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Welcome to the HazzardNet Ina. We're excited to have you here and look forward to hearing a lot more from you. My wife lived in Germany for a couple years so I often hear her family tell stories of all the good times they had there.

Thank you everybody. I know I've said this many times but you folks really are like family. I went back to work today and then went to meet the paramedics after work. I heard lots of stories and learned a lot I didn't know because I was temporarily out of reality. I have to admit I got a chill up my spine when talking to one of the paramedics. I guess I was a little closer to the Pearly Gates than I realized. I'll spare you folks the gorey details but the whole experience had a happy ending and it is something that has changed my life for the better. I was grateful to meet 3 of the 4 people most responsible for coming to my rescue (actually there were more than that). I gave them all hugs and the whole visit was an emotional celebration. Embrace life folks. And thank an emergency medical professional the next time you see one. The next life they save might be yours.

Thanks, I'm doing fine. I had a good night last night except for making a mess on my pillow because the bandage didn't stay on. It's been over 24 hours now and I haven't even had a headache or anything. In fact the whole experience wasn't even that painful except for the time they cleaned out the wound and put the staples in. I'll never forget the white light though. It's something that will always be with me. Even though I enjoyed it I hope I go another 50 years before I see it again. LOL

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I had a little accident at work today. A heavy piece of metal fell on my head and cut it open and knocked me out. I came back to the real world before the ambulance arrived but then fell unconscience again. I woke up again and got loaded in the ambulance and barely remained awake but was confused on the way to the hospital. Luckily the cat scan showed no serious damage and I was released under the watch of my wife. I feel fine but she's going to have to keep an eye on me for a couple days. I have a severe concussion and 7 metal staples but things look good. Here's the amazing part. I've always heard stories like this but never thought I'd experience one. For a while I saw the white light everybody always talks about. At first I was really scared but then I felt a really deep peace like I've never felt before. I was a little disappointed when the paramedic yelled at me and woke me up because the feeling was so soothing. Okay, I'm being a little dramatic with the headline of my post. I don't really know if I was close to death or not. I probably wasn't but I'll never really know how close I was. The deep peaceful feeling was an emotion I've never felt and something I'll never forget. When I'm fully recovered I have a lot of people to thank. Every once in a while we get a reminder how precious life is.

It's official. David Ragan is now my favorite driver. Maybe it's an omen that he won his first race AFTER I stated rooting for him but he's now my favorite and I sure hope it stays that way since I'm the kind of person who absolutely hates to be wishy-washy. The Pirates, Steelers and Penguins have been my favorite teams my whole life. The MinnesotaTimberwolves have been my favorite team since they came into the NBA in 1989. I'm the kind of guy who sticks with things but I'm struggling with NASCAR. Even though Ragan is now my favorite, if a Georgia driver with an orange 01 car enters the picture, my wishy washiness may come back. I hope that doesn't happen because I kinda like this David Ragan feller and wouldn't want to switch but...hey...I take my Dukes seriousely and I'm going with the most Duke-like driver and you don't get more Duke-like than Peachtree Georgia.

To be honest with you I stopped paying attention to Jeff Gordon after that close call and unbelievable recovery. I was so focused on David Ragan I wasn't even noticing the others who weren't directly beside him. When they posted the results seconds after the checkered flag I was pleasantly surprised to see he finished sixth. Well, I say "pleasantly" for your sake of course because I thought of you. Hmmm, I'm not exactly sure why Dale Jr finished so low. He was down when I turned it on.

Welcome to the HazzardNet Amit!

I wouldn't have known her name was Stacy Williams but I was thinking of the lady who was on Teasure of Hazzard. I then looked at my episode list and seen that it was a season 2 episode so that's my answer. I never put the two characters together as the same person. Probably because they're 5 seasons apart and I usually watch the eps in order and just never noticed. You're awesome Hoss!

I have a lot of respect for volunteer firefighters. I witnessed first-hand them saving my daughter's life when she was pinned in a car less than a half mile from my house in October of 2001. They are truly heros in every sense of the word. Good luck with the show.

