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HossC

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  1. Legs ("Legs, 11", from the nicknames for numbers used in the British version of bingo - probably slightly more PC than "Two fat ladies, 88" )
  2. The Dewey Hogg MEMORIAL Cllnic
  3. General Hogg's Southern FRICASSEED Pig's FEET (From 'Enos in Trouble')
  4. I've just checked - he hasn't logged in since September 7. I hadn't realized it had been that long.
  5. Judge CARTER (Mentioned in 'The Haunting of J.D. Hogg')
  6. Tangled web "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (or Cooter in 'Jude Emery')
  7. Uncle Jesse drove a WHITE pickup.
  8. fraud (from 'The Great Insurance Fraud' in season 5)
  9. HossC

    NASCAR news

    The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was on this afternoon, and it was a great race, but more of that below. In the build-up to the race it was being reported that McLaren would be favoring Lando Norris over his team mate Oscar Piastri as Lando has the best chance of catching championship leader Max Verstappen. That went out the window when Lando had to slow for a yellow flag during the first qualifying session and got knocked out there. He qualified 16th, but started 15th after Lewis Hamilton took a grid penalty for going over his annual engine allowance and started from the pit lane. Max wasn't happy with his setup and only qualified sixth, out qualified by his team mate Sergio Perez for the first time this year. At the front, Charles Leclerc followed his win in Monza with his fourth consecutive pole in Baku. Oscar Piastri started second. Charles held his position off the line and stretched his lead to about 4 seconds before the pit stops. A few drivers swapped places behind and Lando started to make up places before getting stuck behind the Williams of Alex Albon. Both were on the hard tires and going longer into the race, but when Alex pitted, Lando was able to make up time before he pitted. Soon after Oscar and Charles pitted, Oscar was able to take advantage of his fresh tires and made a great dive from a long way back to take the lead. We then had over 20 laps of Oscar battling Charles with Sergio only just behind. After driving in the dirty air of second place for so long, Charles' tires were done with about four laps to go and Oscar finally managed to break away a little. In the meantime, the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz had caught up to the lead drivers. As they started the penultimate lap, Sergio went for second place, but ended up letting Carlos through. Carlos and Sergio then fought the next couple of corners before colliding at high speed on the next straight. The race finished under a virtual safety car with Oscar taking his second F1 victory ahead of Charles. The crash promoted Mercedes' George Russell to third with Lando overtaking Max with a few laps to go to take a great fourth. Both of the Williams cars scored valuable points in seventh and eighth with Franco Colapinto in only his second race after replacing Logan Sargeant mid-season becoming the first Argentinian driver to score point since 1982. Lewis came in ninth, just ahead of stand-in driver Oliver Bearman scoring a point for Haas when he beat his team mate Nico Hulkenberg. With only one Red Bull and one Ferrari finishing, McLaren take the lead in the Constructors' Championship for the first time since 2014. In the Drivers' Championship, Lando moves three point closer to Max. You can see the 8-minute highlights here. Next week is the Singapore Grand Prix which is a night race. Traditionally, Red Bull haven't gone well there, and the McLaren drivers were talking about Ferrari being their main rivals for the rest of the season.
  10. Well done in the Basketball, Roger, although we ran you close.
  11. Don't be saying that over here - Ireland usually play in green! BTW. England beat Ireland 2-0 earlier tonight.
  12. You need a few more golds to catch us up - Great Britain is currently 11 ahead of the US! England are playing Ireland at football (soccer) tomorrow in Dublin, so that'll probably more watched over here.
  13. Alma VIATOR Ben Jones' spouse. I've mentioned this elsewhere, but this title always bugged me. It just seems lazy to make up a country by changing a single letter of Uzbekistan, or maybe they just misspelled it!
  14. Marx Brothers (They made a movie called Monkey Business in 1931)
  15. "Well, it looks like old Claibourne's fixing to gobble up Hazzard like a country PAC-MAN." Waylon in 'Cool Hands, Luke & Bo'.
  16. HossC

    NASCAR news

    I'm not sure how many people predicted the outcome of today's Italian Grand Prix from Monza, especially after yesterday's qualifying. In-form McLaren locked out the front row of the grid with Lando Norris ahead of Oscar Piastri. George Russell put his Mercedes in third, followed by the Ferraris of Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz and the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Max Verstappen could only manage seventh place. Lando had a good start, but unfortunately continued his record of losing the lead on the first lap when Oscar and then Charles overtook him at turn 4. George Russell got pushed wide at the first corner and also suffered early damage to his front wing which had to be changed at his first stop. McLaren looked like they had the pace to win the race, but the newly-surfaced track increased the tire wear, and most of the top teams went for a two-stop strategy. With little to lose, Ferrari decided to gamble on a single stop, and it paid off with victory for Charles LeClerc. He's now won two races this year: his home race in Monaco and his team's home race in Italy. Obviously, the fanatical Italian fans (the Tifosi) were overjoyed and Italy now has their own 'King Charles'. McLaren finished second and third with Oscar ahead of Lando. Lando snatched the point for fastest lap at the end. Carlos brought the second Ferrari home in fourth ahead of Lewis and Max. Rookie driver Franco Colapinto brought his Williams safely home just outside the points in 12th and still on the lead lap. Lando Norris has closed the gap to Max Verstappen to 62 points in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren are now only eight points behind Red Bull with both their drivers now scoring good points. Ferrari are also getting closer. You can see the race highlights here. The next race is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku in two weeks. Following today's race, Haas driver Kevin Magnussen was given two penalty points on his licence for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly. That takes him to 12 points within a calendar year, so he gets an automatic one-race ban. Haas haven't said who will replace him in Baku.
  17. Jude Emery's truck was old KOREAN War surplus.
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