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To: budman_2001; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; tubebender

I've never even seen a snowblower---just pic's--and don't want to.

They're called snowthrowers around here. Pete says he can convert his dishwasher into a snowthrower just by grabbing her dishtowel and handing her a shovel.

The bruises are barely noticeable, and he is walking without a limp this week.

1,161 posted on 02/16/2006 4:16:05 PM PST by glock rocks (Real engineers don't answer "why" questions.)

Ain't that purdy!!!

Barely got home in time to see his win.

1,162 posted on 02/16/2006 4:43:52 PM PST by SouthTexas (2006 will be a very good year.)

To: glock rocks; budman_2001; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; tubebender

Well, it wasn't a LOT of snow like up north and out west (maybe 3 inches), but it was well-mixed with freezing rain/sleet/hail/whatever else fell out of the sky today.

1,163 posted on 02/16/2006 4:48:46 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

To: steveegg; budman_2001; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; tubebender

I just walked outside (yah, it was a poorly disguised beer fetch) and took this pic from my front yard... maybe I'm nuts, but I love winter.

1,164 posted on 02/16/2006 5:03:57 PM PST by glock rocks (Real engineers don't answer "why" questions.)

To: GRRRRR; SouthTexas

"Get ready to see that about 15 times this year..."

The dillo wreckers only need see it 9 times, but 15 would be ok! Go Flash!

Hope this is his year!

1,165 posted on 02/16/2006 5:07:23 PM PST by NYTexan (Where is MY global warming?)

To: glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt

I double dare you to email that to Pete's wife...

1,166 posted on 02/16/2006 5:12:57 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

1,167 posted on 02/16/2006 5:13:38 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

it's over 11,000 feet high.

1,168 posted on 02/16/2006 5:20:33 PM PST by glock rocks (Real engineers don't answer "why" questions.)

UNOFFICIAL lineup for the Daytona 500 -

1. - #31 - Jeff Burton - 189.151 mph in qualifying
2. - #24 - Jeff Gordon - 188.877 mph in qualifying
3. - #38 - Elliott Sadler - 1st in Duel 1
4. - #5 - Kyle Busch - 2nd in Duel 2
5. - #99 - Carl Edwards - 2nd in Duel 1
6. - #26 - Jamie McMurray - 3rd in Duel 2
7. - #8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr - 3rd in Duel 1
8. - #43 - Bobby Labonte - 4th in Duel 2
9. - #48 - Jimmie Johnson - 4th in Duel 1
10. - #6 - Mark Martin - 5th in Duel 2
11. - #17 - Matt Kenseth - 5th in Duel 1
12. - #45 - Kyle Petty - 6th in Duel 2
13. - #2 - Kurt Busch - 6th in Duel 1
14. - #42 - Casey Mears - 7th in Duel 2
15. - #20 - Tony Stewart - 8th in Duel 1
16. - #16 - Greg Biffle - 8th in Duel 2
17. - #11 - Denny Hamlin - 9th in Duel 1
18. - #12 - Ryan Newman - 9th in Duel 2
19. - #1 - Martin Truex Jr - 10th in Duel 1
20. - #7 - Robby Gordon (field-filler) - 10th in Duel 2
21. - #66 - Jeff Green - 11th in Duel 1
22. - #41 - Reed Sorenson - 11th in Duel 2
23. - #21 - Ken Schrader - 12th in Duel 1
24. - #09 - Mike Wallace (field-filler) - 12th in Duel 2
25. - #88 - Dale Jarrett - 13th in Duel 1
26. - #19 - Jeremy Mayfield - 15th in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
27. - #9 - Kasey Kahne - 14th in Duel 1
28. - #29 - Kevin Harvick - 16th in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
29. - #49 - Brent Sherman - 15th in Duel 1
30. - #55 - Michael Waltrip - 19th in Duel 2, bought the points from a defunct team that was in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
31. - #61 - Kevin Lepage (field-filler) - 16th in Duel 1
32. - #40 - David Stremme - 20th in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
33. - #36 - Bill Elliott (field-filler) - 17th in Duel 1
34. - #22 - Dave Blaney - 23rd in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
35. - #25 - Brian Vickers - 20th in Duel 1, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
36. - #18 - JJ Yeley - 24th in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
37. - #07 - Clint Bowyer - 21st in Duel 1, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
38. - #01 - Joe Nemechek - 29th in Duel 2, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
39. - #14 - Sterling Marlin - 26th in Duel 1, in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points
40. - #32 - Travis Kvapil (field-filler) - 187.106 mph in qualifying
41. - #00 - Hermie Sadler (field-filler) - 187.025 mph in qualifying
42. - #27 - Kirk Shelmerdine (field-filler) - 185.361 mph in qualifying
43. - #96 - Terry Labonte (field-filler) - qualifying time disallowed, past champ's provisional

