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Great build Jay.

Mercedes is one of the most prized seats in F1 at the moment. I don't see them looking outside F1 for a driver. My guess is they will pry away Alonso or bring up one of there young drivers, most likely Wehrlein.

Mercedes will 'consider' Fernando Alonso as Nico Rosberg replacement Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Fernando Alonso must be considered among the potential replacements for Nico Rosberg next year. Rosberg's surprise retirement announcement on Friday leaves Mercedes with a limited amount of time to find a new teammate for Lewis Hamilton. Senior team members met at the team's factory in Brackley on Monday to discuss the decision, but with most the grid already under contract for 2017 their options could be limited. Alonso has one more year to run on his current McLaren deal, but has made no secret of his desire to return to a winning car before the end of his career. He was teammates with Hamilton at McLaren for one explosive season in 2007 before the resulting fallout saw Alonso leave the team at the end of the year. The prospect of managing the two drivers is thought to be too risky for Mercedes, but speaking in an interview with Sky Sports at the team's factory on Monday, Wolff did not rule out a bid for the Spaniard. "You have to consider Fernando," Wolff said. "He is a driver I respect a lot. He combines talent, speed and experience. It's all there. "But he is in a contract with McLaren-Honda at the moment and we just need to weigh all the other options up." However, McLaren executive director Zak Brown is confident his star driver is not going anywhere next year. "We have a contract with Fernando and he is very happy," he told Sky Sports. "Obviously he wants to be winning races, as do we, but I am not worried about that scenario. We are very comfortable where we are at."

This leaves a prime race seat open. It will interesting to see which way Mercedes goes to fill it. Young guy leaving Hamilton as the clear #1 driver or somehow pry away an established driver from another team.

Supper's Ready - Great Collection of old Genesis Covers

VIENNA, Austria -- Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement from Formula One less than a week after being crowned world champion in Abu Dhabi. Rosberg made the announcement at a press conference ahead of the FIA prize giving in Vienna where he is due to be presented with the championship trophy. He made clear that after achieving his childhood dream of being crowned champion, he wanted to spend more time with his wife Vivian and young daughter away from the pressures of Formula One, saying he "could not go through that again". After twice losing the title in direct battles with Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in 2014 and 2015, Rosberg finally beat Hamilton to the title this year. He confirmed he was not considering returning to F1 at a later date. "So, it's a very special day today to receive the trophy this evening, but for another reason as well," he said. "I want to take the opportunity to announce I've decided to end my Formula One career in this moment here, on Monday. To explain, ever since I started, when I was six years old, I had a very, very clear dream, and that was to become Formula One world champion. It was very clear in my mind, as long as I can think when I was growing up. Now I've achieved that, I've put everything into it for 25 years of racing. "With the help of everyone around me, with the help of fans, my family, my friends, I've managed to achieve it this year. It's been an incredible experience for me I will remember forever. At the same time it's been very very tough, the last two years losing to Lewis were extremely difficult moments for me which fuelled my motivation in a way I didn't even know was possible, to fight back and to achieve my dream finally. This year was extremely tough as I put absolutely everything into it, I left no stone unturned from Austin last year where I suffered a lot after the loss. "I pushed like crazy in all directions. I want to thank everyone who was involved, my family ... a lot of sacrifices. My wife, for example, at home; every time I was home, she understood that I needed to rest so I never did any nights, I didn't' have to take after my daughter. Didn't do any nights, didn't did any difficult things, she was always there to support and make everything possible. "That's one example of the commitment we all put into it. I've achieved this childhood dream and I'm not willing to do that sort of commitment for another year, and I'm not interested in coming fourth or whatever, I'm a fighter and I want to win. So I'm not interested to do that again so I've decided to follow my heart and my heart has told me to stop there and call it a day, do other things. It's been wonderful, it just feels right to me, I'm very, very excited. My wife Vivian is very excited to have her husband back and I'm going to be dad again, which is going to be wonderful, so thanks very much for your support all these years. I'm cherishing the moment, it's absolutely awesome, all these experiences now, to share the success with all of you and with all the other people, it's been phenomenal." Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff added: "This is a brave decision by Nico and testament to the strength of his character. He has chosen to leave at the pinnacle of his career, as World Champion, having achieved his childhood dream. The clarity of his judgement meant I accepted his decision straight away when he told me. "It's impossible to capture the essence of a person in a few short words. But Nico has a special combination of natural talent and fighting spirit that have brought him to where he is today. Throughout his career, people have thought he was on a golden path to success just because his father was a World Champion; in fact, I think in some ways that made the challenge greater - and meant he had to fight even harder with the weight of expectation on his shoulders. "With Mercedes, Nico has been a relentless competitor, bouncing back from tough times in an inspirational way, and he earned the respect of the sport with his tenacity, his fighting spirit and his grace under pressure. Since 2010, he has poured competitive energy into our team and we have grown stronger because of it. We simply say 'thank you' for the incredible contribution he has made to our success, alongside two of the all-time great drivers, Michael and Lewis. "For the team, this is an unexpected situation but also an exciting one. We are going into a new era of technical regulations and there is a free Mercedes cockpit for the seasons ahead. We will take the necessary time to evaluate our options and then find the right path for our future." Mercedes has not yet announced who will replace him.

Very nice Jason.

Very nice.

I would bet Roger Dean did the art work. Very reminiscent of the work he did for various Yes albums.

Very nice Mitch.

Yes painfully slow today.

Brilliant work.

David Byrne - Self Titled. IMHO this album stacks up against any Talking Heads' album you care to name.

Really slow this morning.

Finally a S4 kit in plastic!

I'm seeing this message as well.

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Nice work Brian.

Coming along nicely Phil.

Clean build-very nice.

Noticeably faster but still hangs up now and again.

Master class build.

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Tom Waits won't appeal to everyone but he is one of my favorites. One of his best know albums is "Mule Variations".