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Posted 05 January 2007 - 01:55 AM

HI ALL :wave: :wave:


:wave: :wave: I would not go so far as to say " EXACT SCALE SLOT CARS" that would be nice but they are usualy super good looking cars :dance: :dance:.

Here is link to the N.C.S.C.R.A. web site :dance: :dance: http://www.norcalscra.com/ go on in and check it out.
I'm sorry I thought I said entries not(racers) but like the BIG DURL said that's on average 50 to 60 people :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: and that is racing those STAMPED STEEL CHASSIS :shock: :shock: :shock: every month.
And on another good note NORCAL also pays for practice time and to feed lunch to everybody that is signed up!! even for one class!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: and in the month when you come to HARBO'S HOUSE to race those STAMPED STEEL CHASSIS that means BBQed chicken,beans,salad,and bread with soda and or water for everyone :up: :up: :up:
OH yea that's gooooooood :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
:smokin: :smokin: HEY VETTMAN MET YA OUT SIDE TO BURN ONE :smokin: :smokin:
This was toooooooooo much typing but its still a blast :lol: :lol: :wave: :wave:
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:19 AM

All discount power to the people!

This raises my blood pressure to almost normal levels. :x

Mao-tse-Tung was dead-set against any form of capitalism and any form of business, religion or culture, as he believed that profit was the basis of "bourgeoisie", and bourgeoisie and culture were incarnations of the devil itself.
He would never have been associated with an enterprise such as WalMart unless it would have profited him directly. Indeed, as many similar murderous dictators (Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein, the little clown who rules North Korea and ( although not as murderous on the surface, but look deeper...) most of the emirs in all the mickey-mouse oil-rich kingdoms around the Gulf), Mao believed in more-equal-than-equality for the "Elite that leads the People in the Korrekt pathway" and was an avid car collector as well as many luxuries not available to anyone else. Over the years he acquired about 150 of the best cars on the planet, from Ferraris to Maseratis, from Rolls-Royces to Delahayes. In few words, a true Man of the People, as this collection was never shared by any of the poor SOB's under his iron rule of murder, intimidation and forced labor. The collection is still intact and can now be visited (by special appointment and if your credentials are up to snuff) in Bei-Jing as slowly, the name of the Great Leader is at last, understood to be that of a villain and not of the nation's hero.

Between 1945 and 1956, it is estimated that over 200 MILLIONS of Chinese citizen were murdered, often by forcing generally older people to suicide through intense intimidation and threats, often killed publicly by their own brainwashed children, through a systematic elimination program to destroy any sign of what China had been built upon, business and culture. This governement-organized murder spree made Mao-tse-Tung the greatest criminal who ever lived, and today's the idol of just about every leftist university student in the USA as his effigy can be found in about every dorm room as the idol which philosophy to follow. This shows how mentally deranged and utterly ignorant much of the youth of America really is. Ward Churchill is a product of this school of thinking, a perfect representation of the perversity of it all.

Seing his murderous face on this already ugly slot car body makes me puke.
And it proves that if the painter is indeed talented, he has no clue of what Mao represents to the survivors of this massacre.
Would the painter put Hitler's face on a slot car body and associate it with a phrase such as "Discount ovens for the Jewish people"?
:x :x :x
In other words, it is NOT funny if you know the story behind that monster.
However, this is still America, so ignorance is bliss. :|

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:30 AM

Relax, Doc.
Might as well laugh at it; way less painful than crying at the world's woes & the lack of control we have over the human condition.
Besides, it's no less funny than the Challenger jokes..
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:33 AM

Greg,

You need to give P his pill again.

Maybe P's diatribe should be moved to the Freeblog (?).

As for me, it IS funny if you don't take it seriously. I think the artist was using Mao's visage merely as a representation of something "Chinese". There's a connection there . . . "Chinese" . . . "Wal-Mart" . . . get it?
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:40 AM

OK Cheater, chastise him for putting a politcal post in the Div. 3 forum. :lol: :lol: :lol: ;)

I thought it was funny. It makes fun of Walmart. Sam Walton built his business on Made in the USA. His son's continued their inherited business on Made in China. I think someone should send a picture of that body to Walmart.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:41 AM

Yeah, P, I think you're overreacting a bit regarding Durl's body. Please lighten up a little. I don't think Durl means to suggest that Mao was anyone to emulate or praise.

FWIW, Hitler has indeed been used in comedic situations. Mel Brooks' 1968 "The Producers" ("Springtime for Hitler" is the play they produce) is just one well-known example, and it was written by a Jewish guy!

