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[Foxfyre]

If you were planning on watching NASCAR from Michigan International Speedway today, it will be raining all afternoon here (about eighteen miles away).

Bummer. I'm really not a NASCAR fan but still get drawn into it by family who is--my granddaughter has been a rabid fan since she was 10. So I know it is disappointing for those who really are fans. Just by osmosis I guess, I know all the drivers and you can't help but get caught up in the culture at least just a little bit.

I've heard of Nazgul races but what's NASCAR?

It is massive crowds and noise and patriotic displays and the roar of the engines and round and round they go in the spirit of Thunder Road.

I find the Dick and Jane books more intellectually stimulating......... not that most NASCAR fans know how to read......

NASCAR is not intended to be intellectually stimulating. It is intended to be a culture, an experience. It is pure Americana as few things are any more. It is something it is safe to do with your kids. And it is something to just be a part of free of the politics and ugliness that permeates so much of our society. It isn't my cup of tea, but I can sure appreciate why some do enjoy it.

It was a joke considering it's the number one sport in the country so "most" would be an obvious massive hyperbole.......

You should go to a race some time.
The party is amazing. At Talladega, there is on site camping for 100,000. Barring tornadoes, it's a great party.

When our grand daughter was still a middle schooler, she was the biggest NASCAR fan anybody could be. Our son and daughter-in-law took their vacation in the southeast so that they could take her to Talladega that summer, and they're still talking about that experience - favorably - all these years later. It made NASCAR fans out of them too. It makes me think I might want to go to one NASCAR race just to experience what they experienced. We are in the DFW metro area fairly often visiting kinfolk and the Texas Speedway is right there, and we could easily go. But we probably never will.

 

[Ringel05]

If you were planning on watching NASCAR from Michigan International Speedway today, it will be raining all afternoon here (about eighteen miles away).

Bummer. I'm really not a NASCAR fan but still get drawn into it by family who is--my granddaughter has been a rabid fan since she was 10. So I know it is disappointing for those who really are fans. Just by osmosis I guess, I know all the drivers and you can't help but get caught up in the culture at least just a little bit.

I've heard of Nazgul races but what's NASCAR?

It is massive crowds and noise and patriotic displays and the roar of the engines and round and round they go in the spirit of Thunder Road.

I find the Dick and Jane books more intellectually stimulating......... not that most NASCAR fans know how to read......

NASCAR is not intended to be intellectually stimulating. It is intended to be a culture, an experience. It is pure Americana as few things are any more. It is something it is safe to do with your kids. And it is something to just be a part of free of the politics and ugliness that permeates so much of our society. It isn't my cup of tea, but I can sure appreciate why some do enjoy it.

It was a joke considering it's the number one sport in the country so "most" would be an obvious massive hyperbole.......

You should go to a race sometime.
The party is amazing. At Talladega, there is on site camping for 100,000. Barring tornadoes, it's a great party.

No thanks, don't do crowds, don't party....... I wouldn't be interested anyway...... unless I was driving...... even then I prefer dirt bikes..... but not racing them.

 

[Foxfyre]

Bummer. I'm really not a NASCAR fan but still get drawn into it by family who is--my granddaughter has been a rabid fan since she was 10. So I know it is disappointing for those who really are fans. Just by osmosis I guess, I know all the drivers and you can't help but get caught up in the culture at least just a little bit.

It is massive crowds and noise and patriotic displays and the roar of the engines and round and round they go in the spirit of Thunder Road.

I find the Dick and Jane books more intellectually stimulating......... not that most NASCAR fans know how to read......

NASCAR is not intended to be intellectually stimulating. It is intended to be a culture, an experience. It is pure Americana as few things are any more. It is something it is safe to do with your kids. And it is something to just be a part of free of the politics and ugliness that permeates so much of our society. It isn't my cup of tea, but I can sure appreciate why some do enjoy it.

It was a joke considering it's the number one sport in the country so "most" would be an obvious massive hyperbole.......

You should go to a race sometime.
The party is amazing. At Talladega, there is on site camping for 100,000. Barring tornadoes, it's a great party.

No thanks, don't do crowds, don't party....... I wouldn't be interested anyway...... unless I was driving...... even then I prefer dirt bikes..... but not racing them.

Hombre and I are not fond of crowds either which is why we seldom go to big crowd events and do most of our shopping on line. But again, there are some experiences that can be memorable, and I suspect attendance at a NASCAR event might be one of those. But I'll most likely just take other people's word for that.

But speaking of racing dirt bikes, when we lived in southeast Kansas, there was a motocross dirt track about 10 minutes from our house, and we spent some Saturday afternoons out amongst the strip pits watching those races. Not large crowds and we toted along our own snacks and drinks but great fun.

