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Topic: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

...how do you feel about that, LeMonistas?

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

I am outraged!

I'm not sure whether I'm outraged (a) because it was closed or (b) because it wasn't closed sooner, but either way, definitely outraged.  Yes.  Heck, I may even be outraged at the thought that (c) it was closed at precisely the right time and in precisely the right manner; sometimes I'm just that way about things.

Grrr.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

I'm not sure which one best expresses my feelings. At first I though it was this one. But it could also be this one. Not a huge difference. But the subtleties are causing me to vacillate.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Do you like apples?

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

What thread?

There was no thread there.

I don't know what you're talking about.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

I think the subject of bumpdrafting needs to be discussed. Doubly so for sub100hp cars.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Who really cares.  Same argument we have every time. Better question, what's everyone drinking this weekend?

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

davisriley wrote:

Who really cares.  Same argument we have every time. Better question, what's everyone drinking this weekend?

I care... I need every advantage I can get when it comes to road america. Rather than build faster cars I just want to push slow with slow. We could break the elusive 75mph barrier....

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Coffee, for now.

Had a mint julep last night and two Blue Moons- one their Agave ale and the other a Farmhouse Red.  Love that Farmhouse.  Buy the Summer Sampler, you can't go wrong with any of them.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

LOUD NOISES!

I miss stuntin' and splodin'.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Well if they won't let you bump draft then you just need to have enough cars to fill the width of the track and slow everyone else down you your speed.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Can you cage the diesel pusher with the shag carpeting in time?

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

mechimike wrote:

Had a mint julep last night

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an avid scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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mechimike wrote:

Had a mint julep last night

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an avid scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

I may have accidentally reported this post, instead of quoting it.  Sorry.

I'm surprised you've survived this long in The South without ever having even heard of a Mint Julep, let alone sampled one. 

We grow our own mint, and Katie found some organic sugar that's perfect.  I make a simple syrup on the stove and let it sit in mason jars in the fridge.  Then, when the mood strikes me for a tasty drink, I pour about _this much_ whiskey into some ice, drizzle in some mint syrup to taste, swirl, and enjoy.  I'll have to bring some to the next race we go to.  It really is the bee's knees.

I switched over from bourbon whiskey to rye whiskey recently, too.  Much drier, fruitier flavor than bourbon.  And rye isn't genetically modified, unlike almost all of the corn grown in this country, if that sort of thing matters to you.  Rye also makes a tasty traditional Manhattan.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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Can you cage the diesel pusher with the shag carpeting in time?

I seriously doubt shag carpet roll cage would pass tech.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

solman244 wrote:
mechimike wrote:

Had a mint julep last night

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an RABID scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

There you have it.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

solman244 wrote:
mechimike wrote:

Had a mint julep last night

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an avid scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

Scotch wouldn't exist if it wasn't for our discarded used bourbon barrels!

Actually I love Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, all of 'em.  Take you snobby attitude and bury it in a peat bog. ;-)

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

mechimike wrote:

Rye also makes a tasty traditional Manhattan.

A well-made rye manhattan is the shiznit.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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Bump drafting sucks, Chump sucks, old Lemons rocked, rule creep sucks, stuntin' and splodin' rocks.

Just found this the other day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuhm1lQ8dc

I want to see this in person.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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solman244 wrote:
mechimike wrote:

Had a mint julep last night

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an avid scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

Scotch wouldn't exist if it wasn't for our discarded used bourbon barrels!

Actually I love Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, all of 'em.  Take you snobby attitude and bury it in a peat bog. ;-)

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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mechimike wrote:

Bump drafting sucks, Chump sucks, old Lemons rocked, rule creep sucks, stuntin' and splodin' rocks.

Just found this the other day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuhm1lQ8dc

I want to see this in person.

If the kiwi's had at it, there would be fire involved.  Just sayin.....

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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dculberson wrote:
solman244 wrote:

I had no idea what this was, so I looked it up.

Basically, you are admitting that the bourbon sucks so much that you have to water it down, add sugar and then - just to kill the smell - top it off with a mint leaf?
As an avid scotch drinker, I couldn't agree with you more.

Scotch wouldn't exist if it wasn't for our discarded used bourbon barrels!

Actually I love Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, all of 'em.  Take you snobby attitude and bury it in a peat bog. ;-)

You ever make it to texas, I have a bottle of Johnny Walker Ill give you.

I'll be at MSR in September and will gladly take that bottle off your hands!

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

Drink that bottle of Wild Turkey I can't give away too!

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

dculberson wrote:

Scotch wouldn't exist if it wasn't for our discarded used bourbon barrels!

Actually I love Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, all of 'em.  Take you snobby attitude and bury it in a peat bog. ;-)

To be fair, scotch was being made long before bourbon came to be.  The Scottish just happen to a flexible folk who enjoy cheap oak barrels.  For some reason you can only call your whiskey "bourbon" if it was aged in virgin oak barrels.  It could be argued that scotch helps make your bourbon cheaper...

Although I love a good scotch, I am an equal opportunity drinker.  I'll drink pretty much whatever someone hands me.

Except that 'shine NSF showed up with that one time.

I'm pretty sure that was just gasoline in a bottle.

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Re: So, TrackGeeks_Chris closed the Chump 36 thread in the Driver's Lounge

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cabinboy wrote:

Can you cage the diesel pusher with the shag carpeting in time?

I seriously doubt shag carpet roll cage would pass tech.

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