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New member jacobsoj74 is building a scale model of Mason Dixon's Trans Am and wants help identifying the wheels. Here is one of the reference screengrabs I used for the artwork - can anyone name the wheels?.

Welcome to HNet jacobsoj74, and thanks for your comments about my artwork. I think the wheels on Daisy's Road Runner and Lucifer are Cragar Nomads, although similar wheels are available from other sources. I never managed to identify the wheels on the Trans Am - I just made something that looked about right. By the center nut I'd say they're some kind of knock-off wire wheels. I'll post a screengrab later (probably in the Mason Dixon's Trans Am thread) to see if anyone else recognizes them. Make sure you post your model pics when they're finished.

I know that in another thread I recently promised to cover West Potrero Road. I'm still collecting screengrabs, but it's coming soon. This post concerns a few screengrabs from season 2 that have been hanging around my hard-drive for a while saved as "unknown". I expect some locations to change over the 30 years since filming, but these didn't look like the sort of places that would've changed beyond recognition. Despite loads of searching around Lake Sherwood I couldn't find them. Then yesterday I was watching 'The Big Bang Theory' episode 'The Terminator Decoupling' where the boys take the Coast Starlight train to San Francisco, meeting Summer Glau along the way. Sheldon explains that the others are about sit on the wrong side of the carriage because "On this side, you’ll see panoramic ocean vistas inaccessible to any other form of transportation, while on your side, you’ll be treated to 350 miles of CostCos, Jiffy Lubes, and cinderblock homes with above-ground pools". I went to Google Maps to check out the "panoramic ocean vistas" and started following the train tracks out of Los Angeles Union Station. When the tracks crossed West Olive Avenue in Burbank (it goes by WB's studios) I got distracted into thinking about Dukes again, and found myself being dragged north towards Santa Clarita. As an aside, in a more recent episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' ('The Rhinitis Revelation') Sheldon wants to use their broken elevator shaft as a missile silo to launch a pre-emptive strike on Burbank ("Get them before they get us") - TBBT is filmed at WB's Burbank Studios, just a couple down from where Dukes was filmed. I keep looking for one of the backlots to appear in TBBT, but they rarely use outdoor locations and so far I haven't spotted any. But I digress ... Don't ask why, but I decided to check out Placerita Canyon Road on the south side of Golden Oaks Ranch and found one of the locations I'd been looking for. This piece of road is used in several episodes in season 2, including being the part of Hatchapee County where Sheriff 'Spike' Loomis tries to catch Boss and Jesse in 'Days of Shine and Roses', which is where the first picture comes from. I'm guessing this road was an early addition to Google Street View because the images are quite blurry and the low angle of the sun doesn't help either - check it out here. I suppose my virtual train ride will have to wait for another day. Looking in the other direction we see the same road as it appeared in 'The Rustlers'. The aerial view shows a new turn-off that has been constructed on the north side of the road that is not present in the Street View. This means that the Street View looks more like it appeared in Dukes. I still had a few of other "unknown" pictures, so I continued east on Placerita Canyon Road. When I reached this spot I realized that I found another filming location. The picture below is from 'Gold Fever'. Finally I have a picture from 'Arrest Jesse Duke'. It's where Jesse arrives on the scene of the first car-stripping. I think this is the same location as the picture above shown from a different angle - the camera foreshortening makes it hard to compare the mountains in the background, and there's not a lot else to go on. What do y'all think?. I still have a few "unknown" pictures left to identify, but this clears up about half of them.

Not the easiest song to sing, as proved by Lee and Lance in a classic sketch from British comedy 'Harry Enfield and Chums'. Now I keep adding the "bings", "bangs" and "bongs" into the original when I hear it .

I can't believe that this song is nearly 20 years old - feels more like 10.

I think that this one comes under the category of visible crew and/or equipment. When Jesse approaches the scene of the first car-stripping in 'Arrest Jesse Duke' the area is meant to be deserted, but there is clearly a large vehicle parked at the side of the road (see the door mirror sticking out on the far left). Judging by the shadows there may also be a smaller vehicle behind it.

