RogerDuke

Oh well, there's never a race without controversy....I'm just sorry it didn't go your way. Speaking of not going MY way, where was #6? Hey, has the Labonte brother been racing much this year? I'm guessing it's Terry. Thanks for the update Garrett.

I only ever experienced one hurricane all the way up here on Lake Erie. I was 12 when Hurricane Agnus struck in 1972. I think we've had rain from other hurricanes up here but nothing as serious as Agnus. Since I'm in western Pennsylvania I didn't even get wet from this latest hurricane but the poor folks on the other side of the state got flooded.

We will be having monthly meetings in the chat room on the first day of every month at 7pm EST .....starting Thursday September 1st

Is it just me or does it seem like we're drifting apart a little bit here on the HazzardNet? I suppose it's only natural. Families tend to do that in these busy times. But it's about time we reversed the trend. Starting Thursday Sept 1st we are going to be holding a monthly chat room meeting to keep better in touch. It's not going to be easy considering we have folks in Europe and folks on the United States Pacific Coast but we just can't sit back and see ourselves drift apart like we've been doing. I'll post a reminder a couple days before every month's end. Then, on the first day of every month, I'll be in the chat room at 7:00 pm EST hoping to talk to some of my Hazzard County friends. If only one other person shows up that's fine. It only takes two people to hold a meeting. If a dozen folks show up that's even better....the more the merrier. I might log in a little earlier to talk to our relatives "across the pond" but I'm not sure how much sooner I can get on. We'll have to deal with that on a month by month basis. I look forward to Thursday evening. It's going to be like a Hazzard County Reunion! Hmmmm, what's the difference if we clicked on "chat" or "flash chat"?

I agree with B.L. LOL your appropriate caption cracked me up Hoss. I wish I had better computer skills and could do screen grabs and all that fancy stuff Hoss does. It seems like the trivia thread will be taking a step backward with me taking over. On the other hand, having the opportunity to laugh at Hoss when he misses a question should be fun so it might balance things out. Thanks for all the time you put into trivia Hoss. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say "Awesome Job!!"

ESPN (woops, it looks like B.L. and Garrett responded at almost exactly the same time and Garrett thought she was responding to clubs...lol....been there done that)

I'm up here by Lake Erie near the Ohio-Pennsylvania line. I was sitting on a wooden chair that was on cement. I felt like I lost my balance and was slightly tilting left. Then I felt like I was tilting right. I heard a weird sound like some kind of woosh of wind. Ten minutes later I turned on the radio because I suspected an earthquake and sure enough it was. My daughter teaches in Virginia. Her classroom shook a lot but no damage. It's too bad this hurricane won't be as gentle. As I type this it's already claimed 10 lives but sadly that number will increase.

I can hear the poor feller now whenever his boss told him he had to do that: "Aww, how come I have to be the safety assistant? How come you always give me all the jobs that nobody else wants. I mean, what if one of those Daisy Duke look-alikes falls on me or bumps into me? That would be terrible. I'll have nightmares for weeks. Can't you get someone else to do it?" Poor feller.

Like they say on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" always go with the first answer you think of. I've noticed with Hoss's questions that's true. I wasn't thinking of him giving that prayer but it must have been in my feeble memory somewhere because that episode just clicked up there. Hey Brian, you're too late. I think I just pulled a hamstring.

clubs (going of course by the spades in a deck of cards)

Sweet bike! Great pictures!

I'm glad she did too....I'm so jealous...Oh well, maybe someday.

I'm kicking myself for not knowing. I'll guess "Undercover Dukes" because it's all I can think of on the top of my head. "kicking myself"..."top of my head"....all these anatomical phrases are driving me crazy....after my experiece early this summer (RogerDuke almost died thread) I've decided to not kick myself on the top of my head....even though it is healed.

janitor (responding to my own to try and get the thread kick started)

I've been so busy lately I didn't know about any of this. Thanks for the update. It sounds like it was almost as dramatic as a Dukes of Hazzard episode.

This is a toughie. You're supposed to go with the first bell that rings in your head so I'll go with A.

Our thoughts and prayers are with them.

