RogerDuke

It was probably screaming "You're nuts!" (sorry...couldn't resist)

Hey Hoss, I just picked up this huge book about the 50 most beautiful castles in the world. It's a picture book but has a decent amount of information too. It's no surprise that the majority of them are in your area. Do you have any favorites?

That's an interesting question and is certainly possible. On the other hand, Coy rhymes with boy and Bo doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if you are right though.

The Hazzardgate Tape....season 5 While Enos is off chasing the Duke boys, Boss and Rosco are at Boss's house, meeting with 3 bosses from neighboring counties. The other bosses are angry that a new highway is going through Hazzard and they want to renegotiate terms of all the crime activity with Boss Hogg. When he refuses, the other 3 and their henchmen meet in a shack and make plans to kill Boss. Coy and Vance just happened to be listening in and got caught but got away after a chase. Moments after the 4 Dukes warn Boss about the threat the henchmen try to run him over but the boys save him and stuff him in the back seat of the General. After Rosco and Enos scare the bad boys off, the good boys take Boss to the farm for protection and are joined by the Hazzard law. The henchmen make another attempt on Boss's life but Enos saves him this time. Boss calls the other bosses to another meeting at his house where Vance, Coy and Rosco are secretly videotaping them to get incriminating evidence to take to the state police in Capitol City. They get caught while making the recording and after they get away they bad guys get away from Rosco and Enos. The chase is on as the bad guys pursue the General Lee on the way to Capitol City. With help from Daisy, Jesse, Rosco and Enos the bad guys get caught and all is well again in Hazzard County. -- Mel Tillis gets caught in the celebrity speedtrap and sings "Stay a Little Longer". He played 5 different instruments during one song. It's amazing how much he looks like Burl Tolliver. -- The Dukes have a light brown refrigerator in this one. I don't remember anything but white ones. --This episode was likely named from the Watergates tapes during the Nixon presidency. -- Rosco said Cletus was on vacation but last episode was his last. -- Funny scene with Coy and Vance carrying Boss while Boss's feet are moving in the air. -- The 3 other bosses are....Boss Bowman of Choctaw County....Hopkins of Hatchapee Co.....Starkey of Eureka Co --

Thanks Skipper!

Coy Meets Girl.....season 5 Coy and Vance are driving an Apex rental van full of valuable antiques down the road. They are heading to Loomis to deliver them to Jesse's friends who had just moved there but a couple of bad guys named Potter and Clooney stop them and tie them up alongside the road and take the van. The boys get lose and correctly assume that Boss is behind the robbery. While the thieves are unloading the antiques, an orphan, stowaway, runaway named Bobby Lee Jordan hops out of the van, carrying her dog Max and runs into the woods. Potter and Clooney called Boss and told him about her. Coy then saves Bobby Lee from the quicksand and she quickly develops a crush on him but doesn't tell him she had been hiding in the van when he and Vance were hijacked. Daisy takes Bobby Lee and Max to the bus spot but has to rescue her when Potter and Clooney try to kidnap her. Later, the thieves plant the van in the Duke barn to frame them and immediately Boss and Rosco show up for the arrest but the boys get away. Bobby Lee snuck off while that was going on but she wasn't gone long until Cletus caught her until she escaped with Daisy's help. Before you know it, the General Lee, the Apex van, Jesse's truck, Potter and Clooney's car and Rosco and Boss in the sheriff's car were in the middle of National Guard maneuvers and Rosco and Boss watched the sheriff's car get blown to bits. Rosco said it "done scuffed my vehicle beyond repair." The bad guys got caught and Bobby Lee got adopted by Jesse's friends who just moved to Loomis. The ending off screen wasn't happy though. This would be the last time we would see that lovable dipstick, Cletus.

Ole Hobie looks funny in a police uniform!

My wife stopped feeding the birds after the second visit. How long do you think she should wait before she starts again?

I had always wanted to see a bear in the wild. They're pretty rare in my county but when you get into the neighboring counties where there are more hills and woods, they aren't as rare but still not common. Despite living in the country, I went the first 60 years of my life and never saw a bear. Then, it happened on August 16 right in our back yard, there he was with all 3 of my wife's bird feeders on the ground helping himself. We got pictures and videos from the window just 30 feet away. Four days later we were in the neighboring county and saw one that had just been killed on the road. Two guys were standing there looking it over. Then, on August 27 our bear came back to eat more bird feed. Tonight I saw another one trying to cross the road. I got pretty close before he turned around and went back in the weeds. It was about 10 miles from our house. No bear sightings in 60 years and then 4 in less than a month....4 if you count the road kill and the one that came back that was likely the same bear.