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:46 AM

OK, I am cool with it now that I had my morning tea (from Ceylon, of course) and I accept that it is a bit humoristic. I just would like everyone here to know what this Mao creep really was, a monster.
And no, I cannot resolve all the world's ills by myself. I am resigned to die old and decrepit before I can achieve my mission in life. :mrgreen:
Durl, great paint on that ugly lump, and have no fear, you are still my online buddy. :)

And now, back to the Never Ending Div III thread . . . 8)

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 11:56 AM

Is the Ford Fusion body legal for Div. III? :doh: :doh:

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 12:02 PM

Is the Ford Fusion body legal for Div. III? :doh: :doh:

No, but I think the Edsel is. :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: ;)

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 12:06 PM

OK, I am cool with it now that I had my morning tea (from Ceylon, of course) and I accept that it is a bit humoristic. I just would like everyone here to know what this Mao creep really was, a monster.
And no, I cannot resolve all the world's ills by myself. I am resigned to die old and decrepit before I can achieve my mission in life. :mrgreen:
Durl, great paint on that ugly lump, and have no fear, you are still my online buddy. :)

And now, back to the Never Ending Div III thread . . . 8)

DOOD!! SAVE THIS POST!!! IT IS HISTORIC!!!

If P can backtrack this much, we just may make him a Democrat yet!!! :shock: :lol: 8) :mrgreen:
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 12:25 PM

He may be off-topic, but I agree with Dokk.

I understand that it's a joke, and it's making fun of Wal-Mart, not making a hero of Mao, nevertheless, some things just aren't very funny.

We seem to live in a culture that more and more promotes aggression and death, and doesn't respect life - look at the popularity of skulls as decoration, they're everywhere - that maybe we should think twice about what we portray in our recreations and entertainment.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 12:26 PM

Demok-rat vs. Republican = same mediocrity with the same goals of lowering expectations.
I am the first member and founder of the New American Party (NAP, of which I will take one now).
Our goal is to get both of these clowns out of office and put Jeffersonians back in power.
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 12:43 PM

I'd like to join NAP, but my employer won't let me! :x
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 01:27 PM

If P can backtrack this much, we just may make him a Democrat yet!!! :shock: :lol: 8) :mrgreen:

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: My side's hurting. :lol:

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 01:57 PM

All discount power to the people!

This raises my blood pressure to almost normal levels. :x :|

Trust me, Philippe, I am all too aware of how evil and despicable Mao was, and the legacy of suffering he is responsible for. I agree with you totally in your assessment of him, though I don't give a rat's *** about his car collection. I applaud the intensity of your revulsion, as I still remember Tiananmen Square, and how pissed off I was at how the seeds of democracy were crushed under the heel of those bastards.

My ham-fisted satirical point in creating this car was to point up the disconnect among the larger mass of NASCAR fans, who go to great lengths to remind the country of their patriotism, yet shop at Wal-Mart (who is by no means alone in this), the single largest importer of China-produced goods. I simply projected a satirical near-future where the PRC sponsored a NASCAR to "thank" the American people for their continued support of a regime dedicated to the subversion, if not destruction, of many of the freedoms we hold dear. Four legs good, two legs better.

I'll assume the inablility to grasp the subtlties of my satire is a direct result a lack of caffiene. That is yet another point on which we agree (I had to get a big cup of coffee in me before I could type this out. :lol: ). That there is a lack of detail on the front end car, that the number on the roof is upside down, yet the colors are bold and bright is yet another point about "appealing" to the mass market that relates not only to consumer goods in general, but slot cars in particular. "Ugly lump"? You bet!

But rather than direct your well-founded anger at the satirist, why not direct it at companies and consumers who are directly supporting this brutality? YOU were the one that brought up Mullah Omar painting a car in the post directly before mine. Shall I infer that you support Mullah Omar and militant nutjobs like him because you invoked his name in a "humourous" context? I have every right to if your response to MY post was any indication.

I've belabored this too long already, and I respect you too much to keep hammering away at what you by now already understand. We are all on the same page. It was satire, not a "joke".

Now about that blood pressure I helped "normalize". I take checks, money orders, and MAC Lola bodies. :lol:

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:05 PM

Now about that blood pressure I helped "normalize". I take checks, money orders, and MAC Lola bodies. :lol:

That's it, Durl. Be direct. It ought to be pretty clear that subtlety doesn't work for the Dokk . . .

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:07 PM

Durl,
We are in synch. 8) :up:

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:31 PM

That's it, Durl. Be direct. It ought to be pretty clear that subtlety doesn't work for the Dokk . . .

Hey Cheater,

He's gettin' off easy. If I was a Chinese doctor, he'd be sending me a MAC Lola body every month he was well, and stopping when he was sick. :lol: :twisted:

And Dokk, we're in synch more than you know and I'm willing to admit. :mrgreen:

Does anybody remember what this thread was supposed to be about?

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 03:00 PM

Four legs good, two legs better.