I just had another awesome time at Ray Kohn's Northeast Ohio Dukes Stunt Show. My wife and I showed up at the Lake County Fairgrounds (just east of Cleveland) five hours before the show. This was my fourth show but she'd never been to one. She used the extra five hours to go shopping at some nearby stores and visit some of the many attractions at the fair. It was awesome seeing all my friends who are a part of the show. I love them all but Ray's father is my favorite. He looks and acts so much like my hero Uncle Jesse I wish I could have hung out with him all day but Ray put me to work right away. I worked with the sound man Theo setting up his huge sound system. Theo has an excellent system with 4 large speakers that sit on two yellow scaffoldings. We were down the track from where the big jump would take place. Cement barriers seperated us from any potential impact from a runaway stunt car. During the show I was helping Theo and the announcer coordinate things that were playing out from the script. Ray's show had never taken place at this fairgrounds before. Last year he and his crew of a couple dozen staff worked hard all day through the rain at this location but the rain never stopped as was hoped and the show was cancelled....all that work and planning went down the drain. Rain was forecast for this show too and the chance increased as the night went on so we were watching the forecast hoping for the best. After weeks of planning, days of set up and several hours of intense last minute preparing, the National Anthem was sung and the show began. The announcer explained to the crowd that the stunt show was run like an episode played out. In this case, two bad guys from Atlanta were out to get Boss because he sold them some low quality moonshine. After some introductions and a lot of excellent country music, the real action began. The Dukes were being chased by Big Ed Little but the poor sheriff had a little mishap in the middle of the hot pursuit and flipped over a few times. It just seemed like the green and white sheriff's car would never stop flipping but it eventually landed and luckily the stunt man was fine. Then the plot thickened with all kinds of drama taking place like the General Lee breaking down, Rosco and Boss setting Bo and Luke up for running moonshine, more car chases, the bad guys stealing Boss's money, shooting, a chicken coop being smashed to smithereens, Daisy being kidnapped, Enos flying over the ramp with his patrol car on top of parked cars, the bad guys wrecking and the local fire department having to put out their smoking debris. It was a sight to behold and ran very smoothly. Finally it was time for the big jump. Right on cue, the wind picked up in dramatic fashion as if it was helping to add to the drama of the big event. Ray raced down the track and hit the brand new ramp perfectly, sailing like only the General Lee can do, clearing all the cars cleanly and saving the day. The landing was perfect but the damage to the steering was serious and he veered off toward the sound equipment. He hit the cement barrier, violently pushing it back toward the yellow scaffolding landing inches from the expensive equipment. When I say inches I'm not exagerating. If it would have traveled about 18 more inches it would have toppled the scaffolding and ruined a lot of expensive high quality sound equipment. It also came less than two feet from the flag pole where Old Glory was flying. It was almost as if Ray had planned it that way! As for me, I was only about 20 feet from the car's resting place. When Ray puts the jump on his website you'll probaly see me. I'm the one with my eyes bugged out wondering if the barrier will hold! It was a thrill to say the least. Speaking of a thrill, I'm about to get hit with that storm I was talking about. It has followed me home to Pennsylvania and I might be losing my electric soon so I'd better post this before I lose what I've written. Luckily it held off until the show ended. Like ole Waylon says, "In Hazzard, we tend to like happy endings."

After thinking about it, I decided to post my review of the show down on the Ray Kohn's Dukes of Hazzard stunt show thread. It's just below here on the DukesFest forum. I thought it would be a good idea to keep them all together.

I just got done reading all your reviews of your Hazzard Homecoming experience Redneck girl. Well, not everything went perfect for you but I bet after the freshness of some of those problems wears off you'll only focus on the good memories....and it sounds like you sure have a lot of them to cherish!

(Is an Auto Antonym some kinda foreign car or something? Do they drive them on the Autobonym where there ain't no speed limit?)

Thanks again for the homepage coverage Brian. As I type this it's almost noon here in Pennsylvania so I'll be taking off in about an hour. Last year I helped Ray's manager (and later the sound man) and also wrote the questions for the trivia contest but the whole thing got rained out. The show doesn't start until this evening (7:30 I think) but there's a lot to do for set up. In fact, Ray and some of his team have already been there at least a couple days getting things set up. Ray's already done two shows this year. One I missed because of my grandson's second birthday in northern Virginia and the next I missed because of my wife's 50th birthday in the Poconos ....so needless to say I'm pretty excited. As the old saying goes, I'll have a full report on the desk in the morning. YEEHHAWWW!