Missing the race (field-fillers all) -

#15 - Paul Menard - 185.334 mph in qualifying, 28th in Duel 1
#95 - Stanton Barrett - 185.322 mph in qualifying, 28th in Duel 2
#50 - Larry Foyt - 185.128 mph in qualifying, 23rd in Duel 1
#4 - Scott Wimmer - 184.854 mph in qualifying, 17th in Duel 2
#34 (#64 on the track, but the owners points go to the #34) - Randy LaJoie - 184.540 mph in qualifying, 25th in Duel 1
#89 - Morgan Shepherd - 183.576 mph in qualifying, 25th in Duel 2
#74 - Derrike Cope - 183.333 mph in qualifying, 19th in Duel 1
#23 - Mike Skinner - 182.771 mph in qualifying, 18th in Duel 1
#37 - Chad Blount - 181.906 mph in qualifying, 22nd in Duel 2
#92 - Chad Chaffin - 181.763 mph in qualifying, 27th in Duel 1
#78 - Kenny Wallace - 181.594 mph in qualifying, 14th in Duel 2
#52 - Larry Gunselman - 181.214 mph in qualifying, 22nd in Duel 1
#10 - Scott Riggs - 180.890 mph in qualifying, 13rd in Duel 2
#59 - Andy Belmont - 179.960 mph in qualifying, 24th in Duel 1
#80 - Carl Long - 176.935 mph in qualifying, 27th in Duel 2

1,169 posted on 02/16/2006 5:22:12 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

No mountains here to make things better :-(

1,170 posted on 02/16/2006 5:22:56 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

Yabut what's the elevation of your deck?

1,171 posted on 02/16/2006 5:23:42 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

WoW...MM booted Bill Lester off the pole..

1,172 posted on 02/16/2006 5:25:11 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

1,173 posted on 02/16/2006 5:36:26 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

MM sure can get around the track; wonder how he'd do at a place like IRP or Milwaukee (or are they going to send the rookie here?)

1,174 posted on 02/16/2006 5:39:54 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

Mark is also on the IROC pole for Fri nite.

1,175 posted on 02/16/2006 5:52:03 PM PST by umgud (uncompassionate conservative)

I hope Robert Richardson is happy with the money he spent to get the #1 championship points - he's the slowest of 36 trucks that actually took a time (the #89 of Norm Benning took the green flag but didn't take the time). At least he didn't screw Kelly Girl Sutton out of the start for the GM Flex-Fuel 250; she was 6th-fastest of 12 field-fillers and both drivers eligible for the past champ's provisional were faster.

1,176 posted on 02/16/2006 5:55:49 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

To: NYTexan; tubebender; SouthTexas; glock rocks; All

Nascar on snow on the Olympics right now.

Mens skating tonight with Peter Weirdo. I'm going back to truck qualifying

1,177 posted on 02/16/2006 5:59:29 PM PST by WestCoastGal (Jr -"This race is like a bar fight on four wheels" ~You know, I drive right off the hood.)

To: WestCoastGal

It looks like it's going to be a battle between Ford and Toyota this year in the Craftsman Truck Series. Dodge isn't giving any support (which shows in a best showing of 16th with only Bobby Hamilton Sr to go), and something's wrong with the Chevys (Kraig Kinser's the fastest Chevy in 11th, and Bliss is the next-fastest in 19th).

2 bullets left for Mark Martin, and only one of them has a Sirius shot (the aforementioned Hamilton Sr is in a Dodge, so he's out of pole contention).

1,178 posted on 02/16/2006 6:03:45 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

To: WestCoastGal

And Terry Cook poses no challenge.

1,179 posted on 02/16/2006 6:05:29 PM PST by steveegg (Sen. Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy's vehicles have killed more people than V.P. Dick Cheney's guns)

To: tubebender; NormsRevenge; Pete-R-Bilt

Yabut what's the elevation of your deck?

It varies. Somewhere around 4500 and change.
Do you mean before, or after the green flag?

Note to self: Is this guy a troublemaker? ...consult with Norm.

1,180 posted on 02/16/2006 6:06:13 PM PST by glock rocks (Real engineers don't answer "why" questions.)

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