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I've just Googled "Jim Hogg Cigars" to see if they're real. It looks like this is a genuine poster from the 1920s, although James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg (20th Governor of Texas) died in 1906. Believe it or not, he named his daughter Ima Hogg (rumors that she had a sister called Ura are untrue). Ima and her brothers were more like Abraham Lincoln Hogg rather than Boss: when oil was discovered on their land in 1918, the Hoggs did not believe that the oil money was rightfully theirs, as it had come from the land and not hard work, and they were determined to use it for the good of Texas.

Charles M. Schulz sure did know how to write a good quote. I like this one: "I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong." or how about this one? "No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!" I know Steven Wright is a comedian rather than an author, but I always liked this quote: "You know how it feels when you're leaning back on a chair, and you lean too far back, and you almost fall over backwards, but then you catch yourself at the last second? I feel like that all the time." But then we are talking about a man who said this: "I bought some powdered water, but I don't know what to add to it."

Well it looks like Brad got away with a six point penalty as predicted. NASCAR also fined crew chief Paul Wolfe $25,000. Penske Racing said Brad's car "experienced a part failure during Sunday's Dover race (that) resulted in the car's front end being too low when presented for postrace inspection." They do not plan to appeal the penalties. Full story here.

You could be right, although I don't remember the word "GARAGE" appearing in any of the impound signs used in the show. I think this first one was recycled from 'The Hack of Hazzard', which used a different building. This one from season 6 is nearer the right size, but is a different style and clearly labeled "Chickasaw".

But I agree with the text at the top of the picture . I thought they might have used one of the impound yard signs from the show to decorate their workshop, but it doesn't match any of the screengrabs I have. Maybe they got the props department to make one in a similar style.

This first one seems to predict the internet and some of my experiences with it : "Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw It's easy to doubt yourself once in a while: "Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong." - Oscar Wilde Maybe because my age is currently the same as the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" I can relate to these: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams Here's what George Bernard Shaw had to say about liars: "The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else."

island (as in the fabulous 'Cantaloupe Island' by Herbie Hancock) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WE2VbPAag

Another song with the same title: If You Go Away - Dusty Springfield

I've just read a couple of articles which speculate that Brad Keselowski may just get a six point penalty as that's what Martin Truex Jr got for being too low at Texas. The previous penalty would be irrelevant because it's a different infraction. It would drop Brad from 8th to 10th, just a few points ahead of Jeff Gordon.

I'm surprised they don't have an overhead camera angle to make things easier to see on restarts. In the Monaco Grand Prix last week there were a few occasions where drivers cut chicanes during overtaking moves. In F1 there's a rule that if you gain or keep a place by going off-track, you have to give up that place. If JJ had just been told to give the place back rather than getting black flagged, it might have worked out better. Do you want to re-phrase that - you make him sound like Chris Brown.

I'm going to steal the whole title again . I don't know if this track is dubstep or drum and bass (or should that be drum 'n' bass?). Either way, I think it's the first of its genre in this thread. The video contains some '80s-style arcade machine action.

I thought both drivers handled the incident with a lot more restraint than you see most of the time (no raised fists or thrown crash helmets). Ricky looked like he was on for a top ten finish after the last restart, but I suppose I can be reasonably happy with 13th. He did get the 'Lucky Dog' after the Gilliland/Newman crash. I'm always amused by the commentators making a big deal of the engines revving to 9,000 rpm. Some models of Honda's 2-seater sports car the S2000 revved to 9,200 rpm. F1 engines are currently limited to 18,000 rpm, but have been taken to 21,000 rpm in unrestricted testing.

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Sunday's race is the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks from Dover International Speedway. Here's the starting line-up: 1 Denny Hamlin 2 Martin Truex Jr 3 Kyle Busch 4 Matt Kenseth 5 Ryan Newman 6 Mark Martin 7 Kevin Harvick 8 Brad Keselowski 9 Joey Logano 10 Jamie McMurray 11 Kasey Kahne 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr 13 Kurt Busch 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Clint Bowyer 16 Paul Menard 17 Casey Mears 18 Carl Edwards 19 Greg Biffle 20 Jeff Gordon 21 Landon Cassill 22 Tony Stewart 23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 24 Jimmie Johnson 25 Austin Dillon 26 Bobby Labonte 27 David Reutimann 28 David Gilliland 29 Jeff Burton 30 Marcos Ambrose 31 Michael McDowell 32 Mike Bliss 33 Aric Almirola 34 David Stremme 35 David Ragan 36 Joe Nemechek 37 Dave Blaney 38 Travis Kvapil 39 Danica Patrick 40 J.J. Yeley 41 Josh Wise 42 Timmy Hill 43 Scott Riggs The race starts at 1:00 PM ET, and will be shown on Fox. Garrett, your drivers are starting either side of Ricky - they'd better not hit him at the start .

There's already a thread for this in the 'James Best / Rosco P. Coltrane' section: Favorite Rosco quotes

I'm old enough to remember when MTV showed music .

Thanks for the updates, Garrett. I was only able to watch the race up to the first red flag. I've caught up with some of the incidents on NASCAR.com.

For anyone in the UK or Ireland who's interested in watching Duck Dynasty, it's coming to The History Channel on Thursday 30th May at 10 PM. I'm not sure how it counts as "history", but you can read more here: http://www.history.co.uk/shows/duck-dynasty.html

The white letter tires make me think this car is from the 2005 movie. I can't see the damage or the scrapes too clearly, but it looks like it could possibly be the one detailed in this article.

There's only one motor race that matters this Sunday - to quote Jenson Button: "Monaco baby" .

Roger, it sounds like you've been unlucky - computers aren't always that bad. I have mainly good news to report. My replacement laptop arrived today, and I'm nearly back in business. I just need to tie down what I assume is a software setting that's intermittantly interrupting my internet connection. :)/:(

Follow the link I posted and you'll see Wekke's floorplan (it's on page 2). Alternatively, it's here:

I think the thread you're after is here. Wekke sketched out his version of the floor plan, and there was some discussion about the number of bedrooms/bathrooms. I might have a look myself when I get my own computer up and running again.

Sadly, today's post is another tribute. I've just read that Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors, has died at the age of 74. I've posted several Doors songs before, so I'll stick to thread rules and link this one to the previous one (Ray is the one with glasses): Love Me Two Times - The Doors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M_0nU7RdPU RIP. Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr. (February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013)

You can easily get rid of the sidebar by clicking on the double arrow. This also has the benefit of giving more width to the regular forum, and thus reduces the amount of orange on-screen. The ads that I object to are the ones inside the first post on each page - they wordwrap the text and scale all images in that post to 740 px wide.