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We were coming home from the hospital in Erie last night (actually 4:00 in the morning). It's about a 40 minute drive. There's a classic country station (Willie 95.1) way south of Erie that doesn't come in there but as you drive south it starts to come in. I thought about it when I was 15 minutes from home so turned it on. The second I turned the radio on the next song was getting started....The theme to Dukes of Hazzard!.....I couldn't believe it. I listened to it and turned the radio off after it was over to keep it in my head. It was a much needed miracle since I needed a pick me up after a rough sleepless night.

Hang in there Spike. If you pop a Dukes episode in things are guaranteed to improve.

That's good news Hoss. They ran a few tests and couldn't find anything wrong with my wife. They also said it's not covid related. That seems like a pretty weird coincidence. Nothing like this has ever happened to her in her life and it just happens to occur as she is recovering from covid?! Sounds like too much of a coincidence but I suppose it is possible. She is home and has no more pain. Maybe our family doctor will have some ideas. She is calling him this afternoon.

We both had really great days today but at midnight my wife started having severe abdominal pains and we had to call an ambulance. That was her first ambulance ride in her life. I'm just sitting here waiting for a call. It could be gall bladder, blocked intestine, covid related or none of the above. I'm still under quarantine so I doubt they'll let me pick her up if they release her.

10 Million Dollar Sheriff......part 1 and 2.....season 4 Rosco's Great Uncle Hosiah left him 10 million dollars in his will, even though Rosco had never heard of him. Then one thing Rosco had always wanted is to put the Duke boys in jail for a long time, so for $100,000 he hires a "detective" named Jason Steele from Atlanta to set the Dukes up. Rosco also bought a Rolls Royce Sheriff car and a fancy rhinestone sheriff uniform and a rhinestone outfit for Flash. The first thing Steele did was try to lure the Dukes across the county line into the jurisdiction of Big Ed Little but that plan failed. Boss was so jealous of Rosco that he challenged him to a card game where they bet everything they owned. When Boss's attempt to cheat didn't work because Flash ate his Ace, Boss lost everything and was penniless and eventually accepted a deputy job. Steele's next plan was to plant a pistol in the General Lee but that didn't work either after Bo threw it in quicksand. Jesse went into the swamp looking for Steele but fell and hit his head and he ended up in a coma in the hospital. The doctor didn't know if he'd live or not and Boss and Rosco felt horrible about it. Rosco starts to have second thoughts but Steele threatens his life if he backs out of the deal telling him he'll give him the "deepest grave in the South". The boys finally meet Steele in town at high noon and Luke stops Bo from punching him because he knows Steele will have him arrested. Next, while in the Boar's Nest, Steele switches the General with a fake one and when the boys take it, has them arrested for grand theft auto. When the Dukes escape from jail Steele and his henchman catch them and throw them in their van, bound for jail in Atlanta. Then the lawyer who told Rosco about the 10 million shows up and tells Rosco about the decimal point problem....it's only 10 dollars. Since Rosco had changed his mind about the Duke boys he is happy and catches up with Steele to tell him he can't pay him. While that is going on Jesse woke up in the hospital when Daisy was there. Steele is pretty mad at Rosco and takes him hostage, wanting $100,000 ransom from Boss. But, it's Bo and Luke to the rescue, catching Steele and his henchman, who are arrested for kidnapping. The closing scene shows Jesse walking out of the hospital.

How did I miss Homer Willis? Oh well....I can see how I missed Homer Hotchkiss even though I know somebody with that last name and remember that character. Regarding Bib and Homer, Jesse wasn't surprised they we're helping Boss and said that those two guys are into everything.

This is a cool coincidence. In my episode review thread, the next episode just happens to be 10 Million Dollar Sheriff and I was planning on watching it tomorrow for Rosco's birthday.....and then I saw this post from last year where I mentioned the Rolls. Happy birthday Sunday Sheriff!

Sadie Hogg Day.....season 4 April 1 is April Fool's Day in other places but it's Sadie Hogg Day in Hazzard where the woman run the place for a day. After Boss found out that the Chief Banking Examiner is coming to Hazzard to inspect the county funds ledger, he panics since he has taken the 142, 679 dollars out of the funds to bankroll his personal projects so he dreams up a plan to frame Daisy. During the drawing to see who has what job, Lulu gets the county comissioner job. Aunt Clara Coltrane gets the sheriff position and Emma Tisdale draws the deputy spot. Boss sneaks Daisy's name in as county treasurer so he can set her up. She was happy since she had to clean sewers last year. He pressures Daisy to sign a paper making her responsible for the money (that doesn't exist because he stole it) because he knows the bank examiner is on the way. Before you know it the bank is being robbed by 2 guys hired by Boss and all they took was the county funds....which was 2 bags full of papers made to look like money. Boss throws Daisy in jail but Jesse breaks her out by flirting with Deputy Emma Tidale. Before the bank examiner gets there Boss sends Rosco to the Boar's Nest to get the fake ledger but he gets it mixed up with the real ledger. In the end, everybody ends up near the incinerator at the Hazzard Junkyard after plenty of crashes and jumps around all the junk. Rosco threw the wrong ledger in the incinerator and the examiner learned about Boss's dirty dealings. To keep out of jail Boss had to pay back all the money out of his own wallet. -- Jesse ended up taking Emma to the hoe-down even though "He doesn't even know how to dance." -- I loved Emma driving the police car in hot pursuit. At one point she thought they were going through a tunnel since her hat fell over her eyes. -- When Jesse was flirting with Emma, Bo said to Luke "Now I know where you and me got it."

