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The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread
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Goofyernmost
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Stock car racing on TV is a bore and always has been. Being there in person is so different. Local NASCAR was always fun to watch and I'll tell you why. Those cars generated a thunderously loud noise that sent vibrations through the ground and air and into your body. Not only were you watching it, you were feeling it as well. One of are local tracks was named Thunder Road and that sums it up pretty well. I used to go to every local weekly race up until I was about 24 and after that they started closing down the tracks and I just lost interest.Yep, as I remember, Stock Car racing was definitely much different in its infancy than what NASCAR is now. The cars had to be totally stock, as in what’s available to the public, in at least 500 production models of the car being raced.
Sooooo definitely not that now…
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Goofyernmost
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Wait!! Aren't they really dead?? Color me bewildered!
Figgy1
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@MinnieM123 are you ready for Friday?
MinnieM123
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Yah, that's what I was referring to earlier, when I mentioned that the drivers pick up the pace and strategies toward the end of the race. They pull out the high stakes, gutsy moves, and either they work, or they wreck. I was on the edge of my seat.!
Congratulations to the 23-year-old rookie, Austin Cindric (Team Penske), in the #2 Ford Mustang, for his Daytona 500 win in overtime. Very impressed with his talent in holding off a formidable driver, Bubba Wallace, who placed second.
What a great birthday present for 85-year-old owner, Roger Penske!!!
And oh yah, the prize money for first place: $ 2,064,397 (plus various endorsements, etc.). Not a bad paycheck for driving around circles.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Yah, getting taxes done. Big thrill.
Figgy1
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I was thinking more about how I'm setting up my blowersYah, getting taxes done. Big thrill.
Songbird76
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I celebrated this with some hot chocolate with a candy cane in it! It was delicious!
Songbird76
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I purposely did NOT want silver or black this time because everyone and their dog has silver, blue, or black, making it very difficult to find your car in a parking lot, etc. So we got Yellow. There just aren't a lot of yellow cars out there, so it's easy to see from a mile away.
Songbird76
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My dad lived out on a ranch where all of the roads were unpaved and instead covered with this red scoria/shale. Vehicles are always covered with a layer of red road dust....impossible to keep clean.
Songbird76
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Storm Franklin hit us last night and now my fence is broken. Again. Not quite as badly as after Eunice, but there's one panel where the wood split, and it looks like that's the one that's broken. I don't think we can get it back up....might have to turn it in to insurance and just replace that panel.
ImperfectPixie
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That's what Disney antenna-toppers are for, silly!
donaldtoo
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That's what Disney antenna-toppers are for, silly!
It’s been beat to heck over several years, but, I still have mine…!!!!!
Mr Ferret 75
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
Figgy1
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Good luck
93boomer
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Had my Minnie for years. Then , one day it want there. I think it may have come off in the car wash that day.
93boomer
Premium Member
Beautiful colors!!
93boomer
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donaldtoo
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Had my Minnie for years. Then , one day it want there. I think it may have come off in the car wash that day.
Mine used to look like this one…!!!!!
ImperfectPixie
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That's the one I have.
I've not had it on my antenna for a couple of years though...there are some branches hanging over the driveway that keep snagging it. Hubby needs to cut them down, but he's being a pill about it.