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Any fans of this Kurt Russell movie?

Señor VALDEZ Hughie's long distance contact in 'When You Wish Upon a Hogg'.

the general flies UP real high

Tiger (also sing eye of the tiger)

Go Cubs! Unless they are playing my Pirates....which will be an easy win for the Cubs.

Well y'all. . .I have been trying to mend my broken heart since Sunday. I may never be the same. Though I have to admit it was nice being on the winning side this year. This is the best season they've had in over a decade. Ben Johnson is the coach the Bears have needed since Lovie Smith. Caleb Williams is one of the best QBs they've had. It has been a fun season...stressful, but fun. Sad it is over, but proud of the team and their never give up attitude. Though with them out... Football is officially over for me. Daytona is 23 more days from now... Onto NASCAR and baseball...

That was MEAN!...LOL! Funny....but mean! I'm sure he didn't appreciate that! .....

Survivor They sing a song called " It's The Singer Not the SONG"

Song (there is a song called popcorn it has no words)

Popcorn

OK my fellow Hazzardites.....I may or may not be on later but I'm still having trouble with my computer and I'm taking it in tomorrow, so I won't be here for a while....not even for DOHD!! Hopefully I'll get it repaired soon and I'll be back! * You guys make sure you celebrate DOHD and maybe even celebrate it here! Raise a glass of Buttermilk, on the rocks ..." For Hobie!" I know I'll be celebrating.....maybe nort with buttermilk....but.......

Happy ending to Book Three of the Gordon Korman Titanic Novel series - S. O. S.! 😀 Survivors made it to New York, and Paddy's got a surprising reward for saving some unexpected friends. But the bittersweet part? Paddy's girlfriend Sophie never sees him again, just a mysterious "Godspeed P" note. Sophie's raising the little orphan girl she rescued, named after her dad and Alfie, the Titanic steward. A mix of sadness and happiness in the end 😢. #Titanic #GordonKorman #HappyEnding

Did you know there's a hidden symbolism in Titanic (1997)? In the Captain Smith lemon tea scene, the cup represents the North Atlantic Ocean, and the lemon slice under the tea symbolizes the hidden iceberg beneath the surface. Mind blown, right? #Titanic #JamesCameron #Symbolism

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Mr. TERWILLIGER ( I hope I spelled it right this time!) was a shop owner in downtown Hazzard!

Well, Garrett if you really want to watch the Bears on Super Bowl Sunday you could always pop Boar's Nest Bears in the DVD player.

STATE route 36 ran through town

Good to hear from you again Jim. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing it.

Turk:"Grits an' Greens strike again!" 😀

My new toy I picked up yesterday Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Can't put it down. Need to find the first 2 Titanic Books Novels. The series is: 1. Titanic Unsinkable 2. Titanic Collision Course 3. Titanic S. O. S. (I found this one. It's hard to put it down.) 😲

Titanic (1997) Captain Smith:"Clear." Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller:"Yes. I don't think I've ever seen such a flat calm." Smith:"Like a mill pond, not a breath of wind." Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller:"It will make the bergs harder to see... with no breaking water at the base." Smith:"Hmm. Well, I'm off. Mantain speed and heading, Mr. Lightoller." Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller:"Yes, sir." Did you know the Lemon Tea scene served a purpose as did every scene James Cameron shot. The Lemon Tea scene with Captain Smith playing with the Lemon slice with his spoon, the cup of Tea represents the ocean, and the Lemon under the Tea represents the part of the iceberg underneath the water. The scene is a representation of visibility.

I'm sure that's worth more than $.02, Jim. I don't make videos, but I watch a variety on YouTube and it all seems like good advice. As well as watching videos about making videos, you could also check out the first videos posted by popular YouTubers to see how they started out. If your hobby ever starts to make a bit of money, it might be a good idea to invest it in better equipment including a faster computer for editing and rendering. Whatever you do, don't be tempted to use AI as a shortcut. I've listened to too many laughable AI commentaries and seen some ridiculous AI animations (smoke rising from the masts of an old sailing boat etc.). Viewers prefer it real.

That looks good!

I don't do youtube as a hobby, but I have a couple channels as a way to document my other hobbies. I have one for my RC builds that I've shown here before, as well as one for my guitar related interests. That kind of brings me to my point... I'm not sure how you'd get into Youtube as a hobby unless you're using it as a mechanism to share something else that people will be interested in watching. Assuming that you have something that people are going to want to watch, your next steps are learning to talk to a camera in a way that is interesting and engaging, learning how to make videos look and sound as good as they can, learning video editing software, and learning photo editing software. All of those aspects influence the outcome of a video, and to be honest, not many people find all of them interesting, so it becomes necessary to slog through some crap that you may not really enjoy in order to accomplish the things you do enjoy. Here's a real high level $.02 summary of each of those areas: 1. Talking to the camera. 99% of what determines the popularity of a channel is the ability of the host to be interesting, entertaining, and charismatic. No matter what the subject is, it's how interesting the talking head is that determines how many repeat watchers you get. A video about the joys of watching paint dry that's hosted by an interesting, well spoken person that can connect with an audience will ultimately be much more popular than the most interesting topic imaginable if it's hosted by a monotonous person with no personality and poor public speaking skills. 2. How it looks: Your lighting and your background make or break how a video looks. Stand there with a nasty or boring background under a single ceiling light and it's going to look horrible. Find an interesting location that has some depth to it, some tasteful things in the background and some colorful accent lighting that brings color and interest to it, along with some foreground lighting for the host (a couple diffused light sources and a "hair" light to add contrast or mood) will make a huge difference. 3. Sound: talking into your cell phone's microphone sounds bad. An inexpensive lapel mic makes all the difference in adding a professional sound to your video. Background music or sound effects may be appropriate depending on the type of videos you do. 4. Video editing software: This can be a big one. There are basic editors even the one that comes with Windows that will get the job done if your videos are very basic, but if you're going to want something more professional, you'll need a good quality video editor and you'll need to put in the time necessary to learn at least the basic functions of that editor. I use DaVinci Resolve because it's very good and mostly because it's free. If it ever stops being free, I'll probably be sunk because there's not much else out there that's worth a damn unless you want to get into subscription services. 5. Photo editing is more or less the same story as video editing, except that it's generally a bit easier and not something you'll spend as much time in. At minimum you'll need it for your thumbnail images, but I also use edited photos occasionally within my videos. I use GIMP because it's a very powerful, open source video editor that does all I could ever need. You can research each of those areas via other youtube videos. There's a wealth of creator information out there, so each of those 5 topics are very well covered via youtube tutorials. But ultimately, unless you're doing something other than the usual "talking head" style videos, 99% of the effort is in area #1. Your personality and charm matters more than pretty much anything else.