Is that why the car only has rear wheels?? :lol:
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 03:09 PM

Durl, none of this would have happened if you had just posted a picture of the body I made for you. :mrgreen: :) ;)

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 03:30 PM

Durl, none of this would have happened if you had just posted a picture of the body I made for you. :mrgreen: :) ;)


You mean the one with Hershman and Hillary burning the American flag, sponsored by Fox News? Too subtle, dude. :lol:

Pappy, the problem with most everybody on this board is that they don't do what you tell 'em, to. :wall:

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Posted 07 January 2007 - 11:52 PM

Off Topic :think:

Seems that to me that others can go off topic when ever they want and nothing :snooty: is said or done about it :naughty: I guess you just have to be one of the chosen few to get away with it or be on a leash :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

Big "D", as you know our friendship started that one day at Harbos durring the GT-12 race and has grown :up: :up: :up: Yes ,you are 100% correct here my friend :kiss: on your views of some of the members on this Blog and their opinionuated ways! Shoot Big "D" then there is the other side of the coin here also, some of the others have no opinion at all :shock: and are content to be lead around on a leash :boohoo: :boohoo: :boohoo: Oh.... well..... Big "D" as you know it takes all kinds! After viewing the body in person there Big "D"..... I :love: it.

Harley my friend :kiss: You are the man :up: after racing at Freddy's yesterday :dance: :dance: :dance: there is a strong desire to get the D-3 inline classes going up here, as you all ready know ;) lots of the interested partys agreed to keep it simple and stay with the inline classes, they should no interest :snooty: to build A / W's and stick a falcon or any other "puppy" dog motor in it for the simple reason they could build a modern slot and go a lot faster :doh: but the inline class was a go! It was also agreed that hand out falcons would be the only way to go and keep it simple and cost effective and not have any cry babies :naughty: and any vintage repop body shall also be used (J.K. Alpha, Outasite, etc....) C-YA tomorrow and we will step outside and :smokin: one ;)

Oh.... I'm very sorry for going off topic here :shock: ......Besides whats good for the Goose is good for the Gander ..... Or is it...... What goes around..... Comes around..... I forget :think: But I can assure the rest of the D-3 world out there ;) we will run our series in a fare and cost effective way up here in Zombie Land :love: and race the cars for what they are intended for as is any slot car for that matter..... For the fun of it :doh: and not let history repeat it's self :hand:

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 12:20 AM

Dave,
The purpose of Division 3 Retro Pro class is not to go fast. For that, you have plenty of USRA classes. The Retro Pro class wants to be just like the Retro Can-Am and Retro F1, FUN. Speed has NOTHING to do with fun, close competition does.

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 01:24 AM

Gee Wiz Philippe :shock:

May be you need to actually read the posts in your Blog the way they are written and not the way :snooty: you want to interperet them :doh: for starters you need to read your big motor debate threads :hand: and read the arguments in said threads :roll: :roll: :roll:, and not surgar coat things :naughty: because I know alot different and so do alot of others slotters :hand: this has been confirmed by a prominent slotter(past and present) from down in your neck of the woods to myself by him over a 2 hour phone conversation :shock: it's not a bed of roses as the picture that you seem to be trying to paint :naughty: he sees it just the opposite and it is very sad in his eyes :cry: I cant wait to come and check it out for myself :dance: :dance: :dance: I do trust this gentleman and his word is good as gold :hand: I said nothing of speed in my last post in relationship to the D-3 inlines :snooty: there my friend .

What I did say was that the slotters up here have no interest :snooty: to build a a pro retro A / W puppy dog ,big dog, or what ever you want to call it and put a under powered motor in it :hand: They would rather build a modern slot car and go fast :dance: :dance: :dance: and not waste the the time with the retro pro puppy dog class :snooty: but are all in favor of the two inline classes :up: and race them for fun as they were intended to do :dance: :dance: :dance: thats what I said :hand: all these slotters race NOR Ca and USRA that want to race the D-3 class because they know it will be done in fun ;) Philippe, your idea of fun :think: and mine are as different as night and day :shock: . You see I have a great time at a track, I make friendships, run into old friends , talk and race slot cars and joke around :up: as I said before ..... Like day and night :hand:

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 02:24 AM

Mr. Vitter,

You are the Vitt, who just won't quit, and in the pits, you know your sh......tuff! :lol:

Your "frog" gigging reminded me of my days as a Blues D.J, and the old Sonny Boy Williamson song "Fattening Frogs for Snakes", so I went back to find the lyrics and whattya know? Check them out:


It took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
Took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
(it sho' did man)
But I bet you my bottom dollar, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes

I found out my downfall, back in nineteen and thirty
(I started checkin')
I found out my downfall, from nineteen and thirty
I'm tellin' all of my friends, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes

All right now... (solo)

Yeh it is nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
Whoa man, nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and everybody else,
not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes


Interesting, no?

In any event, I appreciate your reminder of our first "date" at Harbo's (owtch!) :lol: and your forgiveness for same. :shock: On behalf of all ABCD's (Attending, But Can't Drive), I thank you. Even more so for giving me a sneak peek at the mystery mobile that, even to my untrained eye, appears to be quite able to drain the swamp. Glad we could show and tell.

Sadly, away from the Concours podium, my "Wall-Mao" body brought me nothing but trouble on the track, so it will have to be "retired", living on in infamy at web sites around the world.

Roll on, Sonnny Boy, roll on. :lol:

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