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Originally Posted by HOTSHOT III

Sorry to single you out buddy but some of us actually race for the purpose of racing, ie testing yourself against the track, the conditions and other competitors.

One of the reasons I learned a foreign language and planned to emigrate to Europe was to get away from the destructive British drinking culture which to me has the effect of alienating anyone who wants to have a meaningful social interaction but when it came down to it I really wanted to carry on racing (which I realised I couldn't afford to do if I was putting everything into moving to another country) so I decided to stay in the UK for now.

Being in the situation of trying to race as competetively as I can on a low income in Ripoff Britain, balancing running a home and full size car to achieve this and trying to get an Open University degree in order to eventually leave this country never to return, I don't see why my day's racing should be ruined by someone unfocussed who can't stop themselves from "just having a few beers", it's ridiculous. Plus the fact one purpose of "nationals" is to determine who is the best driver/team in Great Britain in a particular discipline of RC (the clue is in the word!) in order that they might represent us on the international stage.

If you want to get pissed with your mates, taking part in any form of motorsport is not the place for this. I've nothing against people getting wasted, it's not as if i'm teetotal myself (ahem), I just happen to think they should apply a bit of grey matter and do it in such a way that it doesn't affect other people.

The drinking culture of the British appears to get in the way of everything. When we're not drinking at RC car meetings we're drinking at upmarket ski resorts in Switzerland and then flying down the mountains injuring ourselves and other people. It's an embarrasment. If you want to drink until you can't control yourself that's fine, just make sure you're a long way away from me.

Well that a couple of minutes of my life a ain't gettin back stop smelling ur own farts and saying how much better you are wanting to get out of the country LEAVE THEN !!!!!!