Interview the Person below you?

[steveaki13]

Yes. I know people argue it makes rich teams win, but it has ever been thus. Free it up a bit and we can see so much more interest.

It will be more costly I guess, but smaller teams have never had the budget to challenge at the top, so they just design based on there level.

What motorsport categories do you follow?

[anfield5]

F1, GP2 (Mitch Evans), GP3 (Richie Stanaway), IRL (Scott Dixon). Sports cars (Brendan Hartly) and V8 Supercars.

Have you ever raced (in a race - not as a boy racer) in a motor race?

[steveaki13]

Sadly not. I don't think I will ever get the chance.

Would you/have you ever been a marshall at a motorsport event?

[anfield5]

I haven't but I would love to do it.

DO you do any volunteer work?

[airshifter]

We do some volunteer work and fund raising type events when we can. Usually in conjunction with our daughters efforts. She is in an academy program and must do a certain amount of volunteer work every year. Tonight I'll be going to a function for veterans that helps veterans with many social problems such as addictions, depression and PTSD. I find it very fulfilling to give something back when I can make the time.


Would you rather have a larger number of average friends, or a small group of very close and loyal friends?

[gadjo_dilo]

In a friendship the most important thing is support, trust and loyalty so this is what I look for. Unfortunately at this moment there`s nobody in my life I can rely on. I have my share of so called friends - not many - but I`m always alone when I need a shoulder to cry on. They`re always good for a laugh but nowhere to be found when things go wrong.
To answer the question I`m all or nothing and I definitely don`t need average friends mostly trying to take advantage. I`m also disgusted that today friendships are tied and untied due to material interests.

Do you have online friends?

[airshifter]

I used to have more "friends" online, these days more people I consider acquaintance but think I would enjoy knowing better and becoming friends. There is this one gypsy woman in particular....

Seriously, to me online friends can be great but drawing the line is harder. Are they friends or just acquaintances? For example on this forum there are several I think I would enjoy meeting at a race or any other thing if we traveled to or lived in the same area.

So I guess my answer is no, but simply because I see friendship as deeper than online banter. If you PMd me on a regular basis I might change my mind!



Do you think it's somewhat easier and/or more convenient to have online friends, in a way that you can support them and interact with them, but without the schedule constraints of real life meetings?

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't know.....Online friendship is a sort of lottery. Some people seem nice, interesting and funny but they're just wasting time and having a bit of fun without caring too much to whom they're speaking to. But sometimes you may be surprised that unknown people from the other end of the world can feel you're in trouble -even when you try to hide it and post laugh smilies-and care about how you might feel and offer you some nice words. I'm happy I have a few such friends on this forum and I wish they could know how much their support means to me. It's sad what I'll say but at this moment I feel closer to a few posters here than to my best friend that I know from a lifetime. On the other hand there were also online people who definitely disappointed me but you can't be angry on unknown people, can you? It's like lottery.....Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose....
Personally I can easier become friends with online persons than real ones cos in real life I'm shy and consider myself plain and stupid. Of course I don't trust anybody on the net. Sometimes it's funny to see esp on Facebook how some people pretend they're models or even they have royal blood, enjoy certain books, movies or music just cos it's fashionable. It's funnier there are also people so stupid who really believe those lies.

OK, gotta stop this pathetic tirade before schmenke will pull again my ears for posting sad things and spoiling the good time. Not before telling I'm also disappointed you want to be friend with gypsies.:

What age were you when you met your first friend?

[airshifter]

That was no tirade Gadjo, and much of it describes how I feel about online friendships. And for the record I'm not a model, I've turned down those offers as I'm far too busy with being a mogul, turning down advances from women, being a fitness monster, and leading a perfect life!


First friend? Wow that is a hard one. I remember a few kids from my very early days, but kids aren't really deep enough to be real "friends", especially since their schedule is determined by the parents. I guess the first real people I considered friends were when I was probably 9-10 years old, when we had a little freedom in the neighborhood and started choosing who we spent time with.


Same question to the next poster.

[gadjo_dilo]

I was 6 y.o. and became friends with a girl of my age and her 4 yo brother who lived at the corner of my street. I still refere to her as "Mihaela from the corner". Then we were in the same school class and in the same gang on the street. A very special girl who unfortunately wasted her life although she was smart, beautiful and very talented......She died 3 years ago of a terrible disease that was haunting her since we were kids. We stayed friends all the time and she was a very generous friend. But too crazy and her friends were kinda weird. That's why in her last years we weren't too close.

Do you easily make friends?