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I had planned to post 'When My Ship Comes In', a folk song by Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, but I couldn't find it. While I was searching YouTube I found this song with the same name, and gave it a listen to see if it was the same song. It wasn't, but I enjoyed it anyway, and although various Clint Black songs have been posted before, this one hasn't: When My Ship Comes In - Clint Black

The AutoWorld General might not be perfect, but it's a lot better than the original ERTL release - go ahead, treat yourself . I've just checked on Ebay, and while some sellers are asking up to $100, most are between $65 and $75. The other thread you mention is General Lee Diecast Question, which duplicates some of the info from here. I did my best to list all the previous 1:18 releases (2000-2008) in this post.

I was just looking to see if the starting line-up for Sunday's race at Sonoma had been decided when I came across an article saying that NASCAR are changing the qualifying format for Sonoma and Watkins Glen (the two road courses) to give a better show for the fans. Instead of single-car qualifying, they'll be be doing group qualifying: “Cars will be assigned to one of five or six groups based on practice speeds, slowest to fastest. Within those groups, cars will be separated fastest to slowest and released at intervals. Each group will have a window in which cars can complete their qualifying each likely receiving three laps at full speed. A car’s fastest lap will count and the field will be set based upon overall qualifying speeds. The process has been used previously for NASCAR Nationwide Series road course qualifications.†The full article I read is here.

This one looks like it's from the same photoshoot as the season 7 DVD cover.

Thanks for the pictures, Roth. I was tempted to get one of these, but I've got nowhere to put it. Besides, I already have the 'Bluesmobile' which uses the same 1974 Dodge Monaco mold. I thought they could've made the County Sheriff star more accurate, but overall it's an improvement on the old one.

They were easy to find than I thought .

I found an old MySpace site last year with 18 of these miniatures pictures (including six of these eight). The MySpace link is now dead, but you can see some discussion about the miniatures here. I'll dig out the other 12 pictures and post them tomorrow.

The phrase is usually "He shot himself in the foot", but you're close enough . I think he went on the forum to publicize the new product without realizing how many inaccuracies there were. I get the feeling that he thought the decal tweaks were pretty much all that was needed. Yes, please do. Did your Corgi General come with Bo and Luke?

Thanks for your contributions, Roth. As I said above, I have the Ertl Authentics General which is very close to the AutoWorld model. I remember reading a discussion on another website before the AutoWorld one came out. Someone (supposedly) from the manufacturer posted about the improvements they planned, and asked it anything else needed to be tweaked. I know one of the other posters criticized the rollcage design, at which point the manufacturer guy said that they didn't have the budget to redesign anything significant, and he didn't take the further criticism well either. Yes, the real boot (or I suppose I should say "trunk") really is that badly designed:

I've just read the sad news that yodeling country/folk sing Slim Whitman has passed away at 90. His 1955 hit held the record for longest time at #1 in the UK charts for 36 years. Although he had most of his success between the '50s and '70s, his music played a large part in the plot of the 1996 movie 'Mars Attacks' (the Martians heads exploded when they heard his ).To keep in with the last post, and to follow the rules of this thread, I'm going for: I Remember You - Slim Whitman RIP. Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013)

I can't even find that one, but I like it. I did find a variation: "They can’t fire me, slaves have to be sold."

Pontiac (I think they stopped making them too)

I thought I'd Google this one to see if I could find who did say it. So far I've found it (with slight modifications) attributed to Ogden Nash, Germaine Greer, John P. Grier, Charles Scoggins and Hannah Marks. Most sites suggest one of the first two. It's probably safe to say that the author is unknown.

Volkswagen

The idea of a "lonely hearts" section came up in this thread, and I think the general view was that it wasn't a good idea. The new forum doesn't currently have a chat room, so you're probably stuck with PMing people for the time being.

He hit the wall pretty hard and his car caught fire. He jumped out quickly before reaching in to pull the fire extinguisher. It really was a bad day for HMS - Jimmie came home as top driver in 28th. I was pleased to see Ricky running inside the top ten for a while, but he (and a couple of others) pitted just before Jamie McMurray's tire blew, so it put him out of sequence. I'd love a top ten finish before too long.

I see that now Lewis Hamilton has changed teams, Tony Stewart is doing his Mobil 1 commercials with Lewis's former team mate, Jenson Button: I'm hoping they do one where Jenson gets the upper hand, because he really does compete in triathlons, and does very well in them.

Thanks for sharing - I've never seen it before. From the YouTube comments it looks like it may have been uploaded by the boy in the film, but I'd like to know a little more about it.

Here's a UK commercial for Somersby Cider where the launch is promoted like a new technical device. The main ingredient of cider may give you a clue to which company they are having a dig at .

Hey, Garrett. It sounds like you enjoyed watching some men with sticks hit a ball around a field yesterday, but it doesn't excuse you from your NASCAR duties . Maybe it was seeing your drivers in 17th and 29th that put you off writing up the qualifying. I'm happy with Ricky's 15th, although it's a shame that Tony Stewart got in the middle to split up all the Juniors . Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 race at the Michigan International Speedway is at 01:00 PM ET, and will be on TNT. 1 Carl Edwards 2 Kurt Busch 3 Kasey Kahne 4 Paul Menard 5 Aric Almirola 6 Joey Logano 7 Austin Dillon 8 Matt Kenseth 9 Kyle Busch 10 Juan Pablo Montoya 11 Denny Hamlin 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr 13 Martin Truex Jr 14 Tony Stewart 15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16 Brad Keselowski 17 Jimmie Johnson 18 Jeff Burton 19 Greg Biffle 20 Bobby Labonte 21 Kevin Harvick 22 Mark Martin 23 Marcos Ambrose 24 Casey Mears 25 Trevor Bayne 26 David Gilliland 27 Clint Bowyer 28 Jamie McMurray 29 Jeff Gordon 30 Michael McDowell 31 David Ragan 32 AJ Allmendinger 33 David Reutimann 34 David Stremme 35 Ryan Newman 36 Dave Blaney 37 Danica Patrick 38 Josh Wise 39 Ken Schrader 40 J.J. Yeley 41 Travis Kvapil 42 Joe Nemechek 43 Mike Bliss

Welcome back to full-time participation, CD. I hope the exams went well. This might not mean anything to our friends across The Pond, or to someone your age, but when I saw the thread title I thought of this character .

I was watching an episode of the '70s comedy 'Taxi' last night when one of the drivers quoted this as one of the things his father used to say to him. When it was pointed out that George Bernard Shaw said it, it prompted one of the other drivers to ask "Your father was George Bernard Shaw?"

Thanks for your comments. I'm sure Hazzard Square used to be Roger's favorite thread - he's so fickle . I never cared much for the guy on the right. I always thought his acting was a little wooden .