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by Parahandy
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:28 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2012 F1 Pool
Replies: 263
Views: 8741

Re: 2012 F1 Pool

JW I always enjoy this pool but lookout for Vital spark creeping up on you, she is very good. :) I well remember the last time that she did that to me, but, then again, that's another story... May I take that Spark woman to task when she mentioned that it was all 'fun and banter' on this site. I di...
by Parahandy
Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:03 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

My understanding is that Vital Santa has some Hot Wheels for Parahandy's stocking as the winners prize. That's odd, because the last time I spoke to Ms SparkPlug, she said she'd get some stockings that would take his mind off his Miss Piggy fantasies. Unfortunately, it seems to have backfired... pa...
by Parahandy
Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:06 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

Many thanks for all your kind words re winning this incredible contest. It has been my dream to win this since I was a kid, which wasn't long ago. This is probably the pinnacle of my career. I would like to thank my mother, my dog, my next-door-neighbour and, above all, Ms. Spark, for her unswerving...
by Parahandy
Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:34 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: Odd places I have visited...
Replies: 36
Views: 1514

Re: Odd places I have visited...

I occasionally find myself to be in Cidental, but that's just by the bye...

P.
by Parahandy
Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:05 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

Back to the business in hand... Unfortunately, Old Sparkle has been at it again with the hand-signal thing. We were away last Sunday so it was Monday evening when we watched the race, and, since there is a bit of a competitive streak involved with Sparkle, she was on the Internet as the chequered fl...
by Parahandy
Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:05 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

Ahhhhh........ as they say - denique veritas In Parahandy's case it is sadly more likely to be a case of in vino veritas. I have to thank both the Romans and DM for their observations regarding my affection for the grape, but also have to question their accuracy. That said, "In Beer Chang, ver...
by Parahandy
Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:48 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

prcscct wrote:Parahandy's check just arrived today, so my job is finished. :shock: :wink: Pete :cheers:
Shush, boy, shush. I thought that we were going to keep quiet about that particular business.

By the way, my apologies, Pete, for telling you that the race was definitely next weekend...

P.
by Parahandy
Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: The Pedants' Revolt...
Replies: 9
Views: 749

Re: The Pedants' Revolt...

Well spotted, DM... Two things got through to me about that particular piece of news. Firstly, the contractors responsible for the ‘erroneous spelling’ admitted afterwards that it was “A reminder to all our staff to double-check their work.” No, it wasn’t. It was a reminder not to employ illiterate ...
by Parahandy
Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:47 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

I'm not really sure whether I'm allowed to do this, or whether I will be run out of town by the posse, but I do feel that we F1 fans need to look to the future, and, more importantly, we need to see what some of the big wigs in the sport see as the future. How much bigger can you get than Uncle Bern...
by Parahandy
Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:36 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

It is impossible for me to follow the progress of my personal favourite, Vital Sparkplug, as sexual discrimination is keeping her from a podium place. What a shocking suggestion! I'll have you know that sexual discrimination has absolutley nothing to do with it. If you were better informed, you wou...
by Parahandy
Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:10 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

As all of us know, there is nobody in Formula One that you want to beat more than your team-mate. This, it would appear, doesn't just apply to the drivers. Grand Prix weekends do seem to lend a certain sparkle to the Para/spark or Vital/handy household. Let me explain... A couple of weeks ago I chec...
by Parahandy
Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Bread maker needed.
Replies: 18
Views: 1819

Re: Bread maker needed.

Huge thanks to everybody for your help. This is Mr. Spark here - aka Vital Parahandy - and I'm the idiot that does the cooking thing round here, and was the one most interested in the bread maker. (V.S. was really only interested in the results...) Acting on information received we ended up ordering...
by Parahandy
Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:00 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

prcscct wrote:Randy and I share the lead this week with 108, with Parahandy lurking at 107
I gave up lurking some years ago, but I'm well into Lederhosen.

Oh, the touch and sniff of the leather, but I digress...

Please don't mention this to Ms. Spark.

P.
by Parahandy
Tue May 31, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2011 F1 Pool
Replies: 160
Views: 6208

Re: 2011 F1 Pool

Totally agree, but I don't think that the result would have been any different had it not been red flagged. Vettel soaks up pressure like a sponge soaks up water, and like I soak up, well, beer... By sheer luck (nothing to do with 'using your skill and judgement...') I seem to have joined you at the...
by Parahandy
Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: F1 Pool
Replies: 199
Views: 5373

Re: F1 Pool

As some of you might have realised, there is a sense of tension in the Vital-handy, or Para-spark household at the moment. We were having a full and frank discussion about the league and Formula One in general, and, just as I was explaining to Ms Spark that I was a fully qualified engineer with some...