Thanks Hoss. I'll tell my wife. She's a big fan of Fleetwood Mac.

My wife is practically fully recovered but I've taken a turn for the worse. Last night I started to develop chest congestion and it got bad fast. My cough is only moderate but my chest is real heavy....just hoping to stay out of the hospital at this rate. I hope it doesn't get worse. This is day 7 and I only had mild chest congestion the first 2 days so I thought I had dodged that bullet but Covid is a real trickster. Chest congestion is the most dangerous part of this thing so the big challenge is here.

That's a pretty neat coincidence that you would see that at nearly the same time I watched The Great Bank Robbery. Homer Sneed and Bib Tarkey were the 2 firefighters. Homer Griggs owned the rural general store but I can't think of the other 2 without checking my notebook. I'm sure I'll kick myself when you tell me.

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That sounds like what happened to us. It really doesn't matter how careful you are. If the people around you aren't careful you are in the danger zone too. I wish him well. Please keep me posted as to how he's doing.

The Great Bank Robbery....season 4 Boss fires his janitor, Jesse's old friend Clarence Stovall, just one day before he is eligible for a pension after 30 years. Before he leaves Clarence takes his $30,000 pension money anyways, stealing it from the bank vault and when he shows up at the Duke farm they find out about it and convince him to take the money back. Rosco sees the money in the General Lee and after the boys get away from him, he tells Boss about it. Boss doesn't know the money the boys have is from his bank but figures it out after calling all the other banks in the area. Clarence gives Bo and Luke the bank key so they can put the money back before Boss notices but they get caught then get away and head back again to still sight #1 to regroup. Later, Jesse starts a safe controlled fire in a Hazzard business as a distraction so Bo, Luke and Clarence can sneak the money back in the vault. When Duke boys threaten to tell the townsfolks that his bank is easy to break into, causing Boss to worry about a run on it, Boss decides to give Clarence his pension and throws a party at the Boar's Nest and awards him with a broken watch. -- Cletus and his car ended up in the water 3 times in this one, twice early in the episode. -- "I swear, if it rained soup Cletus's bowl would be upside down" --Waylon -- Boss "Rosco, you have splinters in the windmills of your mind"....a happy Rosco "oh, that's poetic" -- Jesse didn't like it when Clarence was ready to give up. "Dunfur" isn't a word he liked. (done for) lol

Just got a call from our daughter in Viginia who had just spent a week with us. Her and her husband both have covid-19. They both are sick now with what feels like colds. They're both teachers so don't have to worry about missing any work. Both grandsons are fine so far.

Rough day for my father-in-law. Today is their 60th anniversary and he hasn't been able to see my mother-in-law for 4 months because she has dementia and is in a nursing home. They didn't want to put her in a home but two years ago she kept escaping, even in snow storms so it just wasn't safe anymore. It's pretty sad. They were such a great couple. My wife is pretty sad today about it.

farm (I think the only chicken's (rooster's) name we ever heard on Dukes was Rodney)

Would you want to stay there if that guy leaves forever or is there just too many other problems?

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The Fugitive.....season 4 Mindy Lou Hale shows up in Hazzard on her way to nursing school in Macon. She needs money for school and wants to sell T-shirts at the annual Tri-County Motocross race at the Hazzard Fairgrounds. While Boss and Rosco are talking about Boss's latest venture of stealing dirt bikes and repainting them to sell, Mindy Lou shows up. Boss thinks she heard what he was talking about (even though she didn't) so he has Rosco arrest her. She got help from the Dukes in getting away and they took her back to the farm where they figured out what Boss was up to. When Jesse helped Mindy Lou to get across the county line Rosco arrests him and since Mindy Lou feels bad she comes back to help. The Dukes figure out where Boss's workers are stashing and painting the dirt bikes and eventually bring Cooter there to overtake and tie up the workers. When Boss gets there he doesn't realize that the 3 people he is talking to are Cooter, Bo and Daisy since they have painter's clothes and masks on. He confesses to a tape recorder that Cooter rigged up to a paint sprayer and Mindy Lou goes off to nursing school and Bo won the race and the $500 prize. -- Johnny Paycheck sang "Take This Job and Shove It". Boss wasn't exactly crazy about the song. --I love dirt bikes so this is one of my favorite episodes. The dirt bike jump with Luke and Mindy Lou on the same bike was a great stunt....and a tough one. I loved Boss on his white dirt bike....what skills! -- When Rosco told Boss he couldn't find the Dukes and Mindy Lou, Rosco said "They weren't anywhere I looked". Boss responded "Well, have you tried anywhere you haven't looked?" -- cool thing about Johnny Paycheck. Just this spring I met a guy who was a guitar player in his band.

Either way you'll be happier.

We wish him well Hoss. I've known a few Paralympic athletes. In fact, I'm friends with a guy who was the head coach of the USA basketball team a couple Olympics ago. I really admire those folks.

Now I've lost all sense of taste and smell....pretty decent day though....except real tired and taking a lot of naps. My wife is practically back to normal.

I'm not sure where the Duke boys are but when they hear about this they will likely make a quick return....unless Jesse calls them on the CB and says he's doing fine without them.