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It feels like F1 is moving away from this sort of controversial/arbitrary rule enforcement. Hopefully they've realized how badly it goes over with the fans!

Gordon

Good song, and not one that I was familiar with. BTW. I've replaced the missing Diet Coke video.

I shouldn't have been surprised that Weird Al included Gilligan's Island theme lyrics in a song - seven years earlier he parodied Tone-Loc's 'Wild Thing' with a song about the show called 'Isle Thing'.

The actor was William Smith. He played Clint Eastwood's opponent, Jack Wilson, in 'Any Which Way You Can'. The movie came out a year before '10 Million Dollar Sheriff'.

Having never seen Gilligan's Island, I didn't realize that Weird Al borrowed the following lines from the theme tune for his song Amish Paradise. There's no phone, no lights, no motorcar Not a single luxury Like Robinson Crusoe It's as primitive as can be

Jiving

I tried looking at the solar eclipse using a colander, but I ended up straining my eyes...

Happy birthday (for yesterday), Skipper.

For anyone not familiar with the Jensen Interceptor, Top Gear made a spoof '70s show called 'The Interceptors' a few years ago, and each of them drove an Interceptor. The title sequence is below. I notice that the bikini model at 0:19 has to put her legs between the front seats, so it looks like you're right about the rear legroom . (For some reason the still image makes it look like the video has been deleted, but the play button works)

They're a rare sight nowadays, but I have seen a few over the years, although I've never sat in one. I seem to remember that they came with a 6.3l Chrysler V8, so they're not 100% British .

I think it would be fair to say that Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen each suffered a horrendous crash in Baku. Rear tire punctures caused them to crash on the straight at around 180 and 200 mph respectively. Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton's mistake at the late restart ended his 54-race streak of top-10 finishes.

Here you go, Roger: Their first show is tomorrow (June 5th) at Beckley Motorsports Park, WV with a chance to meet Byron Cherry. For August 13th-15th they'll be at the 40th Annual Mopar Nationals at the National Trail Raceway, Columbus, OH. Tom and Cathy will be at this one. The last show they currently have listed is August 22nd at the Upper Peninsula State Fair, MI. Full details at www.northeastohiodukes.net.

I used to swap messages and emails about decals with Tim, but we haven't been in touch for quite a while now. If he is still making decals, they're very good.

When I first encountered boot sales it was in the UK. Maybe once a month in the summer, ordinary people would drive to a field and sell their old stuff out of the boot (trunk) of their car, normally with a folding picnic or wallpaper table to display their goods. You never knew what you'd find as the people changed each time. The one I went to on Sunday is probably about 90% traders in vans, so there's not much variety week to week. I sometimes buy bits and pieces, and it's a good place to get a huge range cheap low-end tools. I think you're right that flea market or swap meet would be your equivalent, although aren't swap meets usually more specialized?

I can believe the queues. A friend and I went to the local boot sale on Sunday (the definition of boot sale varies, but this one has indoor and outdoor stalls mainly filled with traders, but there are also a few families selling off their old stuff). It was a hot day, so I guess a lot of people had the same idea. We had a small queue to get in, but nothing prepared us for the 50 minutes it took to get out of the car park. We didn't even move for 30 minutes. I spent the afternoon back in town chatting to friends over coffee and ice cream and enjoying the sun.

I don't think 'Enos' was ever shown over here, and I've only ever seen a few grainy clip on YouTube, so I didn't put two and two together when I saw an article titled Samuel E Wright: Tributes paid to actor who voiced crab in The Little Mermaid a couple of days ago. It doesn't mention 'Enos', but as well as voicing Sebastian, Samuel apparently had a very successful stage career including playing Mufasa in the original Broadway production of 'The Lion King' and was part of the original Broadway cast of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in 1971. Speaking about his part in 'The Little Mermaid' in Entertainment Weekly in 1991, Samuel says "Sebastian has given me what I've always wanted as an actor, and that's immortality. As far as I'm concerned, that's why I'm in the business. I want the whole world to love me, remember me forever." RIP. Samuel. The article says his death came "after a three-year battle with prostate cancer".

It's beyond my privileges, Roger, I think only MeadowMufn can do that.

BTW. John's version of "Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way" was also on the soundtrack of his 2006 movie "Collier & Co."

I checked to see if I had Waylon's version (I don't), and was reminded of Kenny Rogers' song of the same name. Kenny's Lucille ("You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille") was released in early 1977, and while being a completely different song, was also covered by Waylon Jennings in 1977.

The original thread is Bows and Arrows.

Welcome to HNet, Philip. I'm sure you're aware of the temporary cast changes you can expect in season 5, but you've still got some great episodes to come.

I'm not into horror movies, so to me, Brad Dourif is Billy in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'. Fiona Dourif played the pretty scary Bart Curlish in 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' a few years ago. Maybe that's how she got this part. Warning: The video below contains violence!

Yes, they're the same:

As I mentioned above, the Plymouth Fury is completely surrounded by polystyrene and that's within a cardboard box with no windows. I usually keep my models "mint in box", but I decided to carefully open the box just to make sure that the car was in perfect condition. The light bar is wrapped separately in the top of the box, with the car inside the main packaging. It's quite a weighty model and feels substantial, but it's not up to the detail level of some of my previous purchases. Only the front doors open, so no opening hood with engine, and no trunk. The tires are plastic rather than rubber, and the front wheels don't steer. The graphics look good (although there are no license plates), but I was rather surprised to find the body painted in an off-white. I would even go as far as to say that it's light beige. I was expecting brilliant white. Finally, the window surrounds are painted silver rather than chrome. Overall, I'd probably give it 7/10. It's the closest diecast replica of Rosco's car that's available in 1:18 scale, but it could've been better (I guess my Authentics General Lee gave me higher expectations). I'm glad that I've added this one to my collection, although I probably won't now be buying the 1975 Coronet. BTW. There's no mention of the Dukes of Hazzard or Warner Bros. on the box, so you have to look carefully to make sure you have the right model!