I watched the end Garrett and it was total chaos. Since I was rooting for the Georgia boy David Ragan, I imagine you can understand my excitement. It was so close on the last lap I was certain something was going to go wrong. You're right about Gordon's amazing recovery from the spin-out with 3 laps to go. My jaw literally dropped and I yelled "Whoa!". My wife was in the other room and I scared her a little because she thought something bad happened. I played it over and over and still can't figured out how he recovered from that. I guess it can be summed up in one word. SKILL I called my Dale Jr friend and he wasn't too happy. I think he blames me for switching from Dale to David. Oh well, he's aware of my love of the Dukes and Peachtree Georgia is about as Dukes-like as you can get. (Although his website said he lived in some other town in Georgia....maybe it's nearby) Sorry to hear you missed it. I'm glad to hear you had a fun concert though.

Wow Daney! Thank you very much. Did you get this information from a website?

Wow! Thanks for that response Garrett. That sure helped a lot but it also confused me even more. The thing that struck me most is that David Ragen is from Peachtree Georgia. I'm going to google him and learn more about him. Peachtree Georgia sounds like a place that could be just down the road from Hazzard. In fact, there was a Peachtree Lane on the show. I should check my notebook and see which episode it was on. I wish I could settle down and pick a favorite. Hopefully I will soon. I don't like it when I'm indecisive. Thanks again.

I suspect the reunion movie was written by a professional writer (or writers) with no input from fans. If they would have gotten input from die-hard fans, someone like you or I would have probably caught that, since the serious fans pay more attention to detail than anybody. I suspect it was just something that was overlooked. That's to be expected considering that they had more important things to worry about. Even if someone would have brought it up during the filming someone would have just pointed out that it wasn't that important and nobody will notice. Little did they know that nothing would get past the Dukes of Hazzard Ninja, Hoss C.

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Nice job Lizzy. Nice job researching those old names Hoss. Putting in an extra effort like that sure makes the question more interesting and educational. I'm going to guess Coffin Varnish.

After rereading the last post that I wrote yesterday it might not have been a good idea to write "Many of them have little appreciation for those roots." After further consideration I realize they probably do have an appreciation for those roots. What I should have said is that they don't have a connection to those roots. I talked to a second knowledgable NASCAR person today about this subject and he agreed that all the big name new drivers aren't rooted in the origins of the southern race culture. All this being considered, I have decided to start being a Dale Jr fan. I apologize for being wishy washy on this subject but since I can't find a driver with a Dukes connection, I guess I should be a fan of the person who is the most like the Dukes, and that appears to be Dale. When I tried to follow NASCAR several years ago I picked Jimmie Johnson as my favorite. Later that year he won his first championship and then went on to win 5 more. So, maybe now that I'm a Dale fan he'll win at Daytona. In fact I'm predicting he'll win and break his long streak of not coming in first place. Just for fun, I'm predicting JJ will finish second.

Hey Garrett (or anybody else who wants to chime in) I was having a discussion with my NASCAR friend earlier this week and the subject came up about how I struggle to find a driver to really get excited about. If only someone would get an orange 01 car, or even any colored 01 car, I would probably become a bigger more entusiastic fan. Being the biggest and most knowledgable Dale Jr fan I know, he pointed something out I never considered. Dale has southern boy roots just like the Duke boys and fewer and fewer of these guys do. Back in the early days of NASCAR almost all the top drivers were rednecks like me. (although being from northern Pennsylvania I'm not exactly southern). Now, most of the drivers have no ties with NASCAR's redneck roots and many of them have little appreciation for those roots. All this made me think. Maybe I should become a Dale Jr fan. Can you think of anybody else who represents the southern origin of NASCAR better than Dale. For that matter, how many real rednecks are even racing in NASCAR anymore?

After getting up in the morning and putting on a sweater that ugly, he should have known he was going to have a bad day. (Woops, I'm in trouble if he stole that out of Hoss's closet)