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  1. Today isn't too bad cuz its overcast. Me likey stormy weather.

    Looks like the "meet in the middle" idea worked out ok - today we had blue skies and temperatures nearly 20 degrees warmer than yesterday, although still only in the 60s :).

  2. ... being Irish I kept putting it off and thinking that "sure it'll be grand".

    Since when was "mañana" assimilated into the Irish language?

    ... and had managed to spread it over about 2 a4 pages.

    In case the American members aren't familiar with A4-sized paper, it's a similar size to "letter".

    Because of this I managed to fill an extra page and a half, and I also won the gold medal in my class :)

    So you got marked on quantity, not quality ;). Only kidding, well done on your achievement.

  3. Roger, out of curiosity I dug out 'The Law and Jesse Duke' because I couldn't remember where the phone number was mentioned. Did you base your last question on the sign at the warehouse where Bo and Luke were taken?:

    Warehouse0426.jpg

    I think the number is actually 555-4309 because it appears to be the same sign that was on the side of Rhuebottom's earlier in the season (I remembered it from the Hazzard Square thread):

    Rhuebottoms0406.jpg

    Incidentally, a little later in 'The Law and Jesse Duke' the boys drive into a removal truck. The sign outside the house is for "Hazzard Realty", and also lists J.D. Hogg as the contact, although this time the number is different. I've enlarged and sharpened it and I think it says 555-2133. Maybe Boss has different numbers for his commercial and residential property businesses.

    HazzardRealty0426.jpg

  4. Just to lighten the tone slightly; thanks for the lesson in vexillology - it would make a great episode of

    . I think you guys should go back to the Grand Union Flag (aka. Continental Colors, the Congress Flag etc.) - there's something about the canton in that one that I like ;).
  5. amazingly, yellow (amber) means the same thing here as there. Sorry I missed that one.

    Maybe Cooter shoulda had one on his tow truck?

    They're more orange than yellow, but Cooter had them on all of his tow trucks (although only the yellow one had a lightbar):

    TowTruck0111.jpg

    TowTruck0311.jpg

    TowTruck0412.jpg

    TowTruck0424.jpg

  6. Interesting how they had a straight red light bar. Here in Delaware, the different light bars mean different things:

    Red and Blue: Police

    Red: Fire Department/ambulance

    Red and Yellow: Ambulance

    Blue: Fire Police (Not to be confused with Fire Marshal. They are two different jobs here. Fire Marshal investigates fires, enforces fire codes, etc, whereas fire police do traffic control, crowd control, and act as police on a fire scene).

    I know some states blue indicates general police just like the red and blue does.

    They're a lot less varied in the UK and Ireland:

    Blue: Police, fire, ambulance

    Green: Doctor

    Amber: Tow trucks, garbage trucks, wide vehicles, slow vehicles etc.

  7. LOL, Hoss. You also spell your words strangely as well, frequently using "s" instead of "z" (or should I say "zed"). ;)

    I know my comment was facetious, but the underlying point is valid. It's not just about spelling; US English and British English also use different words and idioms. While (and I was going to start the sentence with "Whilst", but apparently that's British English) I would be happy to proofread British English, I'm not sure that I'm the right person to proofread US English. Regardless, my offer still stands.

  8. Speakin' of the back end of the General Lee, if you pay attention in the reunion movie, the first one, the black area surrounding the tail lights is painted orange, but, if you look at the clips they stole from the show to avoid stunt driving, shows it as black. It's the tail light panel.

    Sorry, they just make it oh so obvious!

    It is very obvious. I've had this screengrab lying around for a while.

    ReunionLee1.jpg

  9. I spotted a couple of errors in 'Farewell, Hazzard' the other day. The first is when Bo goes to check out the field where they saw the helicopter. As he arrives the General is missing its license plate, yet moments later it's back (see inset) even though Bo just walked around the front of the car:

    LicensePlate0521.jpg

    Later on the helicopter tries to run them off the road again. The fake helicopter skids in the studio shots have larger black areas on them. Also, that's definitely not Bo driving in the first picture.

