Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"


Where I grew up, there was a "stadium seating" quarter mile dirt race
track at an amusement park called Savin Rock we used to go to once in a
while on Friday or Saturday nights in the summer, and they'd hold
"theme" races, but I don't recall anything as tacky as what you mentioned!

It was strictly bush league racing, but it was very noisy and very
dusty. At least twice a summer, they'd hold a demo derby. That was the
big crowd pleaser.

It was not the place to go if you were wearing contact lenses. The dust
was just incredible.

On Mar 19, 9:57*pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

WAAAAAAHHHHHH!! shut up. You are not going to fix this news group,
you have too much of a history of your own.

On Mar 20, 10:19*am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a *lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"

Where I grew up, there was a "stadium seating" quarter mile dirt race
track at an amusement park called Savin Rock we used to go to once in a
while on Friday or Saturday nights in the summer, and they'd hold
"theme" races, but I don't recall anything as tacky as what you mentioned!

It was strictly bush league racing, but it was very noisy and very
dusty. At least twice a summer, they'd hold a demo derby. That was the
big crowd pleaser.

It was not the place to go if you were wearing contact lenses. The dust
was just incredible.- Hide quoted text -

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We had Riverside Park in Agawam. Every saturday night, stock cars,
demo derby, and my favorite, figure 8's

wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:57 pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

WAAAAAAHHHHHH!! shut up. You are not going to fix this news group,
you have too much of a history of your own.


You and a few others seem hell-bent on the utter, final destruction of
this newsgroup. Why is that?

On Mar 20, 10:39*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:57 pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

WAAAAAAHHHHHH!! * shut up. You are not going to fix this news group,
you have too much of a history of your own.

You and a few others seem hell-bent on the utter, final destruction of
this newsgroup. Why is that?- Hide quoted text -

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pfffftttt...

wrote:
On Mar 20, 10:19 am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.
The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.
Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."
"The Food City 500"
Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?
In my parts, theres a lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.
alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"
Where I grew up, there was a "stadium seating" quarter mile dirt race
track at an amusement park called Savin Rock we used to go to once in a
while on Friday or Saturday nights in the summer, and they'd hold
"theme" races, but I don't recall anything as tacky as what you mentioned!

It was strictly bush league racing, but it was very noisy and very
dusty. At least twice a summer, they'd hold a demo derby. That was the
big crowd pleaser.

It was not the place to go if you were wearing contact lenses. The dust
was just incredible.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We had Riverside Park in Agawam. Every saturday night, stock cars,
demo derby, and my favorite, figure 8's


Not to destroy this newsgroup by bringing it back to boats, but there
was a boat manufacturer in Agawam that my father dealt with, and I
remember driving up there with him once when I was seven or eight to
look over the factory.

I don't remember anything about the boats or the factory, but I do
remember the place name. I think my dad told me "Indians lived there" in
order to get me to go for the truck ride. :}

On Mar 19, 9:57*pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

http://boatingforum.proboards91.com

wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:57 pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

http://boatingforum.proboards91.com


You and several others seem intent on destroying what remains of
rec.boats as a boating newsgroup.

Why is that?

You and several others seem intent on destroying what remains of rec.boats
as a boating newsgroup.

Why is that?


That boat left the dock long ago, Krause...with you at the helm. What a
putz.

On Mar 20, 12:10*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:57 pm, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message

...

The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
Take it to a NASCAR or TV ratings NG.

http://boatingforum.proboards91.com

You and several others seem intent on destroying what remains of
rec.boats as a boating newsgroup.

Why is that?- Hide quoted text -

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Me, are you kidding? Aside from one sarcastic post the other day (with
no foul or phobic language I should add), show me where I made up lies
about posters, used vulgar and disturbing imagery, racist and elitist
insults to attack another poster, call names, make up constant lies,
and post provocative ot posts designed to start fights like you and
the others attacking me here?

I come here with non-provocative OT posts on subjects which several
here are interested in. I rarely get trolled into a fight, and try to
at least add some info on any subject I post to, not just turn it into
an anti-bush, christian, republican, conservative, or any other
personal insult you and others use to hurt others, intentionally. I
don't know where JimH comes off getting on me, I am fun, not mad, and
with his history? Give me a break

As for you, I sense that since Chuck came up with his new moderated
site, you are scared to death that if you keep up your crap, everyone
will leave and you will have no one to troll anymore. You antics here
would not last a day in any moderated group.

Me, when I have boating info, I will post it here, where I earn my
keep. In all honesty, I bet not one other OG poster would disagree
with me, that you have personally been the worst instigator of bad
feelings in this group for several years. You have that right,
although I don't know why it seems to bring you so much pleasure, but
that is another post.

I will not address this any further here, suggestion to JimH, plonk
me. I hardly fight back anyway.