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I'm going for these:
A) Milo
A) Tennessee
A) their dirty beat up Ford truck
A) "more than 50 miles"
ultralight aircraftI remember people here referring to him as Silo while they were searching for the beaudry's shack on the Golden Oak Ranch. It hasn't been found.
Those people would be me
. I must have another look for their shack one day. I think that post pre-dates the Hazzard Square thread, so I now have much better knowledge of the area. Additionally, I now know about Historic Aerials, and Google Maps/Google Earth/Bing Maps have greater coverage than a few years ago. -
Hoss, haven't you read the text above the website? "The HazzardNet forums will be down for maintenance this weekend. The day/time is currently TBD. Sorry for the inconvenience."
I'm aware of the maintenance message, but that was posted before the previous weekend, and has now been up for about two weeks. In the past, MeadowMufn has normally given more details of the downtime nearer the event. The suspected site reboots have occurred at random times through the week.
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You're not alone, Roger. I still haven't found out what's calling my Adobe Flash Player problem. It works fine for ages and then crashes. I then have to leave it for about 10 minutes before I reload the page.
As for HNet, I think there have been problems recently. It was down for about four hours at the weekend (I tested it with a couple of websites that make sure it's not just my problem). I've also clicked on "Who's online" several times in the last two weeks and been given a single digit number of users online. This normally occurs just after the site reboots itself. I know this doesn't explain your problems with other sites, but it's not just you.
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Thanks for the Family Feud videos, K-Duke. I've seen the one with the Waltons before, but I think the other two are new to me (I knew they existed, but have never seen them).
Now I've seen Richard Dawson again it makes me want to watch some Hogan's Heroes
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About 18 months ago, Byron Cherry tried to sell his personally owned General Lee on Ebay for $150,000 (see the HNet homepage article here). The car obviously didn't sell, because it reappeared on Ebay a few months later with a "Buy it now" price of $99,000.
When it didn't sell again, there was an announcement that he was donating the car to the Tim Welborne Muscle Car Museum in Alabama. You can see that thread here (along with a link to a video of Byron and his daughter with the car).
Now, Byron seems to be selling the car on Ebay again (thanks to Mufn for posting the link on the HNet FB page). This time the auction doesn't include all the memorabilia in the trunk. The bids are currently just over $30,000, although the reserve hasn't been met.
Two things interest me about the current Ebay listing. Firstly, there's a link to an advert from January's AutaBuy Magazine where the car was offered at a firm price of $75,000, which included the memorabilia. The second, tucked away at the side, is a link to a YouTube video called "Dukes are Back". This is described as "a test pilot (short) starring Byron Cherry for a possible spin off reboot called Coy & Vance (aka The Dukes are Back.)". The video was uploaded back in 2010, but I've never seen it before. It must've been recorded before the sad passing of Chip Mayer, but some guy named Pat Magnus plays Vance - it's all a bit strange.
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I'm going for:
A) 55
A) $7,500
A) 6
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As far as the hard question goes, on the episode "The Dukes Visit Las Vegas" Daisy bet the deed to the farm against Wayne Newton's gold ring on the results of a soccer match. When Daisy lost but Wayne refused to accept the deed, Daisy fell in love with him.
I don't know what medication you're taking, Roger, but can I have some
.Roger and Roth got the correct odd-one-out, but no one got the connection.
If you watch the season 6 DVD extra where Ben and Sonny revisit some of the Georgia filming locations, they mention that the original courthouse of Hazzard County is actually the Newton County courthouse in Covington, GA.
Picture from Wikipedia.
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I wonder why the mic was just hanging there. I always though some guy was holding it but outside filmig I don't see why anyone would do that.
Remember this question from about ten pages back? Well I've just come across the picture below which shows the filming of the 1946 movie 'The Best Years of Our Lives'. It shows the type of wheeled mic stand that I was trying to describe.
The full sized original picture can be found on www.doctormacro.com.