I was watching 'Arrest Jesse Duke' earlier when I realized that there was a good close-up of Bo's knife when he cuts himself free from the rollbar of the red Jeep. It looks like it's identical to the Buck knife owned by Sissy's father.

You've gotta love a song that includes the phrase "reckless endangerment and excessive speed" in the lyrics. The chorus is pretty catchy too.

Back to the early '60s now: This guy had a very distinctive vocal style, although the comes close. It's also been covered by artists like (who let his backing singers do the high notes) and whose version is quite bluesy.

Here's a quick question for those of you who check out the signs in Dukes like I do: Next to Boss's door in the Boars Nest is a sign that says: "I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety." Where is this quote from?. Your choices are people from both sides of the Atlantic who are famous for their witticisms and quotable lines: A) William Shakespeare Mark Twain C) George Bernard Shaw D) Groucho Marx E) Oscar Wilde Hint: For keen-eyed viewers, the sign attributes its source under the quote.

Last Friday marked the first anniversary of a crime against music. I wouldn't dare inflict the original on y'all, but this version makes me smile: OK, it's really Mike Bauer, but the comments are worth reading. Lots of people sharing experiences of listening to this version in Vietnam or on road trips .

From the country that now thinks pizza is a vegetable, this does not surprise me. Can anyone tell me the best way to grow pizzas, I'm not sure if the climate in Ireland is suitable .

Genuine Wensleydale is only made in (you guessed it) Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. The name to look for would be Wensleydale Creamery. The manufacturers are trying to get 'Protected designation of origin' for Yorkshire Wensleydale, which would mean an end to manufacturers from outside the area using the name - for the time being your Wensleydale may have been made elsewhere. Other cheeses like Dorset Blue Vinney already have this protection (it's a great accompaniment to Dorset Knobs, but that's another story ). Incidentally, the cheese rolling in the T-Mobile commercial is based on a real annual event where a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down Cooper's Hill near Gloucester with competitors chasing after it - read all about it here. I found some websites that offer British/Irish cheese in the US - I have no idea how good they are: www.igourmet.com www.finecheese.co.uk somerdale.co.uk I was given a can of 'spray cheese' once, but I never dared to open it, although it did allow me to authentically recreate .It's good to know that coyotes don't like smelly cheese - I'll leave some outside if they ever give me any trouble .

I must apologize. I never planned for the posts to this thread to be so sporadic, but here's the latest installment. The Hazzard police are still driving '77/'78 Dodge Monacos, although the occassional Matador or rounded-headlight Fury sometimes gets edited into chases. The end of 'The Hack of Hazzard' takes place in the old mining settlement of Shoveltown (you can see more pictures of Shoveltown in the Hazzard Square thread). Just as Boss gets his hands on the gold certificates, the Colonial City police arrive in their 1972 AMC Matador. The previous post promised a picture of Sheriff Little's patrol car when I could get a clearer shot. I admit that this is still a bit blurry, but it shows off the key features that differentiate Sheriff Little's car from the Hazzard cars ie. the spotlights on the A-pillars and the fang-like extensions at the front. You can't see from this angle, but Sheriff Little drives a '75/'76 Plymouth Fury. The picture is from 'Coltrane Vs. Duke'. Another vehicle here that's not strictly a patrol car, but it's still one from a government body. This pale blue 1973 AMC Ambassador belongs to the 'State Revenue Service' and appears briefly in 'Sadie Hogg Day'. I'm not sure what was up with door sign - most of it looks very neat, but a couple of letters have been badly touched up in a lighter color (e.g. the 'R' of Revenue). I wouldn't have noticed if the scene hadn't started with a close-up of the sign. I'll conclude this post with the most expensive patrol car of the series. '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' saw Rosco purchase a 1975 (or later) Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I. The car looks pretty stock with the exception of the standard Hazzard County decals and lightbar. You'll notice that the lightbar is not the same design as the AeroDynic ones used on the regular patrol cars. Despite being the most expensive patrol car when Dukes was made, you could have a replica pretty cheaply today. A quick look at ebay shows that these cars can be picked up in reasonable condition for less than half the price of reasonable General Lee replica. I know most of us (who don't already own one) would like a General Lee, but this is a Rolls Royce - arrive at the next Hazzard Homecoming in style!.

