaviel]

so this year my plan is to sneak a knife in the car (not to kill anyone or anything) but if i have to try and carve meat with plastic cutlery again i will scream louder than the race! plus im pretty sure walking into the dutch camp and asking to borrow a murder weapon might have worried them a little too much.

on serious note... he may talk about this wonderful new jag hes taking with him but he's bumped me from it! Seriously thought i was going to have to walk to Le Mans!

[isynge]

Originally Posted by Elaviel

so this year my plan is to sneak a knife in the car (not to kill anyone or anything) but if i have to try and carve meat with plastic cutlery again i will scream louder than the race! plus im pretty sure walking into the dutch camp and asking to borrow a murder weapon might have worried them a little too much.

on serious note... he may talk about this wonderful new jag hes taking with him but he's bumped me from it! Seriously thought i was going to have to walk to Le Mans!

Do you have to sneak a proper knife in? One of the areas where Tertre Rouge has always struck me as having things in common with a business class cabin on an airliner is the ready access to proper cutlery.

[GT6]

It is amazing what people take to terte rouge campsite one year the dutch next to us had a load of old kitchen units and set them up with a sink, cupboards and running water very civilised indeed

[Elaviel]

Originally Posted by isynge

Do you have to sneak a proper knife in? One of the areas where Tertre Rouge has always struck me as having things in common with a business class cabin on an airliner is the ready access to proper cutlery.

oh its not the campsite i have to sneak it past! dads insistence for awful cutlery!

if only we had the comfy seats and the food service of business class oh well foam mat and bbq will have to do