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Offline Saurdaukar

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« Reply #30 on: April 02, 2004, 03:42:00 PM »
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er yes it does...I work for a big Swiss based pharmaceutical manufacturer, every 2-3 years they throw about £2 million at advertising multivitamins for a space of 6 weeks - demand triples or quadruples for 6 weeks then tails off over the next 24 months before the next cash injection.

Advertising works each and every time - sell rubbish, just make sure your ad spend is HUGE!!


Well then there is obviously no hope for you Euro types.
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« Reply #31 on: April 02, 2004, 03:43:06 PM »
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Anyone else here think this is a very odd idea?  I mean in the middle of the middle East.  The sand.  The possible terrorists.  Think I'd rather race my F1 car in an WRC event in Norway in the middle of winter than race in Bahrain right now.  

Thoughts?


Diablo, if you start thinking this way,  danger of terrorists and so on,
then better dont race at all anywhere on Earth.
Bahrain F1 was planed and build some years ago. If they dont race
here on Sunday then Terrorists win :(  And like Funked said,
i hope there is no suicide bomber out there.
I hope to see a good Schumacher Show on sunday ! ehehe :>
And the China GP track looks indeed very nasty! :)

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« Reply #32 on: April 02, 2004, 03:44:34 PM »
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Well then there is obviously no hope for you Euro types.


What let you suppose that they sell only in Europe ?
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« Reply #33 on: April 02, 2004, 03:48:58 PM »
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What let you suppose that they sell only in Europe ?


Must be a language barrier problem - but Im having some difficulty figuring out exactly what you meant in your first post - so Im in no position to address this one.
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Offline _Schadenfreude_

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« Reply #34 on: April 02, 2004, 03:53:54 PM »
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Well then there is obviously no hope for you Euro types.


lol 18 billion dollar company - I ship 22 metric tons of the stuff to the USA every month
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« Reply #35 on: April 02, 2004, 05:05:24 PM »
Looking forward to the F1 race in Bahrain. Got my new Hard Drive DVR ready to record qualifying tomorrow morning while I'm sleeping.

BTW, speedchannel is showing the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, where Senna got killed. Going to be on tonight at midnight, central time.
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« Reply #36 on: April 02, 2004, 05:25:46 PM »
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BTW, speedchannel is showing the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, where Senna got killed. Going to be on tonight at midnight, central time.


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« Reply #37 on: April 02, 2004, 08:25:18 PM »
My old man is mates with Paul Stoddart, and from what he says...HTC would need to be prepared to sell his soul to a certain AH bbs user (for a signicantly better price) if he wanted to run a F1 team let alone own even a minow like Minardi....

unfortunately for me, the race is on at 10pm, and I got a 5am start monday morning, so it's record and avoid all news reports till monday night ...hours waiting to see schuey win  :aok

as for advertising....if advertising didn't work, then companies like Bud, Nike etc. wouldn't spend all those millions of dollars for zero gain...same with tobacco...

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« Reply #38 on: April 02, 2004, 09:24:36 PM »
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And like Funked said,
i hope there is no suicide bomber out there.


If you don't want me to think that way you need to do it yourself.  With that one little sentence you already have thoughts of it happening.  I am not so naive to think it can't happen anywhere else in the world, it would just be a lot easier for the terrorists to do it in their own "backyard".  That and the sand situation I think is very concerning.  There are plenty of other countries that don't have F1 yet.  I guess the money that was offered in Bahrain was too much to over look.

As a certified motorhead I hope it is a great race , which to me is rare in F1 lately.  Go Schuey.

As for HTC, I think their first order of business would be to perk Scuderia Ferrari.  Double perks for Schuey.
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« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2004, 10:51:08 PM »
Bahrain is actually an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Nice little paradise or haven for terrorists.

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« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2004, 10:53:23 PM »
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Bahrain is actually an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Nice little paradise or haven for terrorists.



Heh, "paradise", don't tell that to my reserve unit.  Bahrain has killer per diem though.
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« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2004, 11:06:32 PM »
Well Bahrain being a new track should help to level the playing field a bit. I believe most of the F-1 teams have the same technology in systems they use to setup their cars. Just some teams have better cars and engines and research. I'm always hoping for the small teams to kick some arse though. Im a fan of Prost Racing myself. I watched him compete against Senna and to me those two will always be the greatest F-1 drivers (besides Michael) :D. Bahrain could be the track for Williams BMW though. Lotsa acute corners, quick acceleration. Not obtuse like the first two tracks. Just have to wait and see I guess.
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« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2004, 10:38:17 PM »
China's (Shanghai) been delayed till next year aparently..

 Tronsky


*edit: not F1, but V-8 Supercars race...
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« Reply #43 on: April 04, 2004, 09:49:50 AM »
Schuey again.  YAWWWWWWWWwwwwwnnnnnnnnn..... .Yeap, F1, the best racing in the world.
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« Reply #44 on: April 04, 2004, 10:01:55 AM »
that was one of the most boring races i have seen in F1 so far
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