Is your dad healthy enough to paint? Is he able to climb a ladder? It's always tough to tell a father to toughen up but maybe you should think of a polite respectful way to suggest to him that he has plenty of time to do the job. Of course the danger with that would be him making you feel guilty....especially if he did get hurt. Just keep putting it off and explaining you don't have time....you wouldn't be lying. In several weeks the weather won't be good enough anyways. Maybe you will have more time after winter.

The alien one is definitely not one of the better ones. I also don't like ones where the boys fight, like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Duke.

LOL Boss sure let Rosco get away with a lot. The writers were brilliant for making Lulu Rosco's sister. There was no way Lulu would ever let Boss fire her baby brother.

Cool! Most of the stuff on TV today is garbage so you're a smart man for focusing on the old stuff.

Happy birthday Luke! Meet us down at the Boar's Nest for a big all-day celebration!

That's the impression I got but I didn't see enough to know for sure. It had the Dukes cup in it though so I guess it wasn't all bad.

That's true but it was a good episode though....of course I like every episode!!!

I didn't see it but it didn't look like the kind of movie that I would like. That doesn't mean that you wouldn't like it though.

How would it go over if you just told your uncle that you don't have time because you work 2 jobs? How does your dad feel about all this?

Our daughter and her family will be staying with us for 4 days (Fri-Mon) so I probably won't be on much the next few days. I hope everybody has a great weekend.

Georgia definitely was the best. The show was so good though they could have filmed it in the tundra and it would have succeeded.

Today is his birthday? I sure hope he comes around again. I miss you Hobie. Happy birthday!

Lawman of the Year.....season 5 While Rosco is throwing Daisy in jail for speeding through a 15 mph sign (that he quick-changed from 55) Coy and Vance stop to help a couple of thieves fix a flat tire but they aren't very friendly and Vance noticed a pistol in their car. They are on the way to Hazzard because Boss hired them to rob a jewelry store after the owner sold fake jewelry to Lulu. At Rosco's speedtrap Miz Tisdale rode a wheelie and then handed the sheriff a letter saying that he has been nominated for Lawman of the Year. He wasn't too surprised since he nominated himself. She explains to him that he has to be nicer if he wants to win so the first thing he does is let Daisy out of jail. He then starts treating all the citizen on the street nice and even tells Cletus to stop tricking people with things like movable plastic fire hydrants and fake citations. Rosco knows that a secret observer from the award committee is running around somewhere so he is really turning on the charm. Boss instructs the thieves to go through the underground sewer lines to get into the jewelry store but they literally hit a cement wall. Boss sends Enos and Cletus to arrest the boys but the lawmen get a little cement problem themselves. When they fall in the wet stuff, Coy and Vance get away. They go to the post office and find a wanted poster of one of the bad guys so they know they're up to no good. The bad guys go to Boss's gravel pit to pick up dynamite to bust through the wall. After Daisy catches them they tie her up and when Coy and Vance show up, they lock all 3 Dukes in the shack but Jesse and Cooter rescue them. The bad guys blow a hole in the wall and strip the store clean but instead of giving the stash to Boss they double cross him and drive off. Six vehicles go after them, the General, Dixie, Cooter's wrecker, Jesse's truck, Boss with Rosco and Enos with Cletus. They catch them and throw them in jail. Later in town, Miz Tisdale showed up on her dirt bike with an important letter announcing the award. Enos and Cletus both received it. It turned out that she was the secret observer from the committee.

Stingray was a product of Stephen J Cannell of A-Team fame. It would have been better if Ray would have done some hood slides over his Vette. Come to think of it, Charlie's Angels would have been better if Farrah would have done some hood slides over her Mustang.

Now, that is one super hot......automobile. The car would look a lot better if that girl would get out of the way and Emma Tisdale would hop on the hood.

Here's another coincidence....I hadn't seen a Stingray episode in quite awhile and just got an itch to watch one last night. The TV series only lasted 2 years (1985 and 86) but I really liked it. It starred Nick Mancuso and he drove a black 1965 hardtop Stingray.