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I ended up missing the last part of the race today, so thanks for the re-cap. I saw enough to see Ricky back out on track and making up places. In fact I saw it up to just after Danica's crash, and thought Ricky just stood a chance of beating her if her car damage proved terminal. I suppose I can't complain with 34th after being taken out on the first lap. Here's the full provisional results:
1 Kasey Kahne
2 Jeff Gordon
3 Kurt Busch
4 Ryan Newman
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr
6 Brad Keselowski
7 Joey Logano
8 Kyle Busch
9 Tony Stewart
10 Greg Biffle
11 Carl Edwards
12 Marcos Ambrose
13 Jimmie Johnson
14 Clint Bowyer
15 Martin Truex Jr
16 Jamie McMurray
17 Kevin Harvick
18 Mark Martin
19 Bobby Labonte
20 Aric Almirola
21 David Ragan
22 Matt Kenseth
23 Dave Blaney
24 Casey Mears
25 J.J. Yeley
26 Travis Kvapil
27 Timmy Hill
28 Juan Pablo Montoya
29 Landon Cassill
30 David Stremme
31 David Reutimann
32 Paul Menard
33 AJ Allmendinger
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
35 Danica Patrick
36 Jeff Burton
37 Joe Nemechek
38 Tony Raines
39 David Gilliland
40 Michael McDowell
41 Josh Wise
42 Alex Kennedy
43 Denny Hamlin
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So, the number 42 proves to be significant for Ricky as it's the number of the car that hits him on the first lap
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I'll sneak a quick two-part question in while Roger's not looking.
Easy: Which one of the counties below is not mentioned in any episode?
Hard: What is the connection between the odd-one-out and the Dukes of Hazzard?
Chickasaw County
Choctaw County
Hatchapee County
Newton County
Osage County
Riverton County
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Well, 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything.
(If you don't believe me, try Googling it
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Tomorrow's race is the GoBowling.com 400 from Pocono Raceway. I didn't get to see the qualifying this week, but it looks like they just managed to squeeze it in around the rain that affected both practice sessions. Here's the starting line-up according to NASCAR.com:
1 Jimmie Johnson
2 Kyle Busch
3 Carl Edwards
4 Ryan Newman
5 Kurt Busch
6 Joey Logano
7 Greg Biffle
8 Marcos Ambrose
9 Denny Hamlin
10 Aric Almirola
11 Brad Keselowski
12 Jamie McMurray
13 Jeff Burton
14 Kevin Harvick
15 AJ Allmendinger
16 Clint Bowyer
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
18 Kasey Kahne
19 Juan Pablo Montoya
20 Tony Stewart
21 Paul Menard
22 Jeff Gordon
23 Travis Kvapil
24 Matt Kenseth
25 Dale Earnhardt Jr
26 Martin Truex Jr
27 Michael McDowell
28 Mark Martin
29 Casey Mears
30 David Ragan
31 David Stremme
32 Dave Blaney
33 Bobby Labonte
34 Danica Patrick
35 David Reutimann
36 J.J. Yeley
37 David Gilliland
38 Landon Cassill
39 Joe Nemechek
40 Josh Wise
41 Timmy Hill
42 Alex Kennedy
43 Tony Raines
The race is Sunday, August 04 1:00 PM ET on ESPN.
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Thanks Hoss. Why does the english language have so much 'dutch' in it's language?
The English language is a sponge for words from other languages, and with the Netherlands being so close to England, it's hardly surprising that some words come across. After posting the Malcolm McLaren video I looked up "Double Dutch" as it also means a language that can't be understood. According to this article it was originally a slur on the Germans and refers to High Dutch. Amongst the 'Dutch' references it mentions are: Dutch cheese; Dutch barns; Dutch ovens; Dutch courage; Dutch treat; Hollandaise sause. We do have phrases that include other nationalities eg. French fries and French toast, but there are a lot of phrases with "Dutch" in them, and for that I have no answer. BTW I noticed a few English words creeping into the commentary on the F1 video you posted ("hairpin", "oversteer" etc.) - are there many English words used in Dutch?
I am also an F1 fan, so I would love to go to Hockenheimring as well. Is your number one location driving the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring?
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After visiting the number two location on my list of places to visit and going home from vacation the day after I just didn't have time to update this topic.
Are you going to tell us where you went?
What is he driving? a Go-cart or a tractor? I've got no clue beside that its quite high of the ground for a go-cart.
