Heartland

With apologies if I've mangled the Latin.

I'm off go-karting with work today. I'm terrified.

Pussy Goth.

Just remember they're impossible to flip. Fly like an Exorcet, granted. But impossible to flip. Allegedly.

Oh, and you have to slide away and give it all you've got the back end round the corners. When you don't crash and burn that is.

Thanks for the tips JB

Hee hee....can see it now, like an image from Mario Kart.

Will there be trophies??

Trophies? Maybe? I don't really know what to expect.

Well I'm back. And apart from feeling like my spinal column and shoulder blades have been replaced with molten lead, I'm fine

By the way, apart from one guy who retired after colliding with the barriers, I finished last

markfiend wrote:Well I'm back. And apart from feeling like my spinal column and shoulder blades have been replaced with molten lead, I'm fine

By the way, apart from one guy who retired after colliding with the barriers, I finished last

finishing last is a talent most don't have...be proud of your achievement...and join the ranks of us others (namely me) who just can't get the hang of Karting...

hang tough...and may the devil be at your side when cornering...

you are all making the basic mistake when go-karting; missing out the 3hr sesh in the pub before hand

James Blast wrote:you are all making the basic mistake when go-karting; missing out the 3hr sesh in the pub before hand

Alwaysh worksh for me ... hic

James Blast wrote:you are all making the basic mistake when go-karting; missing out the 3hr sesh in the pub before hand

I always thought the fundamental rule was to floor the accelerator and keep it floored. Hard left foot breaking at corners, steering in the opposite direction to which you want to go and hey ho, round the corner sideways without losing any speed. Or am I Michael Schumacher? (sp?)

JB wrote: I always thought the fundamental rule was to floor the accelerator and keep it floored. Hard left foot breaking at corners, steering in the opposite direction to which you want to go and hey ho, round the corner sideways without losing any speed. Or am I Michael Schumacher? (sp?)

That sounds like me driving to work on a morning

Mrs. Snowey wrote: That sounds like me driving to work on a morning

Which is why I live in a different part of this Sceptered (sp? again) Isle. And presumably still alive.

JB wrote:

Mrs. Snowey wrote: That sounds like me driving to work on a morning

Which is why I live in a different part of this Sceptered (sp? again) Isle. And presumably still alive.

Did I tell you I've put in for a job as a bus driver with FirstBus?

JB wrote:Or am I Michael Schumacher? (sp?)

and your question caller?

@ Mrs. S glad I live in the real north

My general rule of thumb when karting was get in front (was always a master of first off the line) then be very 'wide' when people came to over take...the odd twizzle with the steering would generally frighten the bejezuz outta the chaps behind

Not been for a few years now and not being a whippet-like as in a former life, I wouldn't be as fast.

Top tip? Take your own helmet, it doesn't bear thinking about who's sweat and drool's been inside them...YAKKITY

Debaser wrote:Top tip? Take your own helmet, it doesn't bear thinking about who's sweat and drool's been inside them...YAKKITY

Quite apart from the fact you have no idea how many times the grubby lid they'll give you has been in contact with say, concrete.