Cypress Sun

That was something! I've never seen that before. Boy, those choppers were lower than the grandstand it seemed like. Must have been a real thrill to see in person!

Congrats to Palou on the win. Makulas ran a good race also. Too bad for Larson, he crashed the same way in practice. A lot of trouble on pit road which surprised me somewhat. The filming was okay, I guess. Way too many commercials and 1/2 screen broadcast. I sometimes wonder why I bought a big screen tv when most of the time I watch sports it's on 1/2 screen 45% of the time with ads or useless commentary. Oh well, on to Charlotte.

Way past butchery. She should never have a microphone in front of her ever again. Just saw Mario, still looks pretty good for his age. A little joke, probably true... Emerson Fittipaldi with Mario as a passenger was pulled over while in a private vehicle near Indy for excessive speed. The cop said "Who do you think you are, Mario Andretti?" Mario leaned over and said "No, I'm Mario Andretti, this is Emerson Fittipaldi."

Although Prime is offering a supposed 30 day "free" trial, I don't like it at all. Nothing but pay per view in my opinion. NASCAR it taking any offer they can these days since they have managed to destroy stock car racing with their DEI efforts and their determination to make the cars the same. I'll watch because my gal can't live without Amazon, I don't pay for it...so that's a good thing. I'll also watch it with the volume on mute as E Jr. is one of the broadcasters and he just annoys the hell out of me.

That's hilarious....I want one!

If you live in an area where lightning is common, make sure you ground the pole well, especially if it is based in concrete w/rebar. Try to keep the pole as far away as possible from buried electrical lines of any type (phone/cable, etc.) and water lines, especially metallic conduits. Just a heads up.

It'll be interesting to see if Kyle Larson can repeat the feat of Tony Stewart back years ago and complete all of the laps both at Indy and Charlotte. Don't forget, Larson could have won Indy last year had it not been for the brain fart penalty of speeding on pit road. I just hope it's a safe race but not much is safe at 230mph although the SAFER barriers and the head/neck restraints have dramatically reduced deaths and serious injuries.

Watching Indy has been a tradition of mine for, well...ever since I can remember. The combination of speed, danger, brilliantly engineered cars and fearless drivers has always fascinated me. Never been there in person, but hope to go someday. Green flag today at 12:30pm (mol), EST of Fox.

Excellent!

For some reason, I thought of this Mars Automatic Pistol

They pick them up in the cemeteries and most other places they are temporarily displayed. Most of the flags I see on the road are the ones that people mount on their vehicle window which eventually fall off or break off.

It's MY island!

I was not aware of the no advertising rule with Media Mail. Mrs. Sun did, I wasn't on the need-to-know list, I guess.

Very impressive by any measure....especially impressive since the computer programs that the Voyager programs use are almost 50 years old and the distance is so great.

I know you asked Cholla, but I have an answer also. I asked my gal about this. Pirate Ship also has something called Media Mail (or something like that) that is less expensive sometimes, it's in a drop down box on the site. You really have to try it different ways to get the best price....USPS Ground, Pirate Ship-regular and Pirate Ship-Media Mail. Media Mail is for most everything written (books, periodicals, manuals, etc.) and most things recorded (records, CD's, VCR tapes, etc.). The last time I shipped something Media Mail, it took 2 weeks to get to the recipient, so be aware of that.

Yes....braggart!

I just remembered the last time I purposefully went to McDonalds. It was at the exit of I-75 and Hwy 50 near Brooksville Florida. I used their piosk, flushed it, washed my hands and left. Used to be a midway point when going to the Lake County Pistoleros match.

Never heard of Freddie's but the rest of them make good sandwiches although 5 guys has priced themselves out of what I will spend on a burger and fries. I won't use a kiosk at McDonalds or otherwise. I have used them in the past at WaWa's but that was 5 or 6 years ago. In the instance that Pat was talking about (Use it or shove it), I don't abide rude people and treat people the way that I'm treated. In that instance, I would have lit her up and then left.

Wrong,

Well, I can honestly admit that I have never heard that song before! Levity, tragedy and subtility all in a song. And now I can smell bananas.

My gal has a light blanket hanging over the back of the loveseat couch, not the main couch. She gets cold easy, especially when the ac blows on her. I'm in Florida, it can't get too cold in the house for me. If it wasn't for how much Duke Energy costs, I'd set the ac on 72 and let it rip.

I count one unit as one knife regardless of the amount of blades contained within the unit.

I'm sure there is. How else is a caveman on Guam supposed to get a date?

George Wendt also known as Norm from Cheers passed away in his sleep at the age of 76. Norm was a regular at Cheers on the tv show by the same name. All of the people in the bar would yell "NORM" when he walked in the bar. He was known for his quips and one liners. One of my favorite lines he said was "it's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear." I still use that line to this day. Thanks for the laughs Norm Rest in Peace Mr. Wendt.