I think it might be a publicity shot on an old car ride at a theme park. The one below is at Gilroy Gardens - it's not exactly the same, but it gives you an idea of what I mean. If you look over John's shoulder there appears to be another car behind and a track between the two cars.
Source: themeparkreview.com
It could've been shot when they filmed 'Lulu's Gone Away' at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I can only find the tiny picture below on their site:
Source: www.sixflags.com/magicmountain
How do you call it what John is doing here? Here in the Netherlands we call it 'touwtje springen', translated to english this would be 'small rope jumping'. I don't think that's translated right.
I'd call it skipping. In British English he's using a skipping rope, in US English it's a jump rope. Get two people swinging two ropes between them and another person jumping and it's called Double Dutch
.BTW. I agree with you about the Rolls Royce from '10 Million Dollar Sheriff'.
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So, in the spirit of international diplomatic relations, my apologies as an America Hoss. Even though we can occasionally be rude (like making July Fourth jokes) those of us Americans who are of European decent know very well our roots. Sincerely, Cousin Roger
Thanks Roger, but I have a thicker skin than to be offended by jokey comments like the ones in Dukes (hence the smiley). It was not uncommon for US shows in the '80s to make similar comments eg. the 'Cheers' episodes surrounding John Cleese's English psychiatrist or the crooked English businessman called Robin. If you guys watched more of our shows instead of remaking them, I'm sure you'd see that it works both ways. At least the writers of 'The Big Bang Theory' have finally got it right. The following exchange comes from the episode called 'The 43 Peculiarity' when Leonard finds that Penny has an English study partner:
Penny: Would you stop? Look, he just moved here from London, okay? He doesn’t really know anybody.
Leonard: Oh, good, an English accent, the sexiest accent you can have.
Penny: No. That’s not true. There’s French, there’s Italian. No, you’re right, it’s the best.
BTW. I never understood why you guys still celebrate the Fourth of July and commemorate rejecting the best rulers your country's ever had
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Sadly the only Roger to ever be on the show ended up being a bad guy.
I'm not sure what the real name of the actor was but Duke Gaylord was only pretending to be a royal Duke. His "real" name was Roger Blevins as I recall.
Sadly, one of the only Englishmen to ever be on the show ended up being a bad guy. That episode also included dialog like this:
"He's Duke Gaylord Duke, an Englishman."
"Foreigner?"
"Yeah, from England."
"That's a foreigner."
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"Cousin Gaylord is an Englishman."
"Well, we all can't be perfect."
Maybe Dukes was a racist show after all
.BTW. Although Iggins (from 'Southern Comfurts') was meant to be a stereotypical English butler, Bernard Fox was actually born in Wales.
Roger Blevins was played by Simon MacCorkindale. After the previous post I decided to Google the name "Roger Blevins", and quite a few police department mug-shots showed up in the image search. I also found a band from Austin, TX called 'Mingo Fishtrap' that has members named Roger Blevins Jr. and Roger Blevins Sr.
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Awesome Hoss! Stuff like this is really cool!
Is this the pub where Duke Gaylord Duke hangs out?
When he's not at his apartments in Los Angeles
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Built in 1924, they still stand at 3355 Wilshire Boulevard.
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Awesome, but why no JD in the name on front of the pubs?
I haven't been to one for a while as they don't have any here, but it looks like they just put "Wetherspoon" in big letters on the outside and save the "JD Wetherspoon" name for window signs, menus etc.:
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I'm gonna answer these before I forget, although that doesn't mean I know the right answers
.I'm going with:
A) The Hazzard Orphanage
A) dirt bikes
E) white van
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Shine
I found a recording in YouTube that's over 100 years old:
NASCAR news
in NASCAR
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Now there's a name I remember. Max raced in F1, but I hadn't realized it was as far back as 1995 until I checked his Wikipedia page. He only competed in seven races, but brought money via sponsorship to the team - I wonder whether he still does.
After his time in F1, he left for the USA, and has since competed in CART, IndyCar, Indy 500, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He's also competed seven times in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in France, picking up two second places and three third places.
Garrett, I can understand why you'd want to see other drivers in Tony's car, but Max seems to have a reasonable racing pedigree.