Skipper Duke

Looks like a cold week ahead. Negative 5 last night. Big time snow coming in. Even north Georgia in the bullseye. I called Uncle Jesse on the CB but he already knew, He can predict weather by how the wild critters behave. 
Post your weather report here. It looks like Hoss is the only one safe from this winter monster. 

OK my fellow Hazzardites.....I may or may not be on later but  I'm still having trouble with my  computer and I'm taking it in tomorrow, so I won't be here for a while....not even for  DOHD!!   Hopefully I'll get it repaired  soon and I'll be back!   
 
* You guys make sure you celebrate DOHD and maybe even celebrate it here! Raise a glass of Buttermilk, on the rocks ..." For Hobie!"  I know I'll be celebrating.....maybe not with buttermilk....but.......

.......and a lugnut! 

Turk Adams (When he got partnered up with Enos Strate):"I knew that Lt. Broggi didn't like me. But not this bad." 😂

Lt. Broggi:"Do you all know what that means?"
Turk Adams:"Yes sir! It means yer gonna mix in some Spades with yer Spics an' Honkys sir!" 😂 
Lt. Broggi:"I knew I could count on you Turk." 😂

Enos Strate:"I'm Enos." 😂 
Turk Adams:"Oh yeah. I know." 😂 

Turk:"Grits an' Greens strike again!" 😀 

Some random advice:
1. Take lessons from a local instructor. Learning guitar is hard. Having an instructor vastly improves your chances of success.
2. When you're learning chords, just hold the chord while you're watching tv. Strum it a little bit during commercials. At first when you pull your hand away, you have to carefully reposition your fingers. After a while you'll notice that your hand will snap back to that spot. Once it does that, you'll start to be able to just grab that chord without positioning your fingers.
3. Once you can grab the chord reliably, start working on a 2nd chord. Once you can grab 2 reliably, start switching between them
4. When you're actually practicing instead of just holding chords while watching Dukes reruns, focus on having good timing. That's a critically important skill. Go as slow as you need to. Whether you use a metronome, a youtube drum track or play along with the song, timing is everything.   Even if you can only strum the chord once per beat, your timing is always your priority.
4a. Learn to tap your foot to the beat. Do it to every song on the radio when you're not practicing. Make it become 2nd nature, because you'll need it to keep good time, especially when you start getting to songs with stuff that's off the beat.
5. A bunch of old Waylon and Hag songs are only 2 chords. 
6. This probably should have gone near the top, but take your guitar to a competent tech or luthier for a setup. Make sure he knows that you're a beginner and he should be able to set up the guitar with lighter strings and lower action. This will make it easier to play.  Like I said above... learning is hard, and frankly, it's a lot harder when you start on acoustic.  It's bigger, it's farther from your body, it's harder to see what you're doing, the strings are thicker and they're farther from the frets.
 
Hope this helps.
 

it's been a long time since I updated this thread, and a long time since I did any work to any vehicles in general, but I expect to resume some of my efforts soon, so I wanted to catch this thread up.
A while back  I built a TWS CJ7 Jeep RC kit.  I made some minor modifications in that I printed a modified set of seats from the 69 Charger model that I printed the 69 Charger interior from. I did this because the TWS kit came with the later high-back style seats. The earlier CJ7s like they used in the show had the low back seats which looked very similar to the charger seats, so that was a good way to get the right style seats.  Additionally, I was able to carefully cut out the doors on the lexan body and I hope to build some hinges so I can put them on when desired, but that's a project for another day.
Because of the open jeep design, it was absolutely necessary to have a driver, and these options were very limited. There aren't any action figures that look anything like Daisy. I looked into some of the proper sized action figures available on Ebay but those seem to be aimed mostly at Cosplay people and perverts. They're expensive, anatomically accurate for pornstars, and the clothing all needs to be bought separately. Since my daughter is involved in this whole process, that approach was scrapped and I found this 3d printable option that I decided to go with.  It doesn't really look like Daisy, but it's better than the scale pornstar option!
Next step for the Jeep is a more correct wheel/tire package and the decals. I'm not terribly impressed with the decal set that I bought on Ebay, so I'll probably work up my own and have MCI print them for me. He's the one that I got the General decals from, and the one that printed the police decals that I designed.



