I used to crew the score board for the Isle of Man TT
- when I was a Scout, and when the score board was chalk and slate and analog clocks.
The noise was fucking intense. The smell was choking, especially for the classic races. The bikes were going past so fast you couldn't see the numbers.
We were a foot or so from the track, with a waist-high crash barrier between us death. You'd start this "volunteering" (it was close to mandatory) at about 9 years old. None of us were over 15.
Health and safety? Nah, child labour, tax haven laws and millions in tourist money .
I went back a few years ago: they give them ear plugs now and have a big perspex barrier between them and the bikes.
Still all crewed by kids though.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 11 Aug 2021, 17:46,
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that'd been something to see, especially as a nipper
The manx tt looked mental in that doco about guy martin
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 12 Aug 2021, 12:45,
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