RogerDuke

Alaska

Thanks MM. It's come on fine twice in a row now. But with this thing I don't expect that to last. I don't know enough about computers to know who to blame. All these things like routers, modems and connections with funny names make my redneck head spin. I do know that I always blame the computer itself and from what I'm learning it's not very often the computers fault.

Here we go again. The computer's been down for three days. Now that my wife has it going again we have a lot to catch up on so hopefully it will be working later this evening so I can catch up on what's been going on here. Gotta go for now.

It's just after 10pm EST and it's getting ready to start up again. In the meantime Sunday night football in Seattle is in the middle of a storm delay. Congrats on JG making THE CHASE Garrett. I'm SOOOO happy for you. I think it was a great decision.

There's a lot of threads this quote could apply to. Thanks for all you do Hoss.

Great idea Hoss. If you'd do that CornDog you wouldn't be the first to start a thread like that but you'd certainly be the first to do so with a GL that has so much historical significance. (at least since I've been on here). This is very exciting!

movie (Dumb and Dumber)

Wow! This is tough. I hate to do this Garrett but I'm trying to think like Clint Bowyer would think in that situation but it's too hard to do when we don't have all the facts. Is it morally wrong to spin out intentionally to help a teammate or was he just doing what is acceptable in sports by "taking one for the team?" I would vote for it being morally wrong. But what if he was told to do it by the team owner? What if the owner said he'd rip up his contract if he doesn't spin out? What if Bowyer's house payment was $100,000 a month and he knew he would never get another job racing because the owner would brand him as a person who is not a team player? I'm certainly not throwing this idea out there to justify why he did. It would still be just as despicable even if he was following orders. I'm only trying to understand it. If the order did come from the team owner, would all owners have done that if in that situation? And the same questions would apply to David Gilliland letting the pass happen. What would have happened to him if he wouldn't have followed orders? Just to repeat myself, I'm not trying to justify it. I'm trying to understand.

I think that's a great idea. Since membership is slipping we certainly don't want to discourage potential new members who log in for the first time. Here's a crazy idea Meadowmufn. Deputize Hoss. If he was a moderator he could give our Supreme Superior Commander a little help. He has more computer skills in one of the little hairs on his little finger than I have in my whole body. Which brings me to an important question. How's your health been MM?

Welcome back CornDog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

old lady

I think it'd be fun to see the Pirates vs the Cubs in the playoffs simply because I'm competitive with Garrett. LOL The Pirates just beat the Rangers three games in a row. On Tuesday night (in Texas) there were TWO outs in the bottom of the ninth with the Pirates up 5-2. Nobody was on base. It looked over. Before you known it, the Rangers had runners on the corners and the score was 5-4. Adrian Beltre was up for Texas and he's one of the best hitters in baseball, hitting .370 lifetime against the Pirates. First pitch: called strike Second pitch: swing and miss. Third pitch: swing and miss.

Since I don't follow NASCAR like you do Garrett I didn't know abut all this. Well, I knew about the original incident but not the aftermath. What a mess! I have a feeling this story has a long ways to go before it comes to a conclusion. I can certainly see why Jeff Gordon fans would be fired up. I agree about Jeff Gordon being classy. I posted on a different thread about how impressed I was with his after-race interview. Keep up posted!

There's two things to celebrate in early September. The start of NFL games and Luke Duke's birthday.

sports

Heartbreaking indeed. *hugs*

dance

I'm so sorry that Jeff Gordon didn't make The Chase Garrett. I feel so bad for you. Missing it by a single point is hard to believe. I was going crazy while watching it because it looked like he was going to pull it off but it just wasn't to be. For what it's worth I thought he was awesome in his after-race interview.....very gracious....definitely not one of those spoiled brat losers you see a lot of. He's a real class act.

LOL Very nice!

A trillion thanks for all these contributions. These are truly amazing!

That slap even made the mainstream media. Thanks for the update Garrett. So, when you say the 13th place driver gets a million dollars, I assume that's all his to keep, right? (minus taxes). It isn't how much everybody on the team divides up? How do they figure out how much each crew member gets?

April Fools Day (yes it's true, Sadie Hogg Day is always on April 1st. Do they celebrate April Fools Day in Europe?)

There's been three episodes of Duck Dynasty so far this season and there's already been two Dukes references. Two weeks ago (hmmm, or was it last week?) Willie called himself Boss Hogg. Last night the boys had two toy woodpeckers that they were racing and they named them Bo and Luke. Considering all the Dukes references they've had in the past I'm sure it's no coincidence.....even though whoever is responsible for putting the words on the screen spelled it Beau. By the way, the woodpecker named Luke won the race.

Thanks Garrett. After a record breaking 21 years of losing seasons (the worst in the history of big league US sports) it's nice to see my Pirates doing well. I wish your Cubs would have had as good of a year. It would have been fun to face them in the playoffs. Maybe next year. I just saw that the Pirates pitchers have given up 88 home runs all season, the LEAST in all of baseball!

It's unusual for me to see Dukes advertised for 9:00. I noticed that the autographed black and white photo of Enos said 9:00 on it so it must have been sold in the central part of the US. Thanks for all these great pictures!