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Four different schools were used to portray Rockbridge High School: Van Nuys High School was used for the locker scene and the parking lot scene. Canoga Park High School was used for the shop class where Buddy bullies Arnie. Verdugo Hills High School was used for the library scene. Calabasas High School was used for the football game.

Happy Samhain. Halloween started out here in Ireland, and the jack-o-lanterns were originally made from turnips. BTW. If you know anyone Irish, Samhain is pronounced Sow-in.

It was only 42 years old when that episode of Sanford and Son aired.

Bela Lugosi played Count Dracula in the 1931 movie 'Dracula'.

Morgan WOODWARD Appeared in two episodes

SHUG Fisher played Newtie

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Lando Norris was the driver in form in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. He took pole ahead of the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton with George Russell in fourth and Max Verstappen in fifth. Championship leader Oscar Piastri was off-pace all weekend and only qualified eighth, but started seventh after Carlos Sainz had his grid penalty applied. There's a long run to the first corner, and the drivers arrived there four wide. Max had to cut the corner, but gave the place back to Lando. On lap 6, Lewis and Max were fighting for position when Lewis left the track. Lewis was later given a 10-second penalty for not following the correct route back to the track and gaining an advantage. That pretty much ended his race, although he scored four points for finishing eighth. Oscar lost a few places at the start, but gradually moved up through the field. Oliver Bearman spent a lot of the race in third, and looked like he might take a first podium for Haas. In the end, Lando led every lap and won by 30 seconds. Carlos retired with a few laps to go, and a virtual safety car thrown to allow his car to be moved denied a couple of tight battles on the last two laps. Charles held onto second ahead of a faster Max, and Oliver equalled Haas' best result with his highest ever finish in fourth. It was damage limitation for Oscar who made his way back to fifth. Lando was booed by the crowd during the post-race interviews and prize giving. This was apparently a reaction to the controversial team orders back in Monza, but he just laughed it off. You can see the race highlights here. The win puts Lando in the lead of the Drivers' Championship by a margin of a single point over Oscar. Max is still there in third with a chance to win with four races left. The next race is the Brazilian Grand Prix in two weeks.

Lando Norris has just won the Mexican Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen. It's getting late for me, so I'll write a full race review tomorrow.

Can we include Enos' possum on a gumbush and Cletus' buzzards on a buzz saw?

Equal OPPORTUNITIES law The plot device in 'OFFICER Daisy Duke'. One of the channels here is currently airing 'The Fall Guy'. They're now up to midway through the final season (season 5), and it's quite possible that I never saw these later episodes in the '80s, and if I did it was nearly 40 years ago! Only the first two seasons have been released on DVD, so I'm taking my chance to catch up. At the beginning of the show's run, Colt took assignments from bail bondswoman Samantha "Big Jack" Jack played by Jo Ann Pflug (AKA. Helen Hogan from 'Route 7-11'). For seasons 2 to 4, the bail bondswoman was Terri Michaels played by Markie Post. What I'd forgotten/never knew is that that the bail bondswoman in the final season was Pearl played by Nedra Volz. She only actually appeared in five episodes, but she's mentioned in several others.

MeadowMufn told us about June Foray here.

I got my driver's license while living in London, so traffic was nothing new. Luckily, I was mainly driving against the flow to get to and from work before I left. I don't often get into traffic over here, but it did take me over half an hour to do about a mile on my recent trip around Galway City, and that was mid-afternoon!

MIKE MOROFF Played Sam Porter and Jo Jo in Dukes, and was in an episode of The Fall Guy that I watched a couple of days ago.

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Nancy JERIS played the doctor in 'Brotherly Love' Chinese restaurants over here quite often offer fruit fritters (pineapple or maybe banana) as their only desserts. I've heard of corn fritters, but don't think I've ever eaten one.

I don't tailgate even when the driver in front is going well under the speed limit. There's just not enough time to react if anything happens. I have also used the slowing down tactic when I've been tailgated.

Hogg FROZEN FRITTERS, Inc.

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Well, unlike the sprint race, the main event got away cleanly apart from a little contact near the back resulting in a spin for Alex Albon. Max Verstappen held his first place off the start, but Charles Leclerc got past Lando Norris. That cost Lando dearly as Charles had the softer, faster tires and that kept him ahead for a large chunk of the race, and allowed Max to build an unassailable lead. Lando did eventually pass Charles, but the positions swapped back at the pit stops. Lando eventually reclaimed the second place he started from. Carlos Sainz's good weekend finished early when he hit Kimi Antonelli and had to retire. Oliver Bearman had a spin trying to pass Yuki Tsunoda, but both finished in the top 10. As I reported last night, Max won the race ahead of Lando and Charles. Singer Shaboozey waved the checkered flag. Lewis Hamilton was having a good race until he had a brake issue with a few laps to go. He just managed to hold onto fourth place ahead of a lacklustre drive by championship leader Oscar Piastri. Oscar is now only 14 points ahead of Lando, but more amazingly he's only 40 points ahead of Max after his two victories this weekend. You can see the race highlights here. Next week it's the Mexican Grand Prix.

I don't do many long journeys, but luckily I don't recall seeing anyone doing that on my recent trip to Galway, although I'm sure it happens regularly over here. Maybe I'm imagining it, but people here seem to drive much more hesitantly lately. I thought it could be the reduced driving during the Covid lockdowns, but that was a while ago now. Sometimes I approach a junction thinking I'll easily get out because there's a huge gap, but the car in front stops dead and waits for nothing. Then there are the drivers who drive at well under the speed limit completely oblivious to the long queue behind them. That's my two cents.

Max Verstappen has just won the US Grand Prix ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc. I'm off to bed soon, so I'll post my race summary tomorrow.

COLLEEN CAMP played Bonnie Lane in 'Trouble at Cooter's'.