 

[ChrisL]

It must be so hot if you are there watching the race in person. Right in the sun with all of those people and also the cars and the black top.

 

[Ringel05]

I find the Dick and Jane books more intellectually stimulating......... not that most NASCAR fans know how to read......

NASCAR is not intended to be intellectually stimulating. It is intended to be a culture, an experience. It is pure Americana as few things are any more. It is something it is safe to do with your kids. And it is something to just be a part of free of the politics and ugliness that permeates so much of our society. It isn't my cup of tea, but I can sure appreciate why some do enjoy it.

It was a joke considering it's the number one sport in the country so "most" would be an obvious massive hyperbole.......

You should go to a race sometime.
The party is amazing. At Talladega, there is on site camping for 100,000. Barring tornadoes, it's a great party.

No thanks, don't do crowds, don't party....... I wouldn't be interested anyway...... unless I was driving...... even then I prefer dirt bikes..... but not racing them.

Hombre and I are not fond of crowds either which is why we seldom go to big crowd events and do most of our shopping on line. But again, there are some experiences that can be memorable, and I suspect attendance at a NASCAR event might be one of those. But I'll most likely just take other people's word for that.

But speaking off racing dirt bikes, when we lived in southeast Kansas, there was a motocross dirt track about 10 minutes from our house, and we spent some Saturday afternoons out amongst the strip pits watching those races. Not large crowds and we toted along our own snacks and drinks but great fun.

My dirt biking consisted of trails where few people went and my challengers were the obstacles and my own abilities. As for people I have a love/hate relationship, people are self absorbed normally, get them in a crowd and I want to play axe murderer.......

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[Sherry]

Well, mail is not delivered on Sundays...but sometimes I don't get the Saturday delivery until Sunday.

 

[Ernie S.]

Sherry did it!

 

[Sherry]

Sherry did it!

A good defense attorney could totally get me off.

 

[Ernie S.]

Just don't wear that cute maid's uniform to court.

 

[Sherry]

Just don't wear that cute maid's uniform to court.

For alan1...where the hell has he been??

 

[Gracie]

Sick. AGAIN. Good vibes in whatever manner you "pray" would be appreciated. I'm so tired of this. See gastro doc on 25th. By then, I should be a walking skeleton. I wanna be skinnier but not this way.

I'll be back when I feel a bit better.
Hugs to all.

 

[Ernie S.]

Just don't wear that cute maid's uniform to court.

For alan1...where the hell has he been??

On second thought, go with the uniform and have your lawyer select an all male jury.

 

[Sherry]

Sick. AGAIN. Good vibes in whatever manner you "pray" would be appreciated. I'm so tired of this. See gastro doc on 25th. By then, I should be a walking skeleton. I wanna be skinnier but not this way.

I'll be back when I feel a bit better.
Hugs to all.

 

[Foxfyre]

Sick. AGAIN. Good vibes in whatever manner you "pray" would be appreciated. I'm so tired of this. See gastro doc on 25th. By then, I should be a walking skeleton. I wanna be skinnier but not this way.

I'll be back when I feel a bit better.
Hugs to all.

Aw bummer, Gracie. You have the prayers and I'll put you on the list until you feel better.

 

[Foxfyre]

I agree with Sherry. Where the hell is Alan? I haven't put him on the MIA list because I know he's on the mod squad and I see that he does log in briefly now and then. But hope he'll at least drop in and say howdy here now and then too.

 

[mdk]

Evening folks! What a lazy day. I've been in bed most of the day napping intermittently. I am bushed for hosting family and attending a family reunion yesterday. We drank quite a bit and then went to the casino. I didn't gamble but I did dance a lot. lol. I love live music!

 

[mdk]

Sick. AGAIN. Good vibes in whatever manner you "pray" would be appreciated. I'm so tired of this. See gastro doc on 25th. By then, I should be a walking skeleton. I wanna be skinnier but not this way.

I'll be back when I feel a bit better.
Hugs to all.

I am sorry to hear you're not feeling very well. Feel better my dear. I'll send you some healing thoughts your way.

 

[Tresha91203]

A half dozen of my Facebook friends got a half dozen different answers for today's math problem:

I came up with 1, but there is probably a trick or something. That is usually the point of these things.

Order of operations says you do the multiplication first. Then, you add up all the remaining 1's...12

 

[Foxfyre]

A half dozen of my Facebook friends got a half dozen different answers for today's math problem:

I came up with 1, but there is probably a trick or something. That is usually the point of these things.

Order of operations says you do the multiplication first. Then, you add up all the remaining 1's...12

Hi Tresha. Good to see you. I think that was Save's method of working the problem too. I have no idea myself. Fifth grade math was a long time ago.