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I mentioned Morgan Wallen's "I'm the problem" above. Here's a duet he did with Post Malone that's still getting regular plays on the radio over here. "I Ain't Coming Back" starts with the line "I'm a redneck, 'Cause I drink beer and I dip Skoal", and the chorus starts with a variation of "But the night I said, "I'm leavin'", I turned into Richard Petty". Both kinda remind me of HNet in a good way.

I assume you're using your phone to post these. If it's Android and works the same way as mine, follow these steps: 1. Tap the white "Share" arrow under the video. On my phone this brings up a list of places to share the video, e.g. WhatsApp, Messages, Bluetooth etc. 2. Drag this list to the left and my last icon is an ellipsis (three dots) with the word "More" under it. 3. Tap "More" and I then get an option to "Copy URL". Tap this to copy the full youtube.com address rather than the youtu.be address that you normally get. 4. On HazzardNet, paste it into your post and hopefully the video will appear rather than the link. If you're on a regular computer, just copy/paste the full URL from the address bar. NB. Some videos, such as the Formula 1 videos that I post, cannot be embedded, so you'll still have to post them as a link.

I only read about that afterwards. As an F1 fan, the one I remember vividly is the crash that killed former triple World Champion Ayrton Senna in 1994. He was 34. It's probably about time I watched the 'Senna' movie documentary again just to remind myself how great he was.

George Russell put his Mercedes on pole for both the sprint and feature F1 races in Montreal this weekend. He converted his sprint pole to a win (highlights here), but the feature race worked out differently. Arvid Lindblad's car wouldn't go into gear on the grid, so there were a total of three formation laps while his car was recovered to the pits. There were predictions of rain, so McLaren started both of their cars on intermediate (grooved) tires despite their drivers questioning the move. Lando Norris' intermediate tires allowed him to jump to the front at the start, but he soon came in to swap them, as did team mate Oscar Piastri. With the McLaren's out of the way, George and team mate Kimi Antonelli put on great show leap-frogging each other every few laps. Sadly, before half distance, George had to retire when his car broke. It was a day to forget for McLaren. After making the wrong tire choice at the start, Lando had to retire with a broken gearbox and Oscar got a 10-second penalty for hitting Alex Albon and putting him out of the race. At the end it was Kimi who took his fourth win in a row. Lewis Hamilton finally seemed to be happy with his Ferrari, and re-passed Max Verstappen toward the end. They finished second and third. Lewis' team mate Charles Leclerc was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap. There race highlights are here. Kimi now has a 43-point lead over George, which is nearly two race wins. The next race is in two weeks at the famous Monaco circuit.

CARTER One of the bad guys from 'Enos in Trouble'.

A few modern country songs are creeping onto the playlist of the mainly pop/rock radio station I listen to here in Ireland. Maybe Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" album got people looking for more traditional country artists. Morgan Wallen's "I'm the Problem" has been popular, and I see he's also got a duet with the artist below. The Smoky Mountains of Tennessee are mentioned in this song. Maybe if Ella had introduced her boyfriend to Cooter's Place in Pigeon Forge, he might've stayed! Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas There's also a longer version here.

From cootersplace.com: Our Smoky Mountain journey began in Gatlinburg back in 2002, where so many wonderful memories were made through the years. Later, we brought Cooter’s to nearby Pigeon Forge and continued building something very special with all of you. Now, after nearly a quarter century in the Smokies, we are preparing for our final season there. For the rest of this season, we’re planning a wonderful lineup of events, celebrations, reunions, stories, music, laughter, and memories with the people who helped make The Dukes of Hazzard such a lasting part of American pop culture. We are especially excited to welcome Catherine Bach, Tom Wopat, Byron Cherry, and Jeff Altman during this closing season, along with the wonderful staff here at Cooter’s who have loved and cared for our visitors through the years like family.

That's very sad. It's a big enough story to have made it to the front page of the BBC News website.

Tara PRESTON played Cindy Lou in 'Deputy Dukes'.

I still don't understand how that surgically adjusted look ever became considered in any way attractive. Natural beauty is always so much better.

FARMER Perkins

CHARLES CYPHERS played Bumper in 'Limo One is Missing'.

YIPPEE! (Reaction to Dukes being on TV) BTW. Y'all have some interesting spellings of varicose and ukulele.

From what I've googled, she was an ice hockey player before retiring at 19 due to injury to pursue a career as a model and social media personality.

She's got to be one of the most fake-looking people I've seen in ages. Far too much obvious plastic surgery. She looked better before.

None of the likenesses are great in that game, but that deputy looks more like Burt Reynolds and doesn't sound like Cletus.

We'll have to remember what would've been Jimmie's 100th birthday on July 26th.

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While I was reading Roger's birthday wishes to Denver earlier, I realized that we'd missed the 100th birthday of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln Hogg last month!

Purple

Here's a short video with Stephen Fry explaining what he thinks are the differences British and American comedy. They're certainly very different, but both can be very funny. Watching the "Americans React" videos has shown me how few British comedies most American have seen and how it takes a while to get used to the different tone before they get into them and appreciate them. I hope I'm encouraging some of you to look at shows from outside the US.

LES Tremayne played Big Daddy

It looks like the last one was 2022.

Sorry, I'm a little late with my Miami Grand Prix summary, but the result changed slightly after the race, so it worked out in the end. As before this season, Kimi Antonelli didn't get the best start, and was passed by Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, although Max almost immediately had a spin which lost him several places. In the opening laps, Kimi briefly retook the lead before Charles got it back, and then Lando Norris took second from Kimi. As that was happening, Isack Hadjar hit the barrier and Pierre Gasly flipped over before landing the right way up. Both drivers were fine, but it brought out the safety car. When the pit stops came around, Charles had a slow stop which slipped him back a little. By about the mid-race point, Kimi got past Lando and Max (who'd pitted earlier). In almost a mirror of Max's first lap, Charles had a spin on the last lap and lost a couple of places. At the checkered flag it was Kimi in the Mercedes in first for his third win in a row. Behind him were the McLarens of Lando and Oscar Piastri ahead of the other Mercedes of George Russell. Max fought back to fifth, and the video linked below shows Charles ending up in sixth, but a post-race penalty dropped him to eighth behind Lewis Hamilton and Franco Colapinto. The race highlights are here. There's now a 3-week gap until the Canadian Grand Prix from the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal.