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Now onto the race. Unusually for Australia, it was a wet race. Two of the rookies went out early with Isack Hadjar hitting the wall on the formation lap and Jack Doohan doing the same at turn 5 on the opening lap. After a dry line appeared on the circuit, the drivers briefly switched to dry tires, but fresh rain forced them back onto the intermediate tires. Ferrari gambled on staying out with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc leading for a lap, but ultimately it was the wrong decision as they had to swap tires anyway. Nearly all of the drivers had some kind of off track incident or spin, and only 14 of the 20 starters saw the checkered flag. Once Lando Norris had regained the lead he went on to win, but Max Verstappen was less than a second behind at the end. They were followed home by the Mercedeses of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, and the Williams of Alex Albon. Oscar Piastri managed to recover from his spin to overtake Lewis Hamilton on the last lap and finish ninth. That leaves McLaren and Mercedes tied at the top of the Constructors' Championship with Red Bull in third. With all the incidents, the highlights are 13 minutes long this week - you can watch them here. Only a week to wait for the next race in China.

This was the starting line-up for this morning's Australian Grand Prix. There are a few new names, so I thought I'd post the whole field: 1 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 4 George Russell Mercedes 5 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls Honda RBPT 6 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 8 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 9 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 10 Carlos Sainz Williams Mercedes 11 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls Honda RBPT 12 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 14 Jack Doohan Alpine Renault 15 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber Ferrari 16 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 17 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber Ferrari 18 Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 19 Esteban Ocon Haas Ferrari NC Oliver Bearman Haas Ferrari 2024 constructors' champions McLaren took a 1-2 on the grid with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mecedes' George Russell were just behind. Neither Max's or George's new team mates made the top ten. Yuki Tsunoda and Alex Albon both had a great qualifying to start ahead of the two Ferraris. If two of the teams seem to have very similar names, it's because they do. Red Bull have run two teams for years, and while the first team is always Red Bull Racing, the second team's name changes almost annually. This year it's Racing Bulls. While the names are similar, the cars are primarily dark blue and white respectively. You can watch the highlights here.

The only episodes I ever saw were the ones where they filmed on the Warner back lot and I posted pictures in the Hazzard Square thread. That was over 12 years ago and I don't remember much about them.

I couldn't find Ewen McGuin, but Ewen/Ewan is a Scottish name pronounced yoo-uhn. You may know Scottish actor Ewan McGregor. The Welsh equivalent is Owen. This seems to be the most popular in the US (e.g. actor Owen Wilson, Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Owen Hale etc.). In Ireland it's Eoin or Eoghan (both pronounced like Owen). There all connected to the names Ian and John, and are meant to originally derive from Eugene.

But how many of the cast had extra fingers in your AI search? 😀 On a slightly more serious note, and one I hadn't considered before, if AI is learning from sites like HazzardNet, that's a great reason to make sure what we post is correct. Let's face it, AI won't learn much accurate information from Facebook!

It's pronounced Ay-oh-win. Each storm season, Met Éireann (Ireland) collaborates with the UK Met Office and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) to come up with a list of storm names. Éowyn was one of the submissions from the UK Met Office. Although it looks like it might be Gaelic, it was probably taken from JRR Tolkien’s 'The Lord of the Rings' where Éowyn is a noblewoman of the kingdom of Rohan.

We had Storm Éowyn back in January with winds of over 80mph in parts of Ireland (Scotland recorded a gust of 135mph) which left nearly 15% of the country without power. Some people in rural communities were without power for over two weeks.

The F1 season finally starts this weekend, and to commemorate Lewis Hamilton becoming a Ferrari driver, he's been spliced into a rather famous scene from an iconic '80s movie. Check it out at the link below (YouTube won't let me embed it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4uDqRzRUM

I once had the opposite happen. I bid on a CD boxset and I don't remember there being any more listed by the seller. When the auction finished, I'd been outbid, but then the seller messaged me to say he had another copy and would I be interested in buying it at my highest bid. Of course, I said yes, and ended up paying less than the person who won the auction.

I still haven't found the third plaque, but I did make another observation about Boss' artwork. In his Boar's Nest office he has two or three of the dogs playing pool/poker paintings, but in his office at the courthouse he has a copy of 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' by Emanuel Leutze. I guess it reflects the pleasure and business roles of each office.

Likewise. From the setup, I felt sure your mom had the wrong day or your visitors would stay too late. I'm glad it worked out for you.

To me, it wouldn't feel like HazzardNet with a different color scheme.

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I used to like the sign in the bar just outside Boss' office that said "I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.", but that doesn't answer your question. BTW. It's a quote from Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, Scene 2.

'Enos' was a one-season Dukes spin-off in 1980/81 which saw Sonny's character become a police officer in LA. This is why he missed a season or so of Dukes. Some episodes are on YouTube, although the ones I've seen are VHS rips (don't expect DVD quality).

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There are a few models listed in other threads, some with pictures: Cooter apparently had a Radio Shack REALISTIC TRC-432 NAVAJO CB base station https://hazzardnet.com/forums/topic/5960-cb-radios-on-tdoh/ This thread shows the Cobra 77x, 78x and the Sharp 40 Channel https://hazzardnet.com/forums/topic/6050-which-cb-radio-was-in-the-general-lee-in-the-tv-series/

I said above that we could get an orange (papaya as the team call it) car next year with a (0)1 on it, but I think the horns might give Cadillac an unfair aerodynamic advantage!

Cadillac has had its bid to join F1 in 2026 formally approved. Read more here.

We're still just over a week away from the start of the 2025 F1 season, but Formula 1's YouTube channel has just posted highlights of five season-opening races going back over more than 20 years. It's amazing how the cars have changed during this time, e.g. in 2013 the cars had really ugly high noses, and in 2009 the cars had really wide front wings. There are several drivers in the video that I'd forgotten, and even a couple of teams! You can watch it here.

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I also watched the original run, but I don't remember big wheels being a thing in the UK (where I grew up). We had bikes, trikes and scooters, but "big wheel" was what we called Ferris wheels. Dukes merchandise and toys were available (I had some), but not the huge variety that was available in the US.

Welcome to HNet. If you were 7 when Dukes started, you're about a year younger than me.

For anyone who's interested, Knight Rider Historians have just posted a video about the filming locations seen in 'Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death'.

Kinks I'll include the video below in case anyone doesn't get the connection: