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According to Wikipedia, NASCAR only permits six crew members "over the wall". The same article also defines the roles in an F1 pit crew. I'm paraphrasing here: 1 x Lollipop man - holds a stop/go sign for the driver. Now mainly replaced by electronically triggered traffic lights. 4 x Tyre changers - one for each wheel, their sole job is to undo/tighten the wheel nuts. 8 x Tyre carriers - at each wheel, there is one to remove the old tyre and one to fit the new one. 2 x Stabilisers - to keep the car level in the middle. 1 x Front wing man - adjusts the angle of the front wing (one of the only changes that can be made during pit stops. 2 x Jack men - one at the front, one at the rear. Some teams even have a spare in case of jack failure. 1 x Fire extinguisher man - even though there's no refuelling, they occasionally get brake or oil fires. 1 x Starter man - stands at the rear just in case the engine stalls (the drivers cannot restart their cars). That adds up to around 20 crew members. Unlike NASCAR, there's only one pit crew per team, so each crew has to service two cars, meaning that they sometimes have to make the cars queue behind each other (e.g. during a safety car period etc.). Teams can also be fined for an "unsafe release" if they release their car into the path of another.

Thanks for joining in, Hobie. This thread wasn't meant to be just obituaries, but that's how it's been this year. Sadly, Laura Branigan died back in 2004 at only 47. She never appeared in Dukes, but she did play the part of a singer called Sarah in a final season episode of 'CHiPs'. I just picked this one because I heard it on TV last night. Gloria - Laura Branigan

Another day of 2016 with a death in the music business. This time it's Billy Paul. To keep with the theme of the thread, I'll start with a track I'm not so familiar with. Malorie - Billy Paul And now, probably his best-known hit. Me And Mrs Jones - Billy Paul

Just to add to my last post, here's the Williams F1 team getting the fastest pit stop of the year so far at the Bahrain Grand Prix. I know they're allowed more crew than NASCAR, and there's no refuelling, but they change all four wheels in 2.27 seconds.

I haven't caught up with all of this year's rule changes, but on the face of it, that one sounds stupidly dangerous. In F1, they now use wheels with a single captive nut in the center. I don't know if there's a good reason why NASCAR can't switch to a similar system - it would speed up pit stops!

The big name music deaths of 2016 seem to continue unabated. I've just heard that Prince has died at only 57 years old. It looks like he kept his music off of most of the popular video sharing sites, but you can view this song at the link below. Kiss - Prince http://videos.sapo.pt/EOZ8Gf4YMhE84vVKER0l

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Like the interviewer, I'm also from "li'l ole England", but "underpins" is a new one on me. The nearest I've heard is someone who's good at dancing being described as "light on his/her pins". At least Cathy knows how to make tea for an Englishman .

I remembered reading the same article, but it took me a while to track it down. Take a look about two thirds of the way down the page at mygenerallee.com - it mentions finding two 1974 Dodge Monacos labeled Police 1 and Police 2. There's also a small picture.

As long as it doesn't turn out like this 2005 skit from 'Blue Collar TV'. I can't believe they let Boss Hogg keep his cigar ;).

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Sadly, I'm posting again because of another death. Today it was announced that Merle Haggard had died on his 79th birthday. To keep with this thread's theme, I'll post this track first. Carolyn - Merle Haggard But I can't do a tribute without mentioning this song. Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

I think the DVDs let you choose. I have the M*A*S*H: Martinis and Medicine Complete Collection, but one of the channels here still shows two episodes a night, so I haven't had the DVDs out for a while.

The makers of M*A*S*H didn't want a canned laughter track, but the network did. In the end they compromised, and had laughter on most scenes, but never in the operating room. When the series was originally shown in the UK, the BBC broadcast it without the laughter track, which is how I prefer to watch it.

I don't remember how the episodes were originally shown, but, according to IMDb, it looks 'Carnival of Thrills' and '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' were screened back-to-back, but the two parts of 'Undercover Dukes' were shown a week apart. Now that we have DVDs, it doesn't make much difference as there's no waiting. The two-parters also let us have slightly deeper storylines.

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I see that there's a new bar above the activity streams which lets you refine your search. It seems to work fine, but the white background doesn't really match the HNet color scheme. On a separate issue, since the switch to IP.Board, I've noticed that the posts are no longer numbered (each thread used to start with #1). Does anyone else miss this?

I'm very un-American, and I still like Cathy .

Before anyone questions Mark's spelling, Rhuebottom's was sometimes misspelled Rheubottom's on the show, so the model is screen-accurate! Both spellings are visible in the screengrab below, which I first posted in the Hazzard Square thread.

Seeing as he's sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvements, Jimmie Johnson is probably the man of many other building materials too .

I read last night that progressive rock legend Keith Emerson had died at the age of 71. Here's a track from Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 1971 album of the same name. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Thanks for the link, auster. It's good to see all three of the actors together again and getting on so well. Justin, the flag controversy gets mentioned at about eight and a half minutes in.

Hollingsworth Morse directed several episodes in season 5, but he didn't write any. Other directors of season 5 include Denver Pyle, Sorrell Booke and Paul Baxley. The writing credits are split between Si Rose, William Raynor, Myles Wilder, Bruce Howard, Len Kaufman, Jim Rogers, Martin Roth and Simon Muntner. According to 'The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion', as well as merchandising, Tom and John's season 5 walkout was also about the poor quality of the scripts. John is quoted in the book calling Myles Wilder "an arrogant cuss" who "could not care less".

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I had a quick look in Ben Jones's 'Redneck Boy in the Promised Land' and 'The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion', but I didn't find any explanation.