Don't forget the "M"s and "W"s
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Rick Barnes <rascal@scrtc.com> wrote:
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> Or any day beginning with "S" or "T" plus Fridays
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> Rascal....burp...glug..
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
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> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Dustin
> Williams
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:23 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
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> Subject: Re: DML: The bottom line is,the 2nd Generation Dakota IS the best
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> Football and NASCAR are both great socially acceptable excuses to
> drink on a Sunday afternoon....
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> On Feb 13, 2008 4:06 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
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> > "Ray Block" <bpracing@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
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> > > They do, don't they! Personally I have a low G.a.S. factor. Though I
> > > watch some, team sports just don't do much for me. :-) Maybe it's
> > > because so many people identify with a team, yet had absolutely nothing
> to
> > > do with the team's success. I don't get it. ;-)
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> > You too? :-) I can't stand team sports. Its not too bad to
> > actually participate I guess, but to watch? Football, baseball,
> > basketball, hockey, ugh. All boooooooring! I was going to post
> > something to that effect in the recent superbowl thread, but thought
> > better of it. :-) I dunno if I should even admit this, but speaking
> > of that thread, it took about three posts before I realized that
> > people were talking about the superbowl, which I didn't even know was
> > happening that day. :-) The best thing that can be said about the
> > superbowl is that the commercials are more interesting than usual, but
> > they're not worth sitting through the game for. :-)
> >
> > As far as why people get all gung ho about certain teams, I'm not
> > sure I can ever really understand it since my brain is obviously wired
> > differently, but I have heard it explained that it is a way for people
> > to become completely and emotionally invested in something without any
> > actual, personal risk. I guess that explanation works for me as well
> > as any other. Takes all kinds I guess, so if they want to waste their
> > time and money on something that seems to be completely pointless,
> > that's their prerogative; at the very least, its creating jobs for
> > somebody. :-)
> >
> > I don't know why, but I find individual sports much more
> > interesting. Something like World's Strongest Man I can watch all
> > day! But team sports? Pass. :-P
> >
> > As long as I am riling up the sports fans, I might as well go all
> > the way. I find Nascar and F1 and Indycar boring too. I might feel
> > differently if it were the way it used to be, with real cars where the
> > rules were not so restrictive, but I just don't see the point these
> > days. Not when all the cars are the same, and in most cases all they
> > do is turn left. Rally car racing I will tune into for a while,
> > depending on what is going on, but after a bit even that can get
> > repetitive. Drag racing is the motorsport which I identify with the
> > most, but even then, I don't watch the funny car, top fuel, or even
> > pro stock stuff, 'cause its all the same. Some of the "lesser" classes
> > where the cars are actually street legal in many cases are much more
> > interesting to me. I have found the "Pinks All Out" series to be
> > interesting, but I don't watch the regular Pinks show because the idea
> > of risking your vehicle over a race is so foreign to me that I don't
> > want to waste my time watching someone who would do something that
> > stupid. (Plus, the couple of times I have stumbled on the show, it
> > seems like they spend most of their time arguing over who gets what
> > lane, how many car lengths, and wether the nitrous is on or off, etc.)
> > Shaddup and drive!
> >
> > Ok, that's enough ranting from me, I think I've met my "tick people
> > off" quota for the week. :-)
> >
> > --
> > -Jon-
> >
> > .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> > | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
> > `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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