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cirelaw · 03-22-2021, 08:27 AM

No offence to our neighbors up north meant!

Kiwi · 03-22-2021, 11:16 AM

Alex Trebek (on Jeopardy) once explained that Spanish explorers looking for the source of the Colorado River asked what was further North.

The local Indigenous people said "Ca Nada" nothing
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Even Canadians told me that "North of 7 isn't heaven" when I was driving up to Algonquin park for canoeing

cirelaw · 03-22-2021, 11:58 AM

You could learn allot from his show!

cirelaw · 03-23-2021, 01:30 PM

Speaking of Watins' Glen, did you go to Woodstock in July 1969?

sheepherder · 03-23-2021, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

Speaking of Watins' Glen, did you go to Woodstock in July 1969?

I believe Woodstock was in August. But coincidentally, I was at the J-Wax Can-Am race at Watkins Glen in July '69 (IIRC).

cirelaw · 03-23-2021, 02:15 PM

Your right! I wish I had your memories!!

sheepherder · 03-23-2021, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

Your right! I wish I had your memories!!

I wasn't interested in music back then (still not). Couldn't have cared less for 'Woodstock'. High tech race cars were much more interesting for the weekend. Watkins Glen and Mosport were both within driving distance and attracted the elite teams, technology, and drivers of the period.

Now, Formula 1, like Nascar, is just a popularity contest. No technology, just spec cars/engines, and a driver that is acceptable to millennials. Corporate ownership, design by committee, no innovation allowed. What a sorry end to what should be the pinnacle of engineer's dreams.

BTW: Watkins Glen is on top of a 'mountain' in central New York state. The F1 races were always the first weekend in October. 'The Glen' is the most miserable place to be in October; cold, wet, windy, overcast, rainy, muddy, food stores sold out, no snack food to be found anywhere. The only redeeming service was the Genesee brewery sending a converted milk tanker full of fresh beer and hundreds of plastic gallon jugs.

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Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 320 Thanks: 229 Thanked 456 Times in 180 Posts	Alex Trebek (on Jeopardy) once explained that Spanish explorers looking for the source of the Colorado River asked what was further North. The local Indigenous people said "Ca Nada" nothing --------------------------- Even Canadians told me that "North of 7 isn't heaven" when I was driving up to Algonquin park for canoeing

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	You could learn allot from his show!

03-23-2021, 01:30 PM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Speaking of Watins' Glen, did you go to Woodstock in July 1969?