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  • Congrats to Lewis and Britain

    From bra@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 30 17:00:40 2020
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today.
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  • From Alan Baker@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 30 17:11:57 2020
    On 2020-12-30 5:00 p.m., bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today.


    Congratulations, Lewis.

    :-)
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 30 17:31:08 2020
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 6:00:42 PM UTC-7, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today.

    Wtf? It was all the car.
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 30 17:42:09 2020
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 6:00:42 PM UTC-7, bra wrote:

    Proud to be British today.

    Ya, thanks for the new covid variant
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  • From bra@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Dec 31 10:39:05 2020
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's, but of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Dec 31 11:33:02 2020
    On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 11:39:06 AM UTC-7, bra wrote:

    Jackie wore a suit and tie

    ya not a queer ass man bun
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  • From Sir Tim@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Jan 1 02:23:17 2021
    bra <brafield@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships
    I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's, but
    of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.


    And the fact that he has for many years lived in Switzerland did not affect
    his being offered a knighthood whereas HamiltonrCOs Monaco residency was said to be the reason he was not offered one sooner.

    --
    Sir Tim
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  • From keithr0@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Jan 1 15:10:23 2021
    On 1/1/2021 12:23 PM, Sir Tim wrote:
    bra <brafield@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships >>> I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's, but
    of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.


    And the fact that he has for many years lived in Switzerland did not affect his being offered a knighthood whereas HamiltonrCOs Monaco residency was said to be the reason he was not offered one sooner.

    Times change.
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  • From Calum@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Jan 1 19:58:05 2021
    On 31/12/2020 01:00, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    I'm still not excited, but I find the whole honours system ridiculous
    anyway.
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  • From Sir Tim@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sat Jan 2 00:21:36 2021
    Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:
    On 31/12/2020 01:00, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving championships
    I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven did it.

    I'm still not excited, but I find the whole honours system ridiculous anyway.


    Much of it, I agree, but, although somewhat degraded by being awarded
    almost automatically to senior civil servants I still think a knighthood carries considerable kudos.

    --
    Sir Tim
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  • From Falscher Bruce@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Jan 1 19:46:53 2021
    On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 8:21:38 AM UTC+8, Sir Tim wrote:

    Much of it, I agree, but, although somewhat degraded by being awarded
    almost automatically to senior civil servants I still think a knighthood carries considerable kudos.

    --
    Sir Tim
    as explained by the comedy YES MINISTER
    CMG-KCMG-GCMG
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Jan 1 20:01:33 2021
    On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 5:21:38 PM UTC-7, Sir Tim wrote:

    Much of it, I agree, but, although somewhat degraded by being awarded
    almost automatically to senior civil servants I still think a knighthood carries considerable kudos.

    Form a fucking sentence
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  • From Alan Baker@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jan 3 11:17:50 2021
    On 2020-12-31 10:39 a.m., bra wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving
    championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven
    did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's,
    but of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.


    And worked to make racing safer...
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
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  • From alister@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jan 3 19:37:19 2021
    On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 11:17:50 -0800, Alan Baker wrote:

    On 2020-12-31 10:39 a.m., bra wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving
    championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven
    did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's,
    but of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.


    And worked to make racing safer...

    Indeed, that is what makes Sir Jackie a very worthy recipient.

    As much as I am a fan of Lewis I am still not 100% certain he has done
    enough to warrant a knighthood (simply being good at your job no mater
    how impressive that job is is not really enough for me).
    Although this year he has done a lot to highlight race discrimination
    (there would have been none of that stamp out racism stuff at the start
    of each race without lewis kicking up a fuss).

    I don't make the decisions however so I am very pleased for him.







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  • From Alan Baker@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jan 3 12:12:44 2021
    On 2021-01-03 11:37 a.m., alister wrote:
    On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 11:17:50 -0800, Alan Baker wrote:

    On 2020-12-31 10:39 a.m., bra wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:00:42 PM UTC-8, bra wrote:
    Inspiring news that Hamilton gets a knighthood.

    Already, back when Lewis had won 'only' five world driving
    championships I was wondering why the nation was not excited. Seven
    did it.

    Proud to be British today


    Looking back, Jackie Stewart got his knighthood for only three WC's,
    but of course Jackie wore a suit and tie and mixed with royalty.


    And worked to make racing safer...

    Indeed, that is what makes Sir Jackie a very worthy recipient.

    As much as I am a fan of Lewis I am still not 100% certain he has done
    enough to warrant a knighthood (simply being good at your job no mater
    how impressive that job is is not really enough for me).
    Although this year he has done a lot to highlight race discrimination
    (there would have been none of that stamp out racism stuff at the start
    of each race without lewis kicking up a fuss).

    I think that that is probably what made the difference, yes.


    I don't make the decisions however so I am very pleased for him.

    Same here.
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