#0, For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-10-17 at 05:13 PM
Stop DOING that.--G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
#1, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-12-17 at 04:50 PM
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Hammond has posted a video containing a few remarks to Drivetribe, where you will also find links to written takes by Clarkson and May on the accident.--G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
#2, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by MoonEyes on Jun-15-17 at 07:20 AM
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And now, what with the fact that Hammond is going to be in better shape after than he was before(May's words), I can't help but think....you know, you just fubared an electrical one-of-a-kind concept car. Who's going to PAY for it, and HOW MUCH?...! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"
#3, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-15-17 at 10:53 AM
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-15-17 AT 10:54 AM (EDT) Well, keep in mind he was filming for The Grand Tour, not just messing around for his own amusement. The production has insurance, and I would guess lots of it, for precisely such developments.--G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
#4, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Pasha on Jun-15-17 at 04:09 PM
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>Well, keep in mind he was filming for The Grand Tour, not just >messing around for his own amusement. The production has insurance, >and I would guess lots of it, for precisely such developments. Or a very carefully worded contract. -- -Pasha "Don't change the subject" "Too slow, already did."
#5, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by MoonEyes on Jun-16-17 at 01:36 PM
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Oh, I don't doubt it...but at the same time, I don't think Amazon REALLY considered that they'd be liable to replace a probably VERY fucking expensive car among the first things they did. I mean, the Beeb did that with the Koenigsegg that ate the wall of tires, but, well, it's the Beeb, it's a very high-income show, and it was well into the run of the show....! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"
#6, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-16-17 at 01:39 PM
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>Oh, I don't doubt it...but at the same time, I don't think Amazon >REALLY considered that they'd be liable to replace a probably VERY >fucking expensive car among the first things they did. I mean, the >Beeb did that with the Koenigsegg that ate the wall of tires, but, >well, it's the Beeb, it's a very high-income show, and it was well >into the run of the show. Amazon is very high on my list of organizations whose finances do not worry me. :) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
#8, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by MoonEyes on Jun-16-17 at 02:14 PM
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It isn't the finances of Amazon that worries me. It's the, "You know, you cost us X in the very first series of this, and we're NEVER getting it back at this rate...we're pulling the plug." or something like.And as a complete aside, re the earlier part about insurance...I wonder what the Hamster's like... ...! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"
#9, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Berk on Jun-16-17 at 02:22 PM
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I have this mental image of his proof of insurance being a photocopy of a startled woodchuck at this point.
#7, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Pasha on Jun-16-17 at 01:44 PM
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>Oh, I don't doubt it...but at the same time, I don't think Amazon >REALLY considered that they'd be liable to replace a probably VERY >fucking expensive car among the first things they did. I mean, the >Beeb did that with the Koenigsegg that ate the wall of tires, but, >well, it's the Beeb, it's a very high-income show, and it was well >into the run of the show. ...this is a company that just dropped $13.7B on some grocery stores. I think they can spare an expensive car. -- -Pasha "Don't change the subject" "Too slow, already did."
#10, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Star Ranger4 on Jun-17-17 at 01:44 PM
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>...this is a company that just dropped $13.7B on some grocery stores. >I think they can spare an expensive car. >Considering how much product that comes into this house after passing through their hands??? Probably out of petty cash!
#11, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Kendra Kirai on Jun-17-17 at 08:51 PM
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The question, I think, isn't whether or not AMAZON can afford it, but if the SHOW can. One may run the other, but they *are* still distinct things. The show gets a budget. If they go over that budget, the parent company is likely to start looking a mite closer at the bottom line. That car might be coming out of their operating budget. At the least their insurance premiums almost *certainly* are.
#12, RE: For Christ's sake, Hammond
Posted by Gryphon on Jun-17-17 at 09:02 PM
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>The question, I think, isn't whether or not AMAZON can afford it, but >if the SHOW can. One may run the other, but they *are* still distinct >things. The show gets a budget. If they go over that budget, the >parent company is likely to start looking a mite closer at the bottom >line. Wilman's been doing this for a long time. I'm willing to assume he runs a production wherein these matters are taken into account in the planning stages. Hence all those "the unique way the BBC is funded" jokes back in the Top Gear days... --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
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