Hopefully soon I'll start my 3rd General Lee build.

That looks good!

😂 

Nitrous Oxide tanks. That was the secret. Whenever I ran them over, I would wait as long as possible to press the button that activates them. Help me win. Use them at the crucial point when absolutely necessary on Mission 12 and 13. Same on Mission 17. I watched the YouTube gameplay movies first though. I knew what those modes Tuff and Hard had in store for me before trying them out myself. Those players are better than me. They beat it on Tuff and on Hard with 0 fails, 0 arrests 0 too much car damage etc.

I played this game on Tuff and Hard all while thinking to myself "Darn people on YouTube who posted the Tuff and Hard mode video game movies, I don't know how the heck you beat this game on those modes. Geez." 😂 Missions 12 and 13 had me wanting to throw my PlayStation 1 controller. 😂 Daisy Duke's Jeep Dixie is slow as a snail. 😂 That's why Rosco & Enos kept wrecking me making me fail. Too much car damage. Because the law improves their driving on Tuff and Hard modes.

Just finished my The Dukes of Hazzard video games marathon. PlayStation 1 Racing For Home, PlayStation 1 Daisy Dukes It Out, and Game Boy Color Racing For Home.

I'm sad. I found a Dukes of Hazzard Racing For Home Trivia Game online before and played it. But I forget how or where I found it. Now I can't find no more. It was questions about the TV series but started out with Boss Hogg from Racing For Home saying his line from Episode 1 Scene 1 of the game. "They're gettin' away!"
Rosco replied with his line from scene of the "Khee khee khee Don't you worry chubby little buddy! I'll catch them Dukes. Keep yer gown down an' the pedal to the metal. Khee khee khee I'm gone." During the trivia game the siren is heard like they're chasing you. When the trivia game is over, when you complete the final question 3 more patrol cars show up blocking the road ahead of you. The little General Lee jumps them and the Dixie Horn plays, the little General Lee lands and drives away with the engine fading out as the little General Lee goes out of sight.

The Boss Hogg is very mean. 😂 In The Dukes of Hazzard Racing For Home PlayStation 1 PC and Game Boy Color, he has Rosco arrest Bo and Luke after they save his life from the hijackers who hijacked his Cadillac and stole his money. He has Rosco arrest the boys after they rescue him and get the money back for him. He does this to try and stop them from driving in the Overland Race which is the next day. 😲
It doesn't work. Daisy Uncle Jesse and Cooter get the bail money and get them out. 😀

Guys, I own a vintage belt buckle, same as the one Bo Duke had in the series. It's not a repop they did a few years ago but an original vintage one.
Very hard to find but I decided it's time to let it go for someone else to enjoy. Not listed for sale anywhere yet so a real fan on here can get it.
As it's rare and vintage it's not cheap but in great condition. Price is $175,- plus shipping. Still a decent price, they sell mostly between $250,- and $300,-  as can be seen in the pic below.
Who gets it?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Very nice! 

Anyone interested? 

YES! Happy late birthday!!

Well I've got my shower and I'm watching S. 4, not 5. I'm watching " Nothing But The Truth".

Right now I'm on the computer and I'm watching the weather/news and then after the usual TV shows I watch I'll take a shower around 8 pm central and then .....It's the peak of DOHD!!   I'll watch something off of S. 5 .

I'm celebrating DOHD early tonight ( I'll probably celebrate tomorrow too! ( My wife is off tomorrow and the next day, so I don't have to take her to work!  Everybody needs  to  celebrate with the DOHD ( maybe get on here and tell everyone what you're watching?) AND celebrate with your favorite Libation!  

Thanks Bud!! 

I'm not sure, I found these on a old hard drive