    HelicopterSkids1_0521.jpg

    HelicopterSkids2_0521.jpg

  10. - Freddy Fender

    Would you believe that I have five different versions of that song, but not the one you chose!.

    I'll add a bit more spice to the pot ;):

    Vindaloo - Fat Les

    A great sing-a-long track (although you probably have to be a supporter of the England soccer team :)). The song was written by Blur's bassist Alex James and comedian Keith Allen for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The video, which is a great parody of

    (it was even filmed on the same street), includes British comedians Paul Kaye, Rowland Rivron and Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams as well as artist Damian Hirst and Tenpole Tudor vocalist Edward Tudor-Pole.
  11. I laughed when I saw the disclaimer "Professional driver on a closed course. Do not attempt." appear at the bottom of the screen. Then it made me sad that it was necessary.

  12. Just to clear up what we've been discussing privately, and add a few more details, here's a summary:

    The episode is 'Close Call for Daisy' in season 6 and the other notebook belonged to "Nervous" Norman Willis. The Reverend is called "Reverend" at least twice in dialog, but not given a name. The credits just say "the PASTOR". The name J.P. Frawley comes from the sign outside the church:

    Church2.jpg

    This screengrab actually comes from a few episodes earlier, but can be seen at the end of the scene where the notebooks get swapped.

    The Reverend/Pastor was played by Joe Mays who sadly passed away just 10 years later at the age of 45.

    Reverend.jpg

  13. Don't have the top line up as of now and don't have much time ...

    The top ten line up is:

    1 AJ Allmendinger

    2 Kevin Harvick

    3 Joey Logano

    4 Denny Hamlin

    5 Mark Martin

    6 Martin Truex Jr.

    7 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    8 Clint Bowyer

    9 Kasey Kahne

    10 Sam Hornish Jr.

    Jimmie Johnson is 15th, Jeff Gordon is 20th, Tony Stewart is 23rd and David Ragan is 27th - I hope that covers most of this thread's regular poster's favorites :).

  14. Season 5 starts with a dearth of patrol cars. Aside from the odd appearance of Sheriff Little, most of the bad guys in the Coy and Vance episodes get taken away by Hazzard's own police at the end of an episode. For that reason I've included the following two pictures. The sharp-eyed amongst you will notice that these are not strictly cars (the lack of enough wheels was what gave it away to me!).

    This motorcycle is seen briefly in 'The New Dukes' as it escorts the armored car which gets attacked by the Mean Green Machine. It seems to have a plain white gas tank, and the rider's badges are never seen clear enough to read. After some Googling I think it's a 1978 Kawasaki KZ 1000 Police, but I really don't know much about bikes, so stand to be corrected.

    1978KZ1000_0501.jpg

    Two more bikes here, this time from 'Coy vs. Vance'. They look very similar to the one above, although the windshields are different, the orange lights are different sizes and the one above doesn't have mirrors. This time some badges are visible. The 6-pointed star on the gas tank (see inset) is similar to the Hazzard badges and says "COUNTY" across the top, although I can't make out the lower text. By contrast, the uniform badges definitely say "CITY POLICE" (see other inset). For some unknown reason the typeface used for the word "POLICE" on the windshields is different on each bike.

    1978KZ1000_0516.jpg

    Now back to 4-wheeled vehicles, and back to an episode that ends with the bad guy getting taken away by non-Hazzard police. On this occasion it's Joel in 'Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke'. The State Police car has the same badge as the one that appeared in 'Baa, Baa White Sheep' (second picture), although that was a black and white 1977/78 Monaco and this is a blue and white 1975/76 Fury with spotlights on the A-pillars. This one also has an all red lightbar instead of the more usual blue and red combination.

    1975StatePoliceFury0519.jpg

    This green and white 1975/76 Fury shows up in 'Big Brothers, Duke'. The 7-pointed badge on the door says it belongs to Capitol City Police, but it looks to me like one of Sheriff Little's cars with the 'fangs' removed.

    1975CapitolCityFury0520.jpg

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