Gentlemen, I have to ask you something. Please understand that I mean absolutely, 100%, NO offense. I must digress.......I don't understand why people watch cars go in a circle hundreds of times at for amusement. I mean sure, they're going awfully fast, but I just don't get it. Please enlighten me. 😀
Originally posted by OmnislashI guess it's for the same reason people the world over watch 22 men kick a pigs bladder around a field for 90 minutes & love it. I think a lot of appreciation of a sport is knowing the skill that is involved in it, and seeing someone else do it SO much better (or worse😉) than you could. I've always appreciated sports more if I'm currently playing them or have at least played the at some time. It also helps you understand exactly why what is happening is happening (like: why did the fly half drop back as the number 8 broke out of the maul?). The more you know of a sport the more you enjoy it, including knowing individual players, league tables etc...
Gentlemen, I have to ask you something. Please understand that I mean absolutely, 100%, NO offense. I must digress.......I don't understand why people watch cars go in a circle hundreds of times at for amusement. I mean sure, they're going awfully fast, but I just don't get it. Please enlighten me. 😀
To answer your question, I never appreciated motor sports until a few friends dragged me along - the more I understood about what was going on (drivers, engine types, the physics of each bend) the more I enjoyed watching it. Especially afetr a few spins around the tracks at high speed!
I still think F1 kicks but over oval tracks though. You need BENDS to make the driving more enjoyable to watch.
Sorry, that was a load of whaffle
Originally posted by SchliemannI might of got this wrong.I thought Rednecks were people who gave their lives to a cause.
Just because people like me (although in the Northwest now but grew up in Kentucky and South Carolina) and vaknso, Flash and vacostner might be from the south...this DOES NOT make us rednecks. #9 completely proves that!!
But we know alot about all of these which is kinda sad...hehehe
The Top 39 Things You'll Never Hear A Redneck Say
39. I'll t ...[text shortened]... Moonbeam.
1. Elvis who?
Dave 😀
(who is not a redneck...maybe a competent fake 😀)
Red= blood
Neck=The most easy target if you want to end a life..
Linda
Fair point. Perhaps "hill billy" would be a more politically correct term? No? How about "boonies folk". I'm sure we can find a term to appease the masses. The nice part is we won't get any rebuttal from the "people formerly known as rednecks" due to their lack of technology. Kind of like making fun of the Amish. 😀
Originally posted by belgianfreakThis reminds me of a conversation I was fortunate enough to witness the other day between an Australian and a Scot.
I know where he was coming from. It must be pretty annoying that so many people. when they thing of the UK, only think of England. Even the English do it sometimes (too often). Most of the time I'm sure it's an honest mistake (like I confuse Ozzies & New Zealanders, or Americans & Canadians because the accents seem very similar to me).
Not sure I lik ...[text shortened]... r long if I can help it" quip though. I though you liked England Mark, or at least parts of it?
Aussie: Where are you from?
Scot: Scotland.
Aussie: What's it like in England?
Scot: I dunno. I just told you I'm from Scotland.
Aussie: Same thing...
At this point the Scot turned into Godzilla and ripped the Australian to pieces. Most enjoyable viewing.
Originally posted by shougithem Scots are always worth keeping an eye on. I don't know if it's genetic, their enviroment, or something in the wiskey, but they can be feiry to say the least. Both in work, fight & play (Scotlands Mars Bars slogan?)
This reminds me of a conversation I was fortunate enough to witness the other day between an Australian and a Scot.
Aussie: Where are you from?
Scot: Scotland.
Aussie: What's it like in England?
Scot: I dunno. I just told you I'm from Scotland.
Aussie: Same thing...
At this point the Scot turned into Godzilla and ripped the Australian to pieces. Most enjoyable viewing.
To quote from an interview with an SAS instructor:
"over 70% of the SAS are Scots" *
"why is that"
"because we're hard bas@#$%&"
*(although this is unprovable as very few know who is & who isn't in 'the regiment', and he might have been biased being a Scot himself.)
Originally posted by tenebr8I do believe that those are the stats when they actually became NASCAR...Petty had over 200 wins or something stupid like that when they first started think. Can't remember how all of that played out in the late 60's/early 70's and the organazation that stood and all.
Just did a little research, and found, to my surprise, that Petty is actually FIFTH on the list of all-time winners: the top four are Darrell Waltrip with 84, the late Dale Earnhardt Sr with 76, Cale Yarborough with 69, and Jeff Gordon with 60-something (and he is the only driver of the top five still active). Petty had 60. (Sorry to bore you non-rednecks ...[text shortened]... ith this, but auto racing happens to be my favorite sport! And I'm a Yankee, born and raised.)
As for our man Gordon...I am sure he will be leading that list in no time. He is the same age as me and has quite a few years left in him.
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Originally posted by SchliemannYou are correct, sir. Although NASCAR has always been NASCAR, since the 50's, the stats I quoted were from what NASCAR has dubbed the "modern era" (not sure exactly what year the cut-off is for that). Petty did, in fact, win 200 races lifetime.
I do believe that those are the stats when they actually became NASCAR...Petty had over 200 wins or something stupid like that when they first started think. Can't remember how all of that played out in the late 60's/early 70's and the organazation that stood and all.
As for our man Gordon...I am sure he will be leading that list in no time. He is the same age as me and has quite a few years left in him.
Dave
(#24 fan)
Originally posted by IRC58Simply, it is that person and that culture of the south (US) that is perceived as ignorant, dirty, poor, and laughable. Sometimes referred to as "good ole boys." They often live in trailers, chew tobacco, talk about "niggers" and essentially have a diet of fried pork rinds, collard greens, and beans. Instead of idolizing sports figures, they look up to race car drivers (not formula 1). They may have mongel dogs that sleep on their furniture. Does this help? Oh yea, did I mention incest?
What is a redneck ?
I would also add that this is the last bastion left of acceptable prejudice. I come from these roots :'( Kirk