I think you were unlucky. Wensleydale should be a supple, crumbly cheese with a moist texture, never "like baked clay". I sometimes get Wensleydale with cranberries in it - it makes a nice stuffing for chicken breasts. You could also get some Blue Stilton - it's got a strong taste that may not be to your liking, but it's great when melted on a steak. If you really want to be adventurous you could try some Stinking Bishop - it's a very smelly, creamy cheese. The UK even has several stores that only sell cheese. Of course this great choice comes at a price - I can't buy either 'spray cheese' or 'imitation American cheese' (as sampled on the first Top Gear American road trip) - never mind . If you do go to Britain (or Ireland) looking for cheese just make sure you avoid the store from Monty Python. As far as I know all the cheeses mentioned are real European varieties: FYI, John Cleese's family name was 'Cheese' until his father changed it.

If of American high school kids is representative of their knowledge of their own country it makes me wonder what they know about the rest of the world.I have to admit that when I lived in London we used to laugh at American tourists trying to pronounce Leicester Square. It's obviously a tricky one because I've seen a sign outside a pub where I live advertizing a televised rugby match between "Lester and Wuster" (that should be Leicester and Worcester, but maybe it helps to clear the way they're said). The Irish get their own back - fairly near here you'll find places Skeoghvosteen and Graiguenamanagh. That's why two cans is my limit : Strangely I don't think I've ever seen green beer over here, although McDonalds usually does a green milkshake for St. Patrick's Day. Both you and Brian mention corned beef, but here it's more usual to serve bacon (boiled not rashers) with the cabbage. When I Googled Brian's "St. Practice Day" I found a long-established pub in the US (I won't name it) that claimed to be Irish. On the drinks side it served Guinness and Smithwick's, but on the food side the three dishes it was most proud of were French onion soup, chili con carne and New England clam chowder - hardly what I'd call traditional Irish. It makes me question the authenticity of the over-priced burgers at my local American diner.

I'll go for my second choice - A) Amazon Archery Club.

One of the mobile phone companies in Britain has just started showing a commercial that allegedly shows some of the weird things that the British love. I wonder how many people outside of Britain would associate these "loves" with Britain and whether they can be called stereotypes?. I know I could've put this in the Commercials thread, but it seemed to fit better here.

I've been living in Ireland for over 8 years and I've seen most of these stereotypes, but not necessarily in a single person. When I first came here there was a shop on the quay in Wexford that only sold potatoes, but that seems to have closed. I did like the Irish stereotypes in the Family Guy episode 'Peter's Two Dads' - they did a better send-up than The Simpsons (I'm sure they had London buses in their Irish episode). Here's Peter and Brian landing in Ireland: Family Guy - Peter lands in Ireland There is a belief from outsiders that everyone in Ireland knows each other even though there's about 4.5 million people here. Having said that I used to work with a guy who seemed to know an awful lot of them - no matter what place you mentioned, he seemed to know someone who lived near there. I don't know what it's like in Dublin, but people in the rural communities quite often know their neighbors in a five or ten mile radius. This comes in handy when you're trying to find a house in the middle of nowhere, although the directions often leave a lot to be desired. Everyone seems to have a different idea of how far a mile is and I was once told to "go down the road, past a railway bridge that isn't there anymore". You get used to it after a while and it just adds to the charm. The Guinness recipe question made me laugh. By that logic Lori Davenport, who is from Hazard, Kentucky, should know the Colonel's 'secret recipe'. I can't claim to know any of the Father Ted cast, but I have seen Pauline McLynn in the town and Ardal O'Hanlon doing stand-up during the annual comedy festival. For those of you not familiar with the show, Ardal is on the left, and Pauline is the the one in the middle (pretty obvious as she's the only female in the picture). I wonder which English stereotypes I conform to?. I do like drinking tea and warm beer, although the warm beer is more accurately known as real ale and is a very different drink to lager. Whenever the English appear on US shows they seem to be shown as either upper class (see Gaylord Duke), stupid or both. Then again we don't help ourselves with this impression: It would be interesting to hear what other stereotypes all you foreigners have of the English and Irish .