Howdy y’all

[Tom Duke]

Hey y’all, just signed up to the forums. The name’s Tom, Tom Duke. 
 

Happy to be here too!

Yee-Haw!

[Meadowmufn]

Welcome, Tom! Hope you enjoy it here. 

[Tom Duke]

1 hour ago, Meadowmufn said:

Welcome, Tom! Hope you enjoy it here. 

I believe I will, nice to find a hazzard homecoming on the net, grew up on the DVDs, used to watch em with my dad.

He's gone now, but the memories live on. I’m hoping someday to build a General Lee replica, I always told him I was gonna. 

[HossC]

Welcome to HNet, Tom.

[Hobie Hartkins]

welcome Tom! It's great to have you!

Edited Monday at 12:41 AM by Hobie Hartkins

[RogerDuke]

20 hours ago, Tom Duke said:

I believe I will, nice to find a hazzard homecoming on the net, grew up on the DVDs, used to watch em with my dad.

He's gone now, but the memories live on. I’m hoping someday to build a General Lee replica, I always told him I was gonna. 

Hi again Tom. Sorry about your dad. I never had a son but would have loved to watch Dukes with him if I would have had one. You were lucky to have him and he was lucky to have you. I admire and respect him for passing the Hazzard tradition down to you. He didn't name you after Tom Wopat did he? Hope I'm not getting too personal. 

[Meadowmufn]

20 hours ago, Tom Duke said:

I believe I will, nice to find a hazzard homecoming on the net, grew up on the DVDs, used to watch em with my dad.

He's gone now, but the memories live on. I’m hoping someday to build a General Lee replica, I always told him I was gonna. 

Dad instilled a love of cars in me. He used to take me to cruisin' 50's night in high school and when I was little we went to the Harrah's Auto Museum in Sparks, NV on vacation. That was a treat. Dad had dementia for his last years, but my brother and I managed to get him to the Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance and the Petersen Automotive Museum a few years ago. We had a blast, made some great memories, and took lots of photos. 

[Tom Duke]

1 hour ago, RogerDuke said:

Hi again Tom. Sorry about your dad. I never had a son but would have loved to watch Dukes with him if I would have had one. You were lucky to have him and he was lucky to have you. I admire and respect him for passing the Hazzard tradition down to you. He didn't name you after Tom Wopat did he? Hope I'm not getting too personal. 

Hi Roger,

I was very blessed to have him, and I hope I do him proud. He definitely passed the tradition on to me, and I hope someday I’m blessed enough to do the same, should I be blessed with fatherhood. 
 

You’re not too personal, don’t worry. Actually my name is Thomas, but I shorten it to Tom these days. When I signed up here and thought of a username, I figure Tom Duke has a nice ring to it.  
 

Never realized about the parallel with Tom Wopat, kinda cool as he’s my favourite of the Duke Boys. 

[Tom Duke]

54 minutes ago, Meadowmufn said:

Dad instilled a love of cars in me. He used to take me to cruisin' 50's night in high school and when I was little we went to the Harrah's Auto Museum in Sparks, NV on vacation. That was a treat. Dad had dementia for his last years, but my brother and I managed to get him to the Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance and the Petersen Automotive Museum a few years ago. We had a blast, made some great memories, and took lots of photos. 

Always great to make memories ain’t it? You and your brother will cherish that time forever.  
 

My dad and I went to a few local car shows in our time too, he liked his cars but he really loved art. 
 

He was a painter, he did those paint by numbers kits, and managed to do 50 of em. He gave a lot of em away a few years ago, but the handful he kept are now proudly hanging on my walls. 

[Tom Duke]

17 hours ago, HossC said:

Welcome to HNet, Tom.

Thanks for the welcome, Hoss! 

[Tom Duke]

3 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said:

welcome Tom! It's great to have you!

Great to be here, feel like I’ve found an extended family here already.  

[RogerDuke]

On 3/30/2025 at 11:35 PM, Tom Duke said:

Great to be here, feel like I’ve found an extended family here already.  

That's because you have! And we are lucky to have you. A lot of people hang out a few days and then we never hear from them again but I can tell you are different....and I mean that as a compliment! 

[Tom Duke]

3 hours ago, RogerDuke said:

That's because you have! And we are lucky to have you. A lot of people hang out a few days and then we never hear from them again but I can tell you are different....and I mean that as a compliment! 

Honestly I genuinely feel blessed to be here, and thanks for the compliment Roger.