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Mark Skaife in the local publican for a couple of cascades!Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life by Monty PythonSome things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best... And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life... If life seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly chumps Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing. And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life... For life is quite absurd And death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow. Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow. So always look on the bright side of death Just before you draw your terminal breath Life's a piece of shit When you look at it Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true. You'll see it's all a show Keep 'em laughing as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the right side of life... (Come on guys, cheer up!) Always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the bright side of life... (Worse things happen at sea, you know.) Always look on the bright side of life... (I mean - what have you got to lose?) (You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!) Always look on the right side of life...Galaxy Song by Monty PythonJust remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour, That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, A sun that is the source of all our power. The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see Are moving at a million miles a day In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour, Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'. Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars. It's a hundred thousand light years side to side. It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick, But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide. We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point. We go 'round every two hundred million years, And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions In this amazing and expanding universe. The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding In all of the directions it can whizz As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know, Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth, And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.
Champion Holden driver Mark Skaife celebrates 20 years as a professional race car driver as he returns to Winton next week(May 18-20) for the V8 Supercar Championship.Skaife, who recently turned 40, began his career at the wheel of a factory-backed Nissan Gazelle in the opening round of the 2 litre Australian Touring Car Championship at Winton Motor Raceway, finishing third behind Toyota drivers John Smith and Drew Price.Since then, he has gone on to amass a record almost unsurpassed in Australian motorsport, including five Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championships and five Bathurst 1000s wins.Skaife also currently shares the record for the most ever ATCC/V8 round wins with Peter Brock at 37."Looking back, the two litre series was a great experience; the Gazelle had just over 200hp, weighed a little less than 900kg and had a small tyre. It was a bloody good little car to drive", Skaife said.The first of Skaife's championship wins came in 1992 at the wheel of the all wheel drive, turbocharged Nissan GTR dubbed "Godzilla".Skaife has since won four further championships driving Holden Commodores, the first in 1994 driving for Gibson Motorsport, the last three (2000-02) with the factory Holden Racing Team.Skaife said there has been three days that standout from the others during the past 20 years."The first was in '92 when I won my first Touring Car Championship in the Nissan and then being the youngest ever to do so," Skaife said."That same day we also won the Australian Drivers Championship in a Formula Holden open wheeler, so it was a great day."The second was winning the V8 Championship in 1994 with a Fred Gibson Commodore as it was Holden's first title for 14 years since Brock and HDT in 1980."The 2002 HRT Bathurst win with Jim Richards was also one of my favourite moments, as it sealed the championship at the same time and came 10 years after my first Bathurst victory."Skaife said the commercial growth of the sport has been the biggest change he has seen in since 1987."In those days the commercial side of motorsport was in its infancy. Peter Brock was selling a few t-shirts to the fans and that was about it," Skaife said."Nowadays the V8 teams would sell well over $1 million worth of gear at Bathurst alone and that's just the tip of the iceberg!"Holden Racing Team"s support base, better known as the "Red Army" has kicked off the year in fine style with our team merchandise sales up 20 per cent and club memberships up 25 per cent on 2006."I'm told HRT has something like 100,000 supporters around the country and they would be the most loyal bunch you can find."The Red Army is always there in force at every circuit in the V8 series, you can actually notice the sea of red caps and shirts while lapping during a race."Despite the conjecture of team compliance issues, HRT has made a flying start to the season with our new day-glo VE Commodore up to speed, netting Todd Kelly and myself third and equal fourth so far in the championship, it all points to a really successful year."
Diary of a Champion by Mark Skaife: Harry Potter: LOTR: Goosebumps: The Speed and The Fury... I love books, history, fiction, bio's any and everything, even the odd porngraphic novel...
Hmmm....... Mark Skaife... And Peter Brock... And Jim Richards... And... MARK